Catching Monsters

Chapter 240 What happened?
Sweat stains gradually appeared on Xiao Jingqi's forehead. He gritted his teeth and used his magic power to resist the Confucian technique of self-examination.

But this force is simply impossible to resist.

"Does the death of Pingyuan Bo have anything to do with you?"

These words kept ringing in Xiao Jingqi's ears.

"It's about me."

After saying these four words, Xiao Jingqi breathed heavily, as if he had breathed a sigh of relief.

Wei Minshan continued to ask: "Tell me, what does this have to do with you?"

The veins on Xiao Jingqi's neck bulged slowly, but the power of the mind-searching technique made it impossible for him to resist. The corner of his mouth had been bitten in an attempt to keep himself awake.

But to no avail.

"I, I have had many private contacts with the leader of the Northern Hu Tuoba tribe, and Pingyuan Bo discovered this..."

"I asked Tuoba Anyi to arrange for the Hu people to enter the capital, eliminate Pingyuan Bo's family, and have them disguise themselves as Feng Bei'er."

"They are also happy to do so. If Feng Bei'er is imprisoned for this, Marquis Weiwu will definitely be dissatisfied with the court."

"They want to take advantage of this opportunity to win over Weiwu Hou..."

After saying this, Xiao Jingqi's whole body went limp and he sat down on the ground powerlessly.

He knew that he was finished...

The entire imperial prison was still completely silent.

Wei Minshan had a blank expression on his face. He lifted the silence spell and said to Li Wangxin, "Commander Li, is there anything else I need to ask you?"

Wei Minshan showed no emotion about the result of his question.

"Thank you, Mr. Wei." Li Wangxin clasped his fists and said in a deep voice, "I still have official business to attend to, so I won't see you off."

Wei Minshan nodded slightly and strode out of the imperial prison.

Seeing this, Jiang Yun in the imperial prison couldn't help but light up his eyes slightly, and whispered to Xu Xiaogang beside him: "The Confucian method of questioning the mind is so useful, do we still need to set up an imperial prison and torture people..."

Xu Xiaogang beside him shook his head slightly and whispered, "These great scholars in the academy are devoted to learning and rarely ask about government affairs, let alone asking them to come to the Jinyiwei to help us interrogate prisoners."

"The reason why Wei Daru came to interrogate in person is probably because this matter involves the Sixth Prince..."

Hearing this, Jiang Yun also nodded.

After Wei Minshan left, Li Wangxin looked at Xiao Jingqi with a heavy heart and said slowly: "Sixth Prince, I have to report this matter to His Majesty, and then decide how to deal with you. You will stay in the imperial prison for the time being."

To the surprise of everyone present, Xiao Jingqi suddenly stepped forward and snatched the sword from Li Wangxin's hand.

Li Wangxin frowned slightly and said in a cold voice: "Sixth Prince, what do you want to do? You know my ability..."

"Kill me, if you have the guts, just kill me." Xiao Jingqi's expression was a little distorted, and he sneered: "My father hasn't convicted me yet, so you don't dare to do anything to me!"

After saying that, he swung his sword towards Li Wangxin.

As the Emperor's top loyal dog, Li Wangxin certainly could not hurt Xiao Jingqi.

No matter what crimes Xiao Jingqi committed or what he did that went against the principles of heaven.

Your Majesty must make the final decision.

Li Wangxin kept dodging, and Xiao Jingqi's ability could not hurt him at all. At the moment when Xiao Jingqi stabbed him with another sword.

Li Wangxin made a move instantly, slapped his wrist with one palm, and the sharp sword fell to the ground.

He slapped Xiao Jingqi's chest hard, knocking him down, and then said with some regret: "Your Highness, why did you have to contact the Hu people..."

Li Wangxin has been following Xiao Yuzheng since he was still the crown prince, so he can be considered an elder who has watched Xiao Jingqi grow up.

"Why should I?" Xiao Jingqi gritted his teeth and cursed: "Then you have to ask my father, what does he mean?"

"The White Cloud Temple burned the plaque bestowed by him. What does it have to do with me? Just because I am a Taoist priest of the White Cloud Temple, they are ignoring me?"

"Why!"

"How am I inferior in terms of civil and military strategy? My elder brother doesn't care about government affairs every day, but studies antiques, calligraphy and painting every day."

"Fourth brother is addicted to alcohol and sex, and his body has long been hollowed out."

"My eighth brother has just come of age and doesn't know anything."

"Is there anyone more suitable to be the crown prince than me? Why has the emperor delayed appointing a crown prince?"

"If he wants to ignore me, I will seize the world myself. What's wrong with that?"

"When my father came to power, didn't his brothers die a lot? Don't think I don't know. It was said that those uncles died of illness. Wasn't it my father who ordered their death?"

Li Wangxin trembled slightly when he heard these outrageous words. Xiao Jingqi knew that he was going to die, so he risked his life.

"Come here, seal his cultivation and put him in the imperial prison. Wait for the decision of His Majesty on how to deal with him!" Li Wangxin said with a serious face.

