Since then, several more days have passed.

The officials who had previously been sent to Nanzhili to investigate Yan Maoqing's case had compiled the course of the case and the results of the final investigation into a book and officially submitted it to the imperial court.

Of course, there is no discrepancy between the results of the investigation and the news that Yan Song, Yan Shifan, and his son got first.

Yan Maoqing accidentally fell into the water after being drunk, and the whole case was nothing more than an accident.

Since then, Yan Maoqing's case has been completely closed and closed by accident!

Although in the course of the investigation, these officials found some obvious suspicions, such as why there was no witness at the scene that night, or whether the cabin where Yan Maoqing lived was suspected to have been cleaned after the incident.

However, adhering to the principle that more is better than less, these officials who were sent by the imperial court to Nanzhili all tacitly chose to turn a blind eye.

After all, Yan Maoqing is dead, there is no need to offend the people behind the scenes for the sake of a dead person!

Forbidden City, Cabinet.

After Xu Jie, in the hands of Yan Song, took over the results of the investigation of Yan Maoqing's case that were reported to the imperial court by those officials, his face was full of gloom.

"Hmph, behind this must be Yan Song, an old thing, who is playing ghosts, how could Yan Maoqing, a person who is so greedy for life and afraid of death, be so careless, fall into the water and drown after getting drunk?"

"I remember that before leaving, Yan Maoqing went to Yan's Mansion to inquire about the news, could it be that Yan Song saw the clues at that time, which led to the murder?"

The more Xu Jie thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible, and his eyes gradually became sharper.

Then, I saw him put aside the investigation results in his hand, turned around, looked at Yan Song on the side, and turned to speak.

"Elder Yan Ge, do you think Yan Maoqing's case is a little strange?"

"Oh, yes, I don't think it's a problem!"

When Yan Song heard this, he put aside the processed envelope in his hand, and spoke unhurriedly.

Because the conversation between the two did not shy away from other people, it inevitably attracted the attention of Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Hu Zongxian and others.

After that, everyone stopped reading and looked in the direction of Yan Song and Xu Jie.

After perceiving everyone's gaze on him, Xu Jie did not show timidity, but picked up the investigation results again and raised his doubts.

"Elder Yan Ge, look, this is the confession of Yan Maoqing's personal guard."

"According to what he said, on the night of Yan Maoqing's disappearance, around midnight, he went to Yan Maoqing's cabin, and Yan Maoqing was still drinking in the cabin at that time, and he was already drunk!"

After being reprimanded, Yan Maoqing's personal guard left Yan Maoqing's cabin.

"At about midnight, Yan Maoqing's personal guards, according to the usual practice, went to Yan Maoqing's cabin to check the situation, and this time, when he entered Yan Maoqing's cabin, Yan Maoqing was missing!"

When Xu Jie said this, he paused for a moment and continued: "Let me ask, how can a person who is so drunk get out of the cabin without anyone to help him? ”

"Also, why weren't there any eyewitnesses at the scene during this process?"

After Xu Jie finished talking about this case and the doubts that existed, he looked in the direction where Yan Song was, waiting for his response.

"Alas, people are old and useless, the old man didn't see any of the doubts that Xu Ge said before, what a shame!"

When the words fell, I saw Yan Song put on a look of hindsight, squinted his eyes, and said with emotion.

Seeing this situation, Xu Jie's heart became more and more convinced, the case of Yan Maoqing's drowning must have nothing to do with Yan Song.

"Yan Song, you old thing, you're still pretending to be stupid, I don't believe you didn't see it, you can hide it from others, but you can't hide it from me Xu Jie!"

"Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this case is full of suspicions, it is absolutely impossible to be an accident, it must be that Yan Maoqing found some key clues when he was investigating the case in Zhejiang, which caused the murder!"

After this, I saw Xu Jie suppress all the chaotic thoughts in his heart, looked in the direction where Yan Song was, and turned to speak.

"There are still doubts in this case, we can't just end the case so hastily, after coming down later, I will personally give His Majesty a lesson!"

