Jia Chong helped Sima Zhao up, who was panicked. Sima Zhao was not scared by the sword stabbed by Cao Mao, but Cheng Ji killed Cao Mao. As soon as the emperor died, his entire plan was disrupted. Such a result was not something Sima Zhao could have expected.

Sima Zhao sighed with regret. Cheng Ji was too impulsive. Even if Cao Mao plucked his sword and stabbed him, Sima Zhao was wearing armor, would it be so easy for Cao Mao to hurt him?

What's more, even if Cheng Ji takes action, he may not need to smear Cao Mao in, stab his arm and thigh, or something. It's irrelevant. As long as he doesn't want Cao Mao's life, Sima Zhao will have room for recovery.

But Cheng Ji was too ruthless and stabbed Cao Mao to death in one go, causing Sima Zhao a big trouble. No matter what, it was Sima Zhao's death caused by the palace today. Whether Cao Mao died at the hands of Sima Zhao, Sima Zhao was definitely to blame.

"Ponglu, what should I do?" Sima Zhao looked at Cao Mao's body. He was penetrated by a sword and died so much that he could not die anymore. Cao Mao lay straight on the ground, his eyes wide open, and he looked like he was dying with his eyes open.

Jia Chong frowned, pondered for a moment, and said, "Second Young Master, Your Majesty was killed by Cheng Ji. This Cheng Ji has been bribed by Cao Liang and lurked in the army. This time he got the opportunity to enter the palace and took the opportunity to assassinate Your Majesty. Therefore, this matter was completely done by Cao Liang and had nothing to do with the Second Young Master. The humble master will arrange for someone to torture Cheng Ji and force him to confess. Even if he has iron mouths and steel teeth, he will definitely pried him open."

Sima Zhao immediately understood that Jia Chong's move was deliberately arranged to frame Cao Liang's assassination, and torture Cheng Ji and let him confess that he was the assassin arranged by Cao Liang. Although this matter seemed to be full of flaws, as long as Cheng Ji was killed, it would be enough to bite Cheng Ji to death. After all, no one could call Cao Liang to confront him. Jia Chong's plan would have a plan of killing two birds with one stone, which could not only clear Sima Zhao's crime of regicide, but also splash dirty water on Cao Liang's head.

Is it Cao Liang doing it doubtful, but when a thief bite it, he was three points deep in the bones. Cao Liang was far away in Luoyang, and even if he learned the news, he would be unable to tell.

What is needed now is to confirm the motivation and purpose of Cheng Ji's assassination. In other words, Cheng Ji's confession is very important. As long as his confession is appointed by Cao Liang, this matter can be drawn with Sima Zhao.

Jia Chong had already made up his mind about this. He turned around and said to the eunuchs who had been controlled: "What you have seen with your own eyes is that Cheng Ji killed His Majesty, and it has nothing to do with others, does it?"

As soon as Cao Mao died, these eunuchs were already scared and scattered. They knelt on the ground one by one, nodding wildly, saying that Cheng Ji did kill the emperor. Of course, this was what they saw with their own eyes, and it was not nonsense.

Jia Chong said in a tempting manner: "Today, General Wei entered the palace because he had urgent military consultation with His Majesty, but he did not expect that the prince's wife Cheng Ji was an assassin sent by Cao Liang to hide in the palace. Therefore, Your Majesty was not careful for a moment and was harmed by Cheng Ji. You have seen this with your own eyes. I hope that when the Secretary sends someone to verify it in the future, you can report to the people of You Si. But this matter is related to General Wei's reputation. I hope you can ignore the existence of General Wei and tell the people of You Si that General Wei only arrived at the palace after His Majesty was assassinated."

These eunuchs were a little stunned. It was obviously against the fact that Jia Chong asked them to say this. It was related to the major matter of His Majesty's assassination. How dare they talk nonsense? They all looked embarrassed for a moment.

Jia Chong chuckled softly and said, "Your Majesty is Cheng Ji Cheng Killing. This is what you have seen with your own eyes. I have not asked you to testify. You are also in person. Your Majesty's death has nothing to do with General Wei. If you are willing to testify for General Wei, then each of you can get a reward of millions of yuan. But if you refuse, now Your Majesty is dead, and where you will go is also a question. Knowing the current affairs can ensure that you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life. I wonder what you think?"

These eunuchs whispered for a long time. The conditions offered by Jia Chong were indeed quite attractive. A huge reward of millions of dollars was probably something they could not earn in this life. Cao Mao was the emperor, but he was just a puppet living under the shadow of the Sima family. He had no power or power, let alone mobilizing money to reward his eunuchs and close servants. Therefore, the palace that seemed to be high above was just a clear-water yamen, and these eunuchs had no oil or water at all.

At this moment, Jia Chong promised to give each of them millions of money. Who would not be moved when facing the windfall? What's more, he just asked them to testify that Sima Zhao was not at the assassination site. Anyway, the emperor was not killed by Sima Zhao himself, and there was no direct relationship between him or not. So these people discussed it, agreed to Jia Chong's request, and swearing that when the emperor was assassinated, they only saw Cheng Ji, and as for General Guard Sima Zhao, they arrived at the palace shortly after Cao Mao's death.

With money, the eunuchs completely turned to Sima Zhao and showed him evidence of his absence.

As for the imperial guards brought by Sima Zhao, all of them were Sima Zhao's confidants. Of course, Sima Zhao would not value people who were not direct-minded, so those who followed him into the palace, including Jia Chong and Chengji, were all Sima Zhao's confidants and would definitely not reveal any secrets.

Now the only thing Jia Chong needs to do is Cheng Ji. As long as Cheng Ji is personally admitted, he is the assassin appointed by Cao Liang to sneak into Chang'an.

As for Cheng Ji's words, Jia Chong seemed to have hundreds of ways to torture and force confessions, threats and temptations, as long as Cheng Ji confessed that he was Cao Liang's person, everything would be fine.

However, Jia Chong had another way to do this. After whispering a few words to Sima Zhao, he left and went to the cell where Cheng Ji was detained.

When Cheng Ji saw Jia Chong coming, he quickly begged for mercy loudly because he understood that Sima Zhao was the only one who could save him now. If Sima Zhao gave up on him, he would be dead.

Jia Chong retreated and said mysteriously to Cheng Ji: "Cheng Ji, do you want to die or live?"

Cheng Ji cried bitterly and said, "Of course I want to live. Mr. Jia saves me. I will never forget my great kindness."

Jia Chongyouran said: "If you want to live, it's not impossible. As long as you are willing to obey my arrangements, you will be safe."
Chapter completed!