Yinghui Pavilion, inside the hall.

Ji Qingzhou and Tu Dayou entered together, and then knelt in the hall.

Li Zhan's eyes fell on Tu Dayou, and he said lightly, "Tell me, who are you working for?"

As soon as Li Zhan finished speaking, Tu Dayou was stunned. He didn't expect the other party to go straight to the point without asking any questions.Even Qin Zheng on the side was a little surprised. Hearing Li Zhan's tone, he didn't even ask the cause and effect, obviously he had already made up his mind.

Ji Qingzhou slightly raised his eyes and looked at Li Zhan for a short while, and the eyes of the two separated immediately.

two days ago...

It was the night when Ji Qingzhou discovered that there were two copies missing from the list of the day.

He stood by the window thinking for a long time, and finally went to find Li Zhan.

Li Zhan had already rested at that time, and when he heard that Ji Qingzhou was looking for him, he sent people directly into the dormitory.

"Although I've only given you three days, you don't have to spend all day and night, right?" Li Zhan was sitting on the low couch in the outer hall, wearing only a layer of unlined clothing. The strong muscle lines on the man's body are faintly outlined, very seductive.

Ji Qingzhou's eyes only stayed on Li Zhan for a moment, then he bowed his head to avoid it, then lifted his robe and was about to kneel.

"Just say what you have to say, and wake up the king in the middle of the night just to kowtow?" Li Zhan said.

Ji Qingzhou knew that Li Zhan didn't like these red tapes, so he didn't insist immediately, took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Li Zhan.Li Zhan took the paper and opened it, glanced at the paper, and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Although the prince didn't say what the purpose of the errand I was asked to do before, I dared to guess a little bit." Ji Qingzhou said: "It's just that today I suddenly discovered that among the nineteen departments of the internal servants involved in this investigation , seems to be divided into two factions..."

Li Zhan's eyes froze when he heard the words, and he said, "Go ahead."

"One of the factions should be the person the prince wants to target this time. Most of the nineteen departments are related to this person. But there are a few inconspicuous departments, but there seem to be other people behind them, but at present I don't have any evidence yet." Ji Qingzhou said: "If the investigation is carried out according to the previous plan, the problems of the nineteen departments can be clarified, but in this way, the two groups of people will be indistinguishable from each other."

The implication is that because the second group of people involves a relatively small area and is not the target that Li Zhan originally wanted to target, they are likely to fish in troubled waters and push the blame to the first group of people, but they themselves retreated completely.

"There is only one chance for this kind of investigation. If you miss this time, the other party must be vigilant, and there will be no second chance in a short time." Ji Qingzhou said: "So I dare not delay, so I can only risk the night to disturb the prince. "

Li Zhan pondered for a moment, then asked Ji Qingzhou: "What do you think?"

"I thought maybe I could push the boat along the way, give them a little breathing space, and let them make up for this loophole." Ji Qingzhou said: "After three days, there will be two situations among the nineteen departments that have been investigated. , One is that the accounting problems are fully exposed, and the other is completely unable to find the problem because they have already made up for the loopholes."

In this way, the two groups of people will be clearly distinguished!

Li Zhan raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard the words, looked at Ji Qingzhou for a moment, and asked, "But in this way, doesn't the latter mean that he is exonerated?"

"It's just a temporary exoneration, besides, the prince didn't want to trouble him, did he?" Ji Qingzhou asked back.

Li Zhan's goal this time is very clear, and it is really an accident that he can draw out another person.Ji Qingzhou knew very well that it was impossible for Li Zhan to deal with two enemies at once at this stage, so it was the safest and most reliable way to hit one.

And they can take the opportunity to find another person, even if they don't move the other person temporarily, it is equivalent to locking the next target.

In this way, Li Zhan is in the dark, and the other party is in the light. It is only a matter of minutes to solve him...

"It sounds like a good idea." Li Zhan looked at Ji Qingzhou, with a smile in his eyes, and asked, "Tell me about your conditions."

Ji Qingzhou hurriedly said: "I dare not... I just want to ask the prince for a favor..."

Li Zhan's eyes fell on the young man's drooping eyelashes, and seeing his slender eyelashes tremble slightly, he seemed very nervous.

"Before you came to me, you weren't sure about the terms I would agree to you?" Li Zhan asked.

