Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

"The Niulan Street assassination was committed by Lin Gong. He has a grudge against Fan Xian!" The prince shouted loudly, unwilling to be outdone.

"That's enough!" Emperor Qing suddenly shouted, his expression turned cold, and he said sternly: "Isn't it embarrassing enough? You are quarreling like this, losing your manners in front of the palace, do you still act like brothers?"

Li An was so happy at the scene in front of him that he cried out in joy.

There are still no melon seeds, it feels a bit off!

Chapter 60 Chen Pingping returns to Beijing.

Li An calmly watched the farce in front of him. The Crown Prince and the Second Prince had been fighting overtly and covertly in the past, but now they were no longer hiding it and were throwing dirty water in front of Emperor Qing.

Hearing Emperor Qing's roar, the Crown Prince and the Second Prince quickly shut up and bent down.

"Let's wait for the Supervisory Council to investigate this matter and make a decision after the results come out!" Emperor Qing's face was as cold as frost. In front of an outsider like Li An, he felt that he had lost his royal dignity. He said to the two people who were lying on the ground: "Restrain your followers in the next few days and don't cause any trouble to interfere with the Supervisory Council's investigation."

Originally, the matter would have come to an end here, giving them a chance to breathe, and the Supervisory Council would have to do its job. However, the prince failed to achieve his goal when he entered the palace this time, and he continued to speak unwillingly.

"Your Majesty, Fan Xian's night trial of Si Lili has given rise to a possibility that he already knows that the Niulan Street assassination was committed by Lin Gong."

As the prince spoke, facing Emperor Qing's increasingly cold gaze, his voice gradually became smaller, and finally he even closed his mouth and said no more.

"Everyone, go out!" Emperor Qing spoke. The Crown Prince had no choice but to take his leave and left the imperial study with the Second Prince.

In the quiet imperial study, only Fan Xian, Li An and Emperor Qing were left.

Emperor Qing adjusted his sitting position on the couch, picked up the teacup and took a sip, his brows were furrowed as if they had never been relaxed. The corners of his mouth curled up, and he asked Li An in a suggestive tone: "Sir, do you know Wu Zhu?"

Li An also took a sip of the tea, but couldn't tell whether it was good or bad, so he answered, "Naturally."

"So is he in Kyoto now?"

"In the city."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Fan Xian was shocked! But what surprised him was that Emperor Qing did not make trouble for it.

"Then please keep this matter to yourself, sir!" A strange color flashed in Emperor Qing's eyes. He slowly raised his head and said this after a long while.

Li An did not respond, but glanced at Fan Xian. Fan Xian naturally did not notice this small action, but it did not escape the eyes of Emperor Qing.

Emperor Qing said calmly: "I will give you a reward."

Li An smiled and said, "If that's the case, even if someone wants to pay me to ask, I won't tell you." After that, he performed the etiquette of a subject. If it was before, it would be fine, but now with Li An's status as a grandmaster, it seemed a bit funny and out of place.

"However, this time, I don't want gold or silver as a reward. I just want to promote some improved agricultural tools and a calendar."

"Oh?" Emperor Qing was actually interested at this time. After listening to Li An's description, he laughed heartily and said, "Since it is beneficial to the people of the world, we should agree to it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Only then did Li An's answer carry a hint of respect.

"Hmm." Emperor Qing turned his head and looked at Fan Xian, who had been silent for a long time, and said, "You don't have to worry too much about this matter. Just wait for the result. Let me think about it carefully." After saying this, Emperor Qing closed his eyes.

Fan Xian let out a sigh of relief, understood what Emperor Qing meant, bowed to him, and said goodbye.

Seeing that today's goal had been achieved, Li An stood up and followed Fan Xian out of the imperial study. Then, led by a palace maid, he left the palace.

At this moment, the surroundings outside the palace were very quiet, and the pedestrians on the road were all in a hurry, as if they were affected by the answer. Knowing that the wind direction had changed in recent days, they all spoke less and walked more cautiously.

Otherwise, living in Kyoto is not easy. Without some foresight, it would be difficult for these people to survive in Kyoto.

Along the way, Fan Xian wanted to speak several times, but stopped because of the presence of the palace maids beside him. Now that they were both out of the palace, they could no longer endure it.

