Chapter 81 Fan Xian abuses the courtesan! Si Lili escapes!
"Old Xing, Fang Daren has a secret, and Li Yunrui wants to kill his entire family."

"The Shadow Secret Guard has the authority to search for assassins in Kyoto. You lead your men to treat the person who silenced you as an assassin and help that lieutenant general avoid the disaster of annihilation of his entire family."

Xing Yusen pondered for a moment, then asked, "In the assassination case, the clue of weapons is so obvious, why didn't the Inspection Office protect the witnesses?"

Li Changan smiled and said, "Old Xing, Zhu Ge, who is temporarily in charge of the Inspection Institute, is also Li Yunrui's man."

Hearing this, Wang Qinian was dumbfounded. "Zhu Ge, the guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, is also Li Yunrui's man!"

"How much influence does Princess Li Yunrui have in the court?"

The two people in front of him are Li Changan’s trusted confidants, and Li Changan doesn’t mind talking to them more.

As they advance to the ninth rank, there will be many things in the future that will require them to make decisions on the spot, so it won’t hurt to know more.

"Zhu Ge, the head of the Inspection Bureau in Kyoto, Guo Youzhi, the Minister of Rites, Han Zhiwei, the Minister of Punishment, Yan Xiaoyi, the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards, and Lin Gong, the second son of the Prime Minister's Office."

"In addition, she has a very secret courtyard in the capital, which houses hundreds of 70-80 grade masters and dozens of handsome men."

"Finally, she also maintains a private army of 5,000 people outside the capital..."

That’s all. Li Changan hasn’t mentioned that Li Yunrui is involved in smuggling in the imperial treasury and is rich enough to rival a country.

Hearing Li Changan's words, Wang Qinian and Xing Yusen, two ninth-grade masters, were stunned.

Xing Yusen murmured, "Oh my god! This is a rebellion!"

Wang Qinian couldn't help but sigh, "He is so powerful! He has a high chance of success if he rebels!"

Li Yunrui supports the crown prince on the surface, but secretly engages in smuggling with the second prince. At the deepest level, he has a deep-rooted relationship with the crown prince.

Li Yunrui is Emperor Qing's most powerful power glove, and she has a cooperative relationship with the two princes.

Her goal is to ensure that no matter who the next emperor is, she will be able to hold the greatest power in Qing Kingdom.

If Fan Xian can protect Master Fang, he might be able to find the real culprit behind the scenes.

If Fan Xian knew that Lin Gong was the real culprit behind the assassination on Niulan Street, it could trigger a conflict between Fan Xian and the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Li Changan's goal was to make the two sides become enemies and Lin Ruofu desperately oppose the arranged marriage between Fan Xian and Lin Wan'er.

Inspection Institute.

Fan Xian wanted to use his badge as inspector to intervene in the investigation of the assassination, but was stopped by Zhu Ge.

Because Fan Xian was involved in the assassination case, he was not suitable to participate in the investigation.

The two came out of Zhu Ge's room, and Fan Xian became less and less trusting of Zhu Ge.

"Zong Zhui, why do I feel that Zhuge's words and deeds are trying to point to Northern Qi and Dongyi City as the masterminds behind this?"

"Although Cheng Jushu and the assassin are from Northern Qi, and the two female swordsmen are from Dongyi City, why would these two countries send people to kill me?"

"Since they are here to assassinate me, the mastermind must be in the Qing Dynasty's court!"

Zhuge deliberately led the group in the wrong direction, firstly to cover up for the eldest princess, and secondly to build momentum for a war.

If the mastermind behind the assassination is determined to be an enemy country, this assassination case that shocked the capital could become the fuse for the next Northern Expedition!
This is the result that Emperor Qing wants to see and what Qing Kingdom needs.

Zhu Ge also took advantage of this situation to cover up the truth for Li Yunrui and the prince.

Zong Zhui said with a bitter face, “Zhu Ge is now temporarily in charge of the Inspection Bureau.

I am the only one you have, why don’t we just wait for the results of Mr. Zhu’s investigation?”

Fan Xian said angrily, "No! Zhuge's investigation direction is wrong."

"Or, in other words, he just wanted to cater to the trend of Qing's Northern Expedition and didn't want to find out who was behind it."

"Although Lao Zhang and Lao Zhao have only been with me for a short time, we are very close. They can't die in such an unclear way!"

"I want revenge for them and justice for myself!"

Zong Zhui blinked and recalled Chen Pingping's instructions.

Chen Pingping said that if Fan Xian dared to investigate, he should cooperate and investigate however he wanted!
Zong Zhui basically confirmed that Chen Pingping attached great importance to Fan Xian and had very high expectations of him.

He once suspected that Fan Xian was Chen Pingping's illegitimate son!

Few people in the world knew that Chen Pingping was a eunuch, and those who knew helped to cover up for him.

Just when Zong Zhui was about to give Fan Xian the clue about the lieutenant general of the City Patrol Division, Fan Xian already had a direction.

