The capital city of Great Wei.
Looking at the buildings of the Peach Blossom Icon, Xu Qingnian inexplicably had the feeling that she had stepped through iron shoes and found it without any effort.
At this moment, Xu Qingnian finally knew the significance of this letter from the White Cloth Sect.
Let yourself come over to meet up.
Only Xu Qingnian did not think much about it and turned around to leave.
There was no other reason, at this juncture, to put it bluntly, there were people watching themselves everywhere.
His Majesty had already decreed that he would take over the Pingqiu disaster relief case, not to mention whether the person behind the curtain would find himself in trouble or not, the six ministries would also send people to follow him.
If he were to meet with the disciples of the White Clan at this time, it would be a death sentence.
The fact that the case has been dragged on for so long, it doesn’t matter if it’s dragged on for a while longer.
He turned around and left.
Xu Qingnian returned to the academy, where Yang Hu and the others had been waiting for a long time, without saying anything more, Xu Qingnian handed them their identity tokens and then left only one sentence.
“I want to work on a case, be prepared to run around these days, it’s a big case.”
After finishing one sentence, the six people looked at each other, followed by excitement in their eyes.
Just coming over and doing a big case, this would be really exciting.
“Don’t look, hurry up and go practice martial arts, we’re about to do a big case, don’t be sloppy.”
“Brothers, if we succeed this time, we will be rich and prosperous in the future, but there is a possibility that after this case, we may not be together as brothers.”
“Be more cautious.”
Yang Hu spoke up, and although what he said was a bit harsh, the crowd understood that Xu Qingnian said it was a big case, so there must be a lot of danger.
Without any nonsense, several people hurriedly ran off to practice martial arts and improve a little bit of self-protection.
An hour later, Xu Qingnian’s voice rang out.
“Yang Hu, send this letter to the Ministry of Punishment.”
Xu Qingnian spoke and sent the letter flying out of the window, landing in Yang Hu’s hands.
“Yes, my lord.”
Without any nonsense, Yang Hu lifted the letter and walked directly towards the Ministry of Punishment.
After arriving at the Ministry of Punishment, Yang Hu handed the letter to the Ministry of Punishment roll official, informing him that it was a letter from Xu Qingnian, who was immediately terrified and did not dare to be negligent.
The content of the letter was simple: Xu Qingnian would not come to the Ministry of Justice for a month, and he had to investigate the case thoroughly, so it was a leave of absence letter.
But once this letter came out, it took little time for it to spread throughout the ears of the capital’s powerful and wealthy.
Xu Qingnian had taken over the ‘Pingqiu Province disaster relief case’, and this matter naturally touched the hearts of many people in the court.
On this day, many people gathered to discuss the matter.
Inside the Great Wei Palace of Literature.
Chen Zhengru was sitting with Wang Xinzhi, the Minister of Rites, and Sun Jing’an, all three of whom were of the Confucian lineage, a Chancellor, a Minister, and Sun Jing’an, a Confucian official.
“Xu Qingnian sent a letter to the Ministry of Justice, he knew full well that the contents of this letter would be circulated, this is to tell the court that he will investigate this matter to the end, what do you two think?”
Chen Zhengru spoke up, he knew at a glance what the purpose of Xu Qingnian’s letter was, it was to tell the court that he, Xu Qingnian, was going to start investigating and handling the case.
“The first five people involved in the case, we have guessed some of them over the years, but we don’t know if Xu Qingnian has guessed them.”
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“We have all fallen into His Majesty’s path, and now His Majesty wants to overturn the case, I don’t know what His Majesty’s intentions are, but no matter what, Xu Qingnian cannot solve this case.”
Sun Jing’an shook his head, he also knew that he had fallen into His Majesty’s trap, but even so, Sun Jing’an still believed that Xu Qingnian could not solve the case.
Li Zhengru and Wang Xinzhi did not say anything, not that they meant anything else, for they thought the same thing.
“This case involves too big, the black hand behind the curtain, whoever it is has great influence on the court, and one of the …….”
After a while, Wang Xinzhi opened his mouth, only when he said this, he did not go on.
Both of them clearly understood the meaning.
“No matter who it is, there is no solution to this case.”
Sun Jing’an shook his head and stated his opinion.
“The man in charge is four dead and one crazy, any relevant clues have been cut off, and even when Lord Zhang Jing, the Minister of Justice, personally investigated it in the first place, nothing came out of it.”
“No matter if they are the ones behind the crime, at the very least, human evidence, physical evidence, one cannot be missing, to convict them, it is useless to have human evidence alone, and it is useless to have physical evidence alone, one must have all the human and physical evidence to convict.”
