Although the people are celebrating, white banners have been hung everywhere in the royal palace due to Shang Jiong's death. Many eunuchs and palace maids, and even concubines Shang Zhen, were all wearing plain mourning demeanor.

Shang Yu, who was furious by Jin Ling's words, waved his sleeves and left angrily.

Colluding with the Xueyin clan and secretly slapping poison on Shang Zhen was the most failed thing he did. Not only did it leave a bad impression on Shang Zhen, but it also damaged his reputation. Although this matter was found to be untrue with the death of the former guard general Wu Dapeng, and it was left unresolved, all the spearheads were pointed at him in the end. It is no secret that he had made his interactions with the Xueyin clan.

"Jin Ling, do you really think that the second brother is the second brother who is doing the destruction of the death of Brother King?" Shang Ran asked worriedly.

"There is no doubt." Jin Ling said very surely.

"But why did he do this? Brother Wang is his brother!" Shang Ran found it difficult to understand.

"Your Highness, don't be stupid." Jin Ling said, "A person who can even poison his father to assassinate him has only power and interests in his heart. What is the elder brother? What's more, the eldest prince and he are not the elder brother who are born with the same mother, but also his competitor to the throne. The two have always faced each other in tit."

The two of them talked all the way and walked into the palace.

At this time, many people had gathered in the hall, including Wang's relatives and civil and military officials, and were constantly talking about it... In the middle, an open coffin was parked, and inside it was Shang Jiong's body.

After the royal family treated some people in prison, Shang Jiong's body had basically returned to its original appearance, but his face was pale and not like a human.

The arrival of Jin Ling and the others made the hall quiet from noisy and clamor, and everyone's eyes focused on the two of them.

Shang Zhen sat on the throne with a pale face, without saying a word. It was not until Jin Ling and the others came in that he said, "You are here."

"See your father." Shang Ran knelt down.

"See Your Majesty, please see the king." Jin Ling bowed and said hello. Since he had the baron, he did not have to kneel down.

"Please keep your body flat." Shang Zhen said, "The battle against the barbarians won a great victory, and the kingdom's territory has expanded by nearly twice since then. I have read all your battle reports, very good, and done a good job. Especially you, Jin Ling, who raided the Shangui tribe, did a good job." At the beginning, he did not mention Shang Jiong's affairs, but first talked about Nanzheng. This shows that he is still a person who puts the overall situation first.

"Thank you for your praise," said Jin Ling, "I am just following His Majesty's order and using all means to achieve the goals His Majesty needs."

"Shang Ran, you are restraining Baiyue in the west, and the battles between the big and small are very difficult. Tong Yu, you have made outstanding contributions to the bloody battle with Loufang in the east. The Ministry of War has recorded all your contributions in detail, and all the rewards have been agreed upon." Shang Zhen reached out to obtain a document from the case and mentioned the content of the rewards.

The rewards are nothing more than official rank, property and title. The commanders of the three armies were promoted to third-rank military officers. In the kingdom, except for a first-rank minister of the Ministry of War and two second-rank ministers of the Ministry of War, their military ranks were the highest.

Except for the commanders of various troops, all the other officers and soldiers who participated in the war were also happy to be promoted to the next level.

There is no need to say about property. According to the previous agreement, Shang Zhen belonged to whoever occupied the territory. They occupied the Barbarians and obtained the actual control of the Barbarians. All taxes and finances and land rights in the land were disposed of by them independently, and there was a lot of oil and water in it. Moreover, the kingdom continued to bear all the costs of all the troops and the pension of the casualties of the land. In addition, the left and right armies each received a reward of one million gold yuan from the kingdom's treasury, and the Jinyuan army also received an additional reward of 500,000 gold yuan.

This money is nothing to Jinyuan now, but it is a lot of money for the treasury of the Northern Jin Kingdom. It can be seen that Shang Zhen is still very painful after paying this money.

This money is not owned by the commanders of each army, but it will eventually be distributed to the hands of officers and soldiers at all levels. Of course, officers at all levels will inevitably exploit and feed their own pockets layer by layer and feed them at all levels.

There are some other rewards that are nothing compared to these two items.

These rewards were not objected to the court, and even said that an agreement had been reached long ago. Therefore, after the announcement, it did not cause much trouble.

Then, we began to talk about Shang Jiong's death.

Jin Ling then argued with Shang Jiong with him, then went to Baiyue, and told him about the group of demon crocodiles on the way. Of course, all the traces about the immortal bracelet were erased.

"You said that Your Highness was killed by the Demon Crocodile King, and there is a certificate?" Suddenly, a minister stood up and said.

"This also requires certificate?" Jin Ling was stunned. "Everyone saw this in front of everyone."

"In the near-man zodiac, I have never heard of a demon crocodile king of such a huge size, I have never heard of it!" The minister emphasized, "And ordinary demon crocodile can't do anything to the elite guards around His Highness!"

He turned to Shang Zhen: "So, I think that the death of Your Highness is doubtful!"

Before Shang Zhen could make a statement, Jin Ling understood. The minister was obviously the second prince's person. Under his command, he first took the responsibility for Shang Jiong's death to himself.

However, when they said this, most of the civil and military officials in the court nodded. Most of them were knowledgeable and well-known, and they had a clear understanding of the domestic and international situation of the Northern Jin King. There were demon crocodiles close to the barbarian zodiac. They knew that, but they had never heard of such a big monster, Crocodile King.

This can only be blamed for the fact that the Crocodile King used his usual hidden skills and his personality were too cunning and suspicious.

"What does this adult mean? I mean, have I lied about the death of the eldest prince?" Jin Ling stared at the other party.

"I don't mean that." The minister waved his hand, "I just told the questions in my heart. I believe that the lords in the court have quite a question about this, just like me. Ordinary demon crocodile cannot hurt His Highness and others at all. Everyone has never heard of the so-called monster-level crocodile king. They all see you from Jinyuan, and they are talking about one-sided words... Facing the demon crocodile who is usually only hard in leather armor, the strength of the Great Highness, and his team of guards suddenly declined so much?"

His words were actually very obvious. Not only did he point directly at Jin Ling and lie, but he also suspected that Shang Jiong's death had other inside information.

Before Jin Ling could speak, the minister continued to say himself: "I heard that before His Highness left the Shangui tribe you controlled, there was a fierce quarrel with you, and his accompanying confidant Guo Wei was seriously injured by your move. Is there any such incident?" (To be continued)
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