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Chapter 38 The Case of Han Boke
Looking at the lovely girl in his arms, Lu Chengqi felt a burst of tenderness in his heart. After helping Zhou Zhiruo, Lu Chengqi smiled and said, "It was the guards who fought hard to protect me, so I saved my life. Lao Zitong is worried, and I have something in my heart." ashamed."

Zhou Zhiruo said angrily: "How does the assassin know the emperor's whereabouts? If there is no ghost, it must be because the guards can't do a good job in protection, so the assassin can take advantage of it!"

Lu Chengqi knew that Zhou Zhiruo was annoyed at being stabbed, so he wanted to find someone to vent to.He knew that the leakage of his whereabouts might be due to his carelessness.In addition, since he showed his face in the Cuju field, interested people have already known his appearance, and it is not difficult to know his whereabouts.

Lu Chengqi said softly: "Okay, Zi Tong, I really can't blame others this time. It's my own fault that leaked my whereabouts, so that the thieves can take advantage of it."

Zhou Zhiruo also knew that Lu Chengqi liked to watch Cuju, and almost everyone in Chang'an City knew Lu Chengqi.Even if no one leaked the whereabouts, the assassin would still know.She said with great fear: "Your Majesty, I know that you love Cuju, but can you protect the dragon body first? I am always in fear. If something happens to you, what will I do!"

Lu Chengqi comforted Zhou Zhiruo with kind words, and after sending Zhou Zhiruo back to the Hall of Renming, Lu Chengqi's eyes burst into light: "Decree and Supervision Department, if you don't know the identity of the assassin before noon tomorrow, don't blame me for being disrespectful to Xu Jingchun." polite!"

It's no wonder that Lu Chengqi was angry, he set up an intelligence organization regardless of money and manpower, and he didn't even know that someone was doing him harm. This can only be said to be a kind of sadness.

After the Supervision Department received the imperial edict, Xu Jingchun was also drenched in cold sweat, dispatching his staff overnight to investigate deeply, and finally found some clues.

When Lu Chengqi received the report, his anger turned into aggrieved.It turned out that the culprit was someone else, and that person had already been brought to justice, and he was just a scapegoat.

This starts with his cheap dad.During the first emperor's reign, Han Boke, a general of the frontier army, was accused of drinking the blood of soldiers because he was involved in the power struggle between the grand master and then prime minister Qu Shiji.This political struggle ended with Yang Taishi's complete victory, and finally won the position of prime minister.

As for Qu Shiji's end, he was also exiled to Qiongzhou, where he became a small county magistrate, and died of depression in his second year in office.

The worst was Han Boke, who was originally a rare general in the frontier army with both wisdom and courage. He was upright and deeply loved by the frontier army.The [-] frontier army led by him once defeated [-] soldiers and horses of the Liao Kingdom at the foot of Youzhou City, which made the Liao Kingdom's cavalry dare not cross the border to fight grass valleys for a long time.

There was a folk song in the Liao Kingdom: "It is better to mess with the King of Hades than Han Bo." It can be seen how powerful Han Boke is.

Qu Shiji, the prime minister at the time, was the one who single-handedly promoted Han Boke as a guerrilla in Youzhou.These two people have one article and one military, and they control the internal and external government affairs, and their politics can be regarded as clear and bright.But Taishi Yang wanted to seize power, so he naturally wanted to find ways to destroy this self-evident alliance.

As a king, what are you most afraid of?Naturally, power is evaded, especially military power.Realizing that Han Boke was an increasing threat to him, even if the former emperor trusted Han Boke again, he would inevitably have a pimple in his heart.Coupled with the fact that people in the court continued to fan the flames, the first emperor's health was getting worse day by day. In order to pave the way for Lu Chengqi, the first emperor finally took action to eradicate this unstable factor.Poor Han Boke was deprived of his military power by a trumped-up charge, and his family was confiscated and exiled to Jiaozhou, Shandong. On the way to take office, his inner anger and arrow sores burst, and he died.

It's a pity that Han Boke died before he was old, and Han Boke's ability could not be worth an imperial decree.Years of hard work turned into ashes, under anger, the arrow sores from many years ago burst open, and he was only 43 years old when he died.

