The year of Wuchang, the 26th of June.
Xu Qingnian woke up as usual.
It can be said that on this day, everyone, whether it was the civil servants or the people in the capital of Wei, seemed a bit excited.
The Pingqiu disaster relief case, in which 20 million taels of silver were unaccounted for, was an unsolved case that naturally aroused the curiosity of the people.
So everyone has been waiting for today to see who the real culprit is, and what evidence Xu Qingnian will produce.
Today is destined to be extraordinary.
The people came to the street, one by one, inquiring about what was going on in the palace, and if it wasn’t for the fact that no one was allowed to stand outside the palace, they would probably have already gone there.
And outside the Shouren Academy was full of people, many of whom had come over before dawn.
No matter where they were, they all loved to watch the fun.
After Xu Qingnian had fixed his clothes, he walked out of the Shouren Academy, and the streets were full of people.
When Xu Qingnian appeared, the people were all smiling, they didn’t know what to say, they just smiled when they saw Xu Qingnian.
“Good morning, everyone.”
Xu Qingnian arched his hand and greeted the people.
“Good morning, Lord Xu.”
“Lord Xu, today at court, you must seek justice for us, the people.”
“Yes, how many innocent people have died in the Pingqiu case, Lord Xu, you must find out who is behind it.”
“That’s right, Lord Xu, I’ve been waiting for a month for today.”
“Lord Xu, no matter who stands in your way, we, the people, will do our best to protect you.”
With Xu Qingnian’s greeting, some of the people who did not know what to say completely let go at this moment, and then all sorts of supportive remarks rang out, the more they said the more uplifted the people became, and even the people all bowed towards Xu Qingnian in a big salute.
“Thank you all so much.”
“Please rest a*sured that this official will do justice to the people of the world, and also to the innocent people of Pingqiu Prefecture.”
“There is no need to thank you all. It is only right and proper for an official to redress the grievances of the people and relieve their worries.
Xu Qingnian bowed towards the people. It is only natural for an official to redress the grievances of the people, so when faced with this bow from the people, Xu Qingnian was ashamed to accept it.
After returning the obeisance, he turned around and left, heading towards the court of the Great Wei.
The people were overwhelmed and praised each other.
“Xu Wangu is really a good official.”
“It is only right that those who are officials should redress the grievances of the people and relieve their worries, and these words of Lord Xu inexplicably want to bring me to tears.”
“Son, you should learn from this, and if you ever become an official in the future, you should also follow Lord Xu’s example, understand?”
“Xu Wangu, he should be the best official in the world.”
The people praised him from the bottom of their hearts.
In fact, they had come here to watch the fun, yet they had unknowingly been infected by Xu Qingnian.
Although Xu Qingnian did not say anything, his words could inexplicably make people feel his heart.
It is easy to find a corrupt official these days, but it is too difficult to find a good one.
Outside the Great Wei Palace.
The civil and military officials have come early today, and the reason for this is well known to all.
The officials, in groups of two or three, were whispering in hushed tones, generally about Xu Qingnian.
At this moment.
Xu Qingnian’s figure slowly appeared.
As he appeared, quite a few voices stopped, not bothering to talk about anything else.
“Nephew Qingnian, I haven’t seen you for some days, you’re a bit on the thin side.”
He looked towards Xu Qingnian, his old face full of smiles, and his nephew was shouted with great skill, causing the Confucian officials to throw strange looks at him.
“Qingnian nephew, come, come, let uncle take a look, you’ve really lost weight.”
“Tired of investigating cases these days, right? You’ve lost so much weight.”
The state princes shouted one after another that Xu Qingnian had lost weight and were all kinds of caring, while the liege marquises patted Xu Qingnian’s shoulders and laughed.
“Qingnian, you’re good, you made a mess of the Ministry of Punishment, tsk, it really has the air of our military family.”
“Let me ask you, does it feel good to beat up the Squire? Brother, although I am a marquis, I have never really beaten a squire.”
“Yes, yes, does it feel good?”
The marquises laughed loudly, without any regard for Li Yuan who was not far away.
It was also at this moment that the eunuch’s voice rang out.
“Proclaim, all officials enter the court.”
The voice was so loud that Xu Qingnian could not say anything, he just smiled and followed the crowd into the court.
