Chapter 177: Leaving Beijing
It's almost noon.
Xiang Kun, Zhao Zi'ang and Fang Yue also received the order, packed up their salutes, summoned all the staff of the headquarters, and found them together.
"I have met three adults." Li Xiuran saw the three of them entering the door, got up and bowed.
Zhao Zi'ang laughed: "No need to be polite. We have received your Majesty's order. This time you go to Beijing to investigate the case, you are the deputy envoy, and we are just accompanying to help. Speaking of which, it should be that I call you Master Li."
It is true, but if you encounter danger in this trip, you still have to rely on three people to help you. Li Xiuran did not dare to be arrogant and said modestly: "Mr. Zhao has been defeated."
Fang Yue was not familiar with Li Xiuran. And as a policing envoy, he had to surrender to Li Xiuran, the official guard. He felt a little nervous. He was not as cheerful as Zhao Zi'ang, and could still make jokes. He just nodded slightly to him, saying hello.
Xiang Kun said curiously: "The decree says that there are suspected corpse monsters in Xingqing Mansion. Your Majesty asked us to assist you in investigating, and sent the Shaoqing of Dali Temple to be the official envoy.
I don’t know if there is a corpse monster. I just go to investigate. It seems that there is no need to send such a big battle, right?
Is there any hidden secret here?”
"It's true there's something hidden."
Li Xiuran nodded: "The corpse monster incident was written by Lin Fengtai, the eldest son of Lord Lin of the Inspectorate and the magistrate of Dingzhou of Xingqing Prefecture. He personally exposed it. The situation is probably not fake. There may be corpse monsters in Xingqing Prefecture.
Your Majesty ordered us to go there. In addition to investigating this matter, if we find that there is a corpse monster that is really a disaster, we also want to eliminate monsters and provide disaster relief.
Moreover, some forces in the Korean and Chinese are involved, and the situation is quite complicated."
"The power of the Korean Central?"
Zhao Zi'ang frowned and said, "If Xingqing Mansion really has a flood of corpses, it can be considered a major disaster, but it still depends on Lin Fengtai to expose it. Could it be that Xingqing Mansion deliberately concealed it, and someone in the court is covering it up for them?"
"good."
This trip also requires the assistance of three people. Li Xiuran did not hide it and said bluntly: "The governor of Xingqing Prefecture Xue Dingqian is the son of Duke Cheng Guo Xue E, and Xue E is the prince's person.
If this disaster is covered up until now, Xue E and others are afraid that they will not be able to escape the relationship.”
The prince... Xiang Kun's heart trembled in an instant. The matter of the ninth prince is not over yet. Now he is going to offend the prince again?
Last time Lin Yanjiang introduced the power of the Korean Central Committee to Li Xiuran, he was also present. He knew that Duke Cheng was a core member of the princeling party. If the disaster of the corpse monster was real, Xue E helped cover it up and finally asked them to find out. The emperor was afraid that he would not spare them lightly.
If they cut off the prince's right-hand man, the prince will definitely take his anger on them.
He offended two of the three princes who are most qualified to compete for the throne. If they retaliate against him together, will he still have a way out?
Before coming to the capital, he could have risen to the top from now on. Now he realized that he was clearly here to be a thirsty person!
Zhao Zi'ang and Fang Yue's faces also became solemn, and they obviously had concerns in their hearts.
"The prince has been involved, I'm afraid this trip is a bit difficult." Zhao Zi'ang said with a little headache.
Are you afraid? After all, he is a policing envoy, and there is a support from the Demon Suppression Office behind him. Are you afraid of being too fast? Li Xiuran secretly complained and nodded:
"Xingqing Mansion is hidden without reporting, and there are still people in the court to cover it up. The power in the secret is indeed a bit large, and there will definitely be many obstacles when investigated. But since Your Majesty ordered us to investigate, we can only do our best to strive to live up to His Majesty's entrustedness.
His Highness the Crown Prince is known for his wise reputation and is known for his kindness. Even if he finds Duke Cheng in the end, I believe His Highness will definitely not blame us."
Zhao Zi'ang nodded slightly, but his expression obviously didn't believe it.
"Li Zhengwei, there is a person who claims to be Han Lu outside the door to come to see you." A side guard suddenly came to report.
"Is Uncle Han here?" Li Xiuran stood up and looked at Zhao Zi'ang and the other two and said, "The corpse monsters in Xingqing Mansion are everywhere, and this trip may be dangerous. Lord Lin specially sent his personal guard Han Lu to go with us.
Now that people are coming, our staff are all here.
Your Majesty ordered us to set off in the afternoon. It is already noon and the time is coming soon. Let's go and meet Lord Xiao now."
Xiang Kun, Zhao Zi'ang, and Fang Yue nodded and stood up, summoned their respective subordinates, a total of more than 100 demon-suppressing guards, and together with Li Xiuran, they went out of the demon-suppressing department, connected Han Lu at the door, and then came to the city gate together. After waiting for a while, they saw the envoy who was on the trip, Xiao Wenfu, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple.
He looked about in his early fifties, with a thin face, wearing a scarlet official robe on the horse, his waist was straight, and his serious expression looked very majestic.
Although the emperor only ordered him to be a regular envoy, as an imperial envoy, he naturally could not go there alone. Too shabby, not only would he lose his face, but also the court's face.
There are still some ceremonial guards and guards that should be found. Dozens of people followed him in two rows, holding tiger head signs in their hands, and each sign reads the two big words "Silent" and "avoid". Although the number of people is not as large as that of the demon guards, their momentum is not inferior to that of the momentum.
"Sir Li Xiuran, you have met Lord Xiao." Li Xiuran bowed to him and bowed.
Xiang Kun, Zhao Zi'ang and Fang Yue also greeted each other.
"You don't have to be polite, sir." Xiao Wenfu glanced at the few people, and finally fell on Li Xiuran, and said with a smile: "By thanking your Majesty, I will send us to Xingqing Mansion to investigate the corpse monster. I will order this official to be the official envoy. I hope that the adults can work together with me to complete this errand and live up to His Majesty's entrustedness."
Very polite... Li Xiuran was a little surprised.
Xiao Wenfu is the prince's man. Even if he didn't know about the corpse monster before, he is now appointed as the official envoy by the emperor and wants to investigate the matter, he should have received a prompt from Xue E and others.
He is close to Lin Yanjiang, and Lin Yanjiang has exposed the incident this time. When he went to investigate this time, he clearly wanted to reveal their true feelings. According to common sense, even if he is considering his face, he should at least show his face and give him some advice?
The attitude turned out to be so good, which was a bit beyond his expectations.
Is there any plan?
Li Xiuran secretly guessed in his heart, and then smiled and said, "Don't worry, Lord Xiao, the official will do his best to help him find out the matter."
Xiang Kun, Zhao Zi'ang and Fang Yue also expressed their opinions.
Xiao Wenfu smiled and said, "I have long been aware of Li Shidu's ability to handle cases and have three adults to help him. This trip will definitely be able to complete the job successfully.
Xingqing Mansion is not far from the capital, but it is located in the inland and cannot take the waterway, so it can only take land. It will take some time to arrive.
If it is really as Lord Lin said, there are corpse monsters in Xingqing Mansion, the disaster may be urgent. Since everyone has arrived, let’s set off immediately.”
"It depends on Lord Xiao." Li Xiuran agreed immediately.
Chapter completed!