Chapter 270 Eyes Opened
Anle Hou spoke sharply, looking like he was wronged.
"It's written in black and white, do you still want to deny it?"
"If it was me who did it, I admit it. If it wasn't me, I won't admit it even if I die!"
Anle Hou lowered his eyes and thought to himself that the people he had sent to kill Su Jijiu's family had been dealt with by him in the past few years. Even if there were fish that slipped through the net, they would never be able to find them in such a short time.
There was no record of this on those papers.
Just the crime of framing Su Jijiu would not be enough for the emperor to sentence him to death. He would just be dismissed or demoted. As long as he could keep his life, he would have a chance to make a comeback.
He would never use the last life-saving thing unless it was absolutely necessary.
【Oh, oh, oh, this is such a big deal. If you don’t know, you might think we have wronged you.】
【The murderer is acting like a victim.】
【It’s like a knife stabbing your butt—you’ve opened your eyes.】
【I’ll stab you to death with a knife!】
Emperor: “…”
Xiao Lingyu: “…”
He Yanting: “…”
He Yanting chuckled and spoke before Jiang Zhiyu: “Your Majesty, there is indeed no written evidence that Marquis Anle sent people to massacre Su Jijiu’s family.”
Marquis Anle’s raised mouth corners had not yet expanded when he heard him say: “But, I have witnesses.”
Marquis Anle: “!!!”
He suddenly raised his head and looked at He Yanting in shock.
Witnesses? ? ?
Is there really a fish that slipped through the net?
His sudden change of expression was seen by everyone.
He Yanting chuckled: "The witness is waiting outside the palace now, Your Majesty..."
"No need to call them," Anle Hou's eyes flashed with fear, and his sharp voice almost broke: "Yes, it was me who did it. I sent people to massacre Su Jijiu's family."
This scene formed a sharp contrast with his previous refusal to do such a heinous thing.
The ministers in the court were all angry, talking to each other and cursing him viciously. The emperor also glared at Anle Hou.
Anle Hou's hands shook more violently, and his head was covered with a layer of fine cold sweat.
He had asked these people to do so many things in the past. If this was called up, wouldn't it be adding crime to crime.
He didn’t want to let anyone come up, but the emperor didn’t think so. The more crimes he charged, the easier it would be for him to kill Marquis Anle. He licked his lips and was about to open his mouth when——
[As expected of good brothers, they have a tacit understanding. I was also thinking of tricking him out.]
Emperor: “???”
Tricked out? !
[Marquis Anle asked those people to do too many things. After the incident with Su Jijiu, he was worried that these people would leak the secrets, so he killed them all, leaving no one alive.]
[Plus, Marquis Anle spoke to them face to face. Without a cell phone or a recorder, it would be difficult to get him to admit it directly.]
The emperor automatically ignored the words that Jiang Zhiyu couldn’t understand in his voice, and listened to what he could understand. He swallowed the words that were about to come to his throat, and looked at He Yanting, who had a calm face, with a complicated look.
If it weren't for Zhiyu's thoughts, just looking at his expression, he wouldn't have questioned the authenticity of the witness, not to mention that he was so sure just now.
If it weren't for Marquis Anle's timely intervention, the emperor didn't dare to think about how He Yanting would end up.
"So, you admit to all these evidences?"
Marquis Anle's eyes were erratic. The deed was hidden in a new place by his wife. According to the place Jiang Zhiyu said, the deed would definitely not be found. He could deny the casino incident.
But...
thinking this, he looked at He Yanting and Jiang Zhiyu's eyes and became suspicious. Just now, he was sure that they couldn't find the evidence, so he didn't confess, but the result was that he was hit in the face and it hurt.
What if he didn't admit it, but they found the deed? What if
he admitted it, but the deed was not among the evidence, what should he do?
Marquis Anle was fighting madly in his mind.
He was silent for too long, so long that the emperor could not help but hum lightly, and he stammered: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
As he spoke, he secretly glanced at his wife behind him. Seeing his wife shaking her head, he was relieved and said: "Except for the casino matter, I don't know about the rest."
As soon as he said it, he felt something was wrong.
The eyes around him looked at him as if to say: "This is an idiot."
Marquis Anle: "..."
The emperor laughed in anger: "I have never realized that Marquis Anle is such a stubborn person."
The emperor gave Fuping a look, and Fuping took the deed from the other ministers and placed it in front of Marquis Anle.
"It's written in black and white on this, your name, Marquis Anle," the emperor said word by word: "Lu, Guang, Yao!"
Marquis Anle's breathing stagnated, and his teeth trembled as he looked at the deed in front of him.
What's going on? !
No, this is impossible!
He had clearly asked his wife to hide it somewhere else, how could they find it? !
And...
he didn't care about anything and turned to look at his wife.
Didn't she shake her head just now? !
Didn't she mean to imply to him that they didn't find anything in her house? !
The wife of Marquis Anle naturally understood his look, her face was pale, and her voice trembled: "I shook my head to tell you, don't deny it anymore, just plead guilty."
But it was just a casino, the emperor had always been kind, it was impossible for him to kill someone because of this.
Marquis Anle: "..."
He almost rolled over.
He fell to the ground like a defeated beast.
The emperor looked angry: "Now the evidence is all here, Lu Guangyao, do you admit this crime or not?"
Marquis Anle looked grim: "Admit it."
"Just admit it," the emperor said coldly, "Lu Guangyao is full of evil, he has killed loyal people, he does not know the grace of revealing the truth, he has hurt children, and we should abandon him. He should be executed according to the law, and the rest of his followers should be punished by separate decree."
Upon hearing this, Marquis Anle's wife and Lu Yaozu both raised their heads in fear, mumbling words of begging for mercy.
Marquis Anle also seemed to be stunned, and when the Jinyiwei wanted to pull him away, he woke up as if from a dream, and roared like a trapped beast: "No, no, you can't kill me, you are not qualified to kill me!"
All the ministers were shocked by his arrogant words, and their eyes turned to the emperor at the same time.
The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly: "I am not qualified, then who do you think is qualified?"
"Of course it is the late emperor!" Anle Hou's eyes were red, and he took out a gold medal from his arms: "This Marquis, this Marquis has a gold medal of immunity from death given by the late emperor! You can't kill me!"
The emperor frowned slightly.
The late emperor also gave him a gold medal of immunity from death?
[What is there that cannot be killed? If you ask me, they don't know how to adapt. ]
[The gold medal of immunity from death given by the late emperor is naturally to avoid the death penalty bestowed by the late emperor, and it has nothing to do with the current emperor. ]
The emperor chuckled,
it makes sense.