When Wei Zichao was about to touch the masked man’s face, the latter suddenly took a big step backward and raised his right leg, trying to kick Wei Zichao.
Wei Zichao leaned to one side to dodge and saw that the masked man planned to run away. He hurriedly started a move and his hands fastened on the man’s shoulders.
The masked man in black bent and tried to avoid him, but Wei Zichao’s hand followed him like a shadow.
The masked man moved several times but couldn’t shake off Wei Zichao’s hand. Instead, he was locked by Wei Zichao.
He was captured like a turtle in a jar again.
“If you move again, I will disable your arm,” Wei Zichao grunted.
Different from Mo Junyu’s sarcastic voice, Wei Zichao’s voice was forceful with threat.
He wasn’t joking. If the masked man dared to move randomly again, Wei Zichao would crush his bones next.
The masked man in black noticed Wei Zichao’s serious tone and didn’t dare to move. He lowered his head as if he admitted defeat.
Mo Junyu laughed complacently again.
This time he didn’t need anybody’s help and moved forward, taking off the mask of the man in black.
He grinned and stated softly but cruelly, “Junjiu, welcome to King Rui’s mansion.”
Right, this masked man in black was the third prince Mo Junjiu.
After being exposed, Mo Junjiu didn’t play dumb but glared at Mo Junyu.
He howled first, “Let go of me! If you dare to hurt me, I will tell Father to punish you because you harm your younger brother.”
“Gee, Junyang, listen. How bold he is!” Mo Junyu wasn’t scared by Mo Junjiu at all but pretended to sigh with emotion and spoke to Mo Junyang who was standing in the distance.
Mo Junyang didn’t give him a response, but Mo Junyu didn’t feel bored. Instead, Mo Junyu smiled at Mo Junjiu and expressed at leisure, “How about we go to Father and reason things out? Then he can ask why you didn’t sleep at midnight but came to King Rui’s mansion wearing night suit.”
Mo Junjiu’s face with an overbearing expression froze at once, as if his neck was pinched, and he couldn’t say a word.
He was in the hands of somebody else and had to lower his head.
No matter how unwilling Mo Junjiu was, he had become the meat on Mo Junyu’s chopping block and could do nothing but let the other party cut him.
He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, saying,
“What do you want?”
Mo Junyu shrugged and replied indifferently, “I want nothing but to ask you to see Father in the imperial palace.”
“I didn’t do anything. Don’t try to slander me!” Mo Junjiu stated and hurriedly dissociated himself clearly from everything.
Mo Junyu casually played with the jade ring on his pinkie. “Oh? Can I ask why you came to King Rui’s mansion alone sneakily and broke into this room?”
Mo Junjiu insisted, “I am curious about what the colorful phenix looks like. Can’t I come to have a look?”
Then he even raised his chin, showing, “What can you do to me?”
Mo Junyu almost laughed because he was angry at Mo Junjiu who was shameless. Then he turned to Mo Junyang, asking, “Junyang, somebody broke into your mansion at night. Won’t you say something?”
Mo Junyu wanted to drag Mo Junyang into the battlefield several times and even forced him to confront Mo Junjiu.
Before Mo Junyang spoke, Qu Yuebai cut in with displeasure, “Your Highness, His Excellency just guards the colorful phenix’s carcass under orders. And we have to rely on you to capture the real murderer.”
He said “rely on”, but in fact, he just passed the buck.
But Mo Junjiu had been captured on the spot. Even if he pestered them, when they sent him to the imperial study, Mo Xiangbin would have a judgment.
Mo Junyu was unwilling to give a one-man show, but Mo Junyang had too many loyal subordinates. In somebody else’s mansion, he had to restrain himself even though he was the crown prince.
So he let Mo Junyang go.
Then he stated at leisure, “Junjiu, since you care about the colorful phenix so much, you must be willing to witness its ability to contact the living and dead.
“It happens that Doctor Shen has a kind of medicine. We don’t need to wait twenty-four hours, but we can see the effect immediately after using the medicine. How about we see it together?”
Then he told Wei Zichao to release Mo Junjiu.
Mo Junjiu could move freely and his hands and legs were still numb. He was dumbfounded and obviously didn’t expect that his random excuse could convince Mo Junyu.
He was still in a daze.
Then Shen Luo gave Mo Junyu a small medicine bottle.
Mo Junyu waved the medicine bottle at him meaningfully and smiled. “This is the magic medicine as Doctor Shen said. There is only one bottle in this world, so it is priceless.”
Mo Junjiu didn’t have extra energy to think about why Mo Junyu told him about this matter.
When he saw the medicine bottle, his eyes widened, and he was anxious to rush over and smash this bottle.
Mo Junyu seemed not to see the desire in Mo Junjiu’s eyes and asked with a smile, “Junjiu, don’t you want to stay here because you are curious about the colorful phenix all the time? How about you pour this medicine on it and see what effect it will have?”
It seemed as if somebody gave him a pillow when he was sleepy.
Mo Junjiu nodded hurriedly, even afraid that Mo Junyu would regret. He stepped forward and grabbed the medicine bottle.
Nobody stopped him during this period.
But when he was about to smash the medicine bottle to the floor, he hesitated.
This medicine could only make the colorful phenix’s eyes show the murderer’s appearance in advance. If he smashed the medicine bottle, he couldn’t prevent the phenix from revealing the murderer, but he would tell everybody that he was the murderer!
Right!
This was Mo Junyu’s scheme. Mo Junyu intentionally showed his weakness and would accuse him after he fell into the trap.
Mo Junjiu thought that if his father knew that he had smashed the medicine bottle, it would be useless no matter how he argued.
Mo Junjiu said to himself that it was a close call and hurriedly grasped the medicine bottle, but he didn’t dare to put forth too much strength, as he was afraid that Mo Junyu purposely made the bottle fragile and it would be crushed easily.