“Your Majesty has given Xu Qingnian one month’s time, even if Xu Qingnian is talented, he will not be able to crack this case, the relevant human evidence all died in Zhang Nantian’s home, and the relevant material evidence, unless the 20 million tens of millions of dirty silver can be found, otherwise, it will not help.”
“I think that His Majesty, this time, is to take the opportunity to examine Xu Qingnian, and at the same time, it is also meant to be a knockout.”
Sun Jing’an was very direct in what he said, he did not think Xu Qingnian could crack the case, the key reason for this was that there was no human or material evidence for the conviction, so what if 20 million tens of millions of silver was found? If there is no human evidence, it will not help, and if the human evidence is found, it will not be of any use if no physical evidence is found.
Because this mastermind behind the curtain was too highly placed.
“En.” Wang Xinzhi nodded, he agreed with Sun Jingan’s words.
However, Chen Zhengru said with some emotion.
“If it were anyone else, I would have approved of Sun Ru’s words, but Xu Qingnian, for some reason, I feel that he can create.”
Chen Zhengru didn’t know why he felt this way, he just felt that Xu Qingnian might really be able to solve the case.
“Chen Ru, the reason why you feel this way is because this Xu Qingnian is too good at creating momentum.”
“Have you all noticed that Xu Qingnian first had a thousand famous words to curry favour with the martial arts officials’ lineage, and then his superb essay on top of the government exams made him famous in Kyoto, but his fame was still limited at the time.”
“In order to further expand his reputation, Xu Qingnian angrily rebuked Yan Ru and made a name for himself in a battle, then entered the capital and stirred up trouble at the Ministry of Justice. Nothing more than fame.”
“Although it’s a poor reputation, it’s still a reputation, who doesn’t know about him in Wei today? Even his name is somewhat famous outside of Great Wei, and what price has he paid for it?”
“It is because of this momentum that Chen Ru has some inexplicable opinion of him, but in my eyes, Xu Qingnian is just a talent for luck, and will not become a success after all.”
Sun Jing’an said seriously, he admitted that Xu Qingnian had talent, but what he thought more than anything else was that Xu Qingnian’s talent was not as evil as it was rumoured to be, it was just a matter of being able to create momentum and luck.
If you have such a wrong heart, you won’t be able to make it in the future.
“Ugh.”
Chen Zhengru sighed, he glanced at Sun Jing’an and did not reply, firstly because he did not know how to reply, and secondly because he could see that Sun Jing’an had great hostility towards Xu Qingnian.
But this was a reasonable thing to do, after all, Sun Jing’an had set up the Heart of the Vermilion Sage and vowed to protect the Vermilion Sage lineage to the death, and now Xu Qingnian was bound to set up a new academy, it was too normal for Sun Jing’an to be hostile towards him, if Sun Jing’an was not hostile towards Xu Qingnian, that would be a problem.
“It’s just that, it’s just that, have someone keep an eye on Xu Qingnian, and report back at the first sign of any wind.”
Chen Zhengru did not say much, as Prime Minister, he had to see everything, Xu Qingnian had taken on this case, whether Xu Qingnian could find out the real culprit or not, he also had to grasp the whole picture.
Once any problem occurred, it had to be stopped in time, otherwise it would be bad for the court, bad for His Majesty and bad for the people.
Meanwhile.
Among the Ministry of Justice.
Minister of Justice Zhang Jing, Left Servant Feng Jianhua and Right Servant Li Yuan were sitting quietly in the lobby.
Zhang Jing looks rather calm, Feng Jianhua is fine, after all he escaped a calamity, he came back after Xu Qingnian’s trouble, after all, there is still a lot of official business, it is definitely not possible to stay away all the time.
As for Li Yuan, he looked at Feng Jianhua with a bit of resentment. He was both a retainer, but he had been tortured by Xu Qingnian for 20 battles, and if it wasn’t for the special medicine sent by the imperial doctor, he wouldn’t have recovered so quickly.
“Have you all read the letter sent by Xu Qingnian?”
Zhang Jing spoke, his tone calm.
“Read it.”
Feng Jianhua replied.
Li Yuan, on the other hand, spoke coldly.
“He, Xu Qingnian, is really stupid, only he probably hasn’t reacted to how big this case is involved yet, he still thinks it’s an ordinary suspicious case and actually dares to take it.”
Li Yuan’s tone was not very good.
Just as soon as this was said, Zhang Jing shook his head.
