The Marquis of Yicheng Qiu Jun was also a famous figure in Luoyang, the capital. His ancestors followed him as early as the Taizong Dynasty and made great contributions to expanding territory, thus gaining the status of a hereditary marquis. Later, the descendants of the Qiu family were quite successful and could always make contributions on the battlefield. When they arrived at Qiu Jun, they did not insult their ancestors. With their early military achievements and their ancestral status, they became the deputy envoy of the Privy Council.

Thinking about the fact that even a general like Xiao Chengzhi who trusted the most and who made great contributions in the Northern Expedition could only be promoted to Deputy Privy Councilor. This shows how high his status was. Therefore, ordinary charges were obviously not enough for him, and the people from the Ministry of Justice did not even dare to rush to the door. If they wanted to punish him, only the people from the Imperial City Department dared to go.

The reason why the Imperial City Department came forward was not only that they did have considerable power, but also that they also needed to have such an opportunity to show their loyalty and ability to the new king. After all, their greatest backer, Wei Tang, had already followed the late emperor, and later because of Sun Lin's obstruction, they could not make any contributions in the process of Sun Bi's ascending the throne. Now they can only rely on their past friendship and Li Ling's assistance from the side, so that they could say a few words in front of the new king, so naturally they needed to show their uses in front of the new king again.

So today, Lu Zhen, the new Si Zheng of the Imperial City, came forward directly and went to Chengyi's Hou Mansion to say that he wanted to see Qiu Jun. Qiu Jun did not refuse and met them in his own living room. However, there were dozens of slaves and soldiers guarding the room, which clearly wanted to put enough pressure on the other party.

But his face was warm: "Mr. Lu is a rare guest. Why do you think about coming to see me today?"

"The Marquis is forgiven. The official came today and was ordered to do the job. I want to ask the Marquis for some things." After entering the door, Lu Zhen knew that it was difficult to deal with it, so he decided to show his trump card and use the imperial power to suppress this guy's arrogance.

"Oh? But I don't know what's important. Can you work for Lord Lu?"

"Luo Wuguan, the governor of Bingzhou, I wonder if the Marquis still has an impression of this name?"

Qiu Jun lowered his head and recalled it, then nodded and said, "You really remember this, because he had a friendship with me when I was guarding the border, and later he had some contact. Why, did he do something?"

"He is dead!" After throwing this sentence hard, Lu Zhen stared at the other party. Seeing that he was still calm, he knew that he had actually received the news. After all, that was something that happened a few days ago, so he added, "Because of his intent to make a mistake, he was killed by His Majesty!"

This time Qiu Jun's face changed a little: "What happened? Take it seriously?"

"Of course, it's true. But when he was killing him, His Majesty had a question, why did he do this? And as he said, someone wanted to use his hand to stop His Majesty from returning to the capital, and this man was in the capital with a prominent identity..." Lu Zhen said, his eyes completely settled on the other party's eyes, wanting to see how he reacted.

Qiu Jun's eyes drooped without any contact with him. He said in surprise: "How is this possible? How can there be such a bold person in the world?" After a pause, he was shocked again, "Maybe Lord Lu, are you doubting me?"

"I wonder if the Marquis has any explanation?" Lu Zhen immediately gave him a promise.

"Where did I have the courage to do such a ruthless thing? And why do I need it..."

"I heard that the Marquis and King Yong have a deep friendship. Didn't he ask you to go to the north to find someone available to help? You know, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you, Qiu Jia, to go further. If things are done, you, Marquis of Yicheng, can be referred to as Duke Yicheng..."

"Mr. Lü, you are slandering others. This lord and Your Highness Yong have always had a friendship, but that is just an ordinary friend. How could he do such a traitor and even involve the whole family because of this relationship? Also, in fact, in recent years, I have had many contacts with King Ying, and His Majesty today. I have always had a wide range of friendships and never favor one or the other. How could I deal with Your Majesty today because of my relationship with King Yong?" Qiu Jun hurriedly retorted.

"Is that right? That may not be true. Whether this matter is true or false, there will always be a day when the truth is revealed. Please follow me to go to the Imperial City Division first." It seems that I can't ask anything, so Lu Zhen thought of taking the person away first and interrogating it through other means in the Imperial City Division.

"Mr. Lu, are you trying to impose such a serious crime on this marquis?" Qiu Jun's expression suddenly sank. The personal soldiers on both sides frowned and stood up, with weapons on their hands. It seemed that they would rush forward and attack.