Walking into the palace.
The Duke of An Guo directly pulled Xu Qingnian, his voice was not very loud, but not trivial either.
“The actual case has been investigated to what extent?”
The moment he said this, almost all the officials couldn’t help but move a little closer to hear how Xu Qingnian answered.
“Duke An, do you want to hear the truth or not?”
Xu Qingnian said somewhat helplessly.
“It must be the truth, how can you tell lies with uncle, speak quickly.”
When An Guo Gong said this, the crowd became even more curious.
“Didn’t check! Can’t find out.”
Xu Qingnian stretched out his hand and said.
Voices rang out, and the State Dukes: “……”
The lords: “……”
The hundred officials: “……”
The people’s faces were a bit depressed, not other than that, Xu Qingnian’s words, who would believe it?
“Qingnian, you don’t even believe uncle?”
An Guo Gong said somewhat depressed.
“The case is not about the case. I am unable to find out.”
Xu Qingnian said seriously.
“Forget it, uncle knows you have hardships, you can’t talk nonsense, after all, there are outsiders around, okay, after the court meeting, everything will be known, uncle will not ask in advance.”
The Duke of An swept a glance at the hundred officials, these words were meant for this group of people to hear.
At that moment, the hundred officials slightly adjusted their bodies back again, appearing as if nothing was wrong, and went to court as usual.
Outside the hall.
The hundred officials stopped walking.
After half a quarter of an hour, the voice of the eunuch rang out.
“Enter the court!”
Immediately, the hundred officials lined up their positions and went to the court one after another, Xu Qingnian also followed behind and went to the court together.
He was a special official, so he was qualified to go to the court, but only if it was a special matter, otherwise, a seventh-ranking official would not be qualified to go to the court.
Xu Qingnian did not follow the military officials to the court, but came to the line of civil officials and stood at the end, following those in front of him to the court.
Walking into the main hall.
A sense of coolness came over him, and at that moment a loud voice rang out.
“My subjects pay their respects to Your Majesty!”
“Long live my emperor!”
The hundred officials paid their respects, and Xu Qingnian followed suit.
“Stand at ease.”
The familiar voice of the empress rang out, and Xu Qingnian rose after the hundred officials, before looking slightly straight ahead, looking at the backs of the officials’ heads in front of her in silence.
Soon, various sets of opening remarks rang out.
The first half hour or hour in the courtroom was basically spent discussing state affairs, and Xu Qingnian, who was attending the court for the first time, listened with great interest.
The general content was also very simple.
The first thing that the military officials did was to tell us what had happened, where there was danger, and that Wei was now being looked down upon by all kinds of people, and that they had to fight a good war, not to fight, not to fight was not the people of Wei.
And the civil ministers began to speak, where and where there was a flood, where and where there was an earthquake, where and where something had happened that required the state’s help, and anyway, no matter what was going on in the court, it could not be a small matter.
Finally the Confucian officials spoke up, saying what they thought was important, what could be put off, and what needed to be done now, followed by the military officials who were not convinced and thought what you said here was a bit wrong.
The civil officials jumped in and said what was wrong? They strongly supported it.
In the end, after nearly an hour of bickering, the empress opened her mouth and settled the matter in a few words, leaving some tricky issues to be discussed in a few days, perhaps because she hadn’t thought it through, or perhaps because she had pressed it first.
But Xu Qingnian, as a bystander, could see at a glance that the empress was biased in favour of the civil servants.
To be more precise, she was biased towards governing the country first, but of course she would also give a little face to the military officials, picking a few matters that were not too big and letting them deal with them, not so much as to say that she was completely biased towards the civilian officials.
When these matters of state had been dealt with, the Empress’s voice rang out.
“Where is Xu Qingnian?”
As the voice rang out, Xu Qingnian, who was in the line of civil ministers, immediately stepped forward.
“I, Xu Qingnian, pay my respects to Your Majesty.”
Xu Qingnian immediately spoke and at the same time bowed towards His Majesty.
At this moment, the hearts of all the civil servants in the court lifted up, and all of them could not help but fall their gaze on Xu Qingnian.
Over the past month, Xu Qingnian’s strange and bizarre methods of investigating cases had filled the entire capital with suspicion, leading to discussions and all sorts of rumours throughout the city.