"Zong Zhui, the Second Prince's suspicion can be ruled out first. He has absolutely no need to assassinate me."

"He specially invited me to dinner, but then arranged the assassination. It was really stupid."

"I just arrived in the capital, so I acted cautiously. I didn't tell anyone about the appointment location except my father."

"There is another person who knows that I will pass by Niulan Street, and that is the courtesan Ruowei!"

Zong Zhui was a little confused, "Why does your Excellency think that the courtesan is suspicious?

She is just a prostitute, why would she kill you?"

Fan Xian recalled, "When she was drinking with me before, I smelled the scent of poison and drugs on her."

"Although it's very mild, I've studied poison with my teacher for many years, so I can smell it if I get closer."

"So, the identity of this courtesan is definitely not simple, at least she is from a martial arts sect like Langya Pavilion!"

Zong Zhui said, "There is no time to lose. Zuixianju is not far away. Let's go take a look first!"

Zong Zhui said this because he was worried that Zhu Ge would get there first. After all, Zhu Ge had more clues than Fan Xian.

It was just in the evening and the most popular girl had not yet come on duty.

Relying on his identity as a member of the Inspection Institute, Fan Xian rushed directly into Nuowei's room. When Nuowei saw Fan Xian coming, she immediately smiled happily.

"Young martial arts master Fan, you haven't come for a long time. I miss you so much."

"That night, you tried hard to get into someone's arms, but in the end you didn't dare to stay overnight. Now you regret it..."

Fan Xian did indeed delve into the girl's arms, and not only that, he delved very deep into the girl's arms, because he wanted to smell the medicine!
Hearing the words of the courtesan, Fan Xian immediately interrupted, "That night... nothing happened. I have something urgent to discuss with you now!"

"What's the matter with the poison and drugs in your body? What is your true identity?"

After all, Ruowei is Si Lili's subordinate, and her abilities in all aspects are not very strong. She became a little nervous when she heard Fan Xian's words.

But Fan Xian was anxious. If Nuowei was a spy from Northern Qi, Zhuge's men would be here soon.

She smiled charmingly and pressed herself against Fan Xian.

"Mr. Fan, you are so fierce..."

Fan Xian pushed her away, "Zong Zhui, watch the door and stand guard outside!"

Zong Zhui came to the door and closed it, and suddenly a woman's scream was heard from the room!
Each sound is louder than the last, and more miserable than the last!
Zong Zhui couldn't help but want to go in and see how Fantis tortured the little beauty. It sounded exciting!

Seeing more and more people gathered around to watch and talk, Zong Zhui became furious, "What are you looking at? Haven't you seen fancy tricks before? Disperse, disperse..."

A quarter of an hour later, an angry shout suddenly came from the stairs!

"The Inspection Bureau is investigating the case. Please make way!"

Zong Zhui looked down and saw that a dozen officials from a certain place had already walked up the stairs.

"boom!"

Zong Zhui opened the door and saw Fan Xian saying something to Nuo Wei with a grim smile.

Ruowei's face was pale, sweat was dripping, and his whole body was trembling, as if he had just experienced a battle.

"Sir, the people from Section 1 are here!" Fan Xian sneered, "The timing is perfect, let's go from the other side!"

At this time, Ruowei cried and said, "Master Fan, you promised to protect my life and reputation."

Fan Xian shouted from a distance, "If you are telling the truth, I will never break my promise!"

The two escaped through the back door and heard that the Inspection Institute had captured Nuowei and two other popular girls.

Zong Zhui asked curiously, "Sir, did you get any results?"

Fan Xian smiled proudly, "I found out that she and the two girls who were arrested just now are all spies from Northern Qi!"

"Nuowei did tell her superior, her master Si Lili, about my whereabouts in Niulan Street!"

"Si Lili had come into contact with two masked female assassins in white. The master of the female swordsmen was a young master, but they didn't see his face."

Zong Zhui exclaimed, "Your Excellency is really good at this. You dug out the clue of Si Lili right away!"

Fan Xian continued, "Si Lili is the key to this case. She definitely knows the mastermind behind the assassination!"

"The good news now is that we knew about Si Lili's situation earlier than Zhuge did."

"The bad news is that Si Lili fled long ago after learning that the assassination attempt had failed!"

In fact, Zhu Ge knew Si Lili earlier than Fan Xian, because the eldest princess had sent someone to talk to Zhu Ge.

Si Lili's secret agent was an open secret to Li Yunrui. The assassination mission failed, and Si Lili, who had met Lin Gong, must be killed.

Now that Si Lili has escaped, Zhuge has set up a dragnet and started hunting down Si Lili.

Several of Si Lili's subordinates, namely the three popular girls including Ruowei, had never seen Lin Gong.

But they were genuine Northern Qi spies, and naturally became Zhu Ge's military medals.

"Zong Zhui, you are known as the Wing of the Inspection Institute, and you are the best at Qinggong and tracking. I wonder if there is any way to catch up with Si Lili?"

