My old husband who can read minds

Chapter 281 Fishing in troubled waters
In the next few days, Qin He was so busy that he never touched the ground.

The Prince of Qi and the Prince of Wei almost ran from both sides, but the case remained deadlocked with no progress.

The assassins that night had all been killed by King Qi, their bodies destroyed and no traces of them left. Where could Xiao Yiwei go to find any clues?

As for the so-called physical evidence, the five-clawed golden dragon token engraved with the word "熹", the King of Wei flatly denied that it had anything to do with him, and the two factions quarreled in the court all day long.

The only insider, Qin He, could only understand but could not express it, so things inevitably fell into conflict.

Emperor Qianyuan was troubled by this, and ordered Qin He and Xiao Yiwei to catch the real culprit within ten days, otherwise they would be charged with "ineffectiveness in doing things".

Just two days after the decree was issued, two "earth-shaking" rumors spread in the capital.

"Tong's traitorous case" was mentioned again in the past, and the protagonists were the King of Qi and the King of Wei.

In this rumor, King Qi was a victim, and Tong Guan, who was killed by Ling Chi, was instructed by King Wei to deliberately frame King Qi.

In another rumor, the positions of the two princes were slightly reversed.

This time King Wei became the victim.

The much-publicized "Assassination of King Qi" was directed and acted by the other party, and he sincerely blamed King Wei.

As soon as the news came out, the "friendly exchange" between the two princes instantly caused an uproar in the whole city.

Now, the court became more lively.

The two factions of King Qi and King Wei were "fighting" fiercely. In addition, King Shen, King Yan and others were fanning the flames, and the evolution of the situation gradually escaped the control of Emperor Qianyuan.

At the cusp of the storm, Qin He was called into the imperial study room. He looked up and saw the emperor with a gloomy expression on the dragon chair.

He knew that His Majesty was here to ask questions, and he had already prepared a countermeasure.

"Zhong Ning, I asked you to thoroughly investigate the assassination of King Qi. Now many courtiers are quarreling over this case, making the whole court a mess. Is this your explanation to me?"

Emperor Qianyuan didn't show his anger on the surface, but Qin He knew in his heart that the other party was angry with him.

His Majesty does not blame himself for failing to find out the truth, but is dissatisfied that the situation has gotten out of control and that the outside world has seen the royal family's joke.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. You are an incompetent minister."

Qin He bowed his head and admitted his mistake very wisely, and he expected to be scolded by His Majesty. "I ask you, how did you Xiao Yiwei investigate the assassination of King Qi?" Emperor Qianyuan asked coldly.

Qin He showed a shameful expression and confessed again, "I am incompetent. The real culprit behind the scenes has not been found so far. Those assassins seemed to have fallen from the sky and disappeared without a trace. I led many owl-clad guards to investigate for many days, but still found nothing." .”

At this time, five days had passed since the incident. Qin He's words sounded like nonsense, but in fact he was telling the emperor that the origins of those assassins were not simple. Someone behind the scenes had cleared their tail, so there were no traces.

Emperor Qianyuan seemed to understand the underlying meaning of Qin He's words, and his face became even more gloomy.

"What happened to the token left by the assassin? Is there any progress?"

Qin He answered honestly: "Wei Chen went to see His Highness the King of Wei. The King of Wei also admitted that the token was indeed the one used by the secret guards in his palace, but insisted that the assassination of King Qi had nothing to do with him. Someone deliberately framed and framed the fault."

"Then Zhongning thinks what King Wei said is true or false?" Emperor Qianyuan asked expressionlessly.

"Wei Chen thought..." Qin He hesitated: "What the King of Wei said is true. At that time, His Highness the King of Qi was implicated in the Tong family case, and was even given a grounding order by His Majesty. There was really no need for the King of Wei to This unnecessary move will only make you look embarrassed."

After hearing these remarks, the emperor on the dragon throne was silent for a long time, and then asked in a hoarse voice: "What do you think of Zhong Ning regarding the rumors that are spreading throughout the city?"

"About this matter, I have something to report to Your Majesty." Qin He said solemnly. Looking at his expression, Emperor Qianyuan knew that things would not be simple.

"Tell the truth, there is no need to hide anything."

Emperor Qianyuan had already guessed the possible truth, and his mood suddenly became mixed.

"When the rumors first spread, Wei Chen felt that something was fishy, ​​so he secretly sent someone to find out the authenticity of the rumors. However, during the investigation, Wei Chen discovered that in a farm under the name of Princess Wei, The night before yesterday, a boy of eight or nine years old happened to drown. The boy's parents and relatives were unknown. It was found that he was an orphan that Princess Wei kindly picked up while traveling. So she ordered someone to bring him back to the village to raise him. It’s been six or seven years…”

Qin He carefully considered his words and said carefully: "During this period, Wei Chen happened to hear another rumor. It is said that Tong Guan originally confessed to testify against the King of Qi because the person behind him promised to leave a bloodline for him... "

When it comes to this point, it’s time to stop talking about it. There is no need to say more about the rest, smart people will understand it.

What he said was verifying the authenticity of one of the rumors inside and out, that is, the King of Wei framed the King of Qi through the Tong family case. Nine times out of ten, it was true.

As for why the boy died so coincidentally and in time, it was obvious that after King Wei heard the news, he was afraid of being found out and hurriedly killed the boy to eliminate future troubles.

This is an extremely confidential matter. Apart from the knowledge of King Wei and a few of his confidants, there is no danger of leaks.Unfortunately, he met the cheating Qin He, who had already known everything about the affair between King Wei and Tong Guan.

As long as he follows the clues, he can find it without any effort.

(End of this chapter)