Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1494 The sudden killer!
Although with the death of Zhuang Shanhe, the truth of the matter may no longer be known, but Li Jian couldn't help but feel mixed emotions when he thought of this possibility!

If he had known that Zhuang Shanhe wanted to kill Wang Xuecheng, he would never have allowed this to happen!
Who is this Wang Xuecheng? He is the top spy of the Daqian court and the number one lackey under His Majesty!
Looking around the world, there must be at least 8,000 people who want to kill Wang Xuecheng!
But why did Wang Xuecheng live such a comfortable life before?
Isn’t it because Your Majesty trusts him?

Killing Wang Xuecheng before he loses the emperor's favor will only make His Majesty furious!
In the end, Your Majesty will get to the bottom of it, and no one will be able to escape!
Because of this, although Li Jian and Wang Xuecheng were not on good terms, he never thought of killing Wang Xuecheng directly!
In addition, Li Jian comes from an orthodox civil service background, so relatively speaking, he has always been more disciplined in doing things, and his means of struggle are to find handles on you, dig up your black material, set traps for you, etc.

Although his shadow was behind several impeachments of Wang Xuecheng by the Censorate and the United Coordination Office in the court, he never violated the unspoken rule of assassinating political opponents in officialdom.

So when facing Zhuang Shanhe's gesture, Li Jian didn't think that he wanted to kill Wang Xuecheng at all. He just thought that Zhuang Shanhe wanted to kill Lu Zhongxian to silence him...

And if Li Jian's analysis is correct now, and it was really Zhuang Shanhe who instructed Zhao Zibo to murder Wang Xuecheng, then this would be a bolt from the blue for Li Jian!
Although Li Jian did not subjectively agree to kill Wang Xuecheng, according to his own ideas he agreed with Zhuang Shanhe to kill Lu Zhongxian to silence him, but objectively speaking, although there was a misunderstanding between the two people, Li Jian's consent also prompted Zhuang Shanhe to think about killing Wang Xuecheng!

But from this point of view, Li Jian has an unshirkable responsibility for this matter!

What's more, the mastermind involved in this incident, Zhuang Shanhe, was promoted by him, Li Jian, and recommended to Ye Mingsheng. So according to the rules of the court, let alone the fact that he has no clear connection with this matter now, just to say that he has not been involved in this matter at all, Zhuang Shanhe is the mastermind of this matter, and you, Li Jian, must bear joint liability!

Thinking of this, Li Jian felt a little panicked. After being imprisoned by Ye Mingsheng that day, although Li Jian was in prison, he was still very confident in his heart.

He believed that His Majesty was still very wise. Although he had misunderstood him now, he would be able to return to his post after the matter was clarified in a few days. It was even possible that His Majesty might feel that he owed him something after this incident and would allow him to take a further step!
But if it is really as he thinks, that Zhuang Shanhe planned this matter, then Li Jian would not be able to get his job back, even his life might be in danger···················

Realizing this, Li Jian couldn't help but curse in his heart, Zhuang Shanhe really made him suffer. If you die now, all will be over, but now I am implicated by you!

While scolding Li Jian, he was also thinking whether there was any good way to save his life!

Judging from Ye Mingsheng's actions, Li Jian felt that although Ye Mingsheng said that he wanted to kill him, he probably had not yet made up his mind whether to kill him!

Judging from Ye Mingsheng's personality, Li Jian understood that if he really confessed this matter to Ye Mingsheng, it would be equivalent to helping Ye Mingsheng make up his mind to kill him!
Therefore, if he wants to survive, he must completely forget about this matter and act as if it never happened. No matter how His Majesty asks him, he must insist that he knows nothing about it. He doesn't know what Zhuang Shanhe did in it!
Only in this way can Mr. Li have a chance of survival. Otherwise, given His Majesty's personality, he will definitely be in danger of death!

Just as Li Jian made up his mind, he heard footsteps. Li Jian looked up and saw a middle-aged officer with a sword on his waist, who looked unfamiliar, walking towards him with a lunch box. As Li Jian watched, the officer came to Li Jian, delivered the lunch box to the cell and said:
"Minister Li! This is your meal! Please enjoy!"

