Evergreen Immortal..

Chapter 196 Everyone is happy
"Hiss, why did he say what I said?"

Li Rui, who was hiding in the dark, hissed softly in his heart.

Yes.

The person standing in front of Chai Jingong and talking was not him.

Or, it could have been him originally, but someone else got there first.

Ever since he heard the news from Fu Huan, he had been staying in the military camp every night, monitoring every move of the people in the Ministry of Justice.

Chai Jingong's actions tonight all took place right under his nose.

If he hadn't been worried about Chai Jingong's pig nose, he could have followed even closer.

no way.

Chai Jingong is really amazing.

There were almost no clues, but the scene was still found by Chai Jingong.

This was exactly where he killed Gao Zhen, and Chai Jingong almost touched the truth of the matter.

Of course Li Rui would not let this happen.

Since we can't solve the problem, we can only solve the person who raised the problem.

Chai Jingong is only a sixth-rank official, and he is in a disabled state, so he should be easy to kill.

Li Rui quietly put away the sword in his hand that was already an inch out of the sheath.

He chose to wait and see.

not far away.

Chai Jingong looked at the strange masked man in front of him with caution. The terrifying aura from the other party made him dare not act rashly.

"Oops!"

His face turned extremely ugly.

Sometimes he was so focused on the case that he even forgot that his actual ability was only at the sixth rank, not the fifth rank like his official position.

After all, he was just a civil servant in the Ministry of Justice who was investigating cases, not a military general.

In fact, he was already on guard.

Chai Jingong thought he was cautious enough.

He confirmed several times that there was no one following him.

Unexpectedly, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, and was still blocked in the forest.

There is no village in front and no shop behind here.

Even if he shouted at the top of his lungs, Cao Wei and Jiang Linxian would not be able to hear him.

Even if he could hear it, by the time he got here, he would have been dead, and his fate would be exactly the same as Gao Zhen's. The next person from the Ministry of Justice might not be able to find this place.

"Keep calm, stay calm, there is still hope."

Chai Jingong swallowed hard at his dry throat.

The person in front of him was able to follow him without him noticing, so his strength must be far superior to his.

You definitely can't get through by forcing your way in.

He was in the shape of a pig and was good at solving cases, but when it came to fighting, he was almost at the bottom of the sixth rank.

"This person didn't kill me directly, which proves that at least he doesn't want to kill me now."

Chai Jingong finally plucked up the courage to look the masked man in the eye.

In the face of life and death, everyone is actually the same.

He forced himself to remain calm, his brain working rapidly, and when the two of them confronted each other, he said something shocking: "Are you from the Duke of Wei's side?"

As soon as these words came out.

Even Li Rui, who was hiding in the dark, had his pupils shrink.

The masked man's eyes flashed with surprise, and then he chuckled:
"He is quite a smart man."

As he said this, he actually pulled off the mask on his face.

Chai Jingong wanted to reach out to stop him, but the man moved too fast and it was too late.

I still saw the man's true face.

Chai Jingong's expression instantly turned extremely ugly. After a long while, he sighed softly, "So the Duke of Wei is going to kill me to silence me?"

He is an investigator in the Criminal Department.

I know the criminal's mind too well.

Many times, murder does not happen when someone meets someone, but when the other person's identity is revealed.

My identity is known. If I don't kill him, will he be kept to take revenge on me later?

He revealed the other party's identity just to shock him first, not because he really wanted to know the other party's specific identity.

The man showed appreciation in his eyes:

"You are quite good, you can actually guess my origins."

He grinned: "Since you have seen my face, let's get straight to the point. I will give you two choices. One is death."

Chai Jingong wasn't even interested in listening to the first point.

Because this is used to scare people and is a common tactic used by criminals.

He had already pricked up his ears to listen.

The man's mouth curved even more: "Second, throw everything to the Ghost Sect, then take this pill, as long as you don't tell anyone, you won't die."

talking.

The man took out a thumb-sized, pitch-black, round pill from his pocket.

"really."

A hint of bitterness appeared on Chai Jingong's lips.

Faced with life and death, how can you choose?
No choice.

In fact, as long as the man in front of him didn't bring up anything like treason that would implicate his entire clan, he would agree without hesitation.

He is obsessed with solving crimes.

That was to know the truth, and now that the truth has been revealed, there is no need to uphold justice.

Nothing is more important than life.

Moreover, the Duke of Weiguo has already taken action, so justice cannot be upheld by a mere doctor in the Ministry of Justice like him.

"Okay, I'll eat."

Chai Jingong was quite decisive. He grabbed the pill almost the moment the man finished speaking and stuffed it into his mouth without hesitation.

Even the scene looks like.

It seems like he is more afraid that the man will regret it.

The man's face was more surprised, and he smiled even more: "Interesting guy, I can't bear to kill you. How about this, you join the Duke's Mansion, and I will give you the antidote."

What he didn't expect was.

This time Chai Jingong chose to refuse firmly: "The threshold of the Duke of Wei's mansion is too high, I am not worthy of it."

The man felt a little regretful.

"Forget it, it's up to you."

After hearing the man's words, Chai Jingong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

I saw the man slowly disappear into the night.

His legs went limp, and he slumped down against the tree trunk with his back, sitting on the ground.

A full quarter of an hour later.

