Go back to ancient times to explore the case

In the past few days, Yan Qingchuan has hardly been in the house. First, he went to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to visit Gongsun Zan, and then he privately investigated where the evidence of this framing came from. However, several days passed, and there was still no progress. The urgency is getting worse, Gongsun Zan is about to be interrogated by three departments in three days, and one of the presiding judges is Doctor Yu Shi. If Gongsun Zan goes to the interrogation hall, it will really be a disaster.

Fortunately, on the second day, Yan Qingchuan waited for a piece of good news, the good news personally brought by Prime Minister Sheng Huaimin, that is, Emperor Yuanqian, who had been in a coma for many days, woke up today, and he had already met with the imperial court, as his own In order to guarantee that Gongsun Zan was framed by others, he won the time from Emperor Yuan Qian to postpone the interrogation of Gongsun Zan.

"The old man and brother Gongsun have been officials in the same dynasty for more than ten years. He knows himself and the enemy. He will definitely not be such a person. Back then, brother Yan... It was the old man who failed to protect him. This time, the old man will not let Gongsun Brother has been wronged by this, Qingchuan, don't worry, the old man will definitely find out the evidence, and return the innocence of Brother Gongsun and even the entire Qingtian Division." Prime Minister Sheng Huaimin said solemnly.

Yan Qingchuan's frowning over the past few days relaxed a little, and she bowed respectfully to Sheng Huaimin to express her gratitude.

Sheng Huaimin supported her arm and said: "There is no need to do this, as the prime minister of the dynasty, the old man should protect the innocent colleagues in the court and prevent them from being harmed by traitors.

Right now, the old man has found out some clues. There is a former subordinate of the old man in Crane City, the birthplace of Nirvana. He wrote to me yesterday. The letter mentioned that he had investigated clues and important evidence of the person behind the scenes manipulating Nirvana in Crane City. He easily Leaving would arouse suspicion, so the old man decided to go to Crane City in person, and when the person behind Nirvana is caught, he can return Gongsun Xie's innocence. "

"My lord, that's not right. Your Majesty is recuperating now. You should sit in the court hall to reassure the people. I can lead people to Crane City to investigate." Yan Qingchuan shook his head.

Sheng Huaimin smiled gently: "It's okay, the court is now in a mess because of this matter, if you want to restore the world's stability, you can only clear up the case as soon as possible, and the old man is suspicious, only when he sees the old man will he tell the truth .”

"But the people behind the scenes are secretly watching everything, so it's dangerous for my lord to go here." Yan Qingchuan hesitated.

Sheng Huaimin was about to speak, when Xie Yu'an couldn't stand it anymore, she said: "It's so simple, we can go together." He thought for a moment and said: "That's fine."

So and so, Yan Qingchuan couldn't insist any longer, and after the three of them discussed it, they immediately decided to set off.They took fifty guards with outstanding skills and rode all the way south on fast horses, but the weather was not good, and when they traveled sixty or seventy miles to the outskirts, it was already covered with dark clouds. The station sheltered from the rain.

Dozens of high-headed horses galloped along the official road, causing dust to fly and the earth to resound. However, apart from this sound, Xie Yu'an heard the faint sound of waves coming from the ground in front of him.

The noise became louder and closer, and when they drove to a forest, she finally realized the source of the sound was a lot of horses galloping from the opposite side, all of them covered their faces with black scarves Murderous.

Xie Yu'an reined in his horse and shouted: "There are assassins! Be alert!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a dark thread buried in the ground was straightened immediately, several guards headed by their team fell to the ground with a bang, the dust filled the air, several people flew out of the forest, and the boomerang in their hands passed by Everywhere, blood splattered.

The oncoming assassin stepped on his horse and jumped up, with the scimitar unsheathed at his waist, and took the lead to kill several guards.

Heads rolled to the ground, blood sprayed everywhere, and the forest fell into chaos. Xie Yu'an jumped off his horse and hurriedly searched for Yan Qingchuan's location, "Yi Zheng, hurry up and protect Master Yan and the prime minister, hurry up!"

