Magistrate Li was heartbroken as he respectfully saw the man off.
It was the former crown prince Chu Yuanchi.
Prefect Li thought to himself: Although you have been demoted to a commoner today, you once held a high position and promoted me from a small county magistrate to the prefect of a city.
How can I forget my gratitude?
Besides, isn’t the Sixth Prince still doing well in the Imperial Capital?
The two are brothers from the same mother. If the Sixth Prince can successfully seize the throne in the future, the Eldest Prince will definitely turn the tables.
He is being nice to the eldest prince now, just to pave the way for his own future.
Even if the Sixth Prince fails to succeed in his bid for the throne, he will still be a prince in the future, which will be of great help to his career.
Li Zhifu was calculating in his mind, and he immediately waved his hand to call someone over:
"Call Tang Xiaohu back."
The servant passed the message, and about a quarter of an hour later, Tang Xiaohu, who had not slept all night, came running to see him.
"Your humble servant greets you, sir."
Li Zhifu put his hands behind his back and ordered:
"Tang Xiaohu, don't investigate last night's residential fire yet. Leave it to Cui Qianjin. Go investigate another case."
Tang Xiaohu raised his head in shock:
"grown ups!"
Why?
"I have been searching all night and will soon find the origin of the iron lock. As long as we find out who bought the lock, we can follow the clues to find the arsonist!"
Li Zhifu said:
"I think highly of you, so I'm assigning you another case."
"My Lord, but..."
"Am I begging you? I'm ordering you! Are you the prefect or am I the prefect? Otherwise, I'll give you this chair to sit on."
snort!
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Hexi Inn.
"Miss, have a bowl of invigorating and calming soup to calm your nerves." Chusan brought a bowl of freshly stewed soup.
Chu Li was sitting on the bed. Chu Yi had just applied ointment to the blisters on the back of her hands.
"I'm fine."
It was just a fire.
She had died once and was not afraid.
"It seems very noisy outside."
Chuyi immediately sent a look over, and Chuliu strode over and closed the window: "Miss, this inn is only separated from your house by a street. The soldiers are investigating a case, and many people are watching the excitement."
You say something, I say something, and when there are too many people, there will be a quarrel.
"Open the window."
Chu Li really wanted to know who wanted to kill her.
The enemy is in the dark and I am in the light. She will not sleep well until she finds out the truth.
As soon as he walked to the window, six maids knelt on the ground in unison. The neat movements made Chu Li look sideways: "What are they doing?"
"Please punish me, Miss!"
Last night, the young lady almost died in a fire.
It was their fault.
If they had been more careful and kept watch at night, the thieves would not have taken advantage of them.
Chu Li said: "Xiao Hei has been poisoned to death. The other party wants to harm me. Even if you are on guard, he has a way to kill you."
She held the cup and took a sip of warm water:
"The most urgent thing is to find the murderer. Don't talk about these useless things."
"yes!"
From now on, they will be more attentive and vigilant and will never let such a thing happen a second time.
The second floor of the inn is high up and has a good view. Standing at the window, she can directly see the crowds of people on the opposite street and her house that had been burned to ashes.
Since her house was so large and luxurious, it was no longer an ordinary residential fire case, and this incident attracted the attention of many people:
"I've met Miss Chu. She's very easy to talk to. She even came to my stall yesterday and had a bowl of pig's trotter noodles."
"Miss Chu is a gentle person, she doesn't look like someone who would offend anyone."
"What do the authorities say..."
"Don't the soldiers patrol at night?"
"Where is the night watchman from last night?"
"This is too dereliction of duty. In such a great country like Chu, can't the safety of our people be guaranteed?"
"Make way--" At this time, a group of soldiers came running over from a distance, "Disperse, all of you disperse!"
"Don't gather here!"
The leader was Cui Qianjin, who was appointed by Prefect Li.
Cui Qianjin, holding the sword at his waist, waved his hand to dismiss the people around him:
"Are you all bored? Stop gathering here! This is just an ordinary fire. It was dry in the summer and the candlestick in the house fell over, causing the fire to start accidentally!"
There are many fire cases every summer.
When the people heard this, they suddenly realized:
"It turned out that the candlestick fell over."
"I was wondering, why did it catch fire out of nowhere?"
The one-eyed man was examining the ashes and wreckage. Hearing this, he strode over and said, "What do you mean? Miss Chu was clearly murdered!"
Cui Qianjin looked at him:
"Who are you?"
How dare you question the government's handling of the case.
"I'm a friend of Miss Chu. She told me that someone wanted to set fire to her. How can you tell such nonsense to the people?"
Cui Qianjin frowned slightly, and softened his tone a little, saying:
"I said this on the surface to quell the rumors and avoid causing unrest among the people. In fact, our government is very concerned about this matter and has sent more than 20 people to investigate it with all their strength."
"Yeah?"
The one-eyed man looked at him with his hands on his hips and a leisurely posture, and he didn't look like he was handling an urgent case at all.
"How long will it take to get the results?"
Cui Qianjin immediately waved his hands: "How can I guarantee this? We will definitely do our best to investigate."
The one-eyed man questioned, "You sent more than 20 people, but you are still shirking your responsibilities. Can't a city government handle such a small case?"
"you!"
Bold untouchable!
How dare you question the prefect's authority!
Cui Qianjin's face darkened and his voice was cold: "Jiangnan City is so big, with countless counties and villages. So many things happen every day, so many cases. We are so busy all day long. Is this the only case we need to investigate?"
"Who does Miss Chu think she is? The emperor? Should our entire government revolve around her? Should we all work for her and ignore other people? Should we not investigate other cases?"
snort!
Cui Qianjin turned away his sleeves and left coldly with his men.
The one-eyed man was very angry: "Being an official is great! What's so great about it!"
Who are you putting on airs for?
A running dog!
-
Let’s talk about the imperial capital.
Chu Aotian finally made it through.
Because the emperor's uncle, who had been drunk for nine days, finally came out of Linhua Palace!
Good news!
Now that the emperor’s uncle has stood up, isn’t he liberated?
Chu Aotian was overjoyed. He immediately changed into a new set of clothes, dressed himself up to look energetic, and ran happily to the main hall.
When I went there, Chu Dichi was taking medicine.
"You'd better not keep this body anymore." Bai Jinyi scolded harshly.
He was drunk for nine days in a row, vomited a lot of blood, and suffered from lifelong illness in his stomach.
Chu Dichi held the medicine bowl in his hand and said nothing.
However, his eye sockets were sunken and his expression was haggard. He had not seen the sun for many days, and his skin was a sickly pale color, so pale that it seemed as if you could see the blood vessels. He looked like he had aged ten years.
Chu Aotian saw it and thought to himself:
Ninth brother appeared?
Now, he looks much more handsome than the emperor's uncle.
He touched his face happily, but didn't dare to show it too obviously. He secretly pinched his thigh, squeezed out two tears, and ran forward crying:
"Uncle!"
"You finally made it, my uncle! During the time when you were drunk and anxious all day long, I really wanted to use all my strength to help you, shoulder the responsibility and burden of the Great Chu; I wanted to share your worries day and night!"
well.
He has suffered a lot over the past month.
Uncle, please take this mess back as soon as possible.
Who wants it?
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