"No." Ji Qingzhou said: "This is not a condition, the prince has to do the errand whether he agrees or not, it's just..."

It's just that if Li Zhan doesn't agree, Ji Qingzhou's move will be tantamount to killing Tu Dayou.

And according to his own plan, if Tu Dayou is killed, he...

"Don't worry, it doesn't matter whether he is dead or alive, you can't ask you to pay for his life." Li Zhan said.

Ji Qingzhou was relieved when he heard the words, knowing that Li Zhan had agreed to him.

Right now, Yinghui Pavilion.

Tu Dayou knelt on the ground with a terrified expression.

He was about to answer, but Li Zhan suddenly changed his mind and said, "There is Tu Da left, you go down first."

Qin Zheng and Ji Qingzhou were startled when they heard the words, but they didn't dare to refute. They saluted Li Zhan and left the hall.

The night was already deep, and a round moon with a small half missing was hanging in the sky.

Ji Qingzhou and Qin Zheng sat down on a stone step in the courtyard, both of them were preoccupied.

"You two have discussed it a long time ago, haven't you?" Qin Zheng smiled bitterly: "No wonder he got the list you gave today, and he didn't feel annoyed at all when he found out that there was a problem. But I, like a big fool, thought he would arrest It's your turn."

Hearing this, Ji Qingzhou said with a smile: "Mr. Qin, why do you say that... You have a prejudice against me, and I have always known it."

"I'm not that stingy, don't talk nonsense." Qin Zheng argued.

"Yes, you are not stingy, I know you have the same thoughts as me." Ji Qingzhou said.

"What are you thinking, why is it the same?" Qin Zheng turned to look at him.

The young man's handsome side face was a bit hazy under the moonlight, the outline was not as clear as usual, but it was a bit softer, which made Qin Zheng startled slightly.Seeing the young man's lips curved slightly, he said: "The loyalty to the prince is the same."

Qin Zheng: ...

I was so engrossed in watching that I didn't hear clearly...

Ji Qingzhou turned her head to meet Qin Zheng's gaze, and said, "Everyone is confused, when the Ji family was in trouble, my father and dozens of members of the Ji family did not end well...It is natural for me to feel resentment Right? Mr. Qin is a sentimental person, he should understand my resentment, that's why he is suspicious of me."

Qin Zheng was startled when he heard the words, he didn't expect Ji Qingzhou to say this to him.

"But people will change... Although I was unwilling when I entered the palace, it was just a momentary fascination. The teachings of my father and the teachings of the saints often sounded in my ears..." Ji Qingzhou sighed a little artificially Tone, trying to make myself look sincere, and even trying to squeeze tears, "And the prince has dedicated himself to the Great Yu Dynasty, and I am by his side every day, how can I be indifferent..."

When Qin Zheng saw that the young man was talking about emotion, there seemed to be tears in his eyes, and his heart couldn't help but move.

"Actually, I..." Qin Zheng felt a little guilty.

"I'm not telling you this for any other purpose... It's just that we are all doing things for the prince. If you have always held grudges against me..." Ji Qingzhou sniffed.

Qin Zheng didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and quickly said: "You don't need to say it, it's the heart of a villain Qin. As the saying goes, if a prodigal son turns his head back, he won't change his gold. When you enter the palace, you may think that you have other things in your heart, but after this incident , I already know your loyalty to the prince."

Ji Qingzhou couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, but his face was very calm.

When he got the half-point list that day, he knew that Qin Zheng must have come up with this idea.

It's not that he is confident that Li Zhan won't test him, but that this idea is too "not smart". Li Zhan's mind will not test him in such a way that he can't see it at a glance.Chizhou didn't seem to be careless either, maybe he would remind Li Zhan, but he would never give Li Zhan any advice.

So once the elimination method is eliminated, it is obvious who came up with this idea.

Qin Zheng must have escaped...

Ji Qingzhou is not afraid of Qin Zheng. Although Qin Zheng is always jealous of Ji Qingzhou, Leiluo has never done anything to make trouble behind his back, and he even helped Xiao Shan in the beginning.Generally speaking, Ji Qingzhou likes him very much, so he really wants to take this opportunity to win over Qin Zheng.

In case Qin Zheng had nothing to say in front of Li Zhan, Li Zhan might really be moved by him after a long time.

