Joy of Life: Starting from Teacher Fan Xian

Chapter 97 Wuzhu Kills (There will be another update before o'clock)
There is an interesting saying circulating in the officialdom of Qing State: there is nothing in the world that the Supervisory Office cannot find out, even the silver you hide in your chamber pot.

On the evening of the second day after the Niulan Street Case, when the carriage symbolizing the Censorate stopped at the palace gate, the officials knew that the Censorate seemed to have found out the result.

The results are divided into recognized and unrecognized results. The recognized result is that the case was committed by the villains of Northern Qi, while the unrecognized result is who was secretly assisting Northern Qi to complete this assassination without anyone noticing.

In the imperial study of the palace, the Crown Prince and the Second Prince were kneeling behind the curtain.

The Emperor of Qing looked down at the two sons, put his hands on his hips and asked, "Which of you is the murderer?"

This question was asked very directly, and it frightened the two princes out of their wits.

The prince kowtowed and said, "I may be stupid and incompetent, but I am not so rebellious as to dare to do such a treasonous thing under the noses of the people of Qing."

The Second Prince then said, "I am not like the Crown Prince. I have no grudge against Fan Xian, so there is really no reason to harm him."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Qing slowly walked to the side of the Second Prince, leaned down and asked calmly, "But Fan Xian is accepting your invitation. Apart from you, who else can accurately set up an ambush on Niulan Street, the only way for Liujing River to pass?"

"That is why I will not kill Fan Xian. This will only make the whole world suspect me blatantly. I am absolutely not so stupid." The Second Prince said hurriedly.

"Have you ever heard of doing the opposite?"

The second prince panicked and kowtowed as well, saying, "Your Majesty, I am innocent."

Emperor Qing didn't look at him again, and turned to ask the Crown Prince: "Fan Xian wants to be in charge of the inner treasury, do you want to give it to him?"

The prince said respectfully, "Everything is up to the emperor, and I will obey your orders. I will never do anything to disobey you."

Emperor Qing turned his back and said, "Then who do you think is the murderer?"

The prince played dumb as always: "The murderer is a Northern Qi warrior. It must be a Northern Qi conspiracy."

The second prince sneered and questioned, "What the crown prince said makes sense. Northern Qi warriors dare to come to Qing to kill people openly. If you don't know, you would think this is Northern Qi."

"What do you mean?" the prince retorted.

The second prince replied: "It's nothing, I just want to ask why Beiqi killed Fan Xian, and on what basis did they kill Fan Xian?"

Emperor Qing threw the memorial down and said coldly, "What are you arguing about? You two are the only ones who talk too much."

They both lowered their heads and shut up.

"Your Majesty, Lord Lin requests to see you," Eunuch Hou reported.

"Oh, now the answer to who the murderer is is here." Emperor Qing waved his hand outside.

Lin Ruo walked into the imperial study and bowed: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

He glanced at the two princes and then said, "Your Majesty, should I kneel?"

Emperor Qing smiled and said, "If you admit your guilt, then you should kneel down."

Upon hearing this, the prince immediately said, "If I have any other intentions, I will be punished by heaven and earth."

"I think so too," the second prince echoed.

He is scaring his two sons again. He will feel unhappy if he doesn't scare them for a day... Lin Ruo complained in his heart, bowed again, leaned forward and said, "Your Majesty, we have a clue in the case."

"Then say it."

Lin Ruo nodded and said, "The Niulan Street attack was carried out by Zuixianju, a secret agent of Northern Qi stationed in Qing State."

Emperor Qing looked away and the Second Prince said in panic, "I am guilty of holding a banquet here, which gave the Northern Qi villains an opportunity to take advantage of me."

Emperor Qing retracted his gaze, put his hands behind his back and sighed, "Go on."

"The one who colluded with Zuixianju was the strategist Wu Bo'an."

"Whose man is the counselor Wu Bo'an?" Emperor Qing's words were filled with anger.

"Advisor Wu Bo'an is the prime minister's man." Lin Ruo replied calmly.

The prince quickly defended himself, "Father, Prime Minister Lin is devoted to the country and would never do such a thing."

"Where does the evidence come from?" Emperor Qing did not answer, but continued to ask.

Lin Ruo explained the matter in detail, "Cheng Jushu confessed it himself. In addition, Cheng Jushu went to Beijing with the secret assistance of Fang Xiu, the lieutenant general of the Patrol City Division. After being interrogated by the Supervisory Council, he also confessed to Wu Bo'an."

Emperor Qing was silent for a long time before he asked, "What's going on at Zuixianju?"

"All the people in Zuixianju were captured, only the courtesan Si Lili escaped from the city." Lin Ruo replied.

Emperor Qing waved his hand again: "Arrest him immediately. There are still cases to be investigated. No one can stop us."

The two princes were scolded a few more times and then left the imperial study.

Emperor Qing looked at Lin Ruo who was reluctant to leave and sat back in his seat: "Do you have anything else to report?"

Lin Ruo nodded and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, yes, regarding the matter of Cheng Jushu, I implore you to send him back to Northern Qi."

"What's the reason?" Emperor Qing asked.

Lin Ruo replied: "The minister close to the Queen Mother of Northern Qi, Mr. He, is willing to exchange a piece of information for Cheng Jushu."

"What news?" Lin Ruo handed over the secret letter without saying anything.

