Shocking! The killer traveled through time and space and became a female Shura, killing like crazy
Chapter 84 Substituting one thing for another
The night was deep and the road was silent. Only the sound of Wang Jian's horse's hooves echoed on the empty road.
It was now the Yin hour, and there was still one hour until Prime Minister Huo would attend the morning court. He parked his horse in a secluded place outside the city and quietly entered the city.
He wrote a note and tied it to an arrow and stood guard on the roof of a house on the road that Prime Minister Huo had to pass through. He secretly planned to wait for Prime Minister Huo's carriage to arrive and then shoot it directly at the carriage.
Time passed little by little, and it was already dawn. Finally, Prime Minister Huo's carriage appeared in Wang Jian's sight.
He chose the right moment and shot the arrow with the note on it at the carriage. Prime Minister Huo was sitting in the carriage with his eyes closed resting when he suddenly heard a whoosh sound. An arrow hit the carriage, scaring him so much that he hid in a corner in panic.
The guards who escorted him to court hurriedly asked with concern: "Master, are you okay?"
Prime Minister Huo pretended to be calm and said, "It's okay, what's going on?"
The guard pulled out the arrow and saw the note on it. He handed it to Prime Minister Huo and said, "Master, this man has no intention of hurting you. He just came to deliver a message."
Prime Minister Huo quickly opened the note. His expression instantly became solemn, and his eyes revealed an expression of astonishment.
After a pause, he ordered: "Return home."
After returning to the mansion, Prime Minister Huo hurriedly called all three sons to the study.
Seeing Prime Minister Huo's serious expression, they anxiously asked, "Dad, has something happened?"
He handed the note to his eldest son Huo Chao, who showed a surprised expression after reading it.
"What do you think? Is this true? Xue Zhong really dared to replace the original with the emperor and the civil and military ministers."
"What's the purpose of this person risking his life to send this message?"
The eldest son, Huo Chao, thought for a moment and said, "Dad, you can go to court and have the third son take people to investigate Xue Fan's grave."
"If this is false, even if I were the Prime Minister, it would be difficult to end it. After all, digging up someone's ancestral grave is a taboo, and it would be against the will of the emperor."
"Dad, what my eldest brother said is right. You go to court and I will take people to the Xue family's ancestral tomb. If the coffin is Xue Fan, I will tell the authorities that someone has reported weapons hidden here, and I will come to investigate."
"Dad, what the third brother said is true. He is the commander of the patrol camp and is in charge of the security of the entire capital. He has the right to thoroughly investigate the surrounding security."
"If Xue Fan faked his death, then the Xue family would be guilty of deceiving the emperor and their property would be confiscated and exterminated. If the Xue family falls, Concubine Shu and the Fourth Prince will lose their safe haven. The Crown Prince will also have one less competitor, and he will have avenged his sister. You will also have one less competitor in the court. It's a win-win situation."
"If the coffin contained Xue Fan, and Xue Zhong reported it to the Emperor, the Emperor would punish the Third Brother with fifty strokes of the cane at most. If we don't verify it, we'll always have doubts in our hearts. Besides, if a person has been dead for a long time and the body has rotted, it would be too late to verify it."
"Dad, what my second brother said is true. Even if the emperor canes me, I won't regret it. I must figure it out, otherwise I will be sorry for my sister's spirit in heaven."
Prime Minister Huo paused for a moment and said firmly, "Third Brother, take your men and go quietly. Once you're sure it's not Xue Fan, take the coffin directly to the gate of Jingzhao Prefecture and beat the drum to protest. I'll go to the palace and ask the emperor to send people to Shoushan to capture the murderer Xue Fan."
"Yes."
Prime Minister Huo went to court in his carriage as if nothing had happened. At the palace gate, he happened to run into Xue Zhong, who had not attended court for a long time. The two looked at each other with hatred in their eyes.
As soon as the city gate opened, Huo Kai led a dozen people from the patrol camp out of the city and rushed to the Xue family's ancestral tomb.
Wang Jian saw Huo Kai leading people to the Xue family's ancestral tomb, so he rode his horse and took a shortcut to inform Shen Rou and the others.
Just before Huo Kai arrived at the Xue family's ancestral temple, Shen Rou saw him coming and hurriedly asked: "What is Prime Minister Huo's reaction?"
"Miss Shen, please retreat quickly. Huo Kai is here with the patrol camp."
"Walk."
They quietly left the Xue family's ancestral tomb from the back. As soon as Shen Rou and the others left, Huo Kai and his men arrived.
Xue Fan's grave was found. The coffin was still open and a human skin mask was thrown on the body. It could be identified that the deceased did not look like Xue Fan.
Huo Kai gnashed his teeth and said, "Xue Zhong, you dare to cheat everyone by replacing the real with the fake. Prepare to die!"
"Take this coffin back to the Jingzhao government office and file a complaint."
"Yes."
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