Hearing His Majesty's voice getting louder and the ministers terrified, it was rare to see His Majesty being so angry, and it was even rarer to see His Majesty reprimanding Lord Chen so severely. Chen Pingping's face remained unchanged, and she opened her mouth to defend herself: "When I returned to Beijing, because someone in the DPRK intended to rob Si Lili, the secret spy of the Northern Qi Dynasty, this Si Lili was related to the assassination of Fan's son a few days ago. The body is big, I took a detour after getting the hospital report, and escorted the spy back, so it was delayed for some time."
"Well, so that's the case, that's all." The emperor hummed lightly, and actually raised the matter high, but then gently lowered it.
The ministers were shocked at first, thinking that His Majesty didn't even like Mr. Chen very much, and then realized that the late return was not proper after all, and His Majesty used this matter to clear the account. But everyone immediately thought about what Chen Pingping said about Si Lili. It was the first time that the ministers heard that someone was trying to rob the prisoner, and they couldn't help being shocked.
"Let's put aside the matter of Si Lili for the time being, and first investigate the case of the Prime Minister's son." The emperor looked at Chen Pingping coldly.
Chen Pingping leaned back in the wheelchair, glanced at Lin Ruofu again, and said with a smile: "These two cases are actually... one."
"How do you say it?" Not only the emperor, but also the other ministers were interested, but Lin Ruofu seemed to have thought of something, and his face became very ugly.
"The Prime Minister is worried about his son's death. There are some things I shouldn't say, but as a subject, I dare not hide it in front of Your Majesty. Please forgive me for the crime of speaking without words."
The emperor frowned and said, "Let's listen."
Chen Pingping clenched her withered hands full of veins into a fist, and coughed a few times against her lips, as if she had coughed up all the stuffy phlegm in her chest, before she said calmly: "When Lin Gong, the prime minister's second son, was killed, he and Wu Bo'an together."
"Who is this Wu Bo'an?" The emperor frowned and said, "Be clear."
Wu Bo'an has quite a reputation in the official circles of the capital. At this time, most of the ministers in the room knew about it, but they always thought that this counselor was swinging between the crown prince and the second prince. How could he have thought that he would stay with the prime minister's son, At this time, when I look at the prime minister again, I can't help but feel a little more worried. After all, everyone is a civil servant, if something is bitten by the mad dog Chen Pingping, everyone will lose face.
Lin Ruofu was sitting on the round stool right now, his eyes were still red and swollen, but he didn't seem to be worried.
"The minister investigated the assassination of Fan's son a few days ago. Si Lili confessed that the person who contacted the Northern Qi Dynasty was Wu Bo'an, and the person who privately released the Ximan archers into the capital was Fang Daren, the general of the City Patrol Division, who was in Cangzhou City. The leader of the cavalry who intends to rob prisoners is under Fang Xiu, Fang Daren's distant cousin Wuzhou, who joined the army... Now it seems that the planner of this incident is Wu Bo'an. Assassins and murder. As for the cremation of the bodies of those archers, there is no clue yet."
"What do you want to say?"
"I don't have any other intentions, I'm just curious, why did Second Master Lin stay in the manor at the foot of Mustard Mountain with the mastermind of Fan's assassination a few days ago before his death."
As soon as this remark came out, the officials were in an uproar, and Guo Youzhi, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, took the lead to defend the prime minister: "Let's not talk about whether Si Lili was sentenced to death or not, and he was biting at random, even though Wu Bo'an was related to the previous case..." He turned to the emperor to plead guilty: "Your Majesty is in a hurry. It's really because Wu Bo'an was a scholar twenty years ago. He is quite talented and famous in Beijing and has a lot of friends. It's not unusual for the second son of Lin to be with him. How can he be separated by this matter?" Randomly slandering the deceased? The prime minister is still in the pain of losing his son, yet Mr. Chen speaks such nonsense, it is really... unbearable! Unbearable!"
Lin Ruofu stood up at this time, bowed to His Majesty, and said sadly: "The dog is disrespectful, he behaves like Meng Lang, and has caused accidents, but if you say that he has such a disobedient heart, the old minister will definitely not believe it." He added: " Wu Boan Chen has also seen it, he is indeed a talented person, and he has traveled around the famous places in the capital with him, if there is a reason for Wu Boan, then it is related to the murder case, wouldn't the minister not be able to get rid of this suspicion?"
"That's right." A minister also shook his head and said, "I have also met Wu Bo'an, and he seems to be quite upright. If this person is really a wolf-hearted person, what does this have to do with the second son of Lin? Lord Chen, be careful. Words are."
Lin Ruofu said excitedly: "If the subject is related to this matter, the heavens will hate it, the heavens will hate it!" Seeing that the prime minister said such serious words, several ministers knelt down with him.
Seeing the ministers kneeling, the emperor propped his jaw on the chair and glanced at Chen Pingping, but his eyes were full of smiles. In an instant, the emperor's face was as frosty, and he asked all the ministers to stand up, and said seriously: "Chen Pingping has made an apology first, and he hasn't finished speaking yet, let him continue."
This is always the case above the court, Chen Pingping is the only one, and the civil service system always likes to form groups. Chen Pingping glanced at Lin Ruofu indifferently, and said: "Your Excellency, please calm down, I just feel puzzled. The Overwatch Council secretly searched the capital for a day and a night, but failed to find Wu Bo'an, but your son was able to have a good time with this counselor under the grape arbor. I want to ask to understand."
