"Right! That's right!"
"It must be some prince who plotted the Tingzhou tax case," Ye Qingxian said in realization. His Majesty's methods of fighting for the throne were too intense. There must be many princes who were dissatisfied with this. Some of them must have wanted to rebel.”
"Rebellion requires the formation of troops, the purchase of armaments, and the buying of people's hearts. Tingzhou's tax was over ten million. With such a large sum of money, there were too many things that could be done!”
"This is just a guess. We can't be sure yet." Zhang Chen sighed.”
Even though he said that, he hoped that the mastermind behind the scenes was a prince.
In that case, the reward for capturing him would definitely be unimaginable.
Ye Qingxian was silent for a moment, then asked doubtfully,"" But even if there are people behind the scenes who want to silence us, as you have guessed, how did they know that we were going to arrest them and rush to silence us when we moved so fast and kept the news so secret?”
"You can't have a fluke mentality. Can you be sure that everyone around you is trustworthy?" Zhang Chen said faintly. Are you sure the other party can't guess our movements? We have done so many things in Tingzhou. As long as the other party has the heart, they will definitely guess that we are good at extorting confessions.”
"This is enough to alert the other party. Moreover, we went to look for the Minister of Personnel Affairs as soon as we returned. If the other party has enough eyes and ears in the capital, they will definitely know that we have captured the Minister of Personnel. It had been so long. As long as the other party was sensitive enough, the news would definitely be delivered. There was enough time for him to escape or to kill them.”
As they spoke, the Minister of Personnel's residence was already in sight.
An exquisite official palanquin under the protection of the guards happened to arrive at the Minister of Personnel's residence.
Ye Qingxian's eyes lit up. She pointed at the official sedan chair and said,""It's the sedan chair of the Minister of Personnel Affairs. He's not dead!”
Without waiting for Zhang Chen's reply, Ye Qingxian jumped off her horse and stood in front of the palanquin.
Seeing Ye Qingxian suddenly appear, two guards immediately stood in front of her.
"How dare you! Who dares to be presumptuous in front of the Minister of Civil Affairs?”
Ye Qingxian took out her imperial sword and said coldly,""The imperial sword is here. Why isn't the Minister coming out to kneel and welcome me?”
When the person in the sedan heard the name of the imperial sword, he hurriedly said,"Get off the sedan! Quickly get off the palanquin!"
The palanquin landed gently, and Minister of Official Personnel Qiu Wenli poked his head out. The moment he saw Ye Qingxian, his expression turned extremely ugly.
Zhang Chen heaved a sigh of relief. He was afraid that there was a corpse in the palanquin.
"Lord Qiu, the Tingzhou tax case has been solved. Please come with us.”
Zhang Chen said as he walked towards Qiu Wenli. He couldn't possibly bring Qiu Wenli to the Ministry of Justice's prison for interrogation. If he did that, there might be other variables.
He had to find out who was behind this at the first possible moment.
He walked very slowly, his attention focused on Qiu Wenli.
Yan Wenbing had men of sacrifice by his side, but Qiu Wenli might not have none.
Zhang Chen was waiting for the men of sacrifice to make their move. If he could capture one of them, he might be able to learn more.
Unfortunately, nothing unusual happened even when he walked up to Qiu Wenli.
With the imperial sword in hand, the guards on the left and right did not dare to stop him. They all looked at Qiu Wenli with eager eyes.
Qiu Wenli stared at Zhang Chen and said sinisterly,"You are the imperial envoy in charge of the Tingzhou tax case? A small constable with a wooden badge?"
"With you bunch of vermin as stepping stones, I won't be a wooden card constable very soon," Zhang Chen said casually.”
"You!" "You still don't know who you're going against, do you?" Qiu Wenli snorted coldly. Let me give you a piece of advice. There are some things that a mere wooden badge constable like you can't participate in. I heard that you're very good at interrogating people? Then try and see if you can get anything out of me.”
"If that's the case, we'll do as you wish."”
Qiu Wenli stared at Zhang Chen and sneered, but his sneer soon froze on his face.
He felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier. In just a moment, everything around him had changed…
Zhang Chen looked at Qiu Wenli, who was gradually becoming dull, and asked calmly,"Who is the mastermind behind the Tingzhou tax case?”
"Prince Ning," Qiu Wenli said obediently.”
"Who else is involved in the Tingzhou tax case?”
"Minister of Revenue Zou Jinghuai, Minister of War Shen Kefa, Minister of Personnel Yan Wenbing…"
"Who else in the court is willing to submit to Prince Ning?”
" Left Imperial Censor Yan Huan, Minister of Justice Qi Yueming…"
"Who directly obeys Prince Ning?”
"Me, Zou Jinghuai, Minister of Revenue, Shen Kefa, Minister of War, and Li Fei, Grand Commandant of the Black Tortoise Army.”
……
The interrogation ended.
Zhang Chen was excited and said to Ye Qingxian,""We can close the net now. Since it involves Prince Ning, His Majesty must personally issue an edict to arrest him.”
" I know what to do," Ye Qingxian said solemnly." Shall we go find the princess now?"”
"Be careful on your way." Zhang Chen nodded.”
He was worried that Ye Qingxian would be intercepted. Anything could happen before the dust settled.
"You be careful too." Ye Qingxian stared at Zhang Chen, smiled sweetly, turned around, and rode away.
After watching Ye Qing Xian leave, Zhang Chen led Qiu Wen Li to the Ministry of Justice alone.
When they passed by a teahouse, figures suddenly rushed out from the shops on both sides…
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