Chapter 745

The Imperial Palace!

Emperor Taixing was clearly stunned for a moment when he learned that the Nanshan Marquis had died suddenly due to fear and panic.

Sun Daojing bowed slightly, thinking that when the Emperor reacted, he would surely be overjoyed.

He never expected that with a 'bang,' Emperor Taixing kicked over the little eunuch who was serving on the side.

The little eunuch rolled twice on the ground, immediately knelt down to plead guilty, saying 'death penalty' with every breath!

Sun Daojing was stunned!

"Your Majesty, calm your anger!" The Grand Huangmen Wang Defa hurriedly appeased Emperor Taixing, "Your Majesty, don't get angry; the Imperial Physician said Your Majesty needs to nourish your energy and must not be overly happy or angry!"

Emperor Taixing took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart, "Really dead?"

Sun Daojing hurriedly said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, this official personally examined the body, and the coroner was also present at the time, confirming he is dead. Last night, the roof of the Heavenly Prison collapsed, and hundreds of prisoners needed to be transferred; the scene was chaotic. We didn't check for a moment, and by the time we discovered it, it was already too late. This official failed to guard properly; please, Your Majesty, punish me!"

At this moment, he couldn't grasp the Emperor's thoughts at all.

If it was venting anger, now that the person is dead, shouldn't he be happy? Why is he so angry?

If it wasn't venting anger, why arrest people? Why dig up ancestral graves?

Can't figure it out!

Too many things he can't figure out!

Emperor Taixing was furious, his face gloomy, "I handed the person to you to guard, and this is how you guarded him. Sun Daojing, how exactly did the Nanshan Marquis die?"

"Your Majesty, this official's words are all true; I dare not have any deception! Please, Your Majesty, examine clearly! Furthermore, the Nanshan Marquis had nothing special, and no one was targeting him at all. He really was scared to death by himself. He was timid to begin with, and when an accident happened in the Heavenly Prison, who knows what he was thinking, and he was scared to death."

Sun Daojing argued forcefully. He was determined to prevent the Emperor from blaming the Ministry of Justice for the Nanshan Marquis's cause of death.

If a person wants to die, no one can stop them!

"Useless! All useless!"

Emperor Taixing flicked his sleeve, sweeping all the memorials on the desk to the ground, and cursed loudly.

Sun Daojing secretly looked at Wang Defa, hoping to get some useful hints.

Wang Defa, however, looked at his nose and heart, not giving him any response at all, not even an eye exchange.

After Emperor Taixing had vented his anger, Wang Defa came forward and persuaded softly, "Your Majesty, the Nanshan Marquis has always been timid as a mouse and couldn't stand being frightened. It's not surprising he was scared to death. Minister Sun and the Ministry of Justice are also victims of disaster; please, Your Majesty, forgive them a little."

Emperor Taixing snorted coldly and pointed at Sun Daojing's nose, wanting to scold him as a fool. But thinking about it, the Minister of Justice is a heavy official of the court, walking in the Political Affairs Hall, and one of the models for officials in the world. He cannot be easily humiliated! He feared it would cause strong dissatisfaction among the court officials.

He swallowed the word 'fool', "Have you found out why the Heavenly Prison roof collapsed?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, preliminary investigations show that thieves were bold enough to break out of jail."

"Jailbreak! Jailbreak again! How many jailbreaks happen in the Heavenly Prison throughout the year. Simply useless! That who, that Chen fellow, isn't he very capable? Why did a jailbreak happen?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, yesterday was the fifteenth, and Chen Guanlou was not on duty. The jailbreak happened when he was not on duty. Please, Your Majesty, forgive me; there is only the thousand-day thief, not the thousand-day defense against thieves; no one hopes for such things to happen."

"Hmph!" Emperor Taixing originally wanted to take a knife to the people in the Heavenly Prison. After learning that the person in charge of the Heavenly Prison was Chen Guanlou, he changed his mind. A ninth-rank warrior, willing to sell his life for the court, working conscientiously—he cannot chill the other party's heart. He cannot chill the hearts of warriors in the world.

