After sending Su Mei back to Baiyuan, it was too early, and Lin Jian and Zhao Qinmin went to the Yamen of the Inspectorate Department. met with Gu Wuchen, threw Zhao Qinmin to Yang Pu to greet him, and Lin Jian went to see his top boss Xiao Xuanchou.

Xiao Xuanchou used to be polite to Lin Jian for the sake of Gu Wuchen's face, he was an old official, and he knew who to put on a stand and take an official tone, and who to be polite, not to mention that Lin Xuan was famous, that is, the coachman and sedan chair driver who served Gu Wuchen, Xiao Xuanchou was very polite. Xiao Xuanchou was also very polite when he saw Lin Lian coming back to the Yamen of the Inspectorate at this time, but there were many differences from the past, he knew at this time that this son could not be taken lightly, and even the famous Li Zhuo favored him, maybe it was Dong Yuan again. Although Dong Yuan is said to be the prefect of the fourth grade, his power is far above that of the fifth grade, even if he is more than the deputy envoy Gu Wuchen.

Lin Xuan sat in the signing room and reported some of the situation on the prison island, Xiao Xuanchou listened with interest, and then talked to him to show affection.

Listening to Xiao Xuanchou shift the topic to Li Zhuo several times, Lin Zhuo sighed in his heart, Li Zhuo's appearance at the estuary last night was mainly due to the intention of getting along with Gu Wuchen, Gu Wuchen's bearing was finally unable to jump out of the factional dispute, and Li Zhuo's actions created the illusion of admiring himself to others, which did help to raise Lin Zhuo's value and status in Jiangning, but Lin Jian could not show the slightest pride, lest Gu Wuchen be more wary, maybe Zhao Qinmin still wanted to completely replace his position in front of Gu Wuchen.

"Oh, that's right," Lin Jian lightly changed the topic and asked Xiao Xuanchou, "Lord Xiao, I want to inquire about an idle matter, I don't know if it's appropriate?" ”

"Even if it's an idle matter, is there anything you and I can't talk about?" Xiao Xuanchou said with a smile.

"Jingbei Hou case, it is said that Jiangning was also involved, and at that time, the three divisions also sent people to Jiangning to investigate the case. Lin Jian asked.

“…… You ask about this," Xiao Xuanchou sighed with emotion, "This dynasty has been established for more than 200 years, and there are only a few major cases of the Yi three clans. To be honest, everyone has curiosity, and I came to Koto and inquired about it privately. The file of this case did not leave a single volume on the division's side, which is also strange; Another strange thing is that the officials sent by the embassy department to assist in the investigation of this case have either died of illness or death or death due to accidents or have been beheaded for their crimes, and it has only been 10 years, and no one has survived. At that time, the Marquis of Jingbei had a separate courtyard in Jiangning, and when the case occurred, Yanjing sent a large number of people to Jiangning. In this case, in addition to the father's family, mother's family, and wife's family, even the servants of the Marquis of Jingbei were also beheaded for their crimes, and among the children of the servants, all the boys were also beheaded, and the girls over the age of 10 were beheaded, and only the girls under the age of 10 were prostitutes......"

More than 2,000 people were killed in one case, that is, the intercession officials also killed more than 20 people, and the 100,000 elite divisions guarding Bohai in the north at that time mutinied and collapsed day and night, causing the whole county of Bohai to suddenly lose to the hands of the Donghu people, Lin Jian listened to Xiao Xuanchou downplay the case at this time, and his heart was also cold, which was also the reason why he was unwilling to ask Zhou Pu and Wu Qi about the case, the main reason was that he guessed that Qin Chengzu, Zhou Pu, Wu Qi and others were in the army at that time, and they should not know the details of the Jingbei Hou case.

Lin Xuanchou's back tensed, and he barely calmed down and smiled with Xiao Xuanchou: "I am training new martial arts soldiers on Prison Island, and I have also figured out a thing or two about collecting military books. Speaking of which, Lord Xiao didn't believe it, I actually bought half a fragment of the Seven Classics of Martial Arts in the bookstore, which seems to be a collection of books in the Jingbei Hou Mansion......"

