Prince's Mansion, study room in the front yard.
A rush of footsteps came from the courtyard, and several officials from the prince's family in the study immediately stood up and looked eagerly at the door.
Soon, the thick cotton curtain was lifted, and a gust of cold wind quickly came in from outside, making everyone shiver.
It was Gu Cangping who came in at the door. After he came in, he stamped his feet, shook the snow off his shoulders, rubbed his hands and took a breath.
Xiao Yueping on the side quickly stepped forward, took the cloak from him, and then handed it to the servant in the study to hang aside.
Xiao Yueping stared at Gu Cangping and asked anxiously: "What's going on outside now?"
Gu Cangping took the bowl of hot tea brought over by Ning Tongyi. After drinking it all, he took a breath and sighed: "It's chaos, it's all chaos!"
Ning Tongyi hurriedly asked: "How is your Majesty's condition?"
Gu Cangping shook his head and said: "I visited Dr. Fang. His family said that he has not returned home for three days. The same is true for other doctors. They should all be waiting in front of His Majesty."
Ning Tongyi stamped his feet and said: "These quack doctors are harming the country! They should be killed!!"
Gu Cangping waved his hands and said: "The worst thing is not this, the worst thing is that Princess Zhao Feiyue doesn't know what evil she has possessed, and she has to let Li Chengfeng investigate the case! Alas!!"
Xiao Yueping was born as a commoner, and he relied on his talent and learning ability to get up to this point. Therefore, he had strong hostility and disgust towards "dandy kids" like Li Chengfeng who seemed to have a rich background. He sneered and said: "Humph, this But in the first case of rebellion against the imperial dynasty, Her Royal Highness the Princess was so reckless that she actually let..."
"Be careful!!"
Suddenly a low and majestic voice came from the side, but it was the scholar leader Zhang Datong who suddenly opened his eyes. He glanced at Xiao Yueping seriously, his eyes stern.
Xiao Yueping immediately bowed and took half a step back to show submission and respect.
As the leader of Shilin, Zhang Datong is not only the leader of the prince's officials, but also the spiritual pillar. He sat up slightly and said seriously: "Zhenren Li is one of our own now. Now we should unite as much as possible with everyone who can." The object of unity must not destroy the Great Wall!"
Xiao Yueping bowed his head slightly and said in a low voice: "Yes, the master taught you that!"
Zhang Datong said to Gu Cangping in a deep voice: "Can you contact the people at His Highness the Fourth Highness? Who is in charge there now?"
Gu Cangping smiled bitterly and said: "I can't, and I don't know who is in charge now. It seems like a group of dragons without a leader. The people from His Highness the Fourth Prince spontaneously gathered together to attack us."
Ning Tongyi, who had been silent all the time, sneered: "Then you underestimate the Fourth Highness. He must have a way to get the news out! Although our Highness usually eats, drinks, has fun and does not do his job, he is actually very powerful. Very! He has his eyes and ears everywhere in Shenjing, and his minions are everywhere. How can the district chief’s winter palace be able to lock him up?"
Zhang Datong sighed and said: "If this is the case, then this situation will never be good. Alas... Just this impeachment has completely gotten out of control. The two sides are attacking each other, with the same momentum, just like a party struggle. In such a situation... only I’m afraid it’s a sign of national destruction!”
Ning Tongyi said: "Master Taifu, what should we do now?"
Zhang Datong was silent for a while and said: "First of all, we must immediately find a way to contact the prince. If not, we must contact the eunuchs and palace maids who are around him. If something unexpected happens, we must be able to rescue the prince immediately!"
Xiao Yueping immediately said: "Just leave this matter to your subordinates."
Zhang Datong nodded and said: "Secondly, immediately put pressure on the princess and ask her to urge Zhenren Li to solve the case quickly. No matter what method he uses, he must solve the case as soon as possible and clear the suspicion on the prince!"
Gu Cangping nodded and said, "We'll take care of this later!"
