Li Cheng almost used all his strength to swallow the swear words that were about to blurt out.
He forced a smile.
"King Zhao really knows how to joke, ha ha."
Li Ji stretched out his right hand towards him: "Should His Royal Highness return the Hongjun sword to its original owner?"
I don't know if it was Li Cheng's illusion, but he always felt that King Zhao deliberately emphasized the words "return things to their original owners", which seemed to mean something.
In front of so many people, Li Cheng still had to maintain his dignity as a prince, and he couldn't care about each other, so he could only hold back his full stomach of resentment, and handed over the Hongjun sword.
After Li Ji took the Hongjun sword, he handed it over to Hua Manman, and ordered.
"Wipe clean."
Hua Manman immediately entered the worker mode.
Facing the boss's order, she answered without hesitation.
"okay!"
She took out the silk handkerchief that she carried with her, and wiped the Hongjun sword twice from the beginning to the end.
With that careful look, it seemed that something dirty was stuck on the sword.
Seeing Li Cheng's eyelids twitching, he almost couldn't help but curse.
Fuck, this couple must have done it on purpose!
They came here to humiliate him on purpose!
Li Ji put the cleaned Hongjun sword into the scabbard, glanced at the person lying on the ground, and asked casually.
"Who is this person?"
Li Chengpi said with a smile on his face.
"He is the criminal Luo Yun. He is interrogating him alone because he committed the crime of corrupting ink. This matter has nothing to do with King Zhao. I hope King Zhao will not interfere."
Hua Manman immediately looked at Luo Yun, it turned out that he was the rumored magistrate Luo!
He looks very miserable now, with no good flesh left from the beatings all over his body.
Li Ji said with a half-smile.
"It's rare for me to see His Highness the Crown Prince judging a case, and I'm quite curious. I just happen to have nothing to do right now, so why don't I stay and see what the Crown Prince's trial is?"
After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for the prince to speak, so he was moved to sit down, flicked his sleeves, and sat in the courtroom gracefully.
Li Cheng couldn't throw King Zhao out in front of so many people, so he could only swallow his breath and walked towards the main seat with a sullen face.
Halfway through, he suddenly stopped,
He suddenly turned his head and stared straight at King Zhao.
To be precise, he was staring at King Zhao's legs.
Just now he was so focused on the matter of "King Zhao not only survived but also returned safely", he didn't notice that King Zhao walked in by himself, and he didn't need to rely on a wheelchair to move around as usual.
Li Ji leaned lazily on the armrest, with the corners of his lips raised, smiling like a monster.
"Why is your highness looking at me like that?"
Li Cheng really wanted to ask King Zhao, did his legs return to normal
But when the words came to his lips, he couldn't ask them.
Because at this time Li Cheng felt a strong sense of panic and anxiety.
He was very scared, afraid that he would hear the answer he least wanted to hear.
Li Cheng's lips opened and closed, but in the end he couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart.
"King Zhao's leg is healed?"
After the words came out of his mouth, he realized that his voice was trembling a little.
Even though he tried his best to maintain a calm face, his voice still betrayed his true mood at the moment.
Li Ji raised his right leg and stepped on the low couch.
He stretched out his hand and tapped on his knee twice, his long and narrow eyes swept towards the prince lightly, and smiled happily.
"That's right, thanks to His Highness the Crown Prince's blessing, not only did I not drown after falling into the river, but I even activated my survival instincts at the critical moment, and my legs regained consciousness. What a surprise."
Li Cheng felt his heart ache when he heard it, and almost vomited blood.
He deliberately asked someone to cut the rope in order to make King Zhao fall into the river and drown.
As a result, King Zhao not only did not die, but he also cured his leg disease!
Should it be said that King Zhao was very lucky? Or is his prince's luck too bad
No matter what the result is, it is enough to make Li Cheng half dead with anger.
But Li Cheng couldn't reveal it yet, so as not to arouse others' suspicion.
He could only knock down his teeth and swallow his blood, forcefully suppress the resentment in his stomach, and forced a smile.
"It can only show that King Zhao's luck is good, and he is favored by the heavens. What does it have to do with Gu Neng?"
The smile on Li Ji's face became more intense: "Because His Royal Highness chose to take the road of the cable bridge, I have the chance to recover my health. I am really grateful to His Royal Highness from the bottom of my heart."
Li Cheng didn't want to be thanked by King Zhao at all.
He never expected that King Zhao would have such an opportunity.
If he had known such a result earlier, he would not have asked someone to cut the rope.
Unfortunately.
Money is hard to buy, I knew it earlier.
Li Cheng didn't want to talk to King Zhao anymore, lest he would be pissed off.
He sat down with a sullen face, and glanced at Luo Yun with cold eyes.
"Gu will give you one last chance. If you still don't tell the truth, Gu can only order someone to put you in prison and continue to torture you."
Luo Yun opened his chapped lips and made a hoarse voice.
"My minister, you are innocent."
It's still the same sentence.
Even after all his suffering, he still refused to compromise.
Li Cheng's patience has completely run out.
Just at this time, he had other things to deal with, and he didn't want to waste any more time on Luo Yun, so he immediately ordered someone to take Luo Yun down to continue the torture.
Li Ji spoke leisurely at this moment.
"Since His Royal Highness can't find out why, why don't you leave this matter to me?"
Not only Li Cheng, but even Hua Manman was quite surprised when he heard this.
She begged King Zhao to help Luo Yun before, but was rejected by King Zhao indifferently.
Why did King Zhao suddenly change his mind now
Li Cheng was very dissatisfied and said with a frown.
"Didn't Gu just say that? This matter has nothing to do with King Zhao, so don't interfere at will."
Li Ji smiled, his eyes were cold and sharp.
"When His Royal Highness took my Hongjun sword to kill people, did you ever think that this case has nothing to do with me?"
Li Cheng choked.
Li Ji continued to press.
"That is the Hongjun sword given to me by the saint, it represents the saint's trust in me.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't ask for it, and took it to kill the court official.
If the sage wants to be held accountable afterwards, will the responsibility for beheading the imperial court official without authorization be yours, or mine? "
Li Cheng couldn't answer, and his face became more and more ugly.
He gritted his teeth and retorted: "We are all working for the imperial court, so why should we be so clear?"
Li Ji sneered: "I'm really confused. His Royal Highness said that it has nothing to do with me, and said that there is no need to make a clear distinction. You are really capricious!"
Hua Manman whispered.
"I heard that people with a big face have a better temper, because it's really hard to turn your face, but now it seems that the rumors are not very credible. You can see that His Royal Highness has a big face, but his speed of turning his face It's pretty fast too."
Li Ji carefully looked at the prince's face and gave an objective evaluation.
"It's really big."
Li Cheng: "..."
Although Hua Ruren's voice was very low, the courtroom was very quiet, and everyone could hear her conversation with King Zhao clearly.
(end of this chapter)