Demon Lord Gets Married

Chapter 262 - Infantile Stagnation

In the imperial study room, the coroner was trembling with fear as he reported the results of his examination to the emperor, “Reporting to Your Majesty, besides the blurry fingers of the deceased, there were no other injuries. The fingers were probably bitten on their own and showed no signs of being poisoned.

“How high?” The emperor glanced at Huo Zhengquan.

The coroner thought for a moment, “We have to find an expert to compare. This official does not understand much about it.”

The Emperor called the Commander Xu over and asked him, “Can you shatter a person's meridians without leaving behind any injuries?”

Commander Xu lowered his head and swept a glance at the corpse on the floor, replying cautiously: “This lowly one has never done such a thing, but to shatter a person's tendons and veins is very simple, it requires the opponent to not resist if there are no external injuries. There are some martial arts experts who can kill an ox at a distance, but usually they have internal injuries. “

After Huo Zhengquan heard what the Commander Xu said, he stood up and asked: “Your majesty, do you allow this subject to look at Yang Hu's corpse?”

However, the Supreme Court stood up and retorted, “This humble subject feels that something is amiss. The Marshal Huo is not an ordinary person, it isn't appropriate for him to touch on the evidence.”

Huo Zhengquan glanced at him indifferently, “Master Yuan, you say that this commander is not an ordinary man. Then, who do you think this general is? An immortal or a demon? “

The rest of the officials could not help but laugh. This Master Yuan was indeed overthinking things. It was true that the Marshal Huo's martial arts were strong, but it was unlikely that he would destroy the evidence just by touching the corpse, right? Besides, it was in front of everyone's eyes.

“Yes, Huo Aiqing will take a look. If it's really as the coroner said, Huo Aiqing should be able to find something.” With a wave of his hand, the emperor ordered his men to bring up the corpse.

A few of the officials had ugly expressions on their faces. Fortunately, Yang Hu had not died for long, and as long as they did not look at his dead face, they could be considered to be normal.

Huo Zhengquan lifted his clothes and squatted next to the corpse. He closed Yang Hu's widened eyes and pinched his body inch by inch.

“His muscles were stiff and his bones were intact. There were no traces of blood on his teeth or the corner of his mouth. His ten fingers shouldn't have been bitten off by him. His internal organs were not damaged either. It's very likely that his tendons and veins were broken and he died.”

“The ten fingers weren't bitten off by him?” The emperor walked towards the corpse. Chief Minister Qu hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, “Your Majesty, the dead are really unlucky, you shouldn't get too close.”

“No problem.” The emperor pushed his arm away and walked in front of the corpse. After examining it for a moment, he frowned and asked the coroner, “Why did you say that his ten fingers were bitten by himself?”

“This …” The coroner had heard that the deceased had left behind a blood book and had no other marks on his body, so he decided to bite him. As for the blood in his mouth, it seemed there had been some before.

The coroner was not sure if he remembered wrongly, but he had only walked away for a quarter of an hour, and the corpse was under heavy guard, so no one should be able to approach it.

Without a clear answer, the coroner did not dare to speak carelessly in front of the emperor. “This lowly official has arbitrarily decided.”

“But, other than him, who else would be so good as to bite through his finger?” The Supreme Court did not notice this either. He hurriedly took out the blood letter and looked at it before asking Huo Zhengquan, “Does the marshal recognize Yang Hu's handwriting?”

Huo Zhengquan stood up and took the blood letter from the Supreme Court's hands. He read the contents again but he remained indifferent, “According to this commander's knowledge, Yang Hu is not literate. Of course, I can't rule out that he was faking it.”

If Yang Hu was really a pawn sent by someone else into the Huo Family Army, then the things that he knew were most likely fake.

“That's impossible, right? A vice general who didn't even recognize a single word? “

“What does Master Yuan think war is? Did you win with a writing stick? ” So what if he couldn't read? There were many generals in his Huo Family Army who couldn't read.

“This …” The Supreme Court did not refute his words, but they still brought up his own point of view, “Your Majesty, Yang Hu also brought a blood letter earlier, how about we compare the words?”

The Emperor ordered his men to check the handwriting of the two blood letters, and the result was naturally the same. He also sent people to investigate Yang Hu's life, so it would be easy to find out if a person had learnt the handwriting.

There were many words used in these two books. Although the brush strokes were young and inexperienced, they were at least the most recognizable of words.

Huo Zhengquan listened to the emperor's arrangements quietly. If it wasn't for the doubt in his heart, he would have thought that the emperor was fair in his conduct of business.

Fortunately, regardless of whether Yang Hu could read, he could no longer be trusted. If he could read, but was hiding this point within the Huo Family Army, his motive was not pure, and if he could not, then these two letters of blood might have been given to him by someone else.

As Huo Zhengquan walked out of the palace, he was still wondering exactly who had intentionally revealed such a big loophole. Yang Hu's death should have been even more valuable.

His guess was that the person behind him would do his best to force the crime of killing onto his head, and the blood letter was proof that Yang Hu had risked his life to leave behind.

