Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 35 Who gave the Ministry of Justice the courage to interfere in the affairs of the Astronomical Observatory?
Just as Zhao Qi'an was talking to Gou Xiangxi.

The thread of the "Heavenly Pillar" on the fourth floor of the Treasure Pavilion suddenly shook violently, and the bell at the other end of the thread began to ring "ding-ling-dangling" incessantly.

"Number A-1!"

The maid guarding the pillar shouted loudly, instantly attracting the attention of everyone present.

The information in the Tianji Pillar is divided into four categories: "A, B, C, and D", and "A No. 1" means that none of the staff on the fourth floor have the right to view this news.

The only one who can see it is Zhao Qi'an!

If it were normal, if there was news of "Type A No. 1" in the Tianji Pillar, the company would send someone to deliver the news to Zhao Qi'an's house.

But fortunately, Zhao Qi'an happened to be present today.

The maid guarding the pillar opened the compartment of the Tianji Pavilion, took out the letter bag from it, and quickly handed it to Zhao Qian'an.

She did not leave, but asked in a low voice: "Master, which number of the secret book do you want?"

In theory, messages at the A-level are all secret letters, and to others it is just an incomprehensible book in their hands. Only the corresponding "secret book" can decipher it.

But when Zhao Qi'an opened the envelope, took out the letter paper, spread it out and glanced at it, his pupils shrank slightly.

He murmured softly, "No need."

The content of the letter was not written in cipher, which showed that the news came quickly and in time, and the other party was also certain that Zhao Qi'an was in the Treasure Pavilion and could see him on the spot.

There was a line of words written quickly on the letter - the Ministry of Justice took over the "ghost case", and the Taoist priest of Baiyun Temple was transferred from the Xuntianjian prison to the Ministry of Justice prison.

"Ministry of Justice? How can the Ministry of Justice interfere in the affairs of the Astronomical Observatory?"

When Zhao Qi'an saw the news, his first reaction was confusion.

Although the Ministry of Justice was one of the six ministries of the imperial court, it had the duties of trying and adjudicating cases, and even of supervising all officials.

However, since the establishment of the Astronomical Observatory, a large part of its powers have overlapped with the Ministry of Justice. His Majesty, the current emperor, does not like the six ministries in the court, which have complicated relationships and numerous factions behind the scenes, and he has shown great favor to the Astronomical Observatory, which only obeys the emperor, and delegated power to the greatest extent.

As a result, the Astronomical Observatory grew increasingly powerful and attained unrivaled authority.

Even a seventh-rank official from the Astronomical Observatory dared to knock at the door of the prime minister's residence, making the prime minister so angry that he almost fell seriously ill.

Afterwards, the seventh-rank captain was merely suspended from salary and fined, nothing else happened to him.

From this incident, we can see how prosperous the Astronomical Observatory is now.

The Ministry of Justice, whose functions overlapped most with those of the Ministry of Justice, was in bad luck. There were no cases, the prisons were empty, and there was no money to be made...

Originally, among the six ministries, the Ministry of Justice was backed by the Ministry of Works.

But now, officials from the Ministry of Works are reluctant to invite their colleagues from the Ministry of Justice to drink after they get off work.

So the Ministry of Justice took over the case from the Astronomical Observatory?
Who gives it the confidence?

……

Inside the Xuntianjian, prison vans were leaving from the prison gate one after another.

Zhao Guanxiang stood outside the prison, his eyes almost spitting fire.

Behind the prison van, several officials from the Ministry of Justice were walking out of the prison, whispering about something.

When they walked out of the prison and saw Zhao Guanxiang guarding the prison door with a knife, they all stopped talking at the same time.

Several people looked at each other, and the leading official from the Ministry of Justice stepped forward and bowed in front of Zhao Guanxiang: "This time, it is all thanks to Lord Chuhu."

This official from the Ministry of Justice was over 40 years old, and just by looking at the pattern of the patches on his official robe, one could tell that he was only a ninth-rank prison warden.

Such a small official dared to bring people out of the prison of the Astronomical Observatory!
The middle-aged prison warden of the Ministry of Justice lowered his head, not noticing that Zhao Guanxiang's face was getting uglier and uglier, and flattered: "If it weren't for Lord Chuhu discovering that these evil Taoists in Baiyun Temple were related to the 'Ghost Case', I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to find Baiyun Temple..."

"Yes."

"Thank you, Tiger Cub."

Several minor officials from the Ministry of Justice kept saying nice things and smiling.

But these words sounded particularly harsh to Zhao Guanxiang's ears.

He looked at the trembling officials from the Ministry of Justice, his face turned ugly several times, and finally he snorted heavily and left in anger. What's the point of getting angry with these officials from the Ministry of Justice?

Zhao Guanxiang left the prison and strode towards the office of the Astronomical Observatory.

As soon as I got closer, two people stood up from the left and right at the door to block me.

"Young tiger, don't be anxious..."

"I know your temper, Lao Gao, hold him!"

The ones who came to stop them were two servants of Zhao Guanxiang.

Zhao Guanxiang lost his usual playful smile and shouted, "Get out of the way!"

The two servants naturally refused and tried to persuade him in a gentle manner.

Just at this moment, the door of the General Office was suddenly pushed open.

The three heard the noise and quickly let go.

The two servants turned around and were startled when they saw the person coming. They bowed and said respectfully, "Young General."

However, Zhao Guanxiang refused to bow and kept his head down without saying a word.

The man who came out of the General Office was an extremely burly man, with an average adult man only reaching as high as his waist.

"Major General" is just an official title. This man is in his prime, forty-six years old.

On his angular face, there was a scar running through his forehead and jaw, and his chin was covered with beard, making him look rough.

Everyone in the Astronomical Observatory knows this gentleman—Flame Lord Qilianzhi!

He is also Zhao Guanxiang's direct superior.

Qi Lianzhi stood with his hands behind his back. When he saw Zhao Guanxiang's expression, he grinned and said, "I knew you were such a stubborn kid. I had to come and call you to account."

"General." Zhao Guanxiang finally spoke, "I just want to ask the general, on what basis did his Ministry of Justice snatch the case that the Patrol Heavenly Observatory took over?"

Qi Lianzhi was helpless: "There is nothing we can do about this. The Ministry of Justice has already produced evidence. Before the 'Charm' was killed, the Ministry of Justice had already been eyeing it, but the 'Charm' was killed by an unknown strong man, causing them to lose the clues... Logically speaking, this case was also started by them, and we just snatched it in the middle."

"I'm asking..."

Zhao Guanxiang raised his head, looked at him straight, and said word by word: "Ministry of Justice, why do you dare to snatch the case of the Xuntianjian!"

Qi Lianzhi said helplessly: "How did you bring those Taoist priests from Baiyun Temple back to the prison? You are a soldier I brought out, how could I not know you? If the incident gets out of hand, it will be hard for me to cover it up for you. You have already been demoted half of your position, are you going to carry the flag for others again?"