"Why do you want to tell us Uncle Wuzhu's whereabouts?" Fan Xian asked in confusion. At the same time, this was the first time he became wary of this 'fellow villager'.

"It doesn't matter whether I tell you or not. Emperor Qing will know the news soon." Li An paused and didn't explain anything. "At least, today I have promoted the new calendar and agricultural tools, which can be regarded as benefiting the people of the world. By the way, guess what the prince is doing now?"

Fan Xian was shocked, and after thinking for a moment, he shouted in his heart, "Overseer Council!"

Thinking of this, he said goodbye to Li An and wanted to rush to the Supervisory Office to deal with the aftermath.

"Just to remind you, someone has returned to Beijing." After saying this, Li An returned to Wanshizhai.

At this time, Lin Ruofu's reward also arrived in Li An's hands - 100,000 taels of silver.

Adding the previous reward from Li Hongcheng, his wealth value has now reached 710,000 taels.

After that, Li An no longer cared about these troublesome things. He took out the remaining pills and continued to teach his disciples in the courtyard.

"Teacher, the young lady of the Fan family went to the Prince's Eastern Palace today." Seeing that the teacher had time to come, Hong Kaijia began to talk about what Li An had asked him to do today.

Li An nodded and said with a smile: "Dear guests, the arrival is coming!"

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"Sir, there is no need to panic. Miss Si Lili didn't say a word from beginning to end. I think it will be the same this time." Wang Qinian and Fan Xian walked hurriedly, waving their hands and gesturing while speaking to comfort her.

Fan Xian's expression was grim at the moment, and he kept moving: "She didn't say it, she just wanted to stay alive."

Wang Qinian suddenly realized and followed his train of thought: "If she knew that the prince wanted to save him."

"Then she is definitely the first one to betray me." Fan Xian said affirmatively. The two of them had already arrived at the street where the Supervisory Office was located.

Wang Qiming hurriedly took two steps and walked in front of Fan Xian, making a gesture: "Should we get rid of Si Lili in advance?"

Fan Xian shook his head and was about to say something, but he saw many of the prince's guards parked at the gate of the Supervisory Council not far ahead!

The two were shocked and quickly hid themselves and watched everything.

"No!" Fan Xian reacted, "Now whether I kill Si Lili or not, the matter will be suspected of me. The only thing I can do is to prevent the Crown Prince from entering the Supervisory Council!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Qinian said cheerfully, "Don't worry, sir. Royal children are not allowed to enter the Supervisory Council and interfere in its affairs."

Just as he finished speaking, he saw the Crown Prince leading his personal guards and clashing with the people from the Overwatch Council who had gone out to confront him!

"This prince is really a character! We all underestimated him!" Fan Xian sighed, turned around and said helplessly to Wang Qinian: "It seems that I have to run away. I have to escape from Kyoto as soon as possible! Wang Qinian, we will never meet again!"

Wang Qinian's face was already filled with sorrow, and he was about to say goodbye, but suddenly he saw the changes at the gate of the Overwatch Council, and his expression changed from worry to relief. He hurriedly smiled and said to Fan Xian, "Sir, take a look!"

After hearing this, Fan Xian quickly turned around and looked.

I saw black cavalry approaching in the distance. The master of the Supervisory Council, Chen Pingping, has returned to Beijing!

"Was Lin Gong killed by Wu Zhu?" Seeing Fan Xian remained silent, Chen Pingping opened her lips slightly, which were as thin as willow leaves, and said, "You don't believe me!"

Chen Pingping was greeted by Fan Xian's silence as before.

"Wang Qinian! Are you the dean's man?" Fan Xian had already left the Supervisory Council and was shouting at the grinning fat man in front of him with an angry face.

"Oh, sir, please don't say such harsh words!" Wang Qinian said with a sly smile: "I want to leave the Supervisory Council, so I naturally have to do this last thing for the president!"

Fan Xian's face was full of contempt, and he asked jokingly, "So what do you plan to do after you leave the Overwatch Council?"

"Haha, of course I'll follow you, sir! You are so young, but you are already a supervisor of the Supervisory Council. You must have a bright future. And you are generous, sir. If I follow you, I can earn more money to supplement my family income!"

