After Fan Xian left, Si Lili suddenly slumped down in his chair.
"Are you afraid? Then if you entered the forensic institute, wouldn't you explain everything in a matter of minutes?"
Faced with Qin Hao's teasing, Si Lili's bright eyes rolled over and he rolled his eyes: "Is Commander Qin afraid that the slave family will betray you?"
Qin Hao lifted Si Lili's round chin and said word by word: "No, you are a smart man. You should know that once your identity is exposed, I am the only one who can save you."
Si Lili smiled slightly, raised his chin in unison, looked at each other, and moved his red lips slightly: "Then the life of the slave family will be in the hands of Commander Qin. You must pity the slave family."
"Hmph, don't think you can get through this easily. Yuan Hongdao may not dispel his suspicion on you. And have you ever thought about why Lin Gong knows your identity? What does he want from you?"
Qin Hao's words made Si Lili fall into deep thought. In fact, she had noticed something was wrong the day Lin Gong arrived. However, Lin Gong was killed by Qin Hao just after he showed up, and she did not have time to learn more information from him.
"What does Commander Qin mean?"
"Do you know Cheng Jushu?"
"I know him. He is also a spy of the Northern Qi Dynasty. He is unruly and can only be commanded by the token in the hands of the slave family."
Qin Hao sneered: "Are you sure you are the only one who has such a token?"
Si Lili was startled when he heard this: "In the capital, all the Northern Qi spies are dispatched by the Nu family. This is the only such token in Nanqing."
While talking, Si Lili took out a strange-looking token.
Qin Hao did not pick it up, but just glanced at it and said, "What if it's Beiqi?"
"The only people with such tokens are Jin Yiwei Zhenfu Envoy... Does Commander Qin mean that betraying the slave family is heavy?" Si Lili's eyes widened.
"No, what's the benefit of doing this to Shen Chen? If the Nu family is caught, the entire spy network in the capital will be uprooted by the Qing Kingdom."
Qin Hao said noncommittally: "Maybe it's not a betrayal, but a deal?"
"trade?"
"Lin Gong sneaked into your flower boat quietly. If he wanted to arrest you, he couldn't have brought so many people with him. In the Yangliu Street assassination case, the perpetrator was Cheng Jushu."
Si Lili looked at Qin Hao in shock. As time went by, the characters gradually gathered together. Although it was a bit hasty to draw conclusions based on this information alone, he had to admit that after Qin Hao's sorting out, everything was connected.
stand up.
"In other words, Lin Gong was ordered by someone to come to me to threaten me to hand over the token? Lin Gong's disappearance did not make the people behind the scenes give up their plan to assassinate Fan Xian, but through other channels
Got the token to control Cheng Jushu..."
"So, the person who planned the Yangliu Street assassination must have a high position in the Qing Dynasty, and is most likely a member of the royal family?"
Qin Hao said seriously: "How about it? If you cooperate with me, you will have a chance to survive. You won't lose on this deal, right?"
"But if the person behind the scenes reveals the news that Lin Gong came to my place..."
"No, she doesn't dare. This is a crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason. Even the royal family has to pay the price."
"Who is this guy?"
"I'm not sure yet, but I'm sure he's not the prince." Naturally, Qin Hao would not really have a heart-to-heart relationship with Si Lili. Such important information could only be told to her with conditions of equal exchange.
"Oh, why? Hasn't he always been at odds with Fan Xian?"
"The Northern Qi spies must have infiltrated the Eastern Palace, right? Don't you really think that the prince is as stupid as he appears?"
In Qin Hao's opinion, among the princes of Qing Kingdom, the prince may not be the smartest, but he must know Emperor Qing best.
The reason why the prince behaved so badly was because he knew very well that Emperor Qing was in the prime of his life. He was a shrewd and capable prince who was deeply loved by the civil and military officials of the dynasty. That is the story of Langya Bang.
"Is it the second prince? Hasn't he been wooing Fan Xian?"
"Do you think Fan Xian is someone you can win over easily?"
Si Lili:..........
"Okay, I've given you so much information. In exchange for benefits, you have to give me some news about Beiqi. Is it reasonable?"
"What news do you want to know?"
"Sean."
Hearing this name, Si Lili couldn't help but trembled. As the former King of Dark Night in Northern Qi, Xiao Xiao was a person in Northern Qi who would make people tremble when hearing his name. If Chen Pingping hadn't captured Xiao at the cost of her legs being disabled,
Well, there would be no Jin Yiwei now.
"Why are you interested in him?"
"You don't need to know this, just tell me what you know."
Just being an ally like Fan Xian is not safe enough to fight against Emperor Qing. Si Lili is a female prostitute, whose temperament and methods are not that good. Sean is different. If he hadn't laid a heavy plan to kill him, once Sean is allowed to recover, he may not be able to do it.
