Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 307 Luo Tong

Xue Bai knelt down, stretched out his hand, and spread the lips of the female corpse, revealing that she had very neat teeth.

In addition, the lipstick on her lips is bright in color and does not smudge easily after being applied to her hands and rubbed.

Based on Xue Bai's experience, this lipstick is better than the one used by Du Wei, and not inferior to the one used by Yang Yuyao. When he smelled it again, there was a faint smell of tulips presented by Kapi Kingdom. As far as he knew, they were the "palace wall red" rewarded by the saint in the twelfth lunar month.

"Xue Yushi, why don't you give it a try?"

Suddenly a sarcastic remark rang in his ears, it was Luo Xishu.

"Looking so carefully, can you see anything?"

"Yushi Luo came so quickly, but is he nearby?" Xue Bai asked instead without answering.

"Just arrived." Luo Xishi said: "I heard that several consorts are attending a banquet at Princess Xincheng's house and came to join in the fun."

"Which princes-in-law?"

"Xue Yushi all recognizes it." Luo Xishi said: "Princess Xianyi's consort Yang Hui, Princess Yongmu's consort Wang Yao, and by the way, Princess Ningqin's consort Zhang Bian."

"I see."

Luo Xishi asked: "Can Yushi Xue guess what's going on?"

Xue Bai wiped the lipstick on his hands, shook his head and said, "I really can't guess."

He looked at the male corpse again. It was a young man dressed in green clothes and dressed as a servant. He had handsome features. Just looking at the clothes, it shouldn't be difficult to find out whose house it belonged to.

The cause of death of the two deceased persons was the same. Both had their necks broken. It should have been done by a strong man with great strength.

Du Youlin had ordered all the monks from Jingyu Temple to be brought over to start questioning.

Luo Xishi looked on with cold eyes, a slight sarcastic look on his face.

"If someone dies in your temple, tell me what happened?"

The monks looked at each other, and finally, someone replied: "Back to Shaoyin, we were doing evening classes just now. We don't know how they entered the temple, let alone how they died."

But an old monk sighed: "Amitabha."

Du Youlin asked, "Does Zen Master know what happened?"

"The poor monk was sweeping the floor in the temple when he saw the two benefactors entering the temple for a tryst." The old monk turned around, looked at a statue in the side hall and said, "They were showing off their obscenity in front of Guangmu Vajra during the day. Guangmu Vajra Then he released a giant snake and strangled the two men to death."

When everyone looked around, they saw the Wide-Eyed Vajra sitting upright in the west, glaring with anger, holding a giant snake in his hand, looking down at them, as if he was examining the evils in the world.

There was silence in the court.

suddenly.

"Hahahaha." Luo Xishi laughed, raised his hand and said, "Old monk, are you saying that this is the statue that killed the person?"

"It's the Wide-Eyed King Kong."

"It's ridiculous." Luo Xishi put away his smile, showed off his authority, and shouted: "Who asked you to say that? Why don't you invite me?!"

"Amitabha, a poor monk should not tell lies."

"Put this old monk in jail and I will interrogate him personally."

As soon as Luo Xishi gave the order, someone from the Jingzhao Mansion guards behind Du Youlin immediately obeyed the order.

From the time Ji Wen was appointed as the legal director of Jingzhao Prefecture, these people have followed the orders of "Luo Cong Ji Wang", and they have not changed much over the years. This is also one of the reasons why Yang Guozhong must remove Luo Xishi.

Seeing this situation, Du Youlin had no choice but to do anything.

Xue Bai watched the changes quietly, thinking that since it was a battle between Li Linfu and Zhang Bian, they would naturally take action and not be in a hurry.

He guessed that Luo Xishi was tracking down Zhang Yanyang's foreign wife, and the dead woman was probably really Zhang Yan's foreign wife.

Not long after, the newly appointed Jingzhao Mansion's Dacao Yanwu strode over. When he saw Xue Bai, he nodded first.

Yan Wu should be a very smart man. Not long after he took office, he had already bribed a few servants, not many, but at least he could do things. In this case, he was neither biased toward Luo Xishi nor Du Youlin, and had a business-like attitude.