"Whether Wu Bo'an is the mastermind behind the previous case is still unknown at this time. Maybe he made an appointment with Mr. Lin to go to Mustard Mountain to enjoy the scenery. Chen Pingping, we will discuss this matter later." The emperor suddenly said coldly , Blocking Chen Pingping's statement.
Seeing His Majesty standing on the waiting side, all the ministers breathed a sigh of relief, but Lin Ruofu's heart was struck by the words "Let's Talk Later", and a chill came over him, knowing that His Majesty was warning him not to make use of the topic.
This is an exchange, an exchange that does not rely on words, but both parties know it well. Lin Ruofu believed in Yuan Hongdao's judgment that Gong'er's death should have nothing to do with the Fan family, so he kept silent and accepted the fact. After all, if the Overwatch Council really pursued Wu Boan's collusion with the Northern Qi Dynasty and involved conspiracy, I'm afraid I, the prime minister, would not be able to do it.
"You said earlier that these two cases were originally one. What did you mean by that?"
Chen Pingping glanced at these ministers expressionlessly. The ministers were afraid of his cold eyes, and coughed a few times uncomfortably. He said softly: "After the Ministry of Punishment and the court inspected the wounds of the deceased and the scene at the time, it was determined that the perpetrator was from the Sigu sword lineage of Dongyi City, so I assert that the two cases are originally one."
Hearing the words Si Gu Jian, even the ministers who are not familiar with martial arts are a little moved. No wonder when we told about the attack on Cangshan Manor earlier, we heard that there was only one murderer, so he silently killed more than a dozen masters, and all of them were fatal with one blow. Only Lin Ruofu's face remained unchanged, as if he knew about it a long time ago.
"Huh?" The emperor frowned. Although the names of the four great masters were not on his mind as the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, these transcendent martial arts masters were always difficult for the majesty of the court. exist.
"Because among the assassins killed by Fan's counterattack a few days ago, there were two female assassins. According to the files in the courtyard, these two female assassins should be under the Sigu Sword Gate of Dongyi City, but I don't know if they are the disciples or grandsons of that person. There was a hospital report a month ago that Si Gu Jian was not in Dongyi City, so according to my ministers, that Jian Chi should have come to Qing Kingdom."
The emperor slowly closed his eyes, and asked in a cold voice, "Why didn't he kill the Fan family's children, but found Wu...Bo'an?"
"Everyone knows that Si Shuojian is a sword idiot. His disciple assassinated others and was counterattacked to death. I'm afraid he will still admire the other party's skills, let alone regard him as hatred, and this person hates conspiracy and tricks the most. , It is strictly forbidden for disciples under the sect to get involved in family-state disputes. If Wu Bo'an hadn't promised some favors and persuaded the two female assassins, the two female assassins would not have died. I am afraid that in his heart, only Wu Bo'an is the real enemy."
Chen Pingping said lightly, she really didn't change her face when she told a lie.
After a long time, the majestic voice of Emperor Qing resounded in this room of the imperial palace: "Yin Mei of the capital prefecture will pay off the ceremony and plead guilty, and her salary will be demoted for one year. As a secretary, the Ministry of Criminal Justice will continue to investigate and supplement the two cases, and after the case is completed, an edict will be issued to Dongyi City to hand over the culprit, so let’s proceed accordingly.”
After saying this sentence, he stepped forward to comfort Lin Ruofu, and then left the house.
All the ministers retreated, and a court lady stepped forward to push Chen Pingping's wheelchair into the inner palace. The ministers were not surprised by this incident. They never imagined that one day they would be able to receive the favor of Chen Pingping, so they would hold each other tightly in small and big matters. The emperor's personal forces fought against it. This is the traditional concept of civil servants since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, and it seems to have been deeply rooted in their heads, and they will never be able to get rid of it.
The ministers even thought maliciously that the mad dog Chen Pingping might have given His Majesty such unreserved trust just because he was paralyzed and had no heirs.
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In the quiet deep palace, there were no eunuchs and maids, only the emperor and Chen Pingping were sitting opposite each other.
The emperor picked up the teacup and took a sip. He seemed to feel that the temperature of the tea was not suitable. He frowned and smashed the cup in front of Chen Pingping's wheelchair. With a sound of "Pa!", the porcelain cup turned into broken jade and splashed everywhere, and the tea wetted Chen Pingping's trousers, but he couldn't dodge because of his inconvenient legs. Different from before, the emperor's voice at this time was particularly cold and oppressive: "Si Gu Jian? This answer is a bit absurd."
Chen Pingping acted as if she hadn't seen the scene in front of her, smiling all over her face, and replied very respectfully: "I dare not hide the truth from the emperor, the wound is severe, and I feel quite at a loss. The punishment department and the courtyard agree on this."
The emperor raised the corners of his lips, looked at him with a smile, and suddenly there was a strange look in his eyes, and asked, "Is Lao Wu in Beijing?"
Chen Pingping slowly raised her head, opened her lips, and said after a while, "That's right, Master Five is in the capital now."
The emperor seemed a little tired, rubbed the center of his brows, and said lightly: "How many things are you hiding from me?" Then he sighed: "That's all, but since you dare to hide even from me, then you must keep it from the world. Don't let those people know about Lao Wu's existence."