Chapter 62: Fraud in front of the emperor

Listening to His Majesty's voice getting higher and higher, the ministers were frightened. It was rare to see His Majesty get so angry, and even less see His Majesty scolding Lord Chen so severely. Chen Pingping's expression remained unchanged and spoke to himself: "When she returned to Beijing, because someone in the court intended to rob the Northern Qi secret spy department, this department was related to the assassination of Fan's son a few days ago. This matter is very important. After I got the court report, I took a detour and took the spy back, so it took some time to delay."

"Well, so that's it, that's all." The emperor nodded softly, actually lifting this matter up high, but then gently falling down.

The ministers were shocked at first, thinking that His Majesty seemed to not even like Lord Chen much. Then they found out that this was the case and realized that the matter of Chiei was not in a proper way. His Majesty used this matter to clear the account. But everyone then thought about what Chen Pingping said about the affairs of the stewardship. This was the first time that the ministers heard that someone was trying to rob the prison, and they were shocked. They thought to themselves that there was a real official in the court colluding with the Northern Qi Dynasty to confuse the government.

"Let's leave the matter of Lili for the time being, and the case of the Prime Minister and the Prince will be revealed first." The emperor looked at Chen Pingping coldly.

Chen Pingping owed her body in the wheelchair, looked at Lin Ruofu again, then smiled and said, "These two cases are actually...one."

"How to say it?" Not only the emperor, but also the other ministers were interested. Only Lin Ruofu seemed to have thought of something, and his face became very ugly.

"The Prime Minister is worried that his son will die. I should not say something, but as a minister, he dare not hide it before His Majesty. He also asks His Majesty to forgive his crime of saying nothing."

The emperor frowned and said, "Let me tell me."

Chen Pingping held a fist with a dry hand covered with blue veins, blocked her lips and coughed a few times, as if she coughed out all the stuffy phlegm in her chest, and then said lightly: "When the second Prime Minister Lin Gong was killed, she was with Wu Bo'an."

"Who is Wu Bo'an?" the emperor frowned and said, "Let me be clear."

Wu Bo'an has a good reputation in the officialdom of Kyoto. Most of the ministers in the house knew about it. However, in the past, he always thought that this strategist was swaying between the prince and the second prince. He never thought that he would stay with the prince of the prime minister's family. At this time, he turned to the prime minister's eyes and became a little more worried. After all, everyone is a civil servant, and if the mad dog Chen Pingping bites something, everyone has no face.

Lin Ruofu was sitting on the round stool at this time, his eyes were red and swollen, but he could not see any worries.

"I have recently investigated the assassination of Fan's son. The person in charge of the Northern Qi Dynasty was Wu Bo'an. The person who sent the Western Barbarian archers into Kyoto was Fang Daren, the general of the inspector of the city. The leader of the cavalry outside Cangzhou City was the subordinate of Fang Xiu, the distant cousin of Fang Daren, the army of Wuzhou, the army of Fang Xiu... Now it seems that the planners of this incident are Wu Bo'an. Fang Xiu and Fang Daren are both executors, responsible for receiving assassins and killing people from Northern Qi Dynasty. As for the archers' bodies being cremated first, no clue has been found yet."

"What do you want to say?"

"I have no other intentions, I am just curious why the second young master Lin will stay in the manor at the foot of Cangshan before his death with the landlord who was assassinated by Fan's son a few days ago."

As soon as this statement came out, the ministers were in an uproar. Guo Youzhi, the Minister of Rites, came out to defend the prime minister: "Not to mention whether the Si Lili was punished, but he was bitten randomly, even if Wu Bo'an was related to the case of the former clan." He turned to the emperor and apologized: "I was in a hurry, your Majesty, don't blame me, it is because Wu Bo'an was a Jinshi twenty years ago and was quite talented in the capital. He had a lot of friends. It was normal for the second prince Lin to be in the same place. How could he slander the dead at will for this? The prime minister's pain of losing his son was not gone, so Lord Chen was talking nonsense, which was really... unbearable! Unbearable!"

Lin Ruofu stood up at this time, bowed to His Majesty, and said sadly: "The son is unfilial, and he acts in a state of unfaithful manner. But if he says he has such a disobedient heart, the old minister will definitely not believe it." He said: "Then Wu Bo'an has also seen him. He is indeed a talented person. He has traveled to the famous scenic spots around Kyoto. If he has something to do with Wu Bo'an, it will be related to the murder case. Wouldn't he be unable to escape this rift?"

"No," a minister shook his head and said, "I have also met Wu Bo'an. Looking at the person's face, it seems quite right. If this person is really a wolf-hearted person, what does this have to do with Mr. Lin? Lord Chen should be careful."

Lin Ruofu said excitedly, "Ruochen is related to this matter, Tiantian hates it, Tiantian hates it!" Seeing that the prime minister said such heavy words, several ministers knelt down with him. Seeing the ministers kneeling, the emperor leaned over the chair and glanced at Chen Pingping, but his eyes were full of smiles. In a flash, the emperor's face turned like frost. He asked the ministers to get up and said seriously: "Chen Pingping has apologized for the crime first. Before he finished speaking, let him continue to say it first."