No chance of a comeback.
For Sean, Emperor Qing and Chen Pingping are his enemies of life and death. The enemy of his enemy is his friend. Coupled with the heavy heads, Sean, an old fox, has no reason not to cooperate with him.
........
On the other side, after Lin Ruofu was called to the palace, Emperor Qing first expressed his condolences for sending his white-haired man to his black-haired man, and then pointed out in a subtle way that although Lin Ruofu was not very familiar with the "clue" of Sigu Jian's collusion with the Northern Qi spies,
I believe that the Northern Qi spy would assassinate his son for no reason, but he could only show an expression of indignation.
"The Inspection Institute found out that before your son's death, a secret letter was delivered from Northern Qi to the capital. Now the Inspection Institute has arranged for people to arrest him. I believe your son will be given justice soon. Don't worry, Bei Qi has no reason to do so.
If you assassinate the son of the Prime Minister of Qing, I will definitely seek justice for you."
"My lord, thank you for your grace."
Lin Ruofu walked out of the hall numbly. He knew very well that Emperor Qing wanted to use the death of his son to start a national war against Northern Qi. As for the truth? Who would care?
At the same time, Fan Xian also received a secret order from the Inspection Institute, asking him to arrest the Northern Qi spy. It was related to the death of Lin Gong. In order to pick up girls, Fan Xian accepted the secret order without saying a word.
Later, with Wang Qinian's tracking skills, he successfully chased the Northern Qi spies at Pijia Qiu, but was immediately surrounded by nearby bandits, who were actually Northern Qi spies.
Just when the Northern Qi spy thought he had a chance to win, the Black Cavalry arrived, slaughtered all the bandits, and successfully captured the Northern Qi spy.
Afterwards, Fan Xian swaggered through the city and returned to the capital with the Northern Qi spies.
However, when Fan Xian was interrogating the Northern Qi spy that night, she unexpectedly learned that the secret order she received was not to kill Lin Gong at all, but to kill him. As for who was behind the scenes, the Northern Qi spy did not know.
At noon the next day, the Northern Qi spy was sent to the execution ground. Amid the abuses of a large number of people in the capital, the charges were read out and his head was immediately beheaded.
Fan Xian looked at this scene and felt it was very absurd, but he was helpless. He knew that this was the result that Emperor Qing wanted, and it was also the result that the Inspection Institute and even the entire Qing Kingdom wanted. As for who was the murderer of Lin Gong
, it doesn’t matter who is the mastermind behind the Willow Street assassination.
Among the excited crowd, Fan Xian spotted Qin Hao's figure. The two looked at each other and left with a tacit understanding, and finally met again on Si Lili's flower boat.
"You should have interrogated that Northern Qi spy, right?" Qin Hao poured Fan Xian a cup of tea.
Fan Xian took the tea cup and shook his head with a wry smile: "After review, it is not Lin Gong they want to kill, but me."
"Oh? Then why didn't you report the truth?" Qin Hao said playfully while playing with the tea cup.
Fan Xian let out a long sigh: "I reported it, so what? What the Qing Kingdom wants now is an excuse to start a war. It doesn't matter whose hands Lin Gong died in."
Hearing this, Si Lili subconsciously looked at Qin Hao, and at the same time secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Have you met Lin Ruofu?" Qin Hao asked casually.
Fan Xian was slightly startled and shook his head.
"He will ask you to meet him soon."
Fan Xian thought about it and understood what Qin Hao meant: "I married Wan'er not because of the power of the Lin family."
"Lin Gong is dead. The eldest son of the Lin family has been foolish since he was a child. You and Lin Wan'er are engaged to each other. You are the only one Lin Ruofu can rely on now. All the glory of the Lin family will be tied to you. Marriage has been a union between families since ancient times. Unless
You don’t want to marry her." Qin Hao said calmly.
Si Lili's eyes fell on Fan Xian, with suspicion in her eyes. She did not believe that there was such a thing as pure love in this world. When a man likes a woman, he either falls in love with her beauty or covets her family's money.
resource.
Facing Si Lili's suspicious gaze, Fan Xian said angrily: "If I were greedy for the power of the Lin family, I wouldn't have wanted to break off the engagement in the first place."
Qin Hao comforted him: "I know you fell in love with Lin Wan'er at first sight, right?"
After the joke, Qin Hao said seriously: "If you want to change the world, you must have certain rights. The world will not change because of a few words of sorrow and indignation from the weak."
"I understand what you mean, I will accept Lin Ruofu's kindness." Fan Xian said helplessly.
Qin Hao sat next to Fan Xian, leaned into his ear and whispered, "Have you ever seen a strange person in the prosecutor's office dungeon?"
