Chapter 302
Just as the needle was about to pierce Li Yuwan's ear, there was a crisp "ding" sound. Xie Hui turned the scabbard and shot the needle back with his backhand.
The needle tip quickly brushed past the side of the loyal and brave marquis's face and nailed to the pillar behind him.
He felt a stinging pain on his cheek, raised his hand and touched it, and felt a little bright red blood.
Xie Hui swung his knife and raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth: "Everyone says that your martial arts skills are not as good as those of your predecessors, but your skills in using hidden weapons really make me look at you with new eyes."
You are not good at martial arts!
Your whole family is not good at martial arts!!
I have never seen such a nosy person!!!
The Loyal and Brave Marquis infuriated him so much that his blood boiled. He fought back the bitter taste in his throat and said in a hoarse voice, "I didn't even ask you why you suddenly shot me with a flying needle, yet you're blaming me for it. How unreasonable!"
"When it comes to shifting the blame and confusing right and wrong, I still have a lot to learn from you, my Lord." Xie Hui crossed his arms and was not afraid of a verbal battle.
Marquis Zhongyong wished he could slap him to death.
The angrier Xie Hui got, the happier he became, with a slight smile on his lips: "My Lord, you're so anxious to kill someone to silence them. Is it because you feel guilty, guilty, or guilty?"
"You!" Marquis Zhongyong glared and couldn't hold back the blood in his throat, so he spat it out.
【Haha, thank you for your great work! 】
Chu Liuzheng gave a thumbs up in his heart and praised Xie Hui crazily.
[This kind of scum needs to be dealt with by a scoundrel.]
Xiao Jingfan wondered if this was a compliment or a scolding.
He cleared his throat, and Xie Hui quickly and smoothly filed a complaint, accusing the Loyal and Brave Marquis of using force in front of the emperor.
All the officials looked at him sideways. It was you who scolded them, and it was you who made the complaint. You wouldn't want to suffer any loss, right?
Mr. Xie said, who can blame him for having someone backing him up?
At this moment, the Jinyiwei had already taken down the flying needle nailed to the pillar and presented it to Xiao Jingfan for review.
The flying needle is thin and short. If it really gets into the ear, it can be fatal immediately.
The father, Marquis Zhongyong, did not hold back at all when it came to Li Yuwan, his biological daughter.
"All civil and military officials entering Fengtian Palace are prohibited from carrying sharp weapons, except for Minister Xie, who has my special permission." Xiao Jingfan held the flying needle and looked up at the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery. "You hid a sharp weapon and murdered someone right under my nose. Li You, do you also want to kill the king?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the hall knelt.
The Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery said loudly, "I am completely loyal to Your Majesty and have no second thoughts. I beg Your Majesty to understand."
[Pooh! You have no loyalty at all.]
Chu Liuzheng spat in his heart.
You mined the iron ore for Prince Li's benefit. On the surface, you were demarcating the Chu River and Han River, but in reality, you were secretly supporting Prince Li's private army. The reason for the massacre was, firstly, because the county magistrate was to be replaced by a troublesome person, and secondly, because Prince Cheng discovered your secret connection with Prince Li.
Xiao Jingfan:!
How did the Jinyiwei monitor people?
Chu Liuzheng had no idea that he had inadvertently tricked Lord Xie, and was still complaining in his heart.
Prince Cheng had no other special abilities, but he kept a close eye on Prince Li, using this incident to threaten Marquis Zhongyong. Marquis Zhongyong was unwilling to be threatened by Prince Cheng, so he reluctantly gave up this piece of lucrative meat, burned down the manor to silence the witnesses, and completely erased all traces.
If the Second Young Lady hadn't witnessed this incident by chance along with the head of the Secret Guards while helping her best friend avenge her, Wang Qi would definitely not have survived, nor would he have been able to dig up this account book, let alone file a complaint in Beijing. The tyrant would never have known about it.
Chu Liuzheng looked at the information he found in the system and couldn't help but spit in his heart again.
[Bah! What a scumbag father! He actually sent assassins to hunt down his own daughter. If it weren't for the head of the secret guards protecting them, neither the second young lady nor Wang Qi would have survived.]