"Identity checked."

Yan Wu pointed at the male corpse and said, "It's a servant of Princess Xincheng's mansion."

~~

Today the saint has twenty-nine daughters, five of whom died in infancy.

It is quite difficult for the courtiers to remember the remaining twenty-four princesses and their consorts, not to mention some cases of remarriage.

There was a banquet in Princess Xincheng's Mansion today, and all the princes and princesses were invited. Since he was involved in a murder case, people from Jingzhao Mansion and Yushitai would inevitably come to inquire.

After hearing the news, before Princess Xincheng and her consort Dugu Ming could speak, Princess Ningqin had already spoken: "How dare you come to disturb us even though two slaves are dead? You can't see me, so drive them out."

Her husband-in-law will soon become the Prime Minister, and she is very proud among the princesses. Compared to Princess Xincheng and Dugu Ming, she is more like the host of the banquet.

Princess Xianyi was not used to it and asked, "Who is coming?"

"Jingzhao Shaoyin Du has a neighbor, Jingzhao Facao Yanwu, and the imperial censors Luo Xishi and Xue Bai."

"Xue Lang is here?" Wang Yao said with a smile: "Then how about meeting him?"

Siqi King Li Zhen also smiled brightly and said: "Okay, I haven't seen Xue Lang for a long time. He is a wonderful man."

Princess Ningqin wanted Zhang Bian to come forward and save her face, but when she turned around, she didn't know where Zhang Bian had gone.

Soon, several officials were brought in.

Du Youlin's biggest problem as an official was not that he was not good at practice, but that he was not tactful enough. This problem is usually invisible, but in such a situation where there are a lot of ministers, it is considered an omission.

He didn't take the kings, princesses, and consorts seriously, and immediately said: "There was a murder in Jingyu Temple next door. Please tell Princess Xincheng and the consort to identify who the deceased is."

On the contrary, Luo Xishi, who had a bad reputation, was full of flattery at this time. Before these nobles could get angry, he stepped forward and said with a smile: "Human life is at stake. I dare not fail to do my best, lest word spread."

Princess Xincheng then glanced at the maid beside her and ordered: "Let the steward identify it."

Not long after, the steward came back after identifying her, and reported: "Back to the princess, she is indeed a servant boy in the mansion, but... I don't recognize that woman."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone became curious.

"What? It was the servant boy of the princess's house who seduced the maidservant of another family, and was strangled to death by King Kong's snake?"

"..."

In the midst of the discussion, Luo Xishi stepped forward and said, "May I ask, is the prince-in-law Zhang Bian here?"

"What's the matter?" Princess Ningqin replied.

"I forgive you for being rude." Luo Xishi said, "This case should have been investigated by me."

Although he hadn't said what he had found, he first asked if Zhang Bian was there, which made everyone here realize that the case was related to Zhang Bian.

Princess Ningqin immediately turned cold. Her first reaction was not to trust and protect her husband, but to find out what he had done. She said, "Tell me, what's going on?"

"Xiaguan had something important to report to Zhang's consort, so he came over to ask for an audience." Luo Xishi said: "Xiaguan came in from the west gate of Xuanyangfang and saw Zhang's consort carrying a woman into Jingyu Temple. After that, A servant boy in green clothes entered the temple."

Halfway through his words, the whole room was in an uproar.

Du Youlin glanced at Xue Bai and secretly thought that Luo Xishi didn't say these things just now. He obviously wanted to make them public on purpose.

Luo Xishi added: "But when the official entered Jingyu Temple, Zhang Consort was missing, and only two corpses were seen... I think it was the Consort who was worried that the princess would be angry, so he killed and silenced her."

Princess Ningqin was indeed very angry. Even though she was in full view of the public, she couldn't help but get angry at the people around her and yelled: "Why don't you go find the consort?!"

Suddenly, everyone's eyes fell on her, which was a great shame for a noble person like her.