"In the first three years, these were all forbidden things, and in the second year after the current saint ascended the throne, the ban on speech was lifted, and other things were also slightly relaxed, and it was precisely because the legal ban was slightly relaxed that some people looked at the Huai world as prohibited, and forged some hidden things in the Jingbei Hou Mansion for profit," Xiao Xuanchou smiled, "I have also been fooled." ”

"Hahaha," Lin Jian laughed, and Bento himself was the same as Xiao Xuanchou, and asked again, "The list of prostitutes and girls in the Jingbei Hou Mansion should be kept for supervision?" ”

"This list is preserved, but the file is so high that only the envoy has the right to open it," Xiao Xuanchou said, "The people of the time are very forbidden, and I heard that the girls of the Marquis of Jingbei in the Jiangning Courtyard eventually fell into the hands of the feudal family, which is also one of the reasons why the prostitutes of the feudal family were favored by the eunuchs of Jiangning." There is another thing that you may not know, even the famous Su Mei was a prostitute in the clan when he was a child, and it is said that it was because Mu Guogong changed to a happy membership. At that time, Su Mei's fame was not obvious, if Grandpa Mu Guo really took pity on the flowers and jade, and bought Su Mei back to the mansion, he just changed her nationality for her in one more move, don't you say strange......"

Xiao Xuanchou, as a prosecutor, of course had the opportunity to know more confidential things, and he said this to imply that he guessed that Su Mei was also one of the girls who were given prostitutes in the Jingbei Hou case, and at this time he was selling these secrets to himself to show his closeness, but Lin Jian wanted to control himself not to lose his temper and scratch the armrest of the chair.

Zeng Mingxin, the contemporary hereditary Duke of Muguo, was also a suave figure when he was young, and he fell silent after the case of the Marquis of Jingbei, and then the three hereditary nobles of Jiangning, the Marquis of Yongchang steadily overpowered the Duke of Muguo's mansion. It is rumored that the hereditary Mu Guogong was friendly with the Marquis of Jingbei in his early years, and after the case of the Marquis of Jingbei, although Mu Guogong did not come forward to ask for mercy for the Marquis of Jingbei, he was also severely reprimanded, and then he was depressed. In Xiao Xuanchou's opinion, the change of nationality is a bit of an overkill, which may mean that Mu Guogong and Yongchanghou knew some secrets back then, and used this as a constraint.

Lin Jian said goodbye from Xiao Xuanchou's room, a little depressed, he didn't expect that the aftermath of the Jingbei Hou case had not passed at all, and there were still some hidden crises that could kill a lot of people, Su Mei really couldn't get out irresponsibly; In addition, some of the girls who were implicated in the Jingbei Marquis case were probably trapped in the feudal mansion and couldn't get out, right?

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In the evening, the setting sun shone on the stone street of Jiangning City, and Lin Jian and Zhao Qinmin followed Gu Wuchen's car back to Gu's mansion on horseback. Zhao Qinmin looked at Lin Jian and asked with a smile: "What is Lord Lin thinking about, thinking about the beauty?" ”

"Oh!" Lin Jian didn't bother to pay attention to Zhao Qinmin, so he only answered, and seeing that Gu Wuchen in the carriage also brought Zhao Qinmin's words, he frowned slightly and said, "I'm thinking about yesterday's Tang copying ......."

"Oh, Lord Lin is thinking about Chen Mingzhe's title at the top of the list?" Zhao Qinmin said with a smile, "It's really not a pleasant thing, I was in the Yamen just now, and many people are talking about it, saying that Chen Mingzhe is at the top of the gold list, and he deserves his name." He said this, and used this matter to imply that Lin Jian was greedy and wanted to compete with Chen Mingzhen for Su Mei, if he didn't know how to advance or retreat, it was actually Gu Wuchen who made enemies in Jiangning.

