Kong Tao's gaze was serious and calm, not as sharp and mean as Chen Chaoyan thought.

The carriage door opened.

Xie Xuan got off the carriage first.

Kong Tao immediately walked down the steps, bowed his hands, and bowed to him, "I have seen the prince."

Chen Chaoyan slightly supported Yue Jian's hand and walked down the steps.

Kong Tao swept over, and after only one glance, he landed on the bloody clothes of Yue Jian and the others.After a sudden change in his complexion, he quickly looked at Xie Xuan again, and seeing that he was fine, he said with a little relief: "Your lord met a robber?"

"It's not a robber." Xie Xuan passed him and walked towards the gate of the house.

When Kong Tao raised his foot and was about to follow, he paused suddenly and turned his eyes to look at Chen Chaoyan.

Chen Chaoyan nodded slightly, "Master Kong please."

Kong Tao didn't say anything, he followed Xie Xuan's footsteps, and said as he walked, "It's not a robber, it's..."

"The secret guard assassinated." Xie Xuan said casually, but Kong Tao's face changed again in fright, and then he quickly looked at Zheng Liang.

Zheng Liang immediately complained, "It wasn't the lower officials who did it."

Kong Tao snorted coldly, "You didn't do it, why don't you hurry up and find out who did it!"

"I'll go right away, sir." Zheng Liang quickly ran away after wiping the cold sweat off his forehead.

Seeing his fleeing back, Kong Tao snorted again, then scolded the assassin's hidden guard coldly, before continuing to ask, "Does the lord know who the murderer is?"

Xie Xuan sneered, "Master Kong has been rushing all the way here, are you confused?"

Kong Tao dared not answer.

Go back to Yuqing Building.

Xie Xuanwai sat on the imperial concubine's couch.

Kong Tao saluted again.

Xie Xuan held on for a while, looked him up and down, back and forth several times, and asked casually: "Master Kong has been to Juchang County?"

Kong Tao quickly glanced at Chen Chaoyan, who was sitting in a chair beside him, and replied Yili, "I've been there."

"From Dongyin County to Juchang County, and from Juchang County to Jinyi County, I wonder what Master Kong thinks?" Xie Xuan still spoke casually.

Kong Tao said: "My lord has reduced or exempted the taxes of the people in Luyang County."

Xie Xuan looked at him, waiting for him to express his opinion.

Kong Tao was silent for a moment, then said: "Taxation is a major plan of the country. It is reckless for the prince to reduce or exempt the tax without the permission of the Zhengshitang, and it is still a county's tax. However, since the prince has already agreed in front of the people of Dongyin County , it’s not easy to take it back.”

Xie Xuan laughed twice and interrupted him, "When Master Kong was in the capital, he impeached the king almost every day without knowing the sufferings of the people. Now Master Kong came all the way from the capital, and after seeing the sufferings of the people, he had no choice but to do so. A little insight?"

Kong Tao said neither humble nor overbearing: "I have seen all the sufferings of the people that the prince thinks. But there is a difference between the nine sons of the dragon. In the great Wei, it is not enough to have one or two corrupt officials who oppress the people. strange."

"One or two?" Xie Xuan looked at Kong Tao with a smile that was not a smile, and mocked, "When did Master Kong learn to open his eyes and talk nonsense like this?"

Kong Tao's old face blushed slightly, but he quickly calmed down and said: "My lord, don't worry, after returning to Beijing, what I saw and heard along the way will be reported to the emperor truthfully."

Xie Xuan said: "Then there is Mr. Lao Kong. When you are away from home, Mr. Kong does not need to be formal, just find a chair to sit by yourself."

"Thank you, my lord." After bowing again, Kong Tao intentionally found the first seat on the opposite side of Chen Chaoyan.

After the waiter brought the tea, Kong Tao took a few sips, and then talked to Xie Xuan about the secret guard.After Chen Chaoyan listened quietly for a while, she asked Yue Jian to give her the information on the four villages that she had been researching for nearly two days.When she was concentrating on it, Kong Tao suddenly asked: "I wonder how Miss Chen is doing with the case in Jinyi County?"

Chen Chaoyan looked up from the information, and replied truthfully: "I don't have any clue yet."

Kong Tao glanced at the information in her hand, then looked at her again, and said in a somewhat cold voice: "Miss Chen has been with the prince for three to five months, has she not learned any rules?"

Chen Chaoyan smiled: "I don't know what kind of rules Master Kong is talking about?"