Seeing that everyone was already interested in this matter, Luo Xishi whispered and ordered the servants to move the female body to the front yard. This scared some princesses who had never seen a dead person, but more people gathered around to take a look. Whispering under his breath.

"Sure enough, Zhang Bian still raised a foreign wife..."

Among the crowd, Yang Hui poured a glass of wine, handed it to Xue Bai, and smiled politely.

Xue Bai then remembered that he had seen Yang Huiyang's outer chamber before, and this was a request to keep it secret.

"What happened?"

Following this question, someone walked out from the back of the lobby, it was Zhang Bian who was slightly drunk.

Princess Ning went crazy when she saw him. She picked up the cup and smashed it, cursing.

Zhang Bian looked confused. After hearing what happened, he stepped forward and took a look at the female corpse, but his expression did not change.

"I don't recognize her."

As Zhang Bian spoke, he picked up the wine glass that his wife had smashed over, drank a glass of wine, and said with a smile: "What a 'Luo Jian', you are persecuting me? But do you only have this small means?"

Luo Xishi said: "Could it be that Prince Consort Zhang thinks that I have no evidence..."

At this time, someone else said something.

"I recognize her."

Everyone turned around and saw that it was Princess Xincheng's consort Dugu Ming.

Dugu Ming said, pulling down the curtain in the hall and covering the female body.

"This is the maid in my house, her name is Huaixiang." Dugu Ming said, "This matter has nothing to do with Zhang Bian."

Luo Xishi was a little surprised, then sneered slightly, and figured it out. No wonder everyone thought that Zhang Bian had raised a wife from outside his wife, but no one ever found it. It turned out that he asked Dugu Ming to help.

"What Dugu Consort said is strange. Even the stewards in your house don't recognize her, but you do?"

"The steward in the front yard doesn't recognize the maid in the backyard. It's normal."

"Then why didn't the female maid next to Princess Xincheng recognize him? What's more, she was dressed like an ordinary maid?" Luo Xixi said, "Could it be that Prince Consort Dugu wanted to hide it for Prince Consort Zhang?"

Dugu Ming did not answer immediately, but called over someone and said, "Go and get the body deed."

After a meeting, a body deed was brought and circulated among everyone.

"I bought Huaixiang when I was in Tianbao for four years." Dugu Ming sighed and said, "Everyone knows that my daughter married Khitan far away. I was worried that she would fall out of favor in Khitan. Later, I bought several beautiful maids, but still I didn’t have time to send people there…”

At this point, Princess Xincheng burst into tears.

"Princess!"

"do not talk……"

Xue Bai also knew the details of what they were talking about. He had heard Yan Zhengao mention it before when he talked about Khitan and Xi.

At that time, Zhang Shougui once took advantage of the Khitan civil strife and divided the Khitan. The young Khan, who was supported by his ministers, surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Li Longji gave the Han name Li Huaixiu, worshiped him as the governor of Songmo, and granted him the title of King Chongshun.

In the fourth year of Tianbao, Li Longji named the daughter of Duguming and Princess Xincheng as Princess Jingle and married Li Huaixiu. Princess Jingle got married to Khitan in March, but in September of that year, Li Huaixiu killed her and rebelled against the Tang Dynasty.

Princess Yifang, another granddaughter of Li Longji, had the same experience as Princess Jingle. She was also married to Li Yanchong, the leader of the Xi tribe, in March of the fourth year of Tianbao. She was killed in September, and the Xi tribe rebelled against the Tang Dynasty.

Two granddaughters under the age of fifteen died in a foreign country. The imperial court impeached An Lushan many times. In order to support the bandits, he invaded the Khitan and Xi tribes and forced Li Yanchong and Li Huaixiu to rebel. Li Longji always turned a blind eye and believed that An Lushan had made great contributions. .

Only Princess Xincheng's cry reminded people of the past.

"Dugu Prince Consort is saying that this Huaixiang is the maidservant who is going to be sent to Princess Jingle?" Luo Xishi asked, "Then why..."

Before he finished speaking, Dugu Ming shouted coldly: "Get out!"