Lin Jian suddenly felt that this guy was hateful at this time, and at this time he had to maintain a harmonious atmosphere with him, seeing that Gu Wuchen also frowned, and continued to say with a worried expression: "That's a good thing, but doesn't Mr. Zhao think that this matter is full of strangeness?" Chen Mingzhe will be ranked third in the exam, but he will give the saint the first prize in the temple exam......"

"What's the matter?" Zhao Qinmin asked casually, and he was suddenly shocked when he asked, as soon as he knew that Chen Mingzhen had won the top prize in the examination, he had always regarded it as Lin Lian's good show, after all, the rumors that Lin Lian was originally involved in the robbery in Baisha County were not a secret, and they also passed it on as a joke behind their backs, without thinking about it, Lin Jian had already pointed out the strange place in his words just now, but he also asked one more sentence after realizing it, and the strange thing was: Why didn't the saint set a first-class ranking according to the ranking of the examination today, and only gave Chen Mingzhe the first place in his relatives?

Zhao Qinmin glanced at Gu Wuchen, saw Gu Wuchen frowning, and regretted Mo Die even more in his heart, the gaffe just now was afraid that Gu Wuchen would have the impression that he was much inferior to Lin Lian, and he was not vigilant at all in this kind of thing. Peeping at Lin Bin, he realized that the depth of this son's scheming should not be underestimated, and a simple sentence of homeopathy let him fall into his trap.

"Are you suspicious of Chen Xiyan?" Gu Wuchen decisively ignored Zhao Qinmin, and asked Lin Tie to step forward and ask him in a low voice, Zhao Qinmin was not far away, and he could hear them talking.

"Don't ......be careful," Lin Jian said, "The saint's mind is not something that ordinary people can speculate, we can only do something to prepare for a rainy day." ”

"Zhang Xiang's secret letter from Kuaima a few days ago mentioned this, but I didn't expect you to be able to keenly see the strangeness," Gu Wuchen sighed lightly, "Chen Xiyan is not a person of peace, and he also has the strength to compete for the phase, but the sacred heart is unpredictable......"

"I'm wondering if Li Du appeared at the estuary yesterday, did he have any contact with Chen Xiyan before?" Lin Jian said.

"After I came back last night, I thought about it, and they should have met." Gu Wuchen said in a low voice.

Zhao Qinmin couldn't regret it after listening to it, but he couldn't interject, these are really not difficult things to guess.

Chen Xiyan was ostracized by the Western Qin Party and resigned from the post of secretary of the household department to live in seclusion in Xixi, but his prestige in the court was still there, his connections were not dispersed, and his protégés and former officials were also all over the government and the opposition. The Western Qin Party lost power, Chen Xinbo faltered in phase, and seizing the prime was the first priority of the forces of the DPRK and China. Although the Chu Party is becoming more and more powerful in the DPRK, the Holy Lord may not be willing to let one faction dominate the DPRK again, and it is likely that the auxiliary minister will not use the Chu Party leader Zhang Xie. The Western Qin Party has lost ground, even if Chen Xinbo is in the phase, Chen Xinbo is difficult to support alone, Chen Xinbo goes to the phase, and Chen Xiyan is another good candidate for auxiliary minister in addition to Zhang Xie.

Chen Mingzhe is a student of Chen Xiyan, and he ranked third in the examination, but he gave the saint a champion during the palace examination, which is of course an extremely obvious signal, and even shows that Chen Xiyan has been secretly planning for a long time to compete for the phase.

Before Li Zhuo appeared at the mouth of the river yesterday, he should have been stranded in the east of the city for three or five days, and Chen Xiyan was also living in seclusion in Xixi, in Moling County, east of the city.

Zhao Qinmin suddenly felt that he was really too dull, he didn't see so many extremely important and not very hidden signs, how could he make Gu Wuchen pay attention to himself? And the words that Lin Jian said in front of Gu Wuchen last night, I am afraid that the meaning is different at this time, Zhao Qinmin really feels stupid.

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PS: Ask for a red ticket.

Su Mei's puzzle didn't want to lift the lid so early, seeing that the controversy in the book review area is so big, let's uncover it a little first.

Please discuss it enthusiastically, and I will adjust the plot arrangement according to the feedback in the book review section.