Chapter 380 The minister is from the Ministry of War
"Brother Seventh Emperor, I don't understand why you slander me so much."
Zhao Xingzhen was so angry that she wanted to stand up and grab Zhao Xingyu's collar.
"That's enough!" Zhao Qian slapped Long An and said sternly.
Zhao Xingzhen's whole body trembled, but she didn't dare to directly hold Zhao Xingyu's clothes and question him.
However, it is clear that Zhao Xingyu is also involved in this matter. If he is the only one to be punished, Zhao Xingzhen will not be reconciled to it no matter what.
"Father!" Zhao Xingzhen looked at Zhao Qian, "The relationship between father, son, minister, and His Highness the Crown Prince used to be normal, but ever since the secret manufacturing of salt was exposed."
"My son and the prince often travel together, doesn't my father find it strange?"
As if he was afraid that Zhao Qian would not believe him, Zhao Xingzhen added: "All the officials in the court know about this matter."
Zhao Gan lowered his face. He had also heard what Zhao Xingzhen said, but he didn't think about it carefully before. Now that he thought about it, it was indeed the time when the secret manufacturing of salt was revealed.
"Seventh Emperor Brother."
Zhao Xingyu's voice was disappointed. He looked at Zhao Xingzhen in confusion, "When you suddenly got close to me, I was very happy, but I didn't expect that you had already planned it."
"Zhao Xingyu!"
Zhao Xingzhen's eyes widened, never expecting that he would say this.
Zhao Qian closed his eyes and suddenly said: "Duke Xuanping."
Zhao Jin, who was watching the show, was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized and stood up, "Your Majesty."
"Have you found any clues?"
Zhao Jin pursed his lips. Although he wanted to pull the prince down, he also knew that he was involved in this matter.
Unfortunately, he really didn't have any evidence.
The thoughts in his heart turned around, but Zhao Jin shook his head on his face, "I have no evidence that His Highness the Crown Prince was involved in this matter."
Almost as soon as Zhao Jin finished speaking, Zhao Xingzhen's voice rang out.
"Zhao Jin!"
Zhao Xingzhen seemed to be forced into a corner, with red eyes and a ferocious expression, "Zhao Xingyu has ordered people to assassinate you countless times, and you still speak for him?!"
"Besides, Zhao Xingyu has raised many dead soldiers!"
Zhao Jin frowned. Now Zhao Xingzhen was clearly about to lose his mind. Just now he just said that there was no evidence, but he did not conclude that Zhao Xingyu had nothing to do with this matter.
"Zhao Xingzhen! Have you had enough trouble?!"
Zhao Qian smashed the inkstone directly, "What? Your eldest brother didn't participate in this matter, so you don't feel comfortable?!"
The inkstone was very heavy. In a rage, Zhao Qian didn't hold back and hit Zhao Xingzhen directly.
Severe pain came from the place where he was hit. Zhao Xingzhen managed to regain some of his concentration and looked up at Zhao Qian with a dazed look on his face.
Zhao Qian waved his hand, "Take the Seventh Prince down! First..."
His voice paused for a moment, and then Zhao Jin heard it.
"Take him back to the Seventh Prince's Mansion first."
Zhao Jin lowered his long eyelashes to hide the sarcastic look in his eyes.
Zhao Xingzhen seemed to be stunned and did not resist.
After Zhao Xingzhen was taken away by the imperial army, Zhao Qian's eyes fell on Zhao Jin and Zhao Xingyu with some inquiring eyes.
As Lao Qi said, why did he want to bite the prince alone? And...
"Duke Xuanping, what Lao Qi just said is true?"
Zhao Jin shook his head, "I have indeed been assassinated several times, but I don't know who is behind the scenes."
Zhao Qian's fingers paused slightly and he said nothing.
The imperial study room, which had been noisy just now, suddenly became quiet.
"Prince."
"My son is here." Zhao Xingyu lowered his head and saluted.
"You will stay in the palace during these days and wait until the truth comes to light before returning to the East Palace."
Zhao Qian was still suspicious.
Zhao Jin turned his head and looked at Zhao Xingyu, but unfortunately the other person had his head lowered and could not see his expression clearly, but his voice was not unusual.
"Yes, I obey."
"Go down." Zhao Qian took a deep breath and waved his hand.
"Duke Xuanping."
Zhao Qian frowned and looked at Zhao Jin, "Why didn't you tell me before?"
Zhao Jin smiled bitterly, "I don't even know who the people behind the scenes are, and those people are all dead soldiers."
"Death warrior?"
Chen Xiao's eyes also fell on Zhao Jin.
"Yes," Zhao Jin nodded, "Your Majesty, do you still remember what happened in the military camp?"
Zhao Qian nodded, "Remember, what happened?"
"At first, I handed over two people to Dali Temple, but in the end, the minister of Dali Temple judged them as just people seeking revenge."
Zhao Jin's voice was deep, "But I clearly remember that those are dead soldiers."
"Because they wanted to bite out the poison sacs hidden in their teeth, and I removed their jaws."
Zhao Qian narrowed his eyes.
He originally sent secret guards to investigate this matter, but nothing could be found.
"This is when I was investigating the private manufacture of salt, and I met this group of people again."
"Are you sure?" Zhao Qian's face immediately darkened.
Zhao Jin nodded, "I'm sure, because their skills all come from the same discipline."
"It's just," Zhao Jin sighed lightly, "I haven't been able to find any evidence or the person behind the scenes, so I didn't tell His Majesty."
Zhao Qian immediately understood the reason.
Zhao Jin was afraid. Without evidence, it turned out that he was biting others.
"It's okay. If this happens again in the future, let me know."
After thinking about it, Zhao Qian asked again: "Do you have enough manpower? If not, I will assign a few secret guards to you."
"We can deal with these killers once or twice, but what if we fall on them one time in the future?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty. If I need it, I will not be polite to Your Majesty."
Only then did Zhao Qian smile with satisfaction.
"Have you found out about the illegal salt? Where did the salt go?"
"Never."
Zhao Jin touched the roof of his mouth with the tip of his tongue, "I'm afraid I can only pry Wang Xikang open in this matter."
"No one else knows?"
"I don't think they know. They only know that the Seventh Prince was involved in this matter." Zhao Jin frowned, "But only Wang Xikang knows whose hands this private salt is in."
The county magistrate, the county lieutenant and Sun Ruijie have all given their explanations.
In this case, apart from Wang Xikang, the two of them did the most.
If they don't know, then only Wang Xikang knows.
"Let the Ministry of Punishment pry open Wang Xikang's mouth!"
If the flow of private salt is not clear for a day, Zhao Qian will not be able to sleep peacefully.
Involving salt and iron is often related to major treason cases.
"You assist the Criminal Department and continue to handle this case."
Zhao Qian remembered that Zhao Jin had cracked open several difficult-to-solve cases before, and made an immediate decision to let Zhao Jin continue to be responsible for this case.
Zhao Jin licked his lips and reminded: "Your Majesty, I am back and should go to work at the Ministry of War."
"..." Zhao Qian suddenly forgot that Zhao Jin was from the Ministry of War.
He tapped the Long case twice with his fingers, "I will tell the Minister of War that you just solve this case."
"yes."
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