Chapter 396: Who Else Is I Besides (II)

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Zhen'er is proficient in military strategy and government affairs, and can also judge cases, but I didn't expect it, but maybe Qin Shangshu of the Criminal Department is now sick at home, and the Criminal Department is now leaderless, can Zhen'er dare to do it? Li Shimin's voice was not too big, but Li Zhen was taken aback, and looked at Li Shimin with a look of disbelief, and he really didn't know how to answer for a while.

The Shangshu of the Criminal Department, this official title sounds not small, the court member of the Eight Classics, the authority and energy in his hands are also very large, and what is more interesting is that the Criminal Department was originally Li Tai's territory, and now if Li Zhen becomes the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, he only needs to use his hands and feet, and he can kick all Li Tai's forces out of the Criminal Department by dividing them by two, thus cutting off Li Tai's most powerful arm. Sounds wonderful, right? However, it is not so simple, the problem is that in the situation at this time, not to mention the murder of Li Zhi, the Criminal Department has to bear heavy responsibility, and regardless of the pressure from the princes that Li Zhen has to face after serving as the secretary of the Criminal Department, it is said that when the position of the East Palace is vacant, after Li Zhen becomes the secretary of the Criminal Department, can the position of the East Palace still have a share? This is a serious problem.

In Li Zhen's opinion, this is a signal, there are too many mysteries inside, so much that Li Zhen can't see through all the secrets for a while, but no matter what, the old man's determination to investigate the case publicly is already a sure thing, but why should such things be handed over to himself, who is one of the heirs, but Li Zhen is a little confused, but anyway, since the old man has let go at such a time, it is impossible to allow Li Zhen to express different opinions, yes, although Li Zhen has doubts in his heart, But he quickly regained his thoughts, bowed and said: The son is willing to share his father's worries.

Li Shimin did not answer immediately, but looked at Li Zhen cautiously for a while, and saw that Li Zhen's face quickly changed from suspicion to calmness, and there was no slightest abnormality, so he nodded with satisfaction and said: Okay, if Zhen'er can be in charge of the Criminal Department, I will be able to sleep peacefully.

Yes, son-in-law! Li Zhen was also anxious to go back to the house to discuss with the two great strategists, but he was not hypocritical, and when he heard the old man let go, he hurriedly bowed down and answered, exited the study, took the umbrella and poncho that Liu Donghe diligently handed over, declined Liu Donghe's proposal to send someone to send him, and strode towards the palace gate alone.

Alas, not long after Li Zhen left, Li Shimin, who had always been sitting on the Hu bed, finally stood up, walked to the window, looked at the night sky with heavy rain, sighed, and then suddenly raised his voice and shouted: Someone!

Liu Donghe, who was waiting at the door of the study, hurriedly led a few small eunuchs into the study, bowed down and said: The old slave is here.

Li Shimin didn't even look back, but said calmly: Spread my will, and the day after tomorrow will be early!

This is the first time that Li Shimin ordered the opening of the dynasty after returning to Beijing, which shows that Li Shimin has recovered from the pain of losing his son, and Liu Donghe's heart is hot, and he replied respectfully: Yes, the old slave will do it immediately. After a pause, he asked tentatively: Your Majesty, the kings are still in the Liangyi Palace, is it okay

Hum! Li Shimin turned his head abruptly, snorted coldly, and was so frightened that Liu Donghe fell to the ground in a hurry, his body trembling like sifting chaff, and secretly hated himself for being so dignified.

Let's all go back. After Li Shimin glared at Liu Donghe angrily for a while, he waved his hand angrily and said impatiently.

Yes, the old slave retired. Liu Donghe didn't dare to say more this time, respectfully agreed, got up, cautiously exited the study, and went to handle the relevant matters without mentioning it

It's home, it's finally home! Looking at the open gate of the Yue Palace, Li Zhen had a sour nose for no reason, and tears flowed straight down with the rain out of the palace, Li Zhen did not take the carriage sent by Liu Dequan, the housekeeper of the palace, and still rode the fire dragon horse that was set up by the Qingshui River in the battle of the Qingshui River, and rushed to the palace in the rain, not Li Zhen's hypocrisy, but because Li Zhen thought the carriage was slow, he was anxious to go back to the house to discuss with the two strategists. Knowing that this is Chang'an City, it is really not appropriate for a ghost to scream in the middle of the night, so he resisted this impulse, and just muttered a few words, but the tears couldn't stop flowing out.

