It seemed that he did not expect that the princess and the crown prince were also here. After Zeng Shichun sat down, he lowered his head and drank his tea without opening his mouth.
Li Xuan glanced at him, raised his eyebrows and said, "What's the matter, my lord?"
Li Yi waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about Mr. Zeng, what's the matter, just tell me."
Li Xuan looked at him, then at Zeng Shichun, seemed to understand something, then frowned, and asked: "You actually asked me what's the matter, don't you know why we came to you?"
Li Yi shook his head, "For what..., it was agreed in advance that the Academy of Sciences has no funds, so don't ask me, and ask Mingzhu to borrow it. My family has a lot of expenses, and her money can't be spent."
"Mr. Qing's side!"
Li Xuan patted the table and said: "The old man Chu takes the lead, he wants to take the side of the emperor Qingjun, and punish the courtiers, you are the one who cleans up, you are still sitting here drinking tea?"
He said angrily: "Although that old man Chu is respected by everyone, and the Chu family has great influence among scholars, there are almost no flaws to be found, but you can't just sit and wait..."
"It's not that we can't find any flaws." Zeng Shichun put down his teacup, looked at Li Xuan and said, "His Royal Highness doesn't know that the missing woman case that was solved a few days ago was at Peng's house that day, and Taifu Chu's grandson was arrested on the spot. It was captured only because someone exerted some force on it, so it didn't matter..."
Li Yi and Li Mingzhu didn't show much surprise, but Li Xuan was taken aback, stood up abruptly, and asked, "Is there such a thing?"
Zeng Shichun nodded. Seeing the expressions of Li Yi and Her Royal Highness, he knew that the Cui family had taken it for granted last time. Even if he didn't speak up, he couldn't hide this matter from them.
Li Xuan frowned, paced in the hall, and murmured: "But this alone can't bring down the Chu family. If you annoy old man Chu, it's not a good thing..., this old guy , and said what a 'wengu', a shitty Wengu!"
"What if there is another murder case?" Zeng Shichun got up and said, "Unfortunately, on the night of Lantern Festival, the murder case in Miaoyin Pavilion was also related to Mr. Chu."
That murder case caused a stir in the capital, and it has not been solved until now. Li Xuan also had some impressions of it, and asked, "What do you mean? Didn't you say that the prisoner originally wanted to harm Taifu Chu's grandson..., You mean, that case was originally done by that surname Chu?"
Li Xuan walked in front of him and asked, "If that's the case, why hasn't there been any news?"
"That's because Jingzhao Yin Zeng Shichun, with the acquiescence of Mrs. Chu, concealed the case and planted it on a fleeing imperial prisoner. In addition, the woman's sister felt that the case was strange. He tried to avenge his grievances before, and he is still imprisoned by him.”
Li Xuan was startled, with a puzzled and shocked expression on his face, pointed at him, and said, "You, aren't you Zeng Shichun?"
Zeng Shichun tidied up his clothes, knelt down in the direction of the eldest princess, and said loudly, "I'm guilty!"
"You..." Li Xuan pointed at him, speechless in astonishment, and in the end he just choked out, "You traitor—you're a traitor!"
"It turns out that you put that woman in prison for this reason." Li Yi also stood up, looked at him and asked, "Why didn't you say this before?"
Zeng Shichun raised his head and said slowly, "Not yet."
Li Mingzhu looked at him and asked, "Do you know what crime this is?"
Zeng Shichun lowered his head and said, "No matter what the crime is, it's better than following the Cui family to the end."
Li Mingzhu looked at him, waved and said, "Get up and talk."
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After listening to Zeng Shichun's words, Her Royal Highness shook her head and said, "No wonder, no wonder he is so radical. Grand Tutor Chu has no other way to keep the name of the Chu family."
Li Xuan slapped the table and said angrily: "The Cui family used such despicable means, why didn't they tell old man Chu about it..."
Zeng Shichun shook his head and said: "The Chu family can't turn back. Whether it was designed by the Cui family or not, Chu Ping committed the case. The Cui family has also stayed out of the matter from the beginning to the end. Just relying on one side of the story, we can't believe it." It is possible to overthrow such a wealthy family, not to mention that the capital is deep and the Cui family is far from being as simple as it seems on the surface of His Royal Highness."
