Go back to ancient times to explore the case

The two finally went to the street to settle the dinner. After returning home, they found a letter on the small table in the courtyard. Xie Yuan stepped forward to open it and saw that the letter was from Wen Qi who was far away in Mingcheng, saying that he had found Taiwei He Xiao A secret letter of collusion with Di Si, the chief soldier of Ming City.

It is known from the secret letter that Di Si has been bribing Taiwei He Xiao all the time, so He Xiao turned a blind eye to the number of troops in Ming City that exceeded its military strength.

Yan Qingchuan pointed out the weirdness of this: "We suspected that He Xiao instructed Di Temple to raise private soldiers in Ming City, so Di Temple didn't need to bribe He Xiao at all."

Xie Yu'an agreed: "Yes, now it seems that the Taiwei is not the owner of the Wuji Pavilion."

"Then who is the high-ranking official who can recruit half of the court ministers into the camp?"

Xie Yu'an mentally counted the officials above the third rank one by one, and combined with multiple clues and information, she suddenly thought of a person she had never suspected.

It was because that person had a close relationship with Yan Qingchuan.

Yan Qingchuan saw that there was a change in her expression, and asked, "Did you find anything?"

Xie Yu'an stabilized his mind and shook his head: "No, no, wait for the Taiwei to return to Beijing, and investigate further."

"Master Yan, you should rest early, I will go to Wenruo Pavilion."

On top of business, Yan Qingchuan was never ambiguous, and nodded in response.

After Xie Yu'an came to Wenruo Pavilion, he immediately told Zhou Miao: "Check it...Prime Minister Sheng Huaimin."

"Prime Minister?"

"Ah."

"Could it be that you suspect that the owner of the Promise Pavilion is the Prime Minister."

Xie Yu'an nodded solemnly, "Well, because of his extraordinary relationship with Mr. Yan, I have preconceived and never suspected him, but now we have investigated all the courtiers who are capable of rebelling, and found nothing. And only the prime minister, we have not launched a detailed investigation on it."

"I remember Ling Rui, former Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, said that the black hand is a fellow villager of Mr. Yan's father. Yan's father is from Hecheng, as is the prime minister, and the birthplace of Nirvana is also in Hecheng."

"Do you still remember that when the prime minister said that Crane City had clues to clear the suspicion of Lord Gongsun, we went together, but we were ambushed before we left the capital. We set off on a temporary basis. There is an enemy eyeliner in that group, or the person who made this plan is the mastermind behind it."

The more Xie Yu'an said, the more frightened he became, "And after the explosion of the Wuji Pavilion that night, I knew that the owner of the pavilion was seriously injured. Coincidentally, the prime minister has been declaring that he is ill recently."

"The Prime Minister has always been involved in all kinds of things. Could it be a coincidence?"

"After your mention, he is indeed a major suspect." Zhou Miao agreed.

Xie Yu'an frowned irritably, "It's just a suspicion right now, I hope he's not, otherwise, it would be so cruel to Mr. Yan."

"She's really ... grateful and apologetic to him all the time."

"Anyway, let's check first." Xie Yu'an returned to the mansion after giving orders.

In the next few days, she went to the palace to teach with Chu Qing as usual, and brought Mo Rufan along with her.

After more than half a month like this, the annual Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and with the Taiwei returning to the court, the prince is about to turn eight years old, so Emperor Yuanqian decided to host a banquet for all officials.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the sky will be dark, and the faint light of the sky is hidden under the thick night clouds, watching the chariots of hundreds of officials marching towards the palace one after another.

Xie Yu'an followed the officials of the Prince's Academy into the Yongchang Hall, the banquet hall. When she entered the hall, several officials with slightly higher ranks from the Qingtian Division had already taken their seats.

Yan Qingchuan sat below Gongsun Zan, with a straight posture and a peaceful expression.

Xie Yu'an looked over calmly, and narrowed his eyes to look at the serious and serious Lord Yan.

The fellow robe beside her spoke to her, "Scribe Yan, what are you looking at?"

The corner of Xie Yu'an's mouth curled up into a smile, "Isn't that person with absolute temperament Yan Shaoqing Qingtian?"

