In the palace of Prince Ming, Wei Qi, Xue Jiabi, and Zuo Zhenkun sat speechless, and the atmosphere was very depressing.

No one expected that Emperor Jing'an would suddenly let the Inspection Department take over the case of Mao Xiang, and he couldn't guess why he did it. Originally, Xue Ding handed over the evidence of the Wudoumi Sect to Zuo Zhenkun, and Zuo Zhenkun was ninety percent sure that Mao Xiang had nothing to do with the Wudou Rice Sect, and wanted to find out who was going to find Mao Xiang through the Five Dou Mi Sect, but in fact, he was looking for Wei Qi. Although there are speculations in their hearts, no one can say anything without solid evidence.

Everyone knows in their hearts that if it is confirmed that it is the King of Jinling who pretends to be the hand of the Wudou Mi Sect and wants to find Wei Qi and make a move, the prince Wei Zong will definitely not be able to fight for the crown prince again, and there should be no obstacle for Wei Qi to become the crown prince and inherit the throne.

In the first two months after Wei Qi returned to the court, Emperor Jing'an's attitude seemed to be very clear, and he arranged a master for him step by step, studied government affairs, and became familiar with court affairs, and later began to listen to government affairs with the court.

But recently, a series of moves have become confusing, first of all, to let the king of Jinling and the prince enter Beijing; Later, it was announced that the mansion where the father and son of King Jinling temporarily lived was given to Wei Zong, which meant that Wei Zong could stay in Beijing for a long time after King Jinling returned, which was quite uncourteous; Coupled with today's sudden action, no one knows the true intentions of Emperor Jing'an.

Xue Jiabi learned that Zuo Zhenkun was going to impeach the Inspection Department, and immediately found him to persuade him, and finally Zuo Zhenkun agreed, first discussed with Wei Qi before making a decision, and the two came to Prince Ming's mansion together, but there was no good idea to discuss for a long time.

Wei Qidao: "Two masters, I can let go of the things of the people behind the scenes, but I must be saved." ”

Xue Jiabi said: "The key is not to know the emperor's true intentions, a presumption, the emperor will not take it to heart." I'm afraid that the emperor wants to protect the people behind the scenes, and if he wants to cut off the clues, it will be dangerous. ”

Wei Qidao: "I will enter the palace immediately and ask to see the emperor." ”

Xue and Zuo said almost at the same time: "No." ”

Xue Jiabi said first: "At this time, you must not act rashly, the power of heaven is unpredictable, if you blindly collide with the emperor, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

Ye Qi, who had been sitting next to him and didn't speak, spoke: "Master Zuo, do you tell me whether Hu Jing suddenly appeared and took away Mao Gongzi, or did he wait aside in advance?" ”

Zuo Zhenkun was stunned for a moment and said: "The three law divisions will be tried, and as usual, the inspection department will send someone to listen to the trial secretly, but I really didn't pay attention to who was hearing this time." ”

After speaking, he stood up and said to Wei Qi: "Lord Wang, I will go to the Criminal Department immediately, and we will discuss it after understanding it clearly." ”

In the middle of the triage of the three law divisions, Hu Jing, the head of the inspection department, personally led people to take away the news of the prisoners directly from the lobby, which caused a shock in the officialdom of the capital no less than Wei Qi and the father and son of King Jinling entered Beijing one after another. Because people know the relationship between Mao Xiang and Prince Ming, and the impact of Mao Xiang's trial result on Prince Ming is also self-evident.

After Prime Minister Lu Yichu learned of the news, he immediately asked the officials of the Three Law Divisions to find the political affairs hall to discuss matters, and after the people who were looking for Zuo Zhenkun arrived at the Ming Prince's Mansion, they chased him to the Criminal Department before they caught him, so he was the last to arrive in the political affairs hall.

