"No way! This Li Jiantai wouldn't have betrayed me in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. This old guy is too bad. You catch the person and you get the credit. If someone accuses you, you will betray me."
"However, I just reminded you a few words. I will never admit to this matter. What can the civil and military officials of this dynasty do to me?
See, I won’t let you wear small shoes in the future.”
Lin Fan thought in his heart.
Emperor Chongzhen really wanted to slap Lin Fan loudly. It was really Lin Fan who did this. However, his son finally used some tricks.
In the past, everything Lin Fan did was just open and closed without any conspiracy, but now he has plotted against Li Jiantai. Yes, this can be considered an improvement.
Just when Emperor Chongzhen was secretly happy, Lin Fan said again: "Your Majesty, what did Li Jiantai say about Tian Wenzhong?"
Emperor Chongzhen said: "Li Shangshu took all the blame on himself, but the officials did not admit this, and they all said it was you who did it."
"Tian Wenzhong is also the minister of the Ministry of War. He was arrested for no reason. I always have to give an explanation for this matter. Do you have any evidence that he rebelled?"
When Lin Fan heard this, he let out a sigh of relief. Li Jiantai was quite generous and took the matter into his own hands. It seemed that he had wrongly blamed him before.
"Your Majesty, I currently have no evidence that he has rebelled. However, the matter is related to the slums. According to the information I have, there is no doubt that Tian Wenzhong is Xu Fengchu's man."
"Xu Fengchu?"
Emperor Chongzhen was puzzled. He seemed to have heard of Xu Fengchu.
Isn't this a veteran of the former dynasty?
Later, he was framed by the eunuchs and was thrown into a slum. After so many years, this man should be a hundred years old. Is he still alive?
"That's right, it's that Xu Fengchu. This man is cunning and cunning. There are several places in the Liu family's iron ore mines that contain chalcopyrite. All of this brass has disappeared through the hands of the Ministry of War."
"The person who handled it is Tian Wenzhong. However, the direction of these brasses is difficult to trace, and what Tian Wenzhong did was very secretive, leaving almost no evidence!"
"I have sealed off the untouchable den. I should be able to catch Xu Fengchu in the next few days. Then, after a rigorous interrogation, the truth will be revealed."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
No evidence!
Then isn't all this just guesswork?
The way Emperor Chongzhen looked at Lin Fan was wrong. People always pay attention to evidence when arresting people. You just arrested someone after you guessed it. How can you convince others when you act like this?
"Lin Fan, I'm not telling you, can you follow some procedures for arresting people? First find the evidence and then arrest the person. How can you take the person away without evidence?"
Emperor Chongzhen said.
"Your Majesty, this is about rebellion. If we don't arrest people, if they wake up and rebel in advance, won't our Ming Dynasty suffer more losses?"
"I can handle this matter by myself. I will not embarrass your Majesty tomorrow morning."
Lin Fan said.
"Alas! I will never let you take on this matter alone. Even if Tian Wenzhong's matter is settled, there will probably be someone in the untouchables talking about it tomorrow."
"You have to be prepared, there is a place of right and wrong!"
Emperor Chongzhen said in a deep voice.
A place of right and wrong?
What does this mean?
Is there anything special about the slums?
Lin Fan was about to send Emperor Chongzhen out, when a voice came from outside the door.
"Lin Fan, come out here. The princess took a shower yesterday and lost some clothes. Did you steal them?"
Nalan Yanran shouted outside the door.
Lin Fan looked embarrassed. Emperor Chongzhen glared at Lin Fan fiercely, and with a casual glance, he saw several women's clothes on the table next to Lin Fan's bed.
That dress belonged to Nalan Yanran. Emperor Chongzhen snorted coldly, pointed at Lin Fan and said, "The day when you two are getting married is not far away. Don't be impatient!"
Lin Fan looked doubtfully at the place where Chongzhen had been looking before, with a look of shock on his face, and said, "Who put those clothes in my room?"
He looked at Lin Fu, who hurriedly said: "Sir, Miss Nalan came to the Lin Mansion yesterday. I thought she would... so..."
Lin Fu wanted to say something but didn't dare to say it, but Lin Fan was full of black threads. You're going to kill me!
Emperor Chongzhen said solemnly: "As a man, don't you dare to admit this?
Don’t be so quick to grab someone else’s body.”
After saying that, Emperor Chongzhen walked out of the house. Nalan Yanran saw Emperor Chongzhen and hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Greetings to your Majesty!"
Emperor Chongzhen didn't say anything and went straight out of the Lin Mansion. As soon as he walked onto the street, Emperor Chongzhen laughed out loud: "Haha! This kid also wants to be embarrassed like this."
Wang Chengen had served Emperor Chongzhen for many years, so he naturally knew that Emperor Chongzhen was not angry, so he said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this shows that His Royal Highness is interested in Miss Nalan, which is a good thing."
"Of course I know it's a good thing. Let's go back to the palace now. There are still a lot of things waiting for us to deal with."
Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile.
The two got on the carriage and returned to the palace. Lin Fan was in trouble here. Nalan Yanran walked into the room and saw her clothes neatly arranged in the room.
"You! My clothes were indeed stolen by you!"
Nalan Yanran said angrily.
"You don't want to slander anyone. This is the work of a servant and has nothing to do with this Lord Wu!"
Lin Fan said.
"Haha! What did this servant do?
This is your house, can servants come in and put things away as they please?
You must have ordered your servants to do it!"
"I must report this matter to His Majesty and see how His Majesty will deal with you!"
"No, your Majesty hasn't gone far yet. I'm going to find your Majesty now!"
Nalan Yanran said coldly.
"Don't! This matter is my fault, so don't go to His Majesty."
Lin Fan had no choice but to admit it.
Nalan Yanran looked at Lin Fan with an indifferent expression and said: "Since you know that you are wrong, I can forgive you, but I don't want to return to the palace today..."
"No problem. I will send someone to protect you secretly today. You can walk around the city as you like."
Lin Fan said.
"Who said I was going to walk around the city? My princess wants you to be my follower today and you must follow my princess all the time."
Nalan Yanran said.
"You! You are making things difficult for me. After all, I am the Marquis of Emperor Wu, the commander of the Imperial Guards, and the commander-in-chief of an army of 300,000 people. You are making things difficult for me!"
Lin Fan said speechlessly.
"If you are in trouble, I will go find your Majesty!"
Nalan Yanran said.
"Okay! I will be your follower today, but you must keep your word. Otherwise, I will ask Your Majesty to get married as soon as possible and bring you to the house, hehe..."
As he spoke, Lin Fan showed a wicked smile, and Nalan Yanran couldn't help but shrink back.