Mountain stronghold master?

  As expected by Song Lingyu, the Fifth Prince Lian Ziyin indeed made a move. The person who understands Lian Ziyin best in this world is probably Song Lingyu.

  It was half a month later that Lian Muzhen suddenly received a secret report, saying that Mu Xiaojuan and the original leader of Fenghuang Mountain were very similar, and they both had the surname Mu. When he first appeared, he always wore a bamboo hat, and on the day when the imperial court broke into the mountain stronghold, it was impossible to confirm whether the charred corpse was him or not.

  The only ones who have seen Mu Xiaojuan are Song Lingyu and Song Yishan, who broke in that day. However, according to Song Yishan, when he entered, Mu Xiaojuan had already been stabbed by Song Lingyu with a dagger and fell to the ground. Moreover, at that time, the whole house was on fire, and when he wanted to go over and confirm, the beam suddenly fell down. Helpless, they could only bring Song Lingyu back first.

  However, at that time, Mu Xiuzhen was stabbed in the heart by Song Lingyu, and his chances of survival were not great. But this just created an opportunity, that is, if he was Mu Xiuzhen, then there must be a scar on his left chest like a dagger wound.

  There was another thing, that day the soldiers saw a half-burned painting after extinguishing the fire in the mountain stronghold. The painting depicted a side profile, but the upper half of the face had been burned away, leaving only the lower half of the face and the body below. According to Mu Xiuzi's face, the facial outline and mouth shape were exactly the same.

  So on that day, Lian Muzhen arrived at the palace and exposed Mu Xiuyan on the spot.

  When Lian Zhi spoke out that sentence, all the officials present were shocked. Everyone knew how much effort the imperial court had put in to attack the mountain stronghold back then, and it was only with a despicable trick that they finally won. Now, the bandit leader who was supposed to be dead was standing alive in front of them, how could they not be afraid!

  Lian Le clenched his fists unconsciously when he heard this, not entirely because of the shock from Lian Ziyu's words, but more so because Song Lingyu had actually anticipated that the Fifth Prince would make a move on Mu Xiaojuan.

  Mu Xiao looked at Lian Ziyu with a surprised and suspicious expression, saying: "Fifth Prince, you can't say such things casually."

  Lian Zhenyan looked at Mu Xiaoqiu and said, "Hmph, when we attacked the mountain stronghold earlier, the leader of the stronghold had already been stabbed in the heart by the eldest young lady of the Song family with a dagger."

  All officials were discussing and fearing that Mu Xiuzhen was the leader of the bandits. Now he is ascending to the throne, isn't it to slaughter the royal family?

  Mu Xiao looked at Lian Muci and then knelt on one knee, with his fists clenched together in front of his chest: "Your Majesty is clear, how could I, a humble minister, be the leader of a mountain stronghold? If I were, why would I have proposed a plan to provide disaster relief and not returned afterwards?"

  The emperor hesitated, and Mu Xiao's words were reasonable. But he couldn't help but think of Lian Zhiyan's words again - if Mu Xiao was really the leader of that gang, coming to avenge himself, this would be like inviting a wolf into his home!

  Lian Le wanted to go forward and speak, but retreated again. If he spoke at this time, Lian Zi would definitely remember it, and when the time came, he would have many inconveniences in doing things.

  Lian Zhi spoke coldly: "If you really aren't the leader of that village, then have the guts to take off your clothes."

  Everyone looked at the emperor, and saw that the emperor nodded in agreement.