Chapter 398: Confusing

At night, a carriage drove into Xuanyangfang quickly. Cui Yu in the carriage could not hide the excitement in his eyes. At noon, the news that Pei You was dismissed from his right prime minister made him excited for a whole afternoon. Until now, he still had no fun. He was eager to rush to his elder brother's mansion to share this exciting news with him.

The carriage stopped in front of Cui Yuan's mansion. Cui Yu jumped out of the carriage and walked quickly towards the side door without reporting that he entered the mansion directly. However, when he walked near Cui Yuan's study, the butler quietly stopped him.

"The second master, please be careful. The master is in a very bad mood today."

Cui Yu was stunned. What's going on? There were special children in the court who sent messages to his elder brother. He should have received news from Pei You to the right prime minister at this time. Why would he be in a bad mood? Is there something hidden in it?

Cui Yu is self-aware. He knows that his level of power and strategy is far inferior to that of his elder brother and Zhang Huan. Therefore, in the past two years, he has completely followed his elder brother's leadership, and he just does his best to do his official duties.

With a hint of doubt, he quickly walked to Cui Yuan's study room. The guard informed him. Then Cui Yu flashed into the study room. The atmosphere in the study room was very serious. Cui Yuan and Cui Xiang were both there. They didn't say anything, and were waiting for his arrival. Now Cui Xiang has given up the position of head of the family to Cui Yuan again. He is only responsible for some miscellaneous things in the clan.

"Brother, what happened?" Cui Yu could clearly feel the uneasiness in his heart from his serious eyes. This uneasiness has never happened in these years. Cui Yu began to feel secretly shocked.

"You sit down first." Cui Yuan waved his hand and waited for Cui Yu, who was full of suspicion, to sit down before Cui Yuan said something that made Cui Yu almost faint, "Our Cui family may be in danger of being destroyed."

Cui Yu felt dizzy in front of him. He hoped that this was a joke, but the elder brother's extremely serious expression told him that this was not a joke, it was true.

"Why?" Cui Yu swallowed into his dry throat.

"You tell him!" Cui Yuan sighed and said to Cui Xiang. He was really tired.

Cui Xiang nodded and said slowly: "Does the second brother still remember that before Zhang Huan ascended the throne, his mansion was subjected to a mysterious assassination, that is, Ning'er was almost killed."

Cui Yu nodded silently. The incident happened at the same time as the "Jiangdu Incident". The mainstream statement was that Zhang Huan was retaliated by the injured person in Jiangdu, but the government and the opposition privately stated that this case was most likely the Pei family to eliminate Li Qi's future threat. Later, the matter was left unresolved and there was no news.

But now that the elder brother found out the matter again, Cui Yu immediately realized that their Cui family might be involved in the matter. He did not interfere, but listened quietly to Cui Xiang finish his words.

"Brother has been suspecting that this matter may be involved in our Cui family, so I ordered me to try my best to inquire about inside information from various channels. Until last night, we got a little bit of a sudden outstripping from the inside of the Supervision Office. This matter suddenly fell down and it was Zhang Huan's order. He ordered the Supervision Office to destroy all information about the case and not mention it. In other words, he had already identified the murderer of the case."

"I still don't understand." Cui Yu hesitated and asked again: "It has been rumored in the court that this matter was done by the Pei family..."

Before he could finish his words, Cui Yuan, who had been silent, interrupted his doubts, "If it was really what the Pei family did, why would Ning'er still be alive? Wouldn't it be more direct to kill Ning'er and more arouse Zhang Huan's anger."

"But I heard that Lin Pingping was also in Zhang Huan's room at that time, and she saved Ning'er." Cui Yu had gradually realized something, but he was still unwilling to think about things too terrifyingly.

"Why don't I hope this is the case?"

Cui Yuan sighed and said, "Xuezhu has been allowed to enter the palace this afternoon to visit Ning'er. The news she brought was that Ning'er had fought with the assassin at that time. Ning'er was powerless and a woman could kill her with one sword. But why didn't you kill her? Have you ever thought about the reason for this? Assassin did not kill his mother but left behind a witness. What does this mean?"

Cui Yu finally understood what his elder brother was saying. His heart quickly sank into the abyss. Zhang Huan ordered that the matter was not allowed to be investigated again, which meant that he had determined that the matter was the Cui family's plan to blame.

Cui Yu suddenly looked at the elder brother with some doubts. Could it be that the elder brother did it secretly? Sacrifice Gui'er blamed the Pei family. He knew that the elder brother was cruel and vicious, and for the sake of the family's interests, he would make up his mind to kill his grandson.

"I didn't do this. Even if I have this intention, I wouldn't be right now." Cui Yuan understood what his eyes meant. He shook his head and denied that it was his own. He looked so sad: "I went to see him in the morning. He was very enthusiastic about me, without any hesitation, and did not mention that matter at all. I have been dealing with him for so many years, and I really know him very well. If he hadn't considered it to be our Cui family, he wouldn't have comforted me, after all, Cui Ning is my daughter."

