"What you are saying is the carriage was not carrying the royal tribute in the first place?" Yi Wenkui looked at the Minster of Foreign Affairs standing behind the Left Prime Minister. "Wei Chang, explain yourself."
A thin tall man stepped forward and bowed before he refuted the claims. "Your Majesty, this report is false! I personally travelled all the way to Longxiang to supervise the goods that were put in the carriage. The bandits are the ones who took the royal tribute away!"
General Zhan frowned when he heard the minister's words. "Are you saying I am lying? Do you want me to bring in the suspect so we can interrogate them in front of the emperor?"
Han Xiaopeng scoffed at him and said with a straight face. "We scholars don't use violence unlike you military officials, who knows if they have been coerced to say these things?"
