Chapter 1392: Pride in Vain

"Didn't Feng Gu leave anything else?" Jiang Wang asked Lin Youxie.

"Of course there are some other clues, but they are all based on old tricks. In order to confuse the people handling the case, and even more so the people behind the scenes. His clues were given to me, and he knew I could see through the fog," Lin Youxie said. : "Because my father is Lin Kuang."

"With all due respect." Jiang Wang said calmly: "If there is no ironclad evidence, no matter what you do, it will be meaningless. Our analysis here can only be analysis."

Lin Youxie said: "I can't prove who is the murderer of Concubine Lei's assassination, but I only need to prove that my father's death is related to the current queen. This is why Feng Gu wants me to participate in this case."

Lin Kuang died while investigating the assassination of Concubine Lei. If it can be proven that his death was not suicide and was related to the queen. Indeed, it can be regarded as an important piece of evidence that can connect the current queen and the death of Concubine Lei.

"How do you plan to prove it?" Jiang Wang asked.

"This is my business." Lin Youxie said.

Jiang Wang originally thought that Lin Youxie was here to ask for help today and was even ready to help, but he didn't expect that she was not. It seemed that she jumped into the carriage halfway just to tell Jiang Wang what she believed to be the truth.

"Why are you telling me this?" Jiang Wang asked.

Lin Youxie paused and said: "My father is the best one since the establishment of Qingpai. He has solved countless cases and devoted himself to his duties. He will not commit suicide, nor should he commit suicide... I hope that if something happens to me, , there are still people who will remember these things.”

"I hope nothing happens to you." Jiang Wang said slowly, "Because no one will remember him for so long except you."

Lin Youxie's eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything lowered slightly, and his gaze fell on the corner of his clothes: "When we were on the offshore islands, you told me that you were going to save someone at the sea festival ceremony.

I think you must be lying to me, and you are lying to me for such ridiculous and unrealistic reasons.

But the strange thing is... I still believe it.

Then I thought, how are you going to do that?

I can't figure it out.

But I saw it.

I saw you went to Tianya Terrace and suspended the Sea Festival Ceremony. I heard that you went to the Lost World and completed the almost impossible task of purifying your sins.

The second time you went to Tianya Terrace, you killed Ji Shaoqing, your sword pressed against Diaohai Tower, and no one in the same area dared to challenge you.

At that time, your name was spread throughout the offshore islands.

You return as a hero...

Maybe you don't believe it, but you inspire me.

I'm not as strong as you, but my heart is just as determined as yours. "

Jiang Wangdao: "The reason why you believed me at that time was because you were also chasing the impossible. You are also such a determined person. I have only been involved in this case for a few days, and I already feel the suffocating pressure. And you But after working hard for so many years under this kind of pressure...do you have any impulsive plans now?"

"You think too much." Lin Youxie said: "It's just that you are the most genius person I know. I believe that one day, you will be able to reach the top. I mean if... if something happens to me. I would like to solemnly request that you reopen my father’s case when you have spare time.”

After saying that, she faced Jiang Wang and bowed down in the carriage.

Jiang Wang put his hand on her shoulders and pushed her back to her seat: "Lin Baotou, how can it be so easy to be in the top position? It is better to ask for others than to ask for yourself."

He thought for a while and finally asked: "There is a man named Du Fang, who was born in Qingpai. Do you know him?"

Lin Youxie was startled for a moment, and then he said after a long silence: "The person who threw my father's body in front of me... is called Du Fang. He is my father's subordinate, and he can be regarded as half of my father. Disciple. His explanation at the time was that he was too emotional to accept it. "

She narrated in a calm voice: "Li Youyun investigated Du Fang, and later gave the conclusion that because of the rules of the Qingpai family, my father refused to teach Du Fang many secret techniques, so Du Fang gradually He developed hatred and wanted to destroy me after my father died. Later, Du Fang died unexpectedly while working on the case, and the matter ended."

Very guilty...

"Who did Du Fang's death?" Jiang Wang asked.