After Xu Jie finished speaking, a pair of eyes stared at Yan Song, wanting to see something from his face.

Facing Xu Jie's scrutinizing gaze, Yan Song looked fearless, only to see him nodding and saying in response.

"Since Elder Xu Ge feels that there are still suspicious points in this case, then go up to Your Majesty and investigate it again!"

……

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

At this moment, Jiajing was sitting cross-legged on the futon, his eyes seemed to be closed, and Jiajing had already fallen into a meditative state at this time.

With Jiajing's vomit and acceptance, the aura between heaven and earth seemed to resonate with him, and in this process, Jiajing's breath slowly became stronger, and his complexion became more and more ruddy.

Since entering the late stage of Qi cultivation, although Jiajing's control over his own strength has become stronger and stronger, his cultivation speed has inevitably slowed down.

Right now, Jiajing has already hit a bottleneck, no matter how much he cultivates on weekdays, the mana that can be increased is also very small, and only by breaking through this bottleneck can he have a chance to break through to the foundation building period.

I don't know how long time has passed, and the aura in the Qianqing Palace has been absorbed by Jiajing, and then, I saw Jiajing withdraw from the cultivation state and slowly get up from the futon.

After roughly perceiving the condition of his body, he saw Jiajing shake his head and said to himself silently: "Compared with the past, the increase in mana in the body now is simply negligible, and if it goes on like this, I don't know when I will be able to break through the foundation!" ”

After finishing his sighing, I saw Jiajing sit back on the dragon chair, pick up a letter sent by the celebrant supervisor, and look at it casually.

Soon after this, Lu Fang entered the Qianqing Palace with a quiet step.

After entering the Qianqing Palace, I saw Lu Fang walking quickly to Jiajing's side and respectfully reported: "Your Majesty, here are the results of the investigation of Yan Maoqing's case!" ”

After Lu Fang finished speaking, he took out the investigation results of Yan Maoqing's case, which had been prepared long ago, from his sleeve and handed them to Jiajing.

"Oh, the results of the investigation of Yan Maoqing's case, show it to me!"

After Jiajing finished speaking, a look of interest appeared on his face, and after putting aside the music in his hand, he took the investigation results from Lu Fang's hand.

Jiajing did not look at the testimony of the parties to the case, but went directly to the end.

"It turns out that Yan Maoqing's case is an accident!"

After reading the final conclusion, I saw Jiajing put it aside casually and sighed with emotion.

As soon as Jiajing's words fell, Lu Fang stood up and said without thinking: "Yes, Your Majesty, the officials who were sent to Nanzhili to investigate Yan Maoqing's case unanimously determined that Yan Maoqing's drowning case was an accident and accidentally fell into the water after being drunk!" ”

When Jiajing heard Lu Fang's words, after bowing his head slightly, he turned to order: "Since Yan Maoqing's case is an accident, then let's officially announce it, so that there will be many fewer unrealistic rumors in the capital!" ”

Since the news of Yan Maoqing's drowning spread in the capital, there have been all kinds of rumors.

Some people say that Yan Maoqing found something in Zhejiang, which caused the people behind the scenes to be killed, and some people say that Yan Maoqing bullied the good and hurt the heavens and reason on weekdays, and was dragged off the boat by the unjust soul.

In short, all kinds of rumors emerged one after another, which made the high-ranking officials in the capital panic, and the incense of temples and Taoist temples near the capital also flourished a lot.

When Lu Fang heard this, his face immediately turned embarrassed, he took out a letter from his sleeve, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, here is the note submitted by Xu Ge Lao, saying that there are still doubts in this case, and I hope to investigate this case thoroughly!" ”

When Jiajing heard Lu Fang's words, the expression on his face suddenly turned cold, and immediately, he didn't say a word, took the song from Lu Fang's hand, and began to browse carefully.

After a long time, I saw Jiajing put aside the music in his hand, turned to look at Lu Fang, and commanded: "Okay, after you come down, you tell Xu Jie for me, you don't have to check it anymore!" ”

When Lu Fang heard this, his expression immediately turned grim, and he responded respectfully: "Obey, Your Majesty!" ”

……

On the other side, the Ministry of Rites.