But most people feel that Xu Qingnian has a good chance of winning the case, otherwise how would she dare to investigate the case like this?
He eats antique soup, goes shopping, listens to music, and goes back to play a couple of sets of boxing when he has nothing else to do.
Almost all the people think that Xu Qingnian has already got the evidence and the mastermind behind this is the current emperor.
But whether it was or not, none of them knew, and now the secret was about to be revealed.
“Is there any result in the Pingqiu Province disaster relief case?”
The empress’ voice was calm as she inquired.
“Reply, Your Majesty!”
“This case is really tricky, I am incompetent, a month is too short, I hope Your Majesty can be lenient for a few days.”
Xu Qingnian spoke up and answered truthfully.
When this was said, the entire court was completely frozen.
Especially the Duke of An Guo, his entire body stiffened.
Good man, you really didn’t investigate?
I’ve already blown it out of the water for you, but you’re playing this trick with me here?
Not only him, many people’s faces were a bit odd, such as Zhang Jing, who looked at Xu Qingnian and looked a bit confused.
To be honest, in order to show his ability, Zhang Jing went out of his way to praise Xu Qingnian and create an atmosphere that Xu Qingnian was already winning.
He thought that Xu Qingnian would at least say something at the court today, even if he was wrong, he could still round it off.
But what I didn’t expect was that Xu Qingnian directly came up with the phrase, “If we can’t find out, we can give it a few more days of grace.
How can such words come out of the mouth of someone like you?
A great talent of the ages?
I’m the only one who can do it.
“The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public.
Not to mention the court, even the empress didn’t know what to say.
She had calculated a thousand times, but she really did not expect Xu Qingnian to come up with such a move.
Can you at least say something?
The first thing she said was, “We haven’t found out, can you give us some more time?
When she heard the empress’ voice, Xu Qingnian looked somewhat calm, not half afraid.
“Your Majesty, it’s not that I’m lazy, it’s just that this case is too complicated and I need time to investigate.”
“Please rest a*sured, Your Majesty, as long as you give me enough time, I will definitely be able to find out the truth.”
Xu Qingnian said with conviction.
“How long?”
The empress spoke indifferently, just two words, how much longer.
“Three years.”
Xu Qingnian said seriously.
The court was full of civil servants: “……”
D*mn you, three years? Why didn’t you say thirty years? If you have to investigate this case for three years, you might as well not give it to you.
If you can’t find out, just say so, why beat around the bush?
The people were silent, they had seen shameless people, but they had never seen Xu Qingnian so shameless.
“Three days, I will give you three days at last.”
The empress spoke in a calm tone, giving Xu Qingnian three days.
But when this was said, Xu Qingnian was somewhat reluctant to agree.
The bargaining was all about you giving up one step and me giving up one step, I said three years, which was indeed a bit exaggerated, you should at least give me three months, right?
Three days? How can I find out in three days?
“Your Majesty ……”
Xu Qingnian wanted to say something else, but the next moment the voice of the empress rang out.
“Zhang Jing, after three days, if Xu Qingnian finds out the truth about this case, all the previous things will be written off and no blame will be pursued.”
“If Xu Qingnian does not find out the truth after three days, all faults will be decided by the Ministry of Punishment.”
“Retire from the court!”
Without any thoughts, the empress simply got up and left, giving Xu Qingnian only three days to do so.
“My servant, receive the decree.”
Zhang Jing spoke, followed by the crowd chanting Long Live Long Live.
Immediately afterwards, they all retired from the court.
Inside the hall, Xu Qingnian exhaled a long breath, looking a little sad in his brow as he walked towards the side of Duke An Guo.
The An Guo Duke lowered his head slightly, also looking a little melancholy.
It was no big deal to be laughed at by others, but to be laughed at by his sons would be a real joke.
The Duke of An never thought that he would fall into this kind of pit one day, and this time it would be difficult.
And when he saw Xu Qingnian coming, Duke An came to be a little angry.
“Qingnian, what the hell are you tossing about.”
Duke An was a little depressed, not to mention he was depressed, quite a few of the state princes and lord lords were also depressed.
They had thought that today’s court meeting would be a big show, and they had purposely woken up early, and this was the result?
“Yes, Qing Lantern, what kind of medicine are you hiding in your gourd?”
