Prosperous Concubine

Chapter 249
Knowing that she was drowsy, Ya'er reminded softly, "It's Duke Mu!"

Mu Yutang's bewildered thoughts instantly came to her senses, she curled her lips into a sneer, Mu Zhen was busy catching assassins all day long, yet she still found time to come to her courtyard, what a rare visitor, a rare visitor: "Please come in!"

Ya'er took the order to go, and after a while, led Mu Zhen to come over. His eyes were sunken, his expression was tired, his tall and straight body was slightly bent, and his official uniform, which was always clean, was covered with a light layer of dust. His appearance was very decadent. , where there is still a little bit of high spirits at the beginning!
Tsk tsk, in order to track down the black-clothed assassin, he actually haggarded like this, how pitiful!
Mu Yutang shook her head and sighed softly, her cold eyes were full of gloating, she deserved it for herself.

"Yutang!" Seeing Mu Yutang, Mu Zhen's haggard eyes sparkled, and he walked forward in two or three steps. The joy in his eyes was beyond words: "Are you doing well? I am very worried about you."

He will worry about her?Just a polite word, just to make her happy, don't think she doesn't know, the joy in his eyes is not because of seeing her after a long time, but because of seeing the savior of life.

Mu Zhen was still annoying as always.

Mu Yutang frowned tightly, and said displeasedly: "Mu Guogong, if you have anything to say, just speak up, don't beat around the bush!"

Mu Zhen hadn't even finished yet, but Mu Yutang mercilessly debunked his purpose. The old man blushed and coughed unnaturally: "Yutang, do you know where I can meet Xiao Shizi?" He went to Xuechen Tower to ask to see him several times, but the guard Xue Yiwei always said that he was not there.

Mu Yutang raised her eyebrows: "Why are you looking for Xiao Qingyu?"

Mu Zhen's eyes were full of helplessness, and he sighed heavily: "Now that the matter has come to an end, I won't hide it from you anymore. The emperor gave me and General Chen ten days to track down the black-clothed assassins, but after those assassins assassinated the queen, It disappeared in the capital, as if it had never appeared before."

"We led a large number of soldiers to search from house to house, but we didn't find any clues. Seeing that the deadline given by the emperor is getting closer, we still don't have any clues, so we wanted to ask Prince Xiao to help the emperor. , allow some more time..."

Sure enough, the matter was not completed, and he came to find a savior. Mu Yutang let go of the man in black just to make things difficult for Mu Zhen, so how could he help him see Xiao Qingyu again.

"Mu Guogong, Xiao Qingyu is in charge of Mengyao Academy, not a national event, and it is inconvenient for him to intervene in the affairs of the court. If you want someone to speak well of you in front of the emperor, you should find the minister of the court. Find him But it's useless."

Mu Zhen's face was gloomy. He had already looked for those colleagues in the court, but they either avoided seeing them, or they said it was difficult to deal with, and they refused to help each of them. The prince was concerned about the queen's injury, and also worried about his own. The marriage was so busy that no one was around, and the third prince also avoided seeing her.

He really couldn't find anyone to help, so he thought of Xiao Qingyu. Although he didn't care about court affairs, he was Prince Qi's son, and the emperor liked him very much. As long as he said something, the emperor would definitely consider giving them a few days of grace.

He knew that Mu Yutang didn't like him, but he was her biological father after all, and she didn't want to save her, you rebellious girl!

Mu Zhen gritted his teeth angrily, he needed the help of this rebellious girl now, he couldn't get into a stalemate with her, took a deep breath for a while, and then calmed down the anger in his chest, lowered his posture, and begged: "Yutang, just look at our father For the love of the girl, please help me!"

Mu Yutang looked at his pleading eyes, and sneered in her heart, old fox, it's useless to pretend to be pitiful in front of her: "Mu Guogong, it's not that I don't want to help, but, as you said just now, the assassin in black disappeared completely. Even if you allow a few more days, you still won't be able to catch the assassin, so what will you do then?"

"This..." Mu Zhen was at a loss for words. He had thought about this problem before, but he couldn't find a solution. He just wanted to postpone the time and make plans again. Yu Tang refused to help connect and forced him to watch Qing, you can't blindly procrastinate, if you want to settle this matter once and for all, you have to solve this matter completely: "What good solution does Yutang have?"

Mu Yutang looked at his longing eyes, a strange light flashed in her cold eyes, and she returned to normal in an instant: "The black-clothed assassins are shockingly powerful in martial arts, and the Imperial Forest Army is no match for them. The palace guards they brought were far inferior to them, so naturally they couldn't find any trace of them. The Duke might as well use this as an excuse to ask the emperor for reinforcements. As for the reinforcements, they were not many guards or powerful generals, but the Ministry of Punishment. !"

People from the criminal department are the best at solving cases. The black-clothed assassins disappeared without a trace after killing people. It is an unsolved case. Let them reinforce the search for the black-clothed man. They can indeed smell clues, but ten days are coming soon.

"If the people from the Ministry of Punishment fail to find the black-clothed assassin within the time limit, Weifu and General Chen will still be severely punished." Mu Zhen frowned and sighed softly, looking as if he was in imminent disaster.

Mu Yutang sneered with disdain in her heart, with a heavy burden on her body, Mu Zhen really became stupid, he didn't think of the real meaning of reinforcements, so she patiently explained to him.

"The Criminal Department is responsible for dealing with major and important cases. The black-clothed assassins came without a trace and went without a trace. They killed and looted dozens of imperial guards. They committed major crimes. After reinforcements from the Criminal Department, the Duke and General Chen can find a suitable excuse. , Give them the sovereignty of investigating cases and arresting people."

"Ordinary guards, the officials of the Criminal Department will definitely transfer the subordinates of the Criminal Department to help. Gradually, the number of people in the Criminal Department has increased. Getting to the black-clothed assassin is a matter for the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and has nothing to do with the Duke and General Chen!"

"The method is really good." Mu Zhen nodded, his eyes were full of appreciation, and his frown still did not relax: "The people in the Criminal Department are not fools, will they take over this hot potato?" If you can't catch the assassin in black, will you With a heavy punishment, no one would take trouble on themselves for no reason.

"If the Duke and General Chen can't catch the black-clothed assassin, the matter will be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment. They can't push it away. We are all colleagues. It would be better to owe favors to each other."

Mu Zhen worked hard for seven or eight days, his complexion was very haggard, his mind was exhausted, his thoughts also went into a dead end, and he didn't know how to change it. Mu Yutang didn't even bother to give him contempt, so she gave him a look and was patient. Explanation: "After the criminal department takes over the case, it will reconsider and ask the emperor for a certain period of time depending on the severity of the matter. They are not dereliction of duty, but investigators. The emperor will not force them too much."

When Mu Zhen heard the words, a bright light shone in his tired eyes: Yes, the Ministry of Punishment is different from them, and they are treated differently by the emperor. This method of changing form and shadow is really wonderful, why didn't he think of it?This daughter is so smart and solves his big trouble!
(End of this chapter)