Cypress Boat Floating

Ye Jianqing didn't know where Lu Ci Qiu had arranged Arnold. She hadn't seen Arnold since the fire.

Her injuries were almost healed, so she proposed to go explore Sannan Mountain with Lu Ci Qiu. After all, every time Lu Ci Qiu went out with Zhao Wenbin, she was always worried in the City Lord's Mansion. Instead of this, it would be better to just follow him, which would make her feel more at ease.

At first, Lu Ci Qiu didn't allow it, but later he couldn't stand Ye Jianqing's pestering anymore. He thought it would be better for the two of them to discuss things together. Plus, he was not very comfortable leaving Ye Jianqing alone in the City Lord's Mansion, so he agreed to let Ye Jianqing go with him.

Seeing that the city was gradually returning to normal, after clearing the silt in the city, everyone began to rebuild their houses, and the post station was also built together. Lu Ci Qiu planned to move to the post station after it was built. It was inconvenient to talk and do things in the city lord's mansion.

With Ye Jianqing joining the exploration team, Zhao Wenbin didn't dare to make any more tricks. Before he was completely sure that he could get rid of Lu Ci Qiu without leaving any trace, he planned to take no action and wait and see until he found the right opportunity. It would be great if he could get rid of Ye Jianqing at the same time.

After all, he remembered clearly what happened to those bandits. He knew very well that with his martial arts skills, he was no match for Ye Jianqing. However, he also had some confidence in his intelligence. Although he did not take action during this period, it did not mean that he had completely given up the idea. He just had other plans.

But what he didn't know was that he was planning how to kill Lu Ci Qiu and Ye Jianqing, while Ye Jianqing and the others were waiting for him to take the initiative so that they could take him down in one fell swoop, deal a heavy blow to the prince, and provide some help for Lu Zhixing in the capital.

During this period, Lu Ci Qiu would often inadvertently reveal one or two small flaws to him, but unfortunately the other party didn't notice them at all, causing him to miss many opportunities to kill him.

But now with Ye Jianqing joining, Lu Ci Qiu began to change his mind. He no longer planned to give him this chance. He didn't want to let Ye Jianqing continue to get hurt for this person.

Less trouble is worse than more trouble. Although exposing his hand could remove this concern, it would also delay the exploration activities in Sannan Mountain. And when the prince knew that Zhao Wenbin was useless, he didn't know if he would send someone else. So it would be better to put him under his nose and let him cooperate with the exploration activities honestly, so as to extract the data as soon as possible and solve the problem of Nancheng as soon as possible.

In this way, the exploration of Sannan Mountain was finally completed ahead of schedule due to the intentional acceleration of the progress by Lu Ci Qiu and Zhao Wenbin.

Lu Ci Qiu wrote a memorial with the results of the survey and sent it to the capital as soon as possible.

Capital

Soon, the emperor received the memorial written by Lu Ci Qiu, but there was another person who came with the memorial.

"Second brother, what are you doing?" The emperor raised his eyebrows. He had just received Lu Ci Qiu's memorial yesterday, and today Lu Zhixing came to see him with a strange man with white hair and white skin.

As an emperor, he has seen countless rare treasures since he was a child, but this is the first time he has seen a person who is completely white. Not only the skin and hair, but even the eyelashes and sweat hair are white, as if Nuwa forgot to add some color to him when she created him.

"Your Majesty, this person is called Arnold. He is a person my eighth brother rescued in South City." Lu Zhixing stood at the side and said with a slight bend.

"Why are the people that Lao Ba saved here with you? And why did you bring them to the palace?" The emperor asked one after another. Lu Zhixing took out a petition paper covered with fingerprints from his sleeve slowly and presented it with both hands, "Father, this is a petition from the people of Nancheng. Please take a look."

Su Zixing took the petition from Lu Zhixing's hand and gently placed it on the emperor's desk.

The contents of the petition were shocking, and the more one read, the angrier and more furious one became. In a rage, the emperor slapped the table hard, which frightened Arnold who was kneeling below. However, Arnold remembered firmly what Lu Zhixing had said to him before entering the palace, and he did not dare to move, but just knelt quietly on the ground.

