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Chapter 132: Iron Evidence

In a sense, Hao Fenglou took great risks when he said this.

It is definitely not a joke to 'slander' a marquis in front of so many people.

But the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. Hao Fenglou glanced at all the shocked people and saluted Zhu Di, saying, "I have a question. When will the hunting schedule of Your Majesty be decided today? How many people know about this matter."

Of course, it is a special thing for the emperor to hunt. At least Hao Fenglou knew that there would be careful plans within his personal army. He said to the great extent that before His Majesty left the capital, Qiu Fu would lead his army to blockade the Zijin Mountain in advance, conduct garrisons, and transport supplies in advance to set up camps.

Qiu Fu is responsible for the general matter, but when it comes to real hunting, the imperial tent has to draw up a specific location for tomorrow's hunting so that a special royal guard will arrive there early the next morning to arrange a simple garrison.

In other words, Zhu Di's whereabouts and hunting routes were noted before, this plan was confidential, and it could only be known to some eunuchs and personal soldiers near the imperial tent.

Zhu Di looked at Liu Xi, his eyes fell on Hao Fenglou again, and said lightly: "After I used the imperial meal, I sent out an oral order at 3 o'clock yesterday, and arranged the general direction of today's hunting."

The third hour of Youshi is equivalent to six to seven o'clock yesterday evening.

When Hao Fenglou heard this answer, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He understood that his guess was correct.

Then he said seriously: "Your Majesty, I can guarantee that this matter must be related to Liu Xi, the Marquis of Kaicheng."

Liu Xi was full of resentment: "Hao Fenglou, you must have real evidence to speak."

Hao Fenglou smiled slightly and said, "Of course there will be. Since you have to rely on the truth, I will give it to you. First of all, you, the Marquis of Kaicheng, are you also working in the Governor's Office of the Five Army, right?"

Liu Xi laughed and said, "Yes. This marquis is indeed a lord in the Governor's Office in the Central Army. Thanks to His Majesty's respect, he is a deputy. But what if he does things in the Governor's Office? In this camp, there are not a hundred or eighty people in the Governor's Office. You are a small thousand household to defame this marquis."

Liu Xi deliberately added mockery to the laughter, which made everyone in the tent's impression of Hao Fenglou to freezing point, and more people thought that Hao Fenglou was just an unreasonable act.

Hao Fenglou sighed and said, "The reason why Husband asked this is the only thing he had to do was to confirm that Kaicheng Hou was also involved in the deployment of Zijin Mountain's defense. At least a group of assassins would be arranged, which would be no problem."

Liu Xi said angrily: "It seems not enough to frame this just by relying on this!"

Hao Fenglou ignored him and slowly said, "Actually, something that happened yesterday was not understood before. Hu Xia had never understood it, but now he finally understood it. The son of the Marquis was the flag bearer Wei Qianhu. Yesterday, he went to His Highness the King of Han. After eating a few glasses of water and wine, he heard Liu Qianhu speak rudely and finally started fighting with him. When he was fighting, Hu Xia did not suspect anything else, but now he thought of something strange."

Liu Xi snorted coldly and made no sound.

Hao Fenglou continued: "The reason why Hu Hu is suspicious is that at this time, at midnight, Liu Qianhu actually served on duty with his subordinates at night. This is unusual. Hu Hu has always been diligent, but as Qianhu, he does not do it at night, let alone Liu Qianhu's fine skin and tender flesh, which is obvious at first sight. How could he still share the joys and sorrows with his subordinates at midnight and be on duty in the cold weather?"

Hao Fenglou's reason is so urged to beat him up. He is diligent in doing things. Is it also wrong?

Liu Xi replied coldly: "The villain's heart determines the abdomen of a gentleman."

Hao Fenglou ignored his provocation and smiled and said, "But now I understand that all this is the arrangement of your father and son. Your Majesty has arranged tomorrow's route at the 10th hour of You. Only the people in the Central Army camp know this news. It was already dark at that time. According to the rules, no one is allowed to enter and exit. The Central Army's defense and prohibition are the strictest. After all, not only Your Majesty is there, but the Empress is also there. Not to mention that at night, even during the day, no one can be summoned by Your Majesty, and no one can enter and exit at will."

"In the tent of the central army, Kaicheng Hou must have a party, but although this party learned about His Majesty's whereabouts tomorrow, it is extremely difficult to convey the news. It is even more difficult for Kaicheng Hou to meet him late at night. In this case, if Kaicheng Hou cannot learn the accurate news, how could he arrange and set up an ambush in advance?"

"So at this time, Kaicheng Hou thought of a way to cause trouble!"

