On the second day, when Han Jian was preparing to examine the internal officials of Jiangdu, it was the envoys of the Qi Dynasty who came to Jiangdu first, and the envoys seemed to be in a hurry to see Han Jian.

This time, the Qi Dynasty sent envoys, nominally sent by the little emperor. But in the final analysis, it was the Empress Dowager He who sent someone, and Zhu Tongjing, who used to be the head horse of the Empress Dowager He, is now not very different from before. Zhu Tongjing is one of the new four auxiliary ministers, and he has military power in his hands, and he is no longer the messenger who ran errands before.

"The Southern Dynasty sent envoys again, it was nothing more than a quibble about the prince's affairs, Lin Shangshu felt the need to see?"

For a whole morning, Lin Ke wandered around in front of Han Jian, intentionally or unintentionally. When he learned that the envoys of the Southern Dynasty had arrived in Jiangdu, he looked at Han Jian and asked Han Jian if he would go to meet the envoys immediately.

"His Royal Highness the East King can't see it, and the lower officials don't dare to ask." Lin Ke smiled knowingly, feeling that he was not treated well by Han Jian, so he went outside.

Han Jian sorted out the list of existing officials in the imperial court, only to find that there were so many people who "ate white rice" under his hands, and people from the imperial court factions, but all those who had official products and official names had ready-made Yulu in Jiangdu. It is only Jiangdu's finances that are at a loss.

"King Dong, what are you doing?" The voice came from the door of the temporary office of the imperial court, and Han Jian looked over when he heard the sound, but it was the empress in formal clothes.

Eyebrows and apricot eyes, because of a crown, but also with the majesty of the empress.

After the empress came to Jiangdu, Han Jian had never seen the empress dressed like this.

"Please give your majesty a greeting." In front of many ministers, Han Jian's attitude was still very respectful, and he was polite and courteous. "Your Majesty has come, and the minister has not had time to greet him, and please atone for his sins."

"I'm here to see you and catch the progress of the Assassins." The Queen's Road.

Han Jian sighed helplessly, since he sent the empress back to the palace in the morning, he felt that the empress was not focused on catching the assassin, but seemed to be deliberately giving him a problem.

It will take three days to arrest the assassin who assassinated Gu Weipan, and Han Jian really can't imagine that he can do it without playing tricks.

Han Jianping retired from the officials present, leaving him and the empress alone. And the Empress sat down at this time. This is the second time she has come to the imperial court's office. The first time was the day she was retrieved from the Buddhist temple by Han Jian, and she had no intention of looking at the new imperial court yamen at that time.

"Your Majesty is a little rushed, isn't it?" After the person, Han Jian's tone still regained-for-tat.

The Empress didn't mind either, and hummed softly. Said: "King of the East." I didn't know what I told you yesterday. Something. It's better to make it clear to you. ”

"What did His Majesty say? Could it be His Majesty against the Assassins...... What's the clue? ”

"I didn't know that Mrs. Gu would be assassinated beforehand, where did the clues come from? It's you, on the other hand, who have always resisted my attitude. But because I didn't answer you about the Punishment Division? ”

Han Jian was slightly stunned, he had to think about why the empress would suddenly tell him about the Punishment Division. The empress has been keeping this question secret.

"Actually, when you asked me about Ling Jun that day, I actually wanted to sue you a long time ago. But you still have to wait until the right time, the deputy chief of the listening department, after the accident in Luoyang, you have probably been looking for this person, but is this so? ”

Han Jian didn't answer, he didn't want to worry too much about the question of where Ling Jun was. In the end, the empress has a power conflict with him, and he doesn't want to make his relationship with the empress too stiff.

"Actually, Deputy Chief Ling has always been by your side, but you don't know it." The Empress said.

His Majesty said this, and the minister didn't understand it very well. Could it be that this Deputy Chief Ling has no other identity? ”

Han Jian thought carefully about the people around him, who could be the leader of this mysterious work, Yi Die himself was the object of his most suspicion, but Yi Die, as his daughter's family, had been lurking in the camp of the chaotic party for many years, how could he have the ability to rule the internal yamen of the entire Shen Criminal Division?

Regarding Yu Han, the leader of the Shen Criminal Division, he knew that this person had become a figure of Yang Yu's party after the Luoyang incident, and after the rebellion in Luoyang, this person disappeared from the political field.

"What I'm trying to say is that she's actually your master." The Queen's Road.

Han Jian smiled coldly and said, "Your Majesty is joking with the ministers?" ”

"If you don't believe it, don't believe it. Deputy Chief Ling is indeed a person, but in charge of the internal office of the Prudential Criminal Division, how can he take care of everything with just one person? I say this to let you know that your master is also from the Shen Criminal Division, and she has done a lot of things for me, and many times, she is the 'Deputy Chief Ling'. In the past two years, this title has not accurately referred to a person. ”

Han Jian thought about the empress's words for a moment, although there was some truth, he still couldn't fully believe it.

For a huge intelligence system, although the general person in charge is needed, the empress still doesn't trust "outsiders" after all, and Fa Ye, as her junior sister, is not married, has no relatives, and is very loyal to her, so it is indeed suitable to be the person in charge. But the key is that Fa Yi is also a woman, and Fa Yi does not have the ability to coordinate and dispatch a huge intelligence agency and dispatch tens of millions of people to secretly conduct intelligence investigations.

