Chapter 196: Everyone is Happy

"Hiss, why did he say my words."

Li Rui, hiding in the dark, hissed slightly in his heart.

That's right.

The person standing in front of Chai Jingong speaking was not him.

Or rather, it might have been him originally, but it was snatched by someone else.

Since hearing the news from Fu Huan, he had been squatting in the military camp every night, monitoring every move of the Ministry of Justice people.

Chai Jingong's action tonight happened under his nose.

If he hadn't been worried about Chai Jingong's pig nose, he could have followed even closer.

No way.

Chai Jingong is really too powerful.

There were almost no clues, but the scene was still found by Chai Jingong.

This is exactly the place where he killed Gao Zhen, and Chai Jingong was almost about to touch the truth of the matter.

Li Rui naturally couldn't let such a thing happen.

Since the problem cannot be solved, then only the person who raised the problem can be solved.

Chai Jingong is only Sixth-Rank, and it is a waste form, so it should be easy to kill.

Li Rui quietly put away the hidden edge that had been unsheathed by an inch.

He chose to wait and see.

Not far away.

Chai Jingong looked vigilantly at the strange masked man in front of him, whose terrifying aura made him dare not act rashly.

"Terrible!"

His face became extremely ugly.

Sometimes being too focused on the case, he actually forgot that his own strength was only Sixth-Rank, not Fifth-Rank like his official position.

He was ultimately just a Ministry of Justice civil official who investigated cases, not a military general.

In fact, he had already taken precautions.

Chai Jingong thought he was cautious enough.

He confirmed several times that no one was following him.

Unexpectedly, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, and was still blocked in the mountain forest by someone.

There is no village in front and no shop behind.

Even if he shouted until his throat broke, Cao Wei and Jiang Linxian wouldn't hear him.

Even if they could hear, by the time they rushed here, he would certainly be dead, and the next Ministry of Justice person might not be able to find this place.

"Calm, calm, there is still a turning point."

Chai Jingong swallowed his dry throat fiercely.

The man in front of him could follow him without his awareness, so his strength must be far beyond his own.

Forcing his way through was certainly impossible.

He carries the pig form and is a good hand at solving cases, but when it comes to fighting, he is almost at the bottom of the Sixth-Rank.

"This person didn't kill me directly, which proves at least he doesn't want to kill me now."

Chai Jingong finally gathered the courage to look at the masked man.

In the face of life and death, everyone is actually the same.

He forced himself to be calm, his brain spinning rapidly, and just as the two were confronting each other, he said something shocking: "Are you a person of the Duke of Wei?"

As soon as these words came out.

Even Li Rui, who was hiding in the dark, had his pupils shrink.

A flash of surprise crossed the masked man's eyes, and then he laughed lightly:

"You are a smart person."

As he spoke, he actually tore off the mask on his face.

Chai Jingong wanted to reach out to stop him, but the man's movements were too fast to stop.

He still saw the man's true face.

Chai Jingong's face became extremely ugly, and after a long time, he sighed lightly: "So the Duke of Wei wants to kill me to silence me?"

As a Ministry of Justice investigator.

He knew the psychology of criminals too well.

Many times, murder does not happen when they first meet, but when the other party's identity is revealed.

If the identity is known, if you don't kill them, do you keep them to retaliate against yourself later?

He revealed the other party's identity just to deter them first, not because he really wanted to know the man's specific identity.

A look of appreciation appeared in the man's eyes:

"You kid are very good, you actually guessed my origin."

He grinned: "Since you have already seen my face, let's get straight to the point; I will give you two paths, one, die..."

Chai Jingong didn't even have the interest to listen to the first point.

Because this point is just a means used by criminals to scare people.

He had already pricked up his ears to listen to the second.

The man's mouth arc was even bigger: "Two, throw everything to the Guiming Sect, and then eat this pill; as long as you don't talk about this matter, you won't die."

As he spoke.

The man took out a thumb-sized, pitch-black round little pill from his bosom.

"Sure enough."

A bitter smile appeared on Chai Jingong's mouth.

In the face of life and death, how can one choose?

No choice.

In fact, as long as the man in front of him didn't propose anything that would implicate the nine clans, he would agree without hesitation.

He is obsessed with solving cases.

That is because he wants to know the truth; now that the truth has been cracked, there is no need to uphold justice.

Nothing is more important than life.

And since the Duke of Wei has already made a move, this justice is not something he, a minor Ministry of Justice official, can uphold.

"Good, I'll eat it."

Chai Jingong was quite decisive, almost grabbing the pill the moment the man finished speaking and stuffing it into his mouth without hesitation.

It even looked like.

He was more afraid that the man would regret it.

The man's face was even more astonished, and he smiled more: "Interesting guy, I'm a bit reluctant to kill you; how about this, you join the Duke's Mansion, and I'll give you the antidote."

What he didn't expect was.

This time Chai Jingong chose to refuse hard: "The threshold of the Duke of Wei's mansion is too high, the small one is not worthy."

The man felt a bit regretful.

"Forget it, as you wish."

Hearing the man's words, Chai Jingong breathed a long sigh of relief.

Seeing the man slowly disappear into the night.

His legs went soft, and he slid down against the tree trunk, sitting on the ground.

After a full quarter of an hour.

A bitter smile appeared on Chai Jingong's face.