"Weird person?" Fan Xian looked confused.
"Nothing, just asking." Qin Hao patted Fan Xian on the shoulder and did not continue to ask. Anyway, Sean would be sent back to Beiqi sooner or later, and he was not in a hurry to avoid being caught by the cunning Chen Pingping.
Fan Xian didn't doubt him, so he took a big sip of wine, shook his head and sighed: "The war is about to begin, and I don't know how many innocent people will die."
"Unless the Qing Kingdom annihilates Northern Qi and Dongyi City one day, this kind of fighting will not stop."
Si Lili couldn't help but retort after hearing this: "Why didn't Northern Qi destroy Qing?"
Qin Hao smiled: "Regardless of the difference in national power between Northern Qi and Qing, the Empress Dowager of Northern Qi now listens to the government behind the curtain, and the mother is strong and the son is weak. But as the emperor grows up, there will always be a day when he takes charge, and a civil strife is inevitable.
It is unknown whether we can withstand the Qing Kingdom's attack at that time. If we want to switch from defense to offense, at least three generations of Ming Lords will have to appear in succession to make this possible."
"Isn't there the hidden danger of civil strife in the Qing Kingdom? The prince is weak and the second prince is smart and capable. Once Emperor Qing dies..." Si Lili argued unconvinced.
Qin Hao did not answer, but looked at Fan Xian.
Fan Xian also shook his head and said: "The political structure of the Qing Kingdom is much more stable than that of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Even if His Majesty dies suddenly and there is intervention from the Inspection Service, the civil strife will only be temporary and order will be restored soon. Besides, His Majesty is in his prime.
Moreover, he has been living in a deep palace all year round, so even if Northern Qi wanted to assassinate him, he would have no way to kill him."
Hearing this, Si Lili felt bitterness in his heart. Over the years, the Northern Qi Dynasty had sent many assassins to the Qing Kingdom, but as long as they entered the imperial city, they would all end up dead in the sea.
What Si Lili doesn't know is that Emperor Qing is the most mysterious Grand Master in the world, and he is also the most powerful one. If Qin Hao tells her the truth, Si Lili will probably curse her for being so powerful.
Despite his strength, he is still a coward and hides in the palace all day long.
Fan Xian drank the remaining wine and stood up unsteadily: "Let's go, I have to go to the Royal Courtyard."
"If you drink like this and climb through the window of a girl in a boudoir, your future father-in-law will find out and spank you." Qin Hao joked.
Fan Xian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I can only resist telling Wan'er the truth when I'm drunk. That would be too cruel to her."
.......
Turning around, after the morning court, Qin Hao was stayed by Eunuch Hou, and was then taken outside a large hall.
After entering the main hall, Qin Hao saw a middle-aged man in a wheelchair playing chess with Emperor Qing.
"Qin Aiqing is here, come and help me see who can win this game of chess." Emperor Qing waved to Qin Hao from afar.
When Qin Hao walked up to him, Emperor Qing suddenly pointed at the man in the wheelchair and said, "This is the director of the Institute of Inspection and Examination, Chen Pingping. You should have heard of him, right?"
"Of course, Dean Chen has a great reputation. He was like a thunderbolt when he was in Danzhou."
Chen Pingping waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, Chen is just a useless person. Thanks to His Majesty's grace, he can still contribute some modest efforts to the Qing Kingdom. Commander Qin is young and promising. He is the youngest ninth-level master in the Qing Kingdom. His future is limitless.
ah."
Emperor Qing said impatiently: "You two should stop complimenting each other here. Qin Aiqing, who do you think can win this game?"
"Of course His Majesty wins, Dean Chen doesn't dare to defeat you."
As soon as Qin Hao finished speaking, the expressions of Emperor Qing and Chen Pingping changed.
"Oh, you mean, he is giving in to me?" Emperor Qing looked surprised.
Chen Pingping quickly denied it, but Qin Hao calmly dropped three white pieces on the chessboard. Upon seeing this, Emperor Qing threw the chess pieces in his hand onto the chessboard, and then complained to Chen Pingping.
"You are a disappointment."
Chen Pingping quickly lowered her head and admitted her mistake.
Emperor Qing shook his head and waved to Qin Hao: "Now that the war between the Qing Kingdom and the Northern Qi Dynasty is about to begin, and the Northern Qi spies are becoming more and more active, I want your Military and Horse Division to work with the Inspection and Inspection Institute to sort out the capital and sort out those things.
What do you think of driving out all the shady rats?"
"I accept my order."
Emperor Qing lifted Qin Hao's arm and then said with a smile: "I heard that Qin Aiqing has a close relationship with that Si Lili. Chen Pingping, please tell Qin Aiqing the true identity of Si Lili."