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Chapter 878: So what if they are royal relatives?
While Fan Xian was wiping the inscription, Chen Pingping arrived at the door of the Inspection Institute in his wheelchair.

"Why? Are you confused?"

Fan Xian paused, but did not look at Chen Pingping. He continued to wipe the dust off the inscription.

"You are angry." Chen Pingping gave Shadow a wink, and the latter walked away tactfully, taking Wang Qinian aside with him.

"Why would I be angry? He is the high and mighty Second Prince. Even if the evidence is irrefutable, Your Majesty will not kill him."

"Why? Did Old Jin die in vain? Shijia Town was reduced to scorched earth overnight. The death of so many innocent people could not shake a prince. Just because he is a prince?"

Chen Pingping's face changed, and then he said calmly: "This is a rebellious statement."

"Yes, if the prince breaks the law, the common people are guilty as well. After all, it's just a sentence on this tombstone, and no one takes it seriously, otherwise it wouldn't be covered with dust." Fan Xian smiled self-deprecatingly.

Just as Chen Pingping was about to say something, Fan Xian suddenly burst into laughter again.

"Maybe he is right. What the law cannot solve, violence can solve."

After saying this, Fan Xian dropped the sackcloth, clapped his hands and told Wang Qinian to leave.

Although Chen Pingping was puzzled, he still stopped him and said, "After Zhu Ge's death, the position of the Director of the First Division of the Inspection Institute has been vacant. Although His Majesty has lost your title badge, he has not said that he will remove you from your position. From now on, you will be the Director of the First Division."

Fan Xian waved his hands in a lack of interest: "What's this? A slap in the face and a sweet date?"

"If you want to make the words on this tablet come true, you'll need help."

"Sometimes I really don't know whether you want to use me or..."

"then what?"

"Forget it, it's not important."

Chen Pingping looked at Fan Xian's departing back, frowned and told Shadow, "Check who Fan Xian has been meeting recently."

"Yes." The shadow disappeared in a flash.

Chen Pingping was in a daze, muttering to himself: Is this kid going to do anything extreme?

Fan Xian returned home, thinking about comforting his sister, but the maid who served his sister was hesitant and stopped him from entering. Fan Xian knew something was wrong at first sight, so he broke in, and then he found that his house had been robbed.

"Lao Qin? Why are you here?"

Qin Hao spread his hands and said nothing, but his meaning was very clear.

Fan Ruoruo's pretty face turned slightly red, and she lowered her head, not daring to look at Fan Xian.

Fan Xian angrily pulled Qin Hao aside and said, "It's so late at night, a man and a woman are alone in the same room. If this gets out, it will damage my sister's reputation. Don't climb over the wall to our house at night anymore."

As a result, Qin Hao's words left Fan Xian speechless.

"So do you always go through the main gate when you go to the Royal Villa?"

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Fan Ruoruo quickly interrupted: "Brother, do you want some tea?"

"Yeah, I'm thirsty."

Fan Xian felt somewhat guilty about his behavior of allowing the officials to set fires but not the common people to light lamps, so he had to back down.

"Brother, are you really planning to kill Prince Jing?"

Fan Ruoruo's sudden words startled Fan Xian so much that he almost dropped his teacup and looked at Qin Hao in surprise.

"You told Ruoruo about this too? Why are you calling us? I don't want to get involved in this."

Qin Hao spread his hands and said, "If I hadn't stopped her, Ruoruo would have packed her things and prepared to run away from marriage. Instead of scaring her, it's better to tell her directly."

It seemed to make sense when he heard it that way. Fan Xian's mouth twitched and he looked at his calm sister and asked in confusion.

"This is killing a member of the royal family, aren't you afraid?"

Fan Ruoruo asked back: "Is it useful to be afraid?"

"Anyway, I will never marry the prince of Jing. Either he dies or I die."

Fan Xian was speechless for a moment, and turned to look at Qin Hao with a serious face: "How do you plan to kill Prince Jing?"

"Don't worry about this, I have my own way."

Three days later, at midnight, along the Liujing River, there were birds singing and dancing, and the sound of drums and music.

"Hey, Your Highness, you haven't been here for a while. Please come in."

Facing the middle-aged lady's charming smile, Li Hongcheng naturally put his arms around her plump waist and said, "What's wrong? Mother Cui, do you miss me?"

"I miss you so much, I miss you to death. But to be honest, His Royal Highness is so cruel. He hasn't come for such a long time. Poor my infatuated Lian'er, she is looking forward to your coming every day." There was a hint of resentment in Mother Cui's sweet smile.

