Na Yan had already received the news when Li Cheng and the others went to the study room.
What he was most interested in was not the case.
It was the expert that Li Cheng had invited – Teacher Ji.
He sat in the room, drinking tea. His expression was calm, but his brows were slightly furrowed.
He seemed to be pondering about something.
"Your Highness, Lord Huang from the Ministry of Justice is here."
Na Yan remained unmoved as he brewed tea.
The messenger stood at the door, waiting.
After a long time, Na Yan said, "Let Lord Huang wait at the door."
"Yes!"
He continued to brew tea.
Lord Huang was waiting in the front hall.
A servant came over and said, "Lord Huang, follow me."
Lord Huang followed him.
However, when they arrived outside Na Yan's courtyard, the servant said, "Lord, please wait here. His Highness told you to wait here."
"Here?"
He couldn't believe it.
It was still snowing, and the wind was cold. He had just recovered from his illness. Wouldn't it be torture to wait here?
He confirmed, "Did His Highness really say that?"
"Lord Huang, His Highness did say that."
"…" Lord Huang didn't dare to disobey. He glanced at the courtyard and sighed heavily. He folded his sleeves and said, "Alright, this official will wait here."
The servant bowed and went in first.
Lord Huang stood at the door, shivering from the cold.
However, he also understood one thing – the Second Prince was punishing him.
As for the reason, it should be because of Du Mubai's case.
However, he was still confused about the details and couldn't think clearly. He would probably understand when he met the Second Prince.
Na Yan, who had been brewing tea, finally stopped.
He looked outside and saw that it was snowing heavily.
There was a long corridor between the door and the courtyard, so he didn't see the shivering Lord Huang at the door.
After the servant led Lord Huang there, he went back to Na Yan's door and waited.
Waiting for his orders!
Na Yan said, "Call Lord Huang in."
The servant obeyed, "Yes!"
He hurriedly ran inside again.
If he had gone any later, Lord Huang would have been frozen into a ball.
Lord Huang was overjoyed when he saw the servant.
"Lord, His Highness invites you in."
"Alright."
He rubbed his cold hands together.
The servant led him in.
However, when he reached the door, Lord Huang stopped and cupped his hands in greeting. "Greetings, Your Highness."
Na Yan saw that he was shivering from the cold and frowned, saying, "Come in."
Lord Huang brushed away the snow on his shoulders and rubbed his feet against the door a few times before entering.
"Sit!"
Lord Huang sat down.
Na Yan then instructed the servant, "Go get another heater."
Soon enough, the servant brought in a warmer and placed it beside Lord Huang, who was still shivering.
Then, Na Yan poured him a cup of hot tea.
Lord Huang's body gradually warmed up.
It was like giving him a slap in the face and giving him a piece of candy!
"Your highness, this minister knows that I was negligent this time." He admitted his mistake.
Yan didn't beat around the bush. His expression was cold as he said directly, "You clearly know that the Li family's heir already has enough evidence to overturn the case. You can't hide at all. Since you can't hide, why are you still pretending to be sick? Instead, that Tuo Tuo took advantage of the situation. "
"I was too anxious at that time and didn't think too much about it!" Thinking about it now, he was incomparably vexed. Na Yan said in a deep voice, "I wanted to see the Li family's heir cause trouble, but I didn't expect him to accidentally find out that Du Mubai was killed! Now that the case is open, many people will suffer! The first to bear the brunt is you! Presumably, that Tuo knew that you were this King's people, so he went to the Ministry of Justice to interfere with this case. His goal was to remove the people from the Ministry of Justice one by one, and once you were implicated, it was equivalent to removing the feathers on this King's body. This method of killing with a borrowed knife was indeed not bad! He must be on his way to the palace right now. When he arrives in front of Father, he can claim the credit and accuse you of doing this on purpose.
Avoid a case. Killing two birds with one stone! "
Sure enough, that Tuo suddenly came to the Ministry of Justice to help Li Cheng, there was indeed an ulterior motive!
Lord Huang was filled with regret.
If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have pretended to be sick. He should have taken the initiative to open the case. Then, Tuo wouldn't have been able to take advantage of the loophole, and he wouldn't have been able to sue him in front of the King of Huyi.
Now that he thought about it, he would definitely suffer a calamity!
He was worried. "Your Highness, what should we do now?"
What to do?
Nothing!
Na Yan said, "If this matter is brought to Father, no one can save you."
"Your Highness, you must save me."
"That will depend on your luck!"
Lord Huang's face revealed a worried expression.
His heart was uneasy!
He could only pray for the blessings of the heavens!
Then, Na Yan noticed the case file he brought in. His eyes tightened. "Is that the case file that the Li family's heir brought to the Ministry of Justice?"
Oh, Lord Huang had almost forgotten.
He hurriedly handed over the case file.
"That's right, this is the case file. It was written by the Teacher Ji that Li Cheng invited to help him solve the case. This official has already read it, it can be said that it is watertight."
That Teacher Ji?
Na Yan was even more interested.
He read through the case file three times.
It was really well written!
The person that Li Cheng thought highly of and invited to solve the case was indeed not simple.
If he could obtain this person, perhaps it would be like adding wings to a tiger!
Marquis Pingyang's previous premonition was right. He was worried that the expert his son invited would show off his abilities, and at that time, it would attract the competition of 'talent scouts'.
As it turned out, 'talent scout' Na Yan already had this idea!
"Teacher Ji, who … is this person?"
…
Not long after, Na Tuo reported the ins and outs of the matter to the King of Huyi. The King of Huyi was furious.
He smashed the bowl containing the medicine on the spot!
While praising Na Tuo for solving the matter in time, he immediately issued an imperial edict.
The imperial edict stated that Lord Huang's position as the Minister of Justice and the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Justice would be temporarily removed.
Both of them fell from their horses!
This was equivalent to breaking Na Yan's power in the Ministry of Justice.
At the same time, the King of Huyi handed the full authority of the case to the City Department to handle. The Ministry of Justice and the other five departments would assist them in investigating the case thoroughly.
This time, Na Tuo could be said to have beaten Na Yan.
Because of this matter, the internal strife between the two completely began …
A reign of terror was about to unfold in the Huyi Dynasty!
Soon, this matter caused a sensation in the entire Gaoding City.
The incident of Du Mubai's suicide once again became a topic of gossip after a meal.
Everyone discussed and speculated at the same time.
They were wondering who the murderer was.
Could it really be Su Qiao's murderer?
The court officials also put down their books and began to discuss the matter.
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