The Cui family, which had been quiet for a long time, finally became lively again on the first day of the sixth month.
Compared to the glory of the Cui family two years ago, the lively scene today was somewhat lacking. However, the desolation was only temporary. The announcement of the edict allowed everyone to see the dawn of hope.
In the main hall of the Cui family, everyone toasted each other. The host and guests were happy and full of smiles.
As they chatted, someone looked around, put down his wine cup, and said in surprise, "Why don't I see Lord Chen and Lord Ceng?"
Cui Qingming smiled and said, "Lord Ceng is not feeling well, and Lord Chen has some urgent matters to attend to, so they can't come today."
"What urgent matter can be more important than this?"
"Recently, Lord Chen seems to be a bit abnormal …"
"It's not just Lord Chen, I feel that Lord Ceng is even more abnormal. Today, the two of them …"
…
Cui Qingming raised his hand and pressed it down. He smiled and said, "The two lords are my colleagues, so they must have some difficult matters. Let's ignore them for now. Everyone, please drink to your heart's content today …"
Although Cui Qingming said this, the smile on his face was somewhat forced. There was a trace of darkness hidden in his eyes that no one noticed.
"Lord Qin, is there any news from Nephew Qin …" Cui Qingming did not want to talk about this matter anymore, so someone changed the topic at the right time.
A trace of anger appeared on Qin Yan's face. He said, "This unfilial son, I don't know where he went. He didn't even bring a message to the family …"
"Ai, Lord Qin, everyone here is on the same side. You don't need to hide …"
"Yes, this is not a serious case. There is no need for Nephew to hide. This will make things more complicated …"
Qin Yan's face revealed a complicated expression. "I won't hide it from everyone. This official really doesn't know where that unfilial son went …"
"Everyone is well aware of this matter. Lord Qin is wrong …"
Qin Yan shook his head and no longer argued. He turned to look at Cui Qingming and said, "His Majesty gave that case to Li Yi, I worry …"
Cui Qingming raised his wine cup and smiled unconcernedly. He said, "So what if it was given to him? Not to mention that we have already taken care of this case, even if he finds it, what can he do?"
…
A month's time was not short, but it was not long either. However, it was not enough to investigate a case that could not be found through proper channels.
Li Yi did not think that he was better than Master Bao. In fact, in terms of normal investigation, he was not as good as Liu Yishui. On the surface, Liu Yishui was being investigated by the Supreme Court, but he was secretly collecting evidence. Li Yi had nothing to do.
In the past half a month, all he did was teach Miss.Liu to read, play with the tsundere Lolita and Yong Ning, accompany Ruyi … and sleep with the little fellow, and often visit Ruoqing's place. That was all …
During this period of time, the case was still pending, and Xu had a lot of opinions about him. He had an eccentric temperament and rarely cared about anything, but if he cared about something, it would not be easy for him to let it go.
"Ten days, ten more days." Before he left, Li Yi promised him again and again that if there was no result within ten days, he would use his own method to solve this matter.
In the Morning Dew Hall, the Eldest Princess, who had just left the court, had not yet had time to change out of her court clothes.
She looked at Li Yi, and after a moment, said slowly, "Don't investigate the case that father asked you to investigate anymore."
Li Yi did not speak, but just looked at her quietly, waiting for her explanation.
"Liu Yishui has been secretly investigating this case for more than half a month." MIngzhu poured a cup of tea for him, sat down and said, "The Cui family, the Qin family, and nearly one-third of the dignitaries in the capital are involved. The Cui family has done so many things, and the reason why they are still fearless is that once something happens to the Cui family, these people will all be involved …"
"There are too many people involved in this case. This is an extremely powerful force. Once they fight back, it will cause great turmoil, affecting the entire capital and even the country."
Li Yi took a sip of tea and said, "Then don't give them a chance to fight back."
MIngzhu shook her head and said, "That's impossible. As long as you take action against one family, the others will immediately unite. You alone, even with me, can't resist them …"
She looked out of the window and said tiredly, "The capital has been rotten from the root …"
"It doesn't matter if the root is rotten, as long as the rotten root is dug out, you can't give up …" Li Yi smiled, said nothing more, turned around and left.
MIngzhu quickly walked out of the door and said, "We will think of a way to deal with this matter, don't act rashly …"
Li Yi waved his hand and said, "I know …"
When he walked out of the palace gate and was about to get on the carriage, a voice with a smile came from behind.
"Isn't this the famous County Marquis Li?" A middle-aged man came out of the palace and asked with a smile, "I heard that His Majesty gave a serious case to County Marquis Li with a deadline of one month. Now that the deadline is almost here, I wonder how County Marquis Li's investigation is going?"
Li Yi turned around, looked at the current master of the Cui family, and said with a smile, "Soon, Your Excellency Cui, I'm afraid you have to prepare early."
Cui Qingming sneered and said, "You investigate your case, what do I need to prepare?"
When Li Yi got on the carriage and put down the curtain, he reminded Cui Qingming, "Your Excellency Cui, when you take a bath next time, you might as well wash your neck more, it's better to wash it clean …"
Cui Qingming was stunned, and didn't come to himself until the carriage went far away. He touched his neck and asked, "What did he mean?"
The servant behind him shook his head. Cui Qingming watched the carriage disappear completely, and his face darkened. He said coldly, "You don't know what's good for you, I want to see how long you can be so arrogant!"
The Qin family.
Qin Yan looked at the drunk fifth master of the Qin family who walked in from outside, and his already gloomy face became even more unsightly. He said angrily, "Look at you, all you do is drink. Do you know how the people outside talk about you, how they talk about our Qin family?"
Qin He raised his head to look at him and asked, "Isn't this good?"
The anger on Qin Yan's face grew even stronger. "Don't you know what you were like in the past, and what you are like now?"
Qin He sighed, raised his head to look at Qin Yan, and asked, "If I were to become like I was in the past, the one that should be worried should be Big Brother, right?"
"You …"
Qin Yan was stunned as he looked at Qin He's disappearing figure, and after a short moment, his expression changed indeterminately.
Although he couldn't help but want to reprimand Qin He every time he saw Qin He's useless appearance, he felt in his heart that Qin He's current appearance was much, much better than before. At least, Qin He wouldn't feel the danger of the entire Qin family being out of his control …
After a short moment, he suppressed these thoughts in his heart, turned his head to look, and muttered, "It's been almost a month. Where did this unfilial son go?!"
"It's been almost a month …" In another courtyard of the Qin family, the fifth master of the Qin family washed his face, and the drunkenness on his face disappeared.
Wu Er stood at the side, and with a handkerchief on the ground, he asked curiously, "Fifth master, what's almost a month?"
"The deadline for County Marquis Li's investigation is almost here." The fifth master of the Qin family took the handkerchief, wiped his face, and threw it to the side. He looked at Wu Er and said, "There's almost no time, take me to see County Marquis Li."
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