Song Xing: I am cultivating immortals in Qingcheng Mountain

Chapter 560: Thunderous Blood Remonstrance Apocalypse
"Your Highness, you must make the decision for my son!!"

"Cao Yi, tell me honestly, were those who were killed this time the ones who were already chosen?!"

Xiao Yu looked at the Minister of Works in front of him with a somewhat cold gaze.

It is not a good thing for him that interest groups control the imperial examination. If he takes over the world in the future, these people's identities will change, which will become a disaster.

Cao Yi was about fifty years old, thin but capable, with his back as straight as a pine tree. When he heard Xiao Yu's question, he leaned forward slightly, his eyes flickering like an eagle, as if he was weighing the pros and cons.

Naturally, he knew a lot of inside information about this incident, but it is best not to bring these things up in the open. Just like what Xiao Yu asked, if he was too direct, it would be difficult to answer.

"This"

"To be honest, Your Highness, I only came to see you about my son's matter. As for the others, I only heard that they had visited them. However, before the results of the imperial examination were announced, they were all assassinated. Now, if you say that they were chosen internally, it would be nothing more than empty talk."

Xiao Yu nodded. This was quite true. These people might have put in a lot of effort in this special examination, but the result had not come out yet and it had already died halfway. It was indeed inappropriate to talk about an internal decision.

"I'm sure Lord Cao has heard about the situation in the Imperial Examination Hall. Your son wrote on his examination paper that the world is so unfair and that he would use blood to attract thunder. This is unprecedented and will never be repeated~~"

"Prince Yong'an sent someone to compare the handwriting. These words were not written by someone else, but were written by your son himself."

"Master Cao, shouldn't you give me an explanation for this matter?"

Cao Yi's heart was shocked and his pupils shrank involuntarily.

There is so much injustice in the world, and blood leads to thunder.

This statement is almost the same as an anti-poem. If he is not careful, it will attract the attention of his political enemies in the court and he will most likely suffer a serious setback.

"Your Majesty, please understand. The Cao family has absolutely no second thoughts!!"

There was a trace of fear on Cao Yi's face, and his tone was a little anxious, and he bowed all the way.

When Xiao Yu saw Cao Yi's expression, he raised his lips. His own intimidation worked. Then he said again: "This prince knows, otherwise I would not help you to get away with it in front of my father. This time the investigation will be done by this prince, Bai Wang, and Yong'an Wang together. Lord Cao should know what is going on with Bai Wang, but in addition to being interested in the murderer, Yong'an Wang also seems to be very interested in those who were killed."

"Since the establishment of the Beili Dynasty, we have always investigated all cases of cheating in the imperial examinations and have never tolerated them."

Cao Yi's eyes flickered, and no one knew what he was thinking about, but this time, Xiao Yu's words hit the nail on the head.

"Things haven't come to that point yet. The killing of the person is a good thing in a way. If my sixth brother, Prince Yong'an, really investigates the fraud, do you think he would be able to find it out with his power?"

At this moment, Cao Yi's face was as gloomy as water.

Xiao Chuhe has now returned to Tianqi, and he is naturally aware of how much power he has under his command. Although the underworld and the court are two different lines of communication, investigating a case is not. If the Prince of Yong'an is determined to investigate the imperial examination fraud, I am afraid it won't take long for the truth to come out.

"Sir Cao, there are some things that I think it's best not to let my father hear. My son, if you lose him, you can have another one, but if you lose your position as the Minister, you can never get it back."

"What does the prince mean?"

Cao Yi was silent for a moment, then bent down and clasped his fists and asked.

"Lord Cao entered the government through the imperial examination, so he must have many friends in the court. I'm thinking that your friends probably don't want to have their pasts brought up, right?"

"Prince Yong'an wants to find the murderer. We don't care about this matter, but if he wants to find other things."

Cao Yi narrowed his eyes, then understood.

"Your Highness, I know what to do." In the Prince Chi's Mansion, Xiao Yu looked at the back of Cao Yi, the Minister of Works, as he left, a sneer appearing on the corner of his mouth.

"Sixth brother, since you want to die, this time, I will personally see you off!!!"

On the other side, Xiao Se once again found Ji Xue, Ye Ruoyi and others.

"Xiao Se, are you saying that the murderer is hiding among those students and examiners?"

"It could also be someone lurking near the Imperial Academy."

Compared with the students and examiners, Tang Lian paid more attention to Xiao Se's other statement. Since they were able to lurk near the Imperial Examination Hall and had not been discovered by the Shenyou Xuanjing people present, it would be more reasonable for these people to take action.

"The matter of the Golden Lotus of Luck"

Ye Ruoyi glanced at Xiao Se. She didn’t expect that Xiao Se would tell them this as well.

"The truth will come to light soon. I'm afraid that it won't be long before my father knows about this matter. Qi Tianchen won't be able to keep it a secret forever. By then, the imperial court will probably be in turmoil."

Ye Ruoyi seemed to understand what Xiao Se meant. She tapped her chin with one hand and asked, "You mean, we need to find the murderer within seven days?"

Xiao Se nodded.

"Seven days may seem like a long time, but the key is that we don't have any clues right now. We don't know those students or examiners. Even if we want to verify their identities, seven days may not be enough!!"

Sikong Qianluo analyzed the current situation, but she was not optimistic about the time mentioned by Xiao Se.

Investigators need to investigate. Even if Bai Xiaotang and Xueyue City are added, it will probably take more than a day or two to collect the identities of all these students.

"I have asked Ji Xue to sort out the information about the students. Apart from the ones who died, I need you to check the remaining ones to see which ones are wrong."

Tang Lian, Sikong Qianluo and Lei Wujie were quite surprised to hear this. They didn't expect that Xiao Se had already made arrangements.

"Xiao Se, it still has to be you~~"

Lei Wujie nudged Xiao Se with his shoulder and laughed.

"As for the officials."

Xiao Se looked at Ye Ruoyi.

"Ruoyi, you are familiar with Tianqi City, so I'll leave the official matters to you. Of course, Ji Xue will also help. She will do her best to assist with intelligence matters."

Then Xiao Se remembered some of the things Jun Yu had mentioned to him before.

"The more detailed the intelligence on these people, the better, especially for people like Zhuge Jingxuan. Senior Brother, Qianluo, Lei Wujie, remember to check whether there are students with average backgrounds who fail in the provincial examinations and other exams, but rank very high on the list the following year."

Tang Lian and the others were stunned. Isn't it normal for such a situation to occur in the imperial examination?
However, Xiao Se did not give too much explanation this time. They were all people who lived in the underworld and had only a vague understanding of the imperial examination. How could they know that a person with such a talent for studying, even if he made mistakes, would definitely not fail directly without even a rank.

"Recruiting talents for the country."

“I hope it’s not what I imagined!!”

(End of this chapter)