"I would tell you very firmly before that either it was an accident or someone silenced me, and it had absolutely nothing to do with the four major Qingpai families. Because the teaching we have received since childhood is to act within the rules and follow the law in everything. Moreover, Du Fang's death only sounds strange, but the actual circumstances of the case are normal. The suspect he was chasing was indeed Tenglongjing, but the person who really killed him was the suspect's father..."

Lin Youxie said: "But now I'm not sure."

Since Li Yougui has secretly joined the Ping Dynasty, the ancestral precepts of the four major Qingpai families naturally cannot interfere with him. Even Lin Youxie himself cannot rule out the possibility of revenge and murder by the four major Qingpai families...

Therefore, Lin Youxie said that she could not determine the cause of Du Fang's death.

Jiang Wang didn't speak for a while.

Lin Youxie continued: "When Li Yougui was being tortured, I was at the execution ground. I shouldn't have gone, but I had to go."

"Li Yougui actually had a very bad relationship with my father. Grandpa Wu said that he had to fight with my father about everything, but he couldn't fight for anything... But after my father died, Grandpa Wu resigned and disappeared for a long time. , it’s Li Yougui who has been taking care of me.”

"I saw him on the execution ground, someone was cutting his flesh, and it fell piece by piece. I saw his expression, and I knew he wanted to curse, saying things like the court treated the four great blue-brand families unfairly..."

"He wanted to curse but didn't."

"Because there are still people alive in the four great blue-brand families, because I am still alive, he doesn't want to cause trouble for me."

"Grandpa Wu doesn't plan to accept any more disciples. I am the only heir left in the four great blue-brand families."

At this point, Lin Youxie seemed to have finally calmed down, and she looked at Jiang Wang with that insightful look again: "Why do you suddenly mention this person?"

Qi State developed too fast and became strong too quickly. In this process, too many people were ignored...

Li Youjiu did not belong to the Equal State from the beginning. His situation was completely different from Yan Tu's.

He could not find a way out of the glorious history and dilapidated current situation of the blue-brand family. As a blue-brand, he was powerless in the face of Lin Kuang's death. Lin Kuang, who was much better than him, died so insignificantly. What can he do?

Where is the future of the four great blue-brand families? Obviously, he was confused.

He made different choices from Wu Lie and Lin Youxie, but his concern for Lin Youxie was not false.

People are so complicated.

The more Jiang Wang saw, the less he dared to judge a person lightly.

He just said: "Du Fang has a familiar fellow countryman named Gu Xing. He used to be a general of the Zhufeng Army. He was relieved of his military post and went to sea in the 38th year of Yuanfeng. Now he is the owner of Bajiao Island.

Lin Youxie's eyelids jumped.

Bajiao Island belongs to Daze Tian Clan!

And she was originally suspicious of the Tian family!

Wu Lie has been secretly investigating the Tian family for so many years since he resigned from office. He has already mastered quite a lot of clues, but he has never been able to get the core evidence.

If Gu Xing, the owner of Bajiao Island, is related to what Du Fang did back then, it is undoubtedly important evidence to tie Daze Tian Clan and the assassination of Concubine Lei together!

"I know." She looked at Jiang Wang deeply: "Thank you. "

After that, she stood up.

Looking at her swift and decisive appearance, Jiang Wang couldn't help but say: "In fact, life is very long. We have waited for so many years, so there is no need to rush. "

Lin Youxie reached out to hold the car door and said in a calm voice: "But His Highness the Eleventh Prince can only die this once. "

Jiang Wuqi died only once, and Emperor Qi was sad for only this time.

It is very likely that there will be no chance to thoroughly investigate the old case.

Because the child who was cut out of Concubine Lei's belly that year is no longer there...

The curtain of the carriage was lowered, and the person was gone.

Only the faint smell of herbs was still describing her.

Jiang Wang was speechless for a long time.

If...

If the current queen was indeed the mastermind behind the assassination of Concubine Lei, and the Tian family was the knife she used that year.

If what Du Fang did was really related to Gu Xing, it was the implementation of the current queen's will under the control of the Tian family.

Then smashing Lin Kuang's body in front of Lin Youxie, in addition to deterrence, also has a strong meaning of venting anger.