The Second Young Lady had always been grateful for her parents' kindness in raising her, and even though she was framed as a murderer, she considered it a repayment of that kindness and had never wanted to testify on Wang Qi's behalf. Wang Qi, grateful for the Second Young Lady's life-saving grace and care throughout her journey, knew she was reluctant to testify, so he didn't force her.
[But who made the Loyal and Brave Marquis so vicious that he committed suicide?]
[Last night, another wave of assassins was sent out. The head of the secret guards was fatally injured while trying to save the Second Young Lady. Worried that the Second Young Lady would foolishly return home and be murdered, he told her that the assassins were sent by the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery. He then died.]
[The second young lady's father tried to kill her, and the friend who had accompanied her all the way to protect her also died trying to save her. She was completely devastated and cried all night long over the body of the secret guard leader. Only in the morning did she dig a grave and bury him.]
Wang Qi felt that if he waited any longer, he might face another wave of assassins, so he took a desperate gamble and sneaked into the capital to ring the drum to report his actions. Upon hearing this, the Second Young Lady, filled with resentment towards the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, also rushed to ring the drum to testify on Wang Qi's behalf.
Chu Liuzheng felt that each of these three had his own tragic fate, and he also lamented that the Loyal and Brave Marquis had brought this upon himself.
[Tsk, if the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery had even a little bit of compassion for the Second Young Lady, things wouldn't have come to this.]
The second young lady was only two years old when she was sent back to the old house to fend for herself because her horoscope indicated she was incompatible with the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery and his wife. She had always longed for parental love, believing her parents had simply been deceived and that they would discover her good qualities if they spent more time together. Therefore, she was quite happy when the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery sent someone to take her back to the capital.
[It's a pity that after returning to Beijing, not only did she not have the family love she longed for, but she was also despised in various ways.]
The marriage proposal had become a bargain. After finally accepting it and preparing for the wedding in all the right ways, she suddenly received news that her best friend's husband had beaten her to death. She secretly ran off to avenge her, only to have her father slap her in the back along the way, putting her on the run. After finally exonerating the scumbag to comfort her soul, she witnessed the people in the old house murdering and destroying the house. Just as she was struggling with her emotions and feeling lost, she was immediately pursued by wave after wave of her captors.
[She originally thought her father was unaware of the situation and wanted to return to the capital as soon as possible to inform the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, not wanting the Marquis's mansion to be implicated. However, her friend died protecting her, and before dying, she revealed that the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery not only knew about the situation but had also sent the assassin.]
[Tsk tsk, this series of blows would drive anyone with a weaker heart crazy. Even if the Second Young Lady's heart was a burning charcoal, it wouldn't be able to withstand such a constant stream of cold water being poured on it. It would have frozen into a lump of ice long ago.]
Chu Liuzheng couldn't help but sigh. What a good girl, but she was forced to become like this.
Xiao Jingfan didn't expect there were so many twists and turns, and couldn't help but look at Li Yuwan twice.
Even many men cannot match such a strong character.
What a pity.
He threw the needle onto the table, stared at the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, and said in a voice so cold it could freeze ice: "Loyalty? What you call loyalty is illegal iron mining, forming cliques for personal gain, and slaughtering people in the village to silence them?"
"Your Majesty..." Marquis Zhongyong opened his mouth, not knowing how to argue.
If there were no witness, he could say whatever he wanted, but unfortunately there was a witness.
He couldn't help but regret that he was too impulsive and shouldn't have rashly attacked Li Yuwan.
It’s also Xie Hui’s fault!
If Xie Hui hadn't interfered, he would have made that rebellious girl speechless.
Thinking of this, he felt a sweetness in his throat again due to anger, and he wished he could cut Xie Hui, the troublemaker, into pieces.
Some officials from the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery wanted to help plead for mercy, but the emperor had even accused them of "forming a clique for personal gain," so they didn't dare to rush into danger, fearing that they would be implicated in vain.
The hall was filled with silence and the atmosphere was terribly oppressive.
"Since you can't answer, I'll ask you something else." Xiao Jingfan glared at the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, tapping the tabletop with his slender fingers, his eyes filled with murderous intent. "You've been illegally mining iron ore for five years, yet the account books only record less than half of it. Where did you transport the rest?"
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