Palace.

Under the lights, Hu Qingyan frowned and walked slowly towards Zhang Bangli.

He didn't walk fast, as if he was thinking about something.

"Pavilion Elder !" Another team of forbidden troops walked by, and someone saluted him, Hu Qingyan didn't look at anyone, only nodded subconsciously, and continued to walk forward.

Mo Beichuan couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he saw that Hu Qingyan didn't care about himself at all, and then caught up and shouted again: "Pavilion Elder? ”

Hu Qingyan came back to his senses and was stunned, and then arched his hand: "It turned out to be General Beichuan!" ”

"Elder Ge, but you want to see Chief Zhang?" Mo Beichuan saluted and then asked.

"Exactly." Hu Qingyan nodded: "Is there something wrong with the general?" ”

"I also came here for this matter, so that the elder of the pavilion would know that I had ordered an inventory of the guards, and I had repeatedly confirmed that there were no fewer members in our army. The five people who died dressed as forbidden soldiers have nothing to do with our forbidden army. When Mo Beichuan said this, his face was not good-looking.

When Hu Qingyan heard this, he was silent for a while, and he could vaguely guess where his anger came from.

After the palace change, Hu Qingyan had a very unpleasant relationship with Mo Beichuan because of the investigation of the forbidden army and the adjustment of the personnel of the forbidden army.

The main reason is that some of the people who have been adjusted are Mo Beichuan's most trusted henchmen, Hu Qingyan wants to move them, Mo Beichuan is definitely unwilling, and he took the initiative to find Hu Qingyan to imply that these people have no problem, hoping that the elder can raise his noble hand.

But Hu Qingyan was originally deliberately moving his person, so as to test the reaction of the Ming Palace, how could he agree to raise his hand?

As a result, there is a rift between the two.

Tonight's murder involved the forbidden army again, and it was also mixed up with the southern army, which was not a good situation for Mo Beichuan, who was already in a bad situation, and it could be said that it was not a single disaster.

The matter of King Ming was not clear before, and now if it is confirmed that they are indeed involved with the Lin family, then he, the commander, will really not be able to do it.

A matter of life and death, Mo Beichuan couldn't be cautious, there was no way, so he had to lower his head and beg Hu Qingyan again, hoping that he could make it convenient for him to let the forbidden army also participate in the investigation of this matter, so that he could quickly find out the situation and respond in time.

As a result, Hu Qingyan was uncertain, but he still rejected him on the grounds that the forbidden army was involved in the case as a way to avoid suspicion, and only promised that once the investigation progressed, he would immediately communicate with him.

This reply was fluttering, and Mo Beichuan was naturally dissatisfied, but he couldn't say anything, but he was holding back his anger in his heart.

Hu Qingyan knew that Mo Beichuan had made a special trip to him to say that this matter had nothing to do with the forbidden army, and he was expressing his dissatisfaction.

With a wry smile, he couldn't explain anything, so he had to say: "I know about this matter, and later, I will meet with Chief Zhang to find out this matter as soon as possible, and make a conclusion as soon as possible to return the innocence of the forbidden army." ”

"In this way, thank you to the elder pavilion, the three handsome people of Hu, Liu and Zhang are now constantly clamoring to see Your Majesty, and please ask the elder pavilion to make progress faster, if there is no exact explanation, I am afraid that I will not be able to resist it." Mo Beichuan's face was not good-looking.

"The general also knows the current situation, this matter involves the southern army, and it has not yet been clarified what they want to do, it is better not to disturb Your Majesty for the time being, so as not to have more twists and turns......" Hu Qingyan's voice was slightly deep.

When Mo Beichuan heard this, he was silent for a moment, and then said: "The elder also knows the difficulties of the general, such a big matter should have been reported to His Majesty as soon as possible." If I press it down any longer, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to explain to Your Majesty at that time. ”

Hu Qingyan glanced at him, and then said slowly: "Please also ask the general to focus on the overall situation, Hu, Liu and Zhang, the three marshals, after I went to meet the commander-in-chief, I will personally go to meet them for a while, and I will not embarrass the general." ”

"Then please hurry up here and say goodbye!" When Mo Beichuan heard this, he didn't say anything more, and turned to leave.

