Chapter 113
"Prime Minister, His Royal Highness is here to visit!" Zhou Zicheng turned around and frowned slightly. He and Huai Yunqian had never had any friendship, so why would they come to visit him for no reason.

In Jingguo, there are left and right prime ministers, and Jingguo respects the left, and Chi Baiyuan also serves as Zhongshu Ling. Although they are both prime ministers, compared with Chifu's crowded, Zhoufu is much cleaner.

Zhou Zicheng seemed bleak in both the government and the opposition, but only those with a heart found that Zhou Zicheng's intelligence was not weaker than Chi Baiyuan, but much stronger.

Want to know who is today today?He was more suspicious than anyone else. Chi Baiyuan had to sit on the high platform after all these years of trembling, while Zhou Zicheng didn't do anything, but sat firmly on the high platform.

Today Zhou Zicheng was not on duty in Zhongshu. His younger sister who was originally a noble concubine in the palace asked for something, so he opened the mansion to pick up the guests. Unexpectedly, the fourth prince arrived before the concubine Xi's people arrived.

"How is Zhou Xiang's health?" Huai Yunqian walked into the door with a gift. Although Zhou Zicheng was nearly half a century old, he was still in good spirits, without any signs of aging.

"His Highness went to Zhongshu a few days ago, and I was thinking about when I would go to sit at His Highness's mansion, but I didn't expect that I would come before His Highness." Zhou Zicheng exchanged greetings.

In the court hall, Zhou Zicheng was always silent. Even when Huai Yunqian made mistakes several times in the court meeting, he didn't say a word, neither right nor wrong, and was called an old fox by many people.

Today the old fox met the little fox, neither of them spoke the truth. Hearing their hypocritical greetings, Nan Gongxing, who was sitting on the roof, couldn't help but rolled his eyes, and simply picked up the fruit from Zhou Fushun and ate it.

"Your Highness came here today, isn't it just to see if the old man is healthy?" Zhou Zicheng stroked his beard, how could he not see that Huai Yunqian was deliberately going around in circles for himself.

They started chatting from the moment they entered the door, and before they knew it, they talked about the border wars many years ago. How could Zhou Zicheng not know that Huai Yunqian deliberately kept silent.

"Since Zhou Xiang said so, there is really one thing, I hope Zhou Xiang can give some advice." Huai Yunqian then said slowly: "There is a strange case in the capital today, I wonder if Zhou Xiang can know about it?"

Zhou Zicheng frowned slightly. As long as he was not on duty in Zhongshu, he would usually never ask about the affairs of the court when he returned to the mansion.

So even if the steward knew about it, he didn't tell him.But after hearing what Huai Yunqian said, Zhou Zicheng became interested, after all, the Ministry of Punishment is also under his jurisdiction.

"What kind of strange case has even alarmed His Highness?" Zhou Zicheng joked, who didn't know about the fight between the white-clothed waiter and the Ministry of Criminal Justice some time ago. The attendant is so lenient, why not take all the unjust cases together?

"To be honest, today's case had nothing to do with the white-clothed servant, but Jingzhao Yin's mansion insisted on asking the white-clothed servant to help, so I thought it was strange to go." Huai Yunqian ignored his sarcasm.

Seeing Zhou Zicheng's furrowed brows, Huai Yunqian said slowly, "Master Zhou, you know that there is a man named Su Ji in the Water Affairs Department of the Ministry of Industry?"

"Su Ji, a person from Hangzhou, an official of the fourth grade, what His Highness said has something to do with him?" Zhou Zicheng told Su Ji's origin and rank in one mouthful.

As long as it is something he has seen or seen, Zhou Zicheng can remember it all at once and accurately. It is because of this ability that he has come from a small official to today step by step.

"Prime Minister Zhou has a good memory, but it's a pity that Mr. Su has always been top-notch in evaluations over the years, but he didn't know who he offended. The whole family died tragically at home, what a tragedy!" Huai Yunqian regretted while observing Zhou Zicheng's expression.

The corner of Zhou Zicheng's mouth twitched first, then he pressed it down forcefully, and said under control, "Is what Your Highness said true?"

"Naturally, it is precisely because of the strangeness of the case that Jingzhao Yin's Mansion invited the servants in white to assist in the investigation. Zhou Xiang also knows that I have not been in Beijing for a long time, and I don't know who Master Su Ji had grudges with in the past.

Zhou Xiang is a kaleidoscope, and I can only ask Zhou Xiang after much deliberation. " Huai Yunqian made an excuse for himself, but he also knew that Zhou Zicheng would not believe his words.

Zhou Zicheng didn't get angry. Instead, he asked about some details of the case. Huai Yunqian didn't hide it either.

"As far as I know, Su Ji has always been kind to others. He has a very good reputation and friendship in the Ministry of Industry. If there is any grudge with others, he probably doesn't." Zhou Zicheng pondered for a moment, and Huai Yun pretended to be sorry when he heard the words.

"However, Your Highness also knows that there are many officials in the DPRK and China, and the old man's affairs are heavy. I'm afraid there are some things that I can't take care of. Let me go back to the Chinese book to check and then answer!" Zhou Zicheng got up to see the guests, and Huai Yunqian also left wisely.