Li Jian's expression did not change when he heard that, but he couldn't help but feel a little doubtful in his heart. He still opened the lunch box, and saw two stewed drumsticks and a small plate of braised pork in the lunch box. The braised pork was very bright red and looked very appetizing. At the bottom of the lunch box was a big bowl of rice...
As the Minister of Justice of Daqian, although Li Jian was relatively self-disciplined, he was usually accustomed to a life of luxury and delicacies. If it were any other time, such food would not be worthy of his liking. But now that he was imprisoned, such food was extremely rare!

However, seeing such food, Li Jian had no intention of picking up his chopsticks. Seeing this, the middle-aged officer seemed to realize something and said:
"Minister Li, please enjoy your meal! This is not the last meal for execution!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jian immediately asked back:
"Did my wife ask you to bring me a message?"

"Madam? What madam?"

Hearing what the middle-aged officer said, Li Jian put down his lunch box, looked at him deeply, and finally his eyes fell on the sword on the man's waist.

He had been detained in the prison of the Coordination Office for several days. During these days, a young officer had been delivering meals to him. The meals were all watery soups, radishes, and vegetables. He had two meals a day, one in the morning at Chenshi and one in the evening at Youshi!
It was obvious that the young servant who was delivering the food had been instructed not to say a word when delivering the food to him. He just delivered the food and gave him half an incense stick of time to eat. Then he would come over and take away the dishes and chopsticks. During this period, there was no communication with him, including eye contact!
All this formed a sharp contrast with the middle-aged policeman today, and the most important thing was that this young policeman did not carry a knife...

Li Jian's mention of his wife just now was actually a test in itself. Although Li Jian felt that the middle-aged officer looked suspicious, there was one result that could explain the matter, and that was that the emperor had ordered to release him!
If that was the case, then it would make perfect sense for this middle-aged officer to have such a drastic change in his attitude towards himself!

But judging from the officer's answer, this was obviously not the case!

Li Jian's wife, Cao, and Li Jian have been together for twenty years, and the couple has a very good relationship. Li Jian knows that if the news of his arrest spreads back, Cao will definitely try every means to get him out, so if his situation really gets better, Cao will definitely find a way to inform him so that he can feel at ease!
So from this point of view, the arrival of this strange officer may not be a good thing for him!

Seeing Li Jian looking at the sword on his waist, the officer seemed a little impatient and immediately said to Li Jian:
"Minister Li, please eat quickly! This braised pork won't taste good if it gets cold!"

Hearing this, Li Jian glanced at the food in the lunch box and asked back:

"What's in this braised pork?" Upon hearing this, the middle-aged officer understood that Li Jian had realized something, and immediately revealed his fierceness and shouted:

"Li, you are such a jerk! Give me your life!"

Before he finished speaking, he drew the sword from his waist and wanted to force his way into the cell...

Although he had anticipated that the man was going to do something bad to him, Li Jian, who came from a civil servant family, had never seen such a situation before. His face turned pale and his mind went blank. He couldn't help but take a step back. At this moment, the man's knife fell on the door lock, shaking the prison door.

Just when the man was about to swing his knife, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the cell. Li Jian realized what was going on and immediately shouted frantically:

"Someone come! Someone come quickly! Someone wants to kill me!"

"I'm Li Jian! Come and save me!"

Hearing Li Jian's loud cry for help, the murderer who also heard the footsteps became a little panicked, but the next second he continued to chop at the door lock with the sword in his hand, as if he would not give up until he achieved his goal and was determined to kill you, Li Jian, today!
Seeing this situation, Li Jian became even more panicked. In order to save his life, he continued to shout for help.

Amid the chopping sounds of the assailants and Li Jian's cries for help, Zeng Dalei and several agents from the Coordination Office arrived at the scene.

"Wei Zhen, what the hell are you doing? Stop it right now!"