Then he couldn’t dispute anyway.
Mo Junjiu glanced at Mo Junyu evilly and thought, “Huh, you want to harm me, but you don’t know somebody waits behind to hurt you.
“This time you give me such a good chance, and I will accept it without hesitation.”
He turned around and blocked Mo Junyu’s eyes.
In a corner where nobody could see, he took out another medicine bottle from his pocket and replaced the one in his hand quickly.
Nobody found that the medicine in his hand was not the magic medicine made by Shen Luo but corpse powder which could make a big bull disappear in a flash.
Mo Junjiu walked close to the colorful phenix’s carcass again.
This time he did it in public.
He even saw that when the colorful phenix’s carcass disappeared, the complacent faces would become scared and restless.
Then there would be no evidence.
When he raised his hand and prepared to pour the powder, his wrist was grabbed forcefully all of a sudden and couldn’t move a bit.
Mo Junjiu immediately realized that he might have been exposed.
Then he tried to ruin the colorful phenix’s carcass first regardless of anything.
However, Wei Zichao had much strength. Even though Mo Junjiu tried to exert all his strength, he couldn’t resist, and the other man grabbed the medicine bottle from his hand in an instant.
Mo Junjiu shouted in panic, “Give it back to me!”
Then his acupoint was knocked next second, and he couldn’t move anymore.
Receiving the medicine bottle from Wei Zichao which was different from the one he had given to Mo Junjiu earlier, Mo Junyu laughed again.
“Junjiu, this time, can I ask what you are going to do?”
He didn’t wait for Mo Junjiu’s answer. Then he handed the medicine bottle to Shen Luo, gesturing for him to check what was in the bottle.
Shen Luo smelt the bottle mouth and then came to the conclusion. “Corpse powder.”
Mo Junyu had a bigger smile on his face. “I gave you the medicine which could make the colorful phenix reveal the murderer, but you are going to pour corpse powder on its carcass.
“Gee, you want to ruin the carcass and destroy the evidence! What will you say?”
The murderer and evidence were found, and he really couldn’t argue anymore.
Even though Mo Junjiu had a silver tongue, he couldn’t explain. Moreover, once he got anxious, he would only roar.
Mo Junjiu finally knew this was Mo Junyu’s way to fool him. Mo Junyu had known that Mo Junjiu had corpse powder but wanted to lure him to take it out and didn’t stop him until he was about to pour it on the colorful phenix.
“Mo Junyu, you are cruel!” Mo Junjiu didn’t waste his energy to struggle. He glared at Mo Junyu ruthlessly, as if he was going to pounce on the crown prince and bite him to death.
Mo Junyu looked innocent and retorted unhurriedly, “Junjiu, what you said is surprising. You killed the colorful phenix and then were afraid that you would be exposed. Now you have broken into King Rui’s mansion at night and wanted to destroy the carcass, the evidence. Why did you say that I am cruel?”
Mo Junjiu couldn’t outargue Mo Junyu. Then he raised his chin and announced with disdain, “So what even if I killed the colorful phenix?
“I am the empress’s son and the whole Liang family is behind me. Father won’t do anything to me. Even if there is something wrong, I am sure that you will be the only one who is in trouble!”
He said that with certainty and seemed to see that Mo Xiangbin wouldn’t blame him for the sake of the empress and the Liang family. When the people from the Liang Country came to cause trouble, Mo Xiangbin would still push Mo Junyu out to be the fall guy.
He laughed arrogantly and complacently.
Mo Junyu’s face darkened instantly.
He didn’t laugh anymore.
Even if what Mo Junjiu said wouldn’t happen, something was true.
For example… Mo Junyu had no power or strong background, so he would be the first one on Mo Xiangbin’s victim list.
Looking at Mo Junyu’s dark face, Mo Junjiu laughed more happily.
He wanted to attack more after winning but heard a deep roar from outside the door. “I don’t know that the Liang family is so powerful as to protect a bastard who killed the holy bird and framed his elder brother. It really surprises me!”
The room door was opened at once, and nobody knew since when Mo Xiangbin stood at the door, with the Empress Dowager Ling Ruiyin and the empress Liang Jingxian who looked terrible standing next to him.
Mo Junjiu’s brain exploded in an instant and he was petrified.
Even when all people greeted the emperor and the Empress Dowager, he had no reaction.
“Junjiu, kneel down and kowtow to your father to admit your mistakes. Say that you did something wrong just because you lost your mind!” Liang Jingxian hurriedly howled in a low voice and hoped to make Mo Junjiu regain his consciousness.
Since she was told to stand outside the door and wait and was not allowed to say anything, she guessed that she couldn’t save the situation today, but she didn’t expect that her son was stupid to this level.
It was fine that he didn’t ruin the carcass smoothly, but he said something treacherous “in front of” Mo Xiangbin on impulse.
He just courted death!
Mo Xiangbin was furious and felt heartbroken because of Mo Junjiu’s conceited words. How would he care about Liang Jingxian’s hint?
He sneered. “Empress, don’t need to defend your loved son. Apart from anything else, only tonight, how many chances have I given him to make him stop?
“However, he didn’t stop but even said something atrocious. Your son really widens my horizon!”
Hearing that, Liang Jingxian trembled and subconsciously wanted to say more, but Mo Xiangbin’s cold eyes stabbed her and made her feel cold all over. She didn’t dare to speak more but had to take the rebuke.
Mo Junjiu finally came back to earth, but meeting Mo Xiangbin’s icy and piercing eyes, he couldn’t say anything to admit his fault. He just lowered his head in low spirits.
Seeing that, Mo Xiangbin sneered. “I think you have nothing to say! Guards, come in!”