“He knows.”
Three words that made Li Yuan’s face change.
“Lord Shang Shu, you’re saying that Xu Qingnian knows the magnitude of the case involved?”
Li Yuan was a little surprised.
“En.”
Zhang Jing nodded, although he also hated Xu Qingnian, he would definitely not ignore a person’s talent as well as strength because of his hatred, which would only make him look foolish.
“Someone who can write a thousand famous words, a superb essay, the world’s first parallel essay, and a thousand famous sayings, Xu Qingnian’s talent should not be underestimated, although we hate him, we should not underestimate him.”
“This scroll, he should have already guessed part of it, or at least know how big the involvement behind this scroll is.”
Zhang Jing replied in this way.
For a moment, Feng Jianhua and Li Yuan were silent.
There was nothing wrong with what Zhang Jing said, Xu Qingnian’s talent was obvious to all, you could say he was arrogant, you could also say he was not a gentleman, but you could not say his talent was not good.
If Xu Qingnian’s talent is not good, then who in the world would dare to say that they are talented?
“Humph, since he knows that, he still dares to take this case, he is also really arrogant, does he really think that he can overturn this case?”
Li Yuan was still a little unhappy and sneered like this.
“This case is so big that Xu Qingnian dares to take it over, isn’t he afraid?”
Feng Jianhua, on the other hand, did not feel any resentment, after all, he had not been beaten, so he did not have a good feeling towards Xu Qingnian but was not as prejudiced as Li Yuan was.
“I think he should have guessed that this was His Majesty’s intention and that’s why he was so bold as to take over this case.”
“If not, lend him a hundred guts, he wouldn’t dare to take over this case.”
Zhang Jing spoke out, as he instantly gained insight into what Xu Qingnian was thinking.
Soon Zhang Jing continued to speak.
“It’s just that Xu Qingnian is still too young, even if he has His Majesty’s backing, what can he do?”
“Even if His Majesty wanted to overturn this case, it would not necessarily be possible to do so, the Pingqiu Prefecture disaster relief case is so involved that it is unimaginable.”
“Back then, when this official was still a retainer, he took over this case and was also hindered in every way, His Majesty asked Xu Qingnian to solve the case within a month, how could he do so?”
Zhang Jing shook his head, as the Minister of Justice, he took over this case back then, he was the titled Minister of Justice, taking over this case also encountered many obstacles.
Now that Xu Qingnian is a chief minister, he is afraid that he will have more problems and obstacles than he did back then.
As for the fact that Xu Qingnian has the support of His Majesty behind him?
But he, Zhang Jing, also had Emperor Wu behind him at the time.
Only that time was more turbulent, now is more stable, but the two are actually similar.
“This case, involving too big not to mention, and it happens to be in the late years of the late emperor, the dynasty is in turmoil, there are too many things in it, all the human and material evidence simply cannot be found, Xu Qingnian cannot solve this case.”
“The most crucial human evidence has also gone crazy, even if Xu Qingnian really has the ability to solve the case, it won’t help.”
The two men agreed, agreeing with what Zhang Shangshu said.
It’s not that they don’t think highly of Xu Qingnian, but there are three problems that Xu Qingnian can’t solve.
First, you can’t find any evidence.
Secondly, there are people who will hinder you from handling the case.
Third, even if you find it, you may not dare to overturn the case.
The above three points are the fundamental reason why this case has been suppressed until now and has not been dealt with.
“No matter, let’s see how he handles this case first, have someone keep an eye on Xu Qingnian, any movement must be reported.”
Zhang Jing could not think of how Xu Qingnian would handle the case.
But what he did know was that Xu Qingnian would definitely do everything he could to handle this case, and in a serious manner, when he sent this letter to him.
So it was good to wait quietly.
In the meantime, almost all the powerful people in Kyoto were talking about this matter to a greater or lesser extent, and it was clear to everyone that Xu Qingnian was serious, and so was His Majesty.
The only thing is that Xu Qingnian is going to handle the case, which has led to doubts among the people.
The year of Wuchang.
May 26th.
Outside the Shouren Academy, there were inexplicably more people, traders and jugglers, and for a while the area around the academy seemed slightly lively.
The capital is a big city, but sometimes it is not, and even the least lively places can become lively with the help of an eye.
It was at this point that a figure walked out of the Shouren Academy.
A number of figures followed in a flash.
Not long after, another figure walked out.
Immediately, many more figures followed.
This was repeated, and all six of Yang Hu left the Shouren Academy.
That day, late at night.
The Great Wei Palace of Literature.
The Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Military Affairs, the nine State Dukes, the various lords, and many of the powerful people of Great Wei all had several dossiers in their homes, records of the movements of their spies following Yang Hu and the others.
Inside the Palace of Literature.
Chen Zhengru and Sun Jing’an unfolded the dossier.
Then their faces changed slightly.
The dossier was as follows.
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The year of Wuchang, 26th May.
The subordinate followed Li Jian, a subordinate of Xu Qingnian, all the way to the northern market, where Li Jian bought twenty-five eggs, two catties of beef, four catties of mutton, one catty of cabbage, two bundles of greens and half a tithe of fish balls before returning to the school.
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Wuchang Year, 26th May.
The subordinate followed Li Kang, a subordinate of Xu Qingnian, all the way to the West Market. Li Kang bought two pieces of iron, an ice cutter, a bronze stove, a pot of fragrant wine, half a catty each of star anise, cinnamon, fresh chillies, red oil and butter.
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Several volumes are almost identical in content. Yang Hu and Yang Bao went out today, appearing mysterious, but their purpose was to buy some daily necessities, very ordinary.
There was no slightest problem, but this lack of problems made them feel that there was a bigger problem.
“This Xu Qingnian, what is he up to?”
Sun Jing’an frowned, he was a little confused, although it was only the first day today, there were still twenty-nine days left before His Majesty’s explanation, so he didn’t need to be too busy, but it wasn’t so ……. like this, right?
“Quietly look at it.”
Chen Zhengru did not have any heart urgency, instead, he told Sun Jing to quietly calm down and see what Xu Qingnian was actually going to do.
Meanwhile, among the Ministry of Penalty, Zhang Jing is also a bit unclear, the first day not to say boldly go to the officers, but also not to let subordinates buy some of this stuff, right?
And does it take a day to buy this stuff? Do you need to go through all this trouble?
Why do you have nothing better to do?
“I’d like to see this Xu Qingnian, how to handle the case.”
Zhang Jing put these volumes down, his eyes filled with curiosity.
From the standpoint of the Ministry of Justice, he hoped that Xu Qingnian would succeed in solving the case, but from the standpoint of the Minister of Justice, he did not hope that Xu Qingnian would succeed in solving the case, while from a private standpoint, he hoped that Xu Qingnian would not succeed in solving the case and would be rebuked by His Majesty.
An Guo Gong’s residence.
Duke An sat in front of his desk, reading the volumes, while Li Bing stood to the side frowning.
“Father, what is this brother Xu trying to do? My child can’t understand it a bit.”
Li Bing was really a little confused, at such a tense time, it was a little odd for Xu Qingnian to have someone go and buy some of these things, eggs and meat and vegetables, kitchen knives and ice chisels and other daily necessities.
“Nephew Xu’s talent, is the great talent of the ages, you can’t read is normal, to be honest my father can only understand a little.”
Duke An said somewhat shamelessly, he couldn’t read it either, but in front of his own son, he couldn’t say he couldn’t read it.
“All right, with this brain of yours, continue to have people snoop around, don’t let go of any details, tell the people below you, don’t take it lightly.”
An Guo openly spoke, saying this.
“Yes, father.”
Li Bing nodded and agreed down.
And so it was, come the second day.
Early in the morning, the Shouren Academy made some commotion, and the six Yang Hu men walked out of the academy separately, each with a serious look, surveying the surroundings and paying some attention, before leaving the academy.
And in the shadows, many shadows followed them.
It was late in the evening when the six Yang Hu returned, still carrying a lot of strange and odd things.
One of the most eye-catching was a large piece of ice stone.
No one knew what Xu Qingnian was up to. Outside the academy, the spies of the six ministries, the spies of the state dukes, the spies of the powerful, the spies of the lords, the spies of many forces of the dynasty, all of them were confused.
They have followed the whole day today, not to mention the fear, the most important thing is that this day down, these people are again to buy things, and the things bought are some common things, occasionally a little strange and strange things, but also nothing useful ah.
It was already the second day, but what was Xu Qingnian up to?
The third day.
Yang Hu and the others did not come out, and the spies waited at the door, not daring to miss a single detail.
But on this day, everyone finally knew what Xu Qingnian had bought so many things for.
Inside the Shouren Academy, with the rising fog billowing up, outside the academy, Xu Qingnian was eating antique soup.
Yang Hu uses an ice cutter to remove the frozen lamb inside the ice, and then uses a very odd tool to shave out layers of meat rolls.