Your Highness, it's Your Highness, hurry, hurry up to greet Your Highness. Liu Dequan, the housekeeper who had been waiting on the steps in front of the palace with an umbrella for a long time, saw a group of people turn the wall in front of the palace, and shouted when he landed, and he didn't care about the heavy rain, so he ran down the steps tremblingly, and lay down in the rain, choking and shouting: The old slave knocked on His Royal Highness, and the old slave finally looked forward to you back.

For Liu Dequan, the old eunuch who has followed him for nearly ten years, Li Zhen still has some nostalgia for the old, although the old eunuch Liu has been doing some small actions in private for himself during this period of time, for his own benefit, but Li Zhen didn't take it to heart, just no longer let him participate in the secrets of the palace, the housekeeper still let him be, at this time, seeing Liu Dequan trembling with excitement, Li Zhenzi was also quite moved, turned over and got off the horse, stretched out his hand to help Liu Dequan, and said with a smile: At this time, the king of Japan was not in Beijing, and he worked hard for Gonggong Liu.

It is a blessing for an old slave to be able to serve His Highness. Liu Dequan didn't expect Li Zhen to help himself with his own hands, and he was so excited that he burst into tears for a while, expressing his loyalty one after another, and then he was agitated, and said loudly: Your Highness, please come inside, the old slave has prepared soup, please change your clothes and bathe.

At this time, Li Zhen had something in her heart, and she was anxious to discuss with the two strategists, so she didn't want to delay more, so she smiled and said: This is not in a hurry, well, this is good, this king has not eaten yet, so please trouble Gonggong Liu to send some meals to the inner study. As soon as he finished speaking, Li Zhen ignored Liu Dequan's protests, smiled and walked into the gate of the palace, and rushed to the inner study with a familiar way.

See Your Highness. As soon as they saw Li Zhen walk in, the three cores of the Yue Wangfu who were talking in a whisper immediately stopped talking, and each got up to salute Li Zhen, among them, Na Long and Yan Da had not seen Li Zhen for more than two years.

Mr. Na, Yan Da, when the king was not in Beijing, the two of you worked hard, and the king is here to thank you. When Li Zhen saw Na Long and Yan Da, she was very excited, bowed her hand, and saluted the two. How dare Na Long and Yan Da really accept Li Zhen's gift, and hurriedly retreated, saying that they didn't dare to be.

Two deserve it. Li Zhen meticulously finished the salute, and then said with a sincere face: Although this king is far away, he also knows the bad situation in Beijing, and fortunately the two of them have full support, otherwise this king does not know when he will be able to return to Beijing.

Na and Yan have been following Li Zhen for a long time, knowing that Li Zhen is not a person who tells lies and politeness, at this time, seeing Li Zhen say this, his heart can't help but swell up with the leakage of the death of the confidant, and the corners of his eyes can't help but moisten, and he doesn't know what to say for a while.

As soon as he mentioned the matter, Li Zhenzi was no longer hypocritical, nodded his head, walked to the top position and sat down, waved his hand at Yan Da and said: Let's talk about the situation on the day of the accident in the East Palace.

Be. Yan bowed down in response, and then cleared his throat and said: Your Highness, according to investigation, on the day of the death of the prince, the men and horses on both sides of King Wu and King Wei were mobilized, and it seemed that they had long expected that something would happen in the East Palace, but the strange thing was that neither side had launched, until Li Jing, the Duke of Wei, came forward to support the overall situation, and the men and horses on both sides of Wu and Wei all died down and calmed down. In addition, since the death of the crown prince, his subordinates have ordered the Rising Sun to search for the missing martial artists everywhere, but to this day, no trace of him has been found, and it is suspected that he has been killed.

