Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 257 Case
In the East Palace, Emperor Jingwen and Prince Zhongshun were sitting and standing, looking at the little eunuch prostrate on the ground.

"What actions has Jia Qiang taken in the past two days?" Prince Zhongshun asked impatiently.

He was even more anxious than Emperor Jingwen, and couldn't help but speak before Emperor Jingwen.

That is to say, Emperor Jingwen understood his mood at the moment and did not blame him.

"Jia Hou hasn't left the house for two days. The spies in the house said that he had been playing in the Grand View Garden for two days!" the young eunuch answered with his head lowered.

Nowadays, Jiahou Mansion is surrounded by spies. The roadside stalls, Lifu sitting on the corner and resting, etc. are all spies.

The spies hidden in Jiahou's mansion are also playing a role, and intelligence is constantly coming out.

Emperor Jingwen and Prince Zhongshun both wanted to see how Jia Qiang would respond to the massacre at Prince Zhongshun's Mansion, but they never expected that Jia Qiang did nothing.

In fact, none of the spies discovered that Jia Qiang still left the mansion, but he left the mansion by activating the "Close Boots" teleportation. The same happened when he came back, without alarming any spies.

He left the house to go to Zhuangzi in the suburbs. On the one hand, he helped the warriors practice, and on the other hand, he was also practicing the new body-refining technique of 'Da Qian Wushuang Hegemony'.

The technique of 'Da Qian Wushuang Hegemony' is extremely domineering, and the effect of each level up is twice that of ordinary techniques.

Jia Qiang suspected that this 'Da Qian Wushuang Hegemony' was most likely a body refining technique inherited from the Da Qian royal family, otherwise how could it have such a powerful effect.

What he doesn't know is that the 'Da Qian Wushuang Hegemony' is indeed a body refining technique inherited by the Da Qian royal family, but there are very few people who practice this 'Da Qian Wushuang Hegemony'.

The most fundamental reason is that the 'Daqian Wushuang Hegemony' was created specifically for the Tian family bloodline. Without the Tianjia bloodline, it is impossible to practice this 'Daqian Wushuang Hegemony'.

Of course, even if you have the blood of the Tian family, you still need extremely rare and precious medicines, and the quality of these medicines far exceeds the requirements of other body-refining techniques for generals.

Needless to say, the reason why Jia Qiang is able to cultivate the 'Da Qian Wushuang Hegemony' is that he has the right bloodline.

And his 'Healing Technique [Advanced]' can completely replace the effect of the big medicine, allowing him to practice the 'Da Gan Wushuang Hegemony' without such harsh conditions.

For two days, although he appeared to be mostly in the Grand View Garden, he actually spent most of the time practicing the 'Da Qian Wushuang Hegemony'.

As for the investigation into the massacre at Prince Zhongshun's Mansion, he was confident and had already made arrangements.

On this day, Jia Qiang was wearing a python suit. He did not wait in Jiuqing's room, but came directly to Jinluan Hall before going to court.

He walked into the hall and stood in the queue.

The officials present had heard about the imperial edict issued by Emperor Jingwen, and they all saw Emperor Jingwen's preference for Prince Zhongshun. This imperial edict was an excuse to punish Jia Qiang.

Once Jia Qiang failed to fulfill the three-day appointment of the imperial edict, Emperor Jingwen would have a reason to attack Jia Qiang.

Not all officials had seen that Prince Zhongshun's targeting of Jia Qiang was behind Emperor Jingwen's instructions, but now all officials have seen this. They all know that Jia Qiang has lost Emperor Jingwen's favor.

But the officials in the palace did not stay away from Jia Qiang because she lost the favor of Emperor Jingwen.

Many officials looked at him with encouraging eyes and expressed their support for him.

The main reason for this was that there was news from the cabinet that Prince Zhongshun sent dead soldiers to infiltrate Jiahou's Mansion, so Prince Zhongshun's Mansion deserved the revenge.

The first person to break the rules was Prince Zhongshun. Jia Qiang's use of the same method seemed cruel, but there was a reason for it.

The civil servants were not happy that Emperor Jingwen used this method to deal with Jia Qiang. No matter what, Jia Qiang was a cabinet bachelor. Using such a method to make a cabinet bachelor passively make mistakes was unacceptable to the civil servants.

Of course, there were not no officials in the court who were watching Jia Qiang's joke, such as the four government offices, and officials who were close to Prince Zhongshun.

When it was almost time to go to court, Prince Zhongshun came in from outside the palace, attracting the attention of all the officials.

Prince Zhongshun's eyes were red, and his face was full of sorrow.

He walked into the hall, gave Jia Qiang a vicious look, and stood in his seat.

"The Emperor has arrived!" the eunuch shouted.

Emperor Jingwen walked in and sat on the dragon chair.

