Hearing this voice, Censor Zhou retracted his foot.

Since the old tutor has come down personally, he should wait a while before helping His Majesty with his worries.

He stuffed the evidence back into his arms.

Old Tutor Zhou walked in leaning on a dragon-headed cane, and the ministers in the hall bowed and saluted.

"Meet the old master."

Old Master Zhou nodded, "You don't have to be so polite."

Seeing him approaching, Pingyang Hou clasped his fists perfunctorily and spoke in a casual tone.

"The words of the Grand Tutor just now were too harsh. How dare I force Your Majesty?"

However, Old Master Zhou walked right past him without even glancing at him.

"Your Majesty, what Pingyang Hou said just now is really nonsense!"

Pingyang Hou glared and loudly refuted, "But it is true that a large number of war horses died for no reason!"

Hearing this, Old Master Zhou lifted up his wrinkled and loose eyelids, glanced at him nonchalantly, and said in an ambiguous tone.

"fact?"

He curled the corner of his mouth slightly in a mocking manner, then stopped looking at him and bowed slightly to Emperor Qixuan.

"Your Majesty, I just ran into General Li and the Minister of the Imperial Court, Fan Tong, on the road. They came here in a hurry, and I don't know what they were doing."

Emperor Qixuan raised his eyes slightly. Li Wanjing? He glanced at the calm-looking Marquis of Zhenxi and roughly guessed something in his mind.

"Xuan!"

In just a moment, Li Wanjing brought Fan Tong into the Tai'an Hall.

"Your Majesty!"

Before Fan Tong could speak, Pingyang Hou took a few steps closer and asked:

"Lord Fan hurried here to report the death of the warhorse?!"

Fan Tong looked at him resentfully, then kowtowed hurriedly.

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely not the case!"

"There are 1,780 war horses, not one is missing, all of them are fat and strong, with strong limbs, there are absolutely no casualties!"

Fan Tong's forehead was still pressed against the ground, and big drops of cold sweat soaked the small area of ​​carpet.

He couldn't stop resenting Pingyang Hou and Yuan Gui.

These two people are really crazy. In order to frame the little princess, they came up with such a vicious plan.

The little princess was only two years old! How had she offended them? They were crazy, but they actually wanted him to lose his head as well.

So, he was the one who gave his head to cheer these two people up when they went crazy? !

I can't stand it at all! Hearing him say this, Pingyang Hou didn't even think about it and shouted, "This is impossible!"

After saying this, he felt a little guilty.

Didn't the job get done? He subconsciously looked at Yuan Gui who was standing beside him.

You can't even do such a small thing, you're such a waste!

As soon as the other party heard that the war horse was fine, he lowered his head in panic and didn't notice his eyes at all.

Seeing the expressions of these two people, Li Wanjing sneered in his heart, then bowed to Emperor Qixuan on the throne and reported.

"Your Majesty, a few days ago, I sent my mount to the Yuanma Temple and asked Lord Fan to take care of it. When I went to get it last night, I ran into a man in black, lurking around the hay warehouse."

"I have captured this man, and he is now outside the palace!"

As soon as he said this, Yuan Gui's face became visibly paler.

"oh?"

Emperor Qixuan waved his hand casually with a hint of interest in his tone.

"Let him in."

After the young eunuch shouted, two imperial guards came in, escorting a man in black who was about five feet tall, in his thirties, thin, and had a dark yellow complexion.

The hall was magnificent and majestic, with civil and military officials standing in two rows...

Where had that person ever seen such a scene?

He was immediately frightened and when he saw Yuan Gui, he shouted in panic as if he had seen a savior.

"Cousin-in-law, save me!"

Hearing his voice, Yuan Gui's heart started pounding and he cursed inwardly.

He strode to the man, raised his hand and slapped him hard in the face. A bloody tooth could be seen popping out of his mouth.

It fell on a minister's clothes. The minister frowned and wiped his official uniform with a handkerchief in disgust, cursing the bad luck in his heart! "Lu Saner, I can't believe you are so bold. Normally, I have been deceived by you!

