Moran's heart immediately sank to the bottom.

He already felt that Jiang Chen had seen through his trick.

Now, he was going to expose his trick!

Although he understood what was about to happen next, Mo Lan was powerless to stop it.

Helpless, Mo Lan could only say, "Yes, Your Majesty, please."

After speaking, he led the way towards the Heavenly Prison.

The morning sun was not yet hot, but Mo Lan was drenched in sweat as he walked.

He racked his brains, but couldn't think of how to cover up the lie.

Seeing the Heavenly Prison ahead, Mo Lan suddenly gritted his teeth and said to a yamen runner beside him, "Go quickly and inform all the prison guards that His Majesty has arrived!"

After speaking, Mo Lan gave the yamen runner a stern look.

The yamen runner understood and ran towards the Heavenly Prison without looking back.

Mo Lan watched the yamen runner disappear into the Heavenly Prison in the blink of an eye, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, at the last moment, he had a flash of inspiration and thought of a way.

That was, dead men tell no tales!

As long as they couldn't speak, there would be no loopholes!

Jiang Chen, riding on his horse, frowned.

He could naturally see Mo Lan's purpose.

This was to silence them!

Thinking of this, Jiang Chen's gaze turned cold.

This Mo Lan dared to fool him right under his nose.

He was simply audacious!

He must be captured!

Jiang Chen and his party quickly arrived in front of the Heavenly Prison, and the prison guards all came to kneel and pay their respects.

Jiang Chen waved his hand expressionlessly and said, "Take me to see the great thief who was captured this morning."

"Yes!"

A prison guard responded and led the way.

The yamen runner who had come to inform them earlier nodded slightly towards Mo Lan.

Mo Lan breathed a great sigh of relief.

It was done!

Under the prison guard's lead, after several twists and turns, the prison guard pointed to a cell in front and said, "Your Majesty, that's where..."

Before he could finish speaking, Mo Lan, who was following behind Jiang Chen, exclaimed.

"Why did that person hang himself?"

"What?!"

Everyone else who came with Jiang Chen exclaimed, except for Jiang Chen.

Xu Changqing glared at Mo Lan, but Mo Lan pretended not to see it.

The prison guard quickly took the person down and, after checking his breathing, said, "Your Majesty, this person is already dead."

Then, the prison guard stepped forward and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, I did not arrange things properly, causing the prisoner to hang himself. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

A cold smile flashed across Jiang Chen's eyes.

Good, really good.

He even had a scapegoat ready.

Mo Lan couldn't see Jiang Chen's expression, but he was completely relieved.

He had completely cleared himself of responsibility.

Thinking of this, Mo Lan said angrily, "Poor management deserves punishment!"

Mo Lan was about to say the means of punishment, but Jiang Chen raised his hand to interrupt him.

"Official Mo, this matter is not his fault."

Mo Lan was stunned, and then a hint of joy flashed in his eyes.

So, he didn't even have to sacrifice a prison guard?

As expected, he was still that useless emperor!

Mo Lan was feeling happy when he heard Jiang Chen say in a deep voice, "I have discovered that this person did not hang himself, but was murdered!"

Mo Lan trembled all over, his eyes filled with horror, and even his voice trembled when he spoke.

"This... how could this be? No one else could have entered the Heavenly Prison, and everyone saw that this person was hanging."

Jiang Chen turned his head, looked at Mo Lan, and smiled, "Official Mo, are you questioning my judgment?"

"I dare not!"

Mo Lan quickly shook his head, "I just think that this person is being held in solitary confinement and has no enemies. Who would kill him?"

"Then we have to ask the prison guards."

Jiang Chen sneered and pointed to the corpse's neck, "Official Mo, you are the Minister of Justice, you should know that the strangulation marks from hanging and the strangulation marks from murder are completely different, right?"

Mo Lan trembled all over and couldn't believe what he was hearing.

Of course, he knew this.

But this experience, apart from professional forensic examiners, many yamen runners and prison guards did not know.

How did Jiang Chen, who grew up in the deep palace, know this?

In shock, Mo Lan could only say, "Your Majesty is knowledgeable, these two kinds of strangulation marks are indeed different."

"Then summon the forensic examiner."

Mo Lan's cold sweat had already soaked his official uniform.

But things had come to this, and he had no other choice.

"Summon the forensic examiner!" Mo Lan said with difficulty.

The forensic examiner quickly came in and, after some examination, said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, this person was strangled to death from behind. The time of death is no more than an hour."

Jiang Chen nodded and then looked at Mo Lan: "Lord Mo, when you sent this person in, he was still alive, right?"

Mo Lan was shocked and quickly said, "He was alive."

"In that case, he was murdered on the way when I was coming here."

Jiang Chen's gaze swept over the prison guards and yamen runners one by one.

When his gaze fell on the yamen runner who had come to inform them earlier, the yamen runner gritted his teeth and stood up.

"Your Majesty, I killed this person!"

"When I came in to inform the prison guards, this person was disrespectful, and I was momentarily angered and wanted to teach him a lesson, but I didn't expect to accidentally kill him."

"I was afraid that Your Majesty would pursue responsibility, so I fabricated the illusion that he committed suicide."

"What I have committed is the crime of deceiving the emperor."

After speaking, the yamen runner suddenly drew out his long knife and held it across his neck.

"I deserve to die for my crime!"

He looked at Mo Lan again and then committed suicide.

Mo Lan closed his eyes tightly, his expression moved.

Jiang Chen was expressionless. This yamen runner was really a good dog raised by Mo Lan.

Even when committing suicide, he was unwilling to expose the mastermind behind the scenes.

Mo Lan calmed down at this time, knelt on the ground, and said, "Your Majesty, I didn't expect this person to be so bold and reckless. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

These words were neither painful nor itchy.

Now that the two directly related people were dead,

So-called dead men tell no tales, Mo Lan was not worried that Jiang Chen would find out anything.

Xu Changqing, who was on the side, said in a strange tone at this time: "Lord Mo is really loyal to Your Majesty."

A trace of anger flashed across Mo Lan's face, but he still said: "I have always been loyal to Your Majesty and to Great Wei."

"Get up."

Jiang Chen said lightly.

Mo Lan breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that this matter should be over.

Just as he was relieved, he heard Jiang Chen suddenly speak.

"Official Mo, although this thief is already dead, he has not yet been interrogated clearly."

"I have plenty of time today. Give me the list of those who have been stolen from by this thief. I would like to hear how powerful this thief's methods are."

Mo Lan's relaxed face instantly tightened.

This petty thief was just a substitute he found from a death row inmate. Where was there any theft?

What he originally thought was that if Xu Changqing asked, he could prevaricate by saying that the Ministry of Justice's handling of affairs should not be leaked to the outside.

But now, the one who was asking about this case was actually His Majesty!

This was completely beyond his expectations!

"This... I haven't summarized the list of those who have been stolen from yet." Mo Lan stammered.

Jiang Chen smiled faintly and said, "Then which families reported the case?"