The next morning, the sky was just beginning to brighten.
The two Imperial Guards guarding the Gate of Heaven Influence yawned as they worked together to move the solid iron door bolt. Immediately after, another two people pulled the door from the left and right.
The city gate slowly opened. When the other guards on duty saw the situation outside the city gate, they were all shocked.
Dozens of people were blocking the door. Behind them, the officials of the Supreme Court were looking up from afar.
"Secret report!" A man in black holding a black token walked into the city gate.
The guards on duty knew about the existence of the hidden guards. After checking and confirming that there were no mistakes, they let them in.
"I am Hu Yan, the official of the Supreme Court. I have an urgent matter to see Your Majesty.”After the group of hidden guards entered the palace, Hu Yan also walked to the Gate of Heaven Influence and showed his teeth token.
"Let them pass!"
“……”
In the Qing Ning Palace, Li Shi Min was furious when he heard the news. He subconsciously thought that Kong Yan was provoking him.
By the time he returned to Taiji Palace and summoned the Court of Judicial Review's Shaoqing Hu Yan, his thunderous rage had already been suppressed.
"Have you found the murderer?" Sitting on the dragon throne, Li Shi Min asked coldly.
" Not yet..." Hu Yan's voice trembled slightly. He did not dare to meet Li Shiming's gaze.
"Then what did you get?" Li Shi Min asked with a gloomy face.”
Hu Yan lowered his head even more.”
"This is the result of the trial you gave me?”Li Shi Min shouted coldly," The current Duke died in the Supreme Court. Don't you know what this means?!”
Hu Yan lowered his head and did not speak. Cold sweat kept flowing out of his forehead.
Li Shi Min's face was dark as he said coldly,"Tell Kong Yan to confront you.”
"Yes."
Wang De bowed and retreated, bringing his men to summon Kong Yan.
Hu Yan's heart jumped and he retreated to the side, trying his best to reduce his presence.
Li Shi Min read the secret report that the secret guard had given him and frowned.
According to the secret report, there was indeed a suspect who ran to the vicinity of Wild Goose Falling Pavilion and disappeared, but it could not be confirmed that he had gone to Wild Goose Falling Pavilion.
"If he intended to use assassination methods, why would he offend the Zhangsun Clan in the first place?”Li Shimin was puzzled. Yesterday, Kong Yan had openly pointed out in the court that Zhangsun Shunde had embezzled the disaster relief funds and had already started a feud with the Zhangsun family of Shunde.
" This doesn't seem like his method, but..." Li Shiming's expression was dark, and his eyes were cold.
"What's with the Golden House?"
Li Shi Min looked at the contents of the secret report and asked with a frown.
Hu Yan quickly said," Wild Goose Falling Pavilion was burned down completely. Nothing was left behind. However, a huge golden house appeared on the spot. The temperature of the fire was too high. The surface of the golden house melted into one…"
"So there might be some important items hidden inside?”Li Shi Min asked.
"It could also be solid." Hu Yan hesitated and said in a low voice.”
Li Shi Min's eyelids twitched and his face turned unfriendly."Can't you tell the difference between solid and hollow?"
" This…" Hu Yan braced himself and said," The Golden House is too big. I specially invited a few shopkeepers from the gold shops to take a look. They said…the golden walls are too thick. I can't tell if there's any space inside…"
"Then cut it open!" Li Shi Min's face darkened.
The Golden House was too big? The golden wall was too thick? He couldn't tell if there was any space inside.
Was this what a human should say?
"I'll get someone to cut it after I go back." Hu Yan said weakly as he wiped the cold sweat off his forehead.
When he found out that a golden house had appeared in the place where Wild Goose Falling Pavilion was located, he specially went to take a look. At that time, he was so shocked that he could not speak.
It was too big!
He had never seen such a large amount of gold in his life.
“……”
When Wang De found Kong Yan, he was still in a half-asleep state.
This state was at a critical point. People who had urgent matters to deal with would wake up immediately in this state.
If the matter was not too important, most people would be able to calculate the time in their sleep and wake up after sleeping a little longer.
If there was nothing to do, lazy people would usually sleep until they woke up naturally or when someone woke them up.