Lu Yichu first asked about the results of the interrogation, and then said, "I already know what happened today. Since the emperor has already issued a decree, the three law divisions will follow the emperor's will to try and decide the case of the Zhang brothers' rebellion as soon as possible, and close the case and report it. ”

The criminal department Shangshu said: "Yes." The Zhang brothers have basically confessed to the crime, and they will be convicted at the next trial. ”

Lu Yichu said to Zuo Zhenkun: "Xiaozhi, I heard your negative words, and what did you say about impeaching the Inspection Division." Isn't that nonsense! The Inspection Department acts in accordance with the emperor's will, what is there to impeach, is it possible that you want to impeach the emperor? ”

Zuo Zhenkun said: "Prime Minister, the students were indeed negative at that time, but even if the inspection department acted in accordance with the emperor's will, it could not ignore the impact. The three law divisions will try the chief offender of the Wudoumi Sect, and the emperor himself announced that he is acting in accordance with the law of the Great Sui. Isn't it against the emperor's will and the law of the Great Sui to interrupt the trial and forcibly take away the prisoners in the middle of the trial? ”

Lu Yichu said: "Even if the Inspection Division acts suddenly and fails to coordinate in advance, after all, it is still to carry out the emperor's will." If you write a letter of impeachment, it will only embarrass the emperor, and even if the emperor reprimands the inspection department, it will not help. You dissipate your anger, don't officially go to the book, I will make a suggestion to the emperor when I find an opportunity. ”

Zuo Zhenkun said: "Students listen to the prime minister. There is only one point, during today's interrogation, the criminal Zhang Fangping has changed his mind about how to enter Wan'an Mountain. This evidence has a great bearing on whether Mao Xiang is really the Heavenly Master of the Five Dou Mi Sect and whether he is really guilty of rebellion. ”

Lu Yichu said: "Don't you understand what the emperor means? The case of Mao Xiang was decided by the Inspection Division. If necessary, the Inspection Division will bring the offender to trial. The three law divisions are only responsible for judging the Zhang brothers, and the rest should not be too troublesome. ”

Without waiting for Zuo Zhenkun to speak, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department hurriedly said: "The lower officials understand, we must follow the emperor's will and the prime minister's arrangement to quickly try the Zhang brothers." Zuo Zhenkun thought for a while and didn't speak again.

Leaving the political affairs hall, Zuo Zhenkun immediately came to Prince Ming's mansion, Xue Jiabi was still in the mansion, and several people were waiting for him anxiously.

Zuo Zhenkun drank a cup of tea in one go, put down the teacup and gasped and said, "Sure enough, as Miss Seven expected, the Inspection Department came prepared. ”

Wei Qi hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Zuo Zhenkun said: "During the first trial, Yu Yijian, the director of the Supervision Department, heard the trial, but today's second trial, Hu Jing personally brought someone here. At first, there was no decree, until Zhang Fangping was about to change his words, so he suddenly came forward to interrupt the interrogation and took Mao Xiang away. ”

Wei Qi still didn't understand, so he asked Ye Qidao, "Seventh sister, what does this mean?" ”

Ye Qidao: "I heard Master Zuo say that today's interrogation process, where Zhang Fangping wants to change his words, is to admit that he robbed people from the hands of the Inspection Division, not the Wudou Mi Sect, but someone else. And this person is the key, he is not just the person who is really looking for the impostor, in fact, the person who is looking for you. With the ability of the Inspection Division, it is impossible not to know this person, and the Inspection Department is doing this to conceal this person. In other words, it was the emperor who didn't want to make this person public. ”

Wei Qi and Xue Jiabi both suddenly realized, Zuo Zhenkun said to Ye Qi: "Miss Seven, I really admire you, how did you come up with it?" ”

Ye Qi was a little embarrassed and said, "Master Zuo is scolding me." I'm just a bystander. ”

Xue Jiabi said in a heavy tone: "It seems that the emperor wants to protect the people who are really looking for His Highness and may harm His Highness." ”

Ye Qidao: "In Luchuan Manor, Yu Yijian said that the Inspection Department escorted his cousin and Mao Gongzi into Beijing, and deliberately exposed his flaws and let Mao Gongzi rob him, just to find out who was looking for his cousin. So why hide the truth now? ”

Zuo Zhenkun said: "There are two possibilities, one is that the inspection department has not found the person yet, and he is afraid of startling the snake; The second is that it has been discovered, but the emperor does not want to pursue it. ”

Wei Qi said with a heavy heart: "No matter what kind of possibility, Mao Xiang will not let go, and it may even be extinguished." And they were all silent.

