Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 134

Chapter 134 Cook Fish in a Hot Pot
After waiting for three days, the emissary of the Imperial Court still hadn’t arrived, which was somewhat beyond Qin Mubai and Li Ke’s expectations.

During these three days, the two of them continued to carry out the work they were doing as usual. Li Ke presided over the overall situation of disaster relief, Qin Mubai brought people to patrol the dikes. The flood situation in Jishan has been completely controlled, and the flood situation in late autumn is also declining. All the victims are almost settled.

However, there was still no movement from the Emperor’s side.

For the past few days, Qin Mubai had been sending people to secretly monitor Zhang Tianci, Cheng Songnian, and Ma Kun. They were obviously a little nervous and often gathered together from time to time to conspire and discuss some matters. He kept sending people to Jin Zhou to look for Jiang Xia King Li Dao Sect, but he was always rejected.

In this situation, they were like a nest of fish in the net, struggling to the death, looking up or holding onto a sliver of luck, believing that Li Ke, Qin Mubai, and the others hadn’t discovered any flaws.

Early in the morning of the fourth day, Li Ke was still in the king’s tent as usual. Qin Mubai and the officials from all over Jiangzhou arrived, but Ma Kun and Cheng Songnian did not arrive.

This was obviously extremely abnormal. Cheng Songnian was the governor of Jiangzhou, and Ma Kun was the commandant of Jiangzhou Prefecture. The two of them had a main document and a main martial artist, and Li Ke had given them direct instructions on all matters of great and small importance. In the past, they never dared to be late at all.

“Wait, maybe they’ve been delayed for a while.” Li Ke said patiently.

After waiting for a while, before Cheng Songnian and Ma Kun arrived, a small official from Jiangzhou Prefecture came to ask for an audience. When Li Ke announced his arrival, the official bowed down and said in panic, “Report to His Highness King Wu that Cheng Cishi had abruptly poisoned himself last night!”

“What?!” Li Ke, Qin Mubai, and the others were all shocked when they heard this.

“How could this be?” Li Ke looked at Qin Mubai in shock and confusion. Qin Mubai could only shake his head in confusion.

Just as everyone was shouting in confusion, a small school hurriedly came to report that Commandant Ma Kun had committed suicide by pulling out his saber in his own tent!

‘”Ah?–” A louder exclamation sounded.

“What about Zhang Tianci?” Li Ke and Qin Mubai looked at each other and asked each other in a low voice almost at the same time.

“I’ll be right back.” Qin Mubai walked back to his tent. The Baiji soldiers sent to the Marquis of Shengnan Prefecture had already returned a few times. They reported to Qin Mubai that the Marquis of Shengnan Prefecture had lifted up their mourning early in the morning. They said that Zhang Tianci had suddenly hanged himself last night!

Qin Mubai took a deep breath and said, “This matter is too mysterious!”

How could this be? The three culprits suddenly committed suicide overnight! Are you afraid of committing suicide or murder?

This is good. This place in Jiangzhou is going to explode!

The governor was the biggest official here, and the commandant was the highest general, while Zhang Tianci was an influential noble who covered the sky with one hand, and the three of them died at the same time!

Qin Mubai did not rush forward to report this matter to Li Ke. Instead, he sat down and thought quietly.

After a while, he asked the waiter, “Where is Chen Yan?”

“I’m here.” Before she could finish her sentence, Chen Yan walked in from outside the tent.

“I’ve heard everything, but I promise that I didn’t do it.” Without waiting for Qin Mu’s white hair to ask, Chen Yan said on her own initiative. She looked at Qin Mubai calmly, her beautiful eyes staring straight into his eyes. Obviously, she did not feel guilty at all.

“If it wasn’t for you, then who else could it be?” Qin Mubai shook her head in confusion.

“There will be many people who want them dead.” Chen Yan said, “Don’t you want to? Don’t you want Li Ke? Don’t you want the King of Jiangxia? Don’t they want the Crown Prince, the Emperor, and even those officials who have dealings with Zhang Tianci and the others?”

Qin Mubai’s heart trembled slightly and he nodded, “That makes sense … It seems that this matter will be easily settled only if they all die together.” Otherwise, the Emperor might cripple the Crown Prince and turn hostile to the King of Jiangxia. It was also possible that most of the officials in this area of Jiangzhou were implicated, killed or demoted. In short, there would definitely be a lot of people who suffered. In this way, the imperial court would be in chaos, and the disaster-stricken Jiangzhou would be even more chaotic. With so many officials gone, the entire state’s normal order will be broken and we will fall into a dilemma. ”

“So these three people deserved to die. Besides, they deserve to die.” Chen Yan said coldly.

Qin Mubai took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. He nodded and didn’t say anything else. He was wondering who had killed these three people, and what method had he used to kill them, or had the three of them commit suicide together?

Li Ke? Dao Sect Li? The Crown Prince? Emperor? It seems possible!

“I don’t care about this matter anymore.” Qin Mubai said, “Three damned people will die if they die. Whether it’s homicide or suicide, this is not my responsibility.”

