The emperor always wants to promise himself

Chapter 182 I Didn't Do It On Purpose
"Jin Niang, something happened."

Zhao Jinghuai's voice came from outside the door, Sun's eyes lit up, she immediately got up and went out, before reaching the door, Zhao Jinghuai pushed the door open first, Sun owed her body: "Why is your husband back? Didn't you say Meeting the matchmaker in the front yard? How did it sound?"

Zhao Jinghuai frowned and glanced at Shao Yao, then said in a deep voice, "Go out and guard the door to prevent anyone from approaching."

Shao Yao was startled, she looked at Mrs. Sun, and Mrs. Sun's face changed, and she said to Shao Yao: "Go, do as the master says."

"Yes, the slaves retire."

Shao Yao walked out quickly and closed the door.

When the light dimmed, Zhao Jinghuai's face became even more ugly.

Mrs. Sun pulled him to sit down at the table, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong? Husband's face is so ugly, what happened?"

Zhao Jinghuai stared at her closely: "Jinniang, tell me the truth, what did Lu'er go out yesterday?"

Sun blinked inexplicably: "Didn't Lu'er say to have a drink with her classmates?" Then she realized something, and her complexion turned pale in an instant: "What happened to Lu'er?"

Seeing that she really didn't know, Zhao Jinghuai sighed and nodded, "Just now the regent brought Lu Shengming and He Lilai to take Lu'er away, saying that he suspected of killing someone."

"What? How is it possible? Don't you know Lu'er's temperament? How could he kill a chicken even if he dared not kill it? Is there some misunderstanding here?"

Zhao Jinghuai patted the back of her hand: "Don't be in a hurry, you haven't been convicted yet, just ask Lu'er to ask a few words, the top priority is, we need to know what happened yesterday, so we can help Lu'er. Take ten thousand steps back, Even if Lu'er really killed someone, we have to find a way to rescue him!"

"Yes, yes, we have to rescue Lu'er, this is my only son, I can't watch him have an accident!"

Sun's tears were about to fall, she twisted her veil anxiously, her eyes fixed suddenly, and she stood up abruptly: "No, I have to go to Rong Guogong's mansion, it's best if I don't have anything to do. If something happens, we still have to make plans early.”

"That's exactly what I mean. It's not too late. Please trouble Madam to go to Rongguo's mansion. I'll go and find out what happened yesterday."

"Okay." Mrs. Sun nodded, "I'll go right away."

She turned around and walked out. Zhao Jinghuai sat for a while and called her confidant to investigate.

……

After the group arrived at the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, Xiao Yu was in charge of the trial, Lu Shengming sat at the head, Xiao Yu and He Li sat opposite each other at the bottom, Han Yi stood behind Xiao Yu, and their eyes fell on the hall Zhao Lu stood upright.

Zhao Lu remained calm as before, as if he was not the one who was about to be tried.

Such a confident appearance made Xiao Yu look at him with admiration. It seems that along the way, he has already thought of a countermeasure.

Lu Shengming cleared his throat, looked at Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu nodded to him: "Let's get started, Master Lu."

"Ah."

"Snapped!"

Lu Shengming knocked on the gavel, and asked sharply, "Zhao Lu, did you go to the dark alley of Yunlai Pavilion around noon yesterday?"

Zhao Lu nodded without hesitation: "Go, I met some classmates for a drink. When I went back, I didn't want to take a long way, so I took a shortcut, and I took that dark alley."

"Okay, take a look, this dagger belongs to you, right?"

Lu Shengming gave the yamen servant next to him a look. The yamen servant approached with a tray. Zhao Lu looked down and nodded, "It's mine."

"Yesterday someone used this dagger to kill an unidentified beggar. Was it your fault?"

Zhao Lu twitched the corner of his mouth, and he nodded helplessly: "It's me."

As soon as the two words were crisp and clear, let alone Lu Shengming, even Xiao Yu was a little surprised.

"What did you say?"

Lu Shengming doubted his ears, so he couldn't help asking again.

Zhao Lu repeated it patiently, "I killed the beggar, I admit it, but there is a reason."

"what reason?"

Xiao Yu stared sideways at him, Zhao Lu glanced at him, paused, "I drank a little too much at the time, and when I was passing by there, I tripped over someone, and before I could see who it was, that person jumped suddenly. I got up and wanted to grab my purse, my purse was sewn by my mother, how could it be snatched away so casually?"

"I refused to give it, so I wrestled with him. The man refused to let go. He is very strong. I am a scholar, and I am not an opponent at all. In desperation, I took out the dagger I usually use for self-defense. I just wanted to To frighten him, I didn’t expect that when he saw the gem embedded in the dagger, he wanted to snatch the dagger again, I struggled and missed, so... I stabbed him to death.”

When Zhao Lu said this, the expression on his face was very complicated, both remorse and helplessness, mixed together, but extremely real.

Xiao Yu listened to his words and observed him, inexplicably feeling a little disobedient, but for a while she couldn't find fault in his words, if she drank too much and accidentally killed him, it would be excusable. Manslaughter or murder, without other witnesses, it is impossible to draw conclusions.

Lu Shengming and He Li looked at each other, and felt that what Zhao Lu said was logical and convincing.

"Was anyone else present?"

Lu Shengming asked again, but Zhao Lu didn't answer immediately, but pondered for a while, then shook his head hesitantly: "I'm not sure about this either, I was in a daze at the time, and the fight was fierce, so I didn't have time to distract myself to see what was happening around me." nobody."

Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows quickly, what he said was beautiful, how could a drunk and busy fighting person notice if there was anyone around?

She looked at Zhao Lu, and suddenly asked him: "How old is Mr. Zhao this year?"

Zhao Lu didn't understand, so he looked at her: "Go back to the prince, it's next nineteen."

"Oh, I'm about to lose the crown, so it's really time to get married."

Zhao Lu: "...Yes, my father is also worried about this."

"Worried? Mr. Zhao is a talented person and Huiyuan. When the imperial examination resumes as usual, he will be able to go to a higher level. At that time, the matchmaker will not be able to step through the threshold? What is there to worry about?"

Zhao Lu smiled wryly: "Mother is only having a son, and she has always hoped to embrace her grandson earlier, so she is in a hurry."

"Oh I got it."

Xiao Yu nodded, seeing that his expression relaxed, he immediately asked: "Did you trip over a beggar at that time, was he sitting? Or lying down?"

"He did not……"

Zhao Lu blurted out, and then realized something was wrong, and stopped abruptly, "I can't remember, it may be sitting or lying down."

"Did you do that to his eye?"

"Yes...it was too chaotic at the time, I didn't pay attention to where it was hit."

Xiao Yu smiled lightly: "That beggar has a red mole at the end of his eye, which is quite pretty, but it's a pity that it's swollen."

"Red mole? Isn't it black?"

Zhao Lu asked subconsciously.

Xiao Yu's expression was subtle, and he responded meaningfully: "Oh?"

(End of this chapter)