Wei Qi continued in a firm tone: "Even if I don't become the prince, I have to save Mao Xiang." Is there anything the two masters can do? ”

After a moment of silence, Zuo Zhenkun said with difficulty: "Let's not speculate about the Sacred Heart first, let alone act rashly, wait and see, maybe there will be a chance." ”

Hu Jing came to Yangxin Pavilion to see Emperor Jing'an, he was slightly disturbed Emperor Jing'an reported to Emperor Jing'an what happened today, and finally said: "It was the minister's ineffective handling and failure to control the development of the good situation. ”

Emperor Jing'an said: "You didn't expect Zhang Fangping to change his words in advance? ”

Hu Jing said: "It is indeed our negligence, I didn't expect Xue Ding to arrest the guards around Zhang Fangping, and it was found out that Mao Xiang was not robbed by the Wudou Rice Sect, but that Mr. Yuan." In front of ironclad evidence, Zhang Fangping was forced by Zuo Zhenkun and had to change his mind and admit it. ”

Emperor Jing'an said: "This Xue Ding is indeed not simple, I want to stay and reuse." The words changed and said: "Zuo Zhenkun will not give up, he is the master of Prince Ming, in order to prove Mao Xiang's innocence, he will definitely be entangled in this matter, what do you say?" ”

Hu Jing gritted his teeth and said: "It's the negligence of the Inspection Division, and the Inspection Department will make up for it." I'll kill Mao Xiang, and then the emperor will deal with the inspection department and give an explanation to the outside. ”

Emperor Jing'an shook his head and said, "It's not like this. It's done too much, and Prince Ming doesn't look good on his face, after all, the impostor has a great favor to him. Stay closed, and be sure to be safe. ”

Hu Jing bowed down and agreed, and Emperor Jing'an asked, "How is the matter investigated?" ”

Hu Jing said: "I have some eyebrows, but I still need to confirm it for the last time." ”

Emperor Jing'an said: "The leakage of secrets is the most important, and it must be verified, otherwise there will be endless troubles." ”

Hu Jing said: "Please rest assured, the most important thing of the Inspection Department is absolute loyalty to the emperor, and if there is a leak, it is a shame for the Inspection Department, if you don't find out, I will have no face to see the emperor again." ”

Emperor Jing'an turned to ask, "What is the situation after King Jinling enters Beijing?" ”

Hu Jing said: "It's normal, it's just-"

Emperor Jing'an was a little strange: "What's wrong?" Say. ”

Hu Jing bowed and said, "Yes." It's just that the prince of Jinling is a little strange. ”

Emperor Jing An asked attentively, "What's strange?" ”

Hu Jingdao: "We didn't figure it out, but we just felt that the prince was very concerned about that Miss Ye Qi, he not only went to Prince Ming's mansion to see Prince Ming and Miss Ye, but also sent people around to inquire about Miss Ye's situation." ”

Emperor Jing'an said: "Is it for Wei Qi?" It is also normal for Wei Zong to pay attention to Wei Qi. ”

Hu Jing shook his head and said: "No, it's just this strange, the prince is just very interested in Miss Ye's whereabouts, like trying to meet Miss Ye." ”

Emperor Jing'an was also a little curious: "They shouldn't have met before, so it won't have anything to do with each other, right?" ”

Hu Jing said: "Yes, so we can't judge the meaning of the son." ”

Emperor Jing'an couldn't help but laugh and said, "This Wei Zong." In the past, King Jiangnan had a great reputation, but when I met this time, I always felt a little dumbfounded. But he is indeed much stronger than his father, with bearing and knowledge, and he has no notoriety or bad deeds. Hu Jing didn't dare to speak.

Emperor Jing'an looked at him and asked, "Why don't you speak?" ”

Hu Jing hurriedly knelt down and said, "This is not something that Weichen can say. ”

Emperor Jing'an stared at him and asked, "What if I want you to say it?" ”

Hu Jing kowtowed and said, "The minister is guilty of capital crime." ”

Emperor Jing'an sighed slightly and said, "Get up." ”。

Hu Jing kowtowed again, and then got up tremblingly. Seeing Emperor Jing'an signaling to him, he bowed down and slowly retreated.

Emperor Jing'an looked at the empty room, although the big brazier was burning and the room was warm like spring, he suddenly felt extremely lonely and desolate.