Li Mu walked out of Changle Palace with a suspicious look on his face.
Not sure if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the Queen was not happy about the news that he was about to get married.
There is no reason for this. He is loyal to the Queen and he has successfully solved major life events. Shouldn't the Queen be happy for him?
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Unless the queen changes her mind.
But this is unlikely. They were still in love with each other a few days ago, so there is no reason for her to suddenly change her mind.
After Li Mu thought about it carefully, he suddenly realized that he was careless this time.
For others, marriage may bring happiness and contentment to their minds, but the Queen's marriage was not happy. She was used as a political bargaining chip by the Zhou family and married to the former prince. Instead of having only the name of husband and wife, there was no relationship between husband and wife.
Reality……
She had a failed marriage. Wasn't Li Mu hurting her by proposing marriage in front of her?
This matter was something he didn't think carefully about. He should have thought of taking care of the Queen's emotions...
He sighed. It was too late to regret now. He still had to be cautious in front of the Queen in the future. She was powerful, but her heart was actually fragile and sensitive. This was very similar to Liu Hanyan.
Even their experiences have something in common.
Similarly, people who have been betrayed by their family members will always have sensitive restricted areas in their hearts, no matter how high their position or strength is later.
Fortunately, Liu Hanyan met him. Li Mu will spend the rest of his life healing the trauma she suffered in her childhood. The queen is not so lucky. No matter how strong she is, how high her status is, and how much she has in the world, she will never get someone like him.
man...
When passing through Shangshu Province, Li Mu walked straight through without stopping.
Although Li Mu is now a member of Zhongshushe and has many colleagues here, some of Li Mu and them are just acquaintances. Some of them seem to be in harmony on the surface. In fact, they have a life-and-death feud. On his wedding, Li Mu
Mu only wants to see friends he truly recognizes.
He would invite agents from Shendu Yamen, but not officials from Zhongshu Province.
Shendu Yamen.
After hearing the news, all the arresters congratulated him one after another.
"Congratulations, boss..."
"No wonder the boss is disdainful of the women in Shendu. It turns out that famous beauties have their wives..."
"Hey, if this news gets out? God doesn't know how many women will wet their pillow towels with tears..."
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In the Yamen, Li Si bowed his hands to Li Mu and said, "Congratulations..."
Li Mu asked: "What about you? When do you plan to get married?"
Li Si said: "How many days will it take for me to wait for Miaomiao to come down from the mountain? I have to go back to Beijun. Do you want to pick Zhang Shan up by the way?"
Li Mu nodded and said, "When you come back? Take him with you."
The former three outstanding officials of Yangqiu County have not been together for a long time. After that separation, the situation of the three of them has never been the same again.
What is the difference between Zhang Shan and Li Mu Li Si? He is not interested in spiritual practice, and nothing attracts him more than making money.
Li Si put his hand on Li Mu's shoulder and said, "Since you have decided to get married? It's time to calm down..."
Li Mu said in astonishment: "When did I not calm down?"
His heart was so tight that all the people in the city knew that Yuanyang was still there and that he guarded Liu Hanyan like a jade. Isn't this considered heart-warming?
Li Si shook his head, but said nothing more.
After leaving Shendu Yamen, Li Mu returned to Beiyuan. He did not go back to Li Mansion, but went to Zhang Mansion first.
Before he left the divine capital last time, the Queen rewarded Zhang Chun with a house with three rooms. Although he was still far away from his dream of a house with five rooms, he was able to own a house with three rooms in a place like Beiyuan where every inch of land was precious.
The house he entered was the envy of countless officials in the court.
Li Mu knocked on the door, and footsteps soon came from inside. Zhang Chun opened the door and said, "It's Li Mu. When did you return to Shendu? Come in and sit down..."
Li Mudao: "I won't go in as soon as I get back. I'm here to give you something."
Li Mu took out an invitation, handed it to him, and said, "I'm getting married next month. Remember to bring Mrs. Zhang and Miss Yiyi to the wedding banquet..."
Zhang Chun was startled, his eyes almost bulged out, and he said in shock: "Wedding!"
Li Mu was also stunned for a moment and asked: "Is there any problem?"
Zhang Chun said in disbelief: "Does the Zhou family agree? Does the Xiao family agree? They agree, but even the courtiers in the palace will not agree..."
Li Mu looked at him strangely. He was getting married to Liu Hanyan, not the queen. Why did the Zhou family and the Xiao family need to agree? What qualifications did the courtiers in the palace have to object?
Zhang Chun opened the invitation and looked at it. He was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses and said, "It turns out it's Miss Heliu..."
Li Mudao: "Who else can I go with?"
