C696 696 Suicide or homicide

Right now, he had not reaped any benefits, and he had even pushed himself a step further away from death.

Thinking about that, Wei Shao's body could not help but shiver, the arrogant and self-confident look on his face from before, was no longer present.

His eyes became bloodshot. "Yan Yuan, you can't do this, you can't do this!"

Yan Yuan slowly stood up from the chair, walked in front of King Wei, and said, "This king defends his short life and is unreasonable, you should not have used this king's wangfei to threaten this king."

A breathtaking coldness seeped out of his sinister black eyes. "This king doesn't kill you for violating the laws of the country, but for the sake of the people."

After he finished speaking, he did not spare Wei Shao another glance, and ignored the frantic cheers from behind him as he walked out of the Sky Prison.

"Yan Yuan! Yan Yuan! "

Wei Shao shouted out a few times, but Yan Yuan did not pay any more attention to him. He sat on the ground with a dejected look and muttered to himself non-stop: "This time, he's dead, finished, all of us are done for …"

When Yan Yuan walked out of the prison, the guards guarding outside immediately stopped and respectfully stood at the side, "Your Highness."

"Watch the door, no one is allowed to enter, and no one is allowed to see Wei Shao."

"As you command."

Before leaving, Yan Yuan's gaze once again coldly swept past the door, a dense killing intent concealed in the depths of his eyes.

The next morning, someone knocked on the door of King Jing Palace.

Just as Yan Yuan left the courtyard, he saw the butler bringing the Minister of Justice and the Magistrate of the Supreme Court to see him.

Because Yan Yuan was in charge of supervising the marble temple, it was not strange for the head of the Magistrate of the Supreme Court and Board of Punishments to see him.

"This official pays his respect to Your Highness."

"No need for formalities."

The three of them went into the hall, and after the servants served tea, they left. Yan Yuan looked at the two in front of him calmly and asked: "Masters, why have you come to see me this morning?"

"Your Highness, King Wei died in prison."

Magistrate of the Supreme Court Wang Yuan looked at Yan Yuan, and asked anxiously.

Although Wei Shao rebelling was corroborating and a death sentence could not be exempted, it still needed to be tried by the marble temple before the sentence could be passed.

Although he was imprisoned in the prison, the case of Wei Shao was under the control of the marble temple.

"Dead?"

Yan Yuan's voice was still as cold as always. No one saw any expression of shock on his face, as if he had long predicted that Wei Shao would die.

If not for the fact that this powerful prince did not have a motive to kill King Wei, his reaction right now would have made people suspicious of him.

Furthermore, this person had always been calm in this kind of situation, let alone losing a King Wei, even if ten of them died, his reaction would still be the same.

The President of the Ministry of Justice and the Magistrate of the Supreme Court thought so.

"How did he die?"

"This …"

After the two of them looked at each other, they heard the Chairman of the Board of Punishments, Xu Dang, say, "When we received the news, we immediately came to see you. The corpse has already been moved to the marble temple, and we wish for Your Highness to decide."

"Shouldn't we go to the coroner to examine the cause of death?"

Yan Yuan casually glanced at the two in front of him.

The two of them did not say anything. They just looked at each other and slowly lowered their heads.

After Yan Yuan put down the teacup, he slowly stood up and said, "This king will follow you to the marble temple to take a look."

"Yes, Your Highness."

The two of them did not dare delay any longer and immediately followed Yan Yuan to marble temple.

When they reached marble temple, there were already people there who were a step ahead of them.

Seeing him appear, the other party merely raised his eyes to look at him, and his line of sight once again returned to Wei Shao's corpse.

"Sixth brother."

Yan Yuan walked over, stood beside Yan Xiao, and gently called out.

"Yes."

Yan Xiao replied, his gaze still on the corpse as he searched through it. His fingers paused on a certain spot on Wei Shao's back, a ray of light quickly flashing in his eyes.

The light ray disappeared very quickly as he retracted his hand from Wei Shao's back. Yan Yuan's gaze stopped on Yan Xiao's face and asked: "Sixth Brother, what did you find out?"

"Let the coroner tell you."

As Yan Xiao spoke, he walked to the side to wash his hands. Yan Yuan's gaze then turned to look at the coroner sent by the Ministry of Justice.

"Your Highness, I suspect that the deceased hanged himself on a girdle."

Yan Yuan's gaze was fixed on Wei Shao's face, after being silent for a moment, he asked the coroner, "Has the examination been completed?"

"Judging by the characteristics of the deceased's death, it was undoubtedly suicide."

"He couldn't have disguised himself as a suicide after killing him?"

"This …"

The coroner looked at Yan Yuan carefully and continued, "This lowly subordinate has already excluded all traces of killing. Judging from the scene of the suicide and the characteristics of the corpse, there is no doubt that he committed suicide."

The coroner was very sure, so Yan Yuan did not ask anymore. He nodded, and turned back to the two lords from and the Ministry of Justice, "Since Wei Shao has already committed suicide out of guilt, you can begin to prepare for the conclusion of the case."

"Yes."

Yan Yuan did not stay in marble temple for long. He only coldly glanced at Wei Shao's body once more before he walked out.

"Ol'ninth, I'll go with you."

Yan Xiao suddenly said and walked towards him.

Yan Yuan's footsteps paused for a moment. Remembering that Yan Xiao's hand had paused for a moment on Wei Shao's back, the expression on his face became undetectable, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Let's go together."

"Alright."

Yan Yuan's gaze did not change as he sized up Yan Xiao's face. The two brothers left marble temple without saying a word.

On the way to Zhao Ming Palace, Yan Xiao suddenly spoke: "You think Wei Shao committed suicide too?"

Yan Yuan's footsteps suddenly stopped, he turned to look at Yan Xiao, and his eyes became serious: "Sixth brother, do you think so?"

The two brothers looked at each other for a few seconds, but neither of them could see what the other was thinking.

"Just now, I checked Wei Shao's spine and found that after a few broken sections, it was reattached."

Yan Xiao spoke out his thoughts.

"So?"

Yan Yuan raised his eyebrows, his expression still as indifferent as before.

"The murderer successfully camouflaged the scene, there is almost no proof that Wei Shao was killed by him."

He looked at Yan Yuan, and Yan Yuan was also looking at him. When he heard him say this, he suddenly smiled lightly, "If I can't find any evidence to prove that Wei Shao died by his hands, wouldn't that be suicide?"

Yan Xiao did not refute Yan Yuan, but only continued to speak with suspicion, "The murderer broke Wei Shao's spine, and caused him to be unable to struggle at all when he was forcefully hung on his belt. At that time, he did not die, so after he was hung up, the murderer healed his spine, and when he was hung up, Wei Shao would instinctively struggle, causing the scene of him committing suicide."