Chapter 159: See, what status do you have to compete with me

Xiao Ming was officially participating in the Crown Prince's death case; he had read all the case files about the Crown Prince in the Ministry of Justice.

The Crown Prince had been investigating the remnants of the previous dynasty and he really knew that Lan Yuchen was a descendant of the remnants of the previous dynasty.

And he had asked Zou Yi's father in a letter.

Xiao Ming judged from the content of the letter that after the Crown Prince knew about this matter, not only did he not care, but he even used this to demand that Zou Yi's father do things for him.

If Zou Yi's father didn't do as he was told, the Crown Prince would reveal Lan Yuchen's true identity, then not only would Lan Yuchen die, but many people in the Zou family would also be executed.

This was indeed a very big handle.

Zou Yi's father really loved this woman to the extreme, and he agreed to many things.

When seeing this, Xiao Ming scolded: "This useless guy, is it worth it for a woman?"

Sage remnant soul: "."

I think it's fine for others to scold, but do you have the nerve to scold him?

Aren't you that kind of person yourself?

However, Xiao Ming hadn't made a big mistake because of a woman, and the Sage remnant soul didn't criticize him.

After all, Xiao Ming was still young, and it was normal to make small mistakes.

As a master, one should guide him correctly; this was his responsibility.

Next, Xiao Ming continued to analyze based on intelligence.

In recent years, Lan Yuchen had done things to concubines, basically the former Emperor's body had accumulated problems that could not be detected, and the former Emperor's death was also a matter of time.

So Zou Yi's father, in order to protect Lan Yuchen, thought of a way to fake death.

Because if the former Emperor died, the royal family would certainly investigate in various ways, and they might be able to find the imperial physician Lan Yuchen.

At that time, it would also implicate the entire Zou family.

Lan Yuchen faking death to get out of everyone's sight was indeed a very good method.

Then Xiao Ming could infer that the Crown Prince and the remnants of the previous dynasty did not have a direct cooperative relationship.

They were just cooperating with each other; one was secretly setting a trap for the former Emperor, and the other was providing cover.

Both knew what the other was doing, and their purpose was to let the former Emperor die.

Seeing that the former Emperor was about to be "critically ill."

Then the two "cooperating" people also began to calculate against each other.

The remnants of the previous dynasty knew that once the Crown Prince ascended the throne, the next step would be to solve them; the reason for the remnants of the previous dynasty to kill the Crown Prince was very sufficient, and they didn't even need to be too deliberate.

The Crown Prince also knew that the remnants of the previous dynasty would find a way to solve him too; he was the Crown Prince, and if he was solved, the May Tian Ce Dynasty would be in chaos.

So the Crown Prince struck first, killing those forces that had sheltered the remnants of the previous dynasty on a large scale, in order to consolidate his position.

That was what Pang Jin told Xiao Ming: before the Crown Prince died, he had killed madly for a period of time, making the capital city flow with blood.

The Crown Prince was a ruthless character; if he succeeded, all this was within his calculations.

Using the remnants of the previous dynasty to take action against the Emperor, then he wouldn't be considered regicide or patricide, and he could get over it psychologically.

The Crown Prince had naturally made full preparations in the capital, standing in an invincible position.

But the result was that the remnants of the previous dynasty counter-killed the Crown Prince.

As for how they counter-killed, Zou Yi's father's secret room didn't record it, so Xiao Ming could only investigate up to here.

Continuing to investigate in the Zou family for a period of time without too many clues, Xiao Ming returned to the capital.

On the way, Xiao Ming was thinking about how the remnants of the previous dynasty killed the Crown Prince without leaving any traces.

Walking, Xiao Ming suddenly stopped.

The Sage remnant soul knew he seemed to have thought of something, so he didn't interfere with Xiao Ming's thinking.

Don't look at Xiao Ming as reckless, but sometimes his brain circuit could really get close to the standard answer.

After a while, Xiao Ming opened his mouth: "Master, according to the records in the intelligence, before the Crown Prince died, there was an abnormal mobilization of guards around him. These guards only listened to the Crown Prince, but could someone have used the Crown Prince's name?"

After Xiao Ming's reminder, the Sage remnant soul also thought of a person and said: "Are you talking about the Prince of Jing'an's son, Li Yang?"

Xiao Ming nodded and said: "That's right, Li Yang followed the Crown Prince the longest and was the Crown Prince's confidant. If he was bought by the remnants of the previous dynasty, this game could be explained."

Although Li Yang didn't have the right to directly mobilize the Crown Prince's guards, he knew how the Crown Prince mobilized the guards and could issue orders in the Crown Prince's name.

