Without money, what is the point of being a traitor?

Chapter 108 I am broadcasting live in Daming

Pei Yuan has always secretly believed that he is the most hidden figure in the Ming Dynasty.

But he never dared to imagine that in the last few days of the sixth year of Zhengde, almost everyone who could sit at the chess table and play chess was looking at him.

A good hidden game suddenly turned into a live broadcast of me in Daming.

What the hell.

Not long after, Chen Toutie rushed back and said, "Sir, the scene has been cleaned up by the assassins, and all the dead bodies have been dragged away. We have divided our troops to block the city gates. There is definitely no time to deal with so many bodies! As long as we search thoroughly, it will not be a problem to find the assassins."

Pei Yuan thought about it.

Although I know there will be no results, it’s not a bad thing to put some pressure on those people.

Then he made another arrangement, "We must also instruct the Liyang County Government to immediately track down the real culprit."

Chen Toutie said in embarrassment, "I don't know who assassinated the Liyang County Magistrate. Now the county government is in chaos. They can't take care of themselves now."

Pei Yuan didn't explain, "I still have to ask."

If I don't play dumb, how can I have an excuse to kill him? Pei Yuan wanted to go from being an insignificant discarded child to gaining a high negative reputation, so that the mastermind behind the scenes would remember this person firmly.

The greater the price the court pays now, the greater their expectations and tolerance of Pei Yuan will be after the extreme reversal!

The only way out of this dilemma is to survive.

Chen agreed stubbornly and looked at Pei Yuan, seeming to be hesitant to speak.

The dead and wounded on the street were indeed dragged away, but a healthy horse with half of its head beaten and covered in blood was left behind.

——So, my lord, you are so powerful, how did you manage to be so submissive under the control of a female warrior?
Chen Toutie has some unknown suspicions concerning Pei Qianhu's character.

Seeing that Chen Toudi remained silent for a long time, Pei Yuan asked with a sidelong glance, "Why don't you get out?"

Chen Toutie glanced at Song Chunniang next to him, and immediately imagined a lot of implications. He smiled and said, "I'm leaving! I'm leaving!"

"Damn, you idiot." Pei Yuan was too lazy to pay attention to that guy.

Only then did Pei Yuan remember to care about Song Chunniang, "By the way, are you okay? Were you injured before?"

Song Chunniang is used to traveling around the world and has experienced many fighting scenes. She herself has a second-rate level in the world of martial arts.

Naturally, no one needs to be reminded of these things.

She shook her head. "It's okay. I got lucky this time."

There was a lot of blood on her body, actually it was from when her throat was cut.

A certain captain was a fool, he only knew how to rush forward and attack, leaving behind a pile of seriously injured assassins. If anyone had hit him unexpectedly, I guess both of them would have died there today.

Fortunately, Song Chunniang has always been careful and vigilant, so she didn't get into any trouble.

Pei Yuan whispered, "Pack up, we may have to leave Liyang soon."

Song Chunniang was slightly surprised. Seeing that Pei Yuan had been making great efforts to capture the assassin, she thought it would take several days here.

I didn't expect this to be Pei Yuan's trick.

There was a lot of blood on her body, and it really needed to be cleaned up.

Pei Yuan waited in the yard for a while, and Tan Tai Fang Tu and Si Kong Sui came back with their people with grim expressions.

Cheng Leixiang followed behind. Sikong Sui responded indignantly, "Captain, the people from the Nanjing Ministry of Justice have taken over the case. A doctor from the Ministry of Justice named Li said that we, the Jinyiwei, can only handle imperial cases and have no right to investigate without orders from above. He also asked us to withdraw the soldiers blocking the four gates."

Pei Yuan knew that there would be no results, but he was still a little surprised. "Why are people from the Nanjing Ministry of Justice here?"

Sikong Sui replied, "He said he came to investigate the attack on the post station outside the city. He was in Liyang two days ago."

Pei Yuan thought about it and it made sense.

Among those attacked was Nanjing Minister of War Wang Chang. Even though his political life was about to end, he was still the Grand Marshal of the Southern Empire, and the Ministry of Justice had to take him seriously.

Thinking of this, Pei Yuan asked, "By the way, do you have any news about Wang Chang, the Sima of the Southern Army?"

Sikong Sui and Tantai Fangtu both said they didn't know.

However, Cheng Leixiang heard that the doctor from the Ministry of Justice came for that matter, so he deliberately asked the person from Nanjing about it.

Seeing Pei Yuan asking, he said, "The Grand Marshal of the South has returned to the Nanjing Military Department and submitted his resignation to the court. It is said that he is very determined and did not wait for the emperor to stay. He wrote several resignation letters and submitted them. It seems that he is almost certain to retire and return home."

Wang Chang’s career as an official had indeed reached the end of its career.

Not to mention that he was Liu Jin's follower, he would have faced liquidation after the rebellion in Bazhou was quelled.

To talk about this time alone, he was chased by several "assassins from nowhere" in the post station and had to take off his hat and boots and roll on the ground. It can be said that his reputation in the officialdom was completely destroyed.

The key point is that he is not an ordinary civil servant.

He was the Minister of War, in charge of the top civil and military officials in the southern garrisons.

If this matter spread among the officials and scholars in the post station at that time, he would be labeled incompetent and would have no place to stand in the Ming court.

It was precisely because he understood this that Wang Chang became timid and did not dare to fight to the death with Pei Yuan and the others.

He has already made up his mind to retire and return home, so why bother with these desperate criminals?

Pei Yuan couldn't help but sigh after hearing this, "Why doesn't he just die?"

Wang Chang felt relieved when he retired and returned to his hometown, but he was still stuck in a debt of favor. Pei Yuan was very upset when he saw that he couldn't clear it in time every day.

Sikong Sui and Tantai Fangtu were unaware of what had happened before, and looked askance. Was this guy evaluating the Minister of War in public?
Pei Yuan asked again, "As the person who was assassinated, can't I send someone to investigate? How did the doctor of the Ministry of Justice send you?"

Sikong Sui was the person who negotiated with the doctor of the Ministry of Justice. Hearing this, he replied, "The doctor of the Ministry of Justice said that the people who attacked Qianhu were most likely the same group of people as the White Lotus Sect that attacked the post station. He has merged the two cases and is tracking down clues."

Pei Yuan was speechless. What a stupid move.

I am the murderer who attacked the post station.

Are you going to use the lies I told to deal with me?

Pei Yuan said to Cheng Leixiang, "Go tell that idiot that he and I are in the same group now. Tell him to seal off the city for me immediately and then search the whole city. If there is anything he doesn't understand, tell him to ask the backstage."

"That's right." Pei Yuan thought about it and looked for Song Chunniang.

Song Chunniang had been paying attention to the movements outside. When she saw Pei Yuan turning around, she immediately came out of the room.

Pei Yuan said to her directly, "Go to Lu Dahua's place and see if there is anyone else there. If there is anyone, ask them to go with Cheng Leixiang."

"Okay." Song Chunniang obviously learned her lesson this time and put on the cotton armor directly.

After Song Chunniang left, Pei Yuan's eyes fell on Sikong Sui and Tantai Fangtu, whose positions might waver at any time. Then he suddenly had an idea and came up with a good idea.

(End of this chapter)