"I am an official, and you are a citizen. When you see this official, you should be respected." Kong Tao said with a straight face.

Chen Chaoyan smiled slightly: "Master Kong has impeached me for having no female virtue, trampling on the rules of ethics, participating in government affairs indiscriminately, and being of humble origin. I am a spy sent by a foreign race to seduce the prince. If I show courtesy, Lord Kong may not be able to bear it."

Kong Tao snorted coldly: "Whether you can bear the burden or not, that is the official's business!"

Chen Chaoyan retorted amusedly: "Whether or not I want to show respect to Master Kong is my business."

Kong Tao slapped the teacup on the table vigorously: "Presumptuous!"

Chen Chaoyan glanced at Empress Xie Xuan who was watching from the sidelines, nodded and said, "Well, I'm being presumptuous."

"Miss Chen doesn't really think that if she cracked a few small cases with her ingenuity, I will be patient with you, right?" Kong Tao sneered.

"Small case?" Chen Chaoyan chuckled, "Mr. Qu's case has gone up to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. I have found out the truth that the Ministry of Criminal Justice failed to find out. If this is a small case, can I understand that, The Criminal Department is incompetent?"

"Bold!" Kong Tao got up and said angrily, "According to the laws of the Great Wei, slandering an official of the imperial court is a crime of slander! According to the laws of the Great Wei, slandering and slandering the orders of the third rank of the imperial court shall be executed!"

Chen Chaoyan said with a half-smile, "Is Mr. Kong angry from embarrassment? Because I, a lowly person like me, have found out the case that the Ministry of Criminal Justice failed to find out."

Kong Tao laughed angrily: "The Ministry of Punishment failed to find out, but the sky is too high and the road is far away, so we can't come to the scene in person."

After Chen Chaoyan shook her head lightly, she sighed softly: "I have always heard from the prince that Mr. Kong acted fairly and uprightly, but now it seems that it is not worthy of the name. Facts are facts, and any excuses are just for yourself. It’s just a fig leaf that can’t be found.”

"Oh, the sky is high and the road is far away."

"The sky is high and the road is far away, so it's not the territory of the Great Wei? Isn't it the people of the Great Wei? Or, the imperial court reused the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Master Kong just to let the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Master Kong manage the three-acre land at the foot of the emperor?"

"I heard that Master Kong has been impeaching the lord without knowing the sufferings of the people. So Master Kong only refers to the people in the capital?"

"Presumptuous!" Kong Tao was furious.

Chen Chaoyan met his eyes indifferently, and said provocatively: "I'm just presumptuous, how about it?"

Kong Tao said coldly: "You really think that with the protection of the prince, I dare not do anything to you?"

"Of course I don't think so," Chen Chaoyan mocked, "Master Kong even dares to impeach the prince, why not?"

Kong Tao said coldly, "Great Wei, Ms. Chen doesn't think that you are the only one who can dissect the body and solve the case, right?"

"Big Wei, there are many people who can dissect corpses and resolve cases," Chen Chaoyan said with raised eyebrows, "But it is undeniable that I was the one who resolved the case of the Qu family."

Kong Tao said: "So what?"

"No?" Chen Chaoyan said proudly, "It's just that I solved the unsolved case of the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

"It's just being clever and lucky for a while." Kong Tao said bluntly.

"It doesn't matter if it's just being clever or just getting lucky," Chen Chaoyan said unmoved, "In any case, I broke the Qu family's case."

"What's the point of breaking the Qujia case? It's just that the predecessors planted the tree and you stole the fruit." Kong Tao sat back, drank two sips of tea, and mocked, "No one planted the tree in this case in Jinyi County. After that, isn't Ms. Chen also helpless?"

Chen Chaoyan chuckled twice, motioned to Yue Jian and said, "Go and get all the information on this case."

Yuejian glanced at Xie Xuan, and seeing that he had no objection, she quickly went to the bookshelf and brought all the materials seized since she took over the case.

Chen Chaoyan took it, and after a quick check, put the materials seized in the past two days into it, and then handed it back to Yue Jian and said, "Take it to Lord Kong."

After Kong Tao took over the materials, Chen Chaoyan said again, "Those clues and evidences should be given to Master Kong for nothing by me. I am just a humble person. In order not to disturb Chao Gang, the case is handed over to Master Kong." Don't worry, Master Kong, no matter what the results of Master Kong's investigation are, I will not say that I planted the tree and Master Kong stole the fruit."