But if he could prove that the blood letter wasn't written by Yang Hu, then it would be very difficult to establish his guilt.

“Why are you here?” Huo Zhengquan stopped and looked at the teenager sitting on the wall.

The young man wore a set of official uniform, appearing much steadier. However, the moment he opened his mouth, his poise was completely ruined. “This young master came to answer his call. I've not been here for a long time, but I've forgotten this job.”

Huo Zhengquan frowned, he was a solemn and serious person so he naturally wished for his sons to be like this, “You still have the nerve to say that?”

“It's nothing.” Yin Xu jumped down and followed Huo Zhengquan out of the palace. On the way, he asked: “What happened in the end?”

Huo Zhengquan suddenly turned his head, and looked at him seriously a few times.

“What's wrong? Suddenly, you don't recognize me anymore? ” Yin Xu tugged on his belt, the official uniform was made from last year, it was a little short, and the new uniform did not come yet.

“Where did you go to the palace today?”

Yin Xu raised his head and looked towards the sky, “Let me think, let me go in from the east gate, then passed through the Chengde Hall, went to the guard camp, and then came out. I didn't go anywhere.”

Huo Zhengquan was thinking about Yang Hu, and the moment he saw Yin Xu, he had the feeling that this was somehow related to him.

However, the palace was heavily guarded, and even he might not be able to tamper with the corpses in broad daylight. Releasing the doubt in his heart, Huo Zhengquan asked him whether he should return to Huo Family or not, and Yin Xu chose the latter without even thinking.

Huo Zhengquan's face sank. He clearly knew this was the answer, but as a father, no one wished to see a “child can't stay”. He still hadn't married out yet, and was already wholeheartedly focusing on the Third Prince.

“Third Prince is very scheming, bold and meticulous, doing things decisively. If you suffer any losses in the future, don't come back crying.”

“Tch, you're underestimating me too much. There aren't many people that can make me suffer a loss, unless I voluntarily accept it.”

Huo Zhengquan was too lazy to remind him again, in this life, one would have to go through some detours and setbacks, from the bottom of his heart, he did not believe that Teng Yu could stay with a man for a lifetime.

“After we return, tell Third Prince about what happened in the palace, and tell him not to interfere.”

“You don't need to say that?” Yin Xu casually waved his hand and got on the carriage named Third Prince Mansion, separating with Huo Zhengquan.

In a small courtyard in the outskirts of the capital, Yun Heran frowned as he listened to the situation in the palace.

“Yes, Marshal Huo said that Yang Hu cannot read.”

“This is very easy to prove. Although Yang Hu has been in the Huo Family Army for ten years, he's still a martial general. Not being able to write doesn't mean that he can't write.

“The Emperor sent someone to investigate.”

“Then you go and make the arrangements, we'll start with the people by his side. Aren't there two attendant s who came with him this time? Give them an identity. “

“This subordinate understands.”

The First Prince sat down to ponder. This entire plan seemed perfect, but when it really came to carrying it out, there were too many loopholes. They could only react to it in a random manner.

“How did uncle bribe Yang Hu? Isn't he a very loyal person?” the First Prince asked curiously.

“Haha …” There is something in this world that is more important than loyalty. Yang Hu is a great filial son. “

The First Prince nodded. This sort of thing was not hard to understand. As long as a person had a weakness, coercion, or temptation, there would always be a way to deal with them.

“Will the Royal Father believe it?”

“Of course we will. Actually, our biggest reliance this time is the Emperor. No one wants to take away the military power of Huo Family more than him.” It was precisely because Yun Heran saw this point that he dared to lay down this trap.

He could even see the shadow of many emperors in there, if not Yang Hu would have been executed by the time he filed his complaint, and the guards in the sky prison wouldn't have been so easily killed either.

“Then what should we do next?”

“It is about time Yang Hu played the last role, and sent people to spread that Huo Zhengquan was the one who killed them, and only passed it through the mouths of the commoners, there is no need for evidence.”

“No one will believe it.” The First Prince said bluntly.

“Haha …” So what? The good show is yet to come. “

“I hope so.” The First Prince was not too confident about this. He still felt that these schemes were too unreliable and untenable.

Yun Heran sighed, “Uncle knows that this plan was carried out a little too early, but the Emperor has his eyes on us. If he does not take the initiative to attack, could it be that he will have to watch him destroy the Yun Family and establish the Fourth Prince as his successor?”

Pushing out the Huo Family to solve the urgent matter of the Yun Family was a good thing in Yun Heran's eyes. Not only did it allow the emperor to divert the target, it also suppressed the Huo Family.

The best outcome would be that the authority over the Huo Family would be seized, and their reputation would be completely destroyed. After obtaining the authority over the Huo Family, the Emperor would definitely let go of the Yun Family, and there would be no possibility of eliminating the two great military powers within a short period of time.

If the worst comes to the worst, Huo Family would turn out to be the victor, and then Yun Family would have to bear both sides' rage at the same time.

If he fought, there was still a chance. If he didn't fight, there was only death.

The First Prince took a deep breath. “I understand, Uncle.”