Zong Zhui replied, "The city gates are closed tonight, we will set out again tomorrow morning. With our Qinggong skills, we should have a good chance of catching up with Si Lili!"

Royal study room.

Li Changan was called in temporarily and stood there bored, listening to Emperor Qing getting angry at his two sons.

He had just recounted to Emperor Qing the story of how Xing Yusen and Wang Qinian killed the assassin.

After all, the Inspection Institute and the Garrison Division did not arrive at the scene immediately, so the information from the Shadow Secret Guard was the most reliable.

Emperor Qing shouted at his two sons, "Who was responsible for today's assassination?"

Li Changan now feels that Emperor Qing knows exactly who the real murderer, Li Yunrui, is.

There are not many people in Daqing who can mobilize the forces of Northern Qi. In addition, Li Yunrui has a grudge against Fan Xian, so he must be the one.

Another family that had a grudge against Fan Xian was the Qin family, who had killed Ye Qingmei.

But now, few people know that Fan Xian is Ye Qingmei's son.

Emperor Qing used this incident to hone Fan Xian, train the Crown Prince, and trick the Second Prince, while also keeping Li Changan busy.

So, Li Changan really felt bored.

The Crown Prince and the Second Prince knelt side by side, their faces looking very solemn.

The prince bowed to the ground, "Although I am a little ignorant, I will never be so rebellious!"

The Second Prince straightened his back and spoke in a firm tone, "This son and Fan Xian have a very good relationship. There is no reason to kill him!"

Emperor Qing said angrily, "Then tell me, who did it?"

The prince said, "The murderers are all assassins from Northern Qi. This must be a conspiracy of Northern Qi!"

The second prince stiffened his neck and said, "Fan Xian has just won the title of Young Martial Champion. He shouldn't arouse the hatred of Northern Qi!"

"If Northern Qi really wants to kill people to destroy Daqing's prestige, Prince Yong is the first choice!"

"Therefore, I believe that this matter was not planned by Northern Qi!"

Li Changan couldn't help but said, "Chengze, don't bring me along at this time."

"I already have two ninth-rank shadow guards. If Bei Qi wants to kill me, I'm afraid Lang Tao will have to do it himself."

Emperor Qing said, "What Chengze said makes sense. There is no way Northern Qi could have assassinated Fan Xian!"

Li Chengze continued, "If that's the case, then whoever has a grudge against Fan Xian is the one who did it!"

"More than a month ago, when Fan Xian entered the capital, someone wanted to destroy his reputation. As a result, someone wanted to kill him after I helped Fan Xian's reputation improve."

"The person who wants to kill Fan Xian is the one who wanted to destroy Fan Xian's reputation in the first place!"

The prince quickly defended himself, "How could Second Brother say such a hurtful thing? You don't know that people's words can be scary!"

"I sent Guo Baokun to help Fan Xian clear his name, but he failed at the last moment."

"Daqing's reputation as a chess master was only one step away, but I didn't expect it to be destroyed by Wan'er."

Li Chengze snorted coldly, "I suspect that the prince deliberately sent a loser like Guo Baokun to help Fan Xian!"

"Guo Baokun has made Fan Xian's reputation even worse in both the poetry gathering and the chess saint incident!"

The prince suddenly had an idea. No wonder he was not angry when Guo Baokun messed up. It turned out that he subconsciously hoped that Guo Baokun would mess up!

Li Changan touched his chin, as if something had suddenly occurred to him. What the alpaca said made sense. The prince definitely did it on purpose.

Emperor Qing said angrily, "Enough! Let me ask you, can killing people solve the problem?"

The prince said, "The world is full of troubles and myriad issues. How can killing people solve them?"

The second prince also kowtowed and said, "I also think it is impossible."

Emperor Qing said sarcastically, "I think it's okay!"

"If Fan Xian is an eyesore, then kill him. If the government office is investigating, then massacre him!"

"Li Changan is stopping you from killing people, but you can also slaughter the Shadow Secret Guards!"

The second prince immediately said, "Massacre the Shadow Guards? I can't do that!"

The prince echoed, "Even your son can't do it!"

Emperor Qing was just making an analogy, but he didn't expect that his two sons would actually imitate it.

"You bastards, do you really want to kill your uncle Prince Yong?"

"If I stand in your way, will you massacre the imperial guards and kill me too?"

Having learned his lesson from his last misspoken words, the prince immediately changed his words, "If I, your son, have such intentions, I will be punished by heaven and earth!"

The second prince immediately seconded the proposal, "So do I!"

Emperor Qing had almost finished beating him, and he sighed, "Resolving the problem by killing people is the wishful thinking of the unforgivable!"

"Without mercy and kindness, how can you rule the world?"

"You two, go down, Prince Yong, you stay!"

The two nephews left the scene obediently, and Li Changan was a little surprised. What was the point of keeping him here now?

The Shadow Secret Guard is not responsible for investigating the case, and he has always been very low-key.

(End of this chapter)