Xu Hongwen changed his face when he mentioned the Eighth Prince.

The other three guards instantly turned pale. If they had known that it was the Eighth Prince's person, they would never have dared to take action...

Xu Hongwen stared at the old storyteller in the distance. If the old man's storytelling was inspired by the Eighth Prince, then what is he trying to do?

He is a prince and a member of the royal family. The contents of the paper covered with the national seal are a slap in the face of the royal family. Publicizing it will also embarrass himself.

“Your Majesty, we cannot interfere with the Eighth Prince’s people,” the guard said cautiously.

Xu Hongwen thought that if it was really the eighth prince's instruction, maybe he could use this matter to make the emperor stop doting on the eighth prince.

The Eighth Prince has been too arrogant in the past ten years. No matter how much trouble he got into, the Emperor supported him and his favoritism has not diminished over the years.

Even a few years ago, he massacred the whole house of an official in the capital. When the emperor learned about it, he did not punish him too much and just put him in solitary confinement.

It is because of the emperor's connivance that the eighth prince is so arrogant.

If the emperor knew that the eighth prince was in charge of the current situation in the capital, would the emperor still condone him?

Thinking of this, Xu Hongwen felt a little happy. If he could pull the eighth prince off his horse, Shu'er would definitely look at him with admiration.

“Turn around and enter the palace.” Xu Hongwen said.

The carriage in the Earl's Palace had just turned around, and the sound of rushing in the street was heard.

“No, no, something happened at the city gate, Aunt Wu, something happened to your Wu Qiong.”

“Third boy, what happened to the Wu family’s son?”

“Wu Qiong...Wu Qiong was beaten to death and hung at the city gate.”

"What? Isn't the son of the Wu family working as an errand at the Earl's Mansion? How could he be beaten half to death?"

"It's true. There was a notice posted under the city gate, saying that he assassinated Marquis Xiang Ming and Miss Xiang and was caught red-handed..."

“Assassination? Hey, the Wu family is quite honest. How dare your son assassinate someone?”

“Stop discussing this, doesn’t Aunt Wu always set up a stall in Zhongjie? Have you seen her?” The young man was anxious.

“I was there just now, I don’t know..”

“Go find it quickly.”

“Oh oh oh..”

People who had just gathered together dispersed suddenly.

The young man glanced at the stall anxiously: "Aunt Wu, Aunt Wu, are you here...Aunt Wu, your Wu Qiong...hey? Who are you arresting me for?"

"Shut up."

Two guards from the Earl's Mansion carried the young man to the carriage.

The young man was frightened and did not dare to struggle, because he saw the carriage at the Earl's Palace...

“Kneel down.”

Walking to the side of the carriage, the guard pushed the man to the ground.

Xu Hongwen's forehead was filled with gloom: "Did you just say that there were corpses hanging at the city gate?"

The young man shook his head in horror: "No...it's not a corpse..."

“Tell me what you see.”

Wu Qiong, Xu Hongwen knew that this person was the first-class nursing home of their Earl's Mansion. It seemed that he was among the people sent to Sifang Town yesterday.

"City... the people hanging at the gate of the city are not dead, they are still alive. The names and addresses of the people above are written on the notice... I see... there is a person named Wu Qiong on it. It took me a long time to recognize it. Wu Qiong's My mother buys groceries in Zhongjie all year round...I just came to tell her." The young man hesitated and almost cried.

"Du? There are many people hanging at the city gate?" Xu Hongwen grasped the key point.

"Yes... there seem to be twelve of them. They said they were arrested for committing murder in Sifang Town last night."

“Twelve? Really twelve?”

‘touch’ ‘hiss..’

Hearing the number, Xu Hongwen stood up in shock. He seemed to have forgotten that he was still in the car. He used too much force and hit his head heavily on the roof of the car. He grimaced in pain.

“Your Majesty, are you okay?” the guard exclaimed.

Xu Hongwen banged his head so hard that he felt dizzy.

The young man was frightened to death. While the guard was distracted, he broke away from the guard and ran towards the alley next to him.

ifies.

The guard cursed and raised his foot to chase after him.

"return."

Xu Hongwen was half-bent, covering his head.

The guard stopped and said, "Your Majesty, are you okay?"

“Okay, what the heck, go to the city gate.” Xu Hongwen yelled angrily, and a big bulge was clearly visible on his head when he covered it with his fingers.

“Didn’t the Crown Prince say that he wanted to enter the palace?”

“Go to the city gate, immediately, immediately!”

“Yes, sir, please sit down.”

Xu Hongwen moved his body to do it, his head was burning, and his palms were red with tiny bits of red when he lowered his hands, and his heart was burning with anger.

Twelve people?

Yesterday, there were exactly 12 people he sent to assassinate Miss Xiang. How could they all be arrested?

Not long after Chen hour passed, the news about the imperial edict and the storytelling spread on the front foot, and the news of the twelve people hanging at the city gate also spread in the city.

Gao Qi, Yin Qing, and Huo Jinxuan finished their meal in the restaurant. As soon as they left the restaurant, they saw many people passing by in a hurry.

Some of them were muttering something as they walked, with expressions of surprise and fear on their faces.

Yin Qing was surprised and grabbed someone by his side: "Brother, what are you doing in such a hurry?" "Go to the city gate."

"What are you doing at the city gate? Is Xiang Minghou going to the capital again?"

“No, I heard that twelve people were hung at the city gate early this morning.”