"Let's take a look, that's right, eh, Mrs. Yan is here, who is she looking at?" The man said, immediately puffed out his chest, and straightened his clothes.

Xie Yu'an glanced at him, "I'm not looking at you after all, don't show yourself here."

The man smiled indifferently: "Maybe, Mr. Yan doesn't look like the person who cares about his appearance and family background."

Xie Yu'an rolled his eyes, stepped directly in front of him, blocked his sight and said, "The banquet is about to start, Brother Su, it's better to restrain yourself, don't tell others to read the jokes about our prince's academy, we are ashamed but the prince who lost face Your Highness's people."

The man nodded: "That's right, don't look at Brother Yan."

Xie Yu'an withdrew his gaze, thinking that if he didn't look at it, he wouldn't look at it. She would see enough when she returned home later.

Hundreds of officials entered the hall one after another, and then a heavyweight figure was ushered in at the door of the hall. The first sound came from heavy and steady footsteps, accompanied by a man's deep laughter.

Xie Yu'an raised his eyes and saw He Yi, who was tall and tall, and beside him was a man who was taller and stronger, with a resolute face and a pair of deep and sharp eyes.

He walked slowly with his hands behind his back, followed by a group of officials who slid their beards and patted their farts around him.

The one who can get this treatment is naturally the head of the three princes, Taiwei He Xiao. He laughed boldly, surrounded by everyone, and walked towards the desk at the top of the right column.

The one facing him is Sheng Huaimin, the prime minister headed by Zuo Lie.

Sheng Huaimin's face was pale and weak, and he was full of sickness. There was a crutch beside the case. After He Xiao took a look, he paced away, and said with concern: "What's wrong with you, Prime Minister? He remembers Before you left Beijing a few months ago, your lord was in good health, why is he so weak now?"

Sheng Huaimin didn't get up, but sat up and cupped his hands, "Master Taiwei, please forgive me for my leg ailment, I can't get up to meet the ceremony, I don't want to mention this disabled body."

Afterwards, the two exchanged pleasantries again before He Xiao walked back to his desk.

Xie Yu'an withdrew her gaze and searched for Lu Feng, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. Soon, she saw Lu Feng at the front of the right column. He was sitting upright, with his head slightly lowered, his brows furrowed, and his hands on his knees were tightly clenched. .

Visible tension and anxiety all over the body.

Xie Yu'an squinted, and suddenly sensed that something was wrong. Although Lu Feng agreed to cooperate with her on the surface, he didn't take any action afterwards. Instead, he secretly returned to Beijing to attend this grand Dragon Boat Festival banquet.

What does he want to do?

Xie Yu'an was guessing in his heart, when he heard the servant's sharp voice: "Your Majesty, the empress is here!"

"Hundred officials kneel."

There was the rustling sound of raising the robes, and then the sound of everyone kneeling down and shouting.

"Your Majesty, the empress, long live your majesty, long live your majesty, and a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years for your empress."

Xie Yu'an knelt down to salute like everyone else, and then bowed to the prince and concubine to meet the royal family.

At the end of the tedious meeting ceremony, Emperor Yuan Qian on the high seat first expressed his condolences to the Taiwei for his hard work in patrolling the military defenses in various places, then expressed his concern for the prime minister's body, and finally mentioned the prince Chu Qing, and asked the prince's school to wait for good students to assist teach him.

After the speeches at the opening banquet, he raised his wine glass to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival with all the officials.

The banquet was over and the singing and dancing were on stage. Xie Yu'an looked at Lu Feng opposite him through the graceful dancing girl in the hall. The other party was drinking one cup after another, with an extremely hesitant expression on his face.

Xie Yu'an looked at He Xiao, whose face was flushed when he was socializing with others, and then at Sheng Huaimin, who had a calm expression. The uneasiness in her heart grew wider, as if the singing and dancing in front of her was about to be broken.

At this time, a court lady stepped forward to add wine to her dishes.

"No need, I'll do it myself." Xie Yu'an said absent-mindedly, but just after finishing speaking, the wine jug that the court lady was carrying tilted, and the thin jug overflowed with wine and spilled on her lap.

The maid was startled, and hurriedly knelt down to beg for mercy.

