Book with Emperor

Chapter 230
Ten years ago, in the seventh year of Changyi, Ning Zhao was still the prince, and Daxi's heir was still Prince Cen.A heavy rain that has not happened in ten years has washed away the Hengshan Dam, and hundreds of thousands of people in Cangzhou have been displaced, causing countless deaths and injuries.

Emperor Xi was furious, and successively sent governors to thoroughly investigate the collapse of Hengshan Dam, and then sent Prince Cen to Cangzhou for disaster relief, and was accompanied by Yue Qingli, who had just been appointed as the great general of Shenwei, to protect him.However, after this trip, Prince Cen never came back.

"The governor of Cangzhou took bribes and filled his own pockets, causing Hengshan Dam to fall into disrepair every year. He even assassinated Prince Cen when Prince Cen was investigating the matter. Although Yue Qingli cut off the governor's job, he was also reprimanded and fined by the late emperor for one year. Eight years later in the same year In the month of May, there was a severe drought in Cangzhou, and a disease broke out in Xinyue City, the prefect Xiao Deng concealed the epidemic situation in the city, and in order to cover up his crimes, he burned [-] people, and he himself died in the fire."

"Then Ning Zhao succeeded to the throne. Three years later, the late Taishou Xiao Deng, the censor, colluded with King Qing and embezzled the relief money for himself. King Qing covered up the epidemic situation in New Moon City for him. Be punished by the nine clans."

Qin Guanyue's voice became more and more gloomy, "But Xinyue City was already a dead city at that time, so why did the prefect Xiao Deng burn the city to cover up the epidemic?"

"Back then, the case was tried by the former Minister of the Ministry of Officials and Huo Qiu, and supervised by King Cheng and the former Minister of Dali Temple Wu Youkang. You only need to check the files of the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to find out, but you came to ask me."

Lou Binghe turned around and sat back on the stone bed, squinting at her, "Qin Guanyue, what you want to ask is whether this has something to do with His Majesty, right?"

"In the seventh year of Changyi, Ning Zhao and Gong Yue appeared in New Moon City. I know that you were already with Ning Zhao at that time."

Qin Guanyue said coldly, "Lou Binghe, this is the last chance I will give you. I know you are not afraid of death, but you are afraid of dying after me, afraid that I will kill Ning Zhao and turn Daxi upside down."

The sneer on Lou Binghe's face gradually disappeared, "I don't know much, but I do know that at that time Gong Yue had already started secretly paving the way for His Majesty's accession to the throne, you should know his methods."

He looked at her mockingly, "Just like you, he likes to plan ahead and count every step."

"And the first step is Prince Cen." Qin Guanyue said.

"King Cheng is dead, and Zhong Feng, the former Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was also executed for colluding with the Prince of Beiliang. Now there is only one Huo Qiu left, but he was the one who participated in the performance of Yue Qingli back then, so even if he knew anything, he would not know anything. explain."

Lou Binghe stretched out his index finger, "There is one more person, Taichangqing Yang Chuo."

"Yang Chuo?"

"That's right. He served under Wu Youkang as the Young Minister of Dali Temple for a year, and it was the year when Xiao Deng's case was tried."

Lou Binghe bent his knees and put his hands on it, "Back then I was only responsible for hunting down and killing the Xiao Deng clan, and the rest were obeying orders."

Qin Guanyue didn't want to talk nonsense, and turned to leave, but was stopped by the people in the prison.

"Qin Guanyue, I thought you cared about the New Moon City case because you were investigating Yue Qingli's misappropriation of disaster relief money. Now it seems that you care more about the truth about New Moon City back then. Is it for yourself or for that A boy named Xiao Sheng?"

"Xiao Deng, Xiao Sheng, both happened to be named Xiao, and you were also brought back by Gong Yue in New Moon City. After you defected from Qin Tianjian, you only brought him as your junior. It's a coincidence."

Qin Guanyue turned to look at the people inside, Lou Binghe's deep eyes looked directly into hers, "The boy who stabbed me with two knives five years ago must be him."

"It seems that you know a lot." Qin Guanyue's expression remained unchanged.

Lou Binghe shook his head, and asked another question, "The Hundred Works Order is just a link you arranged for the imperial assassination. Now that your goal has been achieved, why do you continue to carry out the Hundred Works Order?"

"Why, are you afraid that I will really ruin Daxi?"

"..."

He suddenly stepped forward, grabbed her by the sleeve, and said fiercely, "The four kingdoms are staring at each other, and the flames of war are imminent. If Daxi makes a mistake, it will be the meat on the board. It doesn't matter if you kill me, and it doesn't matter if you take revenge, but You can't make fun of the lives of countless Limin people! They don't owe you anything! You will become a sinner who is condemned by thousands of people and reviled by all people!"

