Pawn Crossing the River

"This is interesting." Qi Xuansu did not confront Li Tianlan and was not afraid of offending him. "Li Cixi still wants to marry a new wife at a very old age. I guess it is not for the sake of women. He should not be able to escape the thought of inheritance of incense. In this case, Li Why would I ignore you? I know a little about what Li Ci is like. I have been in charge of Jiangnan Province for many years and cannot be associated with the word 'muddleheaded'."

Li Tianlan was the mastermind behind the burning of the Zhenwu Temple. The situation was already beyond control, but because Zhenjun Siming took advantage of the internal fighting in the Taoist sect and intervened, all the blame was naturally placed on Zhenjun Siming. On top of that, including the burning of Zhenwu Temple, it was also done by Zhenjun Siming, and it became a confusing account.

Things in the world are still unfinished, and they will never be settled.

Qi Xuansu was the party involved in this matter, and he had not forgotten it. Needless to say, if someone made an article about him this time, he suspected that it was related to some people from the Li family.

Li Ping said: "Just because my stepmother gave birth to another younger brother, my son is not that important. My stepmother only wanted my younger brother to inherit the family business, so she naturally regarded me as a thorn in her side and wanted to get rid of him." . It was she who planned it herself, framed me and put me in jail."

Ye Qingshuang said: "Prepare an interrogation room and take him there."

Qi Xuansu is now more and more certain that this incident is not a coincidence.

Where do so many coincidences come from in this world? Ninety-nine percent of the time, the person behind the scenes did this intentionally. This matter was definitely arranged by Ye Qingshuang. As the saying goes, it is disrespectful to come back without reciprocating. Qi Xuansu had been passively being beaten, and it was time to fight back, so Ye Qingshuang provided Qi Xuansu with a handy weapon.

However, this is not to say that Qi Xuansu is used as a spearman, because Ye Qingshuang only provides a knife, and whether it is used or not is entirely up to Qi Xuansu himself. If Qi Xuansu wants to use it, he will continue to ask questions and make a big fuss. Qi Xuansu dismissed Li Ping and let him remain in jail.

Qi Xuansu could see it clearly and naturally he wouldn't have any grudges. It can also be said that Ye Qingshuang deliberately left a loophole so that Qi Xuansu could see clearly and not have any grudges. Ye Qingshuang was not willing to make small gains at the expense of big things.

The reason why he had to go to a lot of trouble instead of clarifying the matter directly was because Ye Qingshuang didn't want to confront the Li family directly, so she still had to cover it up.

As for why Ye Qingshuang is so interested, her relationship with Qi Xuansu is secondary. The key is that she has some conflicts with the Li family.

Back then, Ye Qingshuang and Li Ruoshui were both hurt by something. Li Ruoshui had the support of the Li family and went to the Imperial Palace. Although the Imperial Palace was empty, it was within the Li family's sphere of influence. For Li Ruoshui, it was still acceptable. Ye Qingshuang was assigned to Luo Suozhou. Although it was an overseas continent, it didn't even have a real person in charge. It can be seen that Luo Suozhou's status in the Taoist sect was really a place of assignment. Being a real person in charge here is not only inferior to all other leaders, but also inferior to some of the leaders.

Does Ye Qingshuang have any hatred in her heart? Of course there is.

It happened that when Qi Xuansu was serving in the Imperial Palace, he was suspended for review by Li Ruoshui, and this created a problem. The enemy of my enemy is a friend, and since Borneo and Rasa are neighbors and have many connections, the two naturally became good friends.

After all, at the level of Zhenzhi Zhenren, they are all human spirits who have fought through thorns and thorns, so there is no chance of feeling like old friends at first sight.

Arriving at the interrogation room, Qi Xuansu asked, "Is there any case file?"

The previous officer replied: "Come back to Chief Qi, we are only responsible for detaining people here, not for solving cases. No matter what the crime, the case of the prisoner assigned here must have been closed, and the relevant case files have been handed over to Fengxian Tang. According to the Taoism According to the law, if such a case needs to be investigated again, one must first ask Fengxian Tang for instructions and then access the case files."

Qi Xuansu nodded.

This is not a problem. Of course he can't control Feng Xiantang, but there is someone who can control him, and that is Master Qingwei. Li Tianlan's group was in trouble with Master Qingwei. Last time in Fenglinzhou, Master Qingwei was caught off guard, forcing Master Qingwei to bow to the Zhang family. Zhang Wuliang personally came to Fenglin Continent to interview Master Qingwei. matters.

Qi Xuansu also experienced this personally.

Can Master Qingwei swallow this breath?

Even if Master Qingwei puts the overall situation first, how can Li Zhuyu endure it if he is young and energetic?

Qi Xuansu already had a rough idea and thought of a way to give Li Zhuyu a break and let her go to Fengxian Hall to read the files and investigate the case thoroughly under the banner of Qingwei Zhenren. This was called killing with a borrowed knife.

It is said that Bodhisattvas are afraid of causes, while mortals are afraid of consequences. This is it. The seeds of Li Tianlan's reasons have been planted long ago. He offended Qi Xuansu by burning the Zhenwu Temple, and he was an enemy of Qingwei Zhenren during the Fenglinzhou war. In addition, the conflict between Li Ruoshui and Ye Qingshuang must have bad consequences. .