Lu Zhen was not afraid, and just lit up his waist and said, "This is what Your Majesty mean..."

"Is there any order? Or has Your Majesty already made it clear and decided that I was guilty?" Qiu Jun refused to give in and asked stiffly.

Lu Zhen couldn't handle it now. The other party's noble status is one aspect, but the more important thing is that the current Imperial City Department is different from the past. Without confidence, they are really not able to take a high-ranking official of the court who has not been convicted, especially when there are dozens of personal soldiers who may take action at any time.

Seeing his hesitation, Qiu Jun smiled coldly: "There is no evidence, and I will take such a serious crime to this marquis just because of a word. Lu Zhen, you are too brave! Your Imperial City Department does not have such a great authority. If you really want me to go to the Imperial City Department for trial, then you can come up with the will or conclusive evidence." As he said that, he had already picked up the tea cup and took a big sip, but he served the tea to see the guests.

"Master Lu, please." The servant next to him immediately understood and bowed to Lu Zhen to make a gesture of asking him to leave. Seeing this, Lu Zhen was annoyed again, but he was powerless. He really had no conclusive evidence to take the person. As for asking the emperor for the order, it would be even more unrealistic. They were solving the problem for the emperor, and they were not causing trouble.

It seems that more people can only send people to investigate secretly to see if they can gain something. Thinking in his mind, he could only snort coldly, and without even taking a sip of tea, he got up and left.

But just as he walked to the threshold of the hall, a painful groan came from behind him, which made him tremble. He turned around quickly, and saw Qiu Jun pressing his heart. His whole face was already in severe pain and wrinkled into a ball. At the same time, his face turned blue and black, which was exactly what he had been poisoned. "Marquis..." The others were shocked when they saw this and rushed to check the situation. But it was obviously too late, because in the blink of an eye, black blood flowed out of his mouth, nose and nose, and his body trembled a few times, and he fell back with a chair.

Lu Zhen was also shocked by the sudden change in front of him, but his reaction was faster than that of the others. He rushed forward and shouted at Qiu Jun, who was still twitching, "Who is it? Who is that person?"

Obviously, Qiu Jun was killed and silenced. When he knew that he, or the emperor, targeted him, the person behind the scenes who wanted to use his hand to prevent Sun Bi from returning to Beijing made an arrangement to kill him. From this point of view, it is very likely that he is the only key figure who knows the identity of the person behind the scenes!

But at this time, Qiu Jun could not say a word. After making a few strange noises from his throat, his body shrank into a ball and completely lost his breath. Everyone around was stunned. So many personal soldiers were guarding him, and the marquis they wanted to protect was actually poisoned. Such a dereliction of duty was hard to accept than anything.

Lu Zhen was also in a daze. If he really wanted to do what he thought, things would be really troublesome. Once this person died, all the clues were cut off. How could he report to His Majesty? Imperial City and his own future will be over together?

Before he could figure this out, someone screamed beside him: "It must be him, he poisoned the marquis and take him down!"

Everyone who had been in chaos because of the death of Mr. Yicheng was no longer concerned about anything else. When they heard this, they rushed up and pressed Lu Zhen, who was still in chaos, to the ground, and tied him firmly with the ropes.

"Let me go... This is someone in your mansion who is taking action..." Lu Zhen then reacted and struggled hard and shouted, "I just want to ask the truth, what to do to kill him? Moreover, there are so many of you who are staring at him, where can I get the opportunity to harm him?"

His argument naturally makes sense, but now these personal soldiers have long been confused by the death of the marquis. How could they think about it carefully? They just kept holding it and then went to find the person in charge of the mansion to make a decision. Moreover, because of Lu Zhen's struggle and a bad temper, he took it right away. After a few strokes, he became honest.

Lu Zhen, who was no longer struggling, became clearer in his heart. At this time, his eyes had fallen on the teacup that Mr. Yicheng used, and reminded him again: "The teacup and tea must be kept, that is the key to killing Mr. Yicheng... He suddenly became poisonous after drinking the tea..." As he said that, he felt a little scared again, was it poisonous to have a sip of tea? Fortunately, he wanted to do a good job and didn't take a sip of tea.

This finally played a role. A personal guard went over to take the teacup aside. Then, the mansion could make the decision and drove out, which was Qiu Jun's two sons. After seeing his father's body, the two young men were also panicked and sad and angry, and immediately asked someone to tie Lu Zhen to the palace to complain...
Chapter completed!