The cabinet finally agreed that the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple should jointly hear this important case.
Because the second prince is His Majesty's direct son, he also joined the three divisions of a clan's family to interrogate, and Gu Huaijiang supervised the case as a high-ranking minister.
In order to avoid suspicion, Gu Huaijiang handed over the case to Gu Shubai to supervise it, which can be regarded as blocking everyone's mouth.
And the first thing Gu Shubaidu had to do was to meet the second prince in person.
"The second prince is locked in the prison of the Clan Mansion. The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple have interrogated him several times after joining the joint trial. All the confessions are here. Why does the eldest brother go to see him in person?"
There are a lot of confessions on the desk, under careful review, it is unknown how many times the second prince has been interrogated, and each confession is as tall as half a Yufu.
When Gu Shubai checked the statement, she sat on the side and watched it together, almost recited the second prince's words by heart.
In fact, these confessions were repeated over and over again. His arrow was clearly aimed at the wild boar. He didn't know why he shot His Majesty and killed him with one arrow. He was confused until he was imprisoned.
These words are of no help in reviewing the case, and the second prince may not know as much as they do.
Gu Shubai did not take it seriously, "The second prince is the person involved. Although he is not smart, he is not stupid after fighting with the first prince for so many years, right? Think about it, he was wronged as a father-killer and king-killer. Don’t you have any sense of survival in the situation you’re in?”
He casually picked up a confession and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that the second prince knows that among those interrogating him in the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Clan Mansion are members of the eldest prince, so he dare not say some things to them."
"Then who among these three divisions belongs to the eldest prince?"
Yu Fu is a daughter, so she can't go to the court and doesn't know the courtiers, not to mention the fact that His Majesty passed away and the situation in the court changed, most of those who originally stood in the same camp also changed camps.
More than half of the courtiers more or less supported the eldest prince, thinking that he was the most likely candidate to become the new monarch, so they flattered him in advance.
Now who among the three divisions supports the eldest prince, even Gu Shubai can't see clearly.
He shook his head, "People don't engrave the first prince's five characters on their heads, so we naturally don't know. The second prince is a middleman, so he always knows something. So the best way is for us to ask him, People in the Guhou Mansion have always been neutral, and this thorough investigation of His Majesty's assassination is thanks to the strong support of my father, the second prince may not trust others, but he will definitely trust us."
Yu Fu said: "Then I will go with the elder brother. Although I didn't like the second prince very much in the past, I have the name of brother and sister after all. He seems to like me very much, and even gave me many valuable gifts. I will be with you Go, maybe he'd rather talk."
Gu Shubai: "..."
Yu Fu always seems to be confused, whether others like her like a brother, or like an ordinary man.
If Yin Shuo hadn't confessed his heart to her on the wedding day, she might not have understood that Yin Shuo liked her until now.
That's all.
Gu Shubai didn't say anything, the two of them went outside the prison of the clan's mansion, and the guards had already received the cabinet's order and let them go immediately.
The prison in the Clan Mansion is different from other places, because all the imprisoned members of the royal family who have made mistakes, even the prison cells are clean and simple, and the cell of the Second Prince is more like an ordinary family's house.
Only the heavy iron cell door can tell that this is a heavily guarded cell.
There is a pull-out window above the cell door, through which the jailers usually deliver meals, Gu Shubai looked inside through the window, and the second prince half sat on the bed in a daze.
The position of the window is too high, Yufu can't see inside, so he simply asks Yufu to open the cell door.
The second prince finally reacted, looked towards the door, his eyes lit up when he saw Gu Shubai and Yufu.
Gu Shubai looked at the jailer behind him, "You step back first, I have something to ask the second prince alone."
"Yes, if you have something to do, just ask the prince and the princess, and the younger one will wait at the end of the corridor."
The jailer bowed and retreated, and the second prince got off the bed, straightened his clothes and hair crown, trying not to look so disrespectful.
Yu Fu looked at him, he was still wearing the usual imperial prince's fine clothes, the python pattern embroidered on it was majestic and precious, but in this prison cell it seemed to be covered with a layer of dust, and he was no longer gorgeous.
The former high-spirited prince, now has an unshaven beard and is so thin that his cheekbones protrude.
