Chapter 171: Not yet Finished

"This is interesting." Qi Xuansu and Li Tianlan don't get along, but he's not afraid of offending him. "Li Cixi wants to remarry at such an old age. I think it's not for women, but he can't escape the idea of ​​inheriting the incense. If that's the case, why would Li Cixi ignore you? I know a little about what Li Cixi is like. He has been in charge of the Jiangnan Daofu for many years and has stood firm. He can't be associated with the word "confused" anyway."

When the Zhenwu Temple was burned, Li Tianlan was the mastermind behind it. It was already out of control, but Siming Zhenjun took advantage of the internal strife of the Taoist sect and intervened. In the end, all the blame was naturally pushed onto Siming Zhenjun, including the burning of the Zhenwu Temple, which was also done by Siming Zhenjun, and became a confusing account.

The affairs of the world are not over yet, and they are finally unresolved.

Qi Xuansu is the person involved in this matter. He has not forgotten this matter, not to mention that someone is making a fuss about him this time, so he suspects that it is related to some people in the Li family.

Li Ping said, "Just because my stepmother gave birth to another brother, I, the son, was not so important. My stepmother wanted my brother to inherit the family business, so she naturally regarded me as a thorn in her eyes and a thorn in her flesh, and wanted to get rid of me as soon as possible. It was she who planned it personally, framed me, and put me in prison."

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

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

Where are there so many coincidences in this world? Ninety-nine percent of them were intentionally done by the mastermind behind the scenes. This matter was definitely arranged by Ye Qingshuang. As the saying goes, it is impolite not to return the favor. Qi Xuansu has been passively beaten, and it is 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 gun, because Ye Qingshuang only provided a knife, and whether to use it or not is entirely up to Qi Xuansu himself. If Qi Xuansu wants to use it, he will ask questions and make a fuss. If Qi Xuansu does not use it, he will send Li Ping away and let him continue to stay in prison.

Qi Xuansu saw it clearly, so he naturally wouldn't have any grudges. It can also be said that Ye Qingshuang deliberately left a flaw so that Qi Xuansu could see it clearly and not have any grudges. Ye Qingshuang didn't want to lose the big picture for the small.

The reason why he had to go to so much trouble instead of directly making things clear was because Ye Qingshuang didn't want to confront the Li family directly, and he still had to cover it up.

As for why Ye Qingshuang was so concerned, her relationship with Qi Xuansu was secondary. The key was that she had some grievances and conflicts with the Li family.

Back then, Ye Qingshuang and Li Ruoshui both suffered losses because of something. Li Ruoshui was supported by the Li family and went to the Imperial Capital Dao Mansion. Although the Imperial Capital Dao Mansion was an empty shell, it was the sphere of influence of the Li family. For Li Ruoshui, it was acceptable. Ye Qingshuang was exiled to Luosuozhou. Although it was an overseas continent, there was not even a great master of the mansion. It can be seen that Luosuozhou's status in the Taoist sect was actually a place of exile. Being a master of the mansion here is not only the last of all the masters of the mansion, but also inferior to some of the masters of the palace.

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

It just so happened that when Qi Xuansu was working in the Imperial Capital Daofu, he was suspended by Li Ruoshui for investigation, which led to a feud. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, and Borneo and Luosuo are neighbors and have many contacts, so the two naturally became friends.

After all, at the level of Chanzhi Zhenren, they are all elites who have fought their way through hardships, so there is no such thing as a first-time hit.

Arriving in the interrogation room, Qi Xuansu asked, "Are there any case files?"

The previous chief replied, "To reply to Chief Qi, we are only responsible for detention here, not for case judgment. No matter what the crime of the prisoners sent here is, the case must have been closed, and the relevant case files have been submitted to Fengxiantang. According to the laws of Taoism, if such a case needs to be investigated again, it must be reported to Fengxiantang first and then the case files can be retrieved."

Qi Xuansu nodded.

This is not a problem. Of course, he can't order Fengxiantang, but there is someone who can order it, that is Qingwei Zhenren. Li Tianlan's faction was in trouble with Qingwei Zhenren. Last time in Fenglinzhou, they caught Qingwei Zhenren off guard and forced Qingwei Zhenren to bow to the Zhang family. Zhang Wuliang personally came to Fenglinzhou to discuss relevant matters with Qingwei Zhenren.

Qi Xuansu also experienced this personally.

Can Qingwei Zhenren swallow this breath?

Even if Qingwei Zhenren puts the overall situation first, Li Zhuyu is young and hot-tempered, can she endure it?

Qi Xuansu already had a general idea, and thought of a way to let Li Zhuyu know, let her go to Fengxian Hall to review the files under the banner of Qingwei Zhenren and thoroughly investigate the case. This is called killing with a borrowed knife.

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

Qi Xuansu said, "Li Ping, did you hear that? If you want to retry your case, you must ask the Fengxiantang for permission. You say you are wronged, but you must have evidence before you can ask the Fengxiantang for permission to retry. You can't just say it and overturn the case. What else do you have to say?"

Li Ping hesitated for a moment, wanting to say something but stopped.

Ye Qingshuang understood and said, "You go down first."

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

Li Ping then said, "I have evidence. That bastard set up a trap to harm me. Although I didn't expect her to disregard her reputation at the time, I was prepared. Before that, I had secretly investigated her. She also had a lover named Li Minghuang."

Qi Xuansu raised his eyebrows and thought to himself, "It's not that enemies don't meet."

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 had a special status, which could actually break the situation. Many methods of covering up the situation were not so easy to use when it involved surprising allied countries.

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

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: "I'm afraid your words alone don't 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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