Chapter 20-Investigated
Great Qin Empire, Imperial Palace.
Ying Fengyan was seated on the dragon throne, and below her stood a tall and sturdy man.
This person was the leader of the Feng Guards, he was strict!
"Your Majesty, this subordinate has already investigated the Qinghe Chen family.”
"Other than Chen Shou, most of the members of the Chen family have committed crimes. The most serious one is the Chen family leader, Chen Cheng.”
"According to this subordinate's investigation, Chen Cheng has always been in private with the Darkstone Empire, and he often uses business as an excuse to transport food and iron to the Darkstone Empire every year.”
The Darkstone Empire was located to the southwest of the Great Qin Empire, and it was originally a vassal state of the Great Qin Empire. In recent years, due to some special reasons, the Great Qin Empire's strength had weakened, and the Darkstone Empire had changed its name to Emperor under the instigation of other empires.
They even invaded the empress when she had just ascended the throne.
After being beaten up by Ying Fengyan, he had restrained himself, but the friction at the border had not stopped over the years.
Due to its geographical location, the Darkstone Empire lacked iron and grain.
Due to the Great Qin Empire's surrounding environment, it was unable to attack the Darkstone Empire, so it gave the order to seal off the Darkstone Empire's Iron Ores and rations.
As the saying went, money moved the hearts of the people. The Great Qin Empire's blockade naturally caused the prices of food and iron within the Darkstone Empire to skyrocket. As a result, there were some unscrupulous merchants who often transported food and iron to the Darkstone Empire to earn a high price difference.
The Great Qin Empire would naturally kill every single merchant they caught. However, there were always some people who had " strong " relationships, so they had been able to survive quite well.
The Chen family was one such family. Relying on their backing in the imperial court, they could be considered to have earned a lot.
It was a pity that they had fallen into Ye Fan's hands this time.
"In the royal court, who is the backing of the Chen Clan?”
Ying Fengyan spoke indifferently, her fingers lightly tapping on the imperial table.
Ying Fengyan's tone was very calm, but when it reached Jun Jue's ears, it was different.
Even though he was a Martial Emperor Jiu Xing's powerhouse, he was also drenched in sweat at this moment.
When Ying Fengyan had just taken over the throne, the original Dragon Guard commander had felt that Ying Fengyan was young and was still a woman. Thus, his words had been somewhat impudent, and he had even occasionally disobeyed Ying Fengyan's orders.
And now, the grass on his grave was already three feet tall.
"After this subordinate's investigation, the Chen Clan's backers are the Minister of Rites, Chen Wenjie, and the Governor of the Capital, Zhang Qingyun. Chen Wenjie is the Chen Clan's Clan Leader's cousin, while Zhang Qingyun's wife is the Clan Leader's aunt.”
"Relying on these two relationships, the Chen family has been able to get away with it.”
"What about the border? Who is the Chen family's relationship at the border?!”
Ying Fengyan continued to speak coldly.
It was impossible to rely solely on the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Rites and the Governor of the Capital to accomplish such a huge matter. There must be a general at the border who had an affair with the Chen family.
"I've already investigated. It's Huyue Pass's vice commander, Zhang Zhen. He's the nephew of Jingzhao Prefecture's Governor, Zhang Qingyun. He opened the door for the Chen family!!”
The Tiger Leap Pass was the barrier between the Darkstone Empire and the Great Qin Empire, and it was easy to defend but difficult to attack.
The Darkstone Empire had once wanted to take down the Leap Tiger Pass countless times, but they had been defeated countless times by the Leap Tiger Pass.
The deputy commander of Huyue Pass was equivalent to the second-in-command of Huyue Pass.
In a big city guarding the border, the second-in-command had a problem.
This was a serious problem!!
"I really didn't expect that just investigating a murder case would involve so many people!!”
Ying Fengyan laughed coldly. At the same time, she felt a wave of exhaustion in her heart.
In the past two years, she had been doing her best to govern this country, and even the Great Qin Empire's declining strength had stabilized.
However, there were still so many parasites sucking the blood of the country and lying on the body of the country to absorb nutrients!!!
"Make a trip there and take down Zhang Zhen. Don't cause any trouble. As for the Chen Family, you can sentence them however you want. As for the head of the Chen Family and the three tribes, all of the Chen Family's assets will be transferred to the national treasury. The capital governor, Zhang Qingyun, and the minister of the Ministry of Rites, Chen Wenjie, will also be confiscated!!”
"I've been too lenient to them all these years. Do you really think I won't kill anyone?!”
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Jing Jun accepted the order and left.
When they arrived outside the royal study, Yan Jing heaved a sigh of relief.
Ying Fengyan's aura was getting stronger and stronger. In front of her, it was hard to breathe.
In the royal study, after Jing Jun left, Ying Fengyan leaned back on her dragon throne, her hands pressing against her temples.
She was only a 20-year-old girl. She was really tired of managing such a big country, but Ying Fengyan knew that she had to persevere.
The imperial court was already filled with undercurrents for her to become the emperor. As long as she showed any signs of fatigue, those hidden in the dark would not hesitate to pounce forward and tear her into pieces.
At that time, not to mention herself, even the Retired Emperor and Empress Dowager who had already abdicated would not be able to live.
After resting for a while, Ying Fengyan picked up the memorial.
Seeing the name on the memorial, Ying Fengyan's lips curled into a smile.
This memorial was the background of Ye Fan that the Feng Guards had investigated.
Perhaps in the empress's eyes, only Ye Fan's name could bring her a trace of happiness and comfort.
Ye Fan, male, born on the fifth day of the sixth month of the sixth year of Jingrong, twenty years old.
He is from South County.
His father, Ye Xuan, and his mother, Su Qingyan, died when Ye Fan was twelve. The cause of death was a vendetta, but the murderer was unknown.
Ye Fan had a good reputation as a child prodigy in Ju County since he was young. He was the most promising scholar in Ju County.
However, when Ye Fan was twelve years old, after his parents died, he suddenly became obsessed with fortune-telling and helped Ju County Magistrate at that time. Now, the new Jingzhao Prefecture Magistrate Gao Sheng had solved several major cases.
Three years ago, Wei Tai, a farmer from Rong County, gathered a crowd to rebel. After he was put out, Wei Tai hid in the mountains. Gao Sheng had relied on Ye Fan's help to capture Wei Tai.
It was said that Gao Sheng and Ye Fan's family were old friends. After Gao Sheng became Ju County's County Magistrate, he was saved by Ye Fan's parents, so the two families were on good terms.
After Ye Fan's parents died, he was raised by Gao Sheng, and the two of them were like father and son.
Two years ago, Gao Sheng had established himself in Ling Tian City and arranged for Ye Fan to move into Ling Tian City and settle down in the east of the city.
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A few hundred words was the result of the Feng Guards 'investigation of Ye Fan's background. Basically, other than some extremely secretive things like the system, the Feng Guards had even found out what books Ye Fan had read and what articles he had written when he was young.
After all, it was related to the Emperor, the Feng Guards would definitely investigate carefully.
Looking at Ye Fan's background information, Ying Fengyan held her head in her hands.
"Should we go out and see him again?？？”
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