Wei Li is elusive, ruthless and difficult to deal with.
Xu Zhihuai knew that he was not his opponent yet, and even though he was filled with resentment, it could only be turned into a helpless sigh. She didn't even dare to cry bitterly, fearing that Zhu Suxing would see the clues, so she could only follow Wei Li's words of ridicule to her, silently turn over and close her eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.
Respite after a disaster is always hard-won.
In the early morning of the next day, Xie Junhao carried a thorn to plead guilty. He knelt down and cried all the way, as if he had been greatly wronged.
Zhu Xuxing listened to his innocent words, his eyes slightly lowered, and he said calmly: "I came here on the order of my father to thoroughly investigate the Huainan case. I originally wanted to keep a low profile, but I didn't expect you to prepare a surprise gift for me first. Since keeping a low profile won’t work, then let’s investigate openly.”
After hearing this, Xie Junhao hurriedly accused everyone of injustice, his voice was loud and annoying.
Zhu Xuxing frowned impatiently: "Whether you are unjustly accused or not, I will find out on my own. No need to say more now. You are given one day to submit all the files and testimonies on the Huainan embezzlement theft case."
Xie Junhao was well prepared and immediately ordered his subordinates to bring in two heavy camphor wood boxes, all of which were filled with thick paperwork.
"Your Highness, all the dossier evidence is here. I don't know when Your Highness will start investigating, so I sorted it out early and didn't dare to miss a single bit."
He seems cooperative, but is actually cunning.
How could Zhu Xuxing not know what he was thinking? It would take at least three or two days to read through these piles of testimonies. He could still continue to cause trouble under his nose.
Xie Junhao looked at Zhu Xiuxing's thoughtful face, flattering on the surface but contemptuous on the inside.
Compared with Wei Li, the pampered prince in front of him was nothing worth mentioning.
However, the prince was still a prince, and he still couldn't spare the effort of trying to please him. He specially decorated the Avon Pavilion on Nanyuan Street and prepared to win over officials from the prefecture and counties to hold a banquet to welcome the prince.
Zhu Xuxing looked dull and uninterested. He picked up a thick file and flipped through a few pages: "The victims in Huainan are still starving and suffering. You should restrain yourself."
"Yes, yes, your highness taught you a lesson."
Xie Junhao hurriedly lowered his head to admit his mistake, looked at the simple environment around the post house and said: "Your Highness has a distinguished status, so why not move to a humble residence..."
Zhu Xuxing was too lazy to listen to his nonsense and stood up directly: "I will live here as long as I can't move. Don't play tricks, let alone waste people and money. Before noon tomorrow, summon all the witnesses involved in this case to the prefect's Yamen. No one can be missing." "After saying that, he ordered people to move the camphor box back to the bedroom, and seemed to be preparing for a big fight.
Yue Yichuan followed closely: "Your Highness, Xie Junhao has made it clear that he is playing tricks. No matter how many testimonies there are, there should be priorities. To send them here in such a mess is simply toying with Your Highness!"
"No matter how much, I still want to see more."
Zhu Xuxing looked at it slowly and carefully, and his fingertips were always stained with a little dust, which made him frown slightly.
Yue Yichuan was displeased: "It has been there for a long time and has accumulated dust."
Zhu Xuxing shook the dust off the paper and looked patiently: "You and Wei Li can go do some work. I can finish reading this alone."
"Your Highness, why are you doing this?"
Zhu Xuxing's tone was calm and his eyes were bright: "I just want to see carefully how they confuse right and wrong and do evil."
He did what he said, from day to night, forgetting to eat and sleep.
Xu Zhihuai dragged his weak body, lit candles for Zhu Xiuxing, added tea and water: "Your Highness is about to give up."
Zhu Xuxing gave a soft "hmm", patted the place next to him, and motioned for her to come over and sit down.
Xu Zhihuai snuggled up docilely, leaning her soft body gently on his shoulder, glancing at the file in his hand vaguely, and saw several names written on it.
Xu Zhigao...
