Hou Ye's palm heart is a black lotus

Chapter 470: Sudden Death (Update )
The voice sounded strangely familiar.

But when she looked closely, it was the face of a strange man.

The man looked to be in his thirties, with an ordinary appearance, and his clothes gave off a hint of shabbyness.

But Ye Chutang has always had an excellent memory, and she was sure that she must have heard this person's voice.

But for a moment, I just couldn't match this face.

Then she saw the man bargaining with the vendor, and finally picked out two wild ginsengs and some deer antlers and left.

Looking at the man's leaving back, Ye Chutang narrowed his eyes slightly.

Just then, she heard someone whispering next to her.

"Is that someone from Prince Jing's residence?"

Ye Chutang's heart moved.

The vendor was obviously also surprised: "What? You, you said that was, was the Fourth Prince's man!? Doesn't that mean——"

"Don't worry." The person who spoke waved his hand casually. "Although the Prince Jing is also a prince, he hasn't been doing well these years. The servants in the mansion are easy to talk to. They just buy you some things and won't embarrass you."

The vendor finally breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good! That's good!"

How could this prince's business be easy? If he was not careful, he would lose all his wealth!

However, after encountering a series of accidents, the vendor was secretly frightened and quickly packed up his things and left.

The street soon returned to silence, as if nothing had happened.

Ye Chutang did not stay any longer and lowered the curtain: "Let's go."

The carriage continued to move forward shakily, but Ye Chutang fell into deep thought.

The man just now... was actually from Prince Jing’s Mansion?

Prince Jing is the fourth among the princes and is given the title of Prince Jing. Because of his leg disease, he has never been valued by Emperor Mu Wu. It is said that he rarely even comes out of the palace gate and is almost a invisible person.

During the past month, the capital city was in turmoil, and everyone was on edge, but no one remembered this person.

It was as if he didn't exist at all.

But from this we can also see how miserable his life was. As a prince, he even had to send people to the street to buy wild ginseng, which looked very ordinary in quality and worthless.

It's quite a failure for the prince to end up like this.

Even if Xiao Chengxuan, who committed a serious crime, was placed under house arrest in Chengxin Lake, his life would probably be better than this.

Ye Chutang had been to the palace several times, but had never met His Royal Highness Prince Jing once.

If I hadn't seen him by chance today, I would never have remembered that there was such a person in the capital.

Ye Chutang seemed to be thinking about something.

Even though his legs and feet were inconvenient, he should go to the palace to visit the sick Emperor Mu Wu to show his filial piety.

But His Royal Highness Prince Jing did not make any movement from beginning to end.

If it were someone else, they probably wouldn't care about this matter, but the man's voice just now made it difficult for Ye Chutang to ignore it easily.

Ye Chutang lowered his eyes.

Where on earth had I heard that voice?

……

Here, the eldest princess was still arguing with several cabinet ministers.

But today it is not for anything else but just one thing - whether there is any collusion between the Nanhu Swordsman and Xiao Chengxuan.

Jiang Zhaoyuan looked grim: "The case is serious, how can we make a hasty conviction? Just relying on a jade pendant to make a direct conviction, how can we talk about fairness and justice!" Wang Songshi put his hands in his pockets, calmly said: "Why is Lord Jiang so anxious? Wasn't the case sent to the three judicial departments for joint trial? They found the jade pendant, and they got the testimony together. Lord Jiang said this because he thinks the people from the Censorate and the Dali Temple have joined forces to frame me?"

"I didn't say that! Don't make false accusations against me!" Jiang Zhaoyuan's temples were throbbing.

Wang Songshi mentioned the Censorate on one hand and the Dali Temple on the other, but he never mentioned the Ministry of Justice! Isn't that a hint that he has someone in the Ministry of Justice?
Wang Songshi smiled: "How dare I frame Lord Jiang? I am just telling the truth. The witnesses and evidence are all here. Lord Jiang said he doesn't believe it, so does that mean it is all false?"

"What evidence is there? The Nanhu Swordsman has been detained for a long time. If there is really a problem, it should have been found out long ago! How could it be delayed until today? There is clearly something fishy here!"

Jiang Zhaoyuan secretly regretted it in his heart.

During this period of time, he was so busy mediating Xu Jie's case that such a big mistake occurred!

If this crime is confirmed, Cheng Xuan will never be able to turn things around!

"According to me——"

"All right."

The princess was tired of hearing these arguments and interrupted them directly.
"What's the point of arguing here? If you have the time, why not go and ask Xu Jie directly!"

Several people were stunned.

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Jiang Zhaoyuan reacted suddenly and said immediately: "That's right! Xu Jie should be interrogated! He confessed everything before. If it is true - if the Second Prince really did this, why didn't Xu Jie mention it in his original testimony? This must be a frame-up!"

Wang Songshi glanced at him sideways.

"This is a serious matter. Does Xu Jie know everything he did? If he did something like this, he would be extremely cautious! How could it be easily known?"

Jiang Zhaoyuan was furious: "So, you think he is colluding with foreign enemies? What reason does he have to do this? "

"He had no reason to kill General Huo Yucheng, but didn't more than a hundred members of the Huo family die unjustly? Didn't he do it anyway? If I could guess what he was thinking, wouldn't I be him?"

"You! You can always find excuses to accuse me of something!"

Seeing that the argument was getting more intense, the eldest princess raised her voice and interrupted, "There is no point in arguing like this. Just let the three judges interrogate Xu Jie!"

After these words were spoken, everyone finally reached a consensus.

However, bad news soon came.

Xu Jie is dead.

He died in prison this morning.

There was a dead silence in the hall.

The eldest princess frowned, and several ministers looked at each other, not knowing how to start the conversation.

Wang Songshi sneered: "What a coincidence! Xu Jie didn't die earlier or later, but died at this time!"

The atmosphere was stagnant.

In fact, Xu Jie would be dead if he died, but now Xiao Chengxuan is exposed to have connections with the Nanhu Swordsman, and Xu Jie is an extremely important clue.

After his death, this clue was completely cut off, and no one could get any more information about Xiao Chengxuan from him.

How did Xu Jie die? There are too many possibilities.

So many people wanted him dead since the day he was locked up in prison.

He is involved in too many things. If he lives one more day, someone will not be able to sleep peacefully.

What's more, if you want to kill someone, there are so many ways in prison.

There are many methods that can make people die without anyone noticing, and outsiders cannot find out anything.

He lost his life in such a confused manner, leaving behind countless questions for people to speculate.

The princess said in a deep voice: "Investigate immediately! The cause of his death must be investigated thoroughly!"