Just as Li Chunfang was still processing the official document sent by his subordinates, there was a knock on the door from outside.

"Come in!"

When Li Chunfang heard this, he put the brush in his hand aside and commanded.

The voice fell, only to hear a 'squeak', the door of the room was pushed open, and it was Xu Xuemo, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, who came in.

After Xu Xuemo entered the room, he came to Li Chunfang, bowed and saluted: "Xiaguan has seen Lord Shangshu!" ”

When Li Chunfang heard this, after bowing his head slightly, he looked in the direction where Xu Xuemo was, and asked, "Shuming, is there something wrong?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Xuemo nodded, took out the booklet from his sleeve, handed it to Li Chunfang, and respectfully reported: "Lord Shangshu, this is sent from Honglu Temple, please take a look at the specific process of canonizing the queen this time!" ”

"Well, let the official take a look!"

After Li Chunfang finished speaking, he took the booklet from Xu Xuemo's hand and began to browse carefully.

Since receiving the emperor's order, Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites have started preparations in full swing, and they dare not slack off at all.

After all, the ceremony of canonizing the queen is a first-class event in the imperial court, and it must not be wrong!

After that, I saw Li Chunfang suppress all the chaotic thoughts in her heart and began to browse the contents of the booklet.

"On the day before, the official of Honglu Temple set up a festival book in the Fengtian Temple, the festival case was in the center, the book was in the east and the west, and the teaching workshop division set up in the middle and Shaole, on the morning of the ceremony, the brocade clothes and guards set up a cloud cover, and the internal official set up the queen to be registered in the palace, and the treasure case was in the north ...... of the throne."

After Li Chunfang finished browsing the specific process of canonizing the queen, he came back to his senses, and gently pressed his temples a few times with his index finger, and commanded: "Well, this official has seen it, there is nothing wrong with the process, tell Honglu Temple over there, just follow this!" ”

When Xu Xuemo heard this, he immediately leaned down and replied respectfully: "Yes, Lord Shangshu!" ”

After Xu Xuemo left, I saw Li Chunfang call the officials, and after a few words, he left the Ministry of Rites and marched in the direction of the Qianqing Palace.

As the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he needs to personally hand over the specific process of canonizing the queen to Jiajing.

……

Outside the Qianqing Palace, taking advantage of the gap between guiding the eunuchs to go in to report, Li Chunfang looked at the Qianqing Palace in front of him with great curiosity.

The Qianqing Palace in front of you, the building is magnificent, magnificent, from this position of Li Chunfang, you can still vaguely see, the ground paved with glazed tiles.

"Since Empress Fang, His Majesty has never canonized the queen, but I didn't expect that this time, I actually let this official catch up, it's really good luck!"

After a long time, I saw Li Chunfang retract his gaze and said with emotion.

Although it has been a while since the imperial concubine Shen gave birth, the impact of this incident has not declined, but has a tendency to intensify.

After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that after the imperial concubine Shen is officially canonized as the queen by the emperor, the son she gave birth to will become a son-in-law.

And in terms of the priority of inheriting the throne, the concubine is far stronger than the concubine!

You must know that six of Jiajing's eight sons died young, and only King Yu and King Jing grew up.

Originally, everyone thought that the emperor's position would be divided between King Yu and King Jing, so they stood in line early.

At the beginning, King Jing firmly had the upper hand, which overwhelmed King Yu, and just when the government and the opposition thought that King Jing would become the prince, King Jing was sent by the emperor to the fief to take up the domain, and completely lost the qualification to compete for the throne.

This sudden change caught everyone off guard, and then, a large number of people changed camps and began to support King Yu.

After all, King Yu has a son, and the emperor is also quite partial to his newborn grandson.

Just when the government and the opposition all thought that King Yu was about to become the new prince of the Ming Dynasty.

