The Legitimate Daughter Returns: The Real Daughter is Reborn

Father Xu's lips trembled slightly and he looked at Lu Hong in disbelief.

He originally thought that this person was here to torture him again, but he didn't expect that the other person would say such things.

"Who are you?"

Father Xu's voice trembled and he asked cautiously.

Lu Hong did not answer. He only looked at him coldly and said, "You are going to die after all, why do you need to know my name."

"Who...asked you to come?"

Xu's father had some thoughts in his mind. Wang Xiuyi was the minister of Dali Temple. There were probably not many officials in the whole capital who could make the ministers of Dali Temple treat each other with courtesy.

And there are even fewer people who can serve such people.

Lu Hong saw Xu's father's thoughts, and a dark color flashed in his eyes.

"You don't have to guess, it's just a transaction."

"...Okay, I plead guilty."

Father Xu was silent for a long time and then slowly spoke.

He had to do this for his son.

"Sign and pledge."

Lu Hong took the paper from the side, and the black words on it were extremely clear.

Xu's father had one of his hands untied and tremblingly wrote his name on it.

Fingerprints were then printed.

When Lu Hong stepped out of the prison, it was already dark outside.

"Master Lu."

Wang Xiuyi looked at Lu Hong who walked out of the prison cleanly, with a flash of surprise in his eyes.

He also thought that Lu Hong would torture Xu's father.

But it seems not.

"Master Wang, Xu Ren has confessed his crime." Lu Hong handed over the confession written in black and white, "I am going to return His Majesty's life, Master Wang, do you want to go with me?"

Wang Xiuyi frowned and felt that the speed was a bit fast.

"Master Lu, go ahead and I'll go in and take a look."

"Please."

Lu Hong nodded, and the raised arc at the corner of his mouth quickly disappeared.

Seeing Lu Hong walking away, Wang Xiuyi turned and walked towards the interrogation room.

"My lord, something is wrong! Xu Ren committed suicide."

The jailer ran over in a panic.

Wang Xiuyi frowned. As soon as he entered the interrogation room, he saw Xu Ren being put down by the jailer.

His tongue was cut off at the root, and he obviously had no intention of living.

"Clean up everyone and have Xu Zhian put back in jail first."

"yes."

When the jailer saw the severed tongue, he couldn't help but feel a chill running down his spine.

It must have taken so much force to break all of his tongue.

Wang Xiuyi walked out of the prison with a gloomy expression.

All of this was really fast, which made him feel that something was wrong.

But he didn't want to speculate on Lu Hong.

First of all, Lu Hong was the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who had just been appointed by the Holy Emperor. It would be too bold to be bribed for the first thing he did after taking office.

Secondly, he had heard a lot about Lu Hong. In Suzhou, Lu Hong was a good official praised by everyone in Suzhou. Could it be that he would turn bad when he returned to the capital?

Xu Ren's body was carried out.

Looking at the corpse, Wang Xiuyi took a deep breath, turned around and walked towards the imperial study.

After all, the person is dead, and what happens now can only be decided by Lu Hong.

Royal study room.

Emperor Jianwen was stunned when he heard that the matter had been investigated.

"Master Lu, are you telling the truth?"

"Your Majesty, this is Xu Ren's confession. I have also sent people to search Xu's house. I believe evidence will be found soon."

Lu Hong lowered his head and said a lie without any panic.

Even if it was the last thing he ever wanted to do.

At this moment, his parents seemed to appear in front of him.

They told Lu Hong that he would be a good official when he grew up.

The corners of Lu Hong's eyes were slightly red, but no one saw it.

Emperor Jianwen looked at Lu Hong for a moment, then said, "Lu Aiqing, do you think what Xu Ren said is credible?"

"Wei Chen only confirms the evidence, but Your Majesty, there are many doubts about this matter."

"How?"

"If Eunuch Luo was really taking bribes in private, why did he come to the Xu family? As Eunuch Luo is Xu Zhian's godfather, how could others not think more about it if something like this happened?"

Emperor Jianwen nodded thoughtfully, "Ai Qing, continue."

"Master Wang, the Minister of Dali Temple, has arrived."

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

"Master Wang, please get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Wang Xiuyi stood up, looked at Lu Hong, and then said to Emperor Jianwen: "Your Majesty, Xu Ren committed suicide."

"Suicide?"

Emperor Jianwen frowned and asked, "Has the imperial doctor checked it?"

"Your Majesty, Xu Ren bit off his tongue."

When Wang Xiuyi said this, his expression did not change much.

He had seen this kind of thing so many times that he no longer had such emotions.

Needless to say, Emperor Jianwen was a one-time emperor, but when he was young, he went to the battlefield many times.

I have never seen any kind of death.

Just hearing what Wang Xiuyi said, a little suspicion arose in my heart.

Is it a coincidence that he committed suicide after pleading guilty?

Lu Hong didn't answer and let Emperor Jianwen's suspicious eyes pass over him.

His calmness actually made Emperor Jianwen less suspicious.

"The morning court will be held in half an hour. Can Lu Aiqing send the book before the morning court?"

"Wei Chen will do his best."

Emperor Jianwen nodded with some satisfaction, "In this case, both adults should go back."

In the morning.

Lu Hong handed over the written note.

Not only that, but there was also evidence collected from the Xu family.

They were all petty officials who paid a lot of money to the Xu family for the sake of benefits.

As for the gambling house, it is actually a money laundering den.

Eunuch Luo was kept in the dark about the whole thing and didn't know anything about it.

However, Emperor Jianwen still ordered Eunuch Luo to be punished. He had his legs broken and was sent out of the palace.

In fact, it was also a warning to Concubine Min.

Emperor Jianwen didn't think the matter was really that simple, but he couldn't bear to investigate his son.

What's more, King Yu always behaved like a filial son in front of Emperor Jianwen. Emperor Jianwen would only be more suspicious of Concubine Min and the Min family, but was not very angry with King Yu.

As for the Xu family, all their money was confiscated.

Members of the Xu family, such as Xu Zhian and Xu's mother, would be exiled.

After hearing the fate of the Xu family from Liufeng's mouth, Su Leyun was not only not happy, but became uneasy.

This incident ended too suddenly.

"Liu Feng, you only handed over those two account books?"

Su Leyun was not very involved in this incident. The only thing he had handled were the two account books.

Of course she knew that the two account books alone wouldn't make much difference, but at that time she thought that Xiao Shengyu also had a handle, so she asked Liu Feng to come back to deal with the matter.

Liufeng's eyes were somewhat troubled, "Miss Su, please rest assured, the prince has arranged all this."

Su Leyun stared at Liufeng for a while and then realized. In other words, the reason why Xiao Shengyu took action was that he didn't want her to make the matter bigger.

She felt a little uncomfortable.

How could Su Leyun feel relieved if King Yu was not frustrated.

"What is the relationship between Yuelou and your master?"

Suddenly such words came out of Su Leyun's mouth. Liu Feng froze and looked at Su Leyun with a look of surprise.

How did Miss Su know?