Soon, Zhou Yi quickly stepped forward and took Xiao Jingqi down. He even took out an iron nail made of fine steel and pierced it into Xiao Jingqi's scapula, completely destroying his cultivation.

Li Wangxin glanced at everyone in the room and reminded them, "No one is allowed to spread what the Sixth Prince just said, otherwise you will be punished by the family rules." The family rules within the Jinyiwei were extremely severe torture.

"Yes."

Jiang Yun, Zhou Yi and others also nodded and agreed.

How dare they talk nonsense about such things...

Li Wangxin took a deep breath, then quickly left the East Pacification Office and rode towards the imperial city.

Now that the truth has come to light, Jiang Yun opened the prison door and released Feng Bei'er inside.

Although Feng Bei'er looked weak, she was in good spirits.

"Miss Feng, you are fine. I will have someone personally take you back to the Marquis' Mansion later."

Hearing this, Feng Beier looked at Jiang Yun with a somewhat touched look in her eyes. She said, "Thank you, Mr. Jiang."

Jiang Yun quickly raised his hand and said, "Stop... Captain Zhou, please send two people to escort Miss Feng back to the Marquis' Mansion."

"Xu Xiaogang and I have to go back to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to have a good rest."

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At this moment, it was already dawn. Xiao Yuzheng sat on the dragon throne in the imperial study with a cold face, listening to Li Wangxin's report.

Feng Yu, who was standing by, was horrified when he heard Li Wangxin relay those outrageous words from the Sixth Prince.

"Cough cough cough." Xiao Yuzheng was so angry that he couldn't stop coughing.

"Your Majesty, this is what happened."

Naturally, Li Wangxin did not dare to hide anything about this matter and told everything one by one.

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Xiao Yuzheng took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and said, "Issue an order to demote Xiao Jingqi to a commoner, imprison him in the dungeon, and never release him!"

In the end, Xiao Yuzheng still couldn't bear to kill Xiao Jingqi.

In fact, after Xiao Yuzheng came to power, he was extremely tolerant towards the royal family, especially his children.

Even though Xiao Jingqi did so, he still couldn't bear to kill him.

"Yes." Li Wangxin nodded repeatedly after hearing this. He could tell that Xiao Yuzheng was in a bad mood, so he didn't dare to stay in the imperial study for long and left in a hurry.

Xiao Yuzheng clenched his fists: "Rebellious son! Rebellious son! Rebellious son!"

Feng Yu hurriedly brought out the lotus seed porridge cooked in the imperial study this morning and advised: "Your Majesty, please pay more attention to your health, don't be too angry, and have a sip of lotus seed porridge..."

"Feng Yu, do you think I should kill this rebellious son?" Xiao Yuzheng suddenly asked.

Upon hearing this, Feng Yu wanted to slap himself in the face. At this critical juncture, this kind of problem could really cost him his life.

But since Xiao Yuzheng asked, he could only bite the bullet and say, "Your Majesty, the Sixth Prince is still young after all. He can't tell right from wrong and doesn't understand the greater good. His crime does not deserve death."

Feng Yu was a smart man and he knew very well that Xiao Yuzheng didn't want to kill Xiao Jingqi. He asked him the question just to see whether his decision was correct.

No matter when, it is always right to follow your Majesty's ideas.

Xiao Yuzheng closed his eyes and suddenly said, "Let Linglong come back. I want to restore her identity."

Hearing this, Feng Yu was slightly stunned and said, "Your Majesty, Princess Linglong..."

"Although Xiao Jingqi's rebellious son is talking nonsense, he is right in some places." Xiao Yuzheng sighed slightly: "Looking at all these princes, none of them are as capable as Linglong."

"Linglong is very capable, but unfortunately she is a girl. If she were a prince, I wouldn't have to worry about appointing a crown prince."

"Linglong has been out there trying to win over the rebels. She has suffered a lot over the years. It's time for her to return to Beijing and have a good rest."

Feng Yu nodded slightly and whispered, "Your Majesty, the actions of the Hu people have become more and more frequent in recent years... They have even colluded with the Sixth Prince."

"In recent years, the northern grasslands have had abundant rainfall, fertile grass, and herds of cattle and horses. The Khan of the Hu people is constantly annexing other tribes."

“The threat is growing.”

"I'm afraid that in the next few years, they will invade the northern border sooner or later."

Xiao Yuzheng was of course well aware of these situations. After thinking for a moment, he said, "By the way, you will take my imperial edict to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and grant marriage to Jiang Yun and Xu Suwen..."

"Yes."

At the same time, more than ten horses were galloping on the official road of the north gate. These dozen soldiers had been traveling day and night and were extremely tired. When they ran to the north gate of the capital, several horses rolled over and fell to the ground and died of exhaustion.

Seeing this, the guards at the north gate hurried forward.

"Which department are you from? What happened?"

The leading soldier hurriedly took out a letter, took a deep breath and said, "Quick, report to His Majesty that Xu Dingwu, the Duke of Zhenguo, has defected to the Hu people!"

"They have already fled to Beihu!"

After saying this, the soldier fainted from exhaustion.

(End of this chapter)