The imperial concubine Shen gave birth to a son for the emperor, and the emperor named him Zhu Zaiyuan, not only that, but the imperial concubine Shen will also be canonized as the new queen of the Ming Dynasty.

This series of changes has made the government and the opposition not know what to do.

But Li Chunfang's heart is very clear that at present, many people in the court are already moving closer to Zhu Zaiyuan, a newborn child.

Just as Li Chunfang's thoughts were flying, he saw the guide eunuch come to Li Chunfang's front and respectfully report: "Lord Shangshu, you can go in!" ”

When Li Chunfang heard this, he suddenly came back to his senses, and the guide led the eunuch to arch his hand, and said respectfully: "I'm tired of my father-in-law!" ”

When the guide eunuch heard this, he immediately waved his hand, and couldn't help but excuse himself: "Where, Lord Shangshu is serious!" ”

After that, Li Chunfang did not stay too long, but took a steady step and stepped on the stairs of the Qianqing Palace.

As soon as Li Chunfang entered the Qianqing Palace, he knelt on the ground with a 'plop', and said in a deep voice: "Weichen knocks to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

Jiajing, who was sitting on the dragon chair, heard this, and after looking Li Chunfang up and down, he bowed his head slightly, and commanded: "Well, get up!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After getting Jiajing's permission, Li Chunfang got up from the ground.

Then, I only heard Jiajing's voice sounding in the ancient well: "Say, what's the matter with looking for me?" ”

When Li Chunfang heard this, he immediately took out the booklet from his sleeve that recorded the process of canonizing the queen without thinking, and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, this is jointly formulated by the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, and the specific process of canonizing the queen is for your attention!"

After Li Chunfang finished speaking, he held the booklet in his hand high above his head.

Seeing this, Lu Fang, who was waiting beside Jiajing, did not wait for Jiajing's instructions, immediately stepped forward, took the booklet from Li Chunfang's hand, and respectfully handed it to Jiajing.

"Your Majesty!"

"Hmm."

After that, I saw Jiajing take the booklet from Lu Fang's hand and browse it with great concentration.

"On the day before, the official of Honglu Temple set up a festival book in the Fengtian Temple, the festival case was in the center, the book was in the east and the west, and the teaching workshop division set up in the middle and Shaole, on the morning of the ceremony, the brocade clothes and guards set up a cloud cover, and the internal official set up the queen to be registered in the palace, and the treasure case was in the north ...... of the throne."

Because the process of canonizing the queen was too cumbersome, it took Jiajing a lot of time to finish reading the above content.

Then, I saw Jiajing put the booklet in his hand aside, looked in the direction where Li Chunfang was, nodded, and said encouragingly: "Well, your Ministry of Rites did a good job this time!" ”

Subsequently, I saw Jiajing's words change sharply, and added: "This is the ceremony of canonizing the queen, your Ministry of Rites must pay more attention and don't make any mistakes!" ”

When Li Chunfang heard this, she immediately leaned down and assured Jiajing: "Obey the order, Your Majesty, Weichen will do his best to not make any mistakes!" ”

Jiajing took in the expression on Li Chunfang's face, waved his hand, and commanded: "Okay, let's do this for the time being, after coming down, let Qin Tianjian pick a few good days and auspicious days, and then report them to me!" ”

As soon as Jiajing's words fell, I saw Li Chunfang speak without thinking: "Yes, Your Majesty!" ”

Li Chunfang saw that the purpose of his trip had been achieved, and he did not stay in the Qianqing Palace for too long, and after bowing to Jiajing, he left directly.

After Li Chunfang left, I saw Jiajing turn around, look at Lu Fang on the side, and commanded: "Lu Fang, go to Ganlu Palace with me!" ”

When Lu Fang heard Jiajing's words, a trace of imperceptible excitement flashed on his face, he lowered his head, and said respectfully: "Yes, Your Majesty!" ”

Lu Fang knew that the reason why Jiajing went to Ganlu Palace at this time was to tell the news to the imperial concubine Shen in person.

After that, Lu Fang followed Jiajing's steps step by step and marched in the direction where Ganlu Palace was located.

