Madam, protect me!

With the death of the shopkeeper of Lelailou, the disturbance in Yuyin Pavilion was completely settled.

This result was beyond the expectations of too many people.

The shopkeeper of Lelailou has been working for the Hanwang Mansion for nearly ten years.

In the past ten years, Lelailou has earned a lot of money for the Hanwang Mansion.

She can be said to be firmly attached to the label of the Hanwang Mansion.

Because of this background, even some dignitaries in Chang'an, or officials below the fourth rank in the court, have to give her some face.

With the reputation of the Hanwang Mansion, she has been doing things unscrupulously in recent years.

Some small music houses and brothels, after finally cultivating a famous girl, will soon be poached by her.

If they encounter uncooperative girls, it will only take a while for the girls of the other party, or even the shopkeepers and madams, to disappear inexplicably and disappear from people's sight.

No one expected that it was the shopkeeper Sun who died when he got into trouble with Yuyin Pavilion this time.

Some of the inside stories have long been known to everyone.

Lelailou is used to being domineering, and this time it has set its sights on Yuyin Pavilion.

Although the rumor that the owner of Yuyin Pavilion is the son of the Dali Temple Minister has been proven to be false, out of caution, even Tianyin Court only poached a small number of people to test.

Lelailou, on the other hand, bullied them directly.

Not only did they find many ruffians to make trouble in Yuyin Pavilion every day, driving away customers and making it impossible for them to do business.

The shopkeeper of Lelailou also came to Yuyin Pavilion in person, trying to force Miss Fenghuang to transfer Yuyin Pavilion at a very low price.

A few days ago, the Dali Temple inexplicably issued an order, and a wave of evil elimination was set off in Chang'an, and a large number of ruffians were dealt with.

The direct action of the Dali Temple undoubtedly confirmed their relationship.

The Li family is behind Yuyin Pavilion.

The background of Lelailou is the King of Han.

Everyone is waiting to see the show.

No one expected that the King of Han would give in first.

The guards of Lelai Tower were so strict. Who could sneak into the room of Shopkeeper Sun in broad daylight, kill her, and then leave safely without being discovered by anyone?

In this incident, Shopkeeper Sun was undoubtedly treated as a discarded child.

The King of Han was unwilling to conflict with Li Xuanjing because of him.

Li Xuanjing was famous for protecting his son. If he took action, it would not be difficult to wipe out Lelai Tower.

Most people only knew that Li Xuanjing was a powerful and treacherous minister. Through this incident, they had a clearer understanding of his power.

He could make the prince who was most likely to inherit the throne kill his confidant for ten years and bow his head and make concessions.

Throughout the ages, the number of powerful ministers who could do this can be counted on one hand.

The Palace of the King of Han.

A young figure, frowning, strode into a hall.

It was extremely cold outside, but it was unusually warm inside the hall.

The young man took off his cloak, and the two maids immediately reached out to take it.

The young man looked at a figure on the brocade couch, frowned and asked: "Father, why did you kill Manager Sun? She has worked for the palace for so long. She has made great contributions. Now people say that you are afraid of Li Xuanjing. Aren't you embarrassing our Han Palace?"

On the brocade couch, a middle-aged man climbed up from two plump women and said: "It's not that I'm afraid of him, but I don't want to provoke him. Anyone can be the manager of Lelai Tower. If I don't give Li Xuanjing an explanation, I don't know how he will retaliate in secret. You also know how much your royal grandfather trusts him..."

The young man couldn't hide the disappointment on his face.

How can a prince be afraid of his subjects?

When will my father be able to live up to his expectations...

He waved his hand, took back his cloak, and said angrily: "Forget it, I'm leaving. Really, how could I have such a shameful father like you..."

When he left, he passed by a middle-aged official, who saluted him slightly, and he also symbolically clasped his fists.

The middle-aged official walked into the hall. The King of Han got off the bed and ordered the two plump women to leave. Then he smiled and said, "Fuzhi is here, sit down."

The middle-aged official did not sit down. After closing the door of the hall, he said, "Your Highness, you are a little anxious."

The King of Han raised his eyebrows: "Do you think I have made some omissions?"

The middle-aged official said, "In the past few months, first Zheng Tianxing, then Zeng Yan, and then Sun Jin, Your Highness has acted too frequently. I am worried that someone will notice it."

The King of Han said disapprovingly, "Zheng Tianxing was killed by a concubine, Zeng Yan died at the hands of thieves, and Sun Jin offended Li Xuanjing's son. I killed her to give Li Xuanjing an explanation. Do you think there is any problem?"

On the surface, there is naturally no problem.

But in the Zheng Tianxing case, Hudie was arrested.

The Zeng Yan case was almost exposed, and in order to remedy it, an additional death warrior was lost.

Both cases were almost discovered by Li Xuanjing's son.

This time, the case was directly related to him.

If he failed, the layout of the past ten years would be ruined by this case.

