"Lord Wang!" When Li Yuntian came to the Righteous Forbidden Mansion, Li Ji, Huang Xi, Liu Shangmin, Li Jin, and Li Xuan led the high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the Seoul officialdom to greet each other in front of the door, and when they saw Li Yuntian getting off the carriage, they all bowed and saluted.

At this moment, the three circles in front of the gate of the Yiban Mansion were surrounded by heavily armed soldiers, including soldiers of the Ming Army and soldiers of the Korean State, and because the public trial was presided over by Li Yuntian, the officers and men of the Ming Army were responsible for the security of the inner perimeter, and the North Korean soldiers were responsible for the security of the periphery.

The street where the Righteous Forbidden Mansion is located has been surrounded by North Korean people who have come to see the excitement, and from a distance, it looks as black as ants, and there are crowds of people everywhere.

After all, there has never been a case in Korea where a person more noble than the status of the king of Joseon has come to try a case, and it is also related to the death of the previous king of Joseon and the question of the selection of the future king of Joseon, which is a great deal for the Joseon state.

Therefore, those who can afford to come to Seoul in the surrounding areas of Seoul have come to join in the fun, wanting to see this major event related to the national fortunes of the Korean state.

In the courtyard of the Uiban Mansion, the left and right sides were densely packed with people, on the left were the civil officials of Seoul, and on the right were the members of the royal family and relatives.

"Lord Wang!" When Li Yuntian walked into the courtyard of the Forbidden Mansion surrounded by Li Ji, Huang Xi and others, the people at the scene bowed down one after another.

Li Yuntian bowed slightly, and strode to a Taishi chair with mink cushions in front of him, and Li Ji, Li Ji, Huang Xi and others sat on the stools on both sides of him.

Since it was a public trial, it was naturally indispensable for the people to observe, Li Yuntian sat down on the Taishi chair and nodded to a military attache who was standing in front of him on the side, and the military attache ordered the soldiers outside the door to let the people in.

Because there were too many people who came to see the excitement this time and the space of the Yiban Mansion was limited, the five hundred people in front of the queue were the lucky ones, and they were allowed to enter the yamen to observe, and they poured in hulala, located in the open space opposite Li Yuntian, which suddenly made the courtyard where many people had gathered even more crowded.

"Knock on the prince." After standing firm, those people knelt down and saluted Li Yuntian, and they had no merit in their bodies, so they naturally had to kneel.

Li Yuntian bowed slightly, stretched out his hand and raised his hand upwards to signal the people to get up, and the people stood up in a hula.

"Ladies and gentlemen, when the king left Beijing, the emperor repeatedly instructed the king to find out the cause of the death of the king of Joseon, and now that the king has finally found the survivor of Gyeongbokgung Palace, it is time to uncover the mystery."

Under the gaze of everyone, Li Yuntian groaned and then said loudly, "Today, this king is here to interrogate those survivors and ask them to tell everyone the truth about the incident that night.

"Bring people in." As he spoke, Li Yuntian shouted in a deep voice to a military attache who was on standby.

Hearing this, the military attache bowed and walked away quickly, and soon led several men and women wearing Korean court costumes to come over, attracting the attention of everyone at the scene.

"She's still alive!"

When they saw Zhao Shanggong who was leading the way, Li Ji and Huang Xi and others couldn't help but show shocked looks, if they remembered correctly, Zhao Shanggong had died in the rebellion that night, and Li Ji's people also specially counted the corpses for this purpose.

Because Zhao Shanggong died in a burning house, the body was burned beyond recognition, and the person who collected the body recognized her identity from the accessories she carried.

Now it seems that this is Zhao Shanggong's golden cicada plan to escape from Seoul by replacing her with a substitute ghost, so that no one will know that she is still alive and will not hunt her down.

"This hateful woman actually used this trick to get out!" Li Yao's face became gloomy in an instant, his fists involuntarily clenched together and became nervous, and he stared at Zhao Shanggong with a complicated expression.

"Xiaguan Zhao has seen the prince." After coming to Li Yuntian, Zhao Shanggong bowed down and saluted Li Yuntian, and among the surviving people in Gyeongbokgung Palace, she had the highest official rank, so she walked in the front.

"Zhao, what kind of official position do you hold in Gyeongbokgung Palace?" Li Yuntian glanced at Zhao Shanggong and asked quietly.

"Back to the prince, Xiaguan is the most secret palace in the main hall of Gyeongbokgung Palace." Zhao Shanggong replied loudly when he heard this.

In the system of female court officials in the Joseon Kingdom, the Zhimi Shang Palace, along with the promotion of the Shang Palace and the Deputy Promotion of the Shang Palace, is the highest rank of the fifth rank of the official.

The main hall, the princess hall, the concubine hall and the east palace each have a set of female official systems such as the promotion of the Shang Palace, the deputy promotion of the Shang Palace and the Zhimi Shang Palace, among which the status of the female officials in the main hall where the king of Joseon lives is respected.

Zhimi Shang Palace, also known as the Waiting Order Shang Palace, is responsible for waiting for the edict in the main hall, the princess hall, the concubine hall and the east palace, and is responsible for the living life of the royal bedroom, and has the closest relationship with the members of the royal family.

Therefore, Zhao Shanggong can be said to be a confidant of the king of Joseon and is loyal to the king of Joseon, so she will never betray the king of Joseon, and she will definitely tell the truth about what happened that night.

This is also the reason why Li Jin became nervous, he didn't know what Zhao Shanggong knew, once Zhao Shanggong said words that were not good for him, then he would be in a lot of trouble.