No matter what Lin Kuang did, how "ungrateful" he was ", the person is dead, and he is still venting his anger on a three-year-old girl. It is really narrow-minded.

If the queen of a country is so narrow-minded... how can it be a blessing for the world?

If the person behind the scenes is the queen, it can indeed make sense of many things and connect all the existing clues.

But why did the queen want to harm Concubine Lei?

Seventeen years ago, Jiang Wuqi was not even born yet, and the power of the Lei family was also mediocre. What threat could Concubine Lei pose?

Jiang Wang couldn't figure it out for a while.

However, he already understood his inner choice--

He was also looking for the answer.

……

……

Time was moving forward with difficulty. Jiang Wang practiced hard while waiting for news.

The shadow guard's investigation into Gongsun Yu's tongue-cutting, Lin Youxie's investigation into Gu Xing, the owner of Bajiao Island, Investigation...

Jiang Wang would not do everything by himself. Professional matters should be handed over to professionals. Extraordinary power is his foundation.

So he waited and practiced.

But the first person to come to the door was Zheng Shangming.

It was winter, and the frosty wind was cold.

Everyone in the Jiang Mansion, from the housekeeper to the doorman, put on new cotton clothes.

Their mental outlook was completely renewed.

At least they had the appearance of a wealthy family.

Zheng Shangming came in the north wind, dressed in martial arts uniforms, very neat, and the majesty in his temperament became more and more obvious. After operating in the Beiya for so long, he was gradually taking over Zheng Shi's authority.

Any new Beiya commander who was not recognized by them would find it difficult to get rid of their influence in the Beiya.

But at the same time, Jiang Wang did not I suspect that if I take over the position of Bei Ya Duwei, I will cooperate with him very happily.

Because Zheng Shangming is now a qualified successor, a sober person.

He knows what to do and what not to do.

Zheng Shi is a person with a good sense of proportion, and he can definitely find the point that all parties are comfortable with.

But sometimes I feel a pity for no reason, and I will never see the original Zheng Shangming again.

Recalling the past, it is like the north wind blowing on the south tower.

Jiang Wang is wearing a green shirt and standing alone in the courtyard. A flame flower is born and dies at his fingertips.

The text of the detailed explanation of the flame flower burning the city flows slowly in my heart.

Just speaking of "flame flower", this Taoist art created by Zuo Guanglie, Jiang Wang has not seen a few fire Taoist arts of the same level that can be compared with it.

As the foundation of Fireworks Burning the City, it can almost be said to have constructed Zuo Guanglie's fire-moving Taoism system.

In this technique, Jiang Wang has already bloomed his own flowers, infusing his unique vitality. Therefore, his fireworks burning the city must be different from Zuo Guanglie's.

When Zheng Shangming stepped into the courtyard and saw this everlasting flame flower, his most intuitive feeling was "beauty", and he was amazed by its vitality.

"Your fireworks should have surpassed Zuo Guanglie's, right?" He couldn't help but ask.

The fireworks at the fingertips returned to a spark, and then fell into the fingertips without wasting any energy.

"Only at this level, there are limits. They are all at that position. It cannot be said to be super or not. When it comes to more advanced applications, it is still far away." Jiang Wang looked at Zheng Shangming: "It seems that there is something about this You are already 100% sure about the case.”

"It's only 80%." Zheng Shangming said: "There is still a little bit of key evidence."

"Then I want to congratulate you." Jiang Wang said.

Zheng Shangming asked, "Shouldn't it be me who congratulates you?"

Jiang Wang was in the courtyard, extending his hand to invite him to sit down: "I always thought that Lin Youxie might be the first to find out the truth."

"We could have kept Lin Youxie out of the case. But..." Zheng Shangming sat down and said quietly: "Although the four major Qingpai families have disappeared, they are the cornerstones of the Qingpai system in the first place. The remaining influence is not Even the emperor feels that they should be given an explanation, especially our Beiya."

"What you call an explanation is to let her participate in the case that she should have participated in?" Jiang Wang sat across from him and asked softly.