Fan Xian's face was filled with helplessness. He had no way to deal with Wang Qinian, so he just acquiesced to what he said.

At this time, Chen Pingping entered the palace.

Chapter 61 This person cannot stay!

"Chen Pingping." Emperor Qing let out a long breath and asked in a light voice, "Did your visit go smoothly?"

"Your Majesty, I am your subject." Chen Pingping was driving the wheelchair, with his front always facing the person in front of him.

"Do you hate what happened this time?"

"Your Majesty, I am terrified!" Chen Pingping said, lowering his head slightly.

"Yes." Emperor Qing stood up from the couch, put his hands behind his back, and walked out of the imperial study, "Walk with me."

Chen Pingping quickly controlled the wheelchair to catch up.

The Tide-Watching Pavilion is where Emperor Qing spends most of his leisure time. On weekdays, after the court meeting, Emperor Qing spends most of his leisure time here. This is also the reason why Emperor Qing set up the Imperial Study here, and some unfinished official business will also be handled here.

Although the Qing Palace was not as vast and solemn as the Northern Qi Palace, the pond was also a beautiful sight specially built by the Qing Emperor. There was a pond of koi in it, which made the Qing Emperor often think of the dashing figure in his heart. That period of time was the happiest time in the Qing Emperor's life, even more pleasant than when he became the emperor.

The two people with different thoughts walked slowly, and from time to time threw some fish food that they had just received from the eunuch, which created a scene of countless colorful fish fighting for it.

The two of them tacitly kept silent and deliberately maintained a moment of silence.

After a moment, Emperor Qing slowly closed his eyes, his face full of aftertaste, but his voice was cold and uncomfortable: "You have led the Supervisory Council for many years, and I have always been very relieved. This time, what kind of answer are you going to give?"

Chen Pingping threw away the fish food in his hand, clapped his hands, and said expressionlessly: "The murderer who killed Lin Gong has already been found."

"What do you mean?" Emperor Qing frowned.

"When Lin Gong died, there was a man next to him named Wu Bo'an." Chen Pingping did not answer Emperor Qing's first question, but talked about another thing.

Emperor Qing lowered his brows, thinking about the information about Wu Boan.

Wu Bo'an had some reputation in Kyoto, especially in the official circles, where he was very active. His position was swaying, maneuvering between the crown prince and the second prince, but no one expected that he would end up dying with the second son of Prime Minister Lin's mansion.

"Go on."

"Yes." Chen Pingping continued, "After returning to the capital, I have interrogated Si Lili. This Wu Bo'an is the person responsible for contacting Northern Qi. Even the lieutenant commander of the patrol department who was silenced was related to him. Now it seems that he is the mastermind behind all this."

Emperor Qing was silent, and did not say whether Si Lili was making random accusations because she saw something was not right. He knew Chen Pingping, just as Chen Pingping knew him. Since Chen Pingping said this, it must be true. Emperor Qing was thinking about something else. Since Wu Bo'an colluded with Qi State and had contact with the second son of Prime Minister Lin, then Lin Gong could not escape the charge of collaborating with the enemy!

The matter involves treason. As for Prime Minister Lin Ruofu, the head of all officials, how long can he remain in office?

'After the national war, he will still be needed to coordinate the war.' Emperor Qing thought to himself.

"Wu Bo'an was a Jinshi twenty years ago. He is a very talented person. As for who really supports him behind the scenes..." Chen Pingping paused and said no more, but his eyes were fixed on Emperor Qing.

"You old dog, you are getting more and more presumptuous!" Emperor Qing raised the cup of tea in the pavilion and threw it in front of Chen Pingping. With a snap, the cup shattered and the tea splashed. "I asked you to name the murderer!"

Emperor Qing certainly knew who Chen Pingping was talking about. Apart from the eldest princess, who else would have the courage to contact Northern Qi with bargaining chips?

Chen Pingping seemed not to notice what was happening before him. He let the water stains on his body slide off, with a smile on his face, and answered firmly, "Si Gu Jian!"

