Lu Yi knitted her brows but didn't say anything. The culprit was definitely in between Wan En and Jiang Fu, but … Which one was it, and what was the reason for Wang Hu's death? One question after another floated up in his mind, unable to be answered.

The torrential rain kept on banging on the windows and on the windows. Occasionally, it would be mixed with the howling of the wind, and in addition to the dark sky, it was simply like the door to hell. The arrival of evil spirits caused one's heart to tremble.

Peng peng! The long window was blown open by a strong wind. It made a loud noise and the rain quickly soaked the window. The candles on the candlesticks trembled and shrank to the size of soybeans. It seemed as if they could go out at any time.

Lu Yi rushed forward to close the window. In just a short moment, her entire body was covered with rain water. Her wet hair stuck to her snow-white cheeks.

After the candlelight had once again lit up, Dong Fang's finger that was knocking on the table paused, and he said to the two supervisors who were standing by the side: "Go and search the residences of the two of them, and search carefully!"

Hearing this, Jiang Fu's expression calmed down a little. Other than the tea leaves that had been secretly hidden in his room, there was nothing else in his room that could help him restore his innocence. Compared to the crime of murdering and framing him, stealing the tea leaves was nothing.

As for Wynne, he had been beaten half to death, so dazed that he hadn't heard what Dongfang Chonglou had to say.

After a short while, the two invigilators came in covered in rain. They respectfully said, "Under the orders of His Majesty, the two servants carefully searched the residences of the two of them. As for Jiang Fu, the servants have found some tea and a identity token in his room." After saying that, he took out a black identity token and handed it over.

Hearing this, Jiang Fu subconsciously felt for his waist. Strange, he was clearly carrying the identity token, why would there be another identity token in the room?

In that box, Dong Fang took the identity token from the supervisor's hand. The moment he saw the words on the identity token, his expression immediately changed. In the next moment, his eyes that were filled with a chilling aura firmly grabbed onto Jiang Fu's face as he coldly asked: "Are you from the Qi Country?"

Jiang Fu was stunned by his question. He only came back to his senses after Dong Fang Qian slammed his palm on the table. "This servant was born in the Zhou Dynasty and grew up in the Zhou Dynasty. How could I be from the Qi Empire?"

Before his voice fell, a square object had already fiercely smashed onto his forehead. Dong Fang's voice that was as cold as late autumn frost resounded in his ears. "Then how do you explain behind this item?"

Jiang Fu did not care about the dark red color that dripped from his forehead as he hastily picked up the identity token on the ground. This identity token was made of pig iron and was extremely heavy in his hands.

Jiang Fu was stunned. He had never seen this identity token before. How could this be … To appear in his room for no reason at all?

In unison... Qi Nation? Qi Nation!

Jiang Fu finally understood the meaning of Dongfang Qian's words. He was so scared that tears and snot flowed down his face. He shook his head with all his might and stammered, "Your majesty … Your Majesty, this badge is not from a servant. It has nothing to do with a servant.

"It has nothing to do with you?" Dong Fang Qian's expression was ashen as he said: "Since it's unrelated, how could we possibly find it in your room?"

"This servant doesn't know either." Jiang Fu seemed to have thought of something, pointed at the two invigilators and hatefully said, "They must have received Wynn's benefits and framed the servant. Who knows, maybe this badge was found from Wynn." With that, he kowtowed heavily and said with tears in his eyes, "Your Majesty …" Your Majesty, this servant was wrongly accused, you must believe this servant! "

"Unjustly accused?" "You previously said that the Imperial Guards wrongly accused you, but now you say that they wrongly accused you. After a while, shouldn't you say that we, too, have wronged you?"

Jiang Fu did not dare to continue his sentence. He just kept kowtowing, saying that he had been wronged over and over again. Unfortunately, all of this was destined to be in vain. No one would believe his words, just like Wayne.

Dong Fang Qian slowly walked in front of Jiang Fu, his eyes filled with a cold and vicious light. "I didn't expect that we'd be surrounded by spies from the Qi Kingdom for so many years. Jiang Fu, you're really capable!"

"No!" This servant is not a spy, this servant was framed by others. Jiang Fu burst into tears. His plan was to expose Wynn's murder crime, and replace him with the overseer of the fourth rank palace, instead of sending himself to a dead end!

Dong Fang Qian kicked Jiang Fu away as he said slowly, "You're very smart. If you weren't too greedy this time and wanted to kill two birds with one stone, I would still be trapped in your drum!"

"No …" "It's not like that. Your Majesty, please listen to this servant …" Jiang Fu still wanted to explain, but Dong Fang Qian didn't want to hear it. He waved his hand and said, "Bring him to the Hall of Punishment for punishment. Don't let him die before we pry open his mouth!"

"No!" Your Majesty, no! " Jiang Fu was scared out of his wits. In the Hall of Punishment, there was nothing else. There were just too many torture instruments. Once you entered there, even if you didn't die, you would still have half a life.

Jiang Fu's struggle, like a dragonfly shaking a pillar, was completely useless. After he was forcefully dragged down, even the dying Wynn was carried down; as for the two Imperial Guards, due to their timely awakening, Dongfang gave them a wide berth and spared them the death penalty.

The heavy rain did not stop until nightfall. Lu Yi pushed open the unlatched doors of the palace and entered. She said to Dongfang Shao, who was standing by the window with his hands behind his back, "Your Majesty, your servant has already sent a pigeon. Tomorrow at this time, we'll be able to send a message back."

"Yes." With his back facing her, he said: "Lu Yi, can you guess the purpose of Wang Hu's visit?"

After thinking for a while, she said with uncertainty, "They must have come to report it to His Majesty because the south side had been forced to retreat and the war was getting tight."

Dong Fang Qian looked up into the sky after the rain had gone down, and said gently: "The war has its own overseer, and it has nothing to do with them. Moreover …" The mission that you gave them is to monitor King Rui. "

Lu Yi's eyelids twitched slightly. She said softly, "Your Majesty, are you worried that King Rui is plotting against us?"

"He has an army of nearly two hundred thousand. Once he turns around and attacks, Jin'ling will be in danger." Outside the window, the dark green leaves of the wutong tree were slowly dripping with water.

Lu Yi said hesitantly: "The Qi army is pressing on, the Zhou Dynasty is in danger, this servant feels … King Rui should not cause trouble at this time. "

Dong Fang turned around, his eyes as dark as a bottomless pool. "What if he reached some sort of agreement with the Qi army?"

Lu Yi was shocked and blurted out, "Your Majesty is saying that King Rui is colluding with foreign enemies to seize the throne?"

"Apart from this, I can't think of any other reason for Wang Hu to rush here in such a hurry. He even refused to send a message with a pigeon." His words silenced her.

While they were both silent, a long door was pushed open. Empress Dowager Wei held Yin Qiu's hand as they slowly walked into the palace. The green and embroidered long robes of the lake hung silently behind her.