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When the Vice Commander heard this, he was shocked. "You're talking about the Li Clan's crest!"

"Huh?" Meng Lun was stupefied.

The others were also stunned. Could it be that there really was a spy?

A guard inspected the rope for a while before saying, "There is a wound on the Li family's Patriarch's neck, but there is no blood on the rope. Furthermore, the thickness does not match."

The Vice Commander pondered for a moment. "Servants, temporarily keep the four members of the Meng Clan under guard. I'll report back first and see what happens later." After saying that, he quickly ran off by himself.

Meng Yifan and Mu Xiaoling looked at each other and pretended to be at a loss.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the Vice Commander returned and escorted the four of them to the Li Family courtyard. "The Emperor said that if you can find the real culprits, then you will be rewarded heavily."

Not everyone in the Li Family could wear the clan emblem on their body. Just think about it, only Li Qiuming and Li Donghan had the clan emblem.

The Emperor gave the order to search, but Li Qiuming was very cooperative. He stood outside and glanced at Mu Xiaoling. He immediately looked over with eager eyes. "How do you do, Miss Feng?"

Mu Xiaoling slightly nodded her head as a greeting and then no longer spoke.

Li Dong stood in an inconspicuous corner, his entire body gloomy.

Not long after, the rope that Mu Xiaoling threw under the bed was found by the imperial guards.

Immediately, a coroner stepped forward to inspect the rope and nodded, "This rope is as thick as the marks on the corpse. There are also traces of blood on it, so it is definitely a lethal weapon."

The result was so unexpected!

No one would have thought that the killer was actually the honest looking Li Dong!

Li Dong was also confused. This rope had clearly been thrown into the cave following that person's instructions, so why would it appear in his room again?

Could it be that there really was a ghost?

Had his father's ghost been recovered?

Fear appeared in Li Dong's eyes as he shouted, "I didn't kill him, I didn't kill him. He deserved to die, but he deserves to die!"

The deputy commander called out, "Men, tie Li Dong up and let the emperor decide!"

Although Li Dong struggled as hard as he could, he was still attacked by the imperial guards. In the end, he was still firmly tied up and carried to the emperor's royal study.

The emperor had been angered to the point of fainting, but now he was reclining on the large dragon throne. The imperial physician was checking his pulse, and the moment he heard that the culprit had been caught, he waved away the imperial physician and called everyone inside.

After this struggle, Li Dong had already lost all his strength. He was thrown to the ground with a groan and then stopped.

"This humble official speculates that Li Dong put a type of knockout medicine in the Li Family Patriarch's cup, and when the Li Family Patriarch finished drinking it and was about to go to the latrine, he followed him. In the latrine, the medicine had an effect, and his body was weak, so Li Dong took a rope and went in to strangle the Li Family Patriarch to death. It was just that it happened too quickly, so he could only temporarily hide the weapon in his room, allowing me to find a chance."

Meng Yifan wasn't angry. Just as he was about to move forward, he was stopped by Mu Xiaoling. He gently shook his head.

If the Meng Clan showed up at this moment, it would only bring harm to the Meng Clan, but not profit in any way.

Meng Yifan naturally believed in Mu Xiaoling. He restrained himself after hearing what Lady Mu said.

The emperor never expected it to be Li Dong, "Li Dong, why did you kill your own father?"

"Him?" Li Dong finally stopped pretending. His face revealed a dark and fierce expression, "He's not my father!"

Everyone silently looked at him. Everyone knew that Li Dong was the Third Young Master of the Li family.

Li Dong laughed brightly, "My father was originally a guest of the Li family, but because the Li family's patriarch died in a mission that he knew would fail, he couldn't even retrieve his corpse. On the other hand, the Li family's patriarch took the opportunity to humiliate my mother, wanting to make my mother his concubine. Before long, he found out that my mother was pregnant and gave birth to me.

The crowd didn't expect there to be such a reason. If it really was like this, then the Li family's Patriarch would normally look a bit too dignified.

Even the Emperor was silent.

"The one who doesn't know the truth is you." At this moment, Li Qiuming walked in with large strides, sneered at Li Dong, and said, "That patrol mission back then may have been dangerous, but it wasn't a mandatory death mission. It was lucky that your father didn't want to be persuaded to give up his life because of his treasure."

"You're lying!" His father had always been a belief in his heart, how could he let Li Qiuming insult him like this?

However, Li Qiuming waved his hand, and an old man immediately walked in from the outside, "This commoner is a guest of the Li Family, and is the leader of that patrol. We came across a stalk of Hundred Years Old Deer Grass on the way, and this kind of thing is extremely rare, but this commoner feels that a hundred years old item would not look so calm, so this commoner decided to stop him. Li Dong's father was very obedient on the surface, yet he secretly went in and died in the mouth of a strange beast.

As soon as the old man finished speaking, he was immediately bound by the power of law. However, in the blink of an eye, it was gone. If the old man was unharmed, then what he said was the truth.

Li Dong was stunned and fell onto the ground.

"And that mother of yours is also very good." Li Qiuming opened his folding fan and fanned it a few times, "I can't believe that you took advantage of Father's inspection to use aphrodisiac. Father didn't check if he had been tricked, and wanted to leave as soon as possible, but your mother held him back, which is why something like this happened."

Li Dong covered his ears and shouted, "Stop talking!"

"I insist." Li Qiuming sneered, "Do you think that father doesn't know about your background? He already knew that, but he had always been ashamed of your father's death so he took responsibility for it, treating you as if you were the Third Young Master, raising you as if you were Third Young Master. He never lacked for food and clothing, do you think that he didn't know about your cup of bewitched wine just now, he knows it all, but he still drank it. Li Dong, father has never let you down, the only one he has been sorry to is my mother."

Ah!" Li Dong lay on the ground, crying and wailing. He really wanted to deny that Li Qiuming's words were false, but he was even more clear that what he said was true.

What Li Qiuming said was true!

So that person knew everything. So that person really could be good to him even knowing everything!

Heavens, what did he do? He actually killed his father who loved him dearly all because of those rumors …

Tears of regret rolled down his face. This was the first time Li Dong felt such pain, and also the first time he really wanted to go back and kill himself.

Li Qiuming sneered, "Li Dong, do you regret this?"

Li Zhu nodded. He was regretful, so regretful that he wished he could crawl into the past and let everything happen.

Li Qiuming's voice was light as a feather, as if the wind had blown it away. "Then I'll admit it."