Chapter 2013 [Shangxie] I dare not
But the Prime Minister's answer seemed foolproof. He said,
"Your Majesty, when the urgent report came, I was looking through some information in the Hanlin Academy and hadn't had time to leave the palace yet. So, I didn't wait to go home and see the messenger before rushing to the Imperial Study."
Chang Sun Chi said calmly,
"He's still so diligent even after court is over. The Left Prime Minister truly deserves to be my most capable right-hand man. I just wonder what the information is that prevents him from returning home even after court is over?"
A layer of sweat instantly broke out in his gray hair. The Left Prime Minister Yan bent over and stared at the ground. Countless reasons flashed through his mind, but they were all very far-fetched. In this extremely brief moment, the person standing on his left seemed to glance at him, and the Left Prime Minister immediately said,
"I was hoping to look up the Yangzhou tax reduction case that Lord Xu solved many years ago. After all, the court has received more than one petition requesting tax reductions. When the Emperor mentioned it today, I thought I'd learn a few tricks from Lord Xu, so I can help relieve His Majesty's worries."
An inaudible cold snort came from the left. It was Lord Xu who was about to set off for Jiangnan.
Chang Sun Chi paused slightly while writing, then he hummed lightly, as if accepting the reason, and quickly changed the subject, but the content was very sudden.
"General Li, if I remember correctly, the current commander of Yan Guicheng is your student, right?"
Li Yusheng, who was suddenly called out for some reason, was a little confused and uttered a sound. Then he saw the emperor sitting on the seat said casually,
"Then I'll trouble General Li to personally go to Yangui and escort your disciple to the capital."
Li Yusheng was stunned.
"Your Majesty, this is for..."
Before the word "why" was uttered, the emperor glanced at everyone with a half-smile.
"You don't think that a murder of a foreign envoy like this wouldn't alarm the city's commander, do you?"
Chang Sun Chi seemed to have finished writing the letter. He placed his pen on the inkstone with a clicking sound, and then he continued,
"None of us have ever been to a border town to fight, so we probably don't know what the rules are for border town guards. Back when I went to fight, there were over 2,300 soldiers guarding the walls of Yan Gui City every day, and there were as many as 5,600 soldiers patrolling the corners of the city every day. Yan Gui City is not very large, so this number of people is enough to wrap the entire city in a surveillance network. Let alone a murder of this magnitude, even if there was a stray dog in the city, the guards would definitely know about it."
His voice was not cold or aggressive, and even had a slight smile in it, but this slight smile made many people present break out in sweat.
Everyone lowered their heads in silence as he continued to speak.
"So, regardless of whether the Yan Guicheng garrison commander knew about this case or not, he cannot escape responsibility."
Changsun Chi picked up the letter paper with half-dried ink and folded it carelessly. He didn't care that the ink rubbed against each other and formed an ugly mess.
After folding the letter, the emperor still hadn't heard Li Yusheng's reply. He glanced at him and raised his eyebrows.
"General Li, are you so heartless?"
"I dare not!"
Li Yusheng immediately half-knelt down and said in a hoarse voice,
"Your humble servant obeys your order."
Changsun Chi did not shout. He looked down at General Li with a look of pity in his eyes.
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