Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 467 Cleaning up Kyoto ([-]) Second update

"A century-old foundation for rejuvenating the country was almost destroyed in my hands! When I first took over, there were wars in the northwest and northeast, and the southwest was not stable. It can be said that there was no peace in all directions, and everything was complicated... Ten years, ten years, no one in the court Powerful ministers are in charge of the government, unarmed affairs disturb the Central Plains, and the government treasury has money and food to draw on, but the officials are not in good order, the officials are cliquey, the donations are uneven, and the lawsuits are unfair, these are all hidden worries. I wholeheartedly want to make a In the prosperous age, you can also leave your name through the ages, and you can play tricks on people. Some people can't see that I work hard to govern and focus on government affairs. Fortunately, with the blessing of my ancestors, foreign troubles and internal troubles can't touch me at all, and the people around me just catch me off guard for a moment. "

Li Heng waved his sleeves and said:

"It stands to reason that this is my family matter, but the emperor has no family matter, so I can't do it without explaining it clearly to you. You all know that it is difficult to bring peace, but it is easy to sort out chaos. To sort out chaos, you just need to cut the knot with a sharp knife. Wu Chen will be here soon, you guys Everyone knows who he is, he is the deputy commander of the Imperial City Detective Department, and when it comes to things like this, he must be the one wielding the sword!"

When the ministers below heard this, they couldn't stand still. Li Heng saw it in his eyes and snorted and said:
"So, you just need to stay like this for a while. Wu Chen will have a way to find out who participated in this rebellion. Those who did not participate just need to wait calmly."

When Li Yu heard that it was his master who was handling this matter, he immediately felt confident. He recalled the past between himself and Wu Chen, trying hard to find some loving master-disciple relationship, but he couldn't find it yet. At that time, Wu Chen entered the palace.

……

Wu Chen's method was very simple and crude. He walked past the ministers one by one. Whenever Ling Yun made a sound, he would directly pick up the person and throw him out of the palace.

With just one stick of incense, the officials in question were all lying on their stomachs outside the palace.

When Wu Chen walked out of the hall, Li Yu felt relieved.

Li Heng raised his hand and said: "Get up, go back to your respective yamen, and make up for the errands left over the past few days."

But looking at the entire hall, there are only a few people who can stand up properly and hold their legs together without shaking.

Someone would like to ask how to handle the funeral of the Queen Mother?
But when they opened their mouths, no one dared to really ask. They seemed to understand what was going on, and the officials also said they would make it clear, but... have they made it clear?

Li Heng ignored the ministers who were slowly leaving the palace and walked directly outside the palace. He counted the people who were thrown out. There were five in total. Li Heng breathed a sigh of relief.

Wu Chen checked the conditions of these five people. Except for one person who was still breathing, the others were dead.

Wu Chen raised his head and looked around. Perhaps it was because it was close to noon and he didn't know which pillar his soul was hiding in. Wu Chen looked at Li Heng and said, "I'll deal with things here after dark. There's still another person here." Qi'er, find a room, I want to ask him."

……

Wu Chen had many questions, but the minister who was brought into the room could not hold on for long. Perhaps it was because there was no direct sunlight in the room. In addition to the normal light beams, there were two souls wandering in the room.

Wu Chen sighed, opened the door and shouted outside: "Don't hide in the pillars, come to my room, I will see you off. If you don't come, I won't have time to see you off, and you will have to wait for a while." time."

Wu Chen waited at the door for a while and saw that there were already more than a dozen souls in the room. Then he took out a handful of soil and threw it over. The dozen souls disappeared, followed by a flash of light...

"I can't figure out what they arranged these people to do?" Wu Chen sat on the chair and asked with a frown.

Li Heng thought for a while and said:

"Five days ago, the Queen Mother suddenly returned to the palace in the middle of the night. I was really frightened. Then I fell into a coma for two days. When I woke up, Zeng Tai was already dead. Liu Jinzhong said that the Queen Mother ordered the internal treasury to be searched and the personal belongings of several ministers were also searched. Home, and..."

"They could have done all of this early. Before I arrived in Kyoto, they could have done it whenever they wanted. Why did they have to wait until I arrived in Kyoto and try to take me away before they started?"

"You know what they're looking for?"

"I know, they are looking for the Yuxian Picture."

"Picture of Encountering Immortals?" Li Heng frowned: "What's the use of finding them? They... want to become immortals?"

"I don't know what it is for, but judging from their actions, they think this picture may be in the palace's inner treasury..." "The Queen Mother has been in the palace for decades, how could she suddenly think of checking the inner treasury?" If she wants to find a painting in the inner library quietly, she can do it easily."

"Yeah, it doesn't make sense! I didn't know until I arrived at Shuangxi Village that I was being transferred away from the mountain. At that time, I was very confused about what they were going to do..."

"Can you see my grandfather?" Li Heng asked nervously.

Wu Chen smiled and said, "You still think that the Queen Mother and your so-called grandfather are the same family?"

Li Heng was taken aback for a moment.

Wu Chen stood up and said, "I won't be able to stay in Kyoto for long. Let's clean up the palace first. Let's go to the coffin house left by your 'grandfather' for you. What I can't figure out now, maybe we'll get there." Then you can figure it out.”

……

The elder Xing Yun arrived at the remote courtyard with Li Heng and Wu Chen.

Xing Yun explained that his younger brother must be too tired and couldn't wake up even if he pushed him after falling asleep.

Wu Chen thought of the few people outside the palace. They must have arrived, and they were probably all fast asleep in his mansion now.

However, there is no big head in the room anymore.

Wu Chen took a deep breath, looked at the coffin house and asked Li Heng: "After your fake grandfather built this courtyard, did he tell you anything?"

Li Heng thought about it carefully and said, "This house was originally built for my aunt..."

"How old was the female ghost when she died?"

"I don't know exactly how old he is. He should be very young."

"The Queen Mother came to see you. Did she do anything to you?" Wu Chen asked.

"No, I have been sleeping for the past two days and I haven't seen her since I woke up. Only Liu Jinzhong was waiting at the side at that time. I didn't even see Xing Yun. It wasn't until last night that she appeared in front of me with Xing Yun. She came to ask for orders. Replacement of generals.”

Wu Chen looked at Xing Yun and asked, "You weren't with the official these days. Where were you?"

Xing Yun lowered his head and said, "Guan Jia suddenly fainted. They came and wanted to take Guan Jia away. I wanted to step forward to stop him, but I couldn't move my limbs. Later, I was locked up by several people."

Wu Chen's frown deepened: "Why does the Queen Mother have to take Xing Yun with her when she goes to see you? They can kill Xing Yun first."

Li Heng said with his hands behind his back: "She wanted me to know that if she wanted my life, they would have taken it long ago."

Wu Chen nodded and said: "That is to say, what they hope most is that you can...obey!"

Li Heng nodded.

"Why do you have to be obedient? Wouldn't it be easier to just change to someone who is obedient? This means that there is something in you that they can't solve or deal with. Where is your golden fan? They didn't take it away when you were asleep?"

(End of this chapter)