“Qingnian, just give us an answer, what is going on?”
When they got out of the hall, the crowd swarmed over, not really knowing what Xu Qingnian meant, there was no need to play with people like that.
“Uncle, all the old brothers, I didn’t hide any medicine ah.”
“I said before that I didn’t find out, not the other way around, you asked me to write an article I can write it, you asked me to investigate the case? How can I investigate? And it’s such an old case, plus the clues are all broken, how can I investigate?”
Xu Qingnian also looked a bit depressed and said something that made the crowd silent.
The first thing that I would like to say is that Xu Qingnian is indeed a great talent, but he is talented in writing and poetry, so to let Xu Qingnian investigate the case? This is indeed a bit unreasonable.
The case is not an ordinary case, the six ministries can not find out, the previous emperor did not find out, Xu Qingnian how can find out?
And within a month, too.
The people understood that it was not that Xu Qingnian could not do it, but that they were too high on Xu Qingnian.
Thinking about this, many people’s faces became even more ugly.
Over the past month, some of them had pretended to be gods and ghosts, thinking Xu Qingnian was too exaggerated, and now they were completely unable to collect themselves, which could be described as harming others and themselves.
Sun Jing’an, in particular, could not help but snort coldly.
“Since you can’t find out, you should have spoken to the Ministry of Justice earlier, staying at home every day, loitering, lazy and idle clouds, Zhang Shang Shu, this kind of culture must not breed in the Ministry of Justice.”
Sun Jing’an could not help but speak, he was really angry liver pain ah.
As a great Confucian, for the sake of some face, he stiffened his head and endured his nausea to praise Xu Qingnian.
What he didn’t expect was that Xu Qingnian would turn out to be this kind of virtuous.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and the more certain he became that Xu Qingnian just liked to make a show of himself, but had no real ability and only played tricks, which is why he spoke like this.
“Lord Sun is right, so you will investigate? I’ll go and talk to His Majesty about it?”
Hearing Sun Jing’an’s cold snort, Xu Qingnian opened his mouth and replied in this way.
“Humph!”
Sun Jing’an brushed his sleeve and left, not bothering to pay attention to Xu Qingnian, today this face, he was completely lost.
He was so angry!
As for the Minister of Penalty, Zhang Jing, although he was also uncomfortable, he did not speak out directly like Sun Jing’an did, but looked at Xu Qingnian and said.
“Xu Qingnian, no matter if you can find out or not, you should go through the process and do the things you should do, stay at home day and night and break the rules.
Zhang Jing spoke up, seemingly as a reminder, but actually a little upset.
“Lord Shang Shu, all the clues in the case file have been interrupted, there are no witnesses, and there is no way to start, you are Shang Shu, please show me the way.”
Xu Qingnian still said with a smile, but what the words meant, everyone understood.
“You ask this official, how can this official know, but at least you should call the only witness to ask, right?”
Zhang Jing was somewhat unhappy, are you running the case or am I running the case? Or should I do it?
“What’s the point of calling here when you’re already crazy?”
Xu Qingnian looked slightly muttered, but as soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Jing’s cold eyes swept in, at that moment Xu Qingnian did not speak, but spoke.
“Then please help me find this witness when Shang Shu Zhang returns to the Ministry of Punishment, please.”
Xu Qingnian opened his mouth, shouting at people, let Shang Shu Zhang be busy, he didn’t have time, obviously a dead pig not afraid of boiling water.
“Bad luck.”
Zhang Jing had nothing more to say, two words represented his inner thoughts.
He himself had easily disregarded his past grudges and sort of helped him Xu Qingnian once, but he never expected to provoke such a reply.
But from this he could see that Xu Qingnian was really helpless.
This case, Xu Qingnian has not made any progress at all. Even if one step back, Xu Qingnian has made some progress, but these progresses have been made by everyone, so it is equal to nothing.
And in the end, His Majesty only gave three days.
How can you solve the case in three days?
A month might not even have half progress, so what could you do with three days to solve the case?
When he thought of this, Zhang Jing’s heart was sickened, and he even doubted for a moment that Xu Qingnian had taken the case in order to deliberately disgust himself, to lure himself into the pit and screw him at the critical moment.
Although it was unlikely, seeing Xu Qingnian’s face made him feel inexplicably schemed.