"The Grand Master of Dongyi City, Si Gu Jian?" Emperor Qing seemed amused by this answer. "Do you think people in the world will believe this answer? Will Prime Minister Lin believe it? This answer is a bit too absurd."

"Of course they will believe it!" Chen Pingping said respectfully with a matter-of-fact look on his face, "From the inspection of Lin Gong's wounds in the courtyard, it is clear that they were done by a master swordsman. And they carry the pure power of Si Gu Jian, which cannot be faked. The female assassin in the Niulan Street incident was also Si Gu Jian's disciple, and Si Gu Jian had been to Kyoto before, so the murderer is naturally him, and can only be him!"

Emperor Qing frowned: "What if Si Gu Jian denies it?"

Chen Pingping shook his head, and his meaning was very clear: Si Gu Jian would not deny it!

"Then let's investigate this, and make sure the facts are confirmed. When the case is closed, send an imperial edict to Dongyi City and ask them to hand over the murderer." After saying this, the atmosphere between the two gradually eased. "As for sending troops, the Supervisory Council must also prepare in advance and make arrangements."

"I obey your command." Chen Pingping, who was sitting in a wheelchair, responded with a bow.

Emperor Qing nodded and said something else: "There is a man named Li An in Kyoto. What do you think?"

Chen Pingping's eyes sparkled when he heard Emperor Qing's question. He couldn't help but recall the results of his investigation into this person during this period of time.

From the strange clothes that Li An wore when he first appeared in Danzhou, and then he approached Fan Xian and gradually gained the reputation of a fortune teller. And now he has entered Beijing, earned a huge fortune that has disappeared, and defeated Si Gu Jian in the suburbs of Kyoto, it can be seen that Li An should come from the same place as the young lady - the temple.

"This person has top-notch cultivation and is the fifth grandmaster in the world. Not only is he good at martial arts, he is also very talented in literature and has published many excellent works. These are secondary. What people care about most is his divination that seems to know everything, which makes it impossible to keep secrets!"

Chen Pingping never believed in divination. If there were such magical things, why couldn't the young lady, who also came from the temple, predict that she would end up dying in the capital of Qing Kingdom?

"You mean, he has his own information network, and it's a force that even your Supervisory Council can't detect?" Emperor Qing asked back.

Chen Pingping shook his head: "It's impossible that there are no traces at all." This sentence denied Emperor Qing's guess, and also denied his own idea.

Emperor Qing did not deny Chen Pingping's ability. There was no force in the world that he could not find out. Looking at the old and disabled man in front of him, Emperor Qing sighed and said, "You are a few years younger than me, but now you are so old. Who can help me after you?"

Chen Pingping smiled slightly and replied, "Of course there is one, and that is Fan Xian. After completing this task, I will be able to put down my heavy burden."

"In order to give him his mother's things intact, I paid no less than you two!" Emperor Qing snorted coldly, as if something on his mind was aroused. He became silent for a while, and after a while he adjusted his mood and said, "You are dissatisfied with me!"

"I dare not!" Chen Pingping lowered his head. "I just want the Supervisory Council to be smoothly handed over to Fan Xian. But Fan Jian, the Supervisory Council has so much power, how can it be handed over to an outsider? Only Fan Xian can take over."

"Let me think about it again." Emperor Qing's heart was moved, and he seemed to agree with Chen Pingping's words. He turned to ask about Li An, "Yesterday, Li An handed in a new farm tool blueprint and a new calendar. What do you think I should do with Li An?"

"The new blueprints and calendars must be promoted. After all, it is possible that they are from there." Chen Pingping calmed down, his face cold, and said firmly: "It's just that Li An..."

"You can't stay!"

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Chapter 62: Farming in the Fields.

After hearing Chen Pingping's answer, Emperor Qing was not surprised at all. He said quietly, "If one day he threatens the royal family, I will deal with him. By the way, is Old Five in Kyoto now?"

Chen Pingping did not hide anything and answered truthfully: "Yes, I just guessed that Master Wuzhu was in Beijing."

All of this became clear. Emperor Qing seemed to be overworked. He gently rubbed his brow and said, "Let's deal with the matter between the Princess and Li An for now. As for Fan Xian, the children will naturally have their own destiny. How far they can grow up depends on themselves."