Chapter 666 The Truth Revealed
None of them were good enough and he had to clean up their messes. Lord Lu glared at Lu An with a look of disappointment.
"Lu Shao went to the government office to report the case, and the case has been submitted to the Ministry of Justice for trial. The Ministry of Justice will not be able to find strong evidence in the short term. The Ministry of Justice may question you. As long as you refuse to admit it, I have my own way to resolve this matter." said Lord Lu.
The people from the Ministry of Justice arrived faster than Lord Lu had imagined.
However, to Lu Ge Lao's surprise, the Ministry of Justice did not question him, but interrogated him.
The so-called hearing means finding evidence and directly conducting the trial!
How could it be so fast?
Elder Lu frowned and looked at Lu An, saying sternly, "Do you remember what your father just said?!"
Lu An did not respond and followed the officials from the Ministry of Justice.
In the court, Lu An met Lu Shao.
He looked at the old and disheveled middle-aged man in front of him and almost didn't recognize him as the Lu Shao who was full of vigor and vitality.
Lu An also dreamed of Lu Shao. He dreamed that Lu Shao was wet all over and climbed out of the water. He questioned himself why he had claimed his military achievements!
In his dream, he kept saying sorry. He never thought that one day he would see Lu Shao again.
Lu An had mixed feelings in his heart, including joy, guilt, fear and anxiety.
"Lu Shao, it's great that you are still alive! What happened to you? Has anything happened to you in these years? Why didn't you come to me?" Lu An grabbed his bony shoulders and asked him.
Lu Shao looked at Lu An, his eyes filled with hatred: "Looking for you? Do you want me to kill you again?"
"Kill you? Didn't you fall into the river?" Lu An said in a daze.
He also drank too much at the celebration banquet. When he woke up, his subordinates told him that Lu Shao had fallen into the river.
He took people to salvage the body, but after three days and three nights, they only found Lu Shao's clothes and shoes.
He had to accept this reality.
"Lu Shao is dead. This military achievement will be wasted if no one claims it. You should take it. You are good brothers. His spirit in heaven will not blame you." His father said.
Lu An still didn't want to acknowledge his father, so his father became very angry and asked why he gave birth to such a waste.
At that time, what Lu An feared most was his father's look, fearing that his father would be disappointed.
He tried his best to do well just to make his father look at him more.
In the end, Lu An admitted it.
Didn’t Lu Shao accidentally fall into the river? Is there some hidden story behind this?
"Fall into the river? At the celebration banquet, you got me drunk, ordered people to beat me, kill me, and throw me into a mass grave! Lu An, I regarded you as my mentor and brother, but you treated me like this. I was really blind!" Lu Shao glared at him angrily, and suddenly used force to push Lu An to the ground, strangling his neck uncontrollably.
"Do you know how I've been through all these years? I've been hiding in a dirty corner like a rat, dragging my sick leg from house to house begging for swill, selling it for a living! You killed me, took away everything I had, and you've hurt me so much!"
The officers rushed forward and pulled the two men apart.
Lu An was completely stunned.
Facing Lu Shao's extremely hateful eyes, Lu An suddenly understood and his face turned pale as paper.
How could he fall into the river by accident?
Everything was premeditated.
He led troops in battle and won several victories, but he had never won a victory like the Battle of Yibei. So, his father killed Lu Shao and forced himself to take credit for Lu Shao's military achievements!
He was able to be granted the title of Marquis of Pingyang, become a royal consort, and hold an important position because of this military achievement.
So that's how it is!
He knelt on the ground, nodded his head, and tears kept falling.
It turns out that he stole all of this.
Before knowing the truth, he dared to say sorry to Lu Shao, but now, he doesn't even have the qualifications to say sorry.
He didn't even have the face to face him.
He is truly a failure in his life.
He has been deceived all his life. His father lied to him, and his wife lied to him.
I can’t protect my sweetheart, my children, or my brothers.
Eighteen years of comfortable life were all illusions and nothing.
This can't be blamed on anyone else, it's all his fault.
Because of his cowardice and stupidity.
If he discovered the truth behind Lu Shao's death, if he investigated the disappearance of his beloved...
It was all because he couldn't refuse his father and because he subconsciously wanted to escape.
It's all his fault.
The gavel rang out, and Wei Qing asked in a cold voice, "Lü An, Lu Shao is suing you for falsely claiming his military achievements. Is this true?!"
Lu An raised his head, his face pale, his eyes red, his lips trembling: "I admit that it was Lu Shao who led the troops in the battle of Yibei. I did not participate in the battle due to illness. I killed Lu Shao and I took credit for his military achievements..."
Lu An didn't struggle at all and directly explained his past and future.
Wei Qing was a little surprised. He had thought that he would have to present more evidence and that Lu An would cry only after seeing the coffin. He didn't expect that he would confess so easily.
"Did you murder Lu Shao? You just said you thought he fell into the river and died. Is there any hidden story behind this?" Wei Qing asked.
Lu An pursed his lips, remained silent for a moment, then shook his head: "I did it all by myself, there is no hidden agenda. I was greedy for military merit, and I planned to kill Lu Shao. It was all arranged by me."
Lu An confessed quickly, without any struggle, and signed the confession.
Wei Qing made the judgment according to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
He falsely claimed military achievements, was punished with 150 strokes of the cane and exiled 3,000 miles.
After all, it is a serious crime and needs to be reviewed by the Censorate before the punishment will officially take effect.
During this period, Lu An will not be punished and will be detained in prison.
Lu An did not plead at all.
He deserves it.
it serves him right.
Before Lu An was taken away, he looked at Lu Shao, knelt down in front of him, kowtowed, and then turned and left.
Lu Shao stood there, looking at him indifferently until his back disappeared.
Lu Shao looked at Wei Qing gratefully, bowed to him, and then walked out dragging his sick leg.
He walked out of the government office, looked at the sky, tears streaming down his face.
He had been waiting for this day for twenty years.
He originally thought that even if he lay in a coffin, he might not be able to wait for this day.
He finally waited for the truth to come out and for justice to be served.
Lu Shao walked out of the government office. The sunlight fell on him and he felt warmth for the first time.
After Wei Qing left the office, he talked about this matter with Tang Li.
"Lü An initially thought that Lu Shao had fallen into the river and seemed unaware of his murder. Later, he decisively admitted the crime. No matter how he was asked, he insisted that he had killed Lu Shao," said Wei Qing.
Based on Wei Qing's description and thinking about Lu An's personality, Tang Li came up with a possibility: "Could it be that this was done by Lord Lu, and he was unaware of it, but took the blame on Lord Lu's behalf?"
Wei Qing nodded: "I think so too."
If Lu An could betray Lord Lu, he would be in big trouble.
"Although Lu An was a coward, he unexpectedly became a filial son when facing death."
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