“You’re finally smart.” Chen Yan held her sword in her chest and smiled faintly, “Do you really think you can interfere in the affairs of these royal nobles?” Usually, when we are accustomed to being commoners, we have our own sense of being commoners. To put it bluntly, the world of the Great Tang was the world of the emperor, the world of the royal family surnamed Li. As a subject, no matter how impressive you are, you can’t care about everything, especially the conflicts between their royal family and their own people. ”

“Well said!” Qin Mubai heaved a long sigh of relief. “It’s really unexpected that a tiny Jishan would affect the imperial family and the country. I’m just a tiny person. Why should I care about the fight between the Emperor and his relatives? I don’t care anymore! I don’t want to find out whether these three killed themselves or others.”

“It’s just like how we walk in Jianghu. No matter how famous you are or how powerful your martial arts skills are, don’t worry about the internal affairs of your sect.” After saying that, Chen Yan turned around and walked out. As she walked, she said, “This way, you will die very quickly and miserably!”

“Understood, Heroine Chen.” Qin Mubai shook her head and smiled. She thought to herself, “This woman is extremely intelligent, and she is cold outside and warm inside. She is clearly caring for and helping others, but she has to put on a stiff and cold face …”

After a while, Qin Mubai returned to the king’s tent and said to Li Ke in public, “I just received news that the Marquis of Shengnan, Zhang Tianci, killed himself at home.”

This time, not many people cried out in alarm. Many people showed expressions of “as expected”. Among the people present, many officials and generals revealed expressions of fear and apprehension.

“Strange, why did all three of them suddenly look for shortsightedness?” Li Ke frowned in disbelief and shook his head awkwardly, “What are they doing at this juncture?” The officials and generals listened. Although the news of their deaths was shocking, the overall situation was still to relieve the disaster and appease the people. Regarding the cause of their death, this king will report it to the Imperial Court and send people to investigate. For this reason, don’t disrupt our plans because of this matter. This king’s decree, Jiang Zhou Sima will temporarily replace Cheng Songnian as governor, and Jiang Zhou Prefecture’s Guoyi Commandant will temporarily replace Ma Kun as commandant of Zhechong. We can take over their work and continue to relieve the disaster and appease the people, as well as to build dams and dikes! ”

“Yes!” The officials and generals finally felt a little relieved for the time being. They were afraid that Li Ke would catch them all in one go. It was unknown how many of them had been affiliated with their sect in the past. If this were to be tracked down, they would all suffer a calamity.

Li Ke’s attitude also caused many people to feel a trace of happiness in their hearts. From his tone, it seemed that they were not prepared to investigate deeply … Everyone was clear-headed, and these three people had died in a strange and violent manner, and there must be some hidden information within them. However, Li Ke did not seem to be very concerned about it, so his attitude became rather ambiguous-could it be that he was taking the initiative to settle things peacefully?

For a moment, everyone guessed endlessly. Although the scene was completely silent and no one spoke, the invisible atmosphere became somewhat strange. It was as if everyone was secretly pondering endlessly in their hearts.

“This is the arrangement for the time being. All of you, leave your own work first. If you don’t know anything, you can come and ask this king about it.” Li Ke waved his hand, signaling everyone to retreat.

A moment later, only Li Ke and Qin Mubai remained in the king’s tent.

The two of them stared blankly for a while before laughing at the same time.

“This matter is too unexpected!” Almost in unison.

“Your Highness, what do you plan to do now?” Qin Mubai asked.

Li Ke knitted his brows and shook his head thoughtfully, “I don’t understand this situation, but I don’t want to pursue it at all. Investigating a murder case is not my specialty, nor is it my responsibility. I will report it to the Imperial Court truthfully. I don’t decide what to do there.”

“Your Highness, this is quite appropriate.” Qin Mubai smiled.

“There are so many things happening in the tiny Jiangzhou. Mubai, this is a troublesome place. It’s better for us to leave as soon as possible!” Li Ke raised his eyebrows half-jokingly and half-seriously, pretending to be frightened and exaggerated, “I will immediately draw up a play table and play the matter of today to His Majesty truthfully, asking him to make a decision.”

“Alright.” Qin Mubai nodded in approval. Li Ke was indeed a smart person with a shrewd mind. He had probably thought that the deaths of these three people were either related to the Emperor, the Crown Prince, the King of Jiangxia, or Li Ke himself.

All in all, it was not worth it to continue fighting for the three people who were bound to die. Although there is no reason to say that human life is greater than the heavens and that there is no law, the law is dead and the person is alive. It was worth it to sacrifice three villains for the peace of the Imperial Court and Jiangzhou.

In this way, if it wasn’t unexpected, the deaths of these three people would definitely not end. The Imperial Court might send people down to investigate, but they would never find out the result. ]

In this way, the Jiangzhou case was like a live fish that had been thrown into a hot pot. It had been tossing and tossing all the time, causing a burst of boiling oil to splatter everywhere. Now, someone suddenly covered it with a big pot, and everything instantly returned to peace.

Even though the fish in the pot were still bouncing around and hadn’t instantly calmed down, the boiling oil wouldn’t spill out and it wouldn’t scald anyone anymore.

It was a good thing that they wouldn’t get burned by the oil. Who would have to ask who covered the lid of the pot?