“Lord Shang Shu, remember to bring Li Jianquan quickly, if it’s late, my subordinate will only be able to ask His Majesty for a few more days of grace.”
Xu Qingnian looked at Zhang Jing’s back and shouted so.
And Zhang Jing’s pace quickened considerably.
Looking at Zhang Jing’s back, Xu Qingnian had to sigh with emotion, the physique of the Minister of Penalty was not bad, according to this, he could at least work for another 30 to 50 years, it was a bit difficult for him to rise to the top normally.
“Uncle Li, nephew will go to your house later to have a seat?”
Xu Qingnian turned back and looked at Duke An Guo like this and said.
“I can’t go, uncle is going to sit at the Marquis of Xinwu’s house, you go back and hurry up to investigate the case yourself.”
When An Guo Gong heard this, he refused outright, how could he have the heart to go home now? Why would he go home? To go home and be laughed at by his clan?
Go sit at the Marquis of Xinwu’s house and wait for three days before going back.
“Duke Lu.”
Xu Qingnian turned his gaze to Duke Lu, who waved his hand and said, “I’m going to the Marquis of Xinwu’s house too, nephew Qingnian, you’d better go back and investigate the case properly.”
The crowd was in a depressed mood, in this month, to say that the people who blew the hardest were these martial officials.
One by one, they blew Xu Qingnian into a god, but today they were all slapped in the face, and apart from a few individual Marquis, most of them had blown Xu Qingnian.
So one by one, they all had to go to the Marquis of Xinwu’s home for a few days to cover up their embarra*sment.
The first time I saw the attitude of all the people, Xu Qingnian understood.
You can’t rely on any kind of human resources, you still have to rely on yourself.
“That’s fine, a few uncles, all the old brothers, I’ll go back first, you can come to my academy as a guest if you have nothing to do.”
“I’ll make antique soup for you all to eat.”
Xu Qingnian invited the crowd, while the crowd was casually perfunctory, and then the group went to the home of Marquis Xinwu.
After walking out of the palace.
Xu Qingnian first back to the academy, many people are asking how the results, and Xu Qingnian also business, the Ministry of punishment case, can not be revealed for the time being, the people have also been understanding.
The people are also aware of this.
Xu Qingnian’s answer in the courtroom today instantly silenced the entire capital’s powerful and wealthy.
They had waited for a month and looked forward to it, but they didn’t expect it to end in this way.
To be honest, the most nervous were many officers in the capital, they were extremely strict in their inspections, the entire capital was fortified twice inside and outside, but what they did not expect was that Xu Qingnian could not be investigated.
This was a big fiasco.
After the people learned of this, gossip spread instantly.
First, there were many derogatory remarks, saying that Xu Qingnian could write articles, but it was a bit difficult to judge cases, saying that His Majesty had lost his eyes and should not have put Xu Qingnian in the Ministry of Justice, but rather in the Ministry of Rites.
But soon there were also other rumors, saying that Xu Qingnian had found out the real culprit behind the scene, but the person’s status was so high that Xu Qingnian did not dare to speak out easily, for fear of getting into big trouble.
There was also a rumour that Xu Qingnian had secretly informed His Majesty of the real culprit behind the curtain, and that His Majesty intended to deal with him in secret and did not want to make it public.
It was precisely because of this that Xu Qingnian replied in this way today.
In any case, in the eyes of everyone, this matter has come to an end.
It doesn’t matter whether the investigation was really unsuccessful, or whether there was another hidden agenda.
Because within three days, Xu Qingnian would not be able to find out the truth.
In a month’s time, there might still be a little hope.
Three days?
How could Xu Qingnian find out?
It would take a day and a night to get to and from the Pingqiu Palace, even by dragon boat.
It would also take a day to interrogate the culprit and find clues, right?
It would also take a day to get evidence, right?
It would also take a day to get the physical evidence?
It’s been four days, what will Xu Qingnian do to investigate? And this is still the most idealistic.
Anyway, this case is over here.
The Ministry of Justice will pursue the case after three days, and the punishment will definitely not be severe, but a small punishment will definitely be necessary, but Xu Qingnian’s status in His Majesty’s heart may have to plummet.
However, at this time, in the Shouren Academy.
