It seems that he didn't expect the princess and the prince to be here, after Zeng Shichun sat down, he lowered his head and drank tea, but did not speak.

Li Xuan glanced at him, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Is there something wrong with this adult?" ”

Li Yi waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about Lord Zeng for now, if there is anything, you can say it." ”

Li Xuan looked at him, then at Zeng Shichun, who seemed to understand something, and then frowned again, and asked, "You actually asked me something, don't you know what we came to you for?" ”

Li Yi shook his head, "Why ......, say it in advance, don't look for me when the Academy of Sciences has no funds, borrow from Mingzhu, my family's expenses are large, and her money can't be spent." ”

"Qingjun side!"

Li Xuan patted the table and said, "That old man Chu took the lead, and he wanted to take the side of the emperor's uncle Qingjun, and punish the ministers, you are the one who is clear, and you are still sitting here drinking tea?" ”

He said with some annoyance: "Although the old man Chu is respected, and the Chu family has an extraordinary influence in Shilin, and there are almost no flaws to be found, you can't just sit still......

"It's not that I can't find any flaws." Zeng Shichun put down the teacup, looked at Li Xuan and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince doesn't know, the case of the disappearance of the woman that was solved a few days ago, in the Peng family that day, Mrs. Chu's grandson was arrested on the spot, and it was only because someone exerted some force on it that it was over......"

Li Yi and Li Mingzhu didn't show much surprise, but Li Xuan was taken aback, stood up suddenly, and asked, "Is there such a thing?" ”

Zeng Shichun nodded, and seeing the expressions of Li Yi and Her Royal Highness the Princess, he knew that the Cui family took it for granted last time, and even if he didn't open his mouth, he couldn't hide it from them.

Li Xuan's brows furrowed, pacing in the hall, and muttered: "But this alone can't bring down the Chu family, in case it annoys Old Man Chu, it's not a good thing...... this old guy still says what kind of "Wen Gu", bullshit Wen Gu!" ”

"What if there's another homicide case?" Zeng Shichun got up and said: "Unfortunately, on the night of the Lantern Festival, the murder in the Miaoyin Pavilion was also somewhat related to that Chu Gongzi. ”

The murder case was in an uproar in Kyoto, and it has not been solved yet, Li Xuan also had some impressions of this, and asked: "What do you mean, don't you mean that the Qin criminal originally wanted to harm the grandson of Mrs. Chu, ...... you mean, that case was originally done by the person surnamed Chu?" ”

Li Xuan walked up to him and asked, "In that case, why hasn't there been any news coming out?" ”

"That's because, Jingzhao Yin Zeng Shichun, with the acquiescence of Mrs. Chu, concealed the case and framed it on a wandering Qin criminal, in addition, the woman's sister felt that the case was strange, and avenged her grievances in front of the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, and she is still locked up in the prison by him."

Li Xuan was stunned, with a puzzled and shocked expression on his face, pointed at him, and said, "You, aren't you Zeng Shichun?" ”

Zeng Shichun tidied up the hem of his clothes, knelt down in the direction of the eldest princess, and said loudly: "The minister is guilty!" ”

"You ......" Li Xuan pointed at him, speechless in surprise, and finally just held back a sentence, "You traitor ------ betrayed well!" ”

"That's why you put that woman in prison." Li Yi also stood up, looked at him and asked, "Why didn't you say this before?" ”

Zeng Shichun raised his head and said slowly: "The time is not coming. ”

Li Mingzhu looked at him and asked, "Do you know, what kind of crime is this?" ”

Zeng Shichun lowered his head and said, "No matter what the crime is, it is much better than following the Cui family to a dead end." ”

Li Mingzhu looked at him, waved his hand, and said, "Get up and speak." ”

……

After listening to Zeng Shichun's words, Her Royal Highness the Princess shook her head and said, "No wonder, no wonder he is so radical, in order to keep the name of the Chu family, Mrs. Chu has no other way." ”

Li Xuan slapped the table and said angrily: "The Cui family actually used such despicable means, why didn't you tell Old Man Chu about it......"