Kong Yan belonged to the third type, and he still had the thought of slacking off. Therefore, even though he was not sleepy anymore, he still lay lazily on the bed and gave his eyes a break.
Knowing that the situation was urgent, Wang De did not explain any palace rules to Kong Yan. He directly broke through the door and went straight to Kong Yan's bed.
It was also at this moment that Kong Yan suddenly sat up and looked at Wang De with an unfriendly expression.
"You came in early in the morning without knocking. Eunuch Wang, are you still angry from yesterday and want to take revenge while I'm sleeping?”Kong Yan said with a cold smile. His heart was dark.
" Something has happened. State Duke Xue was assassinated. The murderer escaped to the vicinity of Wild Goose Falling Pavilion and disappeared without a trace…" Wang De ignored Kong Yan's words and briefly described what had happened last night.
Kong Yan's expression changed and his heart sank.
"The people from Wild Goose Falling Pavilion have all been captured?" Kong Yan asked after calming down.
"I don't know the details. His Majesty is still waiting for you." Wang De shook his head.”
Kong Yan looked outside and asked,"You're the only one here?"”
"The others are waiting outside the hall," Wang De's expression changed slightly and he said in a low voice.”
Kong Yan hummed lightly and got up to put on his clothes and shoes. When he arrived at the outer hall, he was relieved to find that there were only four eunuchs.
"I don't think we found Yang Jiaoniang. Otherwise, it would be the Imperial Army.”Kong Yan pondered for a while, but the seriousness in his heart didn't decrease much.
He was now trapped in the palace and could not truly understand what was going on. He was in a very passive situation.
"You don't mind if I wash up, right?”Kong Yan smiled.
Wang De's face fell and he smiled bitterly."Young Master, stop joking. His Majesty is still angry.”
"Can you rinse your mouth?" Kong Yan sighed. He wasn't obsessed with cleanliness, but he still had to wash up every day.
“……”
When Kong Yan arrived at Taiji Palace, it was unusually quiet.
He walked into the hall and was met with a cold gaze.
"This subject, the halberd wielder Kong Yan, greets Your Majesty.”Kong Yan walked closer and cupped his hands.
"Last night, your men barged into the Supreme Court prison and poisoned Zhangsun Shunde to death. They were simply lawless.”Li Shi Min shouted angrily.
Hu Yan's legs trembled and he couldn't help but kneel down.
When the emperor was angry, millions of people died.
At this moment, Li Shi Min's aura of an emperor was fully displayed, and it was applied to the entire hall.
"Your Majesty, why do you say that?"
Kong Yan straightened his body and looked up at Li Shimin on the throne. His expression did not change, and there was even a faint sneer on his lips.
Hu Yan saw Kong Yan's stiff body from the corner of his eye and was shocked.
Facing the wrath of the emperor, even he, a junior official of the Supreme Court, had to prostrate on the ground. He did not even dare to raise his head, let alone look at the emperor.
However, this youth in the hall was able to go against the furious Emperor. This was something that he found difficult to understand!
"You don't admit it?" Li Shi Min's face was gloomy. The Emperor's prestige that he had cultivated in recent years was pressing down on Kong Yan.
"Admit what?" Kong Yan said indifferently," There are His Majesty's secret guards all around the Wild Goose Falling Pavilion. If someone from the Wild Goose Falling Pavilion really infiltrated the Supreme Court's prison, how could His Majesty not know? Why ask me?"
"Secret guards?" Hu Yan's face twitched violently.
When he was waiting at the Gate of Heaven Influence, he saw more than ten hidden guards. However, he did not expect that they were all hiding near the Falling Goose Pavilion.
"Could it be that it really wasn't his people who did it?”Hu Yan felt extremely guilty. Last night, the people of Wild Goose Falling Pavilion did not speak, so he had punished some of them.
Li Shi Min looked at Kong Yan and sneered,""Who do you think you are, worthy of the attention of our secret guards?”
Kong Yan narrowed his eyes and said,"It seems that I have done it on my own."
In that case, the murderer disappeared near the Wild Goose Falling Pavilion. Wild Goose Falling Pavilion is my property, so I am indeed very suspicious.”
"Your Majesty, please arrest me and investigate this case thoroughly!”
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