Ji Qingzhou doesn't want to capsize in the gutter...

"I won't target you again in the future, we are friends, right?" Qin Zheng said.

"Uh..." Ji Qingzhou originally wanted to say that our identities are different and we dare not be too arrogant, but then he thought that Qin Zheng is not such a petty person, so he changed his words: "Well, it is."

Qin Zheng chuckled when he heard the words, and returned to his previous foolishness, leaned over to Ji Qingzhou and put his arm around the young man's shoulders and asked, "Then tell me, you and the prince went to the Jiaofang Division a few days ago, Do you have any..."

"No! Absolutely not!"

For some reason, Ji Qingzhou was reminded by him, and suddenly remembered his "little effort", and felt a little guilty.Although Qin Zheng liked to make fun of him all day long, if he really found out about it, Qin Zheng would feel that he "seduced" Li Zhan again, and the revolutionary friendship he had cultivated so hard would be ruined again!

"I haven't finished asking yet? What I'm talking about is..." Qin Zheng didn't want to give up.

"Nothing, neither the prince nor I, nor the prince and I!" Ji Qingzhou said categorically.

While the two were talking, the door of the palace not far behind them suddenly opened.

Ji Qingzhou watched nervously, but saw several guards entering and escorting Tu Dayou out...

Ji Qingzhou was startled, and hurried forward to say something, but Tu Dayou said: "Don't worry about me, Qingzhou... Take good care of yourself." He glanced at Ji Qingzhou's belly as if nothing, He said again: "I understand your thoughts, it's fine if you persist, but you must cherish yourself..."

His implication was that he agreed with Ji Qingzhou's plan not to have that child.

Ji Qingzhou was a little confused for a moment, before he could react, Tu Dayou was taken away.

"Don't be impulsive." Qin Zheng pressed Ji Qingzhou's shoulder and said: "The prince has his own considerations in doing things, don't you know him well? You'd better not ask anything at this time..."

"But I sent you here..." Ji Qingzhou said.

"Since the prince has promised you, he will protect his life. You should trust the prince in this regard." Qin Zheng said.

Ji Qingzhou felt relieved when he heard the words, and remembered that Li Zhan did promise him that he would keep Tu Dayou's life that night.Li Zhan is a very principled person, and he will not easily renege on what he promised.

"Where will he be locked up?" Ji Qingzhou asked.

"Department of Punishment." Qin Zheng said.

Ji Qingzhou took a deep breath, remembering that Li Zhan also had someone in the Punishment Department, so he didn't continue to ask.

What Tu Dayou did was an act of treason against the Lord, and according to the palace rules, he would surely die.Ji Qingzhou took this opportunity to let Tu Dayou make a contribution in disguise. If Li Zhan wants to deal with the people behind Tu Dayou in the future, Tu Dayou can still be used as a witness.

It should be no problem to make up for the mistakes and save a life.

Ji Qingzhou originally thought that after Li Zhan had the evidence, he would start to punish people.

But for several days in a row, the morning was calm and there was no movement.

Until a few days later, the staff of the Jiaofang Division handed over a booklet.

This excerpt caused an "uproar" in the court!

The excerpt of Jiaofang Secretary is the uncle of the dynasty, Qiu Lanting!

The content of his reference is that he is in arrears with Jiaofang Secretary's prostitution...

This is the first time this happened in the Great Yu Dynasty. Although it is not shameful for officials to go in and out of the Jiaofang Division, and there are even many stories about talented scholars and beautiful women in this dynasty, it is difficult for this kind of thing to be considered elegant. When it comes to the court, it is still a bit embarrassing after all.

What's more, people who participate in the show are still in arrears of prostitution!

"Uncle Guo has bought every girl combed by Jiaofangsi in just over a year. There are more than 30 of them. Every time he buys a new one, he sends back the old one. Who is this innocent girl? I don't like it, but Uncle Qiu took all of them. After a long time, the other guests were dissatisfied..." The man said flatly, "If Uncle Guo occupies people, he will occupy them. At first, he paid money, and later They put it all on the account, but after a long time, they are unwilling to settle the account... Our Jiaofang Secretary also needs to earn money, and we have to pay money to the court, so we will drag the big guys to sue..."