A bitter smile appeared on Chai Jingong's face.

"It was such a close call, I almost died."

He has been handling cases for many years and has experienced many dangers, but most of them are controllable. After all, there are not many people in the court who dare to kill him.

This also cultivated his habit of solving cases at the risk of his life.

A terrible habit.

"This habit must be changed in the future!"

Chai Jingong made a secret decision.

He has an eighty-year-old mother above him, a beautiful wife in the middle, and three sons and four daughters below him.

But you must not die.

For a case that had nothing to do with them, his daughter-in-law remarried and his son called someone else "dad".

It hurts to think about it.

He was almost certain that if he had not revealed the man's identity tonight, he would most likely have been dead.

The Duke of Wei simply did not participate in politics.

But the power of the previous dynasty has never been bad in the State of Yu.

It would be easy to kill a mere sixth-grade thief.

Even the Gao family would turn a blind eye to this matter for the sake of the overall situation.

He was just a small official, why did he sacrifice his life for the cause?

What he died for was not his doctrine.

"It should be that Gao Zhen secretly communicated with the Ghost Sect, and after the Duke of Weiguo found out, he sent a master to kill Gao Zhen to prevent him from getting into trouble. Yes, that must be the case."

An analysis of the entire case involuntarily emerged in Chai Jingong's mind.

If the person who killed Gao Zhen was Duke Weiguo, then everything would become clear.

The process was dangerous, but the feeling of solving the case made Chai Jingong feel numb all over, and it was this feeling that made him unable to stop.

Maybe I'll dare next time?

Snapped!
Chai Jingong slapped himself hard.

I must stop having such terrible thoughts in the future.

If he encounters this situation again, he may not be so lucky.

He felt that he had regained his strength and quickly got up.

Go down the mountain.

The mountains and forests returned to silence.

Li Rui's eyes became strange.

"Duke of Wei"

He heard the conversation between the two people clearly. Perhaps the man from the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion did not expect that there was another old pervert like him.

The Duke of Weiguo's intervention probably made Chai Jingong believe that everything was done by the Duke of Weiguo.

He was unexpectedly cleared of suspicion by accident.

No need to think, it will be announced to the world soon.

Gao Zhen was killed by the Guiming Cult.

He no longer had to worry about it.

"But why did the Duke of Wei intervene in this matter?"

Li Rui knew it very well.

Gao Zhen died at his hands. Duke Weiguo had almost nothing to do with this matter, but he insisted on interrupting everything at this time.

Soon, a glimmer of understanding flashed in his eyes.

"The Duke of Wei is also secretly communicating with the Ghost Cult!"

In fact, the Duke of Weiguo was a remnant of the previous dynasty who surrendered, and the Guiming Sect was a remnant of the previous dynasty who fled south after being defeated in the war.

It's not surprising that the two of them have a connection. As for the connection between Gao Zhen and Duke Weiguo,
"Chaos, chaos, chaos."

Li Rui rubbed his temple.

On the surface, Dayu seems to be prosperous, but there are many dark things.

He stayed there until a hint of paleness appeared on the horizon.

After making sure that there were no one else with the same purpose, he went down the mountain and returned to the military camp.

Five days later.

Chai Jingong approached Cao Wei:
"General Cao is as wise as a god. The one who killed Gao Zhen was definitely the Ghost Sect. Here are the files that were sorted out, and there is evidence."

Cao Wei looked at the thick stack of files in Chai Jingong's hand.

Smiling from ear to ear.

I thought to myself that Lord Chai is really a wise man.

'That's right, is the truth important?'

'It doesn't matter!'

When he opened the file, he saw nearly tens of thousands of words densely written on it. The evidence was detailed and the regulations were clear, and there was nothing wrong with it.

"Master Chai is really good at doing things."

Cao Wei praised sincerely.

With this file and other evidence, handing it over to General Xue and the court will surely satisfy those bigwigs.

At least the crime can be reduced to a minor one and the official position can be kept.

Chai Jingong:
"These days, I am grateful for the help of Lord Cao. I remember when I first came here, Lord Cao said that I must not leave until I am drunk."

Then she smiled a smile that only men could understand.

Cao Wei raised his eyebrows. He usually saw Chai Jingong as an upright official, but he didn't expect that he was actually an interesting person.

"Of course, I can't forget it."

That night.

The Jiaofangsi received another big order.

The next day.

Chai Jingong brought everyone from the Ministry of Justice to Yunzhou to report.

Fu Huan also left Qinghe and returned to the capital on the same day.

Before leaving, he did not forget to go to Li Rui's house to say goodbye.

In this way, Li Rui had firmly grasped the control of the Imperial Observatory.

The matter was resolved perfectly. At least on the surface it seemed perfect.

The Annan army is satisfied, the Ministry of Justice is satisfied, the Duke of Weiguo is satisfied, and the Gao family may be satisfied.

As for the Ghost Sect, no one in the Yu Kingdom cared whether they were satisfied or not.

All are happy.

Li Rui has been the same since he returned to the military camp from the mountains.

No one can see anything unusual.

This day.

late at night.

He sat cross-legged on the futon in the room.

Suddenly!

Lines of small words appeared before his eyes.

[Congratulations to the host for completing the primary plot of becoming a general or a prime minister - immovable as a mountain. ]

(End of this chapter)