After Feng Zhen, the imperial doctor, finished reading the letter, he showed a look of indignation on his face. He slapped his fingers on the letter paper and asked Xia Chu in a stern voice: "Little Marquis, how can we, the Great Xiao, You are the only one who has inherited the title of Marquis since birth, and underneath this letter is the seal of King Hu. Now that things have happened, what can you say to defend yourself?"
As soon as Feng Zhen made this impassioned accusation, an explosion broke out inside and outside the hall, along with the shock of Xia Chu's confession.
Kong Changhui couldn't help but give the order again at this moment, and pull down the angry people and punish them with sticks.
Although the curses they uttered at this time were extremely vulgar.
Nowadays, the Dali Temple is full of words of condemnation. He can't give an order to Guan Xi and drag all the people down to beat him.
Therefore, Kong Changhui could only signal the yamen servants with his eyes, and the sound of "dong dong dong" being struck by the yamen sticks was instantly heard on both sides of the hall...
But the opinions inside and outside the hall did not diminish because of this.
Until Xiao Zimu stood up, turned to face the outside of the hall and said solemnly and coldly: "As the prince of the Xiao Kingdom, I naturally take this matter more and more seriously, but please think about it, if only a letter from another country can do it. Wouldn't it be ridiculous to accuse a member of our country of collaborating with the enemy and treason? If it is so hasty, why would the soldiers go to war? I ask my father to write four letters, stamp them with the imperial seal, and personally send them to the four countries."
The people were scolded by his sudden royal majesty and loud words. They stopped in silence, and after thinking about it, they felt that what he said was quite reasonable.
It is ridiculous to conclude that Xia Chu collaborated with the enemy and treason based only on letters from other countries.
At this moment, Su Qianle took out another letter from his sleeve, turned towards Xiao Zimu, and said to his back: "This is the reply letter sent by the young marquis to the Hu State. I don't know if His Highness the Seventh Prince has read it." After that, can I still forcefully defend the young Marquis..."
Xiao Zimu's body stiffened, and he clenched his fists tightly behind his back. He tried his best to maintain a calm and calm expression in the eyes of the people, and turned around slowly.
He looked at Su Qianle, who was holding a letter in his hands. His usually gentle and jade-like face was now extremely cold and hard.
Xiao Zimu's lips curled up with a touch of sarcasm, and he asked her: "Since this is a reply to the State of Hu, if it is not in the hands of King Hu, how can it appear in your hands?"
Su Qianle took a fancy to the letter in her hand and said: "This is the letter that the young marquis forced my brother to deliver. My brother is a loyal and honest man, so he was unwilling to do such things as collaborating with the enemy and treason, so he secretly kept it and gave it to me for safe keeping. .”
Xiao Zimu sneered: "It's hard for Miss Su to keep it so well. She really means it."
Su Qianle ignored the sarcasm in his words, and just raised her hands that had been raised: "His Seventh Highness and the young Marquis have always been on good terms, and I think they know his handwriting. Just take a look. Do you know if he wrote it himself?"
Xiao Zimu walked up to her with a calm expression and reached out to take the letter in her hand.
The letter was pulled out, and there were only seven words in it: You can train in peace, and I can be safe.
There was no title or signature, but Xiao Zimu could tell at a glance that the familiar handwriting was written by Xia Chu. With a shake of his hand, the letter fell. It was blown by the wind and fluttered on the ground. At Xia Chu's feet.
Xia Chu took a look, and a crack finally appeared in his originally calm expression.
This letter was the safety letter he wrote to Su Qian'an that day when Su Qianle came to Yunqiyuan to deliver food to him.
Xia Chu raised his eyes to look at Su Qianle, his eyes full of sadness...
At this moment, he laughed loudly like crazy.
That laughter was tragic, with endless heartache and disappointment...
He was laughing at himself. Only now did he realize that Su Qianle had started planning so long ago
That day, she came to deliver food to him.
What he was thinking about at that time was that he only wanted to protect her in a prosperous and peaceful life, with a carefree and stable life...
But what was she thinking? How did he put him in a state of eternal destruction
For the first time, Xiao Zimu knew that a person could be so sad and desperate...
"A Chu..." He couldn't help but stretched out his hand, gently and carefully put it on Xia Chu's shoulder, and spoke to him with almost tenderness and concern.
Xiao Zimu looked at the letter on the ground and was extremely scared. He naturally believed in Xia Chu, but he didn't know that there was a mountain of ironclad evidence.
How can he protect him...
He was even more afraid of Xia Chu's current appearance. Before he could think of a solution, he was already mentally broken.
"Seventh brother, please tell me whether this letter is the handwriting of the young marquis." Xiao Yanjun looked at Xia Chu who was losing his composure. His heart was extremely happy, his eyebrows were full of smiles, and he asked Xiao Zimu kindly. road.
Xiao Zimu turned to look at him, his eyes full of hatred and murderous intent. He had never been so eager to sit on that chair as at this moment.
He only regretted that he had realized it too late, and that he did not have enough power in his hands to protect the people close to his heart unscrupulously...
"Huh?" Seeing him like this, Xiao Yanjun's smile became more meaningful and full of pride. He smiled at the corner of his lips and challenged Xiao Zimu: "Seventh brother, is it true or not?"
Xiao Zimu knew Xiao Yanjun's intention, and this time he was forcing him to speak.
If he said yes, it would naturally prove that Xia Chu had collaborated with the enemy and treason.
If he said otherwise, he might suffer the calamity of annihilation caused by colluding with Xia Chu.
"No!" Xiao Zimu replied loudly and emphatically to him.
His posture was erect and his hands were clenched behind his back. Even though he didn't have enough rights at the moment, he still wanted to show partiality in front of everyone!
"That's great." Xiao Yanjun's unusually handsome face was filled with sincere joy. He didn't expect that Xiao Zimu would be so stupid and would jump into obvious pitfalls.
Originally, he only wanted to kill Xia Chu, and by the way, he wanted to kill Xiao Mubai and General Zhao.
As for Xiao Zimu, he didn't think about it at all.
Who would have thought that someone would come here to seek death...
Just now, when Kong Changhui asked Jing Qibin whether the seal was really King Hu's, he was still a little panicked, unsure whether the letter sent by his mother-in-law would be exposed.
Kong Changhui had become an official soon and was easy to fool, but Jing Qibin, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, had been immersed in the Ministry of Punishment for many years and was naturally familiar with Wang Xi of the Hu Kingdom.
If he recognizes it as fake, it will be self-defeating.
How did he know that what Li Fei gave him was genuine? She had already sent people to the Hu State and sent this confidant. The Wang Xi was naturally genuine. How could Jing Qibin recognize it as a fake...
(End of chapter)