The saint summoned him orally, and the prince had to be summoned immediately. Li Hui raised his eyebrows and smiled: "I thought that my uncle should see you again after the provincial examination, but I didn't want to wait here." Come to think of it, you're your uncle's hand-picked leader, and I really shouldn't have been so surprised. ”

The prince smiled slightly, calmly: "Fortunately, the king often mentioned the love of the saint to me before, so I don't have to be too nervous. Otherwise, if you speak incoherently, wouldn't you live up to the importance of the saints? With a smile in his eyes, he saluted the young eunuch in the hall: "There is a young eunuch." ”

Li Hui also casually gave a few purses with rewards: "After waiting outside the palace gate for a long time, the young eunuch is really hard." Although he didn't say a word about anything else, the young eunuch in the palace understood it and led the prince away with a smile. The King of Xin'an County and the King of Tianshui County have always been favored by the saints, and they have always been generous, even if they treat them very kindly, the slaves and maids in the palace. Even people like them know how to repay the favor.

Today was a rest, and finally got a leisure, Li Hui planned to go back to the house to rest, and after the prince returned, he would talk about the process of this visit. However, after riding his horse a few steps, he pondered for a moment and turned his horse to the Dali Temple Mansion. Some time ago, he was ordered to serve as an auxiliary examiner for the provincial examination, and he was busy with tribute, and did not officially take over the official affairs of Dali Temple. Now that the provincial examination has come to an end, he is worried about the previous case.

Although it is the day of rest, the public hall of Dali Temple is no more than other idle yamen, and it is still full of people. Not only are the chief officials of the three divisions still discussing the case, but the two young ministers of Dali Temple are still working diligently. Li Hui is the new Dali Zheng, and the clerks who do the work have already vacated a public room for him. When he walked into the room, the bookcase was already full of files related to the case.

Seeing this, Li Hui couldn't help but smile - it seems that the scribes who are currently working under him are very clever, and they should not be too worried about sending them in the future. Of course, he will give enough benefits to the clever and loyal, and will never teach them to work diligently without receiving the reward they deserve.

After reading the dossier, he pondered for a moment, then got up and went to visit the chief of the three divisions. When passing by the public house next door, I happened to meet Feng Dalizheng, who was busy dealing with other cases, so he greeted him with a smile. That Feng Dali was stunned and hurriedly returned the salute. Although the two of them are exactly the same officials at present, this is the king of the county from the first grade, and even the prime ministers will not rely on the old and sell the old lightly when they meet him.

Dali Siqing, the Criminal Department Shangshu and the Imperial History Zhongcheng were indeed busy with the previous frame-up case, and when they heard that the king of Xin'an County was coming, they invited him in. The three old foxes surrounded the tiger cub with a smile: "Today is a rest, the king has not rested, and has been thinking about official business, which really makes the old man very emotional-recalling that when the old man entered the officialdom at the beginning of the year, how could he have been so diligent?" ”

Li Hui couldn't help but smile: "The envoy who received the provincial test before, and he couldn't take care of the business of Dali Temple, and he felt deeply guilty in his heart. Today, I wanted to quietly take a look at the case file, but I didn't want the princess to be busy, and I was a little embarrassed. Fortunately, all three of them are here, and I have some doubts after reading the dossier, so I just came to ask the three of them. ”

The chief officer of the third division had worked with him for a while, and naturally knew that this king of Xin'an County was extremely keen, and then said with a straight face: "If the king has any doubts, although he has come to it." Don't hide it from the king, this case is quite tricky now. The courtyard of the Yue Wang's Mansion was burned down by fire, almost half of Thailand was destroyed, and there were ruins everywhere, and no evidence could be found. The servants who managed to escape were also ignorant and ignorant. Of the three prisoners who had been taken in before, two confessed to some inconsequential merchants, scholars, and the rest of the prisoners, no matter how severely tortured they were, they didn't say a word about who he saw in the courtyard of the Yue Wangfu. ”

What Li Hui wanted to ask was the details of the prisoners and the witnesses' confessions: "What about the families of the three criminals?" But what do you ask? ”

Zhou Dali Siqing said: "Judging from the old man, the Zhang family really doesn't know who he is socializing with. The family also rarely moved around with their colleagues, and even their relatives were not very close. As for the other two families, the confessions can corroborate each other and should be credible. In the past two days, the merchants and scholars involved in the case have been arrested. They were all thieves, and they fled from Chang'an in a hurry a few years ago and returned to their hometowns one after another. ”

Wu Shangshu sighed: "What if you catch them? The confessions are becoming more and more complex, and the clues are messy. The old man was really worried, and he checked and checked, but the murderer behind the scenes took the opportunity to cover up the traces cleanly. If Zhang Wailang refuses to confess for a day, it will be difficult to make progress in this matter. In addition, the servants of the Yue Wangfu Annex...... I don't know if there are any fish that have slipped through the net. ”

"If you check and investigate, in the end, it will be the same as the case a few years ago, and you can only end the case with the remnants of the heir case, and the old man really has no shame to meet the saint." Pei Yushi Zhongcheng also said, "The left is also the remnant, and the right is also the remnant, although there were many people in the world back then, why are there so many remnants who are unwilling to live in peace?" Unless someone had planned to gather them together, pave the way for them, and send them to do what they wanted. Presumably, they are also extremely convinced of this person, and it is impossible for them to betray him lightly. ”

Obviously, the three old foxes are no longer just "hinting", but "explicitly".

