Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 412 Drawing a red line (first update)
Wu Chen chuckled and said, "You didn't tell me in advance, but you wanted to take Gu Zuo away secretly, which means you understand in your heart that I won't let your errand be completed smoothly."

Gu Shiming sat down on the chair in frustration and said: "You are not afraid of heaven and earth, but I am afraid. If I don't obey the decree, will I have an extra head than others?"

"You can tell me first, I will be the villain, so you won't have anything to do?"

"What you said is simple. Am I not going to be a scoundrel in front of the officials? I can hide behind you now, but what about tomorrow? When the officials settle their accounts, you will definitely be able to protect me?"

"Isn't your Gu family very powerful?" Gu You asked.

"Remember! No matter how powerful your minister is, it's because the officials want you to be powerful. The officials don't want you to be powerful. There are many people who can replace you!" Gu Shiming raised his head and pointed at Gu You and scolded.

Wu Chen took a few bites casually, not knowing what he had eaten. He put down his chopsticks and said, "I understand what you mean, but you overestimate yourself. The officials will not do anything to you because I came to the palace to question you. He can't do anything to me, so he expects you to arrest me? He knows very well that he just wants to force me to leave Kyoto early."

"Oh? Where are you going? Can you take me with you?" Gu Shiming leaned forward and asked.

"Get as far away as you want!" Wu Chen's eyes widened.

"Don't look down on people. Although I'm not as good as them... and I don't have much brains, I can't help but hide quickly when I encounter danger! This is also my ability. I just want to go out and see the world..."

"When you leave Kyoto, there are no servants to call you home for dinner. Where can you really hide if you are in danger? I feel more at ease if you stay in Kyoto. My second brother's house still needs you to take care of it."

Wu Chen wiped his mouth, got up and said:

"I am entering the palace now. Just wait here. Let your people go back first. Gu Zuo cannot let you take him away. I will tell the officials that I have locked you up."

"That's a good idea, hurry up, tie it up for me!"

……

Wu Chen entered the palace with anger. Li Heng seemed to have expected it. When he saw Wu Chen crossing the threshold, the smile on his face never stopped.

"You don't have to be happy. Your actions today made me think a lot. If I think too much, it may not be a good thing for you." Wu Chen sat down on the chair closest to Li Heng with a sullen face.

Li Heng put down the memorial in his hand and asked, "How about... you take this chair?"

"Then stand up!" Wu Chen said with a raised face.

Li Heng slammed the table and said angrily: "Lawless!"

The words were shouted out, and the anger was also released. Li Heng and Wu Chen looked at each other, but felt a chill running down their spines.

Wu Chen tilted his head and looked at Li Heng and asked, "How many times do I have to say it before you listen? I'm not interested in this chair. What if I was? Why do you force me to have this desire?"

A thin layer of sweat immediately formed on Li Heng's forehead. "If you have it, you have it, if you don't have it, you don't have it. How could you be forced out of this way by me?"

"You know that I care about the people around me the most, and I have provoked them many times. What do you want me to understand? I want to understand that the world belongs to you. How can you deal with them when you can't help me? Why didn't you ever think of messing with me? I’m sorry, if you sit on this chair, won’t you avoid future troubles forever?”

Li Heng was stunned. He thought Wu Chen would think in the direction he wanted. He had used this method more than once or twice. When he met ministers who were useful for the time being, but were not very obedient, he would use this method to beat them. , very useful.

He thought about it for a long time last night. He only looked at Wu Chen's reaction after he knew that the eldest son of the second year of high school had been taken captive. Li Heng thought he had found a solution. !Rush to Shuangxi Village as soon as possible.

Of course, it would be best for Wu Chen to say this in the end.

It's a pity that Wu Chen didn't give him a chance to proceed to this step. He woke up Li Heng with just two words. Wu Chen was not someone else. This method was useless.

"I'm here today to draw a red line with you. If you don't cross my red line, we can discuss it easily. If you cross my red line, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Wu Chen said calmly.

Li Heng felt his throat dry and itchy. He picked up the teacup, and there was a rapid knocking sound between the lid and the cup. Li Heng had to put down the teacup immediately.

Outside the palace, Liu Jinzhong was extremely happy. It was an unwritten rule for Wu Chen to leave when he came. This rule was so good that Liu Jinzhong wanted to kneel down and kowtow.

"If you want me to go to Shuangxi Village as soon as possible, you can tell me directly. This is the first rule. If anything happens in the future, go straight. Don't be smart and beat around the bush. I don't have time to brainstorm with you. We are standing together. You fight me. , you won’t get any benefits in any aspect! This is advice, you should carefully consider it yourself.”

Li Heng gritted his teeth and said bravely: "I am the emperor after all..."

Wu Chen waved his hand and said: "This is what we are talking about behind closed doors. The emperor cannot suppress me. If you were me, would you find a shackle for yourself? If you just think that I am not an ordinary person, then you will lose the world." How could I miss a regret that I can't control?"

"You are not within the Three Realms?" Li Heng was a little excited.

"If thinking like this can make you feel more comfortable, just think about it like this. Now talking about my red line, the people around me are my red line. I don't care what purpose you want to use them to achieve. As long as you use them, I will follow you. Fall out! You must discuss everything that involves them with me. I didn’t say that there are thousands of people around you. There are just a few people. Two of them died because of investigating the case for you. You know that I feel guilty. , but still adding salt to the wound..."

Wu Chen became more and more angry as he talked. Li Heng saw that Wu Chen's mood was fluctuating a bit, so he interrupted Wu Chen and explained:
"I really want to re-activate Yu Shi'an, but I don't want to use him to do anything to you. Shuangxi Village is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and others should not let others know too much about the situation inside. Yu Shi'an has the ability to lead troops in battle, and it's you again I can trust people like you!"

"But he was involved in Li Yi and Chen Zhong's rebellion."

"You also said that although he participated, he only spread some innocuous news. If Li Yi asked him to do something else, he would rather die than do it! I know him, and I am not forced to do it. He will never stand with Li Yi. I am also a father. Thinking about his situation at that time, I feel the same way."

Wu Chen snorted and asked again: "Why do you want to see Gu Zuo?"

"Gu Zuo has been with Chen Zhong for a long time. I'm afraid he knows some things that I don't know. I just want to ask what evil things Chen Zhong has done behind my back. What you said about Tieziling before , I really didn’t know at the time. After you told me, I sent people to check. I received the news this morning that there was indeed an iron mine there, but now it is unguarded. I think it was Li Yi, Chen Zhong and the others who fell down the tree after they committed suicide. The hozen is scattered.”

(End of this chapter)