"Li Yan......"

Chengde Tianzi took a deep breath and said, "How did he find out about Li Yan's head?" ”

The three princes investigated the case this time, and the Tianmu Supervisor in the palace also participated, and the details of it were naturally clear to Chen Ju, who was the great eunuch, and he knelt beside the Chengde Son of Heaven and told Ji Chong's investigation in detail.

After hearing this, the Chengde Tianzi frowned a little displeased.

"Why is he so unruly?"

Rules are the most powerful weapon for vested interests to restrain the bottom, because these rules themselves have stipulated the interests of vested interests, as long as people in the world can abide by the rules, then vested interests will always be vested interests.

The royal family is the biggest vested interest.

Therefore, even if the emperor does things, he must follow the rules, and if there are no rules, the emperor will no longer be the emperor.

Even the original Emperor Wu couldn't do what he wanted.

Investigating a case like the third prince Ji Zhong is fast, but there are no rules, which makes Chengde Tianzi a little unhappy.

His Majesty the Emperor frowned and said, "How long has Li Yan been in the prison of the Criminal Department?" ”

Chen Ju glanced at the sky outside and said, "It's time for half a day." ”

Chengde Tianzi closed his eyes with some difficulty.

"At this time, Li Yan is estimated to have suffered a lot."

"You go in person and let the third child release Li Yan."

This time, although the Son of Heaven in Chengde did not die, but he was indeed seriously injured, according to several imperial doctors, the knife that stabbed into the body of the Son of Heaven injured the Son of Heaven's lungs, and this injury will inevitably leave a dark wound, which is almost impossible to heal.

It can only be recuperated slowly.

In addition, the emperor of Chengde is already forty-five years old, and he is no longer in the prime of life, even those imperial doctors dare not say when they can be raised well, and whether they can be raised well.

The imperial doctors didn't even dare to say how long the Chengde Heavenly Son would live.

In this case, it is obviously impossible to turn the face of the Nanhou Mansion in peace.

Because now that the prince has not been established, the emperor of Chengde needs to spend the remaining time to investigate the candidates for the new emperor, and basically has no energy to look south to Shu County.

In other words, the affairs of southern Xinjiang cannot be solved in the Chengde Dynasty.

It can only be given to the next emperor.

This kind of situation is a situation that the former Chengde Tianzi did not want to see no matter what, but there is no way, this is already a reality that has to be faced.

Today's Emperor Chengde, although lying on the bed, but unprecedentedly calm, today's capital, has been chaotic, he doesn't know how long he has to live, he needs to take care of the country as much as possible, and then hand over the country to a suitable emperor.

Chen Ju nodded a little bitterly.

"The old slave knows."

He bowed down and said astringently, "Your Majesty, is this matter going to Li Yan?" ”

Chengde Tianzi opened his eyes with some difficulty.

"I can only stop at him, and if I continue to investigate, it will not end well."

"You're a clever man, this thing...... You go in person and watch the processing. ”

Chen Ju nodded.

"What about the people before Li Yan?"

This matter is investigated from a shallow to in-depth investigation, and the people before Li Yan mentioned by Chen Ju refer to Zhou Danian and Li Ji.

"Kill them all."

Chengde Tianzi narrowed his eyes: "Except for Li Xin, one of the other people is counted as one, and all of them will be killed by me!" ”

Things have come to this point, how can the Son of Chengde not hate?

Let go of Li Yan because there is nothing to do, but the people before Li Yan, if there is one, they all deserve to die!

Chen Ju bent down deeply.

"Old slave...... Got it. ”

……………………

When Chen Ju rushed to the prison of the Criminal Department, Li Yan, who was the squire of the Ministry of War, had indeed suffered a lot.

Originally, he was also an official at the level of Jiuqing, according to the rules, no one could take him without an edict, and before the official body was removed, no one could torture him, but the third prince has never been a person who talks about rules, and His Royal Highness the prince has already beaten Li Yan with forty or fifty lashes.

He has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and the strength in his hands is naturally not small, and with fifty lashes, Li Yan's physique is a little unsupportable, and he almost faints in pain.

The third prince held the torture whip in his hand, looked at the embarrassed Li Yan coldly, and roared in a low voice: "Say, who instructed you to harm my father?" ”

Although Li Yan was embarrassed, there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and he opened his eyes with some difficulty and glanced at Ji Chong.

"Your Highness, if you don't follow the rules to me today, there will be people who will not follow the rules to you in the future, you wait and see."

"You still dare to be hard-mouthed!"

Ji Zhong let out a low roar.

"You rebels and thieves, harm my father! Don't tell this king what rules are not in order, today this king killed you, if the court is held responsible, this king's life will be compensated to you! ”

Ji Chong's face was grim, and the whip in his hand shook a loud whip.

"Did you say it?"

Li Yan was covered with wounds, but this military man did not bow his head, but just smiled reluctantly: "Your Highness... What do you want me to say? ”

"I want you to tell me who is behind it!"

Li Yan glanced at Ji Zhong lightly, and said with a smile: "Your Highness is so bent into a move, it is nothing more than to let the official bite Pingnanhou, okay, the official now confesses, this matter is indeed done by me, and it was also instructed by Pingnanhou." ”

"And then?"

Li Yan's face was calm: "Your Highness is going to Shu County now, and you will also arrest Pingnanhou and bring him to the prison of the Criminal Department to beat him, and then ask him who is the mastermind behind the scenes?" ”

Li Yan's words made Ji Zhong a little unsure of how to respond.

This person is still a hard bone, why did he change his attitude after a while, and he bowed his head and confessed?

Ji Zhong glanced at Li Yan with some uncertainty.

"Do you dare to draw a charge?"

Li Yan smiled: "I naturally dare, the question is whether His Highness dares to let me draw a charge." ”

Li Yan's eyes did not look at Ji Chong, but at a person not far behind Ji Chong.

The man walked in with a step, shook his head and sighed: "Your Highness, you have gone too far in this matter. ”

Ji Chong looked back in amazement, only to find that Chen Ju, the grand duke of the inner palace, didn't know when, was standing behind him.

"Grand Duke, when did you arrive?"

"It's a minute."

Chen Ju glanced at Li Yan, who was covered in blood, a flash of happiness flashed in his eyes, and then bent down at Li Yan.

"Li Shilang, the Third Highness is ignorant and has made you suffer, and the court will give you an explanation for this matter in the future."

Li Yan glanced at Chen Ju lightly, and the heart hanging in his heart also relaxed.

He was not worried about his life, but worried that the Chengde Son of Heaven would be fine.

If this son of heaven was only slightly injured, then the Pingnan army would have to raise the flag and rebel.

But now that Chen Ju is here, it means that the Chengde Son of Heaven, even if he is not dead, does not have long to live.

Chen Ju personally untied the rope for Li Yan.

Li Yan was covered with wounds all over his body, and he had long lost his strength, and as soon as the rope was released, he collapsed to the ground.

Li Yan, who was sitting on the ground, glanced up at Chen Ju and said respectfully, "Grand Duke, how is Your Majesty?" ”

Chen Ju squinted his eyes and said, "It's just a minor injury, just recuperate for a few days, it's no big deal." ”

Li Yanchang breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's okay if there's nothing to do, it's okay if there's nothing to do, please tell Your Majesty that this matter has nothing to do with Li Yan and the Pingnan Hou Mansion, it's all Li Ji who is biting indiscriminately!" ”

Chen Ju glanced at Li Yan with a smile.

"What Li Shilang said, Your Majesty knows it in your heart, otherwise Your Majesty would not let our family come and let Li Shilang out."

"Li Shilang, did you say?"