"no!"

Li Changqing's face was stern. He met Chen Changhe's gaze and responded calmly without any further explanation.

Today's trial was a trap set by Li Changping and the Demon Suppression Bureau to kill him. No amount of explanation would help.

No one will believe it!

"Princess, the Demon Suppression Division has already found out that Li Changqing, in retaliation for Chen Qian's previous provocation, brutally murdered him and dumped his body in the wilderness. Chen Qian's corpse is proof of this!"

Cui Hao pointed at Li Changqing and shouted at him.

"Li Changqing, now we have both witnesses and physical evidence. If you have anything else to say, just admit it!"

Li Changping's eyes were as cold as frost, and he cast an icy glance and spoke in a tone of closing the case.

Chen Changhe looked at Chen Qian's body, his eyes filled with grief. "What kind of deep hatred could have caused someone to kill him?"

“This is my only grandson!”

He slowly stood up, filled with anger.

"Now that the murderer has been found, Grandfather will avenge you today. Princess, I will act recklessly in the Zongzheng Mansion for once!"

"My Lord, don't be anxious. If you want revenge, I should be left speechless. Why do you conclude that I was the one who killed him? Am I the only one in the Divine Capital who can kill the young Lord?"

Li Changqing did not shout at the top of his lungs or argue with them, but just calmly let them correct him.

He is not the same person now as he was in his previous life.

It is more about the calmness that comes from the tempering of time, rather than being easily swayed by emotions and falling into the enemy's trap.

"I don't know whether it was my sixth brother who killed him. I might as well speculate on his motives, aunt, is that okay?"

Li Mo volunteered, and he couldn't be left behind in this matter of adding fuel to the fire and stirring up trouble.

How could there be no trace of him in Li Changqing's trial? He still hadn't gotten rid of the anger he felt when he was humiliated in the restaurant and the singer was killed!

"Oh? Fifth Prince, why don't you tell us about it?"

Li Changping has always known that Li Mo is the best at stirring up trouble, so it is perfect for him to be a troublemaker.

Li Mo walked into the hall and looked at Li Changqing with a smirk on his face.

"The young marquis had a grudge against my sixth brother, but because of a piece of land that was not recorded in the Ministry of Revenue, he gave it to my sixth brother!"

"It turns out that this piece of land belongs to the Yongwu Marquis Mansion, which is extremely wealthy. The young marquis was indignant and asked Sixth Brother to sign an agreement to transfer it for free!"

"Sixth brother has a truly violent temper. He actually beat up the young marquis in the street, and we've been at odds ever since!"

After saying that, he looked over again with a gloating look, "Sixth brother, am I right?"

Li Changqing frowned slightly. He was the kind of man who was afraid that the world would not be in chaos, and the words he said had a different taste in his mouth.

The struggles among the upper echelons of the imperial dynasty have always been heartless. When it comes to taking advantage of someone's misfortune, everyone rushes to do so!

From the moment he entered the Divine Capital, he already knew that he should just treat Li Mo's words as the barking of a dog!

"It's true that I beat up the young marquis, but there's no need to hold a grudge. This piece of land was personally approved by the Ministry of Revenue and stamped with the imperial seal. Besides, I was the one who beat up the young marquis, and I didn't suffer any loss. Is there any need to hold a grudge?"

Li Mo was stunned and speechless by his meticulous logic. How could someone who took advantage of others have any resentment?

"Just because of a piece of land, my grandson was killed. Is my grandson's life not worth even a piece of land?"

After hearing this, Chen Changhe found it even more absurd that his grandson, the young marquis of Yongwu Marquisate, was killed because of a piece of land.

Wouldn't it be laughable if this were to be told to others? With his status as the Marquis of Yongwu in the court, how could he not even have this little face?

"I didn't kill him. I don't know if Chen Qian's life is worth a piece of land, but it's impossible to take it from me!"

Li Changqing spoke truthfully, not afraid of what kind of sinister speculation this sentence would lead to.

He has become the target of the powerful in the Divine City, so what if there are more storms?

The more Chen Changhe hates him now, the more help he will be to him in the future. Li Changqing doesn't mind intensifying the conflict!

"If I kill someone just for a piece of land, then if my fifth brother dies on the street someday, will that be my fault?"

Li Changqing sneered, "Last time at the restaurant, I beat up your good nephew Li Biao and killed the singing girl you sent!"

When Li Mo heard him bring up the matter again, his face darkened. Li Biao cursed, "How dare you curse my fifth uncle!"

"I was just following his logic!"

Li Changqing didn't intend to let Li Mo step down easily. "With the way Fifth Brother behaves, he might even end up dead on the street!"

Li Mo's face turned pale, and many of the most passionate Chinese quintessence words surged in his mind, but they were stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them.

