At this moment, Bi Linglong coughed lightly and glared at Zu An with a frosty expression: "How dare you! What do you have to say now!"
She figured there must be a reason why the other person was so calm, so she deliberately played along and gave him a chance to speak.
As expected, once everyone looked at Zu An, he calmly said, "Who said I tortured and killed a prince? Did you all see me strangle Prince Jin to death? Did my hand ever touch his body?"
Stared at by him, the guards exchanged bewildered glances: "Although you weren't physically near Prince Jin, you lifted him up from a distance and then crushed his throat from afar."
The Prince of Dai spoke up: "Do you still intend to deny it? So many people saw this scene. If you are still not convinced, I can bring in more witnesses."
Zu An smiled slightly: "That's not necessary. I did lift Prince Jin up from a distance, but I didn't kill him. He was just weak and sickly, and too timid. He died of fright from anger."
"Scared to death?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, never expecting him to push the matter away so cleanly.
Prince Jin was indeed frail and sickly, and everyone knew he didn't have many years left to live; he could die at any moment. But this time, so many people saw that Zu An killed him.
Even Bi Linglong couldn't help but glance at him again. This guy was really shameless, lying through his teeth without even blushing.
However, with this pretext, we finally found a way to help him.
Next, the ministers on the side of the Prince of Dai and Meng Yi cursed Zu An for his shamelessness and sophistry, while the people on the side of the Eastern Palace spoke up for him at the behest of Bi Linglong, and for a time the two sides argued fiercely.
Midway through, Bi Linglong suddenly pretended to remember something: "By the way, Lord Zu, when my men went to find you just now, I seemed to hear those people from the academy calling you the High Priest?"
Upon hearing this, the previously noisy room instantly fell silent.
Everyone stared at Zu'an with surprise and doubt. Of course they knew the old priest, so how did this kid become the academy's priest?
Zuan raised the ring on his hand: "Back then, the Grand Master insisted on passing this position to me. I couldn't refuse no matter what, and I couldn't let the Grand Master die with regrets, so I had no choice but to reluctantly agree."
Hearing his words, many people in the room cursed inwardly. This guy was really taking advantage of others and acting innocent. What kind of position is the Chief Priest? Countless people want to be the one but can't. Yet this kid has to pretend to be in such a difficult position.
Seeing the anger points constantly popping up in the background, Zuan was also helpless. He was clearly telling the truth, so why did no one believe him?
After this interruption, the arguing in the room noticeably subsided.
After all, Zuan was the regent of the demon race, and now he has become the priest, so his status is really special.
Seeing that the situation was gradually turning against him, the Prince of Dai couldn't help but bow to the Empress: "Your Majesty, please say something! You must do justice for my brother, the Prince of Jin! We cannot let the murderer go unpunished just because of his special status."
Liu Ning nodded solemnly: "That's right. We must not let the murderer get away with it, and of course we cannot wrong the important officials of the court. How about this, let's hand this case over to the Embroidered-Robe Envoy for investigation, and let the Eleventh Golden Token Officer investigate the cause of Prince Jin's death, so as to give the people of the world an explanation."
The Prince of Dai exclaimed with delight, "Your Majesty is wise!"
The Embroidered-Robe Envoy has a notorious reputation; he never gives anyone face when investigating cases. This time, Zu'an is doomed.
Bi Linglong looked strange. Others might not know the identity of Gold Medal Eleven, but did she not?
Checking yourself?
The Queen seems to be secretly helping Zu'an; their relationship seems closer than I imagined.
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