"Marker, it was obviously you who asked me to go." (Cousin-in-law, it was obviously you who asked me to go.) "Shut up!"

Yuan Gui shouted angrily, then fell to his knees with a thud.

"Your Majesty, it's all my fault that I didn't discipline the servants in my palace strictly, which led to him making such a big mistake. Your Majesty, if you want to beat or kill Lu San, I will have no complaints!"

Hearing this, Lu San was completely panicked. He kowtowed like he was risking his life, shaking his head and waving his hands, pointing at Yuan Gui.

"It's him, his direct descendant!" (It's him, he was the one who ordered it!) Yuan Gui turned around and glared at him fiercely.

"Shut up! You committed such a serious mistake and you want to drag me into it?!"

"Have you ever thought about how your mother and sister in the countryside will live in the future?!"

Sure enough, after hearing what he said, Lu San dared not say anything. His face turned pale, his eyes were full of regret, and he looked like he had lost all desire to live.

"Master Yuan, you are threatening me in public like this. Do you think we are deaf or stupid?!"

Marquis Zhenxi came out and looked at him mockingly.

Then he knelt on the ground.

Seeing him act like this, Yuan Gui felt more and more uneasy.

really!

The Marquis of Zhenxi said in a sorrowful voice, "Your Majesty, there is an old case. Please help me!"

Li Wanjing also kowtowed heavily, "Your Majesty, please give my Li family justice!"

Seeing the posture of the father and son, Yuan Gui swallowed nervously and clenched his hands unconsciously.

No, there is no way they would know about this.

But taking a step back, even if we knew, so what?

After so many years, there is no physical evidence, but human evidence...

Except for Marquis Pingyang, the other witnesses are all from Xiyue, and their words cannot be considered as testimony!

As for the Marquis of Pingyang...

Yuan Gui glanced at the figure in front of him inconspicuously, and his eyes became cold.

If he dared to tell this, he would have to be prepared to have a piece of his flesh torn off! However, at this time, even if he was confused, he should understand that it is better to have less trouble than more.

I guess he wouldn't dare to cause trouble for himself!

Thinking of this, his expression became calmer and more composed.

Sitting on the dragon throne, seeing the expressions of the Li father and son, Emperor Qixuan guessed something.

"Please stand up, my dear ministers. Tell me in detail what grievances you have. I will definitely make a decision for you!"

The Marquis of Zhenxi looked angry and spoke in a sorrowful tone.

"I want to report the Minister of War Yuan Gui for colluding with the enemy and causing the tragic death of my wife!"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar in the Tai'an Hall.

Most of the court officials in this hall knew about the tragedy that happened to the Li family.

When Madam Li was returning home with her children, their whereabouts were revealed. Xiyue sent troops to hunt them down, resulting in the death of Zhenxihou's wife and children.

The court officials pointed and talked a lot.

"This was actually done by Yuan Gui?"

"I didn't expect this person to hide so deeply!"

"Over the years, Yuan Gui has received a lot of favors from the Marquis of Zhenxi. It's true that you can only judge a person by his appearance and not his heart!"

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Yuan Guiqiang pretended to be calm and shouted loudly, "Your Majesty, I am innocent!"

"The Marquis of Zhenxi wants to accuse me of the crime of treason without any evidence. I refuse to accept this!"

Zhenxi Hou looked at him meaningfully, "Who said I don't have evidence?"

As he spoke, he bowed his head respectfully, "Your Majesty, please allow the witness to enter the hall!"

Emperor Qixuan nodded and raised his chin slightly, "Okay!"

A young man wearing a dark brocade robe with auspicious clouds and silver patterns walked in from outside the hall.

As he came closer and the moment he saw his face clearly, Yuan Gui's legs suddenly went weak and he went from kneeling straight up to sitting on the ground, looking extremely embarrassed.

His eyes widened and he cried out in surprise.

"This, this is impossible!"