"What is going on!" the emperor asked angrily.

"Father, this is the petition that the people of Nancheng asked me to write. It is stamped with the fingerprints of the people. There is a rich man in Nancheng named Nan Chengyi. Nan Chengyi is really a wicked man. Not only did he brutally kill several county magistrates appointed by the court, he also raped women and bullied the weak, causing resentment among the people of Nancheng.

What's worse, he even maliciously killed innocent people in Sannan Mountain, pretending that there were wild beasts on the mountain, and then closed the mountain, so that people could only take the waterway he managed. "As he said this, Lu Zhixing pointed at Arnold on the ground, and continued: "Arnold's master was Nan Chengyi's killer, who killed many people for Nan Chengyi. Arnold was adopted by his master since he was a child, but he did not receive any love from his master and was whipped since he was a child.

Until his master died, he thought he could escape, but who knew that Nan Chengyi actually threatened him to kill for him and murder his eighth brother. But he had no intention of hurting his eighth brother and was caught by his eighth brother on purpose, but Nan Chengyi did not let him go and even had people set fire to the county government dungeon to kill him. Fortunately, his eighth brother transferred him in advance and asked him to follow the postman to the capital to find his son, so that he could plead for him and the people of Nancheng. "

Lu Zhixing spoke sincerely and with deep emotion, telling all of Nan Chengyi's crimes one by one. The emperor became more and more angry as he listened.

He thought that under his governance, Da'an should be peaceful and prosperous, and the people should live and work in peace and contentment. But now, someone blatantly used his power to oppress the people and even tried to murder the eighth prince of Da'an. This showed that he did not take the court seriously and did not take himself, the emperor, seriously.

Really, this is outrageous!!!

Although the emperor was very angry at the moment, he had been in this position for more than 20 years and still had a bit of rationality in his mind. Now there was only a blood letter and a person, and there was not enough evidence to prove the crime committed by this person, so he could not completely arrest this person.

"Besides this blood letter and the witness, is there any other evidence?"

"Yes." Lu Zhixing quickly took out all the evidence that Lu Ci Qiu handed over to him, including the account book handed over by Master Liu, the evidence that Nan Chengyi murdered Shi Wenjie, and the correspondence between him and Arnold's master. He handed over all the money he gave to Arnold.

All the evidence is laid out before us, and no one can refute Nan Chengyi now.

Although the emperor did not show it on his face, he was furious inside. However, he still wanted to hear Arnold's own opinion, so he said to Arnold: "Arnold, tell me if the time is the same as what the King of Qin said."

Arnold looked up at the emperor, his eyes were clear, and you would feel extremely calm at a glance, because his eyes were pure, without calculation, only sincerity. When the emperor saw such a person, his first impression was that he should be honest and honest, and would not deceive others, so he was willing to listen to him.

"Your Majesty, I have been regarded as an alien by others since I was a child because of my physical condition. One day, my master brought me to Nancheng. Since then, I have been living with my master on Sannan Mountain. Nan Chengyi is my master's friend. He often comes to the mountain to find my master and ask him to help him kill people. My master is very good at setting up formations, so he set up many confusing formations on the mountain to make people lost in the formations, and then let me go in and kill those people.

Later, Nan Chengyi came to Master and said he wanted to do a business, and asked him to kill the richest man in the city, so Master did it. But since then, no one has come to Sannan Mountain, and he has never come to Master. After Master died, he contacted me and asked me to kill the Eighth Prince. "Arnold followed Lu Zhixing's instructions, sorted out his past events a little bit, and told the emperor.

The emperor listened to him with a frown, and now he probably had an idea in his mind.

"You killed someone too, didn't you?" asked the emperor.

Arnold would not lie. He nodded honestly, "Yes, I killed someone too."

"How many people have you killed?"

Arnold shook his head, "I can't count, I don't know."

