Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 99 Clues
Chen Ce felt that he was always selfish. He could not reach the level of a saint. At most, he had read more books and understood more things than others.

But when it comes to major choices, he will still choose what is most beneficial to his side.

A gap was opened in the northwest. Once the people from Hami and Turpan came in, Wang Yue would be unable to stop them. The court would choose to compromise and let Wang Yue continue to govern Hami! That's why Chen Ce said the words to open the gate in the imperial prison just now.

But the cruelty and consequences of this incident are not something that either Chen Ce or Wang Yue can bear, and their consciences will be endlessly condemned.

So Wang Yue stopped Chen Ce from speaking any further.

But you have to say that Chen Ce's plan is ruthless. But the people in the northwest are innocent. Saving Wang Yue alone and letting the people in the northwest suffer, isn't this selfish?
Wang Yue knew what Chen Ce was thinking, but for both public and private reasons, he would not do so, nor would he allow Chen Ce to do so.

Even if he dies, he cannot be a sinner for all eternity!

Chen Ce is not allowed to do these things out of hatred!
Chen Ce left the imperial prison. Li Zhen didn't have much time to give Chen Ce, so he took advantage of the fact that Mou Bin was not in the Jinyiwei to bring Chen Ce in. When the time was almost up, he had to let Chen Ce leave.

It was already dark on the streets of Shuntian Prefecture.

Li Tongzhi personally sent Chen Ce back, fearing that Chen Ce might be in danger. On the way, Chen Ce bowed to Li Zhen and said, "Master Li, thank you."

Li Zhen smiled bitterly and said to Chen Ce, "It's just a small favor, I can still help, there's no need to thank you."

Chen Ce said: "I have one more thing to trouble you with. If General Wang makes any progress, please let me know at any time."

Li Zhen shook his head helplessly and said, "General Wang is imprisoned in the Jinyiwei, but it is not the Jinyiwei who is trying him. The three judicial departments are in charge of trying him. We have no way to interfere, and we can't even sit in on the trial."

"Feel sorry."

Li Zhen thought about it, clasped his fists and said something to Chen Ce.

Chen Ce shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter."

Li Zhen hesitated to speak, but finally couldn't help but remind Chen Ce: "Mr. Chen, I know you are very powerful, but you really shouldn't interfere in this matter. General Wang is not facing an enemy, and it's not something that can be solved by just killing him with a knife or a gun."

Listening to Li Zhen's heartfelt reminder, Chen Ce smiled and said, "I'm not that stupid."

"That's good. We're here."

Li Zhen sent Chen Ce home and prepared to leave.

Chen Ce stopped him and asked, "By the way, Lord Li, can you make an appointment for Lord Xiao Zhu for me tomorrow?"

Li Zhen was silent for a moment, then said, "I'll try my best, but Master Chen, you can't let Master Xiao Zhu get involved in this matter. I hope you...don't make things difficult for him."

Chen Ce nodded: "I know my limits, don't worry."

"Ok!"

The lights next door were still on. Li Zhen frowned, glanced at them, turned away silently, and returned to the Jinyiwei to ask someone to check on Chen Ce's next-door neighbors.

Chen Ce sat in the middle hall, turned on the lights, took a sip of tea, and stroked the half wolf head token that Wang Yue gave him, wondering what he was thinking.

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Early the next morning, Zhu Houzhao hurriedly brought Liu Jin to see Chen Ce and asked hurriedly, "Little brother?"

"What do you want from me?"

"I wasn't in Jinyiwei yesterday."

He secretly glanced at Chen Ce and felt relieved when he saw that Chen Ce had no doubts.

Chen Ce asked Zhu Houzhao, "Master Zhu, have you found out where in the Ming Dynasty people suddenly died recently? A lot of people died? Did they die in the past ten days or half a month?"

Zhu Houzhao gasped and said in shock, "You know all this?"

Chen Ce frowned: "Really?"

Zhu Houzhao chuckled and said, "I am the deputy director of the Imperial Guard, monitoring the entire country, how could I not know?"

Chen Ce patiently listened to him finish. Then Zhu Houzhao said, "It seems that a village in Shaanxi died of plague."

"Oh, there was also a village on the Sichuan border that was massacred by barbarians. The Sichuan Commandery asked the court to allocate funds to fight the enemy, but the court did not agree."

Two villages!

Why two villages?

Chen Ce was in deep thought, but he soon figured it out. One reason was that the eunuchs who were guarding their hometown had to be killed completely so that no evidence could be found afterwards.

The other is to replace Northwest's ear evidence.

Chen Ce's face twitched slightly. They were so cruel. Compared to them, I really looked like a saint.

"Little brother? Little brother???"

"Are you OK?"

"what's wrong?"

"You look pale, are you ill? I'll go find a doctor."

Chen Ce held Zhu Houzhao and shook his head, saying, "It's okay. I've been learning Taoist divination recently, so I just asked casually."

Zhu Houzhao was astonished and said, "So amazing? Teach me... Share it with me, I want to see what's going on."

Chen Ce evaded the question casually: "Go back and buy a copy of the Tao Te Ching and read it carefully. When you have finished reading it, I will teach you and share with you."

"it is good!"

Zhu Houzhao came quickly and left quickly, leaving excitedly.

After sending Zhu Houzhao away, Chen Ce closed his eyes and began to think.

What Wang Yue said was right. There was no point in being anxious. This matter could not be solved in a hurry.

I can't intervene at all, and I don't have the ability to intervene.

There are too many logical loopholes here and the chain of evidence is incomplete. For example, why did the eunuch guarding Hami suddenly commit suicide out of fear of punishment?

Why did all the people in the hometown of the eunuch guarding Hami suddenly die?
These are all ambiguous parts. According to Wang Yue's ability, he must be able to think of these key points. He can completely say that the eunuch guarding Hami is wrongly accusing him. The absence of evidence is not only beneficial to the other party, but also to Wang Yue.

As for the evidence of ear-swapping, it was also very vague. Since the Censorate and the Ministry of Personnel went to Hami to investigate together, Wang Yue could easily bite back, because these two students were the heads of the ministry and were his students, and they could easily betray him.

Chen Ce felt that he was too impulsive. Wang Yue was right. Things had not yet reached the worst point. How could he make a solid case and bring Wang Yue to justice just by relying on these specious so-called evidences?

He has been in the officialdom for so many years, isn't he better than me in dealing with these things?
Chen Ce couldn't sleep tonight.

All he could do was wait for news. After figuring out the key point, he felt a little relieved, but it was impossible to say that he was not worried.

Chen Ce also thought about asking Zhu Houzhao for help, but this was not a matter that Zhu Houzhao, the crown prince, could interfere in. As he said, he was just a crown prince.

The next morning, Chen Ce got up early, without even having breakfast, and went to visit the Jinyiwei.

Li Zhen looked at Chen Ce with some surprise. Just as he was about to speak, Chen Ce said, "Master Li, I have something to trouble you with again."

"Help me find the residence of a scholar named Xu Jing"

"Ah?" Li Zhen asked suspiciously, "That's it?"

Chen Ce nodded: "That's all. Thank you for your help."

Li Zhen said hurriedly: "Okay, I'll ask him to come to your courtyard to find you later."

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