Since ancient times, people's hearts have been sinister, and above officialdom, even more so.

Moreover, in officialdom, the lack of humanity is often the most powerful.

As an official of Datang, in addition to preventing being suppressed by the people above, he also has to prevent being seized by the people below.

Ling Hugu is already the secretary of Dali Temple, and in the entire Dali Temple, his status is the most noble, so he doesn't have to worry about being suppressed by his superiors, as long as the emperor doesn't want to deal with him, he is confident that he can sit in this position for a long time.

And below, he used to only worry about Shen Tong, Han Pei and Di Bu, Shen Tong and Han Pei used to be members of Li Niu's two parties, if the people behind them wanted to attack him, his position might be in jeopardy, and he saw this, because these two people sat in the position of Shaoqing of Dali Temple, the two of them were equal, and they would definitely lose if they fought together, and he could sit on the profits of the fisherman.

And Di Bu, what he is worried about is Di Bu's talent, before Su Wuming came to Dali Temple, Di Bu can be said to be the person with the highest ability to solve cases in the entire Dali Temple, there is such a person in Dali Temple, so that Hu Gu has to be cautious, and this is why Di Bu has handled a lot of cases, but he just didn't give Di Bu a promotion, he was afraid, afraid that one day Di Bu would trample him under his feet.

Suppressing talents, this is what many people in high positions will do, of course, the talents they suppress are talents who don't listen to their own words, if Di Bu is willing to be under Ling Hugu's hands, it is not impossible to make Di Bu's official rank a little higher, but it is a pity that Di Bu at this time took refuge in Li Deyu.

Therefore, now the only ones who make Hugu really regard him as enemies are Di Bu and Su Wuming, Di Bu has the support of Li Deyu, plus his skills, I am afraid that it will be a matter of time before he is promoted, and this Su Wuming, although he is not attached to anyone for the time being, is the most dangerous.

In a place like Dali Temple, it is most dangerous not to be attached to anyone, which is Linghu Gu's personal experience, and it can also be said to be his own experience.

When Linghu Gu first entered Dali Temple, it was the most fierce time for Niu Li Party Struggle, the two sides of the people took turns to govern, and after one party was in power, the other side of the people will be degraded, although attached to people may get the scenery, but this scenery is temporary, the Linghu Gu of the year saw this, so he insisted on not being attached to anyone, his colleagues changed one stubble after another, a few years later, the entire Dali Temple belongs to his seniority is the oldest, Dali Temple Qing is only one, Niu Li both sides of the people want, But both sides refused to back down, and in the end they had to let Linghu Gudang, who was not attached to anyone, and their people became Shaoqing of Dali Temple respectively.

Although the party struggle between Niu and Li in the court is not very fierce now, the other forces above the court should not be underestimated, so it is correct to want to mix in Dali Temple and not be attached to others.

Linghu Gu faintly felt that Su Wuming was going to follow his old path, so after Su Wuming came back, he immediately sent someone to closely monitor Su Wuming.

Emperor Li Yan sent the matter of the decree of the emperor, he knew about it at the first time, and after knowing it, he was even more sure that this was very dangerous for him, Su Wuming got the emperor's reward, wouldn't it be easier to be promoted in the future?

Therefore, Ling Hugu felt that it was necessary for him to beat Su Wuming and let him know who was the one who really had the final say in this Dali Temple.

Su Wuming is so smart, after hearing Ling Hugu's words, he immediately realized what Ling Hugu meant when he said this, so he hurriedly saluted and said: "Yes, Xiaguan solved the case in the Jianghuai area, and after coming back, he didn't see the emperor's reward for more than a month, but today he suddenly gave a reward, Xiaguan thought to himself, it must be Lord Linghu who gave Xiaguan a few good words in front of the emperor, otherwise Xiaguan is a small Dali Temple Sizhi, how can the emperor be concerned?" ”

These words undoubtedly showed his gratitude to Ling Hugu, and when Ling Hugu heard it, he couldn't refuse, after all, when Su Wuming came back, he did mention a sentence in the recital, although it was only a small sentence, but if he could use it every day, it could be completely used.

If the wind is on my recital, can you be rewarded?

After smiling indifferently, Ling Hugu said: "The murder case must be solved quickly, if there is nothing to do, you can go down." ”

Su Wuming saluted and retreated, and when he left Dali Temple, sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead, Su Wuming sighed, thinking that if he said the wrong thing today, although he would not lose his official position, he could think that he would be more comfortable in Dali Temple, but I was afraid that it would be difficult.

Tang Xiong didn't know what Su Wuming had experienced inside just now, so after he came out, he asked, "Brother Su, what should we do next?" ”

"Go home and wait for news."

Now, everything Su Wuming can do has been done, and what they can do next is only waiting.