Kong Tao's complexion changed again and again as if he had eaten a dead fly.

Seeing this, Xie Xuan glanced at the complacent Chen Chaoyan, and smiled silently.

"When I arrived earlier, I have already visited the mortuary, and all seven corpses involved in the case have been dissected." Kong Tao took out the corpse list from the pile of documents with a cold face, and asked while looking at it, "Ms. Chen dissected all the seven corpses?"

"No." Chen Chaoyan replied, "Nanling and I did the dissection together."

"Nanling?" Kong Tao looked up from the information, and moved his eyes from her to Nanling behind Xie Xuan.

Chen Chaoyan let out an 'hmm'.

Kong Taoming showed disbelief, "Ms. Chen was also afraid at times?"

Chen Chaoyan raised her eyebrows, and was about to ask her what she was afraid of, when Xie Xuan stepped forward and said, "Master Kong is questioning the king?"

"My lord's words are serious." Kong Tao immediately got up and said, "The place of the mortuary is filthy and filthy. As the lord's personal guard, Nanling is responsible for the lord's safety. How can..."

"Nanling worshiped Miss Chen as his teacher." Xie Xuan interrupted him intentionally.

Kong Tao immediately looked towards Nanling.

Holding the sword in his arms, Nanling jokingly said, "Master Kong is doubting me?"

Kong Tao said: "Don't dare."

"It doesn't matter if you doubt me," Nanling said, "Don't hesitate to ask someone to come over, Mr. Kong, I can show you the dissection right now."

After Kong Tao saluted him, he sat back and continued to look at the corpse table.

It was already dark.

Pinellia enters the house and asks whether to eat.

After getting Xie Xuan's affirmative reply, Yue Jian, Bai Shao and the others followed out and brought in the food one by one.

Seeing Chen Chaoyan sitting still, Kong Tao let Yuejian and others surround him to wait on him. After a slight movement in his heart, he looked at Xie Xuan calmly.Seeing that Xie Xuan didn't take it seriously at all, his heart sank again, then he turned his eyes and looked at Chen Chaoyan again.

In all fairness, Chen Chaoyan's looks are not bad, especially that detached demeanor, which is absolutely unmatched by ordinary women.But... her background is too bad.Such an appearance, such a demeanor, poor ability, and self-discipline, she can be sent to the palace to be a concubine.Those who are capable but not very quiet will not tolerate her.

"If Master Kong has anything you want to know, feel free to ask." Sensing his gaze, Chen Chaoyan twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, and said calmly, "I promise to tell you everything I know, and I can say everything."

Kong Tao withdrew his gaze, and reprimanded in a nonchalant tone: "A sage has something to say, but he never speaks when he eats or sleeps."

Chen Chaoyan didn't take it seriously and said, "I was the one who was abrupt."

used to eat.

Chen Chaoyan had just taken a sip of the tea from Yue Jian, when Kong Tao said again: "I have some important matters to discuss with the prince, please ask Miss Chen to stay away!"

Chen Chaoyan glanced at him, then at Xie Xuan, put down the teacup, and was about to get up.Xie Xuan said softly, "Miss Chen belongs to my king, and she doesn't have to avoid anything Master Kong wants to discuss with me."

"My lord!" Kong Tao raised his voice.

Xie Xuan put down his teacup and got up, walked up to Chen Chaoyan, bent slightly to hold her hand, then turned to look at Kong Tao, "Since you are always devoted to doing things for the court, this king will formally inform you Just tell me, Miss Chen is the concubine who has never been married to this king, when you see her when you are old, it will be like seeing this king."

"Nonsense!" Kong Tao stood up like a needle prick when he heard the word wangfei.Looking at the hands held together by the two, then looking at Chen Chaoyan, he said sharply, "You..."

The word cheap maid slipped to her lips, met her cold eyes, Kong Tao gave a sharp pause, and then continued: "Tell me, who are you! What is the purpose of approaching the prince!"

"Lord Kong probably misunderstood." Xie Xuan looked down at Chen Chaoyan, smiled slightly, and then raised his eyes to look at him again, "It is the marriage certificate that this king, as a prince, forced Miss Chen to accept."

Kong Tao obviously didn't believe it.

But Xie Xuan didn't give him a chance to speak at all, and said: "If my king remembers correctly, Mrs. Kong was also born as a peasant girl."

"How can it be the same!" Kong Tao said with a cold face, "The minister is only from the sixth rank to serve the imperial censor, but the prince will want to..."