All the ministers shouted long live, and Emperor Jingwen's eyes fell on Jia Qiang.

The python suit Jia Qiang was wearing made him feel particularly dazzling.

The sitting python on the python suit is a python suit that only princes can wear.

Emperor Jingwen only recently understood why the Supreme Emperor gave Jia Qiang such a standard python suit.

"Jia Hou, has the case in Prince Zhongshun's Mansion been resolved?" Emperor Jingwen asked in a deep voice just after the court meeting began.

Emperor Jingwen's question broke the normal rules of court meetings.

As long as it is not a particularly urgent matter, we will follow normal procedures and wait for the completion of normal government affairs before starting to deal with it.

Prince Zhongshun looked at Jia Qiang with gloating eyes, and he wished Jia Qiang had died on the spot.

"I have caught the murderer in Prince Zhongshun's palace, and he is being held outside the palace!" Jia Qiang bowed and said.

"Did you catch the murderer?" Emperor Jingwen was shocked and asked in disbelief.

"Yes, we've caught it!" Jia Qiang confirmed.

"How do you prove that you caught the real murderer?" Prince Zhongshun couldn't help but ask.

Jia Qiang didn't answer, just looked at Emperor Jingwen.

"I am asking you something!" Prince Zhongshun said loudly.

"Although I know that Prince Zhongshun is concerned about the massacre in the palace, I am reporting to the Holy One, and you have to go beyond the Holy One to interrupt!" Jia Qiang replied sarcastically.

"You..." Prince Zhongshun was furious and was about to say something when he saw Emperor Jingwen wave his hand to signal him to stop talking.

"Now that the murderer has been caught, can we investigate the case clearly?" Emperor Jingwen asked in a deep voice.

As long as there is anything wrong with the case described by Jia Qiang, it can be concluded that Jia Qiang concluded the case indiscriminately, which is more culpable than if no investigation results were found.

"Your Majesty, there are nineteen murderers in total. They are dead soldiers from Prince Zhongshun's Mansion. There were originally twenty people, but one of them was shot dead while sneaking into Jiahou's Mansion.

The nineteen dead soldiers withdrew from Jiahou's Mansion, thinking that Prince Zhongshun's Mansion had betrayed them and that was why they were ambushed as soon as they entered the Mansion. Therefore, they used their familiarity with Prince Zhongshun's Mansion to sneak back to Prince Zhongshun's Mansion and conduct an attack on it. A brutal massacre! "Jia Qiang said lightly.

"Nonsense, how can I keep dead soldiers in captivity?" Prince Zhongshun yelled angrily. Some things can be done but cannot be said, such as keeping dead soldiers in captivity. Many big families are doing this, but the existence of dead soldiers is a top secret of the big families. Except for the core members of the family, no one else will know about dead soldiers. exist.

"After the nineteen dead men were caught, they confessed all the things they had done for Prince Zhongshun's palace. There were a total of sixty-three murder cases, of which twenty-one were just killing people and the rest were assassinations. and assassination.

The targets who were exterminated, assassinated and assassinated included the highest second-rank officials, high-ranking officials in the border areas, Zhao Yushi, the former censor of Zuodu in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Lord Liu, the former prime minister of Shuntian Prefecture,..." Jia Qiang reported the names of the victims one by one. Names and official positions are announced in the palace.

Hearing these names and official positions, all the officials in the court could not help but stand on end, and many officials looked at Prince Zhongshun with shocked and angry eyes.

Many of these officials were rumored to have died suddenly and suddenly. Only now did they know that they were killed by Prince Zhongshun's soldiers.

Emperor Jingwen also looked ugly. Some of the sixty-three murder cases were handed over to Prince Zhongshun, but at least half of them were done by Prince Zhongshun for private purposes.

"You are talking nonsense, what evidence is there!" Prince Zhongshun panicked and said angrily.

Once it was confirmed that these things were all his doings, even if Emperor Jingwen wanted to save him, the most he could do was save his life, and he would be imprisoned and never have any chance to succeed.

"The testimonies given by the nineteen dead men include the time and place of the crime, as well as the detailed process, as well as when and where they handed it over to Prince Zhongshun's palace. In addition, one dead man handed over an account book, and the account book was his Taken out from Prince Zhongshun's Mansion, it records the tasks and rewards issued to the dead soldiers, as well as the property exchanged between Prince Zhongshun's Mansion and officials from various places," Jia Qiang said calmly.

The account book he was talking about was found among the items brought back from the study room of Prince Zhongshun. When he was sorting out the items in the study room, he found many secret account books. This was just one of the secret account books.

The entire court was so quiet that you could hear the drop of a pin. This was a huge case.

If the massacre at Prince Zhongshun's Mansion was a major case, then the sixty-three murder cases involved in it would be solved today.