……

As night fell, Xu Jie's mansion in the capital.

"Father-in-law Feng go slowly!"

"Hmm."

After sending Feng Bao away, the expression on Xu Jie's face suddenly became extremely gloomy, and he returned to the study by himself.

Not long ago, Lu Fang sent his godson Feng Bao to visit him in person, and relayed Jiajing's words to Xu Jie.

"Obviously, there are still many doubts in Yan Maoqing's case, why don't you continue to investigate?"

After Xu Jie returned to the study, his face was full of unwillingness, so he thought of it.

In the past few days, everything that has happened has been flashing in Xu Jie's mind like a slide.

At this moment, Xu Jie's sudden flash of inspiration, a question that he had ignored earlier also resurfaced in his mind.

"By the way, Hu Zongxian, in the final analysis, His Majesty wants to keep Hu Zongxian and prevent him from being implicated, so that everything will make sense!"

"In recent years, the situation in the southeast coastal area has been supported by Hu Zongxian alone, which can be described as hard work!"

"After all the pirates in the southeast coastal area were exterminated, His Majesty moved the idea of transferring Hu Zongxian to the capital to serve, and after that, it coincided with the incident of Ma Ningyuan's case, and Hu Zongxian, as Ma Ningyuan's teacher, could not escape being implicated no matter what!"

"After Hu Zongxian came to the capital, he was appointed by His Majesty as the secretary of the ministry, and he successfully entered the cabinet, and the future can be described as immeasurable, but at this time, Ma Ningyuan's incident happened, and there is no doubt that it will seriously threaten Hu Zongxian's career."

"Your Majesty naturally can't watch a hard-working and loyal minister like Hu Zongxian be implicated, so he reached a tacit agreement with Yan Song to protect Hu Zongxian at all costs!"

When Xu Jie thought of this, the whole person had a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

After that, I saw him pick up the teacup on the table, take a sip, and continue to follow the previous train of thought.

"With His Majesty's instructions, Yan Song is naturally fearless, and then, Ma Ningyuan committed suicide in prison in fear of crime, and took all the responsibility alone, making this matter impossible to involve Hu Zongxian!"

"And Yan Maoqing, who was sent to Zhejiang to investigate the case, was also noticed by Yan Song, and on the way back to Beijing, he was killed!"

"That's why, obviously Yan Maoqing's case still has many doubts, but His Majesty doesn't let it continue to investigate!"

Thinking of this, Xu Jie couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and at the same time, he also felt extremely regretful for his previous reckless behavior.

"Damn, why didn't I think of this layer earlier, but I still asked Your Majesty to investigate this case thoroughly!"

At this moment, there was a slight knock on the door from outside the study, pulling Xu Jie back to reality.

"Come in!"

When the voice fell, I heard a 'squeak', and the door of the room was pushed open, and the butler walked in with silent steps.

"Old ...... Master, here is a handwritten letter sent to you by Lord Wang, saying that it is extremely important, and it must be handed over to you in person! ”

"Well, bring it!"

Hearing this, Xu Jie looked in the direction of the housekeeper, nodded, and commanded.

"Yes, sir!"

When the butler heard this, he immediately stepped forward and respectfully handed the envelope in his hand to Xu Jie's hand.

After Xu Jie took the envelope from the butler's hand, he waved his hand and commanded.

"Okay, it's none of your business, let's go down first!"

"Yes, sir!"

When the words fell, the butler did not stop for the slightest, turned around and left the study, and closed the door with him.

After the housekeeper left, I saw Xu Jie unhurriedly open the envelope and browse the contents on it.

After Xu Jie's reading the contents of the letter, the whole person was furious, and then, I saw him slam the table and say in a deep voice: "Yan Maoqing, this waste, is really innocent!" ”

In this letter written by Wang Ting to Xu Jie, Wang Ting put most of the fault on the dead Yan Maoqing.

Wang Ting bluntly said in the letter that it was because of Yan Maoqing's fault that they were unable to buy raw silk from the people at a low price. (End of chapter)