My country is dying

Chapter 347
As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the room was shocked——then Guan Chenxuan didn't ask to be killed until one day later?He was sent to death row only two days ago, how could he be dead.

Even Guan Lehou was so shocked that his face turned pale. He didn't even control his emotions and stood up directly: "Liao Jie, you are talking nonsense, how could my son commit suicide in fear of crime!"

Liao Jie bowed to Guan Lehou and said, "Master Hou, you can also have a look at the confession letter handed over to the emperor by my minister to see if it was written by your son himself."

Mi Le was also overwhelmed by the situation in front of him. Hearing this, he quickly gave the confession to Yu Quan. Yu Quan took the order and immediately gave Guan Lehou the signed confession with both hands.

Guan Lehou took the paper with Guan Chenxuan's name and handprint on it, and was so shocked that when he saw the date on it, his eyes cracked, his whole body trembled, and he fell down.

The officials next to him quickly supported him.

"Master Hou!"

Guan Lehou was in a coma for a while before slowly waking up amidst the shouts of the crowd, raised his eyes, and met Shanghou Junli's cold eyes.

"Master Hou must take care of your health. Although your son's death is a pity, he deserved it. However, Lord Hou is still the pillar of the Jinyan Kingdom and the emperor's right-hand man. Please don't worry about it." When Hou Junli said this, his tone was calm, After hearing this, Guan Lehou pushed everyone away and stood up.

"I don't believe it! It is absolutely impossible for my son to commit suicide in fear of crime. If my son died early, who is the person in prison these days? Who is the person who was sent to death row two days ago?!"

Guan Lehou's persuasive questioning was exactly what surprised the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Hou Junli straightened his cuffs indifferently and did not speak. Liao Jie took a step forward and said, "Although Guan Chenxuan committed suicide in fear of crime, his crimes were only confessed by himself, and there is no evidence to prove everything he committed. Hou Junli Lord knows that the Ministry of Punishment always pays attention to evidence when doing things, so the lower officials have to temporarily bury the body and wait for all the evidence to be confirmed before making it public."

"Liao Jie, you are so courageous! My son is the heir of the Marquis Mansion after all, and he has the title of a nobleman. As the secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, you conceal the truth and refuse to report it. Who gave you the courage!"

"Master Hou, in fact, Master Liao has already reported this matter to me, and I told him to keep it secret and collect witnesses and evidence."

Mi Le slowly got down from his position, looked at Guan Lehou's eyes and expressed deep sympathy: "As for Guan Shizi's suicide, the jailer could testify at that time. If Lord Hou doesn't believe it, he can also order his assistant to re-examine Guan Shizi's body."

Guan Lehou looked at her, and was so angry that he couldn't speak. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "I don't believe it, I want to see my son's body now!"

Mi Le looked at Hou Junli, and the latter looked directly at Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment and nodded.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs understood, looked at Mi Le, and waited for her order. Mi Le immediately turned to Yu Quan and said, "Declarate Guan Chenxuan's body. In addition, pass it on."

The court hall fell into deathly silence for a while, and Guan Lehou also regained his sanity under the appeasement of the bureaucrats under his sect, and stood on the hall again, but this time, looking at Hou Junli and Mi Le, it was almost He wanted to swallow the two of them alive.

Mi Le calmly drank the tea served by Yu Quan, but he was thinking in his heart—hey, as the emperor, when necessary, he can only take the blame!
Although she didn't know why Guan Chenxuan died, but if she didn't stand up, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment would definitely be killed by Guan Lehou on the charge of deceiving the emperor!
However, saving Liao Jie's life was true, but pulling her into the whirlpool was also an indisputable fact.

From now on, she can no longer pretend to be a little white rabbit in front of the Queen Mother and the Guan family.

Liao Jie had prepared everything as early as before the court, and Guan Chenxuan's coffin was outside the palace gate.

Half an hour later, the coffin was carried up, and Wu Zuo was proclaimed.

The moment the coffin was opened, foul-smelling gas wafted out of the nostrils, and some officials couldn't hold it back and vomited directly.

Guan Lehou trembled, and approached with the support of others. When he saw the person inside the coffin, his whole body trembled violently, his eyes were scarlet, and his hands were tightly grasping the coffin board. In the next second, he spurted blood on the coffin.

"Master Hou!"

The people behind were shocked.

"Uncle... come here, Imperial Physician Xuan!" Mi Le hurried forward to help him, Guan Lehou, after recovering in a breath, broke away from her hand without hesitation, took a deep breath and said, "Old minister is fine, there is no need Your Majesty, worry!"

He stared at Mi Le, as if he wanted to poke a hole out of her, quite sharp.

Mi Le shrugged with a helpless expression on his face, while on the other side, Wu Zuo had already started to examine the corpse.

After an incense stick of time, Wu Zuo finally stopped his movements, cleaned his hands, and then reported to Mi Le and everyone: "To the emperor, the deceased died more than a month ago. Apart from the strangle marks, there was no other trauma, the finger joints were clean, and there was no trace of struggle, so it can be determined that he died by hanging himself."

After hearing this, Guan Lehou closed his eyes and opened them after a long time, but he seemed to have aged ten years in an instant.

He pushed away the crowd, stood up, looked at Mi Le and Hou Junli, and smiled slowly: "It seems that the emperor has indeed grown up and no longer needs the assistance of veterans. Even the former emperor never had such a heart-killing ability." Such an iron fist... the old minister is finally old and has to obey!"

"Uncle..." Mi Le looked at him with aggrieved expression on his face.

Guan Lehou stretched out his hand: "Your Majesty, you don't need to say too much! Your Majesty is the ruler of a country. No matter what we do, we as ministers can only obey. If the king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die... The old minister admits it! But the minister There is one more thing to ask!"

"Uncle please speak."

Guan Lehou said in a hoarse voice: "Since my son is dead, I have paid everything back. Can the emperor allow the veteran to collect my son's body? Even if the white-haired person sends the black-haired person, give the old minister this opportunity."

"No."

Before Mi Le could answer, Hou Junli threw out two words.

Guan Lehou's face turned red immediately: "Prince Regent, it's not your turn to say this!"

Hou Junli's face was cold, but the bottom of his eyes was cold: "There are more than ten innocent lives tied to Guan Chenxuan's body, and he also assassinated the son of the imperial court official. On that day, the emperor announced that after Guan Chenxuan's death, three violent corpses The day is public, to comfort the souls of the dead. Now, although Guan Chenxuan is dead long ago, the case he overturned is not yet over, so this imperial decree will naturally count."

Guan Lehou was so angry that he almost vomited blood, he gritted his teeth after a long time and said, "What if this Marquis disagrees?"

"You want to resist the order and not obey it?" Hou Junli looked at him calmly, his eyes deep and awe-inspiring.

Among the hundreds of officials in the hall, no one dared to say a word, even those Guan Lehou party members, no one dared to speak.

Mi Le watched the battle between the two powerful ministers, thought twice, and finally gritted his teeth: "Uncle... Guan Chenxuan has indeed committed many crimes. If I don't hand him over, it will be difficult to convince the public. You have seen the people here, please understand my difficulties, uncle!"

Guan Lehou was so angry that his face was crooked: "Alright...you..."

(End of this chapter)