Qiu Lanting listened from the side, his face turned blue and white, and he said angrily: "Blood spouts!"

"Yes, Uncle Guo, you didn't go in person, but Lingdi is still young and has no official position in the court. He entered the Jiaofang Secretary with your badge, and the account was also recorded in your Qiu family. under your name." Jiaofang Si said humanely: "Now that you are the head of the Qiu family, we can only ask you for it!" It was the boy who rode his horse on the street that day.

In other words, this young man bought every new girl in the Jiaofang Division, and the one who robbed him on the night of the fourteenth night... the person in Fuliu must be Qiu Lanhui!Ji Qingzhou was in a very complicated mood for a while, and he and Li Zhan robbed Qiu Lanhui once by mistake.

Qiu Lanting blushed and had a thick neck when he heard it, but he couldn't refute it.

The ministers whispered to each other, all looking like they were watching the show.

It has been quite a few years since the Qiu family had a queen. Although the queen --- the current queen mother has always kept her duty and never acted too far, the Qiu family has been domineering in the court these years.

The first emperor doted on the empress, but turned a blind eye to the Qiu family.

Apart from the group of courtiers who were close to the Qiu family, the rest naturally disliked the Qiu family.

Now that something like this has happened, the ministers can't wait to kowtow melon seeds on the spot to see if there is any embarrassing thing behind them, it is best to ruin Uncle Guo's reputation!

"I... my brother has nothing to do... Please punish me, Your Majesty!" Qiu Guoshu lifted his robe and knelt and kowtowed.

The little emperor was sitting on the dragon chair and was distracted. He couldn't understand a lot of what the person in charge of the Jiaofang said today. He was wondering what it meant when he suddenly saw his uncle kneeling down. He was startled and hurriedly looked at him. Li Zhan.

Li Zhan's expression was calm from beginning to end, and he was silent for a long time before he said: "Qiu Lanhui is young after all, and it is reasonable for young people to make some mistakes... But..." He looked up at Qiu Lanting and said: "Uncle Guo This younger brother is a bit too indulgent."

"I am incompetent, I will definitely restrain him in the future..." Qiu Lanting said with a face of shame and indignation.

"Well." Li Zhan said lightly: "Let's leave the matter of Qiu Lanhui as it is, don't be in a hurry to make a decision... The secretary of Jiaofang said that the Qiu family owed money, and this matter should be handed over to Dali Temple, Chizhou..."

"The minister is here." Chizhou said.

"Take someone to check the account of the Jiaofang Division, and look back at the amount before making a conclusion." Li Zhan said.

Everyone was quite surprised by Li Zhan's decision, while Qiu Lanting's face was covered with cold sweat and his expression was very ugly.

Ji Qingzhou quietly raised her eyes to look at Li Zhan, and silently lit a piece of wax for the Qiu family.

Obviously, Li Zhan had already figured out this move. If there were no accidents, Li Zhan had already found someone to find out what was wrong with Jiaofang Division.Now it is handed over to Chizhou, just to go through the process of Dali Temple, and once this matter enters the process of Dali Temple, it is not difficult to imagine the next thing...

After going to court, Ji Qingzhou begged Li Zhan for a favor and went to the Punishment Department.

Tu Dayou was wearing a prison uniform, but he was not subjected to any punishment, and he seemed to be in a very relaxed state.

"I thought you would be hungry." Ji Qingzhou brought him a food box, which contained wine and meat.

"My lord is so magnanimous that he wouldn't treat me harshly on this kind of thing." Tu Da laughed.

Ji Qingzhou helped him arrange the food and wine, and then sat beside him.

Tu Dayou poured a glass of wine for himself, and said, "Isn't it a meal with a severed head?"

"Don't say it's unlucky." Ji Qingzhou glanced at him and said.

Tu Dayou immediately smiled, went up to smell it, and asked, "Who made it, you couldn't have cooked it yourself, right?"

"If I cook by myself, I'm afraid this meal will break your heart." Ji Qingzhou said with a smile: "Don't worry about eating, what Xiaoshan cooks is what you like to eat."

"Your expression makes me flustered." Tu Dayou joked.

Ji Qingzhou had no intention of joking, and asked: "What did you say to the prince that night? He locked you up in the Punishment Department, and what did he say to you?"