There was a small stove standing on the stone table, and a pot of tea was boiling on the stove, and the steam was rising.

"It's hard not to admit that if Beiya didn't nod, she wouldn't even have a chance to find the truth." Zheng Shangming's words were cold, but it was indeed a heavy fact.

"Are you so sure that you can find the truth before her?" Jiang Wang said: "Lin Youxie has a death wish. How dare you look down on a person who acts with a death wish?"

"That was her choice." Zheng Shanming said quietly, looking at Jiang Wang: "Brother Jiang, I just want to know your choice."

It should be said that after Zheng Shangming took the initiative to express his kindness in the capital inspection office, until now, he and Jiang Wang have been getting along happily, and can even be called "friends".

On the contrary, Jiang Wang and Lin Youxie had a lot of disagreements before they met.

Lin Youxie had been holding on to Jiang Wang from the beginning. Because of the suspicion that there was no way to hell, he wanted to find evidence immediately and impale Jiang Wang in the sky prison.

For a long time, Jiang Wang kept away from Lin Youxie.

But at this moment.

Jiang Wang could only say: "Brother Zheng, I can't take the position of Captain of Beiya."

Zheng Shangming didn't seem very surprised. After all, Jiang Wang had been hesitating about this issue for too long.

But he still asked: "Why?"

Jiang Wang looked up at the clouds on the horizon and asked with some emotion: "Brother Shang Ming, you said that the position of Captain and Inspector of the Capital Inspection Office represents what exactly does it mean? Is it power or responsibility?"

Zheng Shangming didn't think much about it and answered directly: "It represents the huge power to control the Qingpai system. As for the rights and responsibilities...the rights and responsibilities are integrated. If you master the Qingpai, you must bear the responsibilities of the Qingpai."

Jiang Wang asked again: "So what is Qingpai's responsibility? Of the four words 'Inspection Captain', which one is more important, 'Inspection' or 'Captain'?"

"I think I understand what you mean." Zheng Shanming said slowly: "You have to choose the so-called truth. But Brother Jiang, have you ever thought about, 'eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor'? The Capital Inspection Office is Directly under the emperor, it is not your fiefdom in Qingyang Town. The position of "inspection captain"... the important thing is not "inspection", nor "duwei", but the unwritten word. "

Jiang Wang let out a long sigh of relief and said calmly: "So I can't sit in this position anymore."

Zheng Shangming looked at him: "Brother Jiang, I have always admired you and know that you are a determined person. But today I want to sincerely advise you - the emperor's trust in you is known to the world. Do you have Have you ever thought about how disappointed the Emperor would be if you refused this position? You are not only rejecting the position of Captain of Beiya, but also the opportunity to express your loyalty to the Emperor. Do you know that your future career may be due to your current situation. Choice, and promotion is difficult?”

Of course Jiang Wang knew.

Even if he didn't know, Chong Xuan Sheng had already told him.

But he just said calmly: "Qi is a big country, and there should be enough space to accommodate all kinds of people. If not, I don't think it is my loss."

Zheng Shangming was silent for a moment and said, "Although I don't agree with it, I respect your choice."

He sighed: "Brother Jiang, sometimes I feel that you are really an enviable person."

"What do I have to envy?" Jiang Wang chuckled: "I am alone and have only pride. Speaking of being a third-grade official, how many people listen to what I say?"

"People always envy those who they cannot be." Zheng Shangming pursed his lips and said, "Brother Jiang, I'll take my leave now."

He got up and walked out.

When I was about to reach the entrance of the courtyard, I heard Jiang Wang's voice coming from behind -

"Brother Zheng. Speaking of which, when you were manipulated by Wen Lianmu's setup...if I killed you by mistake at Cuma Mountain, it would trigger the anger of your father, Captain Beiya. Have you ever thought about it? Do you need the truth?"

Zheng Shangming stopped.

"I thought about it, I thought about it very seriously."

He said: "What I think is that I need power."

He just stood at the gate of the courtyard with his back to Jiang Wang.

He said calmly: "Brother Jiang, not everyone can be like you, with the talent to break legends and the courage to break rules. I am just... trying to be a mediocre person."