Zhao Xian was stunned and let go of the eunuch.

Not only was he in disbelief, Shu Ao, Chen Rui and others behind him all looked suspicious.

The Chief Secretary followed the map and found out about the private mining of mines and private minting of copper coins. The clues all pointed to the Yueyang Palace.

After some planning, Shu Ao found out that the leader of the mine thieves was hiding in the Yueyang Prince's Mansion.

Governor Zhao Xian made great efforts and connected the abnormal movements of the state guards with the Yueyang Palace.

Clues from various ministries and departments have been gathered, and people from several parties have gathered, trying to find a breakthrough from here.

Now, he actually told them that Zhu Yingyan was dead!?

This was a relative of the emperor, how could he die so easily without knowing anything about it!?

Zhao Xian took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

Shu Ao, the patrol censor behind him, suddenly said: "Zhao Butang, let's go in and express our condolences."

No matter what, you have to go in and take a look.

Regardless of whether Zhu Yingyan's death was real or fake, he only said that based on the clues he found, the mine thieves were in the Yueyang Palace, so he had to go in to find out.

Zhao Xian understood what Shu Ao meant and nodded immediately without hesitation.

No matter whether he acted frivolously or not, he obeyed the authority when the matter was urgent. He directly called for people to restrain the eunuch who had just answered.

Zhao Xian was about to take the lead and go in to express his condolences.

Suddenly, a burst of shouts and curses came from the side next to the palace.

Several people frowned and turned their heads to look.

Only a few strong men were seen coming out of the palace.

Then he was caught by the soldiers and restrained on the ground like a dead dog.

After a while, a Qianhu official quickly came to several people, saluted Zhao Xian, and said with a happy face: "Zhao Butang, several unidentified thieves have been found in the palace!"

"I found some letters from my body!"

After saying that, he handed over a stack of letters with both hands.

The traitor happened to climb over the wall from the direction he was guarding, so he couldn't help but be unhappy. After all, this was a great achievement.

But Zhao Xian's expression was not so good.

He looked at the letter in the hand of Qian Huguan, frowned and said nothing, and did not even reach out to pick it up.

Zhao Xian has been an official for many years. If he didn't notice the strangeness of this matter, he would have served as an official for nothing.

However, now he is not the only one present.

A palm reached out from Zhao Xian's side and took the letter.

Zhao Xian turned his head.

Chen Rui nodded and said with a smile: "Zhao Butang, you have a clue, why are you so hesitant?"

He actually refused to give in.

Shu Ao, the patrol censor, saw the situation on the field most clearly and hesitated to speak.

He understood Governor Zhao Xian's hesitation.

Too easy!

It’s just a clue delivered to you!

On the contrary, people don’t dare to accept the move easily!

As for Chen Rui, it's even simpler. After all, he is the chief official in charge of civil affairs. If a military disaster occurs within the country, his responsibility will naturally be weaker than that of Zhao Xian.

Even though Chen Rui knew there was something fishy at this time, even if there was something wrong, he could still hand it over to the imperial envoy for his own judgment.

After all, it shows a hard-working attitude.

Shu Ao was in between the two, unable to make up his mind for the moment.

As soon as Chen Ruifang said that, he opened the envelope and browsed it in front of several people.

Zhan En looked a little nervous.

Zhao Xian saw that it was a done deal and just looked at him coldly.

Chen Rui glanced at ten lines and read one of the letters, a look of surprise and astonishment suddenly appeared on his face.

He put away the letter, ignored the governor Zhao Xian, and handed it directly to the patrol censor Shu Ao, saying solemnly: "Censor Shu will take a look at it first."

Zhao Xian's expression changed and he became furious: "Chen Rui! You are so outrageous!"

Chen Ruiyi was not afraid, and after handing the letter to Shu Ao, he stood between the two of them.

Faced with Zhao Xian's anger, he said calmly and calmly: "Governor Zhao, this is for your own good, just to avoid suspicion."

Zhao Xian's heart skipped a beat, and he was keenly aware of something wrong in Chen Rui's words.

He ignored Chen Rui and looked at Shu Ao with some uneasiness: "Shu Yushi, what did the letter say?"

Regardless of their background, a Jinshi has the ability to look at one eye and perform ten actions.

Shu Ao glanced at it and finished reading it, his expression uncertain.

Facing Zhao Xian's inquiry, he didn't even raise his head and said thoughtfully: "The letter roughly says..."

"Zhu Yingyan, the lieutenant of the Yueyang Palace, conspired with others and committed something rebellious."

"And this group of people are mine thieves driven by others. Someone who drove them specifically warned Zhu Yingyan that he had been traced and told him to flee immediately and someone would cover him."

"And before escaping, you should give him another scapegoat to take away the crime of stealing someone's seal."

The words just fell.

Governor Zhao Xian immediately felt something was wrong!

Just as he was about to speak, Commander Zhan En immediately came forward, looked at Zhao Xian and said in astonishment: "It's actually like this!?"

Zhan En cupped his hands and consoled him: "Governor Zhao, you really should avoid suspicion in this matter. Let me take command here."

As the commander of the capital, he can naturally take over the power of command and dispatch.

After that, he faced Chen Rui and discussed: "Fantai, since we have clear evidence, there is no need to be polite to the Yueyang Palace! Let's just conduct a massive search!"

Chen Rui nodded: "As it should be!"

Having said that, he also breathed a sigh of relief - it seems that the case is expected to be closed.

Zhan En gave the order directly and ordered the soldiers to rush into the house to search.

Chen Rui and Zhan En hit it off immediately, and immediately threw Governor Zhao Xian into the cold.

Stealing the seal!

Who else but Zhao Xian!

At the beginning, the soldiers who were encircling and suppressing the water thieves were prepared to attack Ru Zhi. They "just happened to" mobilize most of Tang Bin's guards, and only then did the next thing happen.

And this transfer warrant was issued by the governor’s Yamen!

Now everyone can understand this situation clearly.

But it was this kind of despicable frame-up that Chen Rui and Zhan En jumped into immediately - a lieutenant and a governor were enough to close the case!

As for whether there are any problems?

That’s something people coming from North Zhili need to consider!

When things are done this way, it's enough to clean yourself up.

The soldiers filed in and poured into the Yueyang Palace. Chen Ruizhanen walked hand in hand and walked in with high heads.

Zhao Xian pursed his lips, but ultimately did not speak.

Suddenly he felt a tap on his shoulder.

Zhao Xian turned around.

Shu Ao slowly opened his mouth and said: "In the Chu vassal alone, there is one prince, six other kings in Yong'an, Zhen, Fu, Feng Guo, one hundred and ninety-eight generals, six hundred four lieutenants, counties,

County Lord, you are four hundred and forty-seven."

"Not to mention the Bieji and Jing vassals. Taken together, there are probably hundreds of people in the auxiliary country. They are like cabbage."

"Now that you want to close the case just because the auxiliary country is dead, you are looking down on the imperial envoy."

"Chen Rui is short-sighted and Zhan En doesn't know what is good and what is bad, so he wants to end things hastily. This little idea may not lead to a good outcome."

"Zhao Butang might as well retreat bravely and wait for the imperial envoy."

Zhao Xian was speechless.

…

Huguang Huicheng, the tenth day of May.
To be continued...