"My lord, could you please take a step to speak?" Ye Ping stepped forward and arched his hand towards Han Dao.

She has been in Dali Temple for so many years, what wind and waves have not been seen, although this case is tricky, the impact is also very bad, but it has not reached the point of powerlessness, I already have eyebrows in my heart, but many times I have to worry about more than just the facts of the case, at this time, I have to worry more about the meaning of the top.

"Say it." Han Dao paced with her irritably, and simply tore off the official hat on his head, "I'm afraid I won't be able to wear this hat for a while." ”

"My lord, I suspect that this case is related to King Qi." Ye Ping didn't answer, but opened her mouth directly.

Han Dao's eyes were slightly condensed, but his expression was very helpless, "You just said that you suspected that when Ah San was hit by Gu that week, I had some doubts, heh, it's not just this time, when the previous cases were full of turmoil in the city, I felt that I couldn't get away with King Qi, but so what?" ”

Emperor Longqing was so concerned about these cases, precisely because these cases were when he was in power, and the cases were accompanied by rumors, saying that the young master was immoral and incompetent, and he was unworthy of his responsibilities, so all kinds of strange things happened, and it was God who warned Daliang.

In fact, everyone knows who is behind the rumors.

"No matter how difficult the case is, it can be solved after a little more effort, but now it is not about finding evidence, and the case can be solved," Han Dao sneered, "If you really catch King Qi's handle, is it any use?" A few days ago, Yushitai also caught the handle of King Qi's son, and went crazy to join him, and finally didn't he end it? ”

The two of them fell into silence, the affairs of the Yushitai were known to the court, and they knew that in the end, Emperor Longqing not only did not punish the prince of Qi, but also treated Yushi Zhongcheng coldly, not to mention that it was useless to catch the handle of King Qi, even if King Qi killed people and set fire in the capital, they could only turn a blind eye, and maybe they would have to make excuses for him.

The court has been jealous of King Qi for a long time, and Su Xiang tried every means to keep King Qi's son in Beijing as a hostage, but he could only stabilize King Qi for a few years.

It's a pity that King Qi is on one side, and the southern border is almost all his territory, if Emperor Longqing acts rashly, he may not be able to calm King Qi, and he will die himself, so he has been mainly pacified over the years.

King Qi was reluctant to come to the court every year old, and Emperor Longqing did not dare to deal with him, but gave him a lot of gold, silver and jade silk.

But in the past year, Emperor Longqing has also made some moves in the south, and he may not have the intention of making a move against King Qi.

"I'm not afraid of investigating the case, I'm afraid I'm afraid of getting involved between the court and King Qi." Ye Ping smiled bitterly, "I hope the adults will make it clear." ”

"This is another hot potato, how can you let me make it clear?" Han Dao said annoyedly.

If he made up a lie to find a scapegoat for these cases, firstly, it would not be able to stop everyone's mouths, and secondly, it would fuel the arrogance of King Qi, and maybe it would make Emperor Longqing think that he was secretly helping King Qi.

If something really finds out, it will be to roast Emperor Longqing on the fire, even if he can't attack them for a while, he will have to settle accounts in the future.

With the style of the imperial court in the past few years, even if this case was secretly planned by King Qi, he could only pinch his nose and suffer this dumb loss, and he would never dare to tear this matter out, so if Ye Ping insisted on investigating in this direction, it would not only be in vain, but would cause fire.

Counting left and right, they are all dead in this game, Han Dao looked at Wen Shao'an, and his heart was excited.

"Looking for your junior brother, since the emperor asked him to investigate the case with you, let him go to the emperor to reveal his breath, so that the emperor knows in his heart, and we will investigate this case slowly, see what the emperor means, and then make a decision. Your junior brother is a hot close minister, and he can speak more effectively than anyone else. ”

"My lord, do you think the emperor will know what to do?" Ye Ping smiled bitterly, "Wen Shao'an is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, I am afraid that our movements here have already reached the ears of the emperor, and the emperor at this time is afraid that he has been roasted on the fire." ”

"Then ......" Han Dao's face was discouraged, since Emperor Longqing still didn't say it when he knew it in his heart, it meant that someone was going to take the initiative to take the blame for this matter, as the prefect of Dali Temple, who else would there be besides him?

The danger of the career is that you have obviously not done anything wrong in many things, and everyone knows that the responsibility is not yours, but in order to give an explanation to the world, you still have to sacrifice you, this kind of thing seems to be unusual, but few people will be willing.

Han Dao's lips trembled, "That's it, you and I should be like this, you should investigate this case first, I will go to Cui Xiang to ask for the guilt first, just ask the emperor and Cui Xiang to be gracious and keep this head on our neck." ”

"Don't worry, don't you want to be left." Ye Ping's face was still cold, but there was no Han Dao's dejection, "The emperor has been roasted on the fire for so many years, do you think he has already made a decision?" ”

Han Dao was dumbfounded, the court has indeed tolerated King Qi everywhere over the years, but the meaning of the court may not be the meaning of Emperor Longqing, the young and vigorous emperor is extraordinary, where is he willing to be held hostage by King Qi.

The government affairs of the imperial court are controlled by civil officials, for them, whether it is Emperor Longqing or King Qi, they are the Xiao royal family, and holding each other hostage will not destroy the foundation of civil rule, but will make Emperor Longqing jealous everywhere and rely on them, so they have been doing things every day for these years, and if they do too much, it has become a habit, and even Han Dao subconsciously feels that no matter how much King Qi does, he can't tear his face.

No one cares about Emperor Longqing's face, and no one will figure out his thoughts, after all, his thoughts have nothing to do with the overall situation.

But when Ye Ping mentioned this, Han Dao vaguely understood something, and came down in a cold sweat, "This, this is what Master Wen meant?" ”

Wen Shao'an is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and his meaning represents the meaning of Emperor Longqing to a certain extent.

Ye Ping was noncommittal, "My lord, we only have one way now, and that is to find out the truth." ”

This sounds like nonsense, but Han Dao understands what it means, what is the truth? That is, King Qi is going to rebel.

It was clear that King Qi wanted to rebel, and it was not King Qi who provoked, but Cui Xiang, who most wanted to maintain the current situation.

Cui Xiangquan leans towards the government and the opposition, and can be called the minister of power, but if it is something else, Han Dao is not afraid of him, and the previous Su Xiang is also in power, and he was also pulled off the horse, just because he tore his face with King Qi, I am afraid that it is not only Cui Xiang who will be offended, but the entire civil official group.

In recent years, the most taboo in the court is to use troops and horses, the generals have nothing to do, and those nobles are just adding some talking points to the capital, and they have no power in their hands at all, and they have long been squeezed out of the core of power.