Qin Guanyue took a step back and gently waved his hand away, "Whether it's a sinner or a hero, it's all about the aftermath. I don't care about the reputation after death as much as you do. You should worry about yourself, after three days , is your time of death."

"Qin Guanyue!"

"..."

The shouts behind him were deafening, and the guards outside the door rushed to Qin Guanyue, "Are you alright, sir?"

"It's okay." Qin Guanyue walked forward step by step, and ordered, "A thorough investigation of all the people Lou Binghe has come into contact with since he was imprisoned, regardless of gender."

The guard was slightly surprised, "What happened?"

"Your Majesty was assassinated, and the Hundred Works Order has been pending. I just issued the Hundred Works Order yesterday to continue to implement it. Before the edict was issued, Lou Binghe had already learned the news while he was in prison. It is too perceptive."

The guard's face changed, and he immediately understood the joint, "Your subordinate, let's go!"

As soon as he left, Lou Binghe suddenly shouted from behind him, "You are not afraid of being criticized by thousands of people, are you also afraid of him? Whether you are willing or not, you will always be a sinner in his eyes!"

Qin Guanyue paused slightly, and walked out calmly.

The left and right assistants of the Ministry of Punishment waiting outside the door stood in the cold wind for a long time, and when they saw her come out, they immediately greeted her with a smile.

"My lord, according to your order, the previous group of troubled scholars have been released."

"That's right, not one less!"

The two were terrified. Those scholars were arrested for pleading for the emperor's teacher. If the emperor blamed them, the two of them couldn't afford to walk around.

However, Qin Guanyue just responded and let them go back.

"My lord, it's windy again, let's go home." Miaomiao handed over the medicine cloth, and stuffed the hand-warming stove into her cold hands.

Qin Guanyue didn't answer, and walked out of the palace, Miaomiao hurriedly followed.

The guards at Zhengyangmen are all veterans who have retired from the battlefield. Some of them have seen Qin Guanyue many years ago, and now they will only be more respectful when they see her. Seeing that she only has a maid, they ask if they want a soft sedan:-D Send her back home.

Qin Guanyue shook her head, and handed over the stove in her hand.

The old face guarding the ravine was stunned for a moment, and then he smiled, "Thank you, Master, it's just that this item is not for our use, and it is really useless..."

Qin Guanyue didn't say anything, put the stove in his hand, turned around and left the palace gate.

Miaomiao looked at it blankly, feeling that something was wrong, but she didn't know why, so she followed anxiously all the way until she walked in the cold wind for more than half an hour, and unknowingly walked around to the front of Dongying Tower.

Before she had time to ask, she suddenly saw a familiar face walking towards her from a distance.

"Young Master Xiao!" Miao Miao shouted in surprise, waving her hand.

Xiao Sheng saw her from the crowd at a glance, and then met Qin Guanyue who was next to her, with a dignified expression.

Qin Guanyue clenched her fingers slightly, watching him walk up to her.

Xiao Sheng was covered in travel and dust, obviously he came back all the way, when he saw Qin Guanyue, he asked at the first sentence, "How is your injury?"

"……fine."

After Qin Guanyue finished speaking, her throat moved slightly, she opened her mouth to say something, and then looked behind him.

"stop looking."

Xiao Sheng knew what she was looking at, and slowly took out something from his bosom and put it in front of her.

Qin Guanyue lowered her head and glanced, her heart that had been beating violently since the moment she saw Xiao Sheng came back suddenly stopped.

It was a very simple sandalwood hairpin, only on the head of the hairpin, with a piece of feather carved, the workmanship was rather rough, like the work of a ten-year-old child.

This is the hairpin he carved with his own hands when she and Yue Wentian met at the foot of the egret cliff.When she returned to Qin Tianjian with Gong Yue, she only took this wooden hairpin with her. Five years later, she gave this hairpin to him. Finally, when the Yue family was executed by all the families, he took this wooden hairpin with her. Go to Fuyun Mountain and find her.

Now, this wooden hairpin was returned to her by Yue Wentian.

Qin Guanyue took the wooden hairpin, looked down for a long time, and then said, "Did he say anything?"

Xiao Sheng opened his mouth and swallowed it back.

"Forget it, change the question."

Seeing this, Qin Guanyue knew that there was nothing good to say, so she even smiled, "Is Princess Qing okay?"

"I was a little frightened and a little weak, but nothing serious."

"What about Cen Wu, Lei Yu and the others?"

"It's all right."

"That's good." Qin Guanyue looked up at the bustling crowd, and said, "That's good."

"My lord, are you... all right?"

Seeing her expression, Miaomiao panicked, only feeling that her face was paler.

"Go back." Qin Guanyue shook her head and replied.

(End of this chapter)