Because many officials saw familiar names. These officials had fought against Emperor Jingwen and died suddenly not long after.

There are also some names, these people were at odds with Prince Zhongshun, and they also died suddenly and violently.

The emperor who co-authored Emperor Jingwen also used this method to deal with officials.

"My old minister requests that Prince Zhongshun be executed to prove the law of Daqian and restore the prosperity of Daqian!" Academician Tian stood up from the queue, knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice.

"Old minister, reconsider!" Academician Deng also stood up from the queue and knelt down as well.

Then one by one the civil servants stood up and knelt on the ground.

The military attachés also knelt down and beheaded Prince Zhongshun at the support.

There were only a handful of officials standing in the entire hall, and all of them looked ugly.

Because they are still standing at this time, they all have the closest relationship with Prince Zhongshun and Emperor Jingwen.

In fact, they really wanted to kneel down together and force Emperor Jingwen into the palace.

They did not kneel down, and it would be difficult for them to develop in the court in the future. No matter how much Emperor Jingwen helped, the officials who were collectively boycotted by the officials could hardly move forward in Daqian.

Emperor Jingwen's face became even more ugly. This was the darkest day since he came to power.

If there was any regret medicine, he would give up the imperial edict given to Jia Qiang three days ago.

Jia Qiang was so capable. He was so capable that he gave such a result in three days, which put him, the emperor, in a huge whirlpool.

The emperor indeed had supreme power, but he also needed the support of officials.

For an emperor who would send people to assassinate officials because of political disagreements, how could officials dare to trust him, how could they be loyal to him, and how could they dare to entrust their wealth to him.

The most frightening thing is that if this matter cannot be properly resolved, Emperor Jingwen will be recorded in history as a faint king for the ages.

"This case is just a preliminary investigation by Marquis Jia, and the authenticity of the results still needs to be verified. Don't worry, sirs, I will definitely give you an explanation!" Emperor Jingwen thought for a while, and still used the dragging technique, he said.

"I invite the three departments to hold a joint trial. I will hand over all the nineteen prisoners and all the evidence!" Jia Qiang suggested at this time.

The three-division trial should be said to be the most fair trial in this era. The three parties in the three-division trial refer to the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Emperor Jingwen heard Jia Qiang's words and saw the eyes of the kneeling courtiers looking at him one by one. He understood that if he didn't agree, he might not even be able to end the court.

An unprecedented feeling of suffocation arose in his heart. He had encountered this kind of situation before, and it was always brought about by the Supreme Emperor. The Supreme Emperor suppressed him and made him almost a puppet.

After the Supreme Emperor's health weakened and he gradually delegated power to Emperor Jingwen, Emperor Jingwen rarely felt this aggrieved.

Today, he was in the court, but he was forced to such an extent by the officials that he could only give in.

"Okay, let's follow Jiahou's suggestion and let the three departments conduct a joint trial!" Emperor Jingwen said in a deep voice.

"The veteran also asked the cabinet to participate in supervision. This case is of great importance!" Academician Tian said at this time.

This was a complete lack of respect for Emperor Jingwen, almost making it clear that he did not trust Emperor Jingwen.

In fact, many officials are considering writing a letter to the Supreme Emperor at this moment. You must know that many officials here are veterans of the Supreme Emperor's period.

"I agreed and dismissed the court!" Emperor Jingwen stood up and said.

"Your Majesty, there are still government affairs to be handled during today's court meeting!" Jia Qiang reminded.

Emperor Jingwen's face turned red, and then he thought that he had dealt with this matter from the beginning when he went to court, and the rest of the government affairs had not yet begun.

He sat back on the dragon chair and waved his hand to continue.

The atmosphere at the ensuing court meeting was extremely strange. The officials reporting on government affairs spoke dryly, and none of the listeners paid much attention.

Prince Zhongshun's eyes were dull, looking like he had no love in his life.

He really couldn't imagine how things could develop to this point.

It is even more unimaginable how the nineteen dead men could all retort and tell all the cases they had committed.

There is a strict process for cultivating dead soldiers. The dead soldiers have almost lost their humanity and become killing machines.

How could he have known that Jia Qiang had consumed nineteen souls and used the 'Feng Yue Baojian' to change the loyalty of the nineteen dead soldiers from loyalty to Prince Zhongshun to loyalty to Jia Qiang.

The nineteen dead soldiers did not hide anything, and told everything involving Prince Zhongshun in as much detail as possible.

When Prince Zhongshun dealt with some dark matters, the best choice was to use dead soldiers, which also made the dead soldiers know many of Prince Zhongshun's secrets.

The sixty-three murder cases that have been exposed so far are just the tip of the iceberg. When the three divisions go to trial, more things will be revealed.

(End of this chapter)