Under the fresh glow of summer dawn, Chang'an City was smeared with a layer of magnificent purple red, a few remnant stars were sparse and gradually extinguished, and the sky was rolling with brilliant clouds, and a round of red sun was about to erupt.

The streets were already bustling, horse-drawn carriages were speeding through the streets, and the citizens of Chang'an, who went out to make a living, began to be active in all corners, which was an extremely ordinary day.

But at the Danfeng Gate of Daming Palace, an extraordinary thing happened, Daming Palace was heavily guarded, every carriage in and out was carefully searched, because the progress was too slow, hundreds of carriages were congested outside the Danfeng Gate.

Hundreds of officials waiting to enter the palace gathered and whispered about what happened, it is said that a senior officer of the Tianqi Battalion was killed outside the Danfeng Gate last night, and the emperor was furious and ordered to strengthen the security measures of the Daming Palace.

This officer is Liu Yuanqing, who connived at his subordinates to kill Jin Wuwei, and some ministers also heard about the bloody case in Dongshi last night, and under the spread of those in the know, hundreds of ministers soon understood the truth of the matter, and I am afraid that Jin Wuwei will not be able to get out of the way with the death of Liu Yuanqing.

"The right phase is here!" Everyone dodged out of the way and let Cui Yuan's carriage come in.

Cui Yuan's face was gloomy, he ignored the greetings of the officials, he had just learned about the murder in Dongshi from Cui Qinggong, and at the same time got the news that Liu Yuanqing was killed last night, he immediately understood the connection between the two things, so that everyone would think that they Jin Wuwei was retaliating for the killing.

At this moment, Cui Yuan had a feeling of being knocked out of his teeth and swallowed his stomach, could he tell everyone that Liu Yuanqing had surrendered to him? No! After all, Liu Yuanqing's soldiers killed people first, and it was reasonable for him to be retaliated against, but Cui Yuan knew very well in his heart that with this black cauldron on his back, the officers and soldiers of the Tiancai Battalion would hate him to the bone, and a wave of anger that was played with in the palm of his hand arose.

"Tell Zhang Huan to come to see me!"

After a while, Zhang Huan hurried over, and he saluted Cui Yuanbi respectfully and said, "See Xiangguo!" ”

Cui Yuan pointed to the large number of officials gathered behind him, and said coldly: "Let me ask you, you are such an investigation, how long will it take for the officials to go to the court, and if you delay official business, can you afford this responsibility?" ”

Zhang Huan unhurriedly took out a piece of Li Zhi's handwritten edict, "The right minister, please calm your anger, the bloody case that happened in the Daming Palace last night alarmed the holy driver, the emperor ordered me to strictly investigate and prevent similar things from happening again, this is His Majesty's handwritten order, his subordinates only need to execute it, if the right minister is dissatisfied, you can go to the emperor."

Cui Yuan couldn't say a word, he stared at Zhang Huan tightly, the cold light in his eyes floated, and after a long time, he suddenly smiled faintly and said: "The virtuous nephew is really a good skill!" He cut me off. ”

Zhang Huan also smiled, and he arched his hand to Cui Yuan: "Where! Uncle Cui Shi's road is many, why do you have to take this one? ”

Cui Yuan's eyes slowly narrowed, "Nephew Xian thinks wrong, I like to go all the way to the dark, whoever dares to block my way in front, I will smash his head!" ”

"Uncle Cui Shi should be careful, there may be a cliff ahead!"

At this time, Pei Jun's carriage also drove up slowly, he pulled the curtain and smiled at Cui Yuan: "Since the emperor has a holy decree, Cui Xiang will wait patiently!" ”

"The two prime ministers are busy with official business, and the last general will not dare to stop for a long time!" Zhang Huan waved his hand back and ordered the soldiers to let him go.

"What, General Zhang doesn't check on me?"

Cui Yuan saw that his carriage was unimpeded, and he sneered and said, "Aren't you afraid that I will impeach you for dereliction of duty?" ”

Zhang Huan smiled faintly, waved the holy oracle in his hand and said: "Your Majesty's edict is very clear, the cabinet ministers are not within the scope of the investigation, and the subordinates naturally have to follow the order. ”

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The Daming Palace's investigation of the hundred officials entering the palace lasted for an hour, and then gradually came to an end, and the palace gate was immediately closed, and a team of soldiers patrolled back and forth in the palace, carefully inspecting every corner.