The King of Han patted his shoulder and said, "Fuzhi, you are still too timid. The files of that year have been destroyed. Only the Ministry of Personnel and the Shanggong Bureau are left. We have also arranged people there. If someone checks it, you and I can't be unaware..."

The middle-aged official didn't say anything.

If it was someone else, he would naturally feel relieved.

But when it came to Li Xuanjing, he was always unsure.

He looked at the King of Han and said seriously: "For the sake of caution, Your Highness should not take action recently. Li Xuanjing's son has been practicing in the Ministry of Justice. If there is another murder case, it must be him who is in charge. This person is extremely smart and has solved many strange cases. I am worried that there will be some mistakes..."

The King of Han laughed and said: "No matter how smart he is, he can be smarter than Li Xuanjing. Even if it is Li Xuanjing, we have used him before. Didn't he find nothing?"

He smiled disapprovingly and said: "You all say that Li Xuanjing is smart. If he is really a smart man, how could he choose the helpless Prince Chun? Can't you see that among all the princes, the emperor would not choose Prince Chun. Everyone says that Li Xuanjing is extremely smart. I think Li Xuanjing is just a name in vain..."

The middle-aged official sighed in his heart.

Having no background is exactly why Li Xuanjing chose Prince Chun.

If Prince Chun is like the other princes, with various forces behind each of them, His Majesty would not trust Li Xuanjing so much.

But he couldn't say these words directly.

Seeing that he was still frowning, the King of Han could only say: "Okay, I promise you that I won't take action again in the near future. Don't worry, this matter is watertight and there will be no mistakes. Stay for dinner later. We haven't had a drink together for a long time..."

Thinking of something, he asked again: "By the way, do you want to deal with the chess piece you planted in the Ministry of Personnel? I am not worried about Li Xuanjing, but I am worried about him..."

"No need, I think he doesn't have this ability, and he is my fellow countryman, and he can be used by me in the future. After a while, I will find a way to transfer him away..."

"Then I'll listen to you..."

...

Ministry of Personnel.

Several officials were whispering.

"Have you heard about that?"

"What is it?"

"The shopkeeper Sun of Lelai Building died."

"I didn't expect that the King of Han would make such a concession..."

"Maybe he didn't want to offend Lord Li for a small shopkeeper..."

Zhao He, the head of the case library, listened to the discussions of these people and left without leaving a trace.

He came to a government office and saw that there was no one around. He took out a handwritten list from the drawer.

These files were full of names.

That big shot had always asked him to pay attention to the files of an official.

He secretly kept an eye on it.

After returning, he took advantage of the convenience of his position and found an opportunity to check it himself.

This check really allowed him to find some clues.

Gu Wenhan, the magistrate of Qinghe County, who the big shot asked him to pay attention to, was once the proofreader of the Donggong Sijing Bureau.

And that time, when he mentioned "Zheng Tianxing", the third-rank official of the dynasty had a big loss of composure.

Zhao He checked again and found that this official named Zheng Tianxing had served as a clerk in the Donggong Neizhi Bureau.

Donggong, all Donggong.

Out of curiosity, he secretly copied a list of officials in the Donggong.

After a secret investigation, he found that several of these former Donggong officials had died in these years.

Some committed crimes and were confiscated by the court, some were killed by their concubines, some were drowned in a boat accident, and some were even poisoned by eating pufferfish...

These people died in various ways, and none of them were repeated.

In those files, the names of several female officials in the inner palace were mentioned sporadically.

There was a woman named Zeng Yan who was once the treasurer of the inner palace.

Zhao He just paid attention to her, and a few days later he learned that she was dead and was killed at home by a thief who broke into the house.

There was also a female official named Sun Jin, who was the inner palace supervisor. She was in charge of the jewelry and clothes of the concubines in the inner palace, and later became the shopkeeper of Lelai Tower.

Now she is dead too.

Are the deaths of these people really just coincidences?

Zhao He felt that he seemed to have discovered a huge secret.

Although he didn't know what the secret was yet, he felt that whether he could get promoted and make a fortune might depend on this secret...

Although Lord Jingzhao Yin was in a high position and was his fellow countryman, he only painted a pie for him.

One's own destiny should still be in one's own hands...

Dali Temple.

A young man walked in and said, "Sir, the shopkeeper of Lelai Tower died. It should be the King of Han who took the initiative. I'm afraid someone will put this account on your head again..."

He could guess what would happen outside.

Li Xuanjing was so powerful that even the King of Han had to bow his head. In order to give an explanation to Li Xuanjing, he even had to execute his confidant who had been with him for many years...

After the young man left, Li Xuanjing took out a piece of paper from under a pile of files and circled the name "Sun Jin" with a red pen.

It can be seen that there are already several names on this paper with red circles drawn on them.

He showed an interested expression on his face, looked at the remaining names, and whispered: "Gu Wenhan, Zheng Tianxing..., Zeng Yan, Sun Jin, who's next?"