Yi Zheng appeared immediately and led the black-robed dark guards to fight with the black-clothed assassin.

Yan Qingchuan was protecting Sheng Huaimin and backed away again and again. Her face was stained with blood, her eyes became darker and her whole body revealed a murderous aura.

Xie Yu'an avoided the swords and swords around her, and ran over there again and again, but at this moment, dozens of assassins suddenly appeared behind her, and the scimitars in their hands reflected a dazzling silver light.

Xie Yu'an felt the fierce murderous aura around him, turned around instantly, and saw a silver-bladed scimitar approaching in front of him.

"Thank you Yu'an!"

Yan Qingchuan's voice sounded from not far away, Xie Yu'an suddenly looked over, the people who were fighting fiercely separated them, all of them turned into phantoms in Xie Yu'an's eyes at this moment, the moment she lost consciousness, she saw Yan Qingchuan shouting at the top of his lungs Saying her name, it was a gaffe she had never seen before.

......

The sound of heavy footsteps suddenly came from far away and then near, as if it came from the sky, but it was also close in front of us.

Xie Yu'an's ears twitched slightly, and her chaotic mind became clear a little bit. The sudden pain in the back of her neck stimulated her to let out a muffled snort, and the unconscious scene flashed back into her mind instantly.

She suddenly opened her eyes and looked up, but there was darkness in front of her eyes. She realized that her hands and feet were bound, and her eyes were covered with a black cloth. With a vague outline of humanity.

"you're awake."

A strange and hoarse male voice sounded, and Xie Yu'an immediately understood that the other party had used a false voice technique to prevent her from recognizing him.

This person is someone she and Yan Qingchuan knew. He is also the man behind the killing of Wei Wei, manipulating Nirvana, controlling the Ministry of Industry and even a large number of court officials. The real culprit.

Xie Yu'an's breathing became heavy. She suppressed her ups and downs and said calmly: "You didn't do this to assassinate the Prime Minister and Mr. Yan, but to capture me alive?"

She paused and asked, "Why?"

The man smiled, and took a step closer to her, as if he was looking at Xie Yu'an's face, after a while he said: "No hurry, when we meet old people, we should have a good talk about the past first."

Xie Yu'an frowned and didn't speak.

The man said to himself: "I didn't realize that after a few years, you have grown so big. I saw you at Xie Shilang's house ten years ago, and it was not as tall as my chest and abdomen."

"You still have the face to mention my father." Xie Yu'an took himself into the identity of a little monkey in the original body, trying to get a little bit out of this man's words.

The man laughed again, and the laughter echoed in the room. Through the echo, Xie Yu'an preliminarily judged that he was in a closed room without doors and windows.

"Speaking of your father, he is a rare talent in governing the country. I admired him very much back then." The man's voice changed, and his tone contained a trace of regret, "It's a pity that he has been working under Yan Zheng for a long time. , stained with stubbornness, pedantry and rigidity."

"I hate their so-called loyal ministers the most in my life. Their loyalty seems so stupid to me. No matter how the dynasties change, the world is still the world, and the people are still the people. Who is loyal? Only the royal family of the Chu family can sit on the seat? As long as it is the lifeblood of the Chu family, they are willing to push an incompetent idiot to the stage, isn't this foolish loyalty?"

In just a few words, Xie Yu'an already knew what the man planned for many years, "You want to rebel."

The man didn't seem to like this statement very much, and his voice became colder, "What is rebellion? I just want to fight for the world for myself. What's wrong with competing for the capable and winning?"

Xie Yu'an held back his impatience and said: "There is nothing wrong with being ambitious, but the way you implement your ambition is a big mistake. How many corpses have you stepped on to climb up this way? Can you count it in your own mind?"

The man was silent for a moment, his voice was calm, "Your words reminded me of what Yan Zheng told me before his death, you are really exactly the same as his self-proclaimed righteous face, let me ask, now Gao The emperor sitting on the dragon chair, how many people's bones did he sit in this position?"

