This is a heavy topic for both Chen Ping and Qi Hongming.
"Sir Qi, in the past ten years, apart from my mentor, the only person I have thought about day and night is you."
"If Master Chen and I really have that kind of grudge, you can take my life now. I know there is a peerless master beside you, right?"
Qi Hongming's attitude was calm. After hearing this, Chen Ping forced out a fake smile.
"Master Qi is right, now it's easy for me to kill you!"
Seeing that the smell of gunpowder between the two of them was getting more and more suffocating, Su Chengli stretched out his hand to mediate and said: "Are we all country women? They are always talking and killing, so please calm down!"
"Since you came to me like this, you want to ask me something, right?" Qi Hongming naturally understood today's situation.
Chen Ping slowly loosened his clenched fists and nodded with complicated eyes.
Under the current situation, the two of them didn't show much pretense and sat down calmly.
Chen Ping wanted to know a lot, and so did Qi Hongming.
"Master Qi, can you tell me about what happened in Wangzhi County back then?" Chen Ping asked directly because he really wanted to know the answer.
"Brother Pingchuan, that's..."
Qi Hongming sighed, and his memory brought him back to ten years ago.
When Wang Pingchuan was the magistrate of Yongshun County, he accidentally discovered that someone was secretly mining iron mines while repairing roads. Of course he knew that this matter was deeply involved after being an official for many years, so he did not even inform Zhao Jin and just investigated in secret. After getting some clues, it was discovered that the owner of the iron ore was actually Huang Fu, and that all the iron ore was excavated and shipped to the north, which was beyond the jurisdiction of the county magistrate, so Wang Pingchuan had to write a letter to the then prefect Qi Hongming.
Wang Pingchuan and Qi Hongming had been classmates for a short time when they were young. Although the time was not long, the two had similar interests. After entering the officialdom, in order to avoid being suspected of forming a party, there was not much interaction on the surface. This period of childhood classmates
The love is also rarely known.
After receiving Wang Pingchuan's letter, Qi Hongming naturally understood that the matter was serious. However, in order not to arouse Huang Fu's suspicion, he came to Yongshun County to discuss secretly with Wang Pingchuan in the name of congratulating him for his success in road repair.
I wanted to confirm the iron ore transportation route and final destination before reporting it to the higher authorities, but unexpectedly something happened to Magistrate Wang, and Huang Fu killed him to the point of leaving no trace of his body.
Qi Hongming had no choice but to submit Wang Pingchuan's so-called incriminating evidence to contact members of the organization and privately sign a roadmap for their transportation, in order to penetrate into the organization and obtain more evidence.
This was also the plan they had agreed upon at the beginning. If something happened to Wang Pingchuan, Qi Hongming would try his best to deal with it.
The horseman Liu Bi was sent by the organization to monitor him. So when Qi Hongming was promoted to the capital, Liu Bi was imprisoned in the state capital prison and announced to the outside world that he had been executed for being greedy for money.
After Qi Hongming left Qianzhou, he left Tang Hao behind and continued to pretend to cooperate with Ling Shu, which led to the subsequent rescue of Chen Ping and Cao Lei.
When Qi Hongming explained why he passed the responsibility for the accident to Wangzhi County, Chen Ping fell into silence for a while.
It turns out that’s the case. It seems that Qi Hongming has been wrongly blamed all these years.
"Your Majesty wants me to take risks, but doesn't give me much convenience. Sirs, do you think this is too difficult for someone to do?"
Chen Ping smiled casually, not to mention whether Qi Hongming and Su Chengli were on the same side as him, at least for now they were not his enemies, so he simply threw out the emperor's harsh requirements.
When Qi Hongming heard what Chen Ping said, he frowned, guessing the pros and cons.
Su Chengli, on the other hand, looked solemn, asked a few questions and then sighed.
"Don't blame Your Majesty. The current situation is like this. Even Your Majesty must act with caution."
Chen Ping didn't reply and sipped his tea in silence.
This attitude is already very obvious. The emperor is putting on airs and refuses to help. You have to give some help, otherwise it will be done by whoever wants to do it!
Of course, he doesn't really want to withdraw from this power field, but sometimes retreat is the only way to advance. Otherwise, people will think that he is easy to talk to and everything will be thrown to him.
Seeing this, Su Chengli glanced at Qi Hongming. After their eyes met, Su Chengli rolled up his sleeves and leaned towards Chen Ping and said, "Why is the number one scholar so magnanimous? Anyway, we have reached this point and we are all on the same rope. Grasshopper, it would be disrespectful to hide it any longer."