Li Hongcheng unfolded the folding fan in his hand and said helplessly: "There is nothing I can do about it. After all, His Majesty has just granted me the marriage, so I can't come to your place often."

"Where's Lian'er? She's not receiving any guests, right?"

"Your Highness, look at what you said. Everyone in the capital knows that Lian'er is yours. How can I let her receive other guests?"

"Then lead the way."

Soon, under the guidance of the madam, Li Hongcheng arrived at the flower boat pier.

"You guys stay on the shore and don't let anyone disturb my interest."

"This"

Li Hongcheng casually threw a silver note and said, "Take it and have someone prepare some good wine and food. I won't let you suffer any loss if you follow me."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

In the middle of the night, several screams suddenly came from the flower boat.

"Someone come quickly, His Royal Highness is in trouble."

In an instant, the banks of Liujing River seemed to be in an uproar.

In less than a quarter of an hour, people from Jingzhao Prefecture blocked the entire Liujing River, closed all brothels, and detained the people.

All of Li Hongcheng's guards were arrested, and as for the famous prostitute Lian'er and her maids on the flower boat, they were also arrested one by one.

The prefect of Jingzhao came to the scene in person, and after seeing Li Hongcheng's body, he was so frightened that he almost fainted on the spot.

This is a real royal relative.

However, what comforted the prefect of Jingzhao was that the murderer was quickly caught. After an all-night investigation and evidence collection, the murderer's identity and motive for killing Li Hongcheng were confirmed.

The murderer and Lian'er were a pair of star-crossed childhood sweethearts. Lian'er was originally a concubine's daughter of a wealthy family, while the murderer was a poor scholar. They were originally engaged, but Lian'er's parents disliked the boy's family because they were poor, so they secretly cancelled the engagement.

Later, Lian'er's family fell into poverty and her mistress sold her to a brothel. The poor scholar went to Beijing to take the imperial examination and found that Lian'er had fallen into prostitution. At first, the poor scholar had planned to wait until he passed the examination and then find a way to rescue Lian'er. However, he took the examination again and again and failed to make the list.

The rest of the story is very logical. The murderer was so angry that he killed Li Hongcheng.

Emperor Qing looked at the memorial in his hand, slammed the table and shouted, "Killing the royal family for a prostitute, Lord Lou, is this the truth you found out?"

Jingzhao Prefecture Prefect Lou was so frightened that he fell to his knees and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, this man confessed to the crime, and Jingzhao Prefecture also interrogated all the relevant personnel, and there was no sign of conspiracy."

"Hmph, I get it. You go down first." Emperor Qing took a deep breath and then forced himself to suppress his anger.

"Go ask Chen Pingping whether this Inspection Office is just a decoration and whether I can still trust him."

Eunuch Hou felt a chill on the back of his neck and quickly crawled out of the hall.

When the eunuch arrived at the Inspection Institute, he found that the lights were already on.

After conveying Emperor Qing's order, Eunuch Hou was about to leave but was stopped by Chen Pingping.

"Please report this to His Majesty, Eunuch Hou. The Inspection Office will investigate this matter thoroughly."

"Well, I will definitely help you convey your message."

After Eunuch Hou left, Chen Pingping went around to organize Yan Ruohai, saying, "Go call Fan Xian over. This matter should have been handled by one department. It just so happens that he has taken over one department, so he can use it to practice his skills."

Yan Ruohai rolled his eyes when he heard this, the dead were royal relatives, and if he was not careful he would be guilty of a serious crime of having his property confiscated and his entire family exterminated. Is there anyone who practices this?

However, Yan Ruohai always obeyed Chen Pingping's orders and asked his son Yan Bingyun to go to Fan Mansion in person.

When Fan Xian heard the news of Li Hongcheng's death, he almost lost control of his facial expression, but Yan Bingyun just thought he was surprised that someone dared to kill the royal family, and did not think about anything else.

"Ahem, you go first, I'll be there soon."

"Then hurry up, the dean is waiting."

After sending Yan Bingyun away, Fan Xian came to Fan Ruoruo's room and warned her word by word: "From today on, don't leave the room at all, and don't have any contact with Lao Qin. Do you understand?"

"I understand, brother. Did something happen?" Fan Ruoruo asked curiously.

"Li Hongcheng is dead."

"Dead? When?"

"Just last night."

Fan Ruoruo opened her mouth wide: "Is it?"

"Remember, you know nothing, and don't tell anyone that you object to this marriage, okay?"

"Well, don't worry, brother. I understand."

Fan Xian patted Fan Ruoruo's shoulder silently, then turned and headed towards the Inspection Institute.

