Chapter 126 Stealing Credit
During the morning court session, the emperor's face was beaming with joy.
"Commander Qin is truly a genius! He just established the Thousand Birds Division and wiped out all of Chu's spies in one fell swoop. It's truly a blessing from heaven for our Great Jin!"
The court officials were also puzzled. How could Qin Jinzhi, a spoiled brat, have stumbled upon such a lucky coincidence and managed to eliminate the enemy's spy?
Catching this hidden spy is a great achievement.
Many people in the court had already begun to plot against him.
Du Zhong stepped forward and said, “Your Majesty, Commander Qin’s capture of the Chu spy by leading the Thousand Bird Guard is indeed a great achievement. However, the interrogation of the spy is of great importance. The Thousand Bird Guard has just been established, and its main responsibility is to ensure Your Majesty’s safety. The interrogation and investigation should be handled by specialists.”
"Your Majesty, I agree!"
Catching someone is one thing, interrogating them is another.
If you can pry something out of these spies, the credit will naturally go to the person who got the information.
"Your Majesty, I think this is inappropriate."
Du Zhong turned around and saw that it was Prime Minister Cui.
Prime Minister Cui stepped forward and said, “Your Majesty, since this spy was captured by Commander Qin and his Thousand Bird Guards, the remaining interrogation should naturally be conducted by the Thousand Bird Guards. If the person is handed over, the people may think that the officials in the court are too petty.”
This Chidori Division seems to be compensation for the Qin family, but who knows if His Majesty is using this as a pretext to do something else?
He had served the emperor for many years and knew that His Majesty's thoughts were not simple.
Besides, you're trying to steal the credit for the people they arrested.
Besides, his daughter is also in Chidori-tsukasa.
Regardless of the circumstances, it's a great achievement.
We absolutely cannot let that guy surnamed Du steal the credit.
Du Zhong sneered, "Prime Minister Cui, do you think this will bury your daughter's merits? Interrogating enemy spies is such an important matter. How can the officials feel at ease entrusting it to a group of women? Prime Minister Cui, don't let your selfishness ruin the country."
Just as Prime Minister Cui was about to retort, he saw Wei Cha begin to roll up his sleeves.
His eyes immediately turned mocking, and he took a step back.
Seeing that Prime Minister Cui remained silent, Du Zhong was about to launch into a long speech.
Suddenly a figure appeared in front of me.
Wei Cha glanced at him sideways, "A rat has skin, but a man has no manners! A man without manners, what is the point of living? A rat has teeth, but a man has no restraint! A man without restraint, what is the point of living? A rat has a body, but a man has no manners! A man without manners, why not die quickly?"
Du Zhong was furious. "Wei Cha! How dare you be so insolent!"
With one open mouth, he could conjure up a cacophony of birdsong and fragrant flowers.
Wei Cha glanced at His Majesty and said, “Your Majesty, you forbid me from using foul language to curse people. When I used these elegant words, this old scoundrel said I was presumptuous. In that case, please forgive this old minister for being rude.”
"You shameless old man, you always try to steal credit when you see it!"
If you love robbing so much, what kind of official are you? Go be a robber and rob whoever you want!
You old scumbag who can't stand seeing others do well! This is a serious matter, why don't you go and catch him yourself!
Don't you want to catch her? What's wrong with the woman? Were you born of your father?
"A woman has ruined the country, yet you take so many concubines! A woman has ruined the country, yet you let your daughter become a concubine? What, do you want to ruin my Great Jin Dynasty?"
Du Zhong clutched his pounding chest, "You! You! You are utterly vulgar! If you don't shut up, I will ask His Majesty to punish you!"
Wei Cha stepped forward again, "You want His Majesty to punish me? How dare you! Still dreaming of being the Emperor's father-in-law! If you dare to abuse your power again, I'll impeach you to death!"
Du Zhong was so angry that he began to pant heavily.
Seeing this, Wei Cha not only didn't back down but went even further, "What, you're pretending to be sick because you can't win an argument? Die! Die right now! If you die now, I'll burn paper money for you right away!"