"He asked who my master was, and I made it clear to him." Tu Dayou said, "Actually, since you first persuaded me to stop, I have been shaken... The prince is a wise master. I have vision."

"Then why are you so reluctant to withdraw?" Ji Qingzhou asked.

"It's a mistake..." Tu Dayou said with a wry smile, "You don't look very well today, but what's going on in the court?"

When Ji Qingzhou heard the words, he told him about the Qiu family's affairs, and Tuda also thought it was very ridiculous when he heard the words, "Uncle Guo has been killed this time... If I guessed correctly, Dali Temple found the Qiu family The account of the account, will soon shake out all the errands you did a few days ago?"

"Well." Ji Qingzhou said: "My lord still hasn't sent Qiu Lanhui this time, and this is the last time."

Tu Da nodded his head and said, "No wonder he disregarded the officer's objection last time and handled the matter of galloping the horse lightly. It turned out that he had already thought about today's situation at that time."

Ji Qingzhou secretly thought, I'm afraid Li Zhan didn't start to set up the game at that time.

Ever since the old prince said that he would arrange a marriage with the Qiu family... no, earlier, when he met Miss Qiu's family in Fengxian Pavilion, maybe Li Zhan had already had such thoughts.The old prince's proposal of marriage was only fueling the flames, pushing forward what Li Zhan had always wanted to do by a few steps!

"If there is no accident, the Qiu family is finished, and the next one is..." Tu Da paused, and did not continue.

But both of them knew his unfinished intentions, Li Zhan cleared up the matter of the Qiu family, and the next step was to deal with the person behind Tu Dayou.

If Ji Qingzhou hadn't found this opportunity to pull Tu Dayou, one can imagine Tu Dayou's ending soon...

In Yinghui Pavilion, Li Zhan was staring at a document in a daze.

After a while, the familiar voice of the young man came from outside the door, and Li Zhan responded, and the young man came in with a bowl of mung bean soup.

"Now the heat is getting heavier, the prince is careful." Ji Qingzhou put the mung bean soup in front of Li Zhan.

Li Zhan's eyes fell on the young man's slender and fair fingers, and then all the way up his wrist, looking at the young man's neck that was tanned red by the sun, his expression couldn't help but move.

"Just came back from the Punishment Department?" Li Zhan asked.

"Yes." Ji Qingzhou replied honestly.

Li Zhan chuckled, looked at the boy and asked, "Do you want to plead for Tudayou?"

"Yes." Seeing that what he said was right, Ji Qingzhou didn't deny it, and even wanted to kneel down.

However, Li Zhan grasped the young man's slender wrist with neither light nor heavy force, just enough to prevent the young man from kneeling down.

"Qin Zheng is right." Li Zhan said.

"Mr. Qin... what did you say?" Ji Qingzhou frowned, feeling a little ominous in his heart.

Li Zhan looked at the young man meaningfully, and said indifferently: "He said that if this king pampers you again, you will be proud of your favor."

Ji Qingzhou: ...

Is the word favored and arrogant used in this way?

"Do you know why this king doesn't plan to spare him easily?" Li Zhan asked, letting go of the boy's wrist.

"Because he is betraying his master, it is magnanimous for the prince to keep his life." Ji Qingzhou said: "I know how to measure, and I don't dare to do that... I am proud of being favored... I just want to save his life. good."

When Li Zhan heard the words "be pampered and proud" from the young man's mouth, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth for some reason.After a long time, he restrained his emotions, looked out of the window, and said with a bit of coldness in his voice: "He once thought of taking this king's life, although he never succeeded, but this king... is still a little hard to let go."

Ji Qingzhou:!

What does Li Zhan mean by this?

Tu Dayou wanted to take Li Zhan's life...

If Ji Qingzhou remembers correctly, there was only one time in April when Li Zhan returned to Beijing for a banquet in the harem!

At that time, Tu Dayou listened to Ji Qingzhou's words and did not do anything. Except for the people behind Tu Dayou, only Ji Qingzhou knew about it. How could Li Zhan know?

unless……

Ji Qingzhou looked at Li Zhan, and a guess that made his spine shudder suddenly appeared in his mind...

The author has something to say: The one who fell off the horse first was the prince~ Surprised or not?

Thanks to the little angels who threw mines: one hedgehog and one dolphin;

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