"As a censor, I have the responsibility to investigate the case..."

"Two servants in my house are dead. You found Zhang Bian for no reason. Are you investigating the case or excluding dissidents?!" Dugu Ming said angrily: "Why don't you go out?!"

Luo Xishi still wanted to speak, but could not speak amid Princess Xincheng's cries.

The servants of the Princess Mansion had already stepped forward and pushed him out. Du Youlin immediately left and had his body carried away in a hurry.

"Xue Lang stays."

Someone among the guests spoke, but it was Yang Guozhong.

"Since we're here, how about having a drink together?"

Xue Bai glanced at Dugu Ming and asked the master's opinion.

Dugu Ming had calmed down and said politely, "Xue Lang and I are neighbors, but we didn't have much contact with each other in the past. It's just a good idea."

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."

……

Everyone didn't care that two slaves had died just now. They added wine, put back the lamp, and continued drinking and mingling.

A case was added to the hall, and Xue Bai just sat down. Yang Guozhong came over and whispered: "Did you see it? It's a good time to get rid of Luo Xishi."

"Zhang Bian can't do it on his own? Does he need our help?"

"Just look at him." Yang Guozhong smiled.

Xue Bai followed his gaze and saw Princess Ning Qin's face as cold as frost. Zhang Bian was by her side. Although the city was deep, she could not hide the bitterness on her face.

Yang Guozhong said: "You and I both understand that Zhang Bian's move to Tongzhongshu's family was based on the love of the saint. Although his reputation is great, his foundation is too shallow. Without our help, how can he defeat Li Linfu?"

Xue Bai smiled and felt more and more that Yang Guozhong had made great progress.

"How much does brother know about this case?"

"You've also seen that Huai Xiang. She's a stunning beauty. It wouldn't be surprising if she said it was Zhang Bian's outer chamber." Yang Guozhong said, "But it wouldn't be surprising if it was Dugu Ming's outer chamber."

Xue Bai then understood that the only way Yang Guozhong could improve was to fight for power, but that was not enough when it came to specific matters.

"What about you? What did you see?"

"The key evidence was found." Xue Bai said.

Yang Guozhong was surprised, clinked glasses with him, turned around and left, apparently to remind Zhang Bian to sell another favor in exchange for some benefits.

From this banquet alone, he might be able to reap benefits worth tens of thousands of gold.

Soon, Yang Hui also came to have a drink with Xue Bai and said with emotion: "Huai Xiang is a stunning beauty, what a pity."

Xue Bai looked back at Princess Xianyi and whispered: "Brother Yang is also very beautiful."

"Shhh."

"What does Brother Yang think of this matter?"

"It is more likely that Luo Qiang strangled people to death and framed Zhang Bian. He chewed dog intestines and destroyed flowers with his ruthless hands."

When Yang Hui walked away, Xue Bai picked up the wine glass and walked towards Dugu Ming. He hasn't drunk a drop of wine yet because he doesn't need to give Yang Guozhong and Yang Hui face. As for Dugu Ming, he wanted to win over him.

"Dugu Prince Consort, I need to apologize to you for causing trouble today." Xue Bai said: "I also have to thank Dugu Prince Consort for lending his house to me for my wedding banquet."

Dugu clearly knew that Xue Bai was not good at drinking, so he put down his wine glass and said, "Xue Lang, let's go for a walk together to relieve the smell of alcohol."

"Fortunately."

The two of them left the banquet hall and walked in the courtyard behind.

"My family has some disputes with Mrs. Guo Guo." Dugu Ming said, "Has Mr. Xue heard about it?"

"never heard of that."

"Mrs. Guo Guo didn't scold us in front of you?"

Xue Bai shook his head and said, "No."

"To put it bluntly, it's just a small matter." Dugu Ming said, "It happened during the Shangyuan Festival in Tianbao's eighth year."

"I was not in Chang'an that year, but in Yanshi."

