"Your Majesty, I don't dare to speak nonsense," Feng Shun lowered his head, "When the King of Wei rebelled, the late emperor immediately ordered people to arrest the rebels. Afterwards, the bodies of the rebels were counted. The Ministry of Punishment and Zongzheng Temple have cases to investigate..."
After Feng Shun said this, he looked at the emperor. The emperor was still standing there silently. He pursed his lips and said, "But... we can't rule out that someone is really fishing in troubled waters. However, King Wei died in the palace. The servants met King Wei back then.
The bodies of others..."
Even if Feng Shun had the courage, he would not dare to continue talking.
The emperor turned to look at Feng Shun: "Do you remember that Wei thief prince?"
Feng Shun thought for a moment: "My slave had just entered the palace at that time. Wei... the thieves and their sons did not enter the palace very often, so I just took a look at them from a distance."
The emperor said coldly: "The Wei family has been killed for more than ten years. I have long forgotten what those criminals looked like." How could he take such sinners to heart? Now he is the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Zhou's subjects all respected him.
When the emperor thought of this, he couldn't help but think of the situation when the Wei thief was killed. He sat with his father in the main hall, saw some familiar palace people being arrested, and heard the screams of the palace people.
The father is right. Even if they are standing here and the father is sitting on the dragon throne, they are not safe. Only by firmly holding the power and controlling those ministers with ulterior motives can one be the real emperor. This sentence
He dared not forget the words.
When he came to the throne, he was still young and had to rely on the Zhang family. He kept everything the Zhang family did in his heart. When he became more mature, he would naturally punish the Zhang family. The Queen Mother wanted to save the Zhang family, but he was chased away by a few words.
Returned to Cining Palace.
The emperor's eyes widened, and a vague shadow appeared in front of his eyes. The man was about the same age as him, but taller than him. At the palace banquet, he was sitting there properly, with a calm and natural look on his face, without any trace of nervousness.
It brought him an invisible pressure. He was the emperor's heir and had a higher status than that person, but he could not find the feeling of being superior to that person.
Fortunately, Wei Thief's family was killed later, and that man naturally died as well.
Now, someone in the palace has confessed that someone came out of the palace to deliver a message when King Wei rebelled. Someone in the palace of Wei may still be alive. Who is the living person? Princess Wei? The crown prince? Or an insignificant guard or slave? It cannot be a slave or guard.
Otherwise, the palace man would not have said that.
The emperor narrowed his eyes and looked at Feng Shun: "Take a few of your cronies and don't disturb anyone. Go and interrogate the palace official in person to verify what she said."
Feng Shun is about to retreat.
The emperor said: "Pass the decree and order the Minister of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel to enter the palace. I want to commend the meritorious officials and let them serve me well."
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A heavy snowfall slowly enveloped the entire capital.
Li Xu withdrew from Cheng Ruhai's room. What Cheng Ruhai said gradually made the context in Li Xu's mind clearer and clearer.
Li Xu put on his cloak and went all the way to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
Huijing was assassinated, and the guards in the prison became even tighter. Li Xu was a meritorious official of the Ministry of Punishment, so he could enter and leave the prison unimpeded. Both the officials and the jailers came to salute him.
"I'm going to see Chang Yue," the official responded, "Do you want any civil servants to follow me?"
Li Xu thought for a while and shook his head: "If you ask about an important case, I will naturally give instructions."
The official followed Li Xu and walked to a cell, put down the torch and chair in his hands, and then resigned and left.
Li Xu sat on the chair.
Chang Yue from the prison slowly walked over: "Master Li."
The two of them once worked on a case together in Changzhou, and in the blink of an eye they were in jail and out of jail.
Chang Yue's face was haggard, her clothes were messy, and there were signs of torture on her body. When she saw Li Xu, she hurriedly said, "Is there anything else you want to know, Mr. Li? The prisoner is determined not to hide it.
I beg Mr. Li to intercede for the prisoner. The prisoner has something in Zhang Yuci’s hands, so he will do things for the Zhang family as a last resort. The prisoner did nothing else but deliver news to the Zhang family. The prisoner does not ask for anything else.
Leaving a life behind, I will definitely be grateful for Mr. Li's kindness from now on."
Li Xu listened quietly to Chang Yue's words and then said calmly: "I have learned Master Chang's ability a long time ago. Master Chang is smart and smart. He is not a person who is greedy for life and fear of death. He is like this in front of me, but he just wants us."
I think Mr. Chang is a small role in the Zhang family and is not worthy of our further investigation...
Talents like Mr. Chang will definitely be reused by the Zhang family, and further investigation will surely lead to more evidence. Mr. Zhang’s guilt is by no means as simple as passing on information."
Chang Yue's expression slowly calmed down and became solemn: "Master Li must still have some use for the criminal officer. If you give the criminal officer a chance to make a difference, the criminal officer will take advantage of it."
Li Xu was silent for a moment and said: "I remember when we were in Changzhou, you told me that you knew a secret about Miss Xu."
Chang Yue's eyes lit up slightly: "When I saw Mr. Li was interested in Miss Xu, I wanted to persuade Mr. Li that the Miss Anyi Marquis Mansion should not be touched."
Chang Yue deliberately put it off, but Li Xu's expression remained calm. Chang Yue was afraid of offending Li Xu and did not dare to play any more tricks. He continued: "When An Yihou led troops to the Wei Palace to quell the rebellion, it was considered the case of the Wei Prince.
The hero, after the case of King Wei, was deprived of military power. He was in an embarrassing position for many years. Although he went to court every day, he had no achievements other than fighting against the Zhang family. This was all because Marquis An Yi had an affair with King Wei in the past.
We had close contacts, and when we saw the failure of King Wei's rebellion, we had no choice but to inform the late emperor. Naturally, the late emperor refused to trust An Yihou anymore."
Li Xu knew these things. When Li Xu went to the military camp in Northern Xinjiang, he saw those brave and capable lieutenants and heard them talk about the bravery of Marquis Anyi. After so many years, the generals in Northern Xinjiang still admired Marquis Anyi so much.
The prestige in China was still there. Why would the imperial court abandon such an honorable man who could guard the border? Therefore, he inquired about An Yihou and found out that An Yihou was implicated in the case of King Wei.
Li Xu raised his eyes: "Go on."
Chang Yue said: "Everyone knows what I said, and there are some inside stories that no one knows. It was the Changzhou case that Mrs. Zheng tipped off to me. Mrs. Zheng said why the Xu family has not done anything for so long.
The reason why Miss Xu said we are going to marry her is because Miss Xu has been promised to the Crown Prince of Wei since she was a child. I also have good intentions and want to persuade Brother Li. I just want to see the beauty."
When Li Xu heard this, his eyes lit up slightly.
Song Chengxuan's parents were killed by bandits in Beijing, leaving only Song Chengxuan...
The marriage between the Song family and the Anyi Hou Mansion...
There is also Xue Chen's attitude towards Song Chengxuan, intending to establish Song Chengxuan's prestige in the army.
The marriage between the Song family and the Xu family was announced so quickly. Even before the Song family met Mrs. Xu, Marquis Anyi made the decision and agreed to the marriage. You must know that Mrs. Xu doted on her granddaughter Xu Qinghuan.
The Xu family does not mind that the Song family has a low status, and the Song family is not afraid of being involved in the lingering influence of King Wei's case.
Song Chengxuan and Xu Qinghuan have been working together to investigate cases since Fengxiang. Could it be that such an unbreakable relationship is because they both share a common secret?