This is always the case in the court. Chen Pingping is the only one in the court, and the civil servant system always likes to join in groups. Chen Pingping glanced at Lin Ruofu indifferently and said, "Prime Minister calms down, but I just feel confused. The Supervisory Office secretly searched Kyoto for a day and a night, but did not find Wu Bo'an. However, the noble prince was able to drink and talk to this strategist under the grape trellis, so naturally I want to understand."

"It is still unknown whether Wu Bo'an was the mastermind behind the former sect case. Maybe he made an appointment with Mr. Lin to go to Cangshan to enjoy the scenery. Chen Pingping will discuss this later." The emperor suddenly spoke coldly and stopped Chen Pingping's statement.

Seeing His Majesty standing on the side of his waiting, the ministers of various departments breathed a sigh of relief, but Lin Ruofu's heart was hit by the four words later. A chill surged up, knowing that His Majesty was warning himself not to take advantage of the problem.

This is an exchange, an exchange that is not done with the help of words, but both sides know it well. Lin Ruofu believes that Yuan Hong in the mansion judges that Gong'er's death should have nothing to do with the Fan family, so he remained silent and accepted this fact. After all, if the Supervisory Office really followed the incident of Wu Bo'an colluding with Northern Qi, and was involved in rebellion, I was afraid that the prime minister would not be able to do it.

"You said before that these two cases were originally the same, what exactly did they mean?"

Chen Pingping looked at the ministers with expressionless face. The minister was afraid of his cold eyes and coughed a few uncomfortable times. He said softly: "After the Ministry of Justice and the Courthouse checked the wounds of the deceased and the scene at that time, it was determined that the perpetrator was the Sigujian lineage of Dongyi City, so I asserted that the two cases were originally the same."

Hearing the three words Sigu Jian, even the ministers who were not familiar with martial arts were moved. No wonder when they talked about the attack on Cangshan Manor before, they heard that the murderer was only one, so they quietly killed more than a dozen masters, all of which were fatal to one blow. Only Lin Ruofu's expression remained unchanged, and seemed to have known about this matter a long time ago.

"Huh?" the emperor frowned. Although the names of the four great masters were not placed on the heart of him, the Supreme Lord of Nine Five, these transcendent martial arts masters were always unbearable for the majesty of the court.

"Because among the assassins who were killed by Fan's counterattack a few days ago, there were two female assassins. According to the archives of the court, these two female assassins should be under the sect of Sigujian in Dongyi City. I just don't know if they were the disciples of the man or the disciple. A month ago, there was a report from the court that Sigujian was not in Dongyi City. According to the official's opinion, the sword crazy person should have come to Qingguo."

The emperor slowly closed his eyes and asked in a cold voice: "Why didn't he go to kill the Fan family's children, but found Wu...Boan?"

"Everyone knows that Sigu Jian is a sword fool. His disciples were killed by assassinating others and fighting back. I am afraid that he will praise the other party's great methods, and will not regard him as enemies. This person hates conspiracy and tricks the most, and strictly prohibits his disciples from being involved in the dispute between the family and the country. If Wu Bo'an had not given any benefits, he would have persuaded the two female assassins. These two female assassins would not have died. I am afraid that in his heart, only Wu Bo'an was the real enemy."

Chen Pingping said lightly, she was really calm when she lie.

A long time later, the majestic voice of Emperor Qing State sounded in this room in the palace: "Mi, the prefect of Kyoto, claimed the ceremony and fined the salary and demoted it for one year. The Supervisory Office entered the Inspection Commission to investigate and dismiss Jiao Ziheng's position as the Inspection Commission. The Ministry of Justice continued to investigate and supplement the two murder cases. After the settlement, an edict was issued to order Dongyi City to hand over the culprit. Let's handle it as follows."

After saying this, he stepped forward and comforted Lin Ruofu a few times, then left the house.

After the ministers retreated, a palace maid came forward and pushed Chen Pingping's wheelchair into the inner palace. The ministers were not surprised by this incident. They had never imagined that they would one day get the favor of Chen Pingping. That was why they hugged each other tightly in matters of big and small. Confronting the power of the Supervisory Office was equivalent to confronting the private forces of the emperor. This is the traditional concept of civil servants since the founding of the Qing Kingdom, and it seems that they have been deeply rooted in their heads and can never be escaped.

The ministers even thought with madness that the mad dog Chen Pingping might be because he was paralyzed and had no children that his Majesty would have such unreserved trust.

In the quiet deep palace, there was no eunuch and palace maid, only the emperor sat opposite Chen Pingping.

The emperor picked up the teacup and took a sip. He seemed to think that the tea temperature was not very suitable. He frowned and broke the cup before Chen Pingping's wheelchair. With a bang, the porcelain cup turned into broken jade and splashed everywhere. The tea wet Chen Pingping's trouser legs, but his legs were inconvenient and could not avoid it. Unlike before, the emperor's voice seemed particularly cold and oppressive at this time: "Sigu Jian? This answer is a bit ridiculous."

Chen Pingping seemed to have not seen the scene in front of her, smiling and replied respectfully: "I dare not hide it from the emperor. The wound is shrill and quite confused. The Ministry of Justice and the Courtyard have a consistent view of this."

The emperor raised the corners of his lips and looked at him with a smile. Suddenly a strange color flashed in his eyes and asked, "Is Lao Wu in Beijing?"

Chen Pingping slowly raised her head, opened her lips, and then said for a while: "Yes, the five major people are in Kyoto now."
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