He wants Chen Guanlou to be a model, to let warriors in the world know how the court treats warriors. He hopes more warriors will join the army, fight for the court, and charge into battle.

"Investigate! Investigate fiercely! We must find out who is so bold as to dare to break out of jail in the capital on the fifteenth of the first lunar month. Lawless! Simply disregarding the law. When did the security of the capital become so chaotic? What are the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Five City Military Command doing? Thieves mixed into the capital, and they didn't discover it? Order the two government offices to strictly investigate the population entering and leaving the capital, and be sure to find out the lawless elements hiding in the capital."

Wang Defa received the order, summoned a little eunuch, and let the little eunuch pass the order.

Sun Daojing secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the Emperor doesn't pursue the Ministry of Justice's responsibility alone, everything is easy to talk about. Dragging the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Five City Military Command into the water is exactly what he wants.

He tentatively asked, "Your Majesty, should the Nanshan Marquis Prefecture case continue to be investigated? Should his family continue to be detained or be resettled elsewhere?"

Emperor Taixing looked exhausted and hammered the desk fiercely, "What else is there to investigate? The person is dead, how to investigate? Release them, release them all!"

"Obey!"

The Nanshan Marquis used one life to exchange for his family's safety, which really was guessed by Chen Guanlou.

It's just that the Emperor's reaction is not quite right.

Can't figure it out!

Chen Guanlou hadn't waited for the Ministry of Justice's instructions on how to dispose of the Nanshan Marquis's body, and there was no word on who to notify to collect the body. Instead, he waited for the eunuchs from the palace.

Chen Guanlou:...

Could it be that they want to whip the corpse again?

He immediately felt disgusted, with a desire to vomit. The breakfast he ate early in the morning was rebelling in his stomach.

He tried very hard and very difficultly to suppress that uncomfortable feeling.

"Greetings, eunuchs. Stepping into the Heavenly Prison, I don't know what business you have?"

"Learned that the Nanshan Marquis died suddenly. The palace ordered us to come and take a look. You are Chen Yucheng, lead the way."

The three eunuchs who came, plus four palace guards, were all unfamiliar faces. He hadn't seen a single one.

Chen Guanlou wanted to exchange pleasantries with the other party to build a relationship, but the other party all had coffin faces.

No way, lead the way.

Secretly notified the prison guards to call Medical Official Mu and Old Zhang over.

Since it's an autopsy, the coroner and medical official must be present.

He personally led this group of people to the morgue.

He really didn't want to come to this place, but he had to.

It's best if it's not whipping the corpse.

Otherwise, he would definitely curse Emperor Taixing to die a bad death, a thing that has no asshole when giving birth to a son, what kind of thing.

Among the three eunuchs, there was actually a coroner expert. As soon as he entered the morgue, he started to perform the autopsy.

Fortunately, Old Zhang and Medical Official Mu arrived in time.

Let professional people communicate about professional matters.

Chen Guanlou stood outside the door and exchanged words with several palace guards.

The guards were easier to talk to than the eunuchs; after all, they were normal people, not perverts.

After exchanging words, he didn't get any useful news. The guards knew too little and didn't know the inside story. They just received orders to take a trip to the Heavenly Prison. Only the three eunuchs knew what to do specifically.

Chen Guanlou's heart was hanging.

Sun Daojing's efficiency was very poor, and he didn't send anyone to notify him of what the situation was when he entered the palace to see the Emperor, and why the palace suddenly sent people to the Heavenly Prison to examine the Nanshan Marquis's body.

Could it be that there is some trick to the Nanshan Marquis's body.

"Since he died of suffocation, why was it reported that he died suddenly due to fear and panic."

"Reporting to this eunuch, when the Nanshan Marquis was found to have died suddenly, his mouth and nose were tightly covered by a quilt, and his hands were hanging by his sides. It fits suicide. Because suicide doesn't sound good, it was changed to dying suddenly due to fear and panic."