Seeing that they were finally over, Nangong Xing on the roof yawned and regained his energy.Zhou Zicheng stood by the pond thinking for a moment, then looked around vigilantly and hurried away in one direction.

Nangong Xing followed immediately. As Fifth Fifth's personal disciple, as long as he didn't meet an expert like Fifth, almost no one would be able to see through her hiding technique and lightness kung fu.

Although there are powerful people in Zhou Zicheng's mansion, there is still some distance compared to the fifth place.I saw Zhou Zicheng going round and round to a hut in the backyard, looked around before walking in.

Nan Gongxing lifted the tiles, and saw a maid standing in front of Zhou Zicheng. Nan Gongxing had seen her in the palace before, she was the maid next to Concubine Xi.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Zhou Zicheng said in a gloomy voice, and the maid said cautiously: "The imperial concubine is doing her best to deal with the follow-up, but I didn't expect that the servant in white came here before it was finished."

"Tell her, don't mess around these days, I will handle everything!" Zhou Zicheng's words made Nan Gongxing narrow his eyes slightly, it seems that Zhou Zicheng and Concubine Xi are really related to Su Ji's matter.

"Master Xiang, your empress has been terrified for a long time, once what happened back then..." The palace maid's words were halfway through, and Zhou Zicheng stood up and slapped her on the face.

"Tell her, if you don't want to die, just shut up. I told her not to interfere in the affairs of the harem. She insisted on causing me such a big trouble. It's too late to wipe her ass all these years. If she causes trouble again, I will kill her." Leave it alone!"

After speaking, Zhou Zicheng left angrily, the maid fell to the ground, stood up tremblingly, glanced around and left in a hurry.

As soon as Huai Yunqian arrived at the mansion, she saw Nangong Xing lying on a chair as soon as she entered the door: "Why so fast? How is the investigation going?"

"Zhou Zicheng went back to the study room. I didn't follow the master there, but I heard something." Nan Gongxing told Huai Yunqian exactly what he heard.

The corners of Huai Yunqian's mouth curled up slightly, sure enough Concubine Xi was also involved, it seems that Su Ji was probably rescued by Concubine Xi, but who ordered the killing of Su Ji's family?
"What should we do now?" Seeing Huai Yunqian's frowning look, Nangong Xing also put down the fruit in his hand. Huai Yunqian took a sip of tea: "Let's take a gamble and see if we can trick Xun Qian out."

In the dungeon, Xun Qian opened his eyes and looked at Huai Yunqian who was walking step by step. His life is good these days, except that he can't leave here, good wine and meat are served, hot water and bath water are prepared .

It's just that Xun Qian knew that it was because he had a secret that Huai Yunqian wanted to know, and he was also a little restless these days because he heard that King Jin had sent someone to rescue him.

He didn't have much friendship with King Jin. After Liuzhou more than ten years ago, he never saw King Jin again, because he knew that King Jin hated him, and if he looked for him, he would probably be torn to pieces by him.

"Xun Qian, how are you doing?" Huai Yunqian looked at the iron prison, Xun Qian lay on the straw mat and said with a smile, "It's not bad. If you just live like this for the rest of your life, I think it's a good idea."

"I don't have much opinion, it's just that something small happened today, I think you'd better be prepared." Huai Yunqian asked someone to bring food and wine, and poured the wine by himself.

"Oh? Is there anything His Highness is worried about?" Xun Qian said lazily, Huai Yunqian said while pouring wine, "Su Ji, do you know this person?"

I saw Xun Qian's face was full of surprise, he looked at Huai Yunqian's face: "How do you know him? Didn't he do well in the Ministry of Industry?"

"It seems that you really know each other. You had a good life at first, but when the person who delivered the food went to his house this morning, he found out that all the forty members of his family had been silenced." Huai Yun took a sip of wine, When he lowered his head, he saw Xun Qian's constantly changing expression.

"Why should I believe your words?" Xun Qian narrowed his eyes slightly, Huai Yunqian stretched out his finger and shook it, only to see a jade pendant handed over, it was the jade pendant that Su Ji carried with him in his bedroom.

Xun Qian knew that he would never give this jade pendant to anyone else. It seemed that Su Ji was really dead. Thinking of this, he slowly closed his eyes.

Su Ji is dead, he knows more, how could they let him go?Although he said that he was a rebel, he had to rebel, and the emperor knew it in his heart.

"Think about it, I haven't found Su Ji, he's dead, and now you're in my hands, how could they let you go?" Huai Yunqian said.

"But I'm in the hands of your waiters in white!" Xun Qian said blankly, Huai Yun smiled slightly: "A prisoner who has been silent for a long time, and some living assassins, who do you think I will trust?"

Xun Qian was silent, he knew that Huai Yunqian was deceiving himself, but he had no choice, his wife and children were in his hands, and he could only rely on him to survive, and Huai Yunqian had enough power in his hand .

Time passed by every minute and every second, Huai Yunqian's patience seemed to be exhausted, he stood up and was about to leave, when he turned around, Xun Qian suddenly spoke.

"At the beginning, your mother was drugged by him, and I gave the drug."

(End of this chapter)

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