"No matter what happens in the future, she is my concubine who has never been married." Xie Xuan said calmly, "If Master Kong wants to object and impeach, then I should invite Gao Ming."

"My lord!" Kong Tao couldn't believe what he heard. After stomping his feet angrily, he turned his finger on Chen Chaoyan, "Ms. Chen's ability to dissect the corpse and solve the case is enough to prove that you are a sensible person. So , I have to speak directly! The prince is noble, and he will be the one who inherits the great line in the future. If Miss Chen is determined to be with the prince, I don't have to object, but the position of the princess is absolutely not!"

"Why?" Chen Chaoyan asked.

"Why?" Kong Tao was not polite, "Because Miss Chen can't afford to be the mother of a country, and all civil and military officials will never agree that Miss Chen should be the mother of a country!"

"I haven't been the mother of a country yet, so how does Lord Kong know that I can't afford it?" Chen Chaoyan held Xie Xuan's hand, stood up immediately, stood side by side with him, and calmly retorted, " As for civil and military officials..."

Turning his head slightly to look at Xie Xuan, Chen Chaoyan raised one corner of his mouth, "If marriage requires the consent of all civil and military officials to marry his beloved, or in other words, he cannot even control civil and military officials, then this throne, Not worth mentioning!"

Xie Xuan nodded in agreement, "What the princess said is very true!"

Chen Chaoyan glanced at him, and continued: "It doesn't matter whether you are worthy or talented, it's just about your status and background. No matter how powerful a country is, it will one day be destroyed."

Xie Xuan nodded in agreement again: "What the concubine said is exactly what the king meant."

Kong Tao's complexion was ugly, and his eyes were as cold as ice, "Whether we should talk about virtuousness, whether we should talk about talent, it's not our turn..."

"Master Kong must have known on the way to Jinyi County that the reason why the king was able to find out the clues of the treacherous ministers and the rebellious party was all due to the princess's cocooning!" Xie Xuan also darkened his face, "Master Kong does not recognize the princess. The civil and military officials here don’t approve of the princess, so please Master Kong and the civil and military officials to prove with your own strength that you are more capable than the princess! Otherwise, it’s hard for me not to think about the reason why the adults don’t approve of her. It's jealousy and jealousy!"

Kong Tao raised his hands in panic and said, "My lord..."

Xie Xuan snorted coldly: "The treacherous ministers and the gangsters have conspired for nearly ten years, and you have been conducting secret investigations for more than half a year, but you have found nothing! This king came to Luyang County in person with a personal test, and finally relied on the princess to find out the traces of the traitors. You can't wait!" Hurry up to brainstorm broadly, and quickly find out who is the mastermind, but collectively attack a hero!"

"With such a narrow mind and shallow vision, it's no wonder that the treacherous party has been plotting for nearly ten years, and you and others have not noticed it!"

Kong Tao blushed with shame.

Xie Xuan did not stop there, "Since Master Kong is so despised of the princess's ability, the princess has already handed over all the clues and evidence to you. Then please ask Master Kong and ten days to find out The murderer who murdered Grandma Tao and others! Otherwise, there is no need for me to speak, you can resign yourself!"

"Sir, obey!" Kong Tao took the order with his arms outstretched, and left with the materials.

Looking at the back of him leaving alone, Chen Chaoyan gently squeezed Xie Xuan's hand, and asked him with his eyes: Is it over?

Xie Xuan let go of her hand, rubbed her head lightly, and hugged her into his arms again, "Don't worry, princess, although Master Kong is a bit pedantic, he is not rigid. If he really can't find the murderer, he will I came back to ask the princess for help."

"That's good." Gently wrapping her arms around his waist, Chen Chaoyan teased intentionally, "It's really not easy to walk with the prince."

"No matter how difficult it is, the princess must not give up!" Xie Xuan warned domineeringly.

Chen Chaoyan gently arched his head, and said softly: "Don't give up."

Xie Xuan's heart softened, this was an experience he had never had before.After signaling Yuejian and others to withdraw with his eyes, he tightened his arms and trapped her in his arms.While she was struggling, he lowered his head and his eyes fell on her lips.

Chen Chaoyan reminded with a smile: "My lord, a friendly reminder, I haven't reached Ji yet."

"Princess, have you forgotten that your real age is 25 years old?" Xie Xuan held her waist tightly with one hand, lifted her chin with the other, and kissed her.

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