"On the Lantern Festival, Chang'an City was too lively. When we went to the Huacalyx Tower for a banquet, our couple, Princess Wei's car, and the carriages of the three ladies of the Yang family were blocked on Fangzhong Cross Street. The three ladies of the Yang family ordered the warriors to come up. When the front driver drove away the pedestrians and cracked his whip, he startled my horse, so I got off and scolded him."

Having said this, Dugu Ming smiled bitterly and said: "But I didn't expect that Mrs. Guo Guo was dressed in men's clothing and riding a horse at that time. After I scolded her a few times, she got angry and whipped me three times. The matter was brought to the attention of the emperor. Do you know how the saint dealt with it?"

"I don't know."

Xue Bai answered, suddenly becoming confused.

Everyone lived in Xuanyangfang, but he didn't hear Yang Yuyao complain when things got so unpleasant.

Dugu Ming said: "The saint executed the warrior who frightened my horse with his whip, but recovered all the rewards previously given to Princess Wei, dismissed my official position, and did not do anything to Mrs. Guo. Others did not Said that the saint protected the Yang family."

"This matter..."

"Princess Wei is the mother of Princess Yifang. You must have heard about Princess Yifang... You must have heard about it. You have always been an enemy of An Lushan."

"Yes."

Xue Bai remembered that in the sixth year of Tianbao, Li Heng encouraged the courtiers to impeach An Lushan as an example of Princess Yifang, because the leader of the Xi tribe Li Yanchong she married was different from the Khitan Khan Li Huaixiu. Li Yanchong was originally a hostage in Chang'an. It was An Lushan who sent him back to the Xi clan and then forced him to rebel.

Dugu Ming's expression became much sadder, and he said: "The daughters of our two families all went to the north of the Great Wall to get married, and never returned. There were more people walking around, and it was the same on the night of the Lantern Festival. The dispute with Mrs. Guo Guo , The saint seems to be favoring the Yang family, but in fact he is trying to beat us."

"Why?"

"Because saints are never wrong!"

Dugu Ming gritted his teeth and squeezed out these words, but his eyes turned red.

He said no more on the matter.

But Xue Bai already understood that Li Longji hated Princess Xincheng and Princess Wei who kept complaining in front of him about their daughter's death and An Lushan, so he found one thing and wanted to teach these two daughters a lesson. Tell them to shut up.

Every absurd and unbelievable thing that happened during the Tianbao years had an even more absurd and selfish reason at the bottom.

Saints are never wrong.

"I also want to get rid of An Lushan." Xue Bai said.

"Okay." Dugu Ming said, "Then Xue Lang and I won't have any quarrel because of my holiday with Mrs. Guo Guo?"

"There are many casual acquaintances in the court, but not many are as determined as you and me to deal with An Lushan."

"That's good."

Dugu Ming stopped, looked at the moon in the distance, and sighed.

He had finished what he wanted to say and started walking back.

Xue Bai asked: "Huaixiang was entrusted to the consort by Zhang Bian?"

Dugu Ming didn't wait for him to finish, waved his hand and said: "No."

"But Zhang Bian and An Lushan have always had a good relationship."

"He has good friendship with anyone." Dugu Ming said: "I will not wrong him for this."

He didn't want to talk more about this matter. Between Li Linfu and Zhang Bian, he firmly chose Zhang Bian.

Xue Bai didn't press him.

The two returned to the banquet hall, and before entering, Zhang Bian greeted Xue Bai.

"Xue Lang, let's go for a walk together to relieve ourselves of the drunkenness."

After being greeted like this, Xue Bai walked towards the courtyard again, but this time he was with Zhang Bian.

Although Zhang Yan didn't sigh, Xue Bai still felt that he heard his sigh.

"It made you laugh."

"will not."

"You helped me get to the stage. You must have never thought that I would be so embarrassed in front of everyone?"

Xue Bai said: "But Prince Consort, you are not unjust, right?"

Zhang Bian stopped, looked around, and said, "Yang Guozhong said you found key evidence. Can you prove my innocence?"

"What I found was evidence that the consort had indeed had an affair with Huai Xiang."

Zhang Bian smiled and shook his head and said: "Don't be kidding me. It's impossible for Ge Nu to defeat me with such a trivial matter."