Seeing that Xie Yu'an didn't speak, the man continued: "I tell you, the most hypocritical person in the world is the emperor. When Yan Zheng was imprisoned, all the officials headed by the prime minister wrote to the emperor to thoroughly investigate the case, but the emperor still relied on the few The evidence put Yan Zheng on death row, why?"

"Let me tell you why, it happened to be a year of disaster, people's livelihood was poor, once the tax money was stolen, and the imperial court had to collect tax money twice to maintain the treasury, the people suffered terribly, and the hearts of the people were turbulent. At that time, there were countless small-scale peasant uprisings in various places. At that time, one person was urgently needed to bear the grievances of the people. Therefore, even though the evidence against Yan Zheng's corruption was full of loopholes, the emperor still chose to sacrifice this Taifu when he was the prince, and became loyal after becoming the emperor. Dear old minister."

The man walked slowly in the room with his hands behind his back, and he continued: "But is it just that? No, there is another biggest reason, that is, there are six books, and his disciples are appointed to the court, and his own Ling Ke called all the officials, please tell me, what should Emperor Yuan Qian think about this, when this case came out, do you think he would also secretly breathe a sigh of relief?"

Xie Yu'an didn't have the patience to listen to the man talking about the rationality of her ambition. She took a deep breath and said, "Stop talking nonsense, just tell me why you brought me here instead of killing me."

The man stopped pacing and stopped two steps in front of Xie Yuan, "You are right, I will not kill you because I am very interested in you, no, to be precise, I am very interested in the intelligence organization you have established interested."

"The things that such a sophisticated organization is doing right now are too good to be useful. You may consider joining my banner and conspiring with me for a brilliant cause."

Xie Yu'an couldn't help but want to scold people. Of course, she didn't hold back, and said, "Are you sick? You killed my whole family and let me work with you?"

The man didn't seem to be angry when he was scolded. He said in a voice that was almost bewildering: "Those who have achieved great things since ancient times, how many have a happy family and relatives? I killed your father because he is a capable person, but You’re not a smart person, you can’t use it for me, so you must get rid of it quickly, I think you should be a smart person, and a smart person will look at the world and not be bound by family love.”

"Are you not afraid that I will stay by your side and pretend to be loyal to you? I will wait for an opportunity to kill you in the future."

The man shook his head: "Loyalty is the cheapest thing. Right now I'm surrounded by people. They seem to submit to me and do things for me. It's because I hold their handle, or I can give them the benefits they want. If someone Today, they will no longer be constrained by me, and it is unknown whether they will wait for the opportunity to replace them."

"Instead of raising a group of loyal dogs, it is better to domesticate a wild wolf. I have observed you for a long time, and you are different from others. I can see that you do not believe in the rule of the emperor, and even disdain the rules of this world." The law of operation, you are only loyal to yourself. From this point of view, we are the same people. Conspiring with wolves is inherently dangerous and ups and downs, but this does not prevent me from admiring you.

"How, do you think about it?"

Xie Yu'an was almost disgusted by this man, but he still had to keep calm on the surface, seizing every opportunity to extract key information, "If you want me to forget about my kinship feud and conspire with my father-killing enemy, what can you promise me? Or, why should I believe that you can subvert the world and seek the throne?"

The man didn't speak for a long time, but suddenly he smiled again and said, "No hurry, instead of me proving myself first, why don't you show your loyalty to me first?"

"What do you want?" After asking, Xie Yu'an heard the man's footsteps moving behind her, the black cloth from her eyes was removed, and in front of her was a guard dressed in black.

The man spoke heavily behind her: "Kill him to prove that you can abandon those useless conscience and kindness, and I believe that you are really willing to follow me." As he spoke, he reached out and took out a dagger from behind and handed it to Xie Yuan. forward.

"No...don't, Pavilion Master, I..." The guard never thought that the disaster would happen to him suddenly, and his face turned pale with fright. Even so, he didn't dare to run away and could only crawl on the ground He pleaded with the man behind Xie Yu'an.

Xie Yu'an tensed up, and heard the man's deep voice behind him.

"kill him."