“Oh? Is there anything else?”

“I just heard about it. We don’t know if it’s true or not, so why don’t we go and see it.” The man seemed to be joining in the fun, broke away from Yin Qing’s hand and ran away in a hurry.

Yin Qing was excited: "Let's go and have a look too."

"Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble now?" Gao Qi glanced at him.

Yin Qing waved his hand: "There are so many people and I can't recite it like this. It's not me who gets into trouble. Besides, I still have Mr. Gao to support me. Jin Xuan, let's go."

“Let’s go, Mr. Gao.” Huo Jinxuan joked with a smile.

Gao Qi raised the corner of his mouth. It was not difficult to guess who the matter was related to. He was really arrogant when he hung up the city gate.

The sun was shining brightly, and many people were already crowded at the city gate.

The man hanging on the tower was in severe pain all over his body, but his consciousness was very clear. He looked weakly at the crowds of people below, and felt as if he was worse than death.

The notice posted at the city gate clearly states everyone's information, including their ancestral home.

Those who were hanging on it, and those who were recognized, all thought of the Earl's Mansion, and thought of the fifth princess's action of asking people to close the city gate yesterday. Even a fool could understand it after thinking about it, and he didn't know if the Earl's Mansion would come to pick them up.

Li Kun went to Changyang Prince's Mansion to find Prince Changyang.

Prince Changyang got out of the car and went straight to the city gate. He looked around among the twelve people. This group of people had bloodstains on their bodies, but their faces were very clean.

The person hanging above seems to be hiding his face in his hair, and wants to bury his head in his chest.

Even so, Prince Changyang also saw one or two familiar faces.

"The names and information of these people are posted on the prince's side. Do you think they are..." Li Kungang had already told Changyang about the matter, and his words were cryptic at this time.

"No need to look, these people belong to their family." Prince Changyang said.

Li Kun didn't know what to do when he heard this, and asked tentatively: "Since he is from their house, should I send someone to ask their house to pick him up?"

“Not allowed.”

Li Kun was puzzled: “Why?”

“If the Earl’s Mansion comes to collect people, wouldn’t it mean that they have admitted the assassination?”

..”

Li Kun pursed his lips in a complicated manner, hesitating to speak.

Do you still need to admit it?

Isn’t it obvious now?

"My lord, what do you think we should do with it? It's okay for twelve people to hang at the city gate all the time. The emperor may not know about it yet. If he knows, I can't handle it well..." Li Kun knelt down and said, "Please help me, my lord." "

Prince Changyang thought for a while: "I will report back to the Emperor. The people at the city gate will hang up for now. As for the Earl's Mansion, if they come to collect you, let them go. If they don't come to collect them, then wait for them to die and collect them." Come down and send someone to collect the body from each family."

“Yes, thank you, Your Majesty.” Li Kun kowtowed.

“Get up.”

Li Kun stood up slowly, unable to do anything. He was still young at thirty years old, but now he felt exhausted physically and mentally and aged by ten years.

He thought he was lucky to be promoted suddenly, but he didn't expect to encounter such a difficult matter on his first day in office.

“Look, the people from the Earl’s Palace are coming.”

There was an exclamation from the crowd, and everyone looked towards the city. The carriage from the Earl's Palace was rushing towards them.

The moment Li Kun saw the Earl's Mansion carriage leaving the city, his face was full of joy and he immediately wanted to greet him.

"Master Li, don't be anxious." Prince Changyang stared at the approaching carriage.

"Your Majesty, the Earl's Mansion must have known the news and came to pick up the people. These people are under the supervision of Shenren. Now there is no need to be embarrassed in front of the Holy Master to pick up the Prince." Li Kun said and rushed towards the carriage.

Coming to pick someone up?

Prince Changyang did not think that the Earl's Mansion would be so soft-hearted. Li Kun was so ignorant, no wonder he sat in the position of a minor official for eight years.

The carriage from the Earl's Palace came to a stop on the left side of the official road as it left the city, just under the hanging man.

The guard driving the carriage came face to face and saw someone hanging on the tower opposite. The stab wound on his body was glaring, and his clothes turned dark red with blood.

“The prince...the prince...” the guard’s voice trembled.

Xu Hongwen didn’t get out of the car, he just opened the curtain and looked at the opposite side. He saw that the people he was wearing were indeed the people sent to assassinate them yesterday, but... instead of saying there were twelve, why were there only six?

“Your Majesty, you are finally here.”

Li Kun stopped a few steps away from the carriage.

Xu Hongwen turned his eyes and asked coldly: "Who are you?"

“I just took up the post of inspection camp today and succeeded Mr. Fang.” Li Kun said with a smile.

Xu Hongwen snorted and his eyes fell on the hanging corpse again: "Where are the other six."

“It’s all here.”

Xu Hongwen glanced around again, his face darkened: "Are you kidding me again?"

Li Kun was stunned, nodded and bowed: "Don't dare, don't dare."

“Where are the others?” Xu Hongwen asked again.

Li Kun hissed in his heart, there are still six more?

Earl's Mansion is really willing to take action!

Xu Hongwen saw that the other party was silent and glanced over coldly: "Sir, my patience has its limit. There are six other people."

Li Kun saw the other party's face change, and he was confused and panicked: "Your Majesty, everyone is really here. There were only twelve of them when we hung up in the morning. I don't know where the others are."

After saying this, I spread my hands and wanted to curse in my heart.

He has been hit hard several times in less than two hours since he took office!