Xu Zhihuai lowered his eyes slightly and thought secretly.
It's really not appropriate for her to ask or talk too much about Huaizhou, lest she expose her flaws and arouse suspicion.
Zhu Xuxing finished reading a volume and sighed tiredly. He turned around and saw Xu Zhihuai looking at him softly. He couldn't help but smile lightly: "Do you also think that I am doing useless work?"
Xu Zhihuai shook his head gently: "Your Highness must have a deeper meaning for doing this. No matter how clever their deception is, they can't escape His Highness's discernment."
"You're complimenting me."
"I did try to make His Highness happy, but..." Xu Zhihuai paused for a moment, then took the initiative to put his arms around Zhu Xiuxing's neck, rubbing his temples with his cheeks, their skin touching each other, exchanging body temperature: "Your Highness understands everything in his heart, as the saying goes. Cleverness is misled by cleverness. In their eyes, these things are just a pile of waste paper, but they don't know that they can also become a stumbling block to their shame. The truth is revealed in the small details. Your Highness, these things may be the fox's tail they reveal."
Her words made Zhu Xuxing feel more comfortable.
He then handed her several testimonies stamped with blood and asked her to read them before asking: "Do you think Xu Zhigao is a good official or a bad official?"
Xu Zhihuai pondered slightly, pretending to be weak: "Your Highness, I don't dare to say whether he is good or bad. I just find it strange and strange. This man is young and promising. There is no reason to destroy his career for a small profit."
She is informed.
Xu Zhigao did not die unjustly because of the theft of imperial grain. He was silenced because he collected evidence of Xie Junhao's corruption and personal gain. Now that you are dead and you still have to be splashed with stolen goods, how unfair it is!
Xu Zhihuai couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Ten years of hard study in the cold window finally gave me a smooth official career... The most important thing for scholars is integrity, and it is also related to the glory of their ancestors. How could they give up just for a ridiculous amount of money? Of?"
Zhu Xuxing seemed to be touched when he heard the words. He turned around and hugged her: "You are indeed clear and transparent, with a clean heart. You can see everything clearly."
Xu Zhihuai smiled and said: "His Highness is also coaxing me. If it is clear and bright, His Highness is the brightest and brightest in the world."
"Such a sweet mouth."
Zhu Xuxing hugged her tightly: "Although you pretend to be strong, I know it well. When you are well, I will send someone to take you to your parents' tombs and ask you to offer them a stick of incense."
Xu Zhihuai's pupils trembled, and then he lowered his head: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your consideration..."
It's such a pity that he had such good intentions, but her parents had long since died without a burial place, and disappeared into ashes.
Xu Zhihuai wept silently, meekly and silent.
However, Zhu Xuxing asked another question that she least wanted to hear.
"Do you still have anyone to meet in Huaizhou?"
Xu Zhihuai's mind was spinning rapidly, he shook his head repeatedly, and murmured in a low voice: "I don't want to see anyone. I have long looked down on the people and things in the past. Now in my eyes and heart...there is only one person, Your Highness."
Zhu Xuxing held her face distressedly and felt the wet tears: "Don't be sad. Let's not talk about the people and events in the past."
Xu Zhihuai even cried loudly, pretending to be sad. She rested her head on his shoulder and looked at the bright crescent moon outside the window, thoughtfully.
In the past two days, she calmed down and gradually understood the purpose of Wei Li's trip.
He wouldn't go to great lengths to get her to "make meritorious deeds." What Wei Li wanted to deal with was the Xie family.
If the Xie family is to be disturbed, Xie Junhao will bear the brunt.
This person is, simply put, a huge piece of trash.
He relied on family support to become an official, and within three years of his stay in Huaizhou, he caused numerous troubles. His incompetence had been suppressed by the Xie family before, until Xu Zhigao appeared and he pierced the layer of window paper that everyone turned a blind eye to. When the Xie family's true colors are revealed, there will inevitably be turmoil inside and outside the court, and Wei Li may be able to reap some benefits again.
Xu Zhihuai would not let him take advantage of it alone.