Zhang Datong looked at Ning Tongyi and said: "Immediately contact the Shenbing Camp, Shenji Camp and Shenwu Camp around the capital. The manpower we have placed there over the years must now be fully mobilized. If anything happens, We must immediately raise troops to serve the king!"
Ning Tongyi frowned. He knew that this was a treasonous thing, but in the current situation, the arrow had to be fired. He cupped his hands and said: "I will obey the order of the Taifu!"
Zhang Datong glanced at them and said: "The current situation is critical. It is time for us to work together and weather the storm. I don't want to hear any disunity and unfriendly words here. Only sincerity and unity can defeat the chaos and clean up the chaos." Yu, give the world a truly peaceful and prosperous age!"
Several other people put aside their prejudices for a while, cupped their hands with each other, and said: "Everyone, let's move forward together!"
…
After a brief meeting with the prince's officials, several leaders went their separate ways. Zhao Feiyue immediately received pressure and hard persuasion from Gu Cangping.
Zhao Feiyue naturally knew where the entire case was stuck.
As Little Bell said, Shenjing has become a burning barrel at this time. Everyone knows that the fuse of the barrel has been lit, and the flames are spattering and burning rapidly into the barrel, but At this time, everyone around them was fighting and killing each other. They knew that when the fire burned down, they would all be blown away, but they could not stop because they lost the control of the emperor, the prince and the fourth prince. The most important thing in the capital was The three forces are completely out of control, and no one can stand up and shout to stop them.
Do they want to stop? Yes, they all want to stop, because everyone knows that if this continues, they will all be doomed, but they dare not stop, because they suspect that once they stop, the other party will immediately kill them, beat them up, and kill them all. Beat to death!
The struggle in officialdom is sometimes much more cruel than that in the spiritual world!
Struggles in the spiritual world are often just about the physical and mental destruction of a monk, or the annihilation of a sect. However, most of these struggles do not involve family members. Only in rare cases will a sect be uprooted in order to eradicate the roots, but in most cases it is It is declared over after all the practitioners have been eliminated.
But this is not the case in the official struggle. Once it fails, the whole family will be implicated, ranging from being exiled to jail, to being executed in the worst case. Such things have happened throughout history!
Under such game rules, who dares to be soft at this time? Who dares to hesitate in this situation
The unknown, fear and suspicion prompt everyone to attack each other crazily, hoping that they can destroy each other before they die together.
Prime Minister Yang He asked to see Emperor Zhao Bairen several times, but Zhao Bairen always claimed that he was bedridden and could not see people. This also sharply deepened the suspicion between the various factions.
This panic spread across Shenjing like a plague, gnawing at the hearts of every rational official, driving them into madness.
At this time, everyone knew that there were only three people who could prevent this terrible political disaster from happening. One was Li Chengfeng, who was supervising and investigating the case, the other was the bedridden emperor Zhao Bairen, and the other was Qiankun, who was aloof and stayed out of the matter. The leader of the divine religion is Chang Yuan.
But now that the emperor has fallen, the Qiankun Divine Cult cannot directly interfere in the internal affairs of the royal family. If they do, the consequences will be even more terrifying than now.
Therefore, the entire burden of the entire situation falls on one person.
Li Chengfeng!
Moreover, as Li Chengfeng expected, as Zheng Qiuyun continued to investigate, it turned out that a daughter of the Xuan Mingliang family disappeared before the execution. Calculating her age, she should be in her early thirties by now.
Concubine Ming claims that she is in her twenties, but judging from the current situation, it is very likely that she is hiding something!
But if the investigation continues like this, it is very likely to turn into an unsolved mystery, which will take a lot of time, and what they lack most now is time!
And the most difficult thing is... she has to make Li Chengfeng make a very cruel choice, that is: risking Su Yuehan's sacrifice to solve the case and rescue the prince!
Moreover, she couldn't even explain to Gu Cangping, who was looking at her eagerly, why Su Yuehan couldn't be allowed to use illusions to induce Concubine Ming to reveal the truth.
Because Zhao Feiyue knows very well that Su Yuehan... is the demon king, the Thousand-faced Demon who has been wanted by Da Qi for many years and has enemies all over the world!