Immediately the holy decree of the Li family was issued, Liu Yuanqing died in the line of duty, and was posthumously named the general of Dingyuan, and his son was appointed as the captain of the school, and the case was closed.

But the ambiguous attitude of the Li Department has caused all kinds of speculations from hundreds of officials, things should not be so simple, this is very likely to be the first confrontation between the Li Department and Cui Yuan, but there are many shady scenes behind it, and no one can see the truth of the matter clearly.

At noon, outside the official office of Menxia Province, a carriage came quickly, and it was Chu Xingshui, the official secretary of the Criminal Department, who came down, and his official office was located in the imperial city of Shangshu Province, so he didn't know about it in the morning, and he didn't know about it until the news gradually spread outward.

In just a few months, Chu Xingshui had lost a lot of weight, as if he had aged ten years at once, and he had suffered a big blow two months ago.

The reason was the retirement of Zhao Yuanchao, the envoy of the two Huai Cao Yun, and he Chu Xingshui should have nominated the next Cao Yun envoy, but Zhang Ruohao made a mistake and nominated Wang Jian, the assassin of Yueyang County, as the envoy of the two Huai Jie, which was unanimously supported by Cui Yuan, Wang Ang, and Yang Qi, and Pei Jun and Wei Ge also remained neutral on this matter.

Wang Jian is Wang Ang's own brother, and his appointment as the envoy of the two Huai Cao is equivalent to choking the neck of the Huainan Chu family, prompting the Wang family's ambition to intervene in the two Huai is undoubtedly obvious, but in this way, the focus of the Wang family's attention has also shifted from Hedong to Lianghuai, which makes Zhang Ruohao, who is facing the family's civil strife, breathe.

Among the seven great families, the Chu family has always been an outlier, it is in a corner, and it cannot be compared with the great families of the Central Plains who are full of protégés, and its power is also the weakest in the court, although Chu Xingshui is resolutely opposed, but the fact that Wang Jin served as the envoy of the two Huai Cao Yun can not be changed, plus Han Huang has done the observation envoy of western Zhejiang and the history of Wu County, which is like a knife in the lower abdomen and back, and the crisis faced by the Chu family is even more serious than that of the Zhang family.

In this case, Chu Xingshui resolutely took refuge in Zuo Xiang Pei Jun, married his daughter Chu Ran to Pei Jun's second son Pei Mingyao, and promised to allocate 200,000 yuan to Hebei every year.

Chu Xingshui walked into Pei Jun's room quickly, and the guards at the door knew his relationship with Pei Xiang, so they didn't stop him, and let him enter the room.

At this moment, Pei Jun is working hard in the room, there are two thick stacks of official documents on the case, he is a servant, although he does not have the final decision-making power, but he has the right to review, the official documents of all ministries in Shangshu Province must first come to him for checking, and those who fail to pass will be sent back and reissued.

Pei Jun had just finished approving an official document, and suddenly felt something, only to see Chu Xingshui standing outside, waving his hand to his pen boy, ordering him not to make a sound.

"It's coming, it's coming, what are you doing sneaking around?"

Pei Jun put down his pen and stood up laughing, "Could it be that Brother Chu wants to steal the writing on my wall again?" ”

Chu Xingshui also stepped into the door with a smile, he glanced at Yan Zhenqing's handwriting on the wall, and pretended to be angry: "Yan Lugong is your father-in-law, coax him well, how many words can't you get?" I want to be so stingy. ”

"Hey! My old man,"

Pei Jun smiled bitterly, just because he didn't agree with him in the court last time, he turned his face with himself, strictly ordered him not to come to the door, and ordered him to return all the calligraphy and paintings from the past.

"Forget it, don't mention him, Brother Chu came today for the morning of Danfengmen?"

Chu Xingshui's smile retracted, he nodded, and said with a faint smile: "Don't you think this matter is an opportunity for us?" ”

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