Chen Ping's eyes flashed, was he finally going to tell the truth?
"This matter is a long story, and we have to start with the previous dynasty..."
Su Chengli's voice reached his ears, and Chen Ping pricked up his ears to listen carefully. By the end, his brows and eyes were deeply furrowed, and a breath of turbid breath swirled in his chest and abdomen, and it took him a long time to spit it out sadly.
"The evil your Majesty committed eighteen years ago, today the flowers on the other side are blooming and the fruits are whirling, but it is dragging millions of people to go to the disaster with you and me, tsk tsk!"
"Haha, the cause of the past has been accomplished, and the result of the present has been established. What we should think about is not the past, but the success or failure of the present, Chen Da champion!"
Chen Ping pursed his lips and smiled, speaking lightly!
In the end, don’t you want me to take the lead? Well, if you take the lead, you will take the lead. Who said that the first bird will die first?
I, this stupid bird, have been flying for ten years!
"That's it. Thank you two adults for today."
With this thought in mind, Chen Ping stood up, said goodbye, and was about to leave. Su Chengli stood up and asked.
"When can we start?"
"It won't take more than a month. Does Mr. Su really think that the next time he returns to Qianzhou is out of impulse? Haha, let's go!"
Looking at Chen Ping's leaving figure, Su Chengli raised his eyebrows with a complicated expression.
"Master Su, Chen Ping may not be easy to get along with."
Qi Hongming also stood up, put down his tea cup and said politely to Su Cheng.
Su Chengli took a deep breath and said with a smile: "What's the deal? As long as we can accomplish something, your Majesty's time is limited. You and I will definitely not end well by then, unless Mr. Qi wants to sit on the fence and wait and see?"
"I advise Mr. Qi to wake up. You don't know the character of the King of Chu. Those lackeys are even more cruel and terrifying. How can a person who cooks look good to someone who does nothing but eats?"
After Su Chengli finished speaking, he walked out of the study leisurely, leaving Qi Hongming alone, as if there was a battle between heaven and man.
.......
Su Family Garden.
Ever since Chen Ping took refuge here for exams, this secluded garden of the Su family has become a place where Chen Ping usually stays.
Xie Zhiyuan and Cheng Cheng also visited frequently, which made Su Yiyi unable to enter the garden at will.
"That guy Cheng Yuanjian wrote to you again? What did you say?"
"He said he wanted to come and visit me, haha."
Xie Zhiyuan snorted twice, and then couldn't help but laugh strangely: "I don't know what this person means. If I guess correctly, he is the Beijing agent for you to track down that organization, right?"
Chen Ping was surprised when he heard this: "Senior brother, you have good eyesight!"
Xie Zhiyuan had a proud look on his face. He was very pleased with this not-so-smart flattery, so he continued: "This man is considered a figure in the capital, of course, among the merchants."
"According to common sense, such a smart man should have noticed that we have seen through him, right? Why are he still not afraid and even visited you in turn?"
Chen Ping was stunned by the question and immediately recalled the banquet before his first-place roll call last month.
Cheng Yuanjian seems to have an unusually ambiguous attitude toward himself.
"Meet him?"
"Meet him?"
Chen Ping and Xie Zhiyuan spoke at the same time, looked at each other and smiled after being startled. Chen Ping nodded and stood up and wandered around the pavilion. He clapped his hands for a while and said, "Let him come to the Su Family Garden to meet us!"
Xie Zhiyuan applauded: "What a thoughtful idea! I think Cheng Yuanjian is a person worth fighting for!"
Watching the two of them talking about things he didn't understand, Cheng Cheng couldn't help but scratch his head and keep up.
"Me too!"
Chen Ping chuckled when he heard this, shook his head and sighed: "Senior Brother Cheng, it's a good thing you didn't follow me back to Qianzhou, otherwise the dean would have had to reprimand you if he saw you like this."
Cheng Cheng categorically denied it, and said with some fear after thinking of his father: "How can it be as simple as reprimanding? I'm afraid a beating is not enough. It's better to be in the capital, Miss Qier..."
"Okay, you kid, while Chen Ping and I are not in the capital, go out to look for flowers and ask willows by yourself, right?"
Xie Zhiyuan became interested and walked up to Cheng Cheng and winked, with a lewd smile on his face, looking like a slut.
"Miss Qier? Why don't I have any impression? Are you from a certain family? Tell me and my brother will give you a counselor. Hurry up!"
"No, Qier is as pure and pure as you think. Why are you beating me?"
The two of them were wrestling together, while Chen Ping stood with his hands behind his back and smiled.
There’s still time before three o’clock in the afternoon.