Complete evidence

Morning time.

All the guests congratulating the monarch on his birthday came together one after another, and there were hundreds or even thousands of people gathered in the Jinluan Hall.

"On the 251st birthday of Lord Canglan, the birthday ceremony begins!"

An old eunuch who was in charge of the ceremony shouted.

Not long after, Mrs. Zhou, dressed in the royal attire of a graceful queen, and the extremely beautiful Princess Ling Jiaojiao appeared together in the Jinluan Hall to preside over the monarch's birthday celebration.

But the monarch himself did not appear with them.

"Strange, why didn't the monarch come?"

"Hmph, I don't need to say more, I'm afraid I'm still unconscious! The Zhou family and her daughter are just using chicken feathers as arrows. They want to take advantage of the last month of the monarch's death to take advantage of it and eradicate all the powerful people. Prince, so that they can choose the weak young prince, and mother and daughter can control the government of Canglan Kingdom together!"

"I heard that their mother and daughter also hired a new supervisor from the Imperial College to support them and give them advice. They were really desperate and rushed to the hospital. Even a newcomer with no experience in government affairs dared to use it."

"What a beautiful thought! Once the monarch dies, they will definitely be the first to suffer."

This immediately caused doubts among many courtiers, and there was a lot of discussion, including cynicism.

Did the king faint or wake up? Will he appear at today's birthday banquet? This is undoubtedly what all courtiers are most concerned about.

At the hint of a certain prince, a royal family member stood up and asked loudly: "Today is the birthday of the monarch, why don't you show up? Queen Zhou will not go behind the monarch's back and make the decision in private to convene this meeting Let's have a birthday party!"

"Since ancient times, things in the harem that disrupt the government have happened from time to time! The king should not have given the power of supervising the country to the queen. It is only right that several princes should supervise the country! These princes are in the prime of life, so it is time for them to supervise the country. It's time to share the worries of the king."

"What does the queen think? Why not give up the power of supervising the country and let the princes preside over the government!"

"It is only right that the elders and younger ones should be in order, and the second prince should supervise the country!"

"Nonsense, the third prince is virtuous, he is just as suitable as overseeing the country."

The royal family members also started shouting one after another. They regarded the queen as nothing, and instead fought for the right to supervise the country in front of the courtiers.

There are hundreds of royal family members, but only the second, third, and fifth princes are truly powerful. Most of the other royal family members looked to these three princes as their leaders.

Queen Zhou was ignored by all the royal family members, her face was a little flustered, and she didn't know how to respond.

Ling Jiaojiao's pretty face tightened, her teeth clenched, and she shouted sternly at the royal family members: "My father ordered my mother to supervise the country. You must rebel! My father will come out soon. How dare you fight for power in front of him!"

As soon as Ling Jiaojiao said these words.

"this..."

All the royal family members suddenly looked panicked.

King Ling Rui treated the royal family members very harshly. The remaining power of the past hundred years made all the royal family members very afraid. Even if the king was seriously ill, as long as he survived for a day, they could only yell a few times and did not dare to really jump. Come out and cause trouble.

The Jinluan Hall was immediately filled with silence, and the shouts of the royal family members were suppressed by Ling Jiaojiao.

Queen Zhou finally calmed down, sat down on the Queen's throne, and said with composure: "Today is His Majesty's birthday, and according to His Majesty's order, I am here to investigate the case of poisoning and murdering the monarch on the day of his birthday a year ago. After investigating this case, we will have a birthday party."

As she said that, she looked into the crowd: "Where is Ye Fan, the young minister of Tingwei? Half a month ago, I ordered you to investigate the case of the king's poisoning. What was the result?"

"Wei Chen is here!"

Ye Fan stood up calmly, raised his hands and saluted, "The results are already there! Someone poisoned the monarch, and all the witnesses, physical evidence, and oral confessions are available! Just waiting for the queen's order, the ministers will arrest the culprit immediately!"

"What?"

In the main hall, all the royal family members and court ministers suddenly looked shocked and even confused.

They had already received news that the Queen had appointed a new Tingwei Shaoqing half a month ago to investigate the murder of the monarch.

The queen invited everyone to the royal city to celebrate his birthday half a month ago, which coincided perfectly with the appointment of Ye Fan to investigate the murder case of the monarch.

But no one knew that Ye Fan actually found out the results.

This sudden reply stunned almost all the royal family members and courtiers.

The monarch has been assassinated for a year without any clues or evidence of poison.

Why did Ye Fan only investigate for half a month and all the witnesses, physical evidence, and confessions came out? !

This made the royal family members and courtiers feel horrified and panicked. Could it be that Ye Fan was creating false evidence to frame some of them! ?

Even Queen Zhou and Ling Jiaojiao were stunned. They just followed Ye Fan's prior arrangement and cooperated with him to track down the clan members and courtiers in the palace to see who was suspected. What they were looking forward to was a clue that could be pursued. . I didn't expect to find out the truth within a few days.

But I didn't expect that Queen Zhou would ask a question.

Ye Fan didn't ask a single word to the clan members and courtiers in the hall, but he actually replied that everything had been investigated, including witnesses, physical evidence, oral confessions and other evidence, and he was just waiting for the queen's order to agree to his arrest.

They are not mentally prepared for this yet.

The Second Prince and the martial princes around him were also stunned.

They know it.

The king was obviously poisoned by Su Yang...how did he become poisoned all of a sudden?

"Say, you found something!"

Queen Zhou did not dare to directly order the arrest, but cautiously asked for evidence.

Even she knew that there must be real evidence, otherwise the case would be opposed by all the ministers and ultimately could not be investigated.