Killed? Hey, no way! As for characters like Wu Meiniang, how can it be easy to finish playing, there must be a hidden secret here! Li Zhen didn't pay much attention to the movements of Wu and Wei, without him, there was an accident in the East Palace, if one of them joined forces, as early as in Li Zhen's expectations, the only thing that was unclear was who was the real murderer of the two, and the investigation was about to be launched, Li Zhen didn't care much at this time, but felt a little puzzled about Wu Meiniang's bizarre disappearance, and couldn't find out Wu Meiniang's whereabouts with the means of the rising sun, so there were only two possibilities: one is that Wu Meiniang has been quietly extinguished, But Li Zhen will never believe this easily, the second is that there is a big force protecting or detaining Wu Meiniang, and those who can avoid the rising sun in Chang'an are nothing more than a few, there are not only the dark forces under the princes, but also the eldest grandson Wuji and other big valve families, but it is not a simple matter to judge who Wu Meiniang falls into, as soon as she thinks that Wu Meiniang, the femme fatale, has slipped away, Li Zhen is bored in her heart, and pondered silently for a while, I didn't have a clue, so I shook my head, glanced at Yan Da, and said calmly: Increase the intensity of the investigation, you have to see people in life, you have to see corpses in death, and you have to dig three feet into the ground to find out Wu Meiniang to this king!

Yes, subordinates understand. Although Yan Da didn't understand why Li Zhen attached so much importance to such a fugitive concubine who couldn't turn over the big waves, he didn't dare to ask a question and replied respectfully.

Well, it's okay to do it in secret. Li Zhen didn't want to make too much noise in Wu Meiniang's matter, and when she saw that Yan Da had agreed, she changed the topic with a word of advice: What have those brothers of this king been busy with lately?

Yan Da Zhengrong replied: Your Royal Highness, the first to arrive in Beijing was King Ji, who has not gone out since returning to Beijing on the sixth day of the sixth month of June, except for entering the palace to ask for peace and keeping a wake for the prince; King Wu is the ninth day of June to Beijing, King Wei is the first ten of June to Beijing, the two kings before and after a day difference, after returning to Beijing also have no private communication, however, according to the rudder report of the Eastern Capital, the two kings before and after the foot to the Eastern Capital, and had a meeting, gathered for about an hour, the things talked about are unknown, and then the King of Wu went first, the King of Wei rested in the Eastern Capital for a day, during which he had been to the White Horse Temple, Baiyun Temple and other places to visit, and the Baiyun Temple of the main Tieguan Daoist had a secret discussion, the specific content is unknown, according to investigation, This Tieguan Daoist officially assassinated His Royal Highness in Qizhou, the thief Dao, is a member of the Shu King Li Su's subordinates, however, after the King of Shu arrived in Beijing on June 12, he has never had a private meeting with other kings, except for entering the palace to ask for peace and guarding the spirit, he only drinks and has fun in the palace every day, and his voice is excessive.

Uh-huh, in this way, Lao Tzu didn't look away in the Liangyi Hall before, these three bastards really hooked up, hey, the sixth damn it, he shouldn't have pulled him in the first place, now it's a good scar and forgot the pain, well, no! If the sixth brother hooked up with the two brothers, why did he make a fuss to lift the lid on Li Zhi's unjust death today, what is the strange here? Li Zhen's mind moved quickly, but the more she thought about it, the more confused she became, and after her face changed for a while, she let out a sigh and described in detail what happened to her entering the palace today, and finally asked two questions: What does my father mean by this? What is the sixth guy doing?

The book of the criminal department? After listening to Li Zhen's narration, Mo Li and Na Long almost muttered in unison, obviously they didn't expect Li Shimin to come to such a hand, and they couldn't see through the holy intention for a while, both of them lowered their heads and pondered, and the inner study was quiet, but at this moment, they heard the sound of Liu Dequan negotiating with Yingda outside the door, Li Zhen frowned, and then remembered that this was his own dinner, and raised his voice and said: Yingda, bring in the king's dinner.

Be. Ying Daying snapped together, led the two scholars who were waiting outside the study to bring in a few food boxes, set them up on the wide desk, and then saluted Li Zhen and quietly withdrew.

Li Zhen rushed for a day's journey, lunch was made with a few mouthfuls of dry food, and then he was depressed in the palace for nearly two hours, and he was already so hungry that his heart was close to his back, at this time, he saw that the two military advisors and Yanda were thinking hard, so they didn't bother, picked up the jade chopsticks by themselves, and prepared to start, but unfortunately, Li Zhen was destined to be unable to enjoy the food well, and this bite of food had not yet been caught in his mouth, so he heard Nalong shout: Okay! , Li Zhenden was taken aback, and the dish slipped back into the plate from the jade chopstick.

Whether the food is eaten or not is just a trivial matter, and it is important to be able to figure out where the holy will is, as soon as he heard Na Long's shout, Li Zhen couldn't care about eating, and put the jade chopsticks on the plate casually, looked at the excited Na Long suspiciously, and asked tentatively: What does Mr. Na mean by being good?