As for his family members, apart from a young son, Han Chengyi, there is only one fifteen-year-old daughter named Han Feng'er.After Han Boke's death, Han Feng'er and Han Chengyi disappeared, and the Supervision Department could not find their trace.The last time someone saw them was said to be on the mountain path of Mount Qingcheng.

The Supervision Department ruled out multiple suspects, and finally locked the scope on Han Fenger. They were sure that Han Fenger had the motive and time of committing the crime.Lu Chengqi also understood in his heart that Han Feng'er did have a reason to assassinate him, but he was really wronged!
The report also said that Han Feng'er was different from other women since she was a child. She didn't like female celebrities, but she had a special liking for guns and sticks.An image of a heroine appeared in Lu Chengqi's mind, and he sighed in his heart: "After Zhongliang, he has become so handsome! Cliques harm the country, which is very harmful! Well, in the final analysis, it is a disaster rather than a blessing to guard against generals so deeply. If civil servants don’t love money, and generals don’t hesitate to die, why should the world worry about peace?”

Lu Chengqi was filled with emotion for a while, powerlessly put aside the report of the supervisory department, and passed down an oral order to order Zhou Yanhua, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, to investigate the case. It is worth mentioning here that this Zhou Yanhua is Zhou Zhiruo's biological father , that is, Lu Chengqi's father-in-law, the head of state.Originally, after becoming the head of the state, Zhou Yanhua can be regarded as a woman, and he is in the officialdom, even the emperor wants to give him three points of face.But he himself is upright, and he has a strong demeanor, which has not changed due to the change of status.It can be regarded as one of the best officials that Lu Chengqi's cheap father left him, and only this kind of officials can teach Zhou Zhiruo who is so knowledgeable and reasonable.

Lu Chengqi trusted Zhou Yanhua extremely. The Zhou family had a strict family style. If Zhou Zhiruo's younger brother, Zhou Ming, hadn't been too young and hadn't yet achieved fame, Lu Chengqi would have started training him long ago.A capable and upright courtier, which king doesn't like it?
Zhou Yanhua's ability to handle affairs is not covered, because he handled Han Boke's case single-handedly.He repeatedly advised the late emperor, begging the late emperor to deal with Han Boke and Qu Shiji lightly. Although the late emperor was unmoved, he also relieved a lot of guilt.If not, Qu Shiji should have had his family ransacked and beheaded, and Han Boke would not be much better.

With Lu Chengqi's intention to rehabilitate the two families, Zhou Yanhua reorganized the case the next day and submitted it to Lu Chengqi for review.Lu Chengqi granted Han Boke the title of Marquis of Wu Lie, posthumously titled Wu Xiang.Qu Shiji was granted the title of Chang Shanhou, and his posthumous title was Wenduan.Immediately after the emperor's jade seal was affixed with the emperor's seal saying "Ordered by heaven, longevity will last forever", the imperial decree was issued by the post station to inform the world.

Outside the city of Chang'an, a woman in black clothes was stunned when she heard the news, and murmured, "The emperor has rehabilitated daddy, daddy, have you seen it?" flowed down.

In fact, that night, Han Feng'er didn't really want to stab Lu Chengqi to death, the tip of her sword was off by an inch or two, and she didn't use enough strength.Otherwise, Lu Chengqi wouldn't be able to hide so easily. After all, Han Feng'er's martial arts, after three years of hard training, even in the Jianghu, there are not many people who are her opponents.

Han Feng'er's younger brother Han Chengyi heard the news and burst into tears: "Heaven has eyes, father, you can rest in peace..."

Han Feng'er suddenly remembered that night, Lu Chengqi looked at her with a hint of puzzlement and pity, "Could it be that he already knew that I wanted to assassinate him, or would he rehabilitate his father? He is only sixteen or seven years old Age, how can he have such deduction ability? No, if he knew, wouldn’t my brother be dangerous?” But Han Fenger didn’t know how to tell Han Chengyi, because Han Chengyi came to Beijing this year to participate in the scientific examination.

She didn't know that Lu Chengqi only noticed her identity through some clues.What's more, the Department of Supervision is the one that contributes the most. This intelligence organization that has spread to every corner of Dashun Dynasty is producing power that even Lu Chengqi is afraid of.

(End of this chapter)