Cheng ** was about to appoint Li Xingye to investigate the case of Zhao Lin colluding with thieves.
"Your Majesty, you cannot do that."
Fu Chengwang quickly stopped him, "Li Xingye and Zhao Lin are close friends. Zhao Lin's success today is entirely due to Li Xingye's support. Asking him to investigate is tantamount to asking Zhao Lin to investigate himself. What objections do you have?"
Xiao Weilun said, "Master Fu is wrong. Who doesn't know that Master Li is upright and incorruptible? If even Master Li is not trustworthy, then apart from Your Majesty himself, no one in the palace is trustworthy."
Fu Chengwang snorted coldly: "I have always been upright, who doesn't know that?"
Xiao Weilun said: "But I am not positive about Zhao Lin."
"you?"
Fu Chengwang was furious.
Cheng ** said angrily, "Alright. How can we argue over such a small matter? Zhu Zhongyan, what do you say we should do?"
Zhu Zhongyan quickly bowed and said, "Since none of you gentlemen trust others, why not let Master Li and Master Fu investigate together?"
It was thanks to Zhu Zhongyan that he was able to let a prefect of Shengjing and a minister investigate the case of collusion with thieves by a small prefect.
Li Xingye didn't care: "Zhao Lin is someone I have supported, and I am willing to give him a clean slate."
Fu Chengwang also said: "I am also willing to clean up the mess."
They all agreed, so Cheng ** naturally didn't bother to talk nonsense and ordered them to go together on the spot.
As for who will be the chief and who will be the deputy, you can discuss it among yourselves.
Always not caring about anything.
"Okay, let's adjourn."
Cheng** was preparing to leave the court.
"His Majesty!"
Sun Xiaohui quickly said, "If it turns out that Zhao Lin is innocent, then Zhao Tongzhi will be charged with deceiving the emperor..."
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