Na Long didn't open his mouth yet, but when he saw Mo Li shaking his feather fan, he also laughed and said, "Congratulations to Your Highness."

What? What? What? Li Zhen was confused by the mysterious appearance of the two strategists, and it can be seen that the two of them laughed silently, shook their heads helplessly, and said: The two military advisors are selling off, and this king can't bear to guess dumb riddles.

Seeing Li Zhen's distressed look, the two strategists glanced at each other, and each laughed loudly, laughing so much that Li Zhen was really a little anxious, but it was not easy to scold, and he couldn't help but be a little stupid.

Your Highness is not in a hurry, and Rong Mou said slowly. Na Long said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: Your Majesty's Sacred Heart has already been carried on His Royal Highness, how can such a major event not be congratulated?

What do you mean by that? Li Zhen still didn't understand, frowned and thought about it, still got nothing, scratched her head, and asked suspiciously.

This is a test, and the Holy Lord asked His Highness to serve as the secretary of the Criminal Department, but the drunkard did not mean to drink. Mo Li shook the feather fan in a chic manner, and explained with a smile: How can the saint not know that the prince is in trouble, and how can he not start to investigate, the reason why there was no clear edict to investigate before, is not to investigate, but to secretly investigate, the saint is benevolent, and he can't bear to have a white-haired person send a black-haired person to happen, His Royal Highness should be considerate of the saint's father's psychology.

Li Zhen is not an ignorant person, Mo Li said that Li Zhen has completely woken up when he said this, the old man asked Li Zhen to be the secretary of the criminal department, of course, to investigate the case, not only to investigate, but also to find out a reasonable truth, but what to do after finding out is to test Li Zhen's real exam questions, if you want to satisfy Li Shimin, but also to convince the world, the balance is a difficult problem in the way of the emperor, in other words, the exam question given by the old man will determine whether Li Zhen is an emperor's material, If you understand this, you will know where the divine will lies.

Glad? That's a natural thing, but Li Zhen is not the kind of person who gets carried away with himself, at this time he actually doesn't have much joy, but is thinking about how to start investigating the case and how to deal with it after it is found, but because the matter is not yet clear, but there is no clue at all, he simply doesn't think about it anymore, and turns the topic back to Li Su's strange behavior: What do you think about the matter of the sixth child?

It's not worth mentioning if you're smart. Na Long pursed his lips disdainfully and said: The King of Shu's move is just to provoke a fight between the three kings, it is best for the three kings to fight to the death, he can profit from it, although the scheming is vicious, but it is inevitable that he will not be able to measure himself, and it is not enough to worry about it!

Mo Li did not agree with Na Long's analysis, shook his feather fan and said: Brother Na must not underestimate the King of Shu and his person, hey, he can find out the strangeness of the prince's death at this time, he is also prepared, His Royal Highness still needs to be careful that it is good to play right and wrong between the two kings of Wu and Wei.

Brother Mo is too worried, jumping off the beam clown's ears, why worry too much, of course, it is also appropriate to be careful. Na Long was still not optimistic about Li Su's ability, and replied disapprovingly.

Well, what the two gentlemen said is reasonable, as for the sixth, let's see. Li Zhen saw that Mo Li and Na Long had different opinions, and hurriedly made a statement, which was regarded as an informal stop to the possible argument between the two major strategists Na Long and Mo Li are both wise men in the world, and their judgments on the court situation have always been very consistent, but this time there were differences in the judgment of Li Zhen, which made Li Zhen can't help but have a headache From the bottom of her heart, Li Zhen is still a little jealous of Li Su, who is good at pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, not to mention that this guy is hidden in the dark, no more than Wu and Wei, both sides are on the surface, The strength is clear at a glance, if he is secretly troubled, he may not be able to stir up a pond of troubled water, but Li Zhen is not a person who is afraid of things, since he has seen through Li Su's intentions, he will naturally be wary, but he is not worried that Li Su can make too much of a mess.

Your Highness, the Sacred Heart is clear, Your Highness should seize the opportunity and not be careless. Mo Li didn't dwell on Li Zhen anymore, but cautiously reminded Li Zhen.

Well, this king will be able to do it, at this time of crisis, who else can I be! The pride in Li Zhen's heart suddenly rose, slammed the table, roared heroically, and suddenly rose up domineeringly

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