"Qin He..." A look of doubt appeared on Li Yi's face. After his lips moved slightly, he looked at Zeng Shichun and asked, "The sister of the victimized woman, how is it now?"
Zeng Shichun said: "In order to prevent the Cui family from silencing her, I kept her in the prison all the time, but this time, if she is released, she will not be able to beat the Jingzhao Yamen's grievance drum again."
"Uncle, Liu Yishou from the Ministry of Criminal Justice is here." Lao Fang came in from the outside a little strangely, what happened today, and it was not a holiday, everyone ran home...
Zeng Shichun looked back and said, "I'll go back first."
"If there is anything, I will have someone contact you." Li Yi nodded, waved to Lao Fang, and said, "Send Mr. Zeng out through the back door."
"Master Li." After entering the door with one hand, Liu saluted Li Yi first, and was about to speak when a voice rang in his ear.
"Is Master Li the only one in your eyes?"
Liu was stunned with one hand, and when he saw the two people behind Li Yi, he immediately bowed and said, "I have seen Her Royal Highness, the Prince!"
When he raised his head again, his mouth opened, but he didn't know whether to speak or not.
Li Yi waved his hand and said, "It's okay, the princess and the prince are our own people, let's talk, how is the investigation of that case going?"
Liu Yishou nodded, and said: "The two missing women have been confirmed to have nothing to do with the Peng family. During the investigation process, my subordinates accidentally discovered that the missing women in the vicinity of Gyeonggi in the past one or two years , far surpassing the past, but the places where they disappeared before were scattered, involving more than a dozen counties, and the number of missing people in each county was not many, but if they were added up, it would be an extremely terrifying number... "
Li Yi frowned slightly, "There are so many people, are there no clues at all?"
Liu Yishou shook his head, and said, "All the clues were inexplicably cut off after reaching the capital. There is no useful discovery yet, and there is no direct evidence that these are related to the Cui family."
Li Xuan looked at him in surprise, and asked, "Do you suspect that the Cui family is also engaged in trafficking in women?"
"I don't know..." Li Yi shook his head, and said, "Regardless of whether they have anything to do with the Cui family, the two missing women should try their best to find them, otherwise, the case would not be over."
He turned to look at Liu Yishou, and said, "You should continue to follow up on this case."
"The subordinate will go back first." Liu nodded with one hand, and after walking a few steps, a trace of hesitation appeared on his face, and he turned around and said, "Your Excellency, you can just deal with those rotten scholars with all your strength, and ignore the Cui family..."
Li Xuan looked at the back of Liu Yishou leaving, turned his head and said, "Why do I feel that there is something in his words?"
Li Yi looked at him in surprise: "Can you still hear the meaning in the words?"
Before Li Xuan could ask back, Lao Fang walked in with a look of surprise, looked at Li Yi, and said, "My lord, someone is here again. It was the old man named Qin Xiang who came last time."
Li Xuan and Li Mingzhu glanced at each other. It was not easy for the Prime Minister to see that the regent princess was with the country's traitor who was rumored to be raging in the outside world. Li Mingzhu looked at him and walked behind the screen with Li Xuan.
The gray-haired old man stepped into the hall and said, "Sure enough, you are young and fearless. There are rumors from the outside world, but you can still sit still..."
Li Yi stood up and cupped his fists: "President Qin, please sit down."
"I don't want to sit down anymore. The old man came here today, just to bring you a word." Qin Xiang stood at the door, looked at him calmly, and said, "Stick to what you think is right. Above the court, you still have to give me a few words." There are quite a few people with discerning eyes, they will not just watch, everything that you and Your Highness the Princess have done for these countries is ruined by those people with ulterior motives. Although the old man is old, with this old bone, he can also do things for you. Young man, get in the way..."
He said one sentence, and there was only one sentence, and after he finished speaking, he turned around and left.
It has to be said that Li Yi once misunderstood the old man in front of him, but some things that happened later changed his impression of Prime Minister Qin greatly.
Regardless of what happened to the Qin family, just talking about Prime Minister Qin, this is an old man who lived a pure life, an old man worthy of admiration.
He watched Qin Xiang's figure disappear, and Lao Fang's big face appeared before his eyes again.
An extremely puzzled expression appeared on Lao Fang's face, "Master, what's the festival today?"
Li Yi looked at him and asked, "Who's here again?"
"Old Liu from the county government."