Unfortunately, Xiao Guozhang had such an awareness, but forgot to pass on these ideas to his family. The Xiao family was more or less unhappy because the emperor did not pay attention to it or even suppressed the clan of the rear. They naturally took it out of their concern for someone to give the benefits. As for whom were the people who gave the money, they were not interested in asking the bottom line. What is more moving than hundreds of thousands of taels of real money? Not only the eldest son of the Xiao family, but several children of the direct descendants of the Xiao family have collected a lot of money for various reasons. How can they remember who gave them these?

Xiao Guohou's eyes shot at his son, and the eldest son of the Xiao family hid with his eyes flashing, while shouting: "Dad! Even if I collect some money, I can't treason? And... and I have never collected money from the Western Yue people, let alone know Wei Wuji!"

"Of course, Mr. Wei will not come to give money to Mr. Xiao in person. The beautiful concubine Xiao took before... spent a lot of money on her, right?" The man in gray said casually. The eldest son of the Xiao family cursed angrily: "That woman has long been running away!"

"That woman is from the Western Yue!" the man in gray said coldly.

A drop of sweat dripped from Xiao Guozhu's gray hair. He knew very clearly that the Xiao family was framed. But now... His Majesty found so much evidence in such a short time, and they could not tell even if they had a hundred mouths. What's hateful is that in recent years, he has not noticed anything wrong at all.

"The old minister is wronged... I ask Your Majesty to give a clear explanation."

The man in gray was not merciless. The evidence found these days was enough to make people shocking, especially when the wars in the Northern Han Dynasty were defeated one after another, it made people angry at the Xiao family's behavior. He said coldly: "Bigby Xiao, if you say these... it would be better to explain clearly what you are doing if you treason and steal the defense map. Your Majesty will naturally be lighter in view of the emperor's eldest son." How could Mr. Xiao admit it? Not to mention that he did not do it, even if he did it, he would never admit it. You must know that theft of the defense map is a serious crime to kill the nine clans. It was said that the Xiao family was, and even the royal family could not afford to be punished.

"The old minister is wronged! I want to see Your Majesty! I want to see Your Majesty!" Xiao Guohou shouted loudly.

"It's stubborn!" The man in gray frowned and waved his hand to the people around him, "Take it out for retrial, and the result must be found before dawn!" In fact, the evidence they obtained was enough for the Xiao family to search. However, how the defense map was leaked was still unclear. The queen's identity was special, so they naturally could not move without orders, so they could only work hard on the Xiao family. The cell was beaten, and several men in gray were following behind him and personally pulled out Xiao Guozhang and several direct descendants of the Xiao family. These people were all confidants around Ge Shujun, so they naturally had no other concerns about the Xiao family, so they would only be more ruthless.

Seeing that the members of the Xiao family were pulled closer to the interrogation room, a sound of participation came from inside soon. The man in gray turned his head and said to Queen Xiao: "Empress, why not go outside to rest first, let's set off at dawn." Before dawn, people from the Xiao family would confess. The queen looked inside, snorted coldly, turned around and brushed her sleeves.

Even in a spacious room at the outermost part of the prison, screams still came intermittently through the door. Queen Xiao sat upright in the chair, but Duan Li's face was already covered with white blue. The hand on the chair held the armrest tightly, silent. Although she was a little resentful to her father, she still felt a burst of pain and coldness when she heard the screams of her father coming from inside.

In the empty room, there were only Queen Xiao who was sitting still and the man in gray paced from time to time. Although the two looked and felt different, they were both waiting for the same result.

It was not until the sky was almost dawn that someone came out. Queen Xiao suddenly stood up and looked at the person coming. The man in gray came out with a little tired face. After torture for one night, it was not only the torture who was tortured, but also the torture who was also tired. After looking at the two, the man in gray bowed and said, "The eldest son of the Xiao family has called him."

"What?!" The queen softened and took two steps back.

The man glanced at the queen and whispered: "The eldest son of the Xiao family said... it was the Queen who obtained the defense map and leaked it to the people of the Western Yue. The person who handled it was the girl who left the palace next to the Queen before."

"He is talking nonsense! Where is the evidence?!" Queen Xiao said sternly. The man looked at her in embarrassment and said, "That girl committed suicide for fear of crime a few days ago." So it is said that there is no evidence of death.

The leading man in gray frowned and asked, "What about the others?"

"The others also had a few tricks, but they all said that it was done by the eldest son of the Xiao family. Only Xiao Guohou still said nothing."

"Of course, Xiao Guohou knows the seriousness of the matter more than those people, and it's not surprising that he refuses to ask for help." The man in gray said, "Particle their confessions and bring them back to His Majesty. Leave a few people to continue the trial, and he always feels a little strange." But they don't have time to investigate slowly now. His Majesty has been angry long ago and must bring the Queen to the front of the emperor in the shortest time.

"Affect the order."

"Empress, please."

Queen Xiao lowered her eyes and said nothing after all, turned around and followed the person out of the prison. In the cell behind her, there were intermittent wailing sounds slowly coming.

In the room full of the fragrance, Leng Yu leaned lazily on the soft couch, looked at Tianxuan sitting not far away with a smile and said, "You seem to be very nervous."

"Of course it's not as easy as you." Tianxuan gave her a angrily glance. Leng Yu didn't think the coroner and smiled, "That's natural. I haven't seen anything in so many years? Isn't it like you hiding in Tianque City and being free and comfortable? Don't worry, a small matter."

Tianxuan snorted and frowned, "There have been martial law in the Northern Han Imperial City these two days, be careful." Leng Yu's martial arts are really not very good. If something happens, he will only be unlucky to be arrested. Leng Yu smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm prepared for it. However... unless the people from Northern Han will arrest people when they see them, they will not doubt me."

"Do you think Ge Shujun dare not?" Tianxuan said. With Ge Shujun's personality, he was really in a hurry to arrest all the Xiyue people and Chinese people in the Northern Han Imperial City and interrogate them one by one. Leng Yu shrugged and said, "Okay, if something is wrong, I will withdraw first. But... If you run away now, wouldn't you tell others that we are guilty? What if Yuheng really makes people suspicious, it's trouble. But you and Tianshu, be careful. By the way, where has Tianshu gone?"
Chapter completed!