"Thanks to Sixth Brother's good words, no one in this Divine Capital dares to kill me. What you're worried about won't happen!"

Li Changqing snorted coldly, "Since the Fifth Prince mentioned land, why did the Ministry of Revenue allocate the land of the Yongwu Marquis' Mansion to me?"

"Even if that piece of land wasn't recorded, given the status of the Yongwu Marquis's Mansion in the court, how could the Ministry of Revenue not know about it?"

Chen Changhe concentrated, "What do you mean by that? Someone is trying to sow discord and cause hatred between the Yongwu Marquis' Mansion and you?"

Li Changqing sighed, "If you're interested, you can investigate. It should be easy!"

He believed that anyone who could reach Chen Changhe's position would definitely not be a fool!

"The Fifth Prince gave me a few singing girls and a jar of wine, mixed with an aphrodisiac. I brought the wine to the Zongzheng Mansion!"

"The matter was then left unresolved. I was nearly murdered, but the Zongzheng Mansion ignored everything. This shows how deeply they hold me against you!"

"My Lord, from this, we can see how credible the evidence presented by the Fifth Prince is when the Zongzheng Mansion tried me."

Chen Changhe is an old hand. Although he was extremely sad about Chen Qian's death, he did not lose his mind and could not help but become suspicious.

"Even if someone deliberately provoked that piece of land, but..."

Li Mo mentioned the piece of land and glanced at Li Changping, "But it's true that we had a feud because of this piece of land!"

A vicious look flashed across Li Changping's eyes. This Li Mo was undoubtedly a troublemaker, and he actually wanted to drag her into the water.

"Fifth Prince, don't change the subject. Today we're discussing Li Changqing's murder. Since it has nothing to do with you, just listen in!"

Li Mo laughed, "Why is Auntie still angry? Could it be..., haha, just kidding!"

"Since Auntie doesn't want to hear it, I won't tell you. When was the young marquis killed? It couldn't be the day when Sixth Brother was ambushed in the alley. It seems Captain Cui was also there!"

"I don't know if he was lurking there, or if he was secretly meeting Liang Jing and happened to pass by, but in any case, he's an eyewitness!"

When Cui Hao heard him start to speak the truth again, he said in a deep voice, "Fifth Prince, please do not make random suspicions!"

"I've already explained the reason for my presence at the scene to the Zongzheng Mansion. I happened to run into Miss Liang and was sending her home. I heard an argument in the alley, so I came to the scene out of justice!"

Li Mo covered his face and laughed, "Captain Cui, there's no need to say that. The princess has already made her judgment. You two have committed adultery and debauched the royal family!"

"you……"

Cui Hao gnashed his teeth, but Li Mo was a prince, so he didn't explode. "Fifth Prince, please be careful with your words!"

Li Mo raised his hands perfunctorily, "Okay, I'll be careful with my words. It was Liang Jing who seduced you, and she just received sixty lashes of the cane."

Liang Jing, who had been sitting in the corner, was filled with shame and anger. Why didn't Cui Hao defend her? Did he not love her anymore?

A trace of disappointment flashed across her eyes. No, Cui Lang must have some unspeakable secret. He killed Li Changqing for me, so he must love me well!

Cui Hao obviously did not want to mention this matter. Yu Guangzhong turned pale after seeing Liang Jing being beaten with a stick, and the inexplicable humiliation surged up again.

He suppressed the surging hatred, "That day, the young marquis brought people to block Li Changqing in the alley to avenge the beating he had suffered that day, but the monks he brought with him were killed by Li Changqing!"

"He knew I was from the Demon Suppression Division, so it was inconvenient for him to kill me on the spot. After the young marquis left, he took the opportunity to kill him!"

Li Mo clapped his hands.

"That night, Sixth Brother killed the young Marquis's men. He must have harbored murderous intent. He was worried that the Marquis of Bravery would become too powerful and would retaliate in the future, so he simply killed the young Marquis as well to eliminate future trouble!"

"Your Highness the Fifth Prince is right. That's exactly what he said. The motive for the murder and the time of the murder are enough to prove that the young marquis was killed by Li Changqing!"

Cui Hao pointed at Li Changqing, a smile of victory crossing his lips.

Li Changqing shrugged. "Is it possible that Chen Qian caught you and Liang Jing having a secret meeting, and if the rumor got out, it would bring about a fatal disaster!"

"Her Royal Highness just said that committing adultery with the royal family is a grave crime punishable by extermination of all nine generations of the family!"

"You, you fart!"

Cui Hao did not expect that Li Changqing would pin the crime of murder on himself based on the logic of what he had just said.

Li Changqing's tone was frighteningly steady, and his expression even more frighteningly calm. "As you said, the time and motive all match. How could it not be you who killed him?"

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