"Zhao Shanggong, this king asks you, were you in Gyeongbokgung Palace on the night the king of Joseon was killed?" The corner of Li Yuntian's eyes glanced at Li Yao, whose face had become a little ugly, and asked Zhao Shanggong in an orderly manner.

"Back to the prince, the lower official was in the main hall that night to serve His Royal Highness the Lord, and witnessed the killing of His Royal Highness the Lord by the rebels." Zhao Shanggong's eyes were a little red when he heard this, and after nodding, he gritted his teeth and said loudly.

With a bang, after listening to Zhao Shanggong's words, there was a commotion at the scene, and people whispered one after another, all wondering what Zhao Shanggong saw that night, and whether they knew whether the main messenger behind the rebellion was Li Jin or Li Jue.

At this time, Li Jin's face was already a little blue, although he didn't know how much Zhao Shanggong knew, but he had become a little flustered because of his weak heart as a thief.

"Ahem!" Seeing that the situation at the scene had become a little chaotic, Li Yuntian couldn't help coughing twice, and the surrounding discussions immediately stopped.

"Tell the king what happened that night, who killed the king of Joseon?" After the scene quieted down, Li Yuntian asked Zhao Shanggong in a loud voice.

"Lord, His Royal Highness has fallen asleep that night, and in the early hours of the morning, someone rushed into the palace and surrounded the main hall, and the guards of the main hall wanted to escort His Royal Highness the Lord to rush out, but unfortunately he was weak and finally killed and wounded, and His Royal Highness was killed by a rebel general."

After listening to Li Yuntian's question, Zhao Shanggong's tears couldn't help but flow, "The lower official was separated from His Royal Highness the Lord in the chaos, and he watched His Royal Highness the Lord being killed, his heart was like a knife, if he didn't want to avenge His Royal Highness, the lower official would definitely follow His Royal Highness." ”

"Lord Wang, please avenge His Royal Highness!" As he spoke, Zhao Shanggong knelt down with his legs bent and pleaded with a wailing voice.

"Please avenge Your Highness the Lord." The survivors of Gyeongbokgung Palace who were following Zhao Shanggong also knelt down, and the women even cried profusely.

"How did she see her father killed?" Li Jin's face turned pale in an instant, and he was shocked in his heart, at that time, the king of Joseon was surrounded by rebels who had attacked the palace.

"At that time, the situation was chaotic, how did you see that the king of Joseon was killed by the rebels?" Li Yuntian pondered for a while, and looked at Zhao Shanggong expressionlessly, with that environment at that time, if Zhao Shanggong saw the king of Korea killed, it was estimated that she would not live.

"Lord, due to the chaotic situation, Xiaguan was separated from His Royal Highness at that time, and when he was hiding from the rebels, he was lucky to meet the rebels from Xiaguan's hometown, and Xiaguan inadvertently relieved their family when he returned to his hometown before, so with his help, Xiaguan changed into the clothes of the rebels and was led out of the palace by him."

A painful look appeared on Zhao Shanggong's face, as if he couldn't recall the situation back then, and said to Li Yuntian in a choked voice, "When the official arrived at the square in front of the palace of the princess's palace in the palace, he happened to witness the killing of His Royal Highness the Lord and immediately fainted, and was carried out of the palace. ”

Hearing this, Li Yao's eyes suddenly narrowed, his fists were clenched tightly, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, he originally thought that Zhao Shanggong did not know the identity of the rebels who attacked Gyeongbokgung Palace, but Zhao Shanggong actually knew the location where the King of Joseon was killed, so this means that she really witnessed the process of the King of Joseon being killed, which is not a good sign.

Everyone at the scene immediately looked at each other, it was the first time they had heard that the king of Joseon had been killed in the square in front of the palace of the princess.

"So, do you know the identity of the rebels?" Li Yuntian glanced around at the surprised crowd at the scene, and looked at Zhao Shanggong with a serious expression.

Hearing this, the scene suddenly fell silent again, and everyone turned their eyes to Zhao Shanggong, wondering which name Zhao Shanggong would say.

"Lord Wang, those rebels are General Pu Hui's subordinates, and the person who killed His Royal Highness is Pu Hui!" Zhao Shanggong gritted her teeth when she heard this, and said word by word, she couldn't wait to cut Pu Hui with a thousand knives, and only in this way could she vent the hatred in her heart.

"Nonsense, General Park went to the palace to rescue, how can you say that he killed His Royal Highness?" As soon as Zhao Shanggong's words fell, a questioning voice sounded at the scene, and a civil official shouted emotionally, he was Zheng Jin, the sentence of the criminal Cao.

Park Hui is Li Yao's person, Zhao Shanggong said that Park Hui killed the king of Joseon, doesn't it mean that Li Yao started the rebellion?

Li Yao sat there with a pale face, sweat streaming down his forehead, when Zhao Shanggong said the location where the king of Joseon was killed, he had already expected that things would be worse, if that was the case, Zhao Shanggong would definitely know the identity of the rebels.

"Zheng Jushu, how can you be so presumptuous in the court!" At this time, Li Ji, who was sitting at the bottom left of Li Yuntian, had a sinking face and opened his mouth to scold.

"Lord Wang, the officials are in a hurry, please forgive the prince." Zheng Jin realized that his behavior just now was quite inappropriate, and offended Li Yuntian, who was presiding over the interrogation, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down to Li Yuntian to plead guilty, "Lord Wang, the lower officials think that what Zhao Shanggong said is untrue, General Park is dedicated to the public and is the hero of the rebellion back then, how can he be allowed to reverse black and white and frame!" ”