The room was very quiet, and no one spoke. The concerns about the Cui family's future made them feel extremely heavy. After a long time, Cui Yuan sighed, "It seems that one move is a more vicious and cunning wolf hidden behind us. His far-sightedness made me obey."

Cui Yuteng stood up and said decisively: "I will go to the palace now to tell him clearly, it is not what our Cui family does."

"No! Don't worry." Cui Yuan hurriedly stopped him, "Don't talk now, at least I have to wait for me to sort out my ideas."

Cui Yu sat down again dejectedly, and the room fell into silence again. Cui Yuan suddenly glanced at him and smiled, "What's the matter with you coming to me tonight?"

Pei You's joy of being dismissed from the right prime minister was already gone without a trace in Cui Yu's heart. He said quietly: "At noon today, the emperor issued an order to remove Pei You from his post as the right prime minister and demoted to the Minister of Personnel. Brother should know about this!"

"This is something I expected, I won't be surprised at all."

Cui Yuan sneered and said, "Do you think the only one Pei You will be exempted from the right prime minister? If you look farther away, I suggest you voluntarily resign from the left prime minister."

This time, not only Cui Yu was surprised, but even Cui Xiang was moved. The two of them said in unison: "Why is this?"

"This has nothing to do with the struggle for power, it will be a system." Cui Yuan leaned slowly against the wall, his eyes with unprecedented appreciation, "He is definitely a talented and stubborn emperor. In his hands, we will see an extremely powerful Tang Dynasty."

Cui Yu and Cui Xiang had both said goodbye, leaving Cui Yuan alone in the room. His thinking was still on the assassination case. Who did this? The methods were so vicious and the strategies were so clever. If they succeeded, they would catch Cui and Pei families in one place.

At this time, a burst of rapid footsteps came from outside the door, and then a low voice sounded at the door, "Master, I'm here."

"Come in and talk."

A black shadow flashed, and a burly young man appeared at the door. He looked serious and looked cold, and his every move was calm, showing a kind of confidence. His name was Cui Lianxing, the grandson of the Cui family, who had been in the army in Shandong. After the Qinghe Army handed over to Zhang Huan, he was transferred to Chang'an to be responsible for the information collection of the Cui family. He had about thirty people under him, all of whom were skilled in martial arts and smart and capable.

He walked into the room and bowed, "Please give orders from the head of the family!"

Cui Yuan took a booklet from the table and handed it to him, "This is some information about the Zhang Mansion assassination twenty days ago. The clues are limited, but I hope you find out the real murderer behind the scenes as soon as possible."

"Yes!" Cui Lianxing agreed briefly, took the booklet and left quickly.

Cui Yuan's eyes were solemn. He looked at the erratic candlelight and fell into deep thought again.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the sky was drizzling. It was particularly cool to wash the heat in the air, but the pedestrians were walking in a hurry and it was soon time to close the gate. Passersby were returning home, and no one was willing to stay on the street anymore.

Pingkangfang is still as lively as before. Thousands of restaurants and brothels are still brightly lit and very lively. Especially in the past few days, the news that the court was going to open a statute has spread all over the country. Although it will not be held until early autumn two months later, many impatient scholars have arrived from all over the country. Everyone knows that this is the first imperial examination after the new emperor ascended the throne, and its importance is extraordinary.

The regular subjects in each year do not require any application requirements. Both fishermen, woodcutters, farmers and merchants can participate, and there is no age limit. In order to select talents more comprehensively, although the conditions are relaxed, most of the scholars who come to Beijing for exams are still ten years of hard work. The slightly different ones are all ages, including the gray-haired 70-year-old man and the magical powers of a young man of fourteen or five years old.

Pingkangfang and Chongrenfang have the most inns, and most of the scholars who come to take the exam live in these two houses. In the drizzle, a carriage drove by in front of the Jinyu Restaurant in Pingkangfang. A mist was stirred up behind the wheels. The people in the carriage did not seem to be coming to drink and have fun. The carriage passed through the most prosperous brothels, turned a corner in the fragrance of powder, and went on a small road. The road surface immediately became dark and quiet. After walking for a while, the carriage drove into a dark alley, where most of the people lived here were ordinary people.

When they reached the end, the carriage finally stopped and two agile men in black jumped off. They slapped the door rhythmically, and the door opened a crack, and the sound inside was fierce and alert.

"Eagle Thousand Miles!" Two men in black reported the order, and then handed in two silver-shining waist signs.

After a moment, the door opened and two men in black flashed into the yard, "Are the princess there?" one of them asked in a low voice.

"Don't call it a princess here, you should call it Sanniang." The voices of the people in the courtyard were still very fierce.

"Yes! Is that Sanniang here? We have brought Mr. Mengyue's latest instructions." Although the man in black was modest, he could not hide his arrogance when he mentioned the four words "Mr. Mengyue".

When the people in the courtyard heard Mr. Mengyue's body suddenly shook, and their tone immediately became respectful, "Sanniang is in the inner courtyard, please come with me, two."
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