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Chapter 850: The King of Dark Night Chen Pingping

After Fan Xian left, Si Lili suddenly collapsed in her chair.

"Are you scared now? If you were to go to the Inspection Office, wouldn't you confess everything in a matter of minutes?"

Facing Qin Hao's ridicule, Si Lili's bright eyes turned and she rolled her eyes: "Commander Qin, are you afraid that I will give you away?"

Qin Hao lifted Si Lili's round chin and said word by word: "No, you are a smart person. You should know that once your identity is exposed, I will be the only one who can save you."

Si Lili smiled slightly, raised her chin, looked into each other's eyes, and moved her red lips slightly: "From now on, my life will be handed over to Commander Qin. Please have mercy on me."

"Hmph, don't think you can get away with it this way. Yuan Hongdao may not dispel his suspicion of you. And have you ever thought about why Lin Gong knows your identity? What does he want from you?"

Qin Hao's words made Si Lili fall into deep thought. In fact, she had sensed something was wrong since the day Lin Gong came, but Lin Gong was killed by Qin Hao as soon as he showed up, and she didn't have time to get more information from him.

"What does Commander Qin mean?"

"You know Cheng Jushu, right?"

"I know him. He is also a spy from Northern Qi. He is unruly and can only be controlled by the token in my hand."

Qin Hao sneered and said, "Are you sure you are the only one with such a token?"

Si Lili was startled when she heard this: "In the capital, all Northern Qi spies are under my command. There is only one such token in the entire Southern Qing."

As she spoke, Si Lili took out a token of strange shape.

Qin Hao didn't answer it, but just glanced at it and said, "What if it's from Northern Qi?"

"Only Commander Qin, the pacification envoy of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, can mean with this token that it was Shen Zhong who betrayed me?" Si Lili widened her eyes.

"No, how can this benefit Shen Zhong? If I am caught, the entire spy network in the capital will be eradicated by Qingguo."

Qin Hao said noncommittally: "Perhaps, it's not a betrayal, but a deal?"

"trade?"

"Lin Gong sneaked into your flower boat quietly. If he wanted to arrest you, he would not have brought such a small number of people. The assassin in the Yangliu Street assassination case was Cheng Jushu."

Si Lili looked at Qin Hao in shock. The time and characters of the events gradually came together. Although it was a bit hasty to draw a conclusion based on this information alone, it had to be admitted that after Qin Hao's sorting, everything was connected.

"In other words, Lin Gong was instructed by someone to come to me in order to threaten me to hand over the token? Lin Gong's disappearance did not make the person behind the scenes give up the plan to assassinate Fan Xian, but instead obtained the token to control Cheng Jushu through other channels."

"So, the person who planned the assassination on Yangliu Street must be a powerful person in Qing Kingdom, most likely a member of the royal family?"

Qin Hao said seriously: "How about it? Only by cooperating with me can you have a chance to survive. This deal is not a loss for you, right?"

"But if the person behind the scenes leaks the news that Lin Gong came to me..."

"No, she doesn't dare. This is a crime of treason. Even the royal family will have to pay the price."

"Who is this guy?"

"It's not certain yet, but it's definitely not the prince." Qin Hao naturally wouldn't really open up to Si Lili. Such important information would have to be told in exchange for something of equal value.

"Oh, why? Hasn't he always been at odds with Fan Xian?"

"Northern Qi's secret agents should have infiltrated the Eastern Palace, right? You don't really think the Crown Prince is as stupid as he appears to be?"

In Qin Hao's opinion, among the princes of Qing Kingdom, the Crown Prince may not be the smartest, but he must be the one who knows Emperor Qing best.

The reason why the prince behaved so badly was because he knew very well that Emperor Qing was in his prime. He was a shrewd and capable prince who was deeply loved by all the civil and military officials in the court. That was the story of Langya Bang.

"Could it be the Second Prince? Hasn't he been trying to win over Fan Xian?"

"Do you think Fan Xian is someone who can be easily won over?"

Si Lili:
"Well, I've given you so much information. In exchange for the benefits, you have to give me some news about Northern Qi, right?"

"What kind of news do you want to know?"

"Sean."

Upon hearing the name, Si Lili couldn't help but shudder all over. As the former King of Dark Night of Northern Qi, Sean was a person in Northern Qi who made people tremble when they heard his name. If Chen Pingping hadn't captured Sean at the cost of crippling his legs, there would be no Jinyiwei today.

"Why are you interested in him?"

"You don't need to know this, just tell me what you know."