Zeng Shichun shook his head and said: "The Chu family can't turn back, whether it is designed by the Cui family or not, the case was committed by Chu Ping, and the Cui family has been out of the matter from beginning to end, just by one side, it is impossible to bring down such a wealthy family, not to mention, the water in the capital is deep, and the Cui family is far from being as simple as His Royal Highness the Prince of the World seems on the surface." ”

"Qin He......" A trace of doubt appeared on Li Yi's face, and after his lips moved slightly, he looked at Zeng Shichun and asked, "The sister of the victim woman, how is it now?" ”

Zeng Shichun said: "In order to prevent the Cui family from extinguishing their mouths, I have been keeping her in prison, but this time, if she is released, she will no longer be able to knock on the drum of Jingzhao Yamen." ”

"Uncle, Liu Yishou from the Criminal Department is here." The old party came in from outside a little strangely, what's the matter today, it's not a holiday, they all run home one by one......

Zeng Shichun looked back and said, "I'll go back first." ”

"If there's anything, I'll have someone contact you." Li Yi nodded, beckoned to the old man, and said, "Send Master Zeng out the back door." ”

"Master Lee." After Liu Yishou entered the door, he first saluted Li Yi, and was about to speak, when a voice sounded in his ears.

"In your eyes, is there only Master Li?"

Liu Yishou was stunned, and when he saw the two people behind Li Yi, he immediately bowed down and said, "Xiaguan has seen Her Royal Highness the princess and the prince!" ”

When he looked up again, his mouth opened, but he didn't know whether to open his mouth or not.

Li Yi waved his hand and said, "It's okay, the princess and the prince are their own people, let's say, how is the investigation of that case?" ”

Liu Yishou nodded and said: "The two missing women can already be confirmed to have nothing to do with the Peng family, and in the process of investigating the case, the subordinates unexpectedly found that near Gyeonggi, in the past one or two years, the missing women and women have far exceeded the past, but the locations of the previous disappearances are relatively scattered, involving more than a dozen counties, and there are not many missing people in each county, but if they add up, it is an extremely terrifying number......

Li Yi frowned slightly, "There are so many people, don't you have any clues at all?" ”

Liu Yishou shook his head and said: "After all the clues were extended to Kyoto, they were inexplicably broken, and now there are no useful discoveries, and there is no direct evidence that these are related to the Cui family." ”

Li Xuan looked at him in surprise and asked, "Do you suspect that the Cui family is also engaged in abducting and selling women?" ”

"I don't know ......" Li Yi shook his head and said: "Regardless of whether it has anything to do with the Cui family or not, the two missing women should always go all out to find them, otherwise, the case will not be over." ”

He turned his head to look at Liu Yishou and said, "This case, you can continue to follow up." ”

"Then the subordinate went back first." Liu Yiyi nodded, and after taking a few steps, a trace of hesitation appeared on his face, and he turned around and said: "Your Excellency can deal with those rotten Confucians with all your might, and don't pay attention to the Cui family's ......."

Li Xuan looked at the back of Liu Yishou leaving, turned his head and said, "How do I feel that he has something to say?" ”

Li Yi looked at him in surprise: "Can you still hear the words in the words?" ”

Without waiting for Li Xuan to ask, Lao Fang walked in with a surprised face, looked at Li Yi, and said, "Uncle, someone is here again, it's the old man who came last time, called Qin Xiang." ”

Li Xuan and Li Mingzhu glanced at each other, the eldest princess of the regent was with the boiling traitor of the country who was rumored to be in the outside world, but it was not good for the prime minister to see it, Li Mingzhu looked at him, and walked behind the screen on the side with Li Xuan.

The gray-haired old man stepped into the hall and said, "Sure enough, you are young and fearless, and the rumors from the outside world are overwhelming, you can still sit still......"

Li Yi got up and clenched his fists: "Prime Minister Qin, please take a seat." ”

"Sit, don't sit, the old man came over today, just to bring you a word." Qin Xiang stood at the door, looked at him calmly, and said: "Stick to what you think is right, above the court, there are still many clear-eyed people, they will not watch it, everything you and Her Royal Highness the princess have done for these countries is ruined in the hands of those people with ill intentions, although the old man is old, but with this old bone, he can also block a block for you young people......"

If he said one sentence, he only said one sentence, and when he finished speaking, he turned around and walked straight away.

I have to say that Li Yi used to have some misunderstandings about the old man in front of him, but some things that happened later made his impression of Qin Xiang change a lot.

Regardless of the Qin family, just talking about Qin Xiang, this is an old man who lives a pure life, an old man worthy of admiration.

He watched Qin Xiang's figure disappear, and Lao Fang's big face appeared in front of him again.

The old man's face showed an extremely puzzled expression, "Uncle, what festival is it today?" ”

Li Yi looked at him and asked, "Who is here again?" ”

"Lao Liu of the county government."