Hu Qingyan watched his back go away, and his brows furrowed even tighter.

After a little groaning, he no longer slowed down, but quickened his pace.

After a while, he came to Zhang Bangli's class room, Zhang Bangli's expression was not much better than Hu Qingyan's, and his eyebrows were also tightened.

Closing the door, the two sat opposite each other, and Hu Qingyan took the lead in speaking: "Mo Beichuan came to me just now, and he has confirmed through self-examination that the deceased has nothing to do with the forbidden army." ”

"So fast?" When Zhang Bangli heard this, his face suddenly sank, and his eyebrows tightened.

"The forbidden army has had many accidents, it involved the king of Ming before, and now it is even more involved in the warlord, this is a fatal matter, how dare Mo Beichuan ignore it, naturally he wants to prove his innocence as quickly as possible." Hu Qingyan sighed.

Zhang Bangli took a deep breath: "What did he say?" Intend to report this to His Majesty? ”

Hu Qingyan nodded: "The previous matter involved the forbidden army, and he didn't know the bottom in his heart, so he pressed this matter first and seized the time to confirm the inside story." Now that it has been confirmed that it has nothing to do with his forbidden army, he definitely does not want to press it down any longer, and bear the charge of not reporting it, just now he came to me, that is, he had the intention of reporting this matter to His Majesty, I stopped it, and he didn't give me the right word. ”

Speaking of this, Hu Qingyan raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Bangli: "You also know that he is very dissatisfied with us now. Whether it will be reported or not, I don't know in my heart. ”

Zhang Bangli was silent, in fact, they knew early on that this matter had nothing to do with the forbidden army, and deliberately concealed Mo Beichuan and did not let him participate in the investigation, just to use the matter to involve the forbidden army to contain Mo Beichuan, so that he could temporarily suppress the matter and not report it immediately.

The three of them auxiliary ministers can manage the entire court, but they can't suppress Mobeichuan.

Mobeichuan officials are not as big as them, but in this palace, he is directly responsible to His Majesty, and if Mobeichuan must report to His Majesty, they can't stop him.

Zhang Bangli pondered for a moment, then shook his head: "Regardless of him, if he really wants to report it, we can't stop it." Nowadays, many things are no longer under our control, let's take one step at a time. ”

Hu Qingyan nodded, didn't say more, his eyes were slightly downcast, he glanced at the documents that had been piled up on Zhang Bangli's desk, and asked in a deep voice: "This matter is very strange tonight, what role do Ming Wangfu and Nanjun play in this matter, and what is their purpose?" I wonder what the chief has seen? ”

Zhang Bangli also shook his head, and the whole thing went over again in his mind.

It's not complicated.

Not long ago, there was a sudden fight in a small courtyard on the outskirts of Beijing, and there was a lot of movement at the scene.

When the Gyeonggi Guard, who was on duty nearby, noticed that the fight was over, and there were only a dozen or so corpses left in the courtyard.

The Gyeonggi Guard investigation found that five of the corpses were wearing Praetorian Guard uniforms, which involved the Janissary Army, and the Gyeonggi Guard did not dare to make a profit, so they immediately blocked the scene and immediately reported it to the palace.

Almost at the same time that the palace learned of this, the Ming Wangfu suddenly sent a message to the three of them, and the content was extremely strange.

The Ming Wangfu said that the real identity of the forbidden army killed tonight was Qu Guogong, and asked them to take down Chu Ruocai immediately......

Later, several other bodies were found at the scene, and their identities were indeed from the Southern Army.

After taking Chu Ruocai, he did not resist, and quickly confessed that tonight's extraordinarily large murder was indeed related to them.

And Chu Ruocai took the initiative to confess that he did secretly meet with Qu Guogong tonight, and the other party who was killed at the scene was indeed Qu Guogong.