Arnold was not afraid at all when facing the Emperor's might. He was just going to die. When Lu Ciqiu told him, he already knew his fate. He didn't hold out much hope to live. Ye Jianqing told him that he made a big mistake, so he knew that he had to make amends and apologize. But it was obviously useless to apologize, so he could only make amends. This was why he agreed to Lu Ciqiu to come to the capital to expose Nan Chengyi directly in front of the Emperor.

But he really wanted to see Ye Jianqing again, and he regretted that he didn't say goodbye to Ye Jianqing that morning.

"You are honest." The emperor suppressed his anger and looked at him with amusement.

Arnold said calmly: "My sister told me that if I made a mistake, I must make up for it. She said that I made a big mistake, so I listened to the Eighth Prince and made up for my mistake."

"Who is your sister?"

"A sister is a sister. She was the one I was meant to protect, but I lost her."

The emperor frowned, he didn't seem to understand what the man said, this man seemed to have some problems. But this did not prevent him from receiving fair judicial punishment.

At this point, things have become obvious.

There is enough evidence to prove everything Nam Sung-ik did, and there are witnesses who can prove that Nam Sung-ik killed innocent people indiscriminately. Now all that’s left is to arrest Nam Sung-ik.

But before that, the emperor must first arrest the people in the hall. Since you have killed someone, you must be punished regardless of whether you understand it or not.

The emperor shouted to the outside of the door: "Someone come."

Instantly, several guards who were guarding outside the door came in neatly. The emperor pointed at Arnold and said, "Put this man in jail."

"Yes!" The guards took the order and took Arnold away.

Lu Zhixing watched all this happen coldly from the side. When Arnold came to him, he already knew his fate. This was a gift from Lu Ci Qiu to him, and also a chance for Arnold to be reborn.

Only when he understands the preciousness of life and when he thoroughly realizes how big a mistake he has made, can he understand everything and know how to live and how to treat others.

Only by respecting life can we respect others and ourselves.

After Arnold was suppressed, the emperor looked at Lu Zhixing and asked, "Second Brother, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

"Father." Lu Zhixing walked into the hall, bowed and clasped his fists respectfully and said, "This matter concerns the people of Nancheng, and even more so the reputation of the Da'an royal family. Nan Chengyi dared to murder the eighth prince, so those powerless people are like ants to him, and he can treat them however he wants. I think this person must not be tolerated."

The emperor rubbed his eyebrows. He had calmed down now and was no longer as angry as before. "How much do you think this person's words are true or false?"

Lu Zhixing thought for a moment and said, "Nine points true."

The emperor was surprised to hear this. He knew his son well, but he actually thought what Arnold said was true. "Why?"

"Arnold only came to me yesterday, but I knew from the first sight that he was a person who knew nothing about the world. He had no schemes or plans in his mind. He was just sincere, but his sincerity was taken advantage of."

"Then how do you think this person should be dealt with?" the emperor asked again.

"When he came, he brought a letter from my eighth brother. In the letter, my eighth brother pleaded for him, hoping that the emperor would spare his life and give him enough time to repent and reform. He also said that this man has extraordinary abilities. If he is taught well, he will be a good helper in defending the territory in the future."

The emperor raised an eyebrow, "Old Eight thinks highly of him."

"Yes, I believe in my eighth brother's judgment of people, so I would like to ask the emperor to spare his life and give him a chance to reform."

"I'll think about it." The emperor sighed and waved his hand to let Lu Zhixing leave. He needed time to figure out how to deal with the Nan Chengyi matter, and he also needed time to consider how Arnold should deal with it.

Now, Nan Chengyi must be arrested, but how to arrest him, who to send to arrest him, how to govern Nancheng after he is arrested, and how to deal with Nan Chengyi’s industries are also problems.

Moreover, there was Lu Ci Qiu's memorial saying that the issue of using gunpowder to dig the mountain also needed to be dealt with. Who should be sent? Whether Lu Ci Qiu should be asked to negotiate with the King of Nanlin was also a problem.

Ugh......

As an emperor, the burden on your shoulders is always so heavy.

The emperor looked at the petition in his hand and found it unbelievable that someone under his management would do such a thing. This made him doubt his own management.

"It seems that it is necessary to rectify it."