Fan Xian alone is not a reliable ally against Emperor Qing. Si Lili is a woman, her character and methods are not so good. But Sean is different. If Shen Zhong had not set up a killing trap, once Sean recovered, he might have a chance to make a comeback.

To Sean, Emperor Qing and Chen Pingping are both his mortal enemies. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Add to that Shen Zhong's head, and this old fox Sean has no reason not to cooperate with him.

On the other hand, after Lin Ruofu was called to the palace, Emperor Qing first expressed his condolences for him for losing his son before him, and then vaguely pointed out the "clues" that Si Gu Jian was colluding with the Northern Qi spies. Although Lin Ruofu did not quite believe that the Northern Qi spies would assassinate his son for no reason, he could only show an indignant expression.

"The Inspection Bureau found out that before your son died, a secret letter was delivered from Northern Qi to the capital. Now the Inspection Bureau has arranged people to arrest him. I believe that your son will be given justice soon. Don't worry, Northern Qi assassinated the son of the prime minister of Qing without reason. I will definitely seek justice for you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

Lin Ruofu walked out of the hall numbly. He knew very well that Emperor Qing wanted to use his son's death to start a war against Northern Qi. As for the truth? Who would care?

At the same time, Fan Xian also received a secret order from the Inspection Institute, asking him to arrest the Northern Qi spy because of Lin Gong's death. In order to pick up girls, Fan Xian accepted the order without hesitation.

Later, with Wang Qinian's tracking skills, he successfully caught up with the Northern Qi spy at Pijia Hill, but was immediately surrounded by nearby bandits, who were actually also Northern Qi spies.

Just when the Northern Qi spy thought he had won, the Black Cavalry arrived, slaughtered all the bandits, and successfully captured the Northern Qi spy.

Afterwards, Fan Xian paraded through the city and returned to the capital with the Northern Qi spies.

However, when Fan Xian was interrogating the Northern Qi spy that night, he unexpectedly learned that the secret order she received was not to kill Lin Gong at all, but to kill him. As for who was behind the scenes, the Northern Qi spy did not know.

At noon the next day, the Northern Qi spy was sent to the execution ground. Amid the curses of a large number of people in the capital, his crimes were read out and his head was then chopped off.

Fan Xian looked at this scene and found it very absurd, yet helpless. He knew that this was the result that Emperor Qing wanted, as well as the result that the Inspection Institute and even the entire Qing Kingdom wanted. As for who was the murderer of Lin Gong and who was the mastermind behind the assassination on Yangliu Street, it was not important.

Among the excited crowd, Fan Xian spotted Qin Hao. The two looked at each other, and left in tacit understanding, and finally met again on Si Lili's flower boat.

"You should have interrogated the Northern Qi spy, right?" Qin Hao poured a cup of tea for Fan Xian.

Fan Xian took the teacup, smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I have interrogated him. They don't want to kill Lin Gong, but me."

"Oh? Then why don't you report the truth?" Qin Hao said playfully while playing with the teacup.

Fan Xian sighed: "It has been reported, so what? What Qing Kingdom wants now is an excuse to start a war. It doesn't matter who killed Lin Gong."

Upon hearing this, Si Lili subconsciously looked at Qin Hao, and at the same time she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Have you met Lin Ruofu?" Qin Hao asked casually.

Fan Xian was slightly startled and shook his head.

"He'll arrange to meet you soon."

Fan Xian immediately understood what Qin Hao meant: "I definitely didn't marry Wan'er because of the Lin family's power."

"Lin Gong is dead. The eldest son of the Lin family has been mentally retarded since childhood. You are engaged to Lin Wan'er. Lin Ruofu can only rely on you now. The glory of the Lin family will depend on you. Marriage has been a union between families since ancient times, unless you don't marry her." Qin Hao said slowly.

Si Lili's gaze fell on Fan Xian with suspicion in her eyes. She did not believe that there was any pure love in this world. Men liked women either because they were attracted by their beauty or because they coveted the money and resources of their family.

Facing Si Lili's suspicious gaze, Fan Xian said unhappily, "If I had coveted the power of the Lin family, I would not have wanted to cancel the engagement in the first place."

Qin Hao tried to comfort her: "I know you fell in love with Lin Wan'er at first sight, okay?"

After the joke, Qin Hao said seriously: "If you want to change this world, you must have certain rights. This world will not change because of a few angry words from the weak."

"I understand what you mean. I will accept Lin Ruofu's kindness." Fan Xian said helplessly.

Qin Hao sat down next to Fan Xian and whispered in his ear, "Did you see a very strange person in the dungeon of the procuratorate?"

