Chapter 56 What happened? Who died?
The Sixth Prince Helian Ji's face was covered with tears and he couldn't stop sobbing.
After a while, he slowly calmed down, then sniffed and said in a crying voice:
"Your son... Your son just saw some fireworks falling. I thought they were beautiful, so I wanted to run over and pick them up."
He paused, his hands unconsciously clutching the corners of his clothes:
"Later, I suddenly heard someone whisper that a Kongming lantern was about to be released from the back hall. If I secretly tied the ribbon under the Kongming lantern around my waist, I could fly into the sky like a kite. I... I was just having fun for a moment, so..."
"Then have you ever seen clearly who said this?"
Helian Ji shook his head.
Helian Cong continued to ask, "You will always remember the voice of that person. Is it a man or a woman?"
Helian Ji blinked his big eyes, thought about it, and shook his head again.
After hearing this, Helian Cong frowned again, his face full of fear and anger.
Concubine Li Shu felt extremely distressed and quickly took Helian Ji into her arms, gently stroking his back to comfort him.
The ministers around were all whispering and discussing:
"This is too dangerous! If the Imperial Master and the Crown Prince hadn't intervened, the consequences would have been disastrous!"
Chu Jin stood aside, his eyes deep and thoughtful. After a moment, he stepped forward and bowed, saying:
"Your Majesty, this matter is full of doubts. Perhaps someone is deliberately trying to seduce the Sixth Prince!"
Helian Cong's heart skipped a beat. What Chu Jin said was exactly what he was thinking. He glanced at everyone with a sharp gaze:
"Investigate thoroughly! We must find out who is behind the Sixth Prince's deception. If I discover that someone has ulterior motives, I will tear him into pieces!"
At this time, everyone's attention was still focused on the Sixth Prince. The atmosphere was solemn and silent.
Suddenly, a sharp cry came from the crowd, piercing the night sky:
"Someone's dead!"
The scream was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, instantly causing a huge uproar.
Helian Cong's expression suddenly changed. His face, already gloomy because of the Sixth Prince's matter, became even more terrifying. He shouted sternly:
"What happened? Who died?"
As everyone subconsciously retreated and avoided, a passage gradually emerged in the crowd.
Minister of Rites Ding Pei'an's legs went weak and he stretched out his hand tremblingly, pointing to the pillar under the eaves.
I saw a middle-aged man leaning against a pillar, his body stiff.
Under his feet, a pool of blood was spreading, and under the reflection of the palace lanterns, it glowed a strange dark red.
Helian Cong stepped forward quickly, and the moment he saw the dead man's face clearly, he was horrified and blurted out:
"Is it him?"
Helian Feng and Chu Jin looked closely and their faces lost all color. It turned out that the deceased was the envoy of Nanzhao, Xu Jingzhen!
But his eyes were wide open, as if he had witnessed something extremely terrifying before his death, and there was still a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth.
Chu Jin strode forward and gently pushed him.
There was only a dull thud, and the body fell straight to the ground.
Chu Jin carefully inspected Xu Jingzhen's body, finding blood gushing from the wound on his back. He felt his skin and found it was still warm, suggesting he hadn't been killed long ago.
He frowned and squatted down to carefully examine the wound.
What's strange is that the wound on the deceased's back gradually narrowed from wide to narrow, which does not look like it was caused by a sword.
Not only that, the body behind the deceased was wet and cold, but there was no trace of any murder weapon at the scene.
Chu Jin walked around the corpse several times, checking it over and over again. Apart from this fatal wound, he found no other wounds.
He subconsciously looked up, his eyes like a falcon, sweeping in the direction of Xiao Nanyue.
But Xiao Nanyan's expression remained normal, without a trace of emotion in his eyes.
His two close bodyguards stood on either side of him, one on his left and one on his right. Even the stunning maid Xiyan was there. She stood timidly behind Xiao Nanyue, fear in her eyes, as if she was frightened by the murder in front of her.
Chu Jin withdrew his gaze and quickly scanned the crowd with his sharp eyes, not missing any corner or any face, but found nothing unusual.
Then, he quickly walked up to Helian Cong and saluted:
"Your Majesty, this is clearly a strategy to lure the tiger away from the mountain, killing two birds with one stone. The murderer first used the Sixth Prince to create chaos and attract everyone's attention, and then took advantage of the chaos to secretly kill the Southern Zhao envoy. According to my speculation, in such a short time, the murderer is very likely still hiding in this crowd."
Helian Cong clenched his fists and the veins on his forehead bulged when he heard this:
"It seems someone is deliberately trying to cause chaos between Tianqi and Nanzhao! Seal off the palace immediately. Everyone else, enter the palace! I order you and the Crown Prince to investigate each one and find the real culprit!"
Following Helian Cong's order, the palace guards and imperial guards acted quickly and surrounded the hall tightly.
A group of people were also driven into the hall!
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