But he did not admit that it was their hands, and believed that the murderer was from the Ming Palace.

As for why he made an appointment to meet with Qu Guogong and why he identified the murderer as the Ming Palace, Chu Ruocai said that the matter was very important, and asked to meet His Majesty in person before he was willing to clarify.

When he was refused, he relented and asked to talk to King Tak alone, otherwise he would not say anything.

Seeing that Zhang Bangli was silent, Hu Qingyan suddenly asked: "Chief Chief, there is something that the old man can't figure out, I don't know if the chief can solve the old man's doubts." ”

Zhang Bangli nodded: "The elder just asks, I know everything." ”

"Okay, Chu Ruocai said that he secretly made an appointment with Qu Guochang through the housekeeper of the Guogong Mansion, and this matter ......," Hu Qingyan asked slowly.

As soon as the incident came out, Zhang Bangli knew that he couldn't hide it: "That's right, when Chu Ruocai visited the Qu Guogong Mansion today, he did secretly meet with the Qu Guogong through the housekeeper of the Guogong Mansion. ”

Hu Qingan took a deep look at Zhang Bangli, and then asked: "So you notified King Ming, and then helped King Ming set up this bureau?" ”

Zhang Bangli raised his eyes and looked at Hu Qingyan, but shook his head: "Because Qu Guochang is dead, there is no way to have a secret meeting with Chu Ruocai, so after I received the news, in order not to make any extraneous branches, I didn't plan to tell anyone about this matter, it was the Ming Wangfu who came to find me, and I don't know more about the current matter than the elder Ge." ”

"You're looking for you in the Ming Palace?" Hu Qingyan stared at Zhang Bangli's expression, only to see that his expression was calm, not as if he was fake, and after a while, he looked away, pondered for a while, and then said: "You mean, Chu Ruocai made an appointment to meet with Qu Guogong, and King Ming received the news earlier than you?" ”

Zhang Bangli said: "I thought about this matter, only the housekeeper knew about Chu Ruocai's appointment to meet Qu Guogong, and then reported it to me, and it is impossible for me to show the news here." ”

"Then how did King Ming know about this in advance?" Hu Qingyan suddenly wondered: "Could it be that Chu Ruocai has revealed the rumors over there?" ”

"Maybe." Zhang Bangli lowered his eyes.

There was silence between the two for a while, and Zhang Bangli's voice sounded again: "Now what I want to know more is what King Ming wants to do when he sets up this game?" ”

"Planting?" Hu Qingyan whispered, and quickly shook his head: "Others don't know, we know very well, Your Majesty already knows the truth, and it's useless to plant it now, when you ascend the throne, Your Majesty should turn his face, or will he turn his face." ”

"Elder Ge is right, and this is what I can't figure out the most." Zhang Bangli nodded in agreement, and as he spoke, Zhang Bangli's eyes flashed, and Hu said: "There is another thing, I don't know if the elder has noticed, Chu Ruocai's attitude of confessing after returning to the case is not like being conspired against and being caught off guard." ”

Of course, Hu Qingyan noticed this, and his eyes suddenly narrowed: "The chief suspect that the Lin family is preparing for the death of Qu Guogong?" If this is the case, doesn't it mean that the king set up a bureau, and the southern army is actually not a plan, but has been prepared for a long time and is setting up a counter-situation. If this is the case, then it can explain why King Ming was able to learn that they had a secret meeting with Qu Guogong tonight, perhaps they deliberately leaked it to King Ming. ”

Zhang Bangli nodded, and couldn't help narrowing his eyes: "Chu Ruocai doesn't care what his plans are, since he insists on asking to see King De, presumably when King De comes out, we should be able to see the clues." ”

"Hmm!" Hu Qingyan didn't say anything more, and the two looked at the door at the same time, waiting for King De to come out.

The place of interrogation was Zhang Bangli's place.

Just as the two were talking, in a room not far from them at the moment, King De was staring at Chu Ruocai: "Say it!" ”