Yang Bao was washing the vegetables while Li Jian and Li Kang were scrubbing the beef offal, or something like tripe, back and forth repeatedly.
Zhao Da Zhao Er, meanwhile, was chopping vegetables.
Xu Qingnian was sitting at the table, making various seasonings.
This scene silenced the scouts who walked by unobtrusively outside the door.
Nima.
After all this, it was for the antique soup?
What the hell? All this mysterious fiddling around, just to eat this? How outrageous could it be?
Yang Hu and Yang Bao were up early and went to the market in mysterious ways, buying this and that, and they almost had to arrest the traders and torture them.
They almost had to arrest and torture the traders, asking them if they had any correspondence or anything like that.
Some people had even started to investigate the information data of these traders, but what they didn’t expect was that Xu Qingnian had been busy for three days, but it was to eat antique soup.
Now all the scouts were silent, each with a very ugly face.
It felt as if they had been tricked by Xu Qingnian over the past three days.
But angry as they were, the crowd continued to keep an eye on it, there was an order from above and there was nothing they could do.
Inside the academy.
Xu Qingnian’s voice gradually rang out.
“Wash the tripe cleanly, wash it gently, don’t use so much force, and have you absorbed it yet?”
“Wash the duck intestines a bit cleaner too, to have a bit of flavour, and you can go back.”
“Yang Hu, pinch off the rotten vegetable leaves, every piece should be made cleaner, we are working on a big case, don’t be sloppy.”
“Right, Li Jian Li Kang, you two go and bring over the duck blood, remember to add some milk, not too much, just a little, so that the duck blood is just tender.”
Xu Qingnian’s voice rang out, instructing the crowd.
Yang Hu and the others nodded and smiled in reply, but their eyes were filled with endless doubts.
They looked at what was in their hands, and it was really difficult to equate this with handling a case.
But there was no choice, they did whatever Xu Qingnian said.
Not long after, all the dishes came up, and Xu Qingnian greeted the crowd and began to eat.
A plate of duck blood was added to the pot first, followed by various meat dishes, then a plate of lamb was added and some smokeless charcoal was added to increase the heat.
Xu Qingnian waited for a while, then fished out the lamb and began to feast on it.
During this time Xu Qingnian would let the crowd taste the different tastes of the sauce, without any sense of urgency or crisis, making people feel more and more odd.
“My lord, aren’t we on a case? Why do we still have the heart to eat here?”
Yang Hu opened his mouth, he really couldn’t help but ask, not meaning anything else, before Xu Qingnian said he was going to work on a big case, he had already sharpened his knife, the night before last, he went to bed and dreamed that he had finished the case and was on the top of his life.
But what he didn’t expect was that he had been busy these past two days just to eat an antique spoon?
To be honest, before today, he even thought that the things he bought were all needed for the case, although odd, but the odder they were, the more he thought they were very promising.
It turned out that it was unexpectedly for a meal of antique soup.
So he couldn’t help himself a bit.
Once this was said, the rest of the five people also could not help but look at Xu Qingnian, the doubts in their hearts were like Yang Hu’s.
At this moment, Xu Qingnian wiped the oil on his mouth, and then said seriously and incomparably.
“You guys, your thinking is still solidified.”
“Let me ask you guys, is the case we worked on big?”
Xu Qingnian asked so.
“Big.” The crowd nodded and replied directly.
Twenty million taels of silver were involved, and this was still not big? When they were handling cases in the Southern Yu Province, any case that exceeded one thousand taels of silver was considered a big case, not to mention the addition of ten thousand.
“Then this kind of case, is it difficult to investigate?”
Xu Qingnian asked again.
“Difficult.” The crowd still answered directly.
“Then can a case so difficult to investigate be cracked by common sense?”
Xu Qingnian continued to ask, while placing a piece of tripe within.
“No.”
The crowd looked slightly naive.
If this kind of case could be cracked with common sense, then anyone could come and solve it, could it be a suspicious case?
“That’s not enough, since it can’t be answered by common sense, then you can only use extraordinary abilities.”
“You don’t understand even if I tell you, anyway, let’s see in a month, but in these days, whatever I say, you have to do, do you understand?”
Xu Qingnian said here and did not continue to elaborate, while the six Yang Hu nodded their heads, and then pondered, after a while Yang Bao spoke up.
“I get it, high, you are really high, my lord.”
Yang Bao spoke up, looking very serious and said.
“How did you understand? Tell me about it, I really don’t get it.”
Yang Bao’s elder brother, Yang Hu, was really a bit confused and couldn’t help but ask.
“You still don’t understand this? That’s it, in that way, got it? Come on, looking at you like this, I know you can’t understand, eat first, eat first, sigh, you guys, how else can you work with Lord Xu, you really don’t have any brains.”
Yang Bao said this and still had some emotions, then he picked up a piece of meat and put it into the pot.
When the crowd took a look, Zhao Da Zhao Er immediately spoke up.
“I get it, I get it too, so that’s how it is.”
“Yes, yes, yes, I get it, I get it.”
The two also revealed a dawning understanding, followed by unbridled excitement, and their appetite for food increased somewhat.
“No, what do you guys get? What exactly does it mean?”
Yang Hu really didn’t understand, how could one and two of them get it? He dropped his gaze on the two of them, Li Jian and Li Kang.
Sensing Yang Hu’s gaze, Li Jian Li Kang was a little embarra*sed, to be honest they didn’t understand either.
But they both said they understood, if they said they didn’t, wouldn’t they look like a waste? How would Lord Xu see himself then? So Li Kang coughed slightly, before lowering his voice and saying.
“It’s actually just a few key points.”
After saying this, he used his finger to dip a bit of water in the cup before leaving three dots.
….
Immediately after that, he said with a serious face, “Got it?”
After saying this the two also lowered their heads and began to eat, the people at the table all ate very pleasantly, only Yang Hu really could not eat, he really did not understand ah.
What the hell is the meaning of ah?
That day.
The spies from all the major powers went back to their posts and told them what they had seen and heard today.
For a while, all the powers were a bit confused.
In the Great Wei Palace of Literature, a man stood bent over and told them what he had seen and heard today.
Chen Zhengru and Sun Jing’an both fell silent.
Xu Qingnian had been busy for three days, but it was just to have an antique spoon, which was a bit outrageous.
Just without waiting for the two to speak, the latter slowly spoke up.
“Your Excellency, when my subordinate occasionally pa*sed by outside the academy, I noticed that they were closely something, especially Yang Bao Zhao Da Zhao Er San, and they were even talking about what they understood and understood, as for Xu Qingnian, he completely looked as if he was winning.”
“Please decide, my lord.”
The latter added some details in, only these words made Chen Zhengru and Sun Jing’an even more confused.
Eating antique spoons? Running a case? And winning?
Chen Zhengru frowned as he speculated on what Xu Qingnian was doing, while Sun Jing’an spoke, “Buy a copy of everything Xu Qingnian bought in the past two days.”
Sun Jing’an said so.
He could not think of what Xu Qingnian was doing, and the only way to try to guess was to copy Xu Qingnian’s actions, otherwise, with this information alone, he would not be able to guess at all.
“Yes! My subordinate will go do it now.”
The latter left at once, and at that moment Chen Zhengru spoke up.
“Sun Ru, do you understand?”
Chen Zhengru asked, somewhat curious, and asked Sun Ru in pa*sing.
“I probably understand.”
Hearing Chen Zhengru’s query, Sun Jing’an was inexplicably a little embarra*sed, he didn’t know what Chen Zhengru meant, especially with this expression on Chen Zhengru’s face, it looked as if Chen Zhengru had thought of something.
In order not to lose face, Sun Jing’an stiffened his head and replied.
“What is it?”
Chen Zhengru continued to ask, his eyes full of curiosity, as he really didn’t understand what Xu Qingnian was thinking.
“Ahem, how can I put it, it’s slightly complicated, but I should get it.”
Sun Jing’an froze, he did not expect Chen Zhengru to continue asking, so he could only continue to explain with a stiff upper lip.
And at the same time.
In the Ministry of Justice.
Zhang Jing, Feng Jianhua and Li Yuan all fell into silence as they listened to their subordinates’ reports.
Zhang Jing, in particular, stood up and looked out at the bright moon, his eyes filled with contemplation.
He had no idea what the hell Xu Qingnian was up to.
And the voice of his subordinate rang out.
“Lord Shang Shu, my subordinate heard very clearly outside the door, Xu Qingnian said that the case would be solved within a month, and that he was sure of winning, and seemed very confident.”
He said so, a statement that puzzled the three even more.
He said that he was confident that he would be able to solve the case within a month.
At the very least, Xu Qingnian should have made a trip out of town, right? He should have gone to the Pingqiu Mansion to take a look? Or bring in witnesses, right?
Even if the other party is crazy, you have to call over and meet them, right? You have to go through the motions?
You’ve been hiding at home for three days, and you’ve come up with an antique soup? Do you have nothing better to do?
But you dare to say that you can solve the case?
How will you solve the case? How can you solve the case?
But at that moment, Li Yuan’s voice rang out.
“Lord Shang Shu, I really can’t understand what this Xu Qingnian is up to, what exactly is he up to?”
Li Yuan couldn’t think of anything and couldn’t help but mutter.
“Yes, what on earth is this Xu Qingnian thinking? There’s something weird about this son.”
And hearing this voice, Zhang Jing looked at the moonlight and said with hardly any hesitation.
“Xu Qingnian, when it comes to this, he is really a great talent.”
Zhang Jing opened his mouth and praised for no reason.
As soon as this was said, Li Yuan and Feng Jianhua’s eyes instantly revealed a shocked look.
“Your Excellency, you?”
As soon as they heard this, they knew that Zhang Jing knew something.
However, Zhang Jing shook his head and said, “It cannot be said, it can only be understood, there are some things that you can guess, but it is useless if you can’t.”
Zhang Jing looked somewhat mysterious, after saying this, he continued to speak, “Buy a copy of the things that Xu Qingnian bought these few days.”
After saying this, Zhang Jing left.
After disappearing from the Ministry of Punishment, Zhang Jing let out a long sigh of relief.
He knew what the hell Xu Qingnian was thinking, but why should he praise Xu Qingnian? It wasn’t that he had nothing better to do, but Li Yuan and Feng Jianhua both couldn’t guess what Xu Qingnian was thinking.
As the Minister himself, they would certainly have to ask themselves.
If they answered that they didn’t know either, wouldn’t they look like they were the same as them?
This was a matter of face among colleagues, so Zhang Jing stiffened his head and complimented Xu Qingnian, if Xu Qingnian couldn’t solve the case, the big deal was to say again, I thought he had guessed, but I didn’t expect that this official still overestimated him, Xu Qingnian, it was ridiculous.
Isn’t that enough?
If Xu Qingnian could really solve the case, wouldn’t his own resourcefulness come through?
Anyway, no matter what, one is not at a loss.
It was just that, what was this Xu Qingnian thinking? Zhang Jing was also a little depressed.
Inside the State Duke’s residence.
Duke An’s voice was very loud.
“Great talent, great talent, great talent, Xu Qingnian is really a great talent.”
Duke An laughed loudly, the sound of his laughter made Li Bing who was on the side confused.
He was a great talent even for eating antique soup?
Father, can we not brag so much?
Li Bing stood by the side, unable to understand what Xu Qingnian was doing, yet his own father was praising him so much.
All of a sudden, Li Bing felt that either he had a problem or his own father had a problem.
“Li Bing, learn well from this brother of yours, this nephew of mine, he has the qualifications of a Minister of Penalty.”
Duke An praised almost brazenly.
He didn’t understand what the hell Xu Qingnian was up to, but what he did know was that he had praised Xu Qingnian yesterday, and he had to continue to praise him today.
Wouldn’t it look like he had lost his eyes if he didn’t praise?
As for whether or not my own son could understand, what does it matter to me? Anyway, as a father, I can’t lose face in front of my son.
“En, father, my son understands.”
“However, my child is still a bit foolish, what exactly is this Xu Qingnian doing?”
Li Bing nodded and followed up with his own doubts.
“Stupid!”
“When it comes to stupidity.”
After hearing this, An Guo Gong stood up and angrily rebuked twice.
Li Bing: “……”
“You brother, its talent is unparalleled, my father is too lazy to talk to you, have someone go and prepare some things and come prepared for my father according to what nephew Xu has bought these two days.”
With these words, Duke An turned and left.
There was no point in staying because he could not explain clearly, so he simply did not explain.
Not only was it the Duke of An here, but some of the rest of the state princes and liege lords, too, shouted their approval.
Even by the next day, some extremely odd remarks began to circulate throughout the capital.
“You know what? Yesterday, the Minister of Justice, praised Xu Qingnian for his great talent of ten thousand years, and I’m only afraid that the truth will really be unravelled in the Pingqiu Province disaster relief case.”
“Yes, yes, not only the Minister of Penalty, it is said that Sun Jing’an, the great scholar who has always looked at Xu Qingnian with displeasure, also said that Xu Qingnian is going to solve the case.”
“More than that, Duke An, Duke Qi, Duke Lu and others suddenly laughed out loud last night, praising Xu Qingnian’s great talent.”
“Let me tell you, you must not spread the news that the sister of a friend of my brother, who has a deep and unfathomable relationship with one of Xu Qingnian’s subordinates, said that Xu Qingnian has already got hold of the key physical evidence of this case, the whereabouts of the 20 million tens of millions of silver.”
“Is that true?”
“It’s true, I can testify to that, his brother’s friend’s sister, who is the lover of one of my brothers, I can testify to that.”
“That’s not right, is it? It’s only been three days, even though Xu Qingnian has a great talent for the ages, the problem is that solving the case in three days is a bit too fast, isn’t it?”
Some people raised doubts, thinking that solving the case in three days was a bit exaggerated, and that they still had substantial evidence.
But soon, a rumour emerged to give a response.
“Are you guys stupid? There’s someone behind Xu Qingnian’s curtain on this matter.”
“Do you know who this person is? Otherwise, why do you think this matter was brought back to the fore? Why would Xu Qingnian dare to take it? What a fool.”
Once this rumour was out, it was instantly circulated and almost all the people in the capital were talking about it, and they all thought that the reason why Xu Qingnian was so leisurely these three days was because His Majesty was guiding him from behind.
He has already sent all the evidence to Xu Qingnian, and all Xu Qingnian needs to do is to wait for a month and go through the motions honestly, when it’s time to arrest people and pursue the stolen goods.
This is how rumors spread, once they spread, they instantly spread throughout the capital.
The people will only listen to what they want to hear. Although some people oppose it and think that Xu Qingnian is giving up on himself, no one can deny the fact that the court praises Xu Qingnian for his talent in solving cases.
This is especially true of Sun Jing’an and Zhang Jing, both of whom have a deep hatred for Xu Qingnian.
If they both said that Xu Qingnian was fine, then Xu Qingnian was really fine.
And so it was.
In the blink of an eye, seven days had pa*sed.
Within these seven days, Xu Qingnian stayed inside the academy, almost without leaving an inch, and Yang Hu’s six men did not go shopping anymore, but practiced martial arts in the academy every day, while Xu Qingnian came to give instructions.
Every scene in the academy, and every word Xu Qingnian said, would be conveyed to all the powerful people that night.
But a full ten days pa*sed.
The rumours grew stronger, and the people felt that Xu Qingnian was emboldened by this leisurely approach, and that he had the victory in hand.
The most annoyed and depressed were Sun Jing’an, Zhang Jing and the other princes of the state.
Sun Jing’an and Zhang Jing were really annoyed, they didn’t know what Xu Qingnian was going to do.
It’s been ten days and you still haven’t come out to do anything?
They couldn’t understand Xu Qingnian’s thoughts, nor could they guess Xu Qingnian’s intentions.
Their own sons came to ask every day, and if this went on, wouldn’t it look awkward if they couldn’t tell their lies?
So it was.
Another ten days pa*sed.
It was a good ten days.
Xu Qingnian came out, walked every day on time, greeted everyone, and said something about taking a walk after meals and living to 6-9-9.
He even went to the theatre to watch a play when he had something to do, and did not look like he had a case to run at all.
And it was one month before His Majesty’s time limit.
There were still the last ten days left.
There were more and more spies outside the academy.
And at this moment.
Great Wei Kyoto.
In a secret room in a tower.
Three figures were sitting in the chamber.
The room was small and the atmosphere was oppressive. The three men wore black cloaks and were silent.
After a long time, an old voice rang out.
“You two, what do you think, Xu Qingnian taking over this case?”
This was the first voice.
Soon a new voice rang out, slightly younger.
“There is nothing wrong with Xu Qingnian taking over this case, he is not qualified enough, it is just that this matter, I have been thinking about it, whether His Majesty is involved or not.”
It was a second voice, full of curiosity.
“No.”
The first voice answered directly, categorically.
“In that case, then there is even less to worry about.”
The second voice gave another reply.
“But I’m always a little uneasy, and I’m wondering if I should ….. directly take action and wipe out Xu Qingnian, even if it means taking some risks, there is no need to worry, Xu Qingnian is in the court, everyone shouts at him, if he really dies, I believe there will be no one to seek justice for him.”
The voice was slightly cold, making the room somewhat gloomy and cold.
“No! We cannot kill!”
A third voice rang out, very hoarse.
“If Xu Qingnian is killed, His Majesty will truly investigate to the end.”
“Just wait and see what happens.”
“It’s not too late when it really comes to that.”
The third voice was very hoarse, but as it fell, the remaining two stopped speaking.
After a while, the three gradually left.
And so it was, in the blink of an eye, another ten days pa*sed and the final deadline arrived.
On this day.
The court was full of civil servants and all the people of the capital, all excited.
