Xiao Ge laughed angrily: "Hmph, they are quite good at playing this trick of trying to frame someone up."

The imperial guard held his breath and did not dare to speak.

Several princes are familiar with this routine.

Like Zhang Li, who had just been transferred to the capital not long ago, he seemed to have nothing to do with anyone and was purely neutral. After arriving in the capital, he frequently visited the prince's retainers. Whenever something happened, others would associate him with the prince.

They were the guards, but they suffered several losses. At first, they stopped after finding out the apparent relationship. Later, something happened and other princes were involved, and then they realized that these were all deceptions, and they were used to deliberately guide

them.

After going back and forth a few times, they became very proficient in checking these things.

Regardless of the fact that Zhang Li was secretly involved with the third prince, he thought that the instigator was the third prince and wanted to frame the prince. But who knows if this is the truth?

Or, this is the truth; or, this is still the so-called "truth" that others want them to see, and there is someone else behind it.

Any imperial guard who has only been sent on a few missions and investigated several such incidents knows this truth, and Xiao Ge understands it even more.

As a father, who still has the country entrusted to his sons, Xiao Ge is actually very happy that his sons have such a vision and means. If not for this, whoever sits on the throne in the future will have to be played around by the courtiers. The throne

There is no room for stupidity in this position.

But this incident touched his bottom line.

He ordered: "Check further to see if there are other people's writings. Zhang Li has only had contact with these two princes since he came to the capital. He may have had contact with him as early as his previous appointment. Follow this line of thought and check carefully.

Investigate, be sure to find out the real behind-the-scenes instigator. Also..."

He paused and said, "Zhang Li's previous official affairs, whether good or bad, must be reported to the police after being found out, and must not be ignored."

"Yes." The guard responded and retreated.

Not only Xiao Ge is investigating Zhang Li's matter, but Xiao Lingyan is also investigating.

Xiao Ge was also worried that Zhang Li was his minister and the person behind the investigation was his son. He kept his cool during the investigation and might pretend to be confused after the investigation. Xiao Lingyan didn't care about that.

If he offended his Xu Xi, he would dare to deal with even Xiao Ge, the king of heaven, let alone Zhang Li, that little shrimp.

Aren’t the people behind Zhang Li well hidden and difficult to find? It would be better to just alert the snake.

…

Since he suppressed Zhao Ruxi in the county examination, Zhang Li couldn't sleep well these two nights.

In the middle of the night, in a daze, he heard a noise outside the window, as if someone's foot slipped, and he immediately woke up.

After thinking about it, he stood up, put on his clothes, and walked out.

"Where are you going without sleeping in the middle of the night?" Mrs. Zhang was woken up and asked dissatisfiedly, "Are you worried about the little goblin and want to see her in the middle of the night?"

Zhang Li's eyes were filled with impatience.

He turned back and frowned at his wife: "I asked you women, besides being jealous, can you think of anything else?"

After saying that, he was too lazy to pay attention to his wife and opened the door and went out.

Zhang Li came from a poor family. Even though he had been an official for ten years, his family was not very wealthy. Even his concubine, the Wu family, had only recently been admitted and there were not many servants. It was not possible for a noble family to have night servants.

existing.

At this time, there was silence outside the door, and there was only a faint moonlight in the yard.

Zhang Li looked at the door and saw nothing. He thought about it, returned to the room, lit the lamp, and walked out with the lamp.

Mrs. Zhang got up in a hurry, put on a coat and followed him, as if watching where he was going.

Zhang Li ignored her and looked around the yard with the lamp, but didn't see anything. He looked up at the sky and saw a waning moon hanging in the sky. It was obviously midnight.

He walked back with the lamp in hand: "Let's go back to sleep."

Mrs. Zhang was a little confused by his move, and immediately became nervous and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, it might be a wild cat." Zhang Li said.

The couple returned to the house and fell asleep again.

After lying down, Mrs. Zhang fell asleep quickly, but Zhang Li was not sleepy at all and kept listening to the noise outside. However, until dawn, it was quiet inside and outside the yard.

He got up to wash up. Seeing that it was getting bright, he quickly looked around the yard again, and finally found that the moss on the wall of the yard seemed to have been stepped on by something, leaving a skid mark.

It's just that the skid mark is very shallow. Not only could it not be seen last night, but it was also invisible during the day if you didn't look carefully.

He lived in a government house. The officials who built the house were probably worried about safety issues and built the wall very high, seven or eight feet high. It would be difficult for ordinary people to climb up without the help of ladders and other tools.

Someone who can walk freely on such a high wall and only leave traces accidentally is obviously a master.

Zhang Li's heart skipped a beat, and he was finally convinced that the voice he heard last night was not an illusion, and felt extremely uneasy.

After breakfast, Zhang Li took his servants to the Yamen.

The house he lived in was quite far away from the Yamen, and he had to walk a hundred steps to get to the main entrance of the Yamen.

After walking for a while, he suddenly noticed that the nurse who was following him was looking around.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

The nurse swallowed nervously, leaned closer to Zhang Li and whispered: "Master, I always feel like someone is staring at us."

For several days in a row, Zhang Li felt like he was being watched; even Mrs. Zhang, who was a bit nervous, felt something was wrong and felt that someone was staring at her.

Mrs. Zhang said to her husband: "What is going on? Who is staring at us?"

Before Zhang Li could speak, a servant shouted from outside: "Master, Xianquan County sent someone to deliver a letter quickly."

Zhang Li looked stern, stood up and said: "Quickly pass."

Immediately, a dusty man came in and handed Zhang Li a letter.

After Zhang Li read the letter, he fell down in his seat.

"Master, what's wrong?" Mrs. Zhang asked worriedly.

"Someone went to the county to investigate some things." Zhang Li said with a pale face.

He has a clean reputation, but he has also done some shameful things in private, including accepting money, creating false and wrong cases, and getting caught.

Precisely because of these excuses, even if he wanted to remain neutral, he had no choice but to take sides.

But now, can his master protect him?

With weak legs and feet, he went to the study, wrote a letter, and sent someone to deliver it somewhere secretly, thinking that it was hidden.

Even if someone is watching him, he won't care. Someone is obviously trying to mess with him now. If he doesn't ask for help, he will be finished as soon as the incident in Xianquan County is exposed.
Chapter completed!