Chapter 397: The Secret Battle in Front of the Palace (I)
Before Kou Zhun could speak, Zhao Heng had already opened his mouth first. He called these two people over, mainly to arrange the follow-up work.
Although this turmoil has come to an end, we cannot ignore it. The three people in front of him are the head of an intelligence agency, one is the leader of the government and the other is the supreme commander of the army, and they can be regarded as the most powerful group of people. Zhao Heng gave instructions to them, which shows his importance and determination.
Zhao Heng also scolded, and after he got angry, he calmed down. He first asked Fang Baishi to step up the investigation of the forces involved in this incident, whether it was from the rivers and lakes or the imperial court, as long as they were implicated, they had to report it.
After that, he ordered the privy envoy to dispatch the forbidden army to strengthen the inspection of the capital, and strengthen the investigation of each gate to catch suspicious people. After arranging these, Zhao Heng asked Kou Zhun to deal with the aftermath of this incident, including the loss of the houses and shops that caught fire in the city, and the resettlement of the affected people. At the same time, it is also necessary to thoroughly investigate whether the officials of the DPRK and China have been involved in this matter or have committed dereliction of duty.
Chen Ao listened to Zhao Heng's step-by-step arrangement behind the curtain, with a clear mind and an orderly manner. Perhaps he had been thinking about these things since the Assassins who broke into the palace were surrounded.
Chen Ao secretly sighed that Zhao Heng was still good as a leader, and the only flaw was that he didn't seem to have the domineering spirit of a supreme leader. At this time, when talking to these courtiers, he was also calm, and he didn't know if he was good at being strong, or he didn't dare to speak too hard.
After Zhao Heng finished talking about the specific things, he waved his hand and said, "That's all, you can do it separately!"
Fang Baishi and Lu Qin were just about to retire, but Kou Zhun suddenly said, "Your Majesty, this time the murderer caused chaos in the Jingshi, and the world was shocked. How can such a vicious and unscrupulous person be easily let go?"
Zhao Heng was stunned, and his face suddenly became a little ugly. He was silent for a moment and said, "What Kou Qing said is very true, and I naturally won't stop there. It's just that the mastermind of this matter is not yet clear, and he will have to wait until Fang Qing finds out before he can talk about this matter. ”
Kou Zhun kept a straight face and said meticulously: "Your Majesty, the accusation of the Imperial City Division is only to investigate the news, and it is a precautionary measure. Now that the matter has happened, I'm afraid that the responsibility of investigating the reverse case is not in the Imperial City Division, right?"
As soon as these words came out, even Fang Baishi and Lu Qin couldn't help but be stunned. Kou Zhun's words are not wrong, the Imperial City Division is just an agency for spying on intelligence, not an agency for investigating and judging cases. At first, Zhao Heng arranged this matter to Fang Baishi, and Fang Baishi and Lu Qin only regarded Zhao Heng as trusting the Imperial City Division, and at the same time attached great importance to this matter, and wanted to let a person who was directly responsible for him investigate and deal with it.
Zhao Heng's face sank, and he was a little embarrassed. He handed over this matter to Fang Baishi to handle, he did have his own plans, but he didn't expect to be seen through by Kou Zhun.
It turned out that Zhao Heng was upstairs in Chenyue, but he just saw Chen Ao and Yun Lu hugging each other, and he didn't understand who wanted to hurt him. Therefore, he ordered Duan Gang to arrest both of them.
In Zhao Heng's opinion, Yun Lu had no motive to kill the monarch at all, but Chen Ao had a great motive, that is, Zhao Ling! Chen Ao originally entered Beijing to rescue Zhao Ling, and it was difficult to guarantee that he would not take risks in desperation.
But at that time, the posture of Yun Lu and Chen Ao twisting was a little weird. Zhao Heng was a little unsure of his guess at this time, because he did not immediately deal with Chen Ao.