As everyone knew, the Crown Prince had operated in the capital for so many years, and wherever he went, he was followed by guards, and there was also a master like the capital's first fast knife, Fan Kuai, protecting him.

If it weren't for someone around the Crown Prince, how could they mobilize all these people?

It wasn't that Xiao Ming was splashing dirty water on Li Yang, but only Li Yang could do this.

Even the Crown Princess didn't know the Crown Prince's whereabouts.

Li Yang was one of the Crown Prince's ascension foundations, his father's status was high, and the Crown Prince discussed many things with him.

And according to Xiao Ming's investigation when he went out of the city last time, Li Yang had already received the Crown Prince's secret foundation, which could be considered to have benefited to a certain extent.

Xiao Ming was thinking, did Li Yang really want to usurp the throne? Or was he caught by the remnants of the previous dynasty? Or was there another motive?

These questions hovered in Xiao Ming's mind.

There was no way; Li Yang hid very deeply, and Xiao Ming was lucky to investigate a little bit of clues.

At this time, the Sage remnant soul said: "I think you should directly tell Pang Jin about this matter, let him have a headache too, and the earlier you tell him, the higher the credit. You wait for Pang Jin to investigate it himself, and you will have no credit."

The Sage remnant soul meant that Xiao Ming was mainly for credit; regardless of whether it was right or wrong, tell Pang Jin first, and Pang Jin would register the credit for Xiao Ming.

When the truth comes out, Xiao Ming would certainly be promoted and get a raise.

Because in the case of the Crown Prince's death, the content Xiao Ming found was indeed very much, faster than the progress of the entire Ministry of Justice, and it was discovered by chance, various clues.

Finally, even how the former Emperor died was investigated clearly; it was undoubtedly the first merit.

Plus, in the Second Prince's rebellion case, Lin Yue'e had reported merit for Xiao Ming, so Xiao Ming's official position would get higher and higher.

By the way, when Xiao Ming learned that Lin Yue'e was going to Shanghe City to take office, his lick-dog illness flared up, and he also thought about accompanying Lin Yue'e to Shanghe City, being Lin Yue'e's subordinate, and enhancing their relationship.

At that time, the Sage remnant soul stopped Xiao Ming's idea and told him that Lin Yue'e was just going down to train and would soon be promoted, that is, returning to the capital to take office.

What if you, Xiao Ming, go down and can't come back?

She was a close minister of the Emperor and would certainly stay in the capital all the time.

At that time, Xiao Ming would be in Shanghe City, and wouldn't everything be in vain?

So the Sage remnant soul let Xiao Ming stabilize; only by becoming a high official in the Ministry of Justice, and waiting for Lin Yue'e to return and be promoted, could the two of them meet, and their official positions would match.

This time Xiao Ming listened, so he investigated the case so hard.

The Sage remnant soul also breathed a sigh of relief and cooperated with him to investigate the case.

Inside the Ministry of Justice, where Pang Jin worked.

Xiao Ming knocked on the door and entered, then observed the surroundings, confirmed there was no one, and closed the door.

Seeing him like this, Pang Jin knew he must have gained something.

All along, Pang Jin had appreciated Xiao Ming very much.

He felt that this kid's strength, ability, and luck were all excellent.

He was the best seedling Pang Jin had ever seen, and also a confidant Pang Jin wanted to cultivate.

It was just that Pang Jin didn't know that Xiao Ming's real thought was to be a powerful minister and hollow out the throne.

Xiao Ming told all his investigations and guesses.

This was what the Sage remnant soul taught: leave the headache to capable people, and you won't have a headache yourself.

Anyway, Xiao Ming was just a runner, a bottom-level worker, so he didn't need to do everything.

See what the superior says.

"Do you have any evidence?" After listening, Pang Jin also felt his head was big.

The people involved in this were too many, and each one had more power than the other.

If it were just a Wang family, then Pang Jin, this Minister of Justice, could directly raid their homes.

Now, the Zou family where the Empress Dowager was, and the big royal family where the Prince of Jing'an was, had all been pulled in.

The power of the Ministry of Justice might really not be able to shake these big mountains; there must be evidence.

Xiao Ming replied: "The evidence is all in the secret room of the Xiliang Zou family. I didn't dare to take it back, because at that time I judged that if I took it away, the Zou family would certainly discover it, and they would directly destroy that place, coming to a dead end without proof."

Pang Jin nodded and praised: "Your judgment is good. Now it is indeed a matter of moving one hair and affecting the whole body, but if any place startles the snake, others will hide."