Hao Fenglou's voice became louder and louder: "Only when something goes wrong, you have the opportunity to enter the Central Army camp late at night in the name of suing the lawsuit, and at the same time try to contact the accomplices of the camp. Therefore, you colluded with your son to perform a good show. When the humble return to the camp, you deliberately say some "gossip" to arouse the indignation of the humble, and finally beat each other. At the same time, you immediately took the opportunity to go to the tent and requested the summons of Your Majesty in the name of suing the emperor. You know in your heart that Your Majesty hates the disputes with your own army the most, let alone in the camp where the female family guards are guarding the female family. In your estimate, you must have thought that Your Majesty would beat at most fifty boards at that time, but you never expected that among the people involved in the fight, the King of Zhao, the King of Zhao, the result was that Liu Qianhu was not lucky and was beaten half to death by yourself. But at least you took this opportunity to finally have contact with the accomplices of the Central Army and learned about His Majesty's itinerary."

"..." King Zhao Zhu Gaosui stood in the crowd with a slightly red face. He had a premonition that he had become famous.

Liu Xi was slightly surprised, still calm, but at this time he put away his contempt: "Are you all your guesses?"

Hao Fenglou smiled and said, "Mr. Marquis just treats it as a humble story, but it's better to finish this story first."

In fact, when talking about this, everyone in the tent was silent, Zhu Di had a gloomy face and did not interrupt Hao Fenglou.

Liu Xi had no choice but to stop and stared at Hao Fenglou viciously.

Hao Fenglou continued: "When you support Liu Qianhu, who is already dying, out of the Central Army camp, you will immediately rush to Your Majesty's hunting site today to start making arrangements. Everyone is ready-made. They are all wearing their own military armor and sneaking into Zijin Mountain with you. As for weapons, they are naturally enough. They have found the best place to hide and ambush, and prepared dry food. It was early this morning that you sneaked back."

Liu Xi sneered: "My son is seriously injured. Hao Qianhu thinks that Mr. I am still in the mood to hang out? You are just talking nonsense. Last night, after I returned to the camp, I have been taking care of my son in the camp."

Hao Fenglou smiled even colder: "Her marquis confirms?"

Liu Xi said seriously: "Natural."

Hao Fenglou said, "So dare to ask, the Marquis did not sleep last night. After dawn, everyone went hunting. Where is the Marquis?"

Liu Xi said: "I am tired and cannot accompany you. Naturally, I will rest in the tent."

Hao Fenglou smiled pursed his lips and said, "Then the Marquis hasn't appeared in the northern foothills?"

Liu Xi shook his head and said, "Absolutely not."

"You are lying!" Hao Fenglou said sternly: "You went out last night and didn't sleep during the day today!"

Liu Xi was so angry that she was filled with smoke from her orifices, and was about to refute...

Hao Fenglou said, "If you go to bed, why didn't you clean it? Could it be that the Marquis didn't even take off his boots, and he didn't even have to kill his personal soldiers to change it?"

After pausing, Hao Fenglou continued, "If you hadn't gone to the northern foot, why would there be black mud under your feet?"

Liu Xi was stunned for a moment and took a look at his boots. There was indeed a lot of mud on the boots.

But he was not afraid and said righteously: "This is in the mountains, what's so rare if there is mud?"

Logically speaking, even in the camp, it is not in the city after all, so it is natural to step on mud. If this can be used as evidence to attack Liu Xi, then it would be a bit of a joke.

Hao Fenglou smiled and said calmly: "There are mostly yellow mud here in Zijin Mountain. Look, the mud on the feet of most of the people present is yellow, but the northern foot is different. The northern foot is the imperial tomb. When Emperor Taizu was buried, all the seals used were transported from both sides of the Qinhuai River, and white paste mud and charcoal were mixed. Therefore, the soil on the northern foot is blue-black. Look, I also went to the northern foot. The mud on the boots is similar to that of the Marquis, and the boots of His Majesty are the same. I dare to ask the Marquis, since you haven't been to the Northern Footer last night, why do you bring black mud? Please give me an explanation for this."

The people in the tent were moved and consciously looked at their boots. Many people found that the mud on Liu Xi's boots was indeed a bit different from others.

Liu Xi's expression changed and he had to say, "I went to inspect the day before yesterday."

"Is that?" Hao Fenglou smiled and said, "If I had gone the day before yesterday, the marquis would not change it. Even if I didn't change it, the marquis walked here, the black mud on the boots would have been dry and hard, and replaced by yellow mud. Why would it be so obvious? Therefore, all of this is the arrangement of the marquis. If the marquis thinks it is not convincing enough, please check it immediately. When Liu Xi entered the Central Army camp last night, he had contact with the father-in-law and his personal army. At most, he had contacted more than a dozen people. As long as he called them all, he would know it once he asked."

The eunuch Zheng He stood beside Zhu Di, as if he had thought of something, and whispered: "The Marquis of Kaicheng entered the camp by our family. There were seven people in total, and I may not remember them accurately, but I can finally know who they are."

Zhu Di glared at Liu Xi with a tight look: "Zheng He, go and call them."

Zheng He bowed and said, "I will go now."

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