Yu Fu suddenly thought of Gu Shubai's words, he said that Princess Danyang's life in Xiangfu was not easy, not only sick and pale, but Yin Shuo slapped her face in public in the Golden Palace.
Princess Tianjia, let me tell you how she can bear it with Princess Danyang's usual temperament, even the ministers who still have His Majesty in their hearts can't stand it.
Now seeing the second prince, I realized that the brother and sister were in the same illness.
As soon as Emperor Ning died, they fell from the high clouds to the bottom of the valley, even worse than ordinary people.
"Shubai, Yufu, why are you here? I didn't kill the father, I really didn't kill the father and the king! Do you believe me?"
"If we don't believe you, why bother to examine this case?"
Gu Shubai saw a table and chairs beside him, and motioned to him, "Your Highness, sit down first, and speak slowly, we are here today to listen to His Highness expressing our grievances."
The second prince calmed down a bit, and suddenly nodded with a smile, "No wonder, no wonder the jailers have been more polite to me these past two days. I vaguely heard them say that Uncle Gu has returned. Besides Uncle Gu, who else is willing to find out the father's identity?" The truth about Beng? They are just holding Ning Yizhao in their hands, thinking that they will be able to win the meritorious service of a dragon!"
Gu Shubai and Yufu also sat down, and Yufu saw that the cell was clean and tidy, but the bedding on the bed was thin and there was no charcoal basin, so he said: "The general was ordered by the cabinet to supervise the case, and I will hand over the matter to you." To the eldest brother, the interrogation of the third department must not be false, and he will definitely return justice to His Majesty and the second prince. Before going out, the general asked us to bring some bedding and thick clothes. When I came in, I handed it over to the jailer for inspection. It will be delivered."
Gu Shubai glanced at her.
Gu Huaijiang would not have thought of these details, it was clearly Yufu's own kindness, and it was necessary to put Gu Huaijiang's name on it, hoping that the second prince would appreciate his kindness.
No wonder it is said that his daughter is a caring little padded jacket, what Yufu did in the past few days back to the imperial capital made him feel inferior.
The second prince was really moved, "I knew it, I knew it! Uncle Gu is the most loyal father in the court, and no one can stand up and say a fair word except Uncle Gu! Uncle Gu still wants to give me a bedding. My own sister and brother-in-law never came to see me... If you have any questions, just ask, and I will tell you everything!"
Poor Second Prince, if he knew what his own sister was like now, he wouldn't blame Princess Danyang for not coming to see him.
Princess Danyang needs Gu Shubai's help even if she wants to enter the palace, which is equivalent to being under house arrest in the prime minister's mansion in a disguised form. How can there be a chance to visit the clan's mansion
As for the brother-in-law... Isn't it Yin Shuo and the eldest prince who sent him to prison
Gu Shubai didn't tell him these words, but just nodded, and Yufu took a pen and paper to record, so as not to miss the key information in the second prince's words.
"Second Prince, tell me first, where did the lotus arrow in your quiver come from?"
"What lotus arrow?"
The second prince didn't know, so, "The arrows in my quiver are all prepared by the people below, is it any different from the arrows of other people in the paddock?"
Gu Shubai frowned slightly, and exchanged a glance with Yufu.
It seems that the First Prince and Yin Shuo had been prepared for a long time, and the Second Prince was taken into custody when His Majesty passed away, so that the Second Prince was completely ignorant of the outside world.
Gu Shubai said: "Second prince, you know that after your arrow hit His Majesty's heart, His Majesty died before reaching the tent at the foot of the mountain. Because the arrow you shot at him was a lotus flower arrow, and the special mechanism inside it took His Majesty's heart. It was ground into a meat paste. This is the part that fell off after the lotus arrow was shot, please take a look, Your Highness."
He gave the second prince the metal ring that Kun Yuyang gave him, and the second prince took it and carefully identified it, as if it looked familiar, "It seems to be my arrow, not a lotus flower arrow, it is a kind of arrow that can improve the hit rate. Yin Shuo said that he wanted me to show off the limelight, so he recommended a quack to me. The quack said that using this kind of arrow can improve the hit rate. After I tried it, it was true, but he didn’t say this arrow. Organs can grind human flesh to pieces!"
Gu Shubai grasped his words keenly, "What is the name of this Jianghu knight-errant, and where is he now? Why didn't the Second Prince mention this Jianghu man in his confession?"