But even if it was really Chen Ao who planned this matter, Zhao Heng didn't want to kill him. Because Zhao Heng and Chen Ao are emotionally sympathetic, they are quite like-minded. He also put Zhao Ling under house arrest, and he didn't give a clear explanation, so it's no wonder that Chen Ao will go to extremes.
Therefore, Zhao Heng handed over this matter to Fang Baishi to investigate. In this way, even if Fang Baishi found Chen Ao, Zhao Heng could also suggest that Fang Baishi make some changes to the results of the investigation. Because Fang Baishi is only responsible to the emperor, he does not need to strictly follow the law like the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and other departments.
But although Zhao Heng could let Chen Ao go, he could no longer let Chen Ao control such a huge force that was enough to enter the Forbidden Palace. Therefore, while he confessed to Fang Baishi to investigate the case, he also asked the forbidden army to search for fugitives and uproot these hidden forces.
How do you know that your little abacus can't hide from Kou Zhun's eyes after all. Zhao Heng has always been a little jealous of this unsmiling minister, and even a little in awe. Under Kou Zhun's inquiry, he didn't know how to answer.
Kou Zhun sneered, knowing that he had guessed correctly, the official family really wanted to open up to that kid. This kid is very slippery, and he is a villain who takes the official family to have fun, so that he can win the trust of the official family.
In fact, he didn't have any hatred with Chen Ao, he had to put Chen Ao to death. Because listening to Zhao Heng's tone, this time he was going to wipe out the power that Chen Ao had mastered. It is impossible for Chen Ao, who has lost the power of the rivers and lakes, to shake the status of the Kou family, and Kou Zhun knows this very well.
But he had to tell the truth himself, just because of his unsuccessful son. From Liu Dongquan's words, Kou Zhun thought that Kou Jie was also involved in Chen Ao's action. Although even if he stopped Kou Jie from going out today, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not be found out in the future. Now that he has told the truth and the truth, even if someone climbs out of Kou Jie in the future, then he can say that Kou Jie was deceived by others. Otherwise, how can a father take the initiative to tell the truth and frame his son?
Seeing that Zhao Heng didn't speak, Kou Zhun continued: "Actually, if Your Majesty wants to hand over this errand to the Imperial City Division, it is okay. Now, under the leadership of Lord Fang, the Imperial City Division has made outstanding achievements and established a lot of contributions, which is worthy of great responsibility. Just like this matter, the Imperial City Division already has a lot of information, and presumably if it is investigated, it will be twice as effective as those personnel of Dali Temple and the Criminal Department!"
When he said this, Fang Baishi was both puzzled and ashamed. Fang Baishi smiled awkwardly: "Lord Kou is laughing, lowly ...... The lowly is ignorant of this fact......"
Kou Zhun pretended to be surprised and said, "Oh, no, right? As far as I know, before this incident happened, your company's commander Liu had already detected that there was a group of Jianghu figures led by Inspector Chen who were acting secretly in the capital and had impure motives. Could it be that Lord Fang didn't know about this?"
His words not only brought out Chen Ao's plan for this turmoil, but also put Fang Baishi together. This is the agreement between Kou Zhun and Liu Dongquan, Liu Dongquan will do things for him, and he will help Liu Dongquan get Fang Baishi down.
As soon as Kou Zhun said this, Fang Baishi's face suddenly became ugly. No matter who it was, after hearing this, he would also doubt Fang Baishi's ability. What his subordinates know, he, as a leader, doesn't know. What's more, it would be even worse if he suspected him of involvement and deliberately pretended not to know.
Fang Baishi caught a glimpse of Zhao Heng's gloomy face, and he didn't know if he was worried about how to help Chen Ao clear up his involvement, but he was already suspicious as an official. At this time, Fang Baishi would rather show his lack of ability than let Zhao Heng suspect that he was involved in this matter.
So he had no choice but to ask, "Inspector Chen, which Inspector Chen?"
Kou Zhun said: "Which one else? Isn't it the new Kaifeng Mansion Right Army Inspector Chen Aochen?"