Pang Jin felt more and more that Xiao Ming's ability was very good, having wisdom and calmness beyond his age; if it were others, they would have taken it.

His judgment was right; at that time, it was the Sage remnant soul who let Xiao Ming not take it, not wisdom beyond his age.

After the two discussed the details, Pang Jin told Xiao Ming: "Since you are here, you might as well investigate the Wang family."

The Wang family was a big fish that Pang Jin had been watching for the past few days, and also the place where the most remnants of the previous dynasty were hidden.

Pang Jin didn't know the Wang family's purpose for the time being, and had investigated for several days without any gains.

It wasn't that he saw Xiao Ming return, looking for Xiao Ming's ability to be so strong, so he let him investigate. Although he didn't know the saying of the Son of Luck, he felt Xiao Ming could really investigate something.

According to Xiao Ming's current merit, Pang Jin promoted him again, promoting him to the Ti Xing Division of the Ministry of Justice.

The Ti Xing Division was a special official position of the Ministry of Justice; when handling cases, it could let the government office cooperate.

And it could also mobilize the power of the Ministry of Justice in various regions, that is, the bottom-level runners of the Ministry of Justice, Xiao Ming could mobilize at will.

Saying this, Pang Jin handed the Ti Xing Division's waist token to Xiao Ming, and Xiao Ming was grateful.

Finally, he started to have some power.

The Ti Xing Division had the right to handle cases alone, representing the authority of the Ministry of Justice, very much in line with Xiao Ming's ability.

Anyway, Pang Jin felt that letting Xiao Ming investigate by himself might have some gains.

According to the Sage remnant soul's guess, the next step would be for Xiao Ming to become a Ministry of Justice official.

This was a middle-level cadre of the Ministry of Justice, and also Pang Jin's previous position.

At that time, Xiao Ming could cultivate his own subordinates and start the first step of the powerful minister's plan.

!

Since he had been promoted, Xiao Ming could go and collect his "reward."

That is, the exotic fire of the Xinghuo Combat Academy he mentioned earlier.

This stage of merit was certainly enough.

Besides, in order to cultivate Xiao Ming, Pang Jin would also let him improve.

Maybe through this absorption of exotic fire, Xiao Ming could break through to the Six Realms Realm.

Then the Ministry of Justice would have one more expert, which was what Pang Jin wanted to see.

If Xiao Ming joined the Combat Academy, he might need to spend a lot of effort to get the exotic fire.

But in the Ministry of Justice, as long as the merit was enough, various resources mastered by the May Tian Ce Dynasty official could be taken by Xiao Ming.

Let alone exotic fire, even some special secret realms, Xiao Ming could go in and explore.

This was the benefit of working.

However, before that, Xiao Ming felt that he still had to find Lin Yue'e first; he hadn't seen her for several days, and he didn't know if Lin Yue'e had left the capital yet.

Leaving the Ministry of Justice, Xiao Ming came to the government office next door.

The moment he saw Lin Yue'e, Xiao Ming felt the fatigue of his body disappear, and he even forgot what Chu Ruoyan looked like.

Because Xiao Ming often came to visit, and they were all "colleagues," the people in the government office didn't care about him, so he successfully came to the inner courtyard of the government office.

At this moment, Xiao Ming saw that there were many people beside Lin Yue'e, men and women.

After inquiring, he learned that these people were subordinates recruited by Lin Yue'e; after Lin Yue'e went to Shanghe City to take office, these people would follow her down.

Tomorrow Lin Yue'e would leave the capital, and today she was handling the handover procedures with the new head constable.

The so-called handover procedures were just the normal process of taking the new head constable through it.

From patrolling to daily office work, taking him through it seriously.

The new head constable was a man, looking like he had some strength, should be someone who graduated from another Combat Academy, had worked in the capital for a period of time, and had merit on his body; with Lin Yue'e's transfer, he took the position of head constable.

This man also looked a bit handsome, but what made Xiao Ming angry was that this man was actually a toad wanting to eat swan meat; Lin Yue'e was someone you could match?

With your appearance, you are not as handsome as another one I have seen.

As an old lick-dog, Xiao Ming could naturally see the admiration in this new head constable's eyes when looking at Lin Yue'e.

After all, who wouldn't want to marry this woman with high status, beauty, and extraordinary strength?

Xiao Ming had great hostility toward this new head constable.

However, Lin Yue'e really didn't look up to the new head constable and just completed the handover normally.

Even the dinner invitation from the new head constable was directly rejected, not giving any chance at all.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming felt much happier in his heart.

