Chapter 531 He's so stupid
Canglang muttered to himself, and Yuemian looked fierce: "What did you say?"
Cang Lang was so glared at that he quickly flattered her: "I said you are as beautiful as a flower, and everyone loves you..."
"Bang!"
"Why did you hit me?!" Canglang howled after being slapped, hugging his arm with a distorted expression on his face. "I was praising you, and you hit me?"
Yue Jian retracted her hand: "Your face is disgusting."
Canglang: “???”
He's so handsome, how can he be disliked?!
Just as he was about to explain things to Yue Jian and let her take a good look at his handsome face, Xiao Yan's voice came from Heli Hall.
"Canglang."
Cang Lang held back the pain and raised his head, saying, "Master, it's me."
"Come in."
Seeing Xiao Yan let him in, Canglang glared at Yuejian and walked inside angrily. Yuejian rolled his eyes in annoyance and said "childish". He also put the things on the stove on a tray and followed Canglang in carrying it inside.
Xiao Yan had changed his clothes and covered the bloodstains on his body. He was leaning lazily on the couch in a white robe, his brows and eyes as relaxed as before, and Tang Ning was wrapped in his cloak beside him.
Yue Jian stepped forward and said, "Girl, this is the soup that Madam Ru sent."
Tang Ning was surprised: "Aru is here? When?"
Yue Jian: "Just now."
Tang Ning opened her mouth. Just now? Why didn't she hear anything? No, just now she and her brother were... She remembered her boldness just now, quickly glanced at Xiao Yan beside her, and couldn't help but coughing softly, her face burning.
However, Xiao Yan chuckled when he saw her embarrassed look.
The pigeon soup was cooked to perfection. Yue Jian placed it on the table. Tang Ning filled a bowl and handed it to Xiao Yan. Seeing Cang Lang looking at them eagerly, she filled another bowl and placed it across from them. She pushed the snacks forward and said, "Commander Cang has been busy all night. Would you like to share some?"
Canglang looked at Xiao Yan eagerly.
Xiao Yan raised his eyelids slightly and said, "Eat if you want to. Why don't you see what I'm doing?"
"Hey, thank you, Lord Governor, and thank you, young lady."
Canglang immediately trotted over with his tail wagging, and when he sat down, he turned his head and gave Yuejian a proud look.
Yue Jianman rolled his eyes speechlessly, the villain is succeeding!
She didn't bother to pay attention to Canglang, and bowed and said, "Master, some unclean people have entered the mansion tonight. I will help Tianqing deal with them."
Xiao Yan nodded: "Go ahead."
After Yue Jian left, Cang Lang was still whining, so Xiao Yan kicked him lightly on the leg.
"What are you humming about? Hurry up and eat."
Canglang pouted after being kicked, and angrily took a big sip of pigeon soup from the bowl. When he put down the bowl stiffly, he met Xiao Yan's expressionless gaze, and Tang Ning beside him couldn't help laughing.
He forced himself to swallow the pigeon soup, his eyes red as he forced a smile.
"This soup is really delicious."
Woo woo woo, he’s burned to death!
Xiao Yan: “…”
He's so stupid.
Tang Ning suppressed her laughter and poured Cang Lang a cup of cold tea. After seeing him suppress the burning sensation in his throat, she asked, "How's it going out there?"
Canglang only stopped joking when he got down to business. "Don't worry, young lady. The Dragon Court Guards have all withdrawn from the city and are temporarily staying in the western suburbs. Marquis Wenxin and Yu Yanfeng have also led people to pacify the people in the capital and have apprehended all those who took advantage of the chaos to cause trouble."
"General Di from the Fourth Battalion outside the Capital has already captured the two captains, but one of them fought to the death and died, while the other has been tied up and sent to the Criminal Court."
Xiao Yan held the spoon in his hand and asked, "Where's Xi Weifang?"
Canglang frowned. "That old fellow confessed some things, but he only admitted to accepting bribes from the Lu family and promised to send people from the Lu family to Shezhou and other places to quell the rebellion. He refused to say anything about the collusion between officials and bandits in the South, the use of civilians as bandits to falsely claim military merits, and the transfer of officials in the South."
"He only said that he was only an assistant minister back then, and that the Ministry of War was not under his jurisdiction. He put all the blame on the previous minister. Moreover, he also indirectly accused the aristocratic families, saying that the Lu family had acted rebelliously in the past and that it would be difficult for one family to accomplish anything on their own. He said that powerful people must have conspired with the aristocratic families to keep him in the dark."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan stirred the pigeon soup in his bowl with a spoon. "He's trying to drag Emperor An and the noble families into this situation to force us to back down."
After the palace banquet ended, some smart people probably realized that he had no intention of deposing Emperor An, nor did he plan to fight to the death with the aristocratic families. Otherwise, Emperor An and those people in the Purple Palace would never have been able to escape unscathed.
Xi Weifang probably saw through this, and with the Ministry of War's sensitivity to wars and news in various places, they knew that he was worried, so he refused to confess. He thought that as long as he dragged Emperor An and all the noble families into it, there would be no way to investigate further unless he and the prince massacred the court and disregarded the foundation and stability of the Wei Dynasty.
Canglang said, "Xi Weifang refused to speak, and the rest of the Xi family knew nothing about this matter. Those people in the South can certainly confirm the truth of that year, but if we want to clear the name of the He family's Third Master and use this incident to investigate the He family's injustice, we cannot do it without Xi Weifang's testimony."
As he spoke, he looked up at Xiao Yan and said, "Otherwise, let Ke Qing conduct the trial."
Ke Qing is also Xiao Yan's subordinate. He crawled out from the pile of dead bodies among the Xiaowei. He is not good at martial arts, but he is very good at torture. As long as someone is still alive, he can dig out everything in his hands.
Although Tang Ning had never heard of Ke Qing's name, she knew who Cang Lang would be mentioning at this time. She said hesitantly:
"Xi Weifang is the Minister of War. My brother needs him to open up the past and retrieve the blood letter from the Rongjiang County Magistrate. Even if he confesses in the Criminal Department, he still needs to go through the Three Departments Court afterwards. Only then can the He family's affairs be handled openly and without suspicion."
"Torturing him is the worst option. Otherwise, people will definitely question whether my brother was tortured to extract a confession. If Xi Weifang then changes his statement in court, it will be detrimental to both my brother and the He family."
Xiao Yan tilted his head: "What do you think?"
Tang Ning said softly, "Since Xi Weifang wants to drag the aristocratic families into this, why not let them deal with him?"
Xiao Yan seemed to be thinking: "You mean, Liang Guangyi?"
Tang Ning nodded. "I remember someone mentioned at the palace banquet that the Xi family and the Liang family have a close relationship. Back then, Xi Weifang was able to overpower the Shangshu and take control of the Ministry of War as an assistant minister, largely because of the support of the Liang family and Liang Guangyi."
"From the look on Liang Guangyi's face tonight, he probably knows something about what happened twenty years ago, but not all of it. He probably doesn't know that Xi Weifang and the Lu family have long been colluding. He already hates Xi Weifang's betrayal, and now that he knows he's trying to drag the Liang family into this, Liang Guangyi won't tolerate it."
Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this: "Liang Guangyi is a very cunning man, but he is not as decisive as Lu Chongyuan. As long as the family is not in dire straits, he will not rashly fight to the death and risk the family's centuries of heritage to fight to the death."
"It's not impossible to let him deal with Xi Weifang."
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