With such a big case happening, there was a lot of panic inside the Inspection Institute. When they learned that the director had passed this hot potato to Fan Xian, many people secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Fan Xian didn't know what means Qin Hao used, he was very sure that Qin Hao must be the mastermind behind the murder of Li Hongcheng.

"There doesn't seem to be any problem with this file." Fan Xian said tentatively to Chen Pingping after taking the file from Jingzhao Prefecture.

Chen Pingping shook his head gently: "Don't you think this is all too logical?"

"Dean, what you mean is that someone behind this is instructing this poor scholar to kill people?"

"Have you ever seen a scholar?" Chen Pingping did not answer, but asked back.

Fan Xian frowned: "I haven't seen it often."

"Scholars may seem passionate and have great ideas about how to deal with things, but in reality, they may not even dare to kill a chicken. Even if they are trapped by love, they should kill in passion, and it is impossible to do it so perfectly. The more there is no problem on the surface, the more it shows that there is something fishy behind it."

After listening to Chen Pingping's analysis, Fan Xian felt like his head was about to explode.

For him, this case is like an open-book exam. He knows the answers in advance, but the key is that he cannot write down the correct answers.

"Where is that poor scholar?"

"Imprisoned in the dungeon of the Inspection Bureau."

Fan Xian went straight to the dungeon of the Inspection Institute. There was no obstruction along the way. It was obvious that Chen Pingping had given instructions before.

Soon, Fan Xian saw the poor scholar deep in the dungeon. He had been beaten all over, with almost no healthy flesh on his body. He was curled up in the corner of the dungeon, shaking uncontrollably.

"Xia Keming."

Hearing someone calling his name, Xia Keming raised his head with difficulty. At first, his expression was extremely numb, until he saw Fan Xian's face clearly, then he immediately sat up excitedly, which even pulled his wound and made him grimace in pain.

"Master Xiao Fan, am I dreaming? Is this really you?"

Fan Xian asked curiously, "Do you know me?"

"Of course, Master Fan, I have carefully studied every poem of yours. They are truly breathtaking."

When talking about poetry, Xia Keming's eyes flickered slightly.

After a few simple pleasantries, Fan Xian returned to the main topic: "Did you really kill Li Hongcheng?"

"It was indeed done by a villain."

"Why kill him?"

"For Lian'er."

Fan Xian took a deep breath: "Do you know who he is?"

"Prince Jing, a royal relative." Xia Keming clenched his fists unconsciously.

Fan Xian asked again: "Do you know that killing a royal family member is a serious crime that will lead to the extermination of the family?"

"My parents died of illness when I was ten years old. I have no worries now. It's just death, so why should I be afraid?" Xia Keming said with a wry smile.

"What about Lian'er? Aren't you worried that the government will be angry with her?"

"She is living in the dust, helpless, and death is a kind of relief for her."

"Since you love her so much, why don't you redeem her?"

Hearing this, Xia Keming walked up to Fan Xian with an excited look, shook the cell door, and shouted, "Have I ever thought about buying her a free place? Originally, I had raised a sum of money, and with Lian'er's savings over the years, it was enough to buy her a free place, but Mother Cui said that Lian'er was someone that Prince Jing had taken a fancy to, so she didn't dare to let her go."

"Just because I'm poor, they can break the engagement. Just because I don't have money, they can sell Lian'er to a brothel. Just because Li Hongcheng is a royal relative, they can make Lian'er commit herself to him with just one sentence. Master Xiao Fan, do you think this is fair?"

Fan Xian murmured to himself: Fair.

"I just want to take Lian'er away from this damn place and spend a few days of our own life. Why can't you fulfill our wish?"

After Xia Keming finished speaking, a mouthful of blood spurted out. Fan Xian suddenly realized something, quickly opened the cell door, and reached out to hold the other's wrist.

"Are you poisoned?"

Xia Keming grabbed Fan Xian's collar tightly with both hands: "Master Fan, I beg you for one favor. If possible, let Lian'er live. She was not involved in this matter from beginning to end."

"What kind of poison did you take? Who poisoned you?"

"It's useless. This poison will definitely kill you within three days. Master Xiao Fan, I'm sorry I can't tell you who it is, but at least he gave me hope to take Lian'er away."

After saying this, Xia Keming spat out another mouthful of blood, and the light in his eyes gradually became weaker until it disappeared.

"Sir, he's dead? This clue is gone. What should we do now?"

"No, the clue is not broken. This is a poison specially made by the Northern Qi spy."

Fan Xian looked at Xia Keming's body with a puzzled tone. At this moment, he finally understood why Qin Hao had set up such a loophole-filled scheme.