Zhang Chun shook his head and said disappointedly: "No, no one..."
Li Mu frowned and asked, "Lao Zhang, you don't seem happy that I'm getting married?"
"No, how is that possible!" Zhang Chun said with a smile uglier than crying, "Congratulations, I wish you and Miss Liu grow old together and have a son soon..."
After a while, Zhang Chun sent Li Mu away, closed the courtyard door, leaned against the door, and sighed.
Mrs. Zhang walked out of the room and asked worriedly: "What happened? Why do you look like this?"
Zhang Chun sighed again and said: "Madam, our fifth house is probably hopeless..."
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When Li Mu returned home, he found that Liu Hanyan had prepared food and was waiting for him in the yard.
He usually prepared meals at home, but when the Queen came over, the situation suddenly changed, and he really didn't feel comfortable with it.
Liu Hanyan cooked the food that Li Mu liked to eat. With a satisfied smile on her face, she said, "Xiao Bai and I went out shopping today and heard the people talking about you."
The people of Shendu were his solid backing. Li Mu asked without any panic: "What did they say about me?"
Liu Hanyan said: "They say you are upright, not afraid of the powerful, and make decisions for the people. You are a good official."
Li Mu asked: "What else did you say?"
Liu Hanyan said with satisfaction: "I also said that you keep yourself clean and don't approach women..."
Li Mu glanced at her and said, "Now you believe it, right? Even if you don't believe Xiao Bai, don't you believe all the people in Shendu?"
"I believe it, I believe it..." Liu Hanyan picked up a piece of tofu, brought it to his mouth, and said: "Open your mouth, this is your reward..."
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Li Mu is very busy these days. There is only one month until the wedding day, but there are many things that need to be prepared in advance.
This involves a lot of details, especially for people like him and Liu Hanyan who have never been married before. Many times, they don't know how to start.
Among the people he was familiar with, only Zhang Chun and the Queen had experience.
The Queen definitely couldn't ask. Firstly, she definitely didn't have to prepare the wedding by herself. Secondly, he had stabbed the Queen in the chest a few days ago. If he asked again now, wouldn't it be like adding salt to her wound?
As for Zhang Chun, he didn't know what happened to him recently, and he was a little depressed. Li Mu didn't bother him anymore.
Fortunately, Wanwan and Xiaobai helped. Although the preparations were slow, everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.
In the Li Mansion, Li Mu was busy and happy. In the Criminal Department, Wei Peng scratched his head impatiently and pulled out a handful of hair.
The assassinations of officials in Anyi County and Tianhe County really made him bald.
He is familiar with the law and is good at solving cases, but he is not good at investigating cases.
Wei Peng felt that the court should separate case determination and investigation, because they are not the same thing at all.
Judging a case examines the official's legal foundation, as well as their understanding and application of the law. As for investigating a case, it examines the official's insight, logical reasoning ability, and thinking ability...
He is good at solving cases, but not good at investigating them.
Just relying on two case files, he was asked to find the murderer. Isn't this a deliberate attempt to embarrass others?
The death of these two officials may be due to personal enmity, or it may be because they were unkind in their duties as officials and aroused public resentment. They were killed by practitioners who could not stand it to eliminate harm for the people. Such things have happened in all dynasties.
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Wei Peng opened the resumes of two officials copied from the Ministry of Personnel, and planned to start with the latter possibility.
However, the resumes of the two officials are very clean.
Their ratings over the years have all been above A, and they don't look like corrupt officials who prey on the common people. But he also knows that the resume rating of the Ministry of Personnel is worse than a piece of waste paper. He really wants to know how these two officials are doing as officials.
I'm afraid I have to go to Hanyang County and Danyang County to investigate in person.
Wei Peng rubbed his eyebrows and leaned on the chair, feeling even more irritable.
These two cases have been going on for a long time. Even if he rushed to these two counties, he might not be able to find anything useful.
He inadvertently glanced at the resumes of the two murdered officials, and his eyes suddenly froze.
He sat up again and took the two resumes over. After carefully examining them, he finally found some clues.
The deaths of Anyi County Magistrate and Tianhe County Magistrate are two unrelated cases, but they are also related.
For example, the two of them were once heads of the Ministry of Personnel.
Not only that, they were officials in the Ministry of Personnel at the same time, and were promoted in the same year. One was promoted to Anyi County Magistrate, and the other was promoted to Tianhe County Magistrate. From the ninth rank to the seventh rank, it is definitely an exceptional promotion...
At the same time, he was an official in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, received an exceptional promotion at the same time, and was assassinated almost at the same time...
Wei Peng stood up suddenly and murmured: "This is definitely not a coincidence..."