The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 985

Li Yuan knew that Xu Tian and the others were investigating this matter, and he was afraid that his actions would be exposed.

Moreover, the entire imperial court now knows about this matter.

If Xu Tianzhen were to uncover this matter, then he would be finished.

"Were all those things sent to the Ministry of Justice?" he asked his subordinate.

His trusted subordinate nodded, "Reporting to Master, they have all been sent to the Ministry of Justice."

Upon hearing this news, Li Yuan's heart skipped a beat. If this matter were to be announced within the Ministry of Justice, he would have no chance of winning.

Li Yuan paced back and forth in the study.

"Master, why don't we just steal all the evidence?"

His trusted confidants offered him advice.

Li Yuan thought about it and felt it made sense.

As long as I steal all the evidence, even if Xu Tianzhen is able to find the real murderer using fingerprints.

There's no evidence left, so what's the point of investigating?

With that thought in mind, Li Yuan immediately began to take action.

He led his most trusted guards straight to the Ministry of Justice.

Since returning, Xu Tian has been unable to imagine who the murderer is.

However, this person's ultimate goal is very likely to be the current emperor.

He started from there, listing all the names and then their relationships.

Through this network of relationships, he sifted through them one by one, and finally, the clues led to several princes.

Because of Li Yuan's false transmission of the imperial edict, he was convinced that this matter must be related to Li Yuan.

"Boss, could the ultimate culprit be...?"

Songren stood to the side and noticed the last person who hadn't been circled.

That person was Li Yuan.

Xu Tian frowned slightly. If he was not mistaken, the murderer was undoubtedly Li Yuan.

“I have gone through layers of screening before the murderer finally came to the top. However, we don’t have any evidence yet, it’s just speculation. We will have to wait for the evidence to come out before we can convict him.”

Song Ren nodded, then put the file away.

"Boss, it's so late, are you still going out?" When Song Ren saw Xu Tian, ​​he was already putting on his coat and tidying himself up.

Xu Tian nodded.

"The murderer will definitely show up tonight, so let's go to the Ministry of Justice now to arrest him!"

Upon hearing this, Song Ren immediately perked up and quickly followed behind towards the Ministry of Justice.

Li Yuan and his accomplices planned to steal gold from the Ministry of Justice under the cover of night.

He glanced at the sky; it was already quite late. At this hour, even if they went in, no one would notice.

Given his status, no one dared to stop him.

Li Yuan swaggered off to the Ministry of Justice.

"Who goes there?" The guards at the gate stopped them immediately.

Li Yuan took out his token, and the guards immediately let him through.

"Your Highness, I did not know you were a prince. I hope you will forgive me. What brings you to the Ministry of Justice so late?"

Because they have important evidence in the Ministry of Justice, none of them dare to be negligent.

Although the visitor was a prince, they dared not be negligent in the slightest.

"I'm just here to inspect the work. You may all leave!" Li Yuan waved his hand dismissively.

The guards at the gate quickly dispersed to both sides.

They had heard from Xu Tian that the murderer would definitely appear tonight.

Therefore, they absolutely cannot neglect this matter.

Using his identity, Li Yuan swaggered into the Ministry of Justice.

Using his token, they marched straight in.

Just then, Xu Tian also entered from outside.

"Has anyone already gone in?" he asked the guards from the Ministry of Justice as soon as he stepped through the gate.

The guards spoke the truth directly.