The murderer called Wei Zhen couldn't help but trembled all over when he heard Zeng Dalei's words. He stopped what he was doing and looked at Zeng Dalei and others who had surrounded him. At this time, he had a look of despair on his face. Under Zeng Dalei's gaze, he suddenly made up his mind to draw his sword and commit suicide!
However, Zeng Dalei was well prepared at this time. He flicked his wrist and a dart flew out, knocking the sword in Wei Zhen's hand directly away. The officers from the Coordination Office on the side immediately rushed forward and subdued Wei Zhen who had lost his weapon.

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Li Jian was relieved after seeing this scene, and then said to Zeng Dalei:
"This man wants to kill me, and he even poisoned the food!"

Hearing this, Zeng Dalei's expression changed, and he looked at Wei Zhen who was pinned to the ground. At this moment, the murderer who was about to kill Li Jian had already closed his eyes in despair, as if he had already accepted his fate...
Seeing this, Zeng Dalei also directly ordered:
"Take Wei Zhen and this lunch box away. Zhang Bo and the rest of you stay here and keep a close watch on Li Jian. You must ensure Li Jian's safety. No one can contact him without my consent. Do you understand?"

"I understand!"

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At 3:45 pm, Ye Mingsheng, who had finished his day's work, was running in the Imperial Garden accompanied by Zhang Hu and others.
To be honest, running is really addictive. Ye Mingsheng ran intermittently before, so he didn't feel anything. But because Ye Mingsheng had a herniated disc some time ago, in order to improve his physical condition, Ye Mingsheng also started to insist on running exercise. After persisting, Ye Mingsheng became a little addicted. He felt like something was missing if he didn't run for a day.

It is the coldest time of the year now. Although Yijing is not as cold as Liaoyang, it is still freezing cold. Ye Mingsheng almost froze to death while running last night. So Ye Mingsheng originally planned to finish his work early today and go running while there was still sunshine in the afternoon!
However, this afternoon, Ye Mingsheng, Cui Shao and Gu Sansi had a discussion about some personnel adjustments. The discussion has lasted until now and ended half an incense stick of time ago.

It was already completely dark at that time. Ye Mingsheng, who knew how cold it was in the Imperial Garden, was a little hesitant about whether to run. After some ideological struggle, Ye Mingsheng finally decided to go to the Imperial Garden for a run. However, with the lesson learned yesterday, Ye Mingsheng was fully prepared today!
Ye Mingsheng not only wore a thick cotton-padded coat, but also a thick hat and scarf, wrapping himself up tightly with only his eyes exposed...

The effect of doing this was very obvious. Ye Mingsheng did not feel very cold anymore. However, this created a problem. As Ye Mingsheng started running, his body generated heat. Wrapped like this, Ye Mingsheng felt a little hot and his back began to sweat.

After running three laps, Ye Mingsheng, who was leaning on his knees and a little out of breath, asked Zhang Hu beside him:
"Do you think my physical fitness has improved recently?"

Looking at Ye Mingsheng who was breathing with his mouth open, Zhang Hu hesitated for a moment and said:
"Your Majesty, you have made progress. Before, you ran here intermittently, taking a break. Now you can run here in one breath!"

Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly when he heard this. Although he didn't know how many steps there were in one lap of the Imperial Garden, he estimated that one lap would have to be at least three thousand steps, and three laps would be nine thousand steps. When Ye Mingsheng first started running, he could only run one lap at most and then had to walk for a while to rest.

Now, several months have passed. Although he is still out of breath and looks very embarrassed, Ye Mingsheng is still quite satisfied with his progress as he was able to run these three laps in one breath.

After running, Ye Mingsheng was ready to return to his bedroom and take a hot bath. He still had a lot of work to do tomorrow, so he had to rest well and maintain a full mental state.

However, as soon as Ye Mingsheng returned to his bedroom, he saw Zhang Yufeng.

"Your Majesty, the Coordination Office just sent us a message that Li Jian was assassinated in prison, but he escaped unharmed. The Coordination Office has already investigated clearly and found out that it was the killer arranged by Chen Jinnian..."