When Han Jian thought about it, he felt that the empress was fooling him to reassure him.

I didn't believe it in my heart, but Han Jian didn't express it like this. Han Jian said: "I see. His Majesty came today to sue Sùchen about this? ”

"Didn't I say that I had come to inquire about the Assassins?" The Queen's Road.

"The minister also said, but there is no progress." Han Jian replied coldly.

The empress said coldly: "Then I ask you, if someone you trust makes the move of assassinating Gu Taifu, what decision will you make?" ”

Han Jian felt that it was not right when he heard this, the people he trusted around him, on the whole, were either subordinates of the East Wangfu or his family. No matter who it is, he doesn't dare to make such a mistake and kill Gu Weipan directly, because Gu Weipan's relationship with him is well known, that is his father-in-law, and he is very respectful to him.

"Your Majesty said this, the minister didn't understand it very well."

"Dongwang, you are so clever that you can't even figure it out? Or do you not want to think? At present, there are not a few people who hope that Mrs. Gu will have something. ”

Han Jian was a little dissatisfied, this was clearly a point, and the empress meant that the Eastern Palace's mansion could not tolerate Gu Weipan's existence. If Han Jian didn't take action personally, the people of the East Wangfu would also assassinate him on his behalf.

"Since His Majesty asks, the minister may as well make a promise to His Majesty here, if the person trusted by the minister does such a thing, the minister will definitely handle it impartially." Han Jian bowed and saluted.

"Well, I remember what you said. However, I still want to remind you that the three-day period cannot be changed. I don't want you to cover up the offender, and if you can really enforce the law impartially, I will feel some relief in my heart, which shows that I did not choose the wrong person. ”

When the empress said this, she seemed to be very emotional, which made Han Jian smell some signs that were not so good.

Han Jian almost asked a sentence, could it be that you did it?

Thinking of this, Han Jian was also shocked in his heart. In terms of trust, he can be said to have "great trust" in the Empress, and he never doubted that the Empress would have something to do with such things. The assassination of the minister was still the Xiangguo appointed by her personally, Gu Weipan did things respectfully, although he got closer to the Dongwang Mansion, but he did not betray the empress. Does the empress have a motive to kill Gu Weipan?

"Majesty, you ......"

"I'm going back to rest. Remember the three-day period. ”

The empress finally reminded again, pulled away, Han Jian sent it to the door, and found that Han Jian was going in the direction of the dormitory, and she came out this time, just with a few palace maids.

When the empress left, Lin Ke poked his head out again, he had already gone out, and when he came back and saw that the empress was there, he naturally didn't dare to go in and disturb, so he sat in front of the railing in the corner, and only then did he come over.

"Lin Shangshu, let me ask you, who is most likely to assassinate Mrs. Gu?" Han Jian glanced at Lin Ke and asked.

"Could it be that the king of the east is suspicious of the lower officials?" Lin Ke replied with a look of cowardice.

Han Jian turned around and walked towards the hall as he said, "Lin Shangshu doesn't think that if you are a member of the court, this king will not suspect you?" Yesterday, His Majesty also said to this king, you have written to Your Majesty, insisting on making the third prince the crown prince......"

"Oops...... This ......" Lin Ke panicked for a moment, and from his reaction, Han Jian felt that this matter was not a random fiction of the empress.

"Your Majesty doesn't always make something out of nothing, does it?" Han Jian said again.

"Naturally not, the lower officials also did not change things, thinking that the three princes could share their worries for His Majesty, assist His Majesty in the future, and establish a foundation for the world, who knows...... Alas! His Royal Highness the King of the East, the minister dares to ask, why did Your Majesty mention the matter of the year to you? ”

"You don't have to ask. Asked, do you think this king will say to you casually? Han Jian sat down and picked up the teacup, only to find that the teacup was empty. The tea just now was already drunk by him.

"Come on, serve tea!" Han Jian let out a loud shout, and at this time, Yang Xiuxiu came in with a teapot, as if he had known that he would drink tea.

Yang Xiuxiu saluted first, and Han Jian couldn't say anything, so he stepped forward and poured tea for Han Jian, and after pouring the tea, he wanted to retire, but found that there was a very uncoordinated Lin Ke standing next to him. She looked at Lin Ke's appearance, and felt that Lin Ke should be being reprimanded by Han Jian at this time, with an unnatural expression.

"Lord Anping, if it's okay, shouldn't you go down first, this king has something to talk to Lin Shangshu." Han Jian reminded Yang Xiuxiu.

"What the king of the east reminded is that the concubine is rude." Yang Xiuxiu shrugged, that meant as if to say, I just want to rely on this, what can you do with me?

But she didn't insist, and finally went down with the teapot.

At this time, Lin Kecai was a little nervous and said, "Could it be that His Majesty suspected of assassinating Gu Taifu, but it was a subordinate official?" ”

Han Jianxin said, you really guessed this right. Although the empress didn't say it thoroughly, she meant it to him.

"Lin Shangshu, you don't want to think about it, even if His Majesty has doubts about you, will he say it to this king? Even if His Majesty is intimate with this king and tells this king, this king will say it clearly in front of you? (To be continued......)