"So dangerous, almost died."

He has been handling cases for many years, and the dangers he has experienced are not few, but most of them are controllable. After all, when the imperial court handles cases, not many people really dare to kill him.

This also cultivated his habit of not wanting his life when solving cases.

A rotten habit.

"This habit must be changed in the future!"

Chai Jingong made up his mind.

He has an eighty-year-old mother above, a beautiful wife in the middle, and three sons and four daughters below.

He absolutely cannot die.

For a case that has nothing to do with him, his wife remarries, and his son calls someone else dad.

Just thinking about it is uncomfortable.

He can almost be sure that if he hadn't said the man's identity tonight, he would likely have been a dead man.

The Duke of Wei just doesn't participate in politics.

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But the power of the previous dynasty in the Yu Kingdom has never been bad.

Killing him, a minor Sixth-Rank, is too easy.

Even the Gao clan would turn a blind eye to this matter for the sake of the overall situation.

He, a minor official, why bother to sacrifice his life for the Dao?

And it's not even his own Dao.

"It should be that Gao Zhen colluded with the Guiming Sect, and the Duke of Wei sent an expert to behead Gao Zhen after noticing it, so as not to set himself on fire; yes, it must be like this."

Chai Jingong's mind couldn't help but conjure up an analysis of the whole case.

If the person who killed Gao Zhen was the Duke of Wei, then everything would be clear.

The process was dangerous, but the feeling of solving the case made Chai Jingong feel numb all over; it was this feeling that made him unable to stop.

Maybe he would dare to do it next time?

Slap!

Chai Jingong slapped himself hard.

He must prevent this terrible thought in the future.

If he encounters this situation again, he might not have such good luck.

He felt he had strength again and hurriedly climbed up.

Go down the mountain.

The mountain forest returned to silence.

Li Rui's eyes became strange.

"Duke of Wei..."

He heard the conversation between the two clearly; perhaps the man in the Duke of Wei's mansion didn't expect that there would be another old cunning dog like him.

The intervention of the Duke of Wei estimated that Chai Jingong thought everything was done by the Duke of Wei.

He was unexpectedly cleared of suspicion by mistake.

Without thinking, it would soon be announced to the world.

Gao Zhen was killed by the Guiming Sect.

He doesn't have to worry about this matter anymore.

"But why did the Duke of Wei intervene in this matter?"

Li Rui is very clear.

Gao Zhen died at his hands, and the Duke of Wei had almost nothing to do with this matter, but he insisted on forcibly interrupting everything at this time.

Soon, a flash of understanding crossed his eyes.

"The Duke of Wei also colluded with the Guiming Sect!"

In fact, counting it, the Duke of Wei is a remnant of the previous dynasty who surrendered, and the Guiming Sect is a remnant of the previous dynasty who fled south after being defeated.

It is not strange that the two of them have contact, as for what connection Gao Zhen and the Duke of Wei have...

"Chaotic, chaotic, chaotic."

Li Rui rubbed his temples.

The Great Yu looks prosperous on the surface, but there are really quite a few things in the dark.

He stayed until the sky turned a fish-belly white.

Confirming there were no fellow travelers, he went down the mountain and returned to the military camp.

Five days later.

Chai Jingong found Cao Wei:

"General Cao is as wise as a god; the person who killed Gao Zhen is indeed the Guiming Sect; these are the organized case files and evidence."

Cao Wei looked at the thick stack of case files held by Chai Jingong.

He laughed from ear to ear.

Thinking in his heart that this Magistrate Chai is really sensible.

"Is the truth important?"

"It's not important at all!"

He opened the case file and saw tens of thousands of words written densely on it, with detailed evidence and clear clauses, and there was no fault to be found.

"Magistrate Chai's work is really powerful."

Cao Wei praised sincerely.

With this case file and evidence, handing it to General Xue and the imperial court will surely satisfy those big figures.

At the very least, it can turn a big crime into a small one and keep the official position.

Chai Jingong:

"Thanks to Magistrate Cao's help these days, I remember when I first came, Magistrate Cao said we wouldn't return until we were drunk?"

Then he revealed a smile that only men understand.

Cao Wei raised his eyebrows; usually looking at Chai Jingong's upright and honest official appearance, he didn't expect him to be an interesting person.

"Of course, can't forget."

That night.

The Imperial Music Bureau received another big order.

The next day.

Chai Jingong took the Ministry of Justice crowd to Yunzhou to report the mission.

Fu Huan also left Qinghe on the same day and returned to the capital.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to go to Li Rui's residence to say goodbye.

The line of the Directorate of Astronomy was thus firmly held by Li Rui.

The matter was perfectly solved... at least on the surface, it was perfect.

The Annan Army was satisfied, the Ministry of Justice was satisfied, the Duke of Wei was satisfied, the Gao clan... might be satisfied.

As for the Guiming Sect, no one in the Yu Kingdom cared if they were satisfied.

Everyone is happy.

Li Rui had been the same since returning to the military camp from the mountain forest.

No one could see any abnormality.

This day.

Late at night.

He sat cross-legged on the meditation cushion in the room.

Suddenly!

Lines of small characters appeared before his eyes.

【Congratulations to the host for completing the achievement "Out of the General and Into the Prime Minister" primary plot—Immovable as a Mountain.】

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 197 =====