Chapter 285: Criticism
After the emperor went to court, he summoned Xiao Hanyin and planned to directly hand over this matter to him to deal with.
"Your Majesty, some ministers in the court have recently felt that Weichen is related to the injury of His Royal Highness, and this matter is handed over to Weichen to investigate, for fear that it will cause criticism from others!"
In fact, Xiao Hanyin also wanted to know how powerful it was to kill so many of his subordinates.
However, the people in the court were already suspicious of him, and no matter what he investigated, others would think that he was hiding what he had done.
In any case, he didn't want others to speculate at will, so he planned not to interfere in this matter and secretly investigate it himself.
"I believe in you, as long as you can find out the truth, naturally no one will misunderstand you anymore!" The emperor knew his worries, but at present, apart from Xiao Hanyin, there was no one around him who he completely trusted.
Some ministers in the court were confused by the appearance of the matter, thinking that the matter was done by Xiao Hanyin.
If he really wanted to murder the second prince, the other party didn't know how many times he had died......
Even if the second prince is his son, he will not be partial, after all, his ability is indeed not as good as Xiao Hanyin.
Xiao Hanyin is even a few years younger than him, but both in terms of style and ability, he is more outstanding than the second prince.
This is also the reason why the emperor wants to reuse him.
In the end, Xiao Hanyin couldn't refuse, but still agreed.
After everyone saw the emperor's attitude, they didn't dare to talk nonsense.
After all, the emperor personally handed over the matter to Xiao Hanyin, which is enough to show that he trusts Xiao Hanyin in his heart.
The emperor has expressed his attitude, how dare they speak out about Xiao Hanyin?
The people in the court soon stopped looking at him with strange eyes.
However, those ministers who took refuge in the second prince still felt that this matter was secretly instructed by Xiao Hanyin.
At the moment, the emperor is just deceived by him......
In order to find out the truth, Xiao Hanyin sent a lot of people to track down the group of people who assassinated the second prince.
It's a pity that the place where the second prince was assassinated has been cleaned up, and no relevant clues can be found except for the corpses of their men.
Obviously, after the second prince fled, those people secretly destroyed everything related to their identity.
Such a neat and neat method is very similar to the work of a killer, but according to what his secret guard said, Xiao Hanyin feels that those people are more like soulless puppets who are controlled by others.
After investigating for several days, Xiao Hanyin did not make any progress on his side, so he had no choice but to visit the second prince first.
After all, the second prince is the target of the other party this time.
He'd been up close to those people, and he might be able to remember something.
Although the second prince saved his life, he did not wake up until yesterday.
When Xiao Hanyin saw him, he had just drunk the medicine and was originally going to lie down and rest.
However, the second prince knew why Xiao Hanyin came.
After he woke up yesterday, the henchmen around him told him everything that happened after he fell unconscious......
Regarding the emperor's request for Xiao Hanyin to find out and assassinate his murderer, the second prince was not without words in his heart, but that was what his father meant, and he had to endure it.
"Your Highness is feeling better?" Xiao Hanyin came to investigate the matter, so he didn't bring anything.
Their husband and wife have already turned against the second prince, and for Xiao Hanyin, he would rather take things to feed the dogs than give them to the second prince.
"Can't die!" There are no outsiders at the moment, and when the second prince talks to him, he doesn't pretend to be kind as usual.
"The lower official came today to ask about the assassination of His Royal Highness that day, I wonder if His Royal Highness can tell the lower official about the situation at that time?" Xiao Hanyin asked.
"Those people suddenly rushed out, as soon as they saw this prince, they were like crazy, they raised their knives and killed, and this prince attacked them, but they were as if they didn't feel pain, and this prince couldn't defeat them in the end, and was injured by their men!" At that time, he was concerned about saving his life, and he didn't pay attention to too many details at all.
However, he was very surprised that the emperor would hand over the matter to Xiao Hanyin to investigate.
Now those rumors in the imperial city, although he has just woken up, he has also heard it.
"Has the Second Highness noticed any of their characteristics?" What he said was so general that Xiao Hanyin couldn't discern any useful information from his words at all.
"Nope!" The second prince said weakly.
"Xia Guan found out a few days ago that His Royal Highness sent some of his subordinates out, I don't know where they all went?" Xiao Han faintly saw that he seemed to be hiding something, and his heart was even more unhappy.
This matter involves not only the second prince, but also the lives of his innocent subordinates.
His subordinates all died to protect the second prince, but he didn't know anything, Xiao Hanyin couldn't wait to get rid of this scourge long ago.
However, now that such a thing has happened, even if the emperor has acquiesced to get rid of the second prince, he can't do it immediately.
After all, not only did he have no evidence, but he couldn't even figure out the actions of the second prince.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" He deliberately pretended to be stupid and avoided Xiao Hanyin's question.
What his subordinates are doing, apart from him, only a few of his own henchmen know.
Xiao Hanyin and Liu Qingshao must not know about this matter, otherwise, with their minds, they are afraid that they will try their best to make his shops unable to open.