Then, with a flick of his sleeve, he said, "What kind of thing is this, trying to steal credit from both kids?"
Prime Minister Cui closed his eyes, and thought to himself, "Yes, I'm in a good mood."
Seeing that Wei Cha was about to back down, the emperor spoke up, saying, "My two ministers, let's not ruin our harmony and talk things out."
Wei Cha's words left many people embarrassed.
However, the temptation of the merit of interrogating enemy spies was too great.
Many officials still made the request.
One of them was Li Chao.
"Your Majesty, this matter is of utmost importance and should not be taken lightly. It should be handed over to the Ministry of Justice, since interrogation is the very duty of the Ministry of Justice."
"Lord Li, that's not right. That's a spy from an enemy country. How can he be compared to an ordinary prisoner? He should be handed over to the Court of Judicial Review!"
This person is Yuan Zhengfeng, the newly reinstated Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.
"My lords, since the spy was caught within the capital, he should be handed over to our city patrol division!"
Du Zhong glanced at Wei Cha and said, "They also took it. Why don't you scold them?"
Wei Cha closed his eyes, practically writing "I want to curse you" on the back of his head!
The emperor, feigning great difficulty, said:
"Your words are all reasonable, but since the informants were captured by the Chidori Division, it would not be appropriate for me to directly deprive them of their right to interrogate."
"Therefore, whoever wishes to interrogate, go and discuss it with Commander Qin. If she is willing to hand the person over to you, I will have no objections!"
The group exchanged glances, thinking that this was actually a good thing; a bunch of young girls, they could just give them a few perfunctory answers and hand them over to them.
"I obey the decree!"
The emperor's eyes crinkled with a smile. He had agreed to go and demand the person back. If you couldn't get the person, then it wouldn't matter to him, the easy-going emperor.
Sigh, after all these years, let you all experience the power of that little devil.
My beloved subjects, I wish you all good luck.
Looking at His Majesty's expression, Wei Cha was secretly delighted.
Finally, he's not the only one suffering from that little bastard's temper anymore!
The area around the Thousand Birds Guard was bustling with noise.
Everyone was cheering!
Their first major task upon becoming Chidori Guards was to capture enemy spies!
Many people initially used this place as a refuge.
It can be considered that they actually accomplished something.
The feeling of triumph was indescribable.
Cui Ying looked at the list of informants and shook her head repeatedly.
"I was wondering why you would use black iron to build the entire prison cell. Are the first batch of prisoners who came in that important!"
Qin Jinzhi tapped the table lightly with her finger. "There can't possibly be only these people as spies in the Chu Kingdom. You only need to focus on interrogating one person. If the others don't talk, kill them."
Cui Ying pointed to herself, "Me, the interrogator?"
Qin Jinzhi raised an eyebrow. "You think the deputy envoy just drinks tea and looks at documents all day?"
Cui Ying pouted, "I'm just inexperienced and afraid of making things worse."
Qin Jinzhi stood up. "If we can't get him to talk, we can at least get him to talk. If he won't talk, we can stab him a few times, stab him in his limbs. It will hurt, but he won't die. If that doesn't work, we can cut off something. We'll be afraid he won't talk then."
Cui Ying nodded and gave a thumbs up, "I've learned something, I'll go right now."
After she finished speaking, she got up and was about to leave when her subordinate suddenly came to report at the door.
"Commander, something terrible has happened! Someone is causing trouble at the entrance of Chidori-shi!"
Cui Ying looked at him as if she had seen a ghost. "Are there really people in the capital who dare to cause trouble on Princess Qin's territory?"
Qin Jinzhi's expression was cold: "If you can't even handle such a small matter, what use are you to me?"
The subordinate's face turned somewhat grim. "Your subordinate is incompetent, but that person's identity is special, and your subordinates dare not act rashly."
Cui Ying quickly asked, "Who is it?"
"The Seventh Princess of Chu, Huangfu Dai!"
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