Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 106 Let it go
"Ji Hengyi is dead?"

When the news reached Zhao Qi'an, it was already the next morning.

He was a little surprised because the death of Xin Ningbo was not part of his plan.

It was not until Gou Xiangxi explained in detail what happened last night that he finally understood, and for a moment he did not know whether to laugh or cry.

Gou Xiangxi smiled bitterly and said, "I expected that if someone wanted to move the documents in the book library, they would have taken action yesterday, so I asked the fourth young master to pay more attention to the Zongzheng Temple during his night patrol. It was just a precautionary measure, but I didn't expect such an accident to happen."

According to the original plan, the Zongzheng Temple will start repairing the ministry hall today. The officials of the Zongzheng Temple will go to the mansion prepared by the Zhao family as a temporary office, and all the official documents in the ministry hall's book library will also be moved there.

In this way, those problematic official documents would fall into Zhao Qi'an's hands, and it would be extremely difficult for others to touch these accounts.

If anyone wanted to touch the account books of Zongzheng Temple, yesterday was the last chance.

Sure enough, Ji Hengyi took the bait.

Up to this point, everything was still expected.

But Ji Hengyi's death was an unexpected accident.

The death was too sudden and too absurd.

When Gou Xiangxi said these things, he carefully observed Zhao Qi'an's expression and said, "Boss, although the fourth young master has good intentions, he has also ruined your business. How about you call him over and scold him?"

Zhao Qi'an chuckled and said, "Okay, stop it."

Gou Xiangxi openly blamed Zhao Guanxiang, but he first stated that Zhao Guanxiang had good intentions, and then characterized the matter as a trivial matter that could be resolved with a few scoldings. This was speaking for Zhao Guanxiang.

How could Zhao Qian not see through this simple rhetoric?
He said: "This is not Guan Xiang's fault, it is also Ji Hengyi's fate."

Gou Xiangxi smiled and said, "Yes, the boss is right. Ji Hengyi must have done too many evil things in his daily life, so he suffered this disaster. Who can we blame? And it doesn't matter that Ji Hengyi is dead. After all, everyone in the Zongzheng Temple is under our noses..."

Of course, if Ji Hengyi is alive, it means that the third prince's hidden pawn in the Zongzheng Temple has been exposed under the noses of their side, and everything is more controllable.

But it doesn't matter if he dies.

After all, starting today, everyone in the Zongzheng Temple has to work in the mansion prepared by the Zhao family, and the servants in the mansion are all elite guards invited from the third young lady, which means that every move of everyone in the Zongzheng Temple is under their eyes.

Even if the Third Prince bribes the officials of the Zongzheng Temple again, unless he does nothing, once he makes any move, he will be caught at the first opportunity.

So Ji Hengyi’s death is his, it has nothing to do with the overall situation and is not a big deal.

Gou Xiangxi told Zhao Qian'an all these things in detail, and then said: "Boss, the next step is that I will work with the fourth young master to sort out the land of Zongzheng Temple and find out how much imperial land is hidden on the books."

This is a tough job.

The imperial land is extremely large, and much of it is even outside the city of Kyoto. To sort out the land acre by acre, a lot of people have to be sent to check the fields. There is no shortcut and it requires hard work.

Zhao Qi'an heard something else: "Coordinated observation? Why not start from the Zongzheng Temple?"

Gou Xiangxi shook his head and said, "Although the old Duke is not the Third Prince's man, he is a coward. I don't know how much effort it will take to get him to agree to sort out the imperial land. Moreover, I don't think the old Duke is an honest and incorruptible official. I'm afraid there are many messy accounts under his command. I might as well find a way to file a corruption case with the Observatory."

"Can it be done?"

"It can be done. Last night, the Astronomical Patrol arrested the night watchman of Zongzheng Temple. That clerk was also a spineless man. He was so scared that his legs went limp after seeing Ji Hengyi's body. He confessed everything when he was taken to the prison of the Astronomical Patrol."

It was not difficult to investigate the arrest of the night watchman of Zongzheng Temple. After all, when Ji Hengyi died, all the official documents scattered on the ground were stamped with the stamp of Zongzheng Temple.

Gou Xiangxi paused for a moment, a meaningful smile appeared on his face: "The most important thing is that now in the Tianjian, the young general Bai is not here, the one who is here is the young general Qi."

The "Lord Qi" he mentioned was the Major General of the Astronomical Observatory, "Yanzun" Qi Lianzhi.

Apart from the imperial master who was high and mighty and indifferent to worldly affairs, the real leaders of the Astronomical Observatory were this general and three major generals.

Now, because of the "Jingzhou Blood Case", all the elite members of the Patrol Observatory have been dispatched, and General Ling Fang has taken away the other two major generals, leaving Qi Lianzhi alone to sit in charge of the Kyoto Department.

In other words, during this period of time, Qilianzhi had the final say in the entire Astronomical Survey!

The most crucial point is that the other Major General Bai is not in Kyoto City now.

"Bailixue" Bai Yuchuan is another supporter of the Gao family in Kyoto City.

Zhao Guanxiang did not follow Qi Lianzhi's arrangement and did not follow General Ling Fang to Jingzhou to "pick up military merits" in order to take advantage of Bai Yuchuan's absence from Kyoto City so that he could investigate the Gao family with all his might!

Now is the best time!
Zhao Qi'an no longer had any objections and nodded, saying, "Since this matter is handed over to you and Guan Xiang, you two can decide how to do it, but please draft a charter for me to review beforehand."

Gou Xiangxi accepted the order: "Yes, I will go back and draft a charter and send it to you right away."

He bowed to Zhao Qian'an and said goodbye, then left in a hurry.

……

Ji Hengyi's death was just a trivial matter to Zhao Qi'an.

But for some people, it is a big deal!
In Yongkangfang, in a dilapidated courtyard.

The maid named Xing'er squatted on the ground holding the silly hen, her eyes red and she was wiping away tears with a whine.

Sun Wanjun sat on the bedside and waved at her: "Go quickly, sell the chicken and use it as travel expenses. It's better to find a living than to stay here."

Xing Er couldn't hold back her tears and cried, "What will you do if I leave, Madam?"

Sun Wanjun smiled bitterly. What else could she do?

Ji Hengyi guessed correctly, she was a cowardly woman.

In the end, it is better to have only three feet of white silk hung on the beam than to suffer in this world.

It's just a pity for Xing'er, who has followed her since she was young and has never had a full meal.

The master and servant hugged each other and cried, the pain in their hearts was beyond words.

But at this moment, the gate of the courtyard was suddenly kicked open by someone.

Two black-armored guards came in with their hands on their official swords, holding their waists. When they saw the master and servant crying in the courtyard, they shouted, "Are you the family members of Ji Hengyi, the secretary of Zongzheng Temple?"

"Ji Hengyi is dead. Send someone to accompany us to the prison to identify the body!"

This sudden news made Sun Wanjun forget to cry. She looked up at the two soldiers from the Astronomical Observatory in a daze, and for a moment she didn't know how to react.

(End of this chapter)