In his view, these people didn't know how to approach Lin Yue'e at all.

In fact, Xiao Ming intended to perform a wave and show off his superiority.

That was to use official business as an excuse to invite Lin Yue'e, and Lin Yue'e would agree.

But he was afraid that others would learn, so he didn't do so in such a public occasion.

Seeing Xiao Ming come over, Lin Yue'e naturally greeted this old acquaintance.

Xiao Ming came over with a full face of smiles, his eyes scanning the men around, especially the new head constable, as if saying: See, what status do you have to compete with me?

In the process of communicating with Lin Yue'e, Xiao Ming also deliberately said that he had been promoted and revealed his waist token, showing off a bit.

It made the new head constable look a bit depressed; he was wondering why Lin Yue'e didn't have the slightest fluctuation, so it turned out she already had a suitor.

But the problem was, the new head constable felt that Xiao Ming was also not worthy of Lin Yue'e; Lin Yue'e's eyes looking at Xiao Ming, and looking at him, were both at the official level, without mixed private feelings.

Aren't you all suitors? How come it's like Lin Yue'e is your woman?

Hearing that Xiao Ming was promoted, Lin Yue'e also expressed congratulations.

Taking this opportunity, Xiao Ming wanted to go further.

The so-called going further was not to use official business as an excuse, but to invite Lin Yue'e to dinner.

If Lin Yue'e agreed, wouldn't it prove that their relationship was not just staying at the level of official communication?

"Constable Lin, I know a newly opened restaurant that is particularly delicious. Why don't we try it tonight?"

When saying this, Xiao Ming's heartbeat started to accelerate; he was incomparably looking forward to Lin Yue'e agreeing, and in his heart, he was constantly begging humbly.

Don't refuse, agree!

But the result was as expected, Lin Yue'e refused: "Sorry, I already have an appointment tonight."

Xiao Ming immediately smoothed things over, wanting to skip this matter.

He received a white eye from the new head constable; he was thinking, you just despised me, aren't you also not working?

Xiao Ming was very curious, who was the one Lin Yue'e had an appointment with?

Should he secretly go and see?

But he was also afraid of seeing that kind of scene, that is, his sweetheart appearing beside another man.

Don't know why, he always had a premonition.

Most importantly, when Lin Yue'e mentioned having an appointment, a trace of longing flashed in her eyes.

It was as if she was also looking forward to this date.

Xiao Ming, who left the government office, originally intended to leave directly.

But he stayed nearby by mistake; he really wanted to know who Lin Yue'e was dating.

Seeing this, the Sage remnant soul couldn't bear it.

He knew that every time his heart ached, Xiao Ming's strength would become stronger, but this was his apprentice he watched grow up.

However, having said that, without experiencing these trials, how would Xiao Ming become strong? These were just tribulations in his life.

Seeing Lin Yue'e leave the government office, Xiao Ming still followed.

At this moment, no one was more afraid than Xiao Ming; in the process of tracking, he repeatedly wanted to leave directly.

Constantly wanting to paralyze himself, if he couldn't see Lin Yue'e with another man, then he still had hope.

The lick-dog's heart was only that humble.

Fortunately, this time Lin Yue'e was dining with her little sisters from the Combat Academy, so Xiao Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as it wasn't a man, it was fine.

Now it wasn't too late, Xiao Ming was in a good mood, so he simply prepared to go to the Combat Academy to receive his exotic fire and improve his strength.

As a fire-attribute cultivator, one needed to absorb the fire seed of the exotic fire to gain special abilities.

This fire seed was separated during the cultivation process of the exotic fire.

It was not that any level of cultivator could absorb it; Xiao Ming had great confidence.

Coming to the Xinghuo Combat Academy, his official uniform could make the gatekeepers here, as well as the students of the Combat Academy, show respect to him.

He was very satisfied with this situation; what about strength? Being an official in the capital was the kingly way.

Coming to the office of the Dean of the Xinghuo Combat Academy, Qu Heng, and taking out the proof issued by the Ministry of Justice, Qu Heng stamped it and let him go to the place where alchemy was practiced to receive an exotic fire.

Also because of this identity, Qu Heng was relatively polite, and the procedures were handled very quickly.

But coming to the alchemy area, Xiao Ming suddenly froze in place, staring blankly at the front.

The Sage remnant soul was telling Xiao Ming how to absorb the exotic fire, but Xiao Ming's freeze made him have a bad premonition.

Following Xiao Ming's gaze, the Sage remnant soul felt very headache.

"You kid, your old problem is acting up again, right?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 160 =====