Xue Bai said: "If Princess Ning makes a big fuss, the saint will immediately hesitate whether to use a consort as the prime minister. Everyone knows that the saint dislikes Princess Taiping and Princess Anle."

"Stop making trouble." Zhang Bian asked, "What do you want, just say it."

"Okay, let's be honest. The prince-in-law promised to let Wang Zhongsi conquer Nanzhao, which makes me very uneasy."

"This matter is what the saint meant."

"Is the prince consort helping Anlu Mountain to seek the east of the river?"

"No." Zhang Bian said, "I'm thinking about the overall situation..."

Xue Bai was too lazy to listen to this. If Zhang Bian dared to be friendly with An Lushan, he must teach Zhang Bian a lesson.

This was also the reason for contacting Li Linfu.

Therefore, Li Tengkong understood him and knew where his bottom line was.

"If the prince-in-law is interested in the overall situation, he should keep himself clean."

"That was framed by Brother Nu."

"The lipstick used to carry fragrance is a gift from the emperor." Xue Bai said: "And Dugu Ming was dismissed from his official position by the saint on the Lantern Festival last year, and all the rewards were withdrawn. This year's Shangyuan Festival did not receive any gifts from the saint at all. The lipstick given.”

"With just a lipstick, you can..."

Xue Bai said: "The prince-in-law doesn't believe me, so he doesn't tell me directly?"

Zhang Bian finally stopped arguing, his eyes flickered slightly, guessing that Dugu Ming might have spoken to Xue Bai just now.

"What do you want me to do?"

"Wang Zhongsi can march south, I have no objection to this." Xue Bai said: "But I must keep Hedong, and even replace Anlu Mountain..."

"Why do you have to be his enemy?"

"There are two people in the court whom I have offended to death. One is Li Heng, and the other is An Lushan. These two people will kill me sooner or later, but my consort is on good terms with them."

Zhang Bian smiled and said, "Actually, my friendship with you is the best."

"Then the prince-in-law will go up to the table, replace An Lushan, and recommend a Fan Yang Jiedushi who has a close relationship with you. How about that?"

"Xue Bai, you should know that the fact that Ge Nu framed me really doesn't threaten me."

What Zhang Bian said actually means, "You can't threaten me with the little leverage you have."

"I know that the Prince Consort and the Prime Minister are fighting. My attitude is very simple. Whoever can come forward to replace An Lushan and who really wants to save my life, then I will help him."

"Don't forget, you were the one who wanted to recommend me as your prime minister..."

"Wang Zhongsi was still in Hedong."

This is not the first time Zhang Bian has felt this dilemma.

This was sometimes the case when he was interacting with Dugu Ming. Dugu Ming hated Anlu Mountain, but the saint loved Anlu Mountain very much.

The essence of this matter is that Xue Bai and the saint's intentions are completely contrary to each other. Xue Bai is forcing others to stand against the saint.

If you want Xue Bai's help, you have to anger the saint, so how can you still worship the prime minister?

But Zhang Bian is at least one thing better than Li Linfu. He is tolerant and has been trained to be very patient.

"I can agree to this matter, but now is not the time. The saint relies heavily on Anlu Mountain. It is impossible to transfer him at this time. We need to figure it out slowly. You give me three years. When I stabilize the situation in the DPRK, there will be Once we find a suitable candidate, we will definitely start." Zhang Bian said: "You can rest assured that Hedong will never fall into the hands of An Lushan."

"It's empty talk, why don't you, Prince Consort, show your sincerity by showing your sincerity?"

"Okay, I will go to the palace after I get rid of Genu." Zhang Bian said: "I will first move Wang Wei to be a member of Zhongshushe, and Yan Zhenqing to be a doctor of the Treasury. How about we work together to get rid of Luo Xishi and then discuss the big deal?" "

Xue Bai actually didn't have any evidence in his hand. He just used a little guess to beat Zhang Bian.

Hearing this, he nodded reluctantly and agreed.