Qi Xuansu said: "Li Ping, did you hear that? If you want your case to be retried, you must ask Fengxiantang for instructions. If you say you are wronged, you must have evidence before you can ask Fengxiantang for a retrial. You can't just talk in vain. Overturned, what else do you have to say?"

Li Ping hesitated for a moment and stopped talking.

Ye Qingshuang already understood and said: "You guys go down first."

After the others left, only Qi Xuansu, Ye Qingshuang, and Huangfuji were left.

Li Ping then said: "I have evidence that *** was trying to harm me. Although I didn't expect that she would disregard her own honor, I was prepared. Before that, I had secretly investigated her, and she There is also a good friend named Li Minghuang."

Qi Xuansu raised his eyebrows and thought to himself: "It's not that enemies don't get together."

Qi Xuansu then asked: "If that's the case, then why didn't you tell Li Cixi clearly?"

Li Ping said: "I was framed by that person and lost the initiative. My father preconceived the idea and believed what he said. No matter what I say now, my father will regard it as random slander. How can I believe it? And I don't have any substantial evidence."

Qi Xuansu fell into deep thought.

Ye Qingshuang had obviously known about it for a long time and did not comment on Li Ping's words. Instead, he said to Huangfu, "It made Huangfu laugh."

Huangfu Ji waved his hand and said, "It's nothing to laugh at. It's a good show, but it's quite interesting."

In fact, Ye Qingshuang had some thoughts in involving Huangfuji this time. After all, Huangfuji's special status could actually play a role in breaking the situation. Many methods of covering up the situation are not so easy to use when it involves the surprise of allied countries.

Huangfu was very keen on seeing through things but not telling them. The so-called good drama did not refer to the bad things happening in the Li family, but to the infighting within the Taoist family.

Don't think that the Li family is so clean. During the internal strife in the Li family, some people used similar methods to slander Xuansheng. Later, Xuansheng took pains to rectify the Li family. It was not all for the sake of the public, but more or less a personal grudge.

Qi Xuansu said: "Your words alone may not count as much evidence."

Li Ping lowered his head and said nothing.

As a member of the Li family, he didn't understand anything.

Some people write articles about Qi Xuansu without any basis, or even any shadow, and just fabricate them out of thin air. Now he has provided Qi Xuansu with an opportunity. Although there is no substantial evidence, it is definitely not fabricated out of thin air. At worst, it is just based on rumors.

If Qi Xuansu wants to take advantage of this, then what he said is enough. If Qi Xuansu doesn't want to take advantage of this, then even if he has real evidence, he may not be able to overturn the case.

In the final analysis, the decision-making power still lies in Qi Xuansu's hands, and no one can force Qi Xuansu to do anything.

As for power, it is what determines the law, not the law that determines power.

If the law confers power, where does the power to make laws come from? Doesn't this become a chicken or egg problem?

After all, who gets to decide the power? It's force.

Whoever has the strongest force has the highest power.

Since power can determine the law, rather than the law determining power, there is a lot of room for maneuver. On the surface, it is said that there must be real evidence before retrial, and that procedures must be followed and regulations must be followed. In fact, it is just a matter of one sentence from the person in power. The so-called interrogation and special handling of special cases.

If you are too superstitious about a certain golden rule and believe that it is unshakable and that everyone must follow the rules honestly within this framework, you are committing a childish disease.

What is infantile disease?

Just like a woman who has different ideas about elders, younger ones, inferiority and concubines.

, asked a classic question, which is more noble, the emperor who was born by concubines or the prince who was born by direct descendants?

Or to use an analogy, a woman created an empire on which the sun never sets, with a huge fleet, vast land, and four masters to protect her. Then she used this empire as a dowry and married a feudal emperor on the grounds that A woman cannot be an emperor. And because she is not a legitimate daughter, but a concubine, even with such a dowry, she still cannot be a queen. She has to fight in the palace to please the emperor, catch the dirt on the queen and all the concubines, and finally let the emperor administer justice. , deposed them, and she succeeded in ascending to the throne of queen. The sages of Neo-Confucianism felt ashamed when they saw it.

Or a man, after conquering the world, doesn't care about anything, leaves the country to others, and chooses to live in seclusion and live freely.

This is infantilism.

The real approach is to respect the rules on the surface, but do not regard these rules as untouchable rules. When necessary, you can break the rules, or even modify the rules and rebuild new ones.

That's why there is that famous saying, some things cannot be weighed even if they are not weighed four or two, and even if they are weighed a thousand pounds, they cannot be stopped.

Li Ping's grievance was undoubtedly a risky move, but he only made it after knowing it correctly.

He saw the struggle between the two factions and that was his way of survival.

Xiao Yin understands some truths, how could Qi Xuansu not understand them?

Qi Xuansu made up his mind and said to Ye Qingshuang: "Palace Master Ye, please keep this person under separate supervision and don't let him have any accidents."

Ye Qingshuang arranged this matter by herself, so she naturally understood it: "Don't worry, I guarantee that nothing will go wrong on my territory."

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