The atmosphere that was warm a second ago seemed to be frozen in an ice cave at this moment, becoming cold and stiff.
No one expected Li Nanke to attack so harshly.
He actually investigated the Supreme Emperor directly!
Tired of living, right?
If you want to die, don't drag everyone on your back.
Those officials who were still prepared to watch the joke turned pale with fright, and even began to regret coming to this banquet.
Who knows if there are ears hidden in the partition wall.
If the Supreme Emperor knew about it, there would be no good fruits to be gained.
"What? Aren't you willing to help?"
Li Nanke frowned slightly.
No one responded.
Li Nanke raised his wine glass and pointed it at the official who was the first to make noises, "Sir He, you promised me just now that you would help me if I had any difficulties."
"This...this..."
The fat official picked up a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He didn't know how to answer, so he could only look at Tie Rufei, deputy inspector of the Qinglong Department, for help.
But Tie Rufei also looks like his eyes are looking at his nose, and his nose is looking at his heart.
"Master Zhao?"
Li Nanke looked at the official with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks again.
The latter showed a smile that was even uglier than crying, and stammered: "Xiaguan...Xiaguan may have had some troubles recently, and...I hope Mr. Li can forgive me."
"Lord Wang?"
"Master Xu?"
"..."
Li Nanke patiently asked all the officials, but no one dared to agree.
The previous pride and loyalty had long since turned into ashes.
In the end, it was Tian Shuanglong who smoothed things over, "Xiao Li, there are no problems with the cases you mentioned. Even if there are problems, you still have to ask the palace for instructions.
Let’s do this. Let’s complete the current internal investigation first. If you need any help, we’ll try our best to cooperate.”
Li Nanke said with a smile: "Since Uncle Tian has spoken, I will check the current situation first. Yuncheng is too far away. Lord Leng Xinnan will come to the capital in person in a few days, so I won't have to make another trip."
In addition, the Night Patrol Department in the capital has to investigate. After all, the emperor has to set an example.
Of course, I believe that all of you are clean, so I will just go through the motions and hope that you will cooperate."
Going through the motions?
After seeing the crazy side of Li Nanke, who would dare to believe that he would really go through the motions.
I'm afraid I won't suddenly lose my temper and endanger everyone at once.
But at this time no one dared to sing the opposite tune.
Seeing that the main bosses were silent, they could only smile and answer.
Gu Ying's beautiful eyes were shining as she looked at Li Nanke, who had taken control of the atmosphere in the front court in an instant. While admiring her heart, she also overflowed with a trace of inexplicable pride.
As if her husband is so powerful, she is equally proud as a wife.
"If you like it, don't miss it."
Suddenly, Mrs. Jing Benhai's gentle voice came from the side.
Gu Ying was startled when she found that the other party was looking at her with a smile but not a smile, as if he could see through her thoughts, and her face turned red.
"In this world, the chance of finding someone who makes your heart beat is very small. If you find someone, don't miss it easily."
Mrs. Jing's face, half of which was burned and looked a little ferocious, showed a bit of sadness, "Even if you only like it a little bit, if you can catch it, you will also catch your own happiness."
"I……"
Gu Ying moved her pink lips, looked at Li Nanke with her beautiful eyes, her heart was filled with ripples of melancholy, and what she wanted to say turned into a sigh.
Does she like Li Nanke?
Maybe not?
But as the only man who had ever been intimate with her, since she didn't hate her, he had some affection and affection after all.
But how can such sentiments be mixed into love?
And there is Luo Qianqiu in the middle.
Gu Ying thought about leaving, but she had no plan as to where she would go or what she would do after leaving. Instead, she felt inexplicably at ease staying with Li Nanke.
"Oh, by the way, there was a murder case that happened in the capital recently. You all should have heard about it. This case is related to Hong Yu."
Seeing that the atmosphere at the banquet had turned cold, Lan Minsheng had no choice but to change the topic.
"The person who died was Mr. Duan Daming, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. He used to serve as the prefect of Divine Turtle Island. He suffered a mutation due to an overdose of red rain. He was discovered by the patrolling night patrol officers and was promptly executed."
Shaoqing of Dali Temple?