Emperor Qing looked at it for a while, then said angrily, "My Qing Kingdom has a secret economic relationship with Northern Qi, but he is unwilling to reveal who it is?"

Lin Ruo smiled and said, "At least we left some clues so we can investigate slowly."

Emperor Qing snorted coldly: "He really is thinking about his apprentice. OK, I want to see who is being so presumptuous under my nose."

"I am willing to share your Majesty's worries. I will do my best in this case."

Emperor Qing glanced at him and said expressionlessly, "You really like to eliminate traitors for the country. I will ask someone else to investigate the economic transactions. You just need to focus on investigating Niulan Street and don't be distracted."

Lin Ruo bowed again and said, "Then I will take my leave."

……

When we left the palace, it was already dark.

Wang Qinian drove the carriage on the deserted street and asked, "Sir, does His Majesty agree?"

Lin Ruo nodded and said calmly, "I agree. You can send Cheng Jushu away from Beijing tomorrow. Send the Sixth Division to handle this matter. Make sure it is done well."

"Yes, my lord."

"But sir, why don't you let Cheng Jushu directly accuse the princess? This way, the Niulan Street case will be solved immediately." Wang Qinian asked puzzledly.

Lin Ruo shook his head and explained, "Cheng Jushu was only in charge of the assassination. He couldn't know too much inside information. It's enough for him to testify against Wu Bo'an. Just like the secret letters of economic transactions, the answers must not be revealed too easily. Emperor Qing must check it himself so that he won't suspect anything."

"That's right. No matter who Your Majesty supervises to handle this case, as long as we throw out clues in secret, the princess will be exposed." Wang Qinian said convincedly.

"Where did Si Lili go?" Lin Ruo asked.

Wang Qinian looked at the sky and estimated the time: "He has escaped far from the city. When will we arrest him?"

Lin Ruo smiled softly: "Don't worry, let her continue to run, and wait until we get her back from the border. The case is not that easy to solve. The answer we get after going through so much hardship to catch her will be more convincing."

"Your Excellency wants to use her to accuse the eldest princess?" Wang Qinian said.

Lin Ruo nodded again: "Yes, Si Lili is the leader of the secret gang, that's enough. And Wu Boan must die. He can't be the one to accuse the princess. Then only Miss Si Lili can do it."

"Why must Wu Boan be killed?" Wang Qinian was a little confused. With him included, it was even more obvious that the evidence was not true.

Lin Ruo took a deep breath and said seriously, "Wu Bo'an involves the prime minister, and Emperor Qing will not let him speak casually. Such evidence will surely cause controversy among all parties in the court, and it will be very complicated. Instead of causing trouble, it is better to kill him and find someone else to accuse."

"But who will kill Wu Bo'an? Do we need to send someone from the courtyard?" Wang Qinian felt that this was inappropriate.

Lin Ruo looked at him and said, "It's better not to kill him than to send someone from the courtyard. Send the news of the murderer to the Fan Mansion, and naturally someone more skillful than us will take action."

Wang Qinian shut his mouth obediently and wondered who would take action.

……

Eighteen miles away from Kyoto, in a manor on Cangshan Mountain, early in the morning, a panicked young man hurried into the yard with his subordinates.

He was the prime minister's second son, Lin Gong.

Seeing the counselor Wu Bo'an sitting on a chair, leaning back to enjoy the cool breeze, he was a little angry and blamed him, "The matter has been exposed, and the capital has issued a wanted order, and you still have the time to sit there."

When Wu Boan heard this, he was incredulous: "Only two days have passed, how could things happen so quickly?"

"Zuixianju was closed down, and Lieutenant General Fang also confessed."

Wu Boan was slightly annoyed: "Second Master is not efficient enough, why did he let that lieutenant general still be alive?"

Lin Gong held the sword, also a little confused, and said: "Before we could do anything, the Supervisory Office had already arrested the man. The action was too fast and beyond our expectations. But even if Lieutenant General Fang was not there, Cheng Jushu had already confessed to you, and you can't escape the charge after all."

"It's the Supervisory Council again. Not killing that guy was the worst thing I've ever done in my life." Wu Bo'an gritted his teeth and slammed the fan shut.

He was stunned and his eyes widened: "No, how could it be possible? How could Cheng Jushu know that I was the one behind this? This is impossible." Wu Bo'an was worried. The more he thought about it, the more wrong it seemed. Cheng Jushu knew nothing about anything except the assassination mission assigned by Zuixianju. Why would he...

Thinking of this, Wu Bo'an felt an unspeakable fear in his heart, as if there was someone behind him from beginning to end who knew what he was going to do before him.

"In that case, the Second Young Master should not come in person. Although you planned it with me, you did not participate in it, and no one will suspect you. If someone notices you on this trip..." Wu Boan became more and more worried.

Lin Gong said proudly: "Don't worry, no one knows about this trip. I have arranged a carriage, you can leave quickly."

"Thank you very much, Second Young Master."

Without further ado, the two left the manor immediately. However, as soon as they walked out of the gate, a shocking scene appeared before their eyes.

More than a dozen guards who were guarding the carriage died silently, and blood was all over the ground.

They talked in the courtyard for a while, but they didn't even notice any fighting outside. Lin Gong's face gradually became serious, and he drew his sword and said, "Who is it? Come out."

As soon as he finished speaking, a blind man in black slowly walked out from the back of the carriage, holding an iron rod in his hand, with blood dripping from it.

“Who is Wu Boan?”

(End of this chapter)