Li Hui had no choice but to say, "I understand." The matter of Yue Wangfu, the three of them are probably inconvenient to ask, so I will go to visit the second father. As for Zhang Yuanwailang, if he can get clues from the servants of the Yue Wangfu Palace, it will probably be easy to induce him to confess. Otherwise, he can only use the next strategy and let his family force him. However, when it comes to the old things from more than ten years ago, the three divisions can't find out by all means, so how can I find out? The three of them inevitably think too highly of me. ”

"The king just has to go and check." Zhou Dali Siqing immediately relieved, "The results of the previous investigation may not be satisfactory. As long as you are willing to check it over and over again, you may eventually find something. ”

After all, it was Shangfeng's request, Li Hui reluctantly agreed, and after bidding farewell to them, he went to the Yue Palace. Unbeknownst to him, after he left, the three old foxes breathed a sigh of relief, stroking their long beards and smiling at each other.

This sighed: "This king has a really good temper, even if it can be seen that we all want to use him, he is also angry." ”

The one shook his head and said: "Don't say that it is the prince of the clan, that is, the noble children of those princes and county princes, and it is also rare for a young man who is willing to do practical things." Although it is Dali Temple, it should also follow your arrangement to investigate the case, but it is impossible to behave the same when investigating the case well and dealing with the case. Of course, the results were quite different. ”

Another said: "To be honest, it is not the three of us who want to find out about this case the most. One is a saint, the second is the king of Yue, and the third is the king of Xin'an. Although this case has not been explicitly raised, there is no doubt that it involves the Yue Wangfu. If something happened to the Yue Wang lineage, how could the Pu Wang line be alone? Come to think of it, if the king of Xin'an County doesn't find out, it will definitely be impossible to be stable in his heart. As for what King Yue and the saint felt in their hearts, there is no need to speculate.

After Li Hui came to the Yue Wang's Mansion, Li Jing, who was in a state of recuperation, came out to greet him and took him to the study of Li Heng, the king of Yue. Li Heng was picking up the pen to sketch the peach blossom map in early spring, and when he saw them coming, he unhurriedly moistened the buds on the paper, and Fang slowly put down his pen: "Xuanqi hasn't been here for many days." Shouldn't you just say hello to me today? ”

"Don't hide it from my second father." Li Hui glanced at Li Jing and said, "My nephew is here for the affairs of the other courtyard. ”

"The servants who once served in that courtyard have already been handed over to Dali Temple." Li Heng said lightly, and asked the two juniors to sit down in front of the bookcase, "Isn't it that Dali Temple can't try anything, and it's inconvenient to come to the Yue Wangfu to investigate, so I specially sent you to ask me?" ”

Hearing that it was a matter of the other hospital, Li Jing was stunned and a little dazed. However, Li Heng did not let him leave, so he naturally had to sit in place and listen quietly. After nearly two months, he is no longer the ignorant king of Tianshui in the past. The originally transparent and clear heart was gradually filled with all kinds of doubts and incomprehensions. But neither the king nor the princess of Yue would answer him lightly, but let him ponder by himself. As a result, the king of Tianshui gradually became a little silent, only when he was with his brothers and sisters, he would still be as reckless as in the past.

"Second father, nephew thinks that if the third division can find out the truth of this case, it will only be beneficial to the current Yue Wangfu." Li Hui replied, looking at the elder sincerely, "After all, he has been involved in the case, and only when the truth is revealed can he completely come out." Otherwise, suspicion will be everywhere, and there will be no hidden dangers in the future. ”

Li Heng sighed lightly in his heart, glanced at his calm nephew, and then at his fifth son who was full of shock: "Is it the hidden danger in the future?" Or is safety important today? Xuan Qi, if you were replaced, how would you choose? ”

"What's going on in the other courtyard, my nephew can roughly guess it." Li Hui continued, "In order to maintain the safety of the Yue Palace, my nephew feels that the second father's actions can be called decisive. If it was a different grandfather facing the danger at that time, it would be impossible to make such a suitable decision. However, the nephew did not believe that the second father did not continue to investigate the ins and outs of the affairs of the other courtyard. After all, this matter is related to the survival of the Yue Palace, and all disasters must be eliminated, and it must not be appeased. ”

Li Heng's eyes moved slightly: "You also know that this matter is related to the survival of the Yue Palace-I haven't even mentioned the princess and Da Lang (Li Wei), how can I tell you everything?" ”

The nephew knew that whatever promises and promises he made at the moment were nothing more than lies. Pu Wangfu and Yue Wangfu are facing the same situation, and if you make a mistake, it will be an abyss. Therefore, the nephew can understand the second father's caution, and will never force the second father to tell all the qiē. Li Hui shook his head, "The second father only needs to answer a few questions from his nephew and solve his nephew's doubts, and his nephew is already grateful." ”

Li Heng pondered for a moment, and then bowed his head and said: "If I can answer, I will know everything and say everything." ”

Li Hui then bowed to him and said in a deep voice: "Nephew, thank the second father." ”

Li Jing looked at the two of them back and forth, opened his mouth to speak, but after a while, he still only pursed his lips and frowned.