Li Nanke was slightly shocked when he heard about this position.
This is a fourth-grade official.
The death of a fourth-grade official in the capital is a big deal.
"This case has been handed over to our Qinglong Department, and the Supreme Emperor has personally made a note that the murderer must be found."
Wu Wanchang, the supervisor of the Qinglong Department, said calmly, with a hint of sadness on his brows.
Cases involving court officials are the most difficult to investigate.
What should be checked, what should not be checked, and the situation must be well controlled. Otherwise, if you get burned, you will get yourself involved.
Jing Benhai, who was sitting next to Li Nanke, couldn't help but frown when he heard this.
It can be seen from this expression that he does not know that this case is already under the charge of the Qinglong Department, which shows the special status of the Qinglong Department.
Even he, the deputy director-general, was a hindsight.
"any progress?"
Jing Benhai asked calmly.
Tie Rufei responded: "Preliminary investigation shows that Mr. Duan has the habit of taking 'Red Rain' on weekdays. But this time, someone deliberately put more 'Red Rain' in his tea cup, which caused the mutation."
"Does the suspect have a scope?" Jing Benhai asked again.
Tie Rufei glanced at Wu Wanchang and saw that the latter had no comment before replying:
"Master Duan went to Yuncheng a few days ago, mainly to investigate Yuan Changxu, the prefect of Yuncheng, but then he hurried back to Beijing for some unknown reason.
I heard rumors that he seemed to have received a letter from an enemy. When he returned to the capital, he specially found a few martial arts masters to protect him."
Vendetta?
Everyone present was intrigued.
It is strange for a fourth-grade official to be so frightened by his enemies.
I don't know who this enemy is.
"Perhaps they are enemies from the past on Turtle Island." An official sneered, "Master Duan had a bad reputation when he was the prefect of Turtle Island.
I heard that in order to prepare a relative for a ghost marriage, he ordered others to nail a living young widow into a coffin. If it weren't for someone in the palace, he, the prefect, would have..."
"Ahem!"
A cough interrupted his words.
It was Tian Shuanglong who coughed.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Seeing the subtle expressions on everyone's faces, the person who spoke was frightened and realized that he was talking nonsense and almost got into trouble.
Regardless of whether the other party is dead or not, he is a fourth-grade official and cannot be discussed indiscriminately on the stage.
After Li Nanke heard the word "coffin", a flash of lightning flashed through his mind.
If he remembered correctly, the succubus Yu Hongye was buried alive in a coffin and married into the underworld?
Recalling that He Xinyue said that Yu Hongye had gone to find her enemy, Li Nanke suddenly had a bad premonition and became anxious.
Could it be that the murderer is Yu Hongye?
But didn't this woman already kill all her enemies back then?
Is there any fish that slipped through the net?
The more Li Nanke thought about it, the more worried he became, and he hesitated whether to investigate.
But now the Supreme Emperor has clearly assigned the Qinglong Department to take charge of this case. Coupled with the "hostile" attitude of these colleagues, it is completely impossible to intervene.
If you are discovered during your private investigation, you will be in even greater trouble.
After his thoughts suddenly changed, Li Nanke's eyes suddenly lit up and he thought of the reason to intervene.
He coughed lightly and said calmly: "I think this case needs to be investigated not only as a murder case, but also as a dignified fourth-grade official taking 'Red Rain' regularly. The nature of this matter is extremely bad."
Li Nanke knocked on the table with a stern expression.
"What does it mean? It means that the supervision of our Capital Night Patrol Department is not strict, and this kind of thing can happen under the emperor's feet!
This matter must be investigated! It must be investigated strictly!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed instantly.
Brother, don't do this nonsense.
The murder case involving a court official is inherently very sensitive. When we were chatting just now, we tried to avoid the topic of the other party taking "Red Rain".
Because this kind of thing cannot be investigated.
One check will make sure something is wrong.
It turns out that it's good for you, just step on the thunder wherever it comes.
Lan Minsheng regretted it endlessly and secretly regretted that he had mentioned this case so rudely.
Others are equally regretful.
Damn it, if I had known that Li Nanke was such a lunatic, I wouldn't have come here.