Xu Qingnian’s face was calm, while Yang Hu and the others were somewhat scattered, but after seeing Xu Qingnian arrive, several people still immediately walked over.
“Your Excellency!”
The six of them shouted in unison, while Xu Qingnian only nodded in response and immediately walked into the room without speaking the whole time.
This appearance left Yang Hu and the others with a somewhat heavy heart.
But after a while, a letter flew out and landed in Yang Hu’s hand.
“Yang Hu, go to the West City quickly, when you arrive, then open the letter, remember to take more detours, and don’t let anyone follow you as far as possible.”
The voice rang out, Yang Hu immediately took the order, his demeanor instantly serious, because he inexplicably felt that Xu Qingnian was going to make a real move.
Without any nonsense, Yang Hu swiftly left the place and jumped out from the backyard, without going through the main gate.
“Yang Bao, go to the Dongzhimen bazaar, open it when you get there, and be safe on the way.”
The next moment, a letter flew out again, accompanied by Xu Qingnian’s voice once again, slightly indifferent.
“Yes! My Lord!”
Yang Bao took the letter, and his demeanour rose a little, after a month, Lord Xu had finally gotten real.
He left this place.
And then, Zhao Da Zhao Er, Li Jian and Li Kang each got the epistle and also left from the backyard.
The six of them were fast and also full of seriousness.
At this moment.
Around the Shouren Academy, hundreds of spies followed at top speed.
But when they suddenly saw Yang Hu and the others in a hurry and extremely alert, as spies they had a hunch.
Something was really wrong this time.
So, Yang Hu and the six of them ran and hid throughout the capital, using almost all their strength to evade the spies.
After running back and forth for three or four hours, Yang Hu finally arrived at the Western Market, and when he was sure that he should probably perhaps not be followed, Yang Hu carefully opened the letter.
The next moment.
Yang Hu revealed a stunned look.
And at the same time.
Yang Bao did the same. He had hidden in the alley for a full hour to avoid being tracked by these spies.
After he had escaped the scouts, Yang Bao was relieved.
Yang Bao finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then disguised himself and went to the Xizhimen bazaar.
He took out Xu Qingnian’s envelope carefully, and at this moment Yang Bao’s eyes were filled with excitement.
He completely understood that Xu Qingnian had been paralysing his enemies for the past month, making them think he was being salty, but in reality he was trying to make them drop their guard completely and deliver a fatal blow at the critical moment.
“Lord Xu, he is truly a great talent of the ages.”
Yang Bao felt infinite emotion in his heart, and in the next moment, he opened the letter, and then also froze in place.
The secret spy, on the other hand, recorded all of this, and one could tell just from Yang Bao’s expression that Xu Qingnian was about to do something big.
Just …….
An hour later.
Yang Hu came back, carrying two catties of yellow beef, three catties of fatty lamb, some chicken gizzards, duck gizzards, and some pork.
After Yang Hu came back, Yang Bao followed behind, carrying all kinds of vegetables, cabbage and green vegetables, chili beans, a wide range of vegetables.
As for Zhao Da and Zhao Er, they had less, one carrying a few bundles of iron sticks and the other carrying a few pounds of sesame oil for cooking.
Li Jian and Li Kang, on the other hand, returned with a rack and a pile of black charcoal.
Along with them came back hundreds of secret agents.
On this day, they fell into silence.
Xu Qingnian had refreshed their secret agent’s knowledge.
Because Yang Hu, Yang Bao and the others, who had tried everything to avoid their view, were still buying things that were there or not.
Beef and mutton, all kinds of seasonal fruits and vegetables, and some rare and weird iron frames.
When the people returned, Xu Qingnian looked exceptionally happy and started building a fire straight away, allowing Li Jian and Li Kang, the two brothers, to wash the racks, Zhao Da Zhao Er and the others to wash the vegetables, and Yang Hu and Yang Bao to cut the meat.
It went on into the night.
Xu Qingnian used iron skewers to skewer the meat, fruits and vegetables and baked them on the fire rack, smearing them with a layer of sesame oil and some spices every now and then.
His face was full of joy.
As for Yang Hu and his six men, they sat aside, looking as if they had no hope of survival.
At this moment, the spies were completely unable to hold their tongues.