The second prince needs silver to take care of everything, and now in addition to doing business, it is impossible for him to always have silver to support his own flowers. bar
"Since His Highness insists on doing so, it is not good for the lower officials to continue to ask, but the murderer has not been caught yet, please be careful in the future!" Xiao Hanyin left with a cold face.
He made it clear that he was unwilling to cooperate, and Xiao Hanyin's anger had no effect.
In order to be able to hand over to the emperor as soon as possible, he arranged for a lot of his subordinates to chase him out of the imperial city, wanting to try it and see if he could see any clues.
What the second prince has done, it is impossible to really go without a trace.
What's more, more than a dozen people just disappeared without a trace, but they couldn't find their bodies, and he felt a little uneasy in his heart.
He always felt that the second prince seemed to be brewing some big conspiracy, in order to defeat himself and Liu Qingshao......
In the next few days, Xiao Hanyin checked almost all the people who had contact with the second prince, and he really found traces.
There is nothing in the world that can really be done seamlessly.
Although the second prince has been concealing it, Xiao Hanyin still found a person.
That man used to be a killer, but when he assassinated another master on the rivers and lakes, he was not only defeated by the other party, but even almost lost his life, and it was the second prince who happened to pass by and saved him.
The second prince not only saved his life, but also sent someone to treat his injuries, and he lay in bed for a whole month before surviving.
Since then, he has been following the second prince with all his heart.
However, after a few months, he disappeared from the second prince's side.
An ordinary killer, whether he goes or stays, will not attract too many people's attention at all.
Xiao Hanyin has checked the second prince many times, and he has never paid attention to this person, but his time by the second prince's side is too short, and everyone has no impression of him......
If it weren't for the fact that those people left the imperial city in a hurry and didn't know where to go, he wouldn't have ordered his men to settle the matter that year.
Originally, he was just an inconspicuous killer, but Xiao Hanyin felt that this matter was not simple.
Since the second prince saved each other's lives, with the other party's love and righteousness, it is impossible to leave for no reason.
Therefore, he felt that that person was probably going to do something for the second prince.
So, Xiao Hanyin ordered his subordinates to immediately find out the whereabouts of the killer, he had a hunch that as long as he found out the whereabouts of the other party, he would be able to know the secret that the second prince had always wanted to hide.
Three days later, his subordinates finally found the whereabouts of the man, and it turned out that he had indeed not completely left the second prince, but was managing a restaurant in the imperial city for him.
Xiao Hanyin never expected that the restaurant would be the property of the second prince.
At the beginning, when Liu Qingshao made a move against him, he had never made a move against this restaurant.
The three caves of the cunning rabbit are used to describe the second prince, which is simply too appropriate.
He had done so many things secretly, apparently he had already guessed that they would probably keep an eye on his business, so he deliberately found someone who seemed to have nothing to do with him to manage the restaurant.
That person had only been by his side for four months, and most people didn't know him, which was why the second prince put him in the imperial city.
It's a pity that this matter was still found out by him.
However, Xiao Hanyin knew very well that if he continued to follow that person to investigate, he would probably be startled.
After he went back, he told Liu Qingshao about it.
"The second prince is really hiding deep enough, in order to prevent me from dealing with his business, this method has been thought of!" Liu Qingshao said with a smile on the corner of her mouth.
"Paper can't hold the fire, some things can't be hidden!" A few days ago, he had been trying to find a way to investigate the evidence of the second prince's attempt to usurp the throne, and he didn't pay attention to it at all.
However, now that he has found out, he will naturally not sit idly by.
"I'll send someone to that restaurant tomorrow to find out what's going on!" Now that she has found out, she must find a way to teach the second prince a lesson.
If it weren't for him, I am afraid that my life with Xiao Hanyin would be much easier.
"Be careful, today I went to the second prince to investigate his assassination, I'm afraid he has already guessed some clues!" Xiao Hanyin had no intention of involving Liu Qingshao in this matter.
However, in terms of business, it is faster for her to investigate it in person.
They are now husband and wife, and many things are difficult to hide from Liu Qingshao.
Xiao Hanyin knew in his heart that even if he didn't say it, Liu Qingshao would definitely do it.
"The second prince needs silver now, and in business, he doesn't dare to go head-to-head with me!" Besides, he won't give him that chance.
Liu Qingshao had already figured out what to do.
The next day, Liu Qingshao let people sneak into the restaurant to find out the news.
As a result, the people of the second prince were very vigilant, and although their subordinates were not discovered by their hands, they were not able to get any valuable clues.
Liu Qingshao is unwilling, she will not continue to let the second prince's business grow.
She wants to monopolize the business of the Imperial City, and now it is proceeding steadily, but there are many powerful and wealthy merchants in the Imperial City, and it is indeed not easy for her to take those people's businesses into her own hands.
However, now that she has the initiative, it is only a matter of time before she monopolizes the business.
Since the second prince is not giving up and has always wanted to go against them, she doesn't mind starting with him.
After Liu Qingshao's painstaking planning, she finally found out the secret of the second prince's restaurant.