"Queen, after careful investigation by the ministers, the poison in the king's possession is a kind of poisonous water called 'Dark Water'! This poison is colorless and odorless, as light as water, and has no characteristics. Its only function is to continuously consume people. Shou Yuan allows people to die at the end of their lifespan. Even Marquis Wu cannot withstand this poison. It only takes a small drop, and after taking it, decades of life can be quickly consumed within a few months!"

Ye Fan said lightly and took out a transparent vial from his sleeve, which contained a small drop of transparent liquid. He then said to the royal family members and courtiers in the palace: "This is the 'physical evidence' I found in the palace, please take a look!"

"Joke, nonsense! This is really unheard of. I have never heard of such poisonous water in Canglan Country. You are clearly holding a drop of ordinary water. What nonsense are you talking about?"

Suddenly, a member of the royal family shouted loudly.

"Yeah, I've never heard of this kind of poison either!"

"The imperial doctors spent up to a year searching for any poison in the palace, but they couldn't find any poison! This Tingwei Shaoqing is just an ordinary Wuhou. He is not proficient in pharmacology or elixirs. He just said this without any evidence. Here comes the poison! I think he should say it next. This poison was planted by a certain prince to poison the king, and someone saw it with his own eyes. In this way, the physical and human evidence will be complete. "

"Young Master Tingwei is planning to frame a certain prince!"

All the royal family members shouted.

The ministers also expressed their dissatisfaction.

Ye Fan did not argue, but said quietly: "The underworld water has its own records in ancient books. You can't use your ignorance to prove that there is no such thing in the world. You can just check it. If you really doubt the underworld water Please come and taste it and you will know its toxicity. If you die at the end of your life in half a year, just don't blame me."

Queen Zhou mused: "It is certainly not enough to rely on the words of Ye Fan, the young minister of the court. The imperial doctors of Chuanzhong and the elders of Chuanwang City Library looked through all the ancient books to look up 'Ming Shui'! First, see if there is this 'Ming Shui' Water' poison exists."

"You don't have to go to the trouble of looking for it. Just look at "Records of One Hundred and Seventy-eight Ghost Clan Sacred Objects", "Records of Seeing and Hearing in Xizhou", "Travel Notes of the Martial Saint Shao Luo in Xizhou", etc. There are all of them in these ancient books. There are records about this thing. This water is the holy water of the ghost clan. It is rarely spread out of Xizhou. The clan members have never heard of it. That is normal. "

Ye Fan said.

The clan members were speechless.

The courtiers also quickly fell silent.

They were shocked to find that Ye Fan's knowledge was so profound that it was terrifying. He actually remembered the details of books about ghosts and martial saints that few people had read.

The master of the Canglan Palace's library quickly found the ancient books that Ye Fan mentioned and reported: "Queen, these ancient books contain records. There is indeed underworld water among the ghost tribe. This water is colorless and odorless. , can deplete one's lifespan and cause rapid aging!"

"I have little talent and knowledge, and I didn't know the existence of this thing before. If it is really the underworld water, and the monarch's symptoms are completely consistent, it is obvious that he was poisoned by the poisonous water, which caused his rapid aging."

Several old imperial doctors said extremely ashamed.

"This...is there really such poisonous water?"

"So, the physical evidence in Ye Fan's hand is real?!"

There was an uproar in the Jinluan Hall.

Although they still doubted Ye Fan's motives, Ye Fan and he established the evidence step by step.

The Second Prince and the Wuhou and counselors around him felt something was wrong.

The queen and Mark asked questions and answered questions. Although they have not been involved yet, this is clearly a plan that has been laid out long ago and is ready to drive them step by step into the murderous situation!

Soon, Ye Fan and the queen will point the finger at them.

"Even if there is such poisonous water in the world, what does this prove?"

The second prince Ling Feihui said angrily.

Ye Fan said lightly: "Of course it can be proved. A palace maid saw it personally. Your counselor Su Yang once bribed a palace maid when he entered the palace to celebrate the monarch's birthday last year and asked the palace maid to secretly poison the monarch. ! After using one drop, I found one drop left. Afterwards, the palace maid felt ashamed to face the king and committed suicide. However, she left a confession, saying that it was Su Yang who instigated it. Physical evidence, witness, The confession is here, which is enough to prove that it was you who poisoned his birthday last year and murdered the king!"

The second prince was going crazy.

He has always been the only one who plots against others, and I have never seen anyone dare to frame him so openly in public.

If he really had this ghost clan holy water, he would probably be reluctant to use it. How could it be possible that after using one drop, there was still one drop left and Ye Fan took it as physical evidence.

"Ye Fan, you are clearly framed. How can I, a mere Martial Master, have the Holy Water of the Ghost Clan!"

Su Yang said bitterly.

Ye Fan smiled lightly: "I don't know how your prince got it. I have to ask your prince to know. How about you try it and see if it is really the holy water of the ghost clan? Do you want it? If you dare to drink it, it means you are not guilty. If you do not dare, it means you are very guilty and know how powerful this thing is."

Su Yang was blocked by Mark's words, his eyes narrowed, but he did not dare to agree. This may not be the holy water of the ghost clan, but who knows what the water in Ye Fan's little bottle is. If you are not careful, you will be plotted by Ye Fan.

The second prince couldn't help but became furious, slapping the table and standing up, "You are slandering others and slandering me! Why did you bribe the palace maid to poison her? Is it necessary for Su Yang to do this? This is clearly your slander."

"My lord, this Mark is clearly going to kill you!"

"The queen wants to use Mark's help to force the second master to death!"

All the martial princes next to the Second Prince also stood up with great anger.

Su Yang was even more bizarrely angry and said: "Second Master, I have told you before that Ye Fan is more ruthless and cruel than me. He only pursues his goals and does not use any means. He has many tricks! If he wants to harm us, he can do anything to frame us. . He must be killed in this temple today to eliminate future troubles forever!"