“D*mn it, eating again? Every day for the past month, it’s just a different way to eat this and that, eating seafood after antique jelly, eating vegetables after seafood, and then this whole ancient and weird thing after vegetables?”
“That’s it? You call yourself a genius of the ages? I sh*t!”
“I feel like Xu Qingnian is just playing with us, there’s really enough ……. The gentleman’s!”
“There is one thing to say, Xu Qingnian this cooking skill is really excellent, 30 days a month, change the way to eat, in the future can not be a scholar, open a restaurant are profitable.”
“Other than that, this stuff does smell good.”
The spies were so speechless by Xu Qingnian that they started to gossip with each other, normally they would have ignored each other, but this time they were completely educated by Xu Qingnian.
And today’s events were reported to them one by one.
This day.
All the civil servants of the court were basically sure of one fact.
They had really overestimated Xu Qingnian.
This guy really does not have the talent of the Ministry of Justice.
If you think about it, it’s true, after all, if you can write and fight, if you can also judge cases, isn’t that all-powerful?
In the end, the reality was harsh.
The reality was harsh. This kind of talent was already remarkable, and it was unreasonable to expect Xu Qingnian to be able to solve cases.
This night, some sighed and lamented, while others breathed a sigh of relief.
And in the Shouren Academy.
Xu Qingnian did not fall asleep, he looked at the bright moon in the sky.
He was silent.
He waited until celestial time, when a figure appeared outside the Shouren Academy.
It was someone from the Ministry of Punishment.
“Lord Xu, the Shang Shu asked his subordinates to inform you that Li Jianquan has been brought to the Ministry of Punishment and asks you to go there and investigate the case.”
As the voice rang out.
Xu Qingnian’s voice also sounded.
“Just bring him in, there is no need to go to the Ministry of Punishment to investigate.”
Xu Qingnian spoke, and after finishing his sentence, he turned around and returned to the room.
“Your Excellency, I’m afraid this isn’t too good?”
The other party’s voice rang out.
But Xu Qingnian’s voice also responded immediately.
“Tell Minister Zhang that the Ministry of Criminal Justice is too crowded to handle the case, so just bring Li Jianquan, and if Minister Zhang is unwilling, then forget it.”
Xu Qingnian’s reply was somewhat roguish.
The latter did not dare to say anything more, and could only reply, before turning around and leaving.
After the man left.
Inside the room.
Xu Qingnian was completely and utterly relieved.
Because ……. his plan, it had worked.
Yes, for the past month, Xu Qingnian had been laying out.
The only and final clue to solving the Pingqiu Province disaster relief case currently lies with Li Jianquan’s entire body.
If he wanted to crack the case, Li Jianquan would have to come to the capital.
But Xu Qingnian knew that once he asked Li Jianquan to come to the capital, there would be people in the shadows who would obstruct him.
At best, Li Jianquan would disappear, or at worst, Li Jianquan would suddenly die a violent death.
In a case involving 20 million taels of silver, the death of a madman was nothing.
So Xu Qingnian had been worried about this, and because of this, Xu Qingnian did not go anywhere this month.
He stayed in the capital so that the group of people in the shadows could feel at ease.
As for whether this group would just kill Li Jianquan and eliminate the problem forever, Xu Qingnian was not afraid at all.
He could guess from these matters that it was His Majesty who wanted to overturn the case.
This group of people could also guess.
Still, within the rules, everyone just has to abide by them and the emperor will not break them, but if someone breaks them, then don’t blame the emperor for tearing his face off as well.
Xu Qingnian even believed that the empress already knew who the suspect was, or was basically sure who the suspect was.
So if the other party dared to really make a direct move, it would be the least trouble for yourself, the empress would just order the arrest and casually put a charge on you, and you could just wait for death.
After all, you were the one who played the scoundrel first.
And if it was yourself who accepted the case and paged Li Jianquan, Xu Qingnian did not guarantee that the other party would not take the risk.
In the face of a crisis, breaking the rules first was also forced.
So one could never call Li Jianquan to the capital in the first place, instead one had to wait, to grind, even to be despised in the courtroom, even to be looked down upon by everyone, Xu Qingnian had to wait.
He had to wait until they thought that the case could not be overturned before Li Jianquan could be allowed to enter the capital.