When they returned to the house, Wen Wan'er and Nangong Yan were very excited, their husband was rewarded by the emperor, and as his wife, they naturally wanted to celebrate happily.

So when they returned home, the wine and food had already been arranged, Su Wuming accepted their congratulations with a smile, and then asked, "Haven't Jiang Ying and Lin Yun come back yet?" ”

"I'm back, I'm in my room now, I'll ask someone to call them."

As they were talking, Jiang Ying and Lin Yun came from outside, but the faces of the two of them were a little complicated, a little guilty, but also a little excited, when they came in, they just heard Su Wuming ask if they were coming back, so there was still a trace of worry on their expressions, Su Wuming's cleverness and their brothers did not doubt it at all, so they felt that the emperor suddenly rewarded Su Wuming, and Su Wuming would definitely guess what the two of them said in front of the emperor.

Walking slowly towards the living room, the two of them were thinking about whether to kneel down and explain the matter, after all, they had been following Su Wuming for more than a year, and they didn't want to hide it from Su Wuming anymore, although they knew, in fact, Su Wuming had already known that the two of them were sent by Emperor Li Yan to monitor him.

Just when the two of them were still hesitating, Su Wuming suddenly beckoned to them and smiled: "Come, you two hurry up and eat, after you are full, I have something to arrange for you." ”

This was said casually, as if Su Wuming had not guessed that the emperor's reward was because the two of them told the truth in front of the emperor, but this made the two of them feel a little at ease, and after eating some casually, they hurriedly asked, "What do you have to command?" ”

"That's right, today we went to the house of the head of the household department to investigate, although Chai Yunzhong doesn't have much suspicion for the time being, but I want to have a deeper understanding of him, Jiang Ying, you go and investigate him."

Jiang Ying hurriedly received the order, and at this time, Lin Yun said, "My lord, what about me?" ”

"According to my investigation in the Household Department Shangshu Chai's Mansion, Cao Ying and Chai Yunzhong should be regarded as childhood sweethearts, but the two can finally be together, why did she run away from marriage, I want you to investigate Cao Ying to see what kind of girl she is, and whether she has any contact with other men."

After Lin Yun received the order, he hurriedly left.

The afternoon passed like this, about evening, Pei Xiu hurriedly came to find Su Wuming, looking at his appearance, it seemed that he had investigated some clues, Su Wuming invited him to the living room and sat down, and hurriedly asked: "Master Pei, but what did you investigate?" ”

Pei Xiu nodded: "That's true, but it seems a little incredible to say it." ”

"It's okay, Master Pei, but that's what he said."

"According to the investigation of our government officials, five days before the murder, the beggar actually appeared in front of the Cao Mansion, and he shouted to enter the Cao Mansion, but was driven away by the guards of the Cao Mansion."

"What?" Su Wuming was taken aback, and then hurriedly said, "That beggar is actually clamoring to enter Cao's Mansion?" ”

Pei Xiu nodded: "No matter how bold a beggar is, he doesn't dare to think about entering Cao's Mansion casually, but he dares, it won't be as simple as wanting to get some alms." ”

Of course, things will not be as simple as charity, but since it is not charity, why did the beggar enter Cao's mansion, and what is his relationship with Caofu?

When examining the body, neither Cao Man nor Cao Chong paid much attention to the beggar, so did they not know that a beggar had been clamoring to enter their Cao Mansion? Or do they know, but pretend they don't?

The only way to find out this is to find out the identity of the beggar first.

After some thought, Su Wuming asked, "Master Pei, have your people ever investigated the identity of that beggar?" ”

Pei Xiu shook his head: "Not for the time being, the beggar's whereabouts seem to be very hidden, and our people have investigated for a long time but have not found anything." ”

Su Wuming nodded: "I have already reported the matter of that beggar to Lord Linghu, Lord Linghu feels that the beggar has nothing to do with Cao Ying's killing, so I have sent the spies of Dali Temple to investigate, and we should be able to investigate it soon." ”

Su Wuming didn't want to hide this matter from Pei Xiu, otherwise if he really waited for Dali Temple to investigate something first, it would leave a very bad impression on Pei Xiu, such as being very scheming and something like that.

Su Wuming's scheming is indeed very deep, but he doesn't want to be thought of crookedly, Su Wuming's scheming is only to protect himself, not to frame others or compete for fame and fortune.

Pei Xiu didn't say anything about this, if he told these situations in advance, everything would be easy to do, and at this time, they didn't have much time, so it would be great to have more people to help investigate.

When Pei Xiu left, the sky was getting dark, Su Wuming glanced at the night sky, and was ready to go to his two ladies to have a good time, but at this time, a eunuch hurriedly came to Su's mansion and said that the emperor had announced that Su had entered the palace without a name.