"A strange person?" Fan Xian was full of confusion.

"Nothing, just asking casually." Qin Hao patted Fan Xian on the shoulder and did not continue to ask. Anyway, Sean would be released back to Northern Qi sooner or later, so there was no need to rush, lest the cunning Chen Pingping find out any flaws.

Fan Xian did not doubt him, and took a big gulp of wine, shook his head and sighed, "A war is about to start, and I don't know how many innocent people will die."

"Unless Qing Kingdom destroys Beiqi and Dongyi City one day, this kind of fighting will not stop."

Si Lili couldn't help but retort when she heard this: "Why didn't Northern Qi destroy Qing?"

Qin Hao smiled and said, "Regardless of the difference in national strength between Northern Qi and Qing, the current Queen Mother of Northern Qi is ruling the country from behind the curtain. The mother is strong and the son is weak. But as the emperor grows up, there will always be a day when he will rule the country himself. Civil strife is inevitable. Whether they can withstand the attack of Qing by then is unknown. If they want to turn defense into offense, at least three generations of wise rulers will appear in succession for this to be possible."

"Doesn't the Kingdom of Qing also have the hidden danger of internal strife? The Crown Prince is weak, and the Second Prince is smart and capable. Once the Emperor of Qing dies." Si Lili argued unconvinced.

Qin Hao did not answer, but looked at Fan Xian.

Fan Xian also shook his head and said, "The political structure of Qing is much more stable than that of Northern Qi. Even if His Majesty suddenly passes away, with the intervention of the Inspection Institute, the civil unrest will only be temporary and order will be restored soon. Moreover, His Majesty is in his prime and has lived in the palace for many years. Even if Northern Qi wants to assassinate him, it will be impossible."

Si Lili felt bitter when she heard this. Over the years, Northern Qi had sent people to Qing Kingdom to assassinate people, but as long as they entered the imperial city, their fate was always to sink into oblivion.

What Si Lili didn't know was that Emperor Qing was the most mysterious grandmaster in the world, and also the one with the strongest combat power. If Qin Hao told her the truth, Si Lili would probably curse him. With such powerful strength, he was so cowardly and hid in the palace all day.

Fan Xian drank the rest of the wine and stood up unsteadily: "Let's go, I still have to go to the Royal Courtyard."

"You're so drunk and you're climbing up a girl's window. Be careful that your future father-in-law finds out and gives you a spanking." Qin Hao teased.

Fan Xian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I can only resist telling Wan'er the truth when I'm drunk. That would be too cruel for her."

The next day, after the morning court session, Qin Hao was detained by Eunuch Hou and then taken to the outside of a palace.

After entering the hall, Qin Hao saw a middle-aged man in a wheelchair playing chess with Emperor Qing.

"My dear Minister Qin is here. Come and help me see who will win this game of chess." Emperor Qing waved at Qin Hao from a distance.

Qin Hao walked over, and Emperor Qing suddenly pointed at the man in the wheelchair and said, "This is the director of the Inspection Institute, Chen Pingping. You should have heard of him, right?"

"Of course, Dean Chen is very famous. He was well-known even in Danzhou."

Chen Pingping waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, I am just a useless person. Thanks to your majesty's grace, I can still contribute a little to Qing Kingdom. Commander Qin is young and promising, the youngest ninth-grade master in Qing Kingdom, and his future is limitless."

Emperor Qing said impatiently, "You two should stop flattering each other. Qin Aiqing, who do you think will win this game of chess?"

"Of course, Your Majesty wins. Dean Chen doesn't dare to win against you."

As soon as Qin Hao finished speaking, the expressions of Emperor Qing and Chen Pingping changed.

"Oh, you mean, he is giving in to me?" Emperor Qing looked surprised.

Chen Pingping quickly denied it, and Qin Hao calmly placed three white pieces on the chessboard. Upon seeing this, Emperor Qing threw the chess piece in his hand directly onto the chessboard, and then complained to Chen Pingping.

"You're a killjoy."

Chen Pingping quickly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

Emperor Qing shook his head and waved to Qin Hao. "Now that Qing and Northern Qi are about to go to war, Northern Qi's spies are becoming more active. I want your military department to work with the Inspection Bureau to sort out the capital and drive out those rats who are hiding from the light. What do you think?"

"I accept your order."

Emperor Qing lifted Qin Hao's arm and said with a smile, "I heard that Qin Aiqing and Si Lili are very close. Chen Pingping, tell Qin Aiqing the true identity of Si Lili."

(End of this chapter)