Here he beat Zhang Bian, pushed Wang Wei and Yan Zhenqing up, over there he got rid of Luo Xishi, and then beat Li Linfu. It won’t be too late to see which of the two fighting cocks is more sincere.

Thinking about this, Xue Bai didn't feel at all that he was just a seventh-grade censor, beating and testing two prime ministers. In fact, he was doing the same thing as Li Longji.

That night, Xue Bai broke the curfew, returned home, and wrote a memorial to impeach Luo Xishi.

~~

Yushitai.

"There is a traitor in the Yushitai."

When Luo Xishi learned that Xue Bai had impeached him, he didn't take it seriously at all.

While writing a rebuttal memorial, he analyzed the situation with his confidants.

"Xue Bai is impatient to impeach me, so he must mention the Princess Jingle that Du Huming mentioned yesterday, but he doesn't know that the saint hates hearing about Princess Jingle the most..."

In Luo Xishi's memorial, he pointed out mercilessly that Zhang Bian and Du Huming were complicit and used the death of Princess Jingle to cover up the fact that they had kept wives from outside wives.

At this time, someone reported: "Censor, Yan Wu is here."

After hearing this, Luo Xishi nodded and said, "Let him come in."

Yan Wu is tall and has a stern face. He looks like a cool official when he walks in the door.

"Jingzhao Prefecture's Fa Cao Yanwu has met Luo Yushi."

Luo Xishi nodded repeatedly after seeing this, and said: "Fa Cao of Jingzhao Prefecture, back then, when I was still the supervisory censor, I often worked with Ji Wen to handle cases, which made the lawless people in the capital feel frightened. Now I see you, Very...more elegant than Ji Wen."

Yan Wu bowed, still cold.

Luo Xishi smiled and said: "I made a mistake. Ji Wen is not worthy to compare with you. You killed someone when you were eight years old, and you killed the person who deserved to be killed. What a good man!"

"Yes."

"I heard that although it was Xue Bai who recommended you to this position, you had no interaction with him before. After you arrived in Chang'an, Xue Bai also neglected you?"

"Yes."

"What do you think of the Huaixiang case?"

"I will look at it how Luo Yushi wants me to look at it."

Luo Xishi raised his eyebrows, not expecting the stern Yan Wu to be so straightforward.

Yes, that's what ruthless people are like.

"Then you copy this verdict and print it." Luo Xishi said: "I have interrogated the old monk, and he confessed that Zhang Bian bribed him to say ridiculous things like King Kong releasing snakes and killing people."

"Here."

Yan Wu said nothing, took the brush and copied it.

Luo Xishi liked him more and more and admired him endlessly.

"Although you are young, your future is absolutely limitless. From now on, you and I will be the 'tight net' of Chang'an City."

"Yan Wang?" Yan Wu smiled rarely and seemed to like this title.

On that day, Luo Xishi handed over his verdict and evidence.

He hasn't lost his special skills yet.

~~

Xingqing Palace.

Gao Lishi held several memorials and placed them in front of Li Longji.

"Saint, the result has been achieved."

"I'm too lazy to read, General Gao just tell me."

Gao Lishi smiled apologetically and said, "Let me guess. What the sage wants to know is not the trivial matter of whether Zhang Bian has a wife or not."

Li Longji couldn't help but smile after hearing his words.

"The sage wants to see if Zhang Bian has the ability to control the ministers. If even Luo Xishi can't handle it, and the ministers will lose confidence in him at the first sign of trouble, then Zhang Bian can only be a prince consort."

"Let's be honest, does Zhang Bian have this ability?"

"At least Luo Xishi failed to bribe the Jingzhao Mansion's legal advisor. Yan Wu has already reported that Luo Xishi instigated him to unjustly accuse Zhang Bian."

"Ha." Li Longji responded casually: "Since he has this ability, why not think of it as Guangmu King Kong who releases a snake and strangles people to death?"

He seemed to be watching a cockfight. Li Linfu pecked it and Zhang Bian ducked away.

This saint is now beating and testing two ministers to see who is more suitable to be prime minister...

(End of this chapter)