Chapter 314 Putting the Blame on Someone Else

"What did you say?"

In the Imperial Palace, the General Affairs Department, the eunuch He Shouzheng looked at his subordinates who came to report with a look of astonishment.

"Say it again!"

"The Great... the General Manager, His Royal Highness said that someone in the Alchemy Bureau took advantage of the opportunity to poison him while refining the elixir. Not only did they burn down the entire Alchemy Bureau, but they also killed all the people involved in refining the elixir... The entire Alchemy Bureau is now ablaze and blood is flowing..."

"Which prince?" He Shouzheng asked in amazement.

In fact, his question was nonsense. There was only one person in the entire Dawu Dynasty who was qualified to be called a prince, and that was Qin Yanzhen's husband, the notorious Hateful Blood Demon. Because Qin Yanzhen was conferred the title of Duke of Gao, his status also rose with the tide, and he jumped from the original son-in-law to a prince.

However, the subordinate answered his question honestly: "It's the husband of Duke Gao, the Prince Gao who is about to hold a wedding..."

It's him!

He Shouzheng took a deep breath.

This prince who is about to get married has been quiet for a few days, but he has caused such a big trouble again!

In a rage, he destroyed the entire Dawu Dan Bureau. This matter is different from the previous beating of the young prime minister and the prince of Lu. No matter how badly the young prime minister and the prince of Lu were beaten, they did not lose their lives. At most, it was just a dispute of will. However, the Dawu Dan Bureau involved real interests and was an important source of wealth for the entire Yuan royal family. Concubine Hua was only temporarily in control, but fundamentally it involved the interests of the entire Yuan royal family.

He Shouzheng could almost imagine that if the royal children got this news, they would be furious. A mad storm was quietly brewing, and a violent conflict seemed inevitable.

"Where is Prince Gao now?"

"Uh, I don't know for the time being..."

"Waste! Check it out immediately! Report this to Concubine Hua... No, let's go and tell her in person..."

After saying that, He Shouzheng left in a hurry, ready to report the matter to Shuhua Palace in person.

But he didn't expect that before he could leave the General Affairs Office, he would run into two other eunuchs in the clothes of the general manager.

He Shouzheng secretly said in his heart that it was bad luck. These two people were also old people in the palace, and they were also the favorites of the two masters. They had always been at odds with him. They hurried here at this time, and it must be bad luck.

As expected, before He Shouzheng had time to ask, he was confronted by the two who had taken the initiative and questioned them head on.

"Manager He, I heard that something happened at the Alchemy Bureau. The Fourteenth Prince and Empress Yuan are very concerned about this. Is it true or false? What is the specific situation?"

"The Dawu Alchemy Bureau is the top priority of our Dawu Dynasty. How do you supervise it on weekdays? It turned out that such an important place had a loophole!"

"Can the perpetrator be caught? How much is the loss?"

"Seeing that the Imperial City Competition is about to be held, you must not affect the supply of elixirs. If this delays the cultivation of any royal child, you can't afford this crime!"

"What are you going to do now?"

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He Shouzheng was overwhelmed. The incident had just happened. He was trying to figure out the answers to these questions. How could he answer them?

I didn't expect these people to be so well-informed. He just got the news, but they came to the door at once. This also indirectly shows that these people are still treacherous and have been arranging their own spies inside the Alchemy Bureau.

"Report... report, Mr. General..."

Just when He Shouzheng was overwhelmed and didn't know how to get rid of these two old opponents, the subordinate who had gone before suddenly came back and ran back again.

He Shouzheng frowned and shouted coldly: "Why are you running back again? Didn't I ask you to find the whereabouts of Prince Gao?"

"Find... Found..." The subordinate answered cautiously.

"So fast?"

He Shouzheng was stunned: "Where is he?"

"In the Dali Temple..."

"Dali Temple? Why is he there?" He Shouzheng was shocked.

The subordinate's expression was about to cry, and he said, "In fact, it was not me who found him, but he took the initiative to find us..."

"After Prince Gao executed all the alchemists who participated in refining the elixir, he arrested all the others and sent them to the Dali Temple, accusing them of murdering him and ordering the Dali Temple to investigate the mastermind."

"Now the Dali Temple has sent someone to assist in the investigation!"

He Shouzheng's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

This Prince Gao is really a tough guy!

He is clearly the villain who filed a complaint first. Dozens of elite alchemists in the Alchemy Bureau were executed by him on the spot. How dare he go to the Dali Temple to file a complaint?

However, in this situation at this moment, it must be said that his complaint was really accurate and fierce!

As the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, He Shouzheng knew the delicate situation in the court. Now His Majesty wanted to deprive Duke Gao of his military power, and Duke Gao took the opportunity to agree to the marriage. If an assassination incident happened at this time, and Duke Gao mistakenly thought it was a provocation to himself and refused to transfer the military power in anger, it would be a big mess!

He Shouzheng's breathing became rapid.

At this time, as if to confirm the words of the subordinate, two guards with swords wearing the uniforms of the fifth-rank generals hurried over.

"General Manager He, please come with us to the Dali Temple. There is a case that needs your assistance in the investigation."

He Shouzheng nodded, turned his head and said to the subordinate beside him: "You go and do what you should do!"

After that, he followed the two guards and left the General Affairs Office.

The other two eunuchs who came to question the culprit looked at each other, said nothing, and then turned around and left in a hurry.

Only the young eunuch from the General Affairs Office was left standing there in a daze for a while, and then he realized the meaning of what He Shouzheng said before he left, and then he ran towards the direction of Shuhua Palace.

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After a while, He Shouzheng followed the two guards to the office of the Dali Temple.

Although he had guessed the situation here on the way here, he was still shocked by the scene he saw.

I saw countless members of the original Dan Bureau, like grasshoppers, connected by a rope, densely packed and mighty, all hung in the yard of the Dali Temple, like pieces of bacon.

He Shouzheng couldn't help but take a breath of cold air in his heart.

This group of people who were hung up, the number of people was more than 200, obviously there was no help from the Dali Temple, naturally all of them were the work of Prince Gao.

He Shouzheng felt that the scene at that time must have been very thrilling.

After entering the government office, He Shouzheng finally saw the instigator of the whole thing—a man with a scar on his face, notorious, and about to become a prince.

But the state of this man at this time surprised He Shouzheng.

He saw that the other party was sitting on a chair, half of his body was as pale as paper, as if falling into ice, and the other half was red as fire, as if burned by flames, and there were traces of burnt black gas constantly coming out of it.

He Shouzheng couldn't help but be stunned.

He had never seen someone in such two completely different states at the same time.

Could it be... someone really poisoned this most popular figure now?