In that case, they would be in a pa*sive position.
To put it simply, His Majesty only gave himself three final days, which represented an attitude from His Majesty, to this group of people in the shadows.
In three days, if you find out, you will die.
If you don’t find out in three days, the matter will end here.
The group of people in the shadows, on balance, as long as they are not kicked in the head by a donkey, will take a gamble, if not, then they will just tear their faces off, which is even more dangerous.
Therefore, Xu Qingnian had delayed until now.
Yesterday, he deliberately instructed Zhang Jing, Shang Shu Zhang, to bring Li Jianquan.
It was even almost a direct statement that if you don’t get the man here in a hurry, this matter is your problem.
So Zhang Jing, in order not to stick to the pot, mobilised almost all the forces of the Ministry of Penalty to bring Li Jianquan as fast as possible.
Everything.
The empress was calculating.
The people in the dark were also calculating.
But how could Xu Qingnian not be calculating?
But there was another important factor why Li Jianquan was still alive in the capital.
That is, he is a madman.
There were only two possibilities for him not to have died suddenly and violently over the years.
He was truly insane.
The second possibility was that the empress was secretly protecting him.
But the second possibility was unlikely, and even if he was truly protected, it would only be symbolic protection; after all, if Li Jianquan hadn’t died, the gang would have definitely killed him rather than tear themselves apart from the empress.
So, a man who had definitely gone mad.
What role could it play?
As a human witness? Absolutely no way.
He couldn’t even speak clearly, much less give any clues.
But they had done a lot of calculations.
Even the empress could not calculate.
The empress herself …… would enter the dream of the great divine power.
Yes.
The fundamental reason why Xu Qingnian dared to lay out the plan was because he knew the Dream Entrance Avatar.
A crazy person, even if he is crazy, still has some memories in his mind, but it is just a confused memory.
Xu Qingnian intended to enter his dreams to find out the truth about what happened back then.
Find out the real clues.
And then uncover the person behind the curtain.
Of course, whether or not the person behind the curtain could be uncovered would depend on whether or not the dream-entry technique could be successful.
If one’s guess is right.
Everything would be fine.
If one’s guess is wrong.
In three days’ time, the court will be asked to apologise.
There was nothing to be done, but a case that could not be solved was a case that could not be solved.
Two quarters of an hour later.
A sound of iron ropes rang out.
In the middle of the main street, it seemed incomparably quiet, but the sound of the iron cable seemed a little eerie.
Xu Qingnian sat in front of the desk with a calm expression.
“Your Excellency, Li Jianquan has been brought in, but he is in a haphazard state of mind, and the Ministry of Punishment has fed him bewitching soup for fear that he will shout and scream.”
The man from the Ministry of Punishment spoke up and brought Li Jianquan.
“Good.”
“Yang Hu and Yang Bao, bring the man outside the academy.”
“I will continue to rest for a while, you guys keep an eye on him first, don’t let him escape.”
Xu Qingnian opened his mouth, never showing his face, and even deliberately yawning, pretending to show the people from the Ministry of Punishment as well as the secret agents outside.
“Yes.”
Yang Hu, Yang Bao and the others gave their answers, while the officials from the Ministry of Punishment also excused themselves and left.
At this moment.
It was still dawn when Xu Qingnian got up and a stone shot out, landing on Li Jianquan’s tendons and veins, and the latter instantly fainted and fell asleep.
Yang Hu and the others naturally noticed and didn’t ask much, but Xu Qingnian still explained.
“I’ll come back to interrogate him when I wake up, put him aside in the shade and keep him under close guard.”
After finishing his sentence, Xu Qingnian directly lay down on the bed and quietly waited for a quarter of an hour later.
It was time to cast the Dream Entrance Avatar.
The first time, it failed.
Second time, failure.
……
It was not until the ninth time that Xu Qingnian successfully infiltrated Li Jianquan’s dream.
Because the dream was extremely confusing, even a little upside down, a picture appeared, fragmented.
Everything seemed extremely confusing, and people with slightly less mental strength would have fainted on the spot.
Luckily, Xu Qingnian’s spiritual power was extremely strong and was not affected by it.
“Set.”
In an instant, Xu Qingnian ran the Dream Entry Great Avatar to stabilize the dream world.
At this moment.
It was night.