Xie Yu'an wiped his wet robe, "It's okay, get up."

But the palace lady didn't move, she was still trembling and apologizing.

Xie Yu'an was a little upset at the moment, so he stretched out his hand and tried to push the little maid to stand up. The other party didn't resist this time, but when she got up, she stuffed a note into her hand.

Xie Yu'an was stunned for a moment, clenched the note tightly in his hand, and said with usual expression: "Back off."

Not long after the little palace maid left, she noticed a line of sight cast from a high seat in the hall, she looked over, it was the gaze of Imperial Concubine Qin, the two eyes met for a moment, and then separated.

Then Xie Yu'an came to a deserted place outside the hall with the excuse of urgency, and opened the note to have a look.

There were only a few short sentences on the paper, telling Xie Yu'an to stop Lu Feng no matter what method he used, because Lu Feng planned to take advantage of today's gathering of officials to confess everything and choose to die with the black hand.

Xie Yu'an was startled, and hurried back to the hall.But as soon as the front foot stepped on the high threshold of the hall, a sharp sound was suddenly heard.

"Master Lu! What's wrong with you, Master Lu?"

There was an uproar in the hall, Xie Yu'an thought it was not good, and ran towards the crowd. After pushing aside the gathered crowd, he saw Lu Feng sitting on the big pillar behind him with his hands on his chest. Pointing at He Xiao who was holding a wine glass.

"You...you..." He only uttered twice with difficulty, and then his body trembled, a large amount of black blood spewed out of his mouth, and his head hit the table heavily.

"Master Lu just drank the wine offered by Mr. Taiwei." Someone in the crowd said this.

He Xiao's stunned face immediately changed greatly, and he said angrily: "What do you mean, you mean that the old man poisoned Lu Shangshu?"

A woman's cry and the sound of her skirt dragging the floor sounded. Concubine Qin stumbled and ran down the high seat, squeezed into the crowd and threw herself on Lu Feng, crying bitterly.

"Dad, dad..."

The scene was extremely chaotic for a while. Emperor Yuan Qian, who was still sitting on the high seat, looked confused. After two seconds of silence, he shouted: "Enough! Gongsun Zan, I order you to investigate the cause of Lu Feng's death immediately, and no one present is allowed to leave!"

The sound of heavy footsteps and armor rubbing sounded, and two rows of imperial guards in silver armor trotted into the hall in an orderly manner. The gate of the temple was also slowly closed.

A group of timid officials were frightened by this scene, their faces turned pale, and they didn't dare to say a word, for fear of getting into trouble.

Xie Yu'an and Yan Qingchuan looked at each other through the crowd, their eyes were solemn.

Gongsun Zan came to Lu Feng's side, and after some inspection, he said to Emperor Yuan Qian who was sitting on the high seat, "Your Majesty, Mr. Lu died of poisoning...As for what the poison is, I need to do further inspection."

An official who was closer immediately changed his expression and said: "Just now... just now I also saw Mr. Lu fell to the ground immediately after drinking the wine offered by Mr. Taiwei."

"That's right, and didn't Master Lu also point at the Taiwei before the poison?"

The surrounding discussions made He Xiao's blood surge, his face flushed, and he said angrily: "It's nonsense, why did I kill Master Lu, and in front of His Majesty? And use such a stupid method of poisoning, wait a minute!" The skin is not going to be planted on me!"

He Yi also couldn't help rebutting excitedly: "My father is an upright man, how could he do such a thing as poisoning the court officials!"

Seeing that the hall was about to become noisy again, Emperor Yuan Qian slammed the table and made a loud noise. He got up and said, "Put the Taiwei in the prison for now, and Qingtian Division will immediately start investigating the case. We must find out the real culprit and return the Taiwei's innocence." , to block the mouth of the court and the world!"

With these words, the purpose of taking the Taiwei into custody was for the sake of the overall situation, but Xie Yu'an clearly saw that Emperor Yuan Qian wanted to use this to uproot the Taiwei Party from the court.

Xie Yu'an looked at Emperor Yuan Qian who was on the high seat, and remembered Lu Feng's words.

The emperor is the most terrifying person in this world.