At night, Prince Li Feng returned from a suburban manor, and the carriage entered Chunming Gate. Under the protection of hundreds of guards, he headed towards Xingqing Palace.

Li Wen was really tired during this period. His father kept pressing on tasks to him, which obviously meant to let him succeed to the throne. He also knew that his father's health was getting worse and he had to rest, and he could not ask about many court affairs anymore.

He had to take care of himself, but Li Wen also felt that it was difficult for him to deal with some things, but because of his lack of ability.

The carriage suddenly stopped, and a slight riot came from the front. Li Feng opened the curtain and asked, "What's going on ahead?"

The guard hesitated and said, "It seems... someone shoots an arrow!"

Li Feng was startled, "Are there any assassins?"

"It seems that's not right!"

Soon, a guard ran up to report: "Your Majesty, someone shot a letter arrow into the team."

"Where is your faith?"

The guard presented a letter, and Li Feng took it and opened it, with only one sentence in it:

‘Niu Xianke secretly interacted with Li Mao!’

Li Wen looked back and forth, and there was only this sentence without beginning or end.

He didn't understand the meaning of this sentence for a moment.

...........

Li Chengqi was lying on the bed. After listening to his son's report, his eyes slowly opened a crack.

"You don't understand what this sentence means?"

Li Feng said a little panic: "I have read it twice and I am really confused."

"Xun'er, what do you think?" Li Chengqi asked Li Xun next to him again.

Li Xun bowed and said, "What this sentence means is that Niu Xianke is not optimistic about his father and has begun to find a way out for himself."

Li Chengqi glared at Li Feng with dissatisfaction, "Did you hear it? You can't even react to such a simple thing. What's the use of you?"

Li Feng's face was flushed, he glared at Li Xun, and hurriedly said, "I thought of this, but I can't figure out who wrote the note?"

"What do you think?" Li Chengqi asked Li Xun again.

Li Xun didn't care about Li Wen's face. He pondered for a moment: "It must be Niu Xianke who has harmed someone's interests, or who is peeping at Niu Xianke's appearance. The other party wanted to use our hands to deal with Niu Xianke. There are many possibilities here. The child means that if he waits for a few days, the truth will be revealed, but..."

"But what?"

"But my father should be careful, beware that Niu Xianke will betray us at critical moments in order to protect himself, just like he betrayed the Yuan family at critical moments."

"you're right!"

Li Chengqi nodded to Li Xun with praise, and said to the prince Li Feng: "Send someone to closely monitor Niu Xianke. If he really colludes with Li Mao, he will immediately dismiss his prime minister."

"Boy obeys the order!"

Li Chengqi asked again: "What's the big deal in the imperial court these two days?"

"These two days are quite peaceful, but tomorrow the court will review the report of the Battle of Beiting, and then vote on Li Xiu's proposal to restore the title of Prince. Of course, this is just a form. The child has notified several prime ministers according to his father's intention and agrees with Li Xiu's restoration of the title of Prince."

Li Chengqi pondered for a long time and suddenly smiled faintly: "You guys tell me, did this letter of arrow shot by Li Xiu?"

.............

After receiving the report from the Wannian County Chief Correspondent Yang Hong, in the afternoon, Niu Xianke came to the county government angrily, and followed the plaintiff Wang Kun behind him.

Wang Kun is indeed Wang Jingbai's nephew. After Wang Jingbai's only son died, he was the only heir to Jingbai's restaurant. When he learned from his uncle Wang Jingbai that two restaurants had been sold to Prince Li Xiu at a low price.

He couldn't swallow the anger, so he ran to Chang'an, bribed Niu Xianke for 3,000 taels of silver, begged him to help him get back to the restaurant, and promised Niu Xianke that if he wanted to go back to the restaurant, he would give him 30% of the members.

By attacking Li Xiu and making friends with Li Mao, he can also gain rich benefits. It can be said that he kills two birds with one stone. Under the planning of Niu Xianke, Wang Kun submitted a letter to Wannian County.

"Niu Xiangguo, don't be angry. If you have any questions, please tell me slowly!"

Niu Xianke's arrival was as expected by Cui Chang, and he asked with a blank look on his face.

Niu Xianke tapped the paper with his finger and said heartbrokenly: "Why didn't the Magistrate Cui file a case? Can he be abused by the law because the other party is a prince? You must know that the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and the 18th prince is severely punished for committing crimes in Luoyang. Why is it special to the 38th prince? Is it different from the law of Wannian County?"

Cui Chang glanced at Wang Kun standing below and said calmly: "I originally thought it was just a civil case, so I took over the pleading, but after I read the pleading carefully, it actually involved suing the thirty-eighth prince for murder. There were three issues involved. First, criminal cases cannot be confused in civil cases. Two pleadings must be written, and the civil case should be handed over to the county government office, and the criminal case should be handed over to the Dali Temple or the state government office;

Second, the murder was in Xingyang County, which was under the jurisdiction of Zhengzhou. Wannian County had no jurisdiction and Jingzhao Prefecture, and the plaintiff could only go to Dali Temple or the Ministry of Justice to file a lawsuit. The Ministry of Justice would naturally transfer the case to Zhengzhou Prefecture for investigation.

Third, if the case takes place in Wannian County, even if we have the right to trial the case, the plaintiff needs to provide clear evidence. Without any evidence, we can only report the case and cannot arbitrarily identify who the murderer is.

It is precisely because of the above three problems that the subordinate officials believe that the conditions for filing a case cannot be met, so they will call the plaintiff back and ask the plaintiff to submit the evidence again."

Cui Chang's statement was reasonable, and for a moment, Niu Xianke was speechless. He glanced at Wang Kun, "Can you provide evidence of the 38th prince killing someone to silence him?"

Where can Wang Kun provide evidence? His uncle Wang Jingbai pretended to die in Xingyang and lived well in his hometown Hangzhou. Otherwise, where would he get the contract to sell a store?

It was only when Niu Xianke instructed him to sue Li Xiu for murder that he wrote this matter in.

Wang Kun hesitated: "When I rushed to Xingyang, my uncle and aunt had been buried. I infer from common sense that the thirty-eighth prince could only kill someone to silence him."

"That means, you haven't met Wang Jingbai and his wife?"

“That’s right!”

"Since that's the case, where did your contract come from?"

"This...is what I found out from the relics."

Cui Chang sneered, "Even if you find it from the relics, just by this contract, you will be determined that the 38th prince killed someone to silence him. Do you think the reason is sufficient?"

"The villain infers from common sense."

"What a common sense inference!"

Cui Chang said coldly: "Let me do this! I will send someone to Xingyang immediately. If you tell the truth, then there should be records in Xingyang County. What if you prove that you are full of lies? Are you falsely accusing the prince? This is a serious crime!"

Wang Kun's face turned pale and he looked at Niu Xianke like a helping call.

Niu Xianke didn't expect Cui Chang to be so powerful, and he grabbed the handle in just a few words.

Helplessly, he had to cough twice and said, "Mr. Cui, let me say a few words!"

Cui Chang was extremely disgusted with Niu Xianke and actually used such despicable means to deal with the royal family. Fortunately, he had a firm position, otherwise he would be killed by this bastard.

"Please tell me, Prime Minister Niu!"

Niu Xianke racked his brains and said, "I just thought about it. As Magistrate Cui said, this criminal case does not fall under the jurisdiction of Wannian County. Let's do this! The criminal case part is returned and the plaintiff is asked to rewrite a confession paper, which only involves the civil part. How about it?"

Cui Chang said coldly: "Yes! But please don't give instructions on the complaint, as it will make people mistakenly think that Niu Xiangguo accepted the plaintiff's bribe and was doing a favor case!"

"Mr. Cui was kidding."

Niu Xianke laughed dryly, "The reason why I was involved in the case is because Wang Kun intercepted and filed a lawsuit. I don't like the most about the powerful and bullying the people. I was so angry that I resolutely approved the complaint on the complaint paper and helped the weak complain."

Speaking of this, Niu Xianke said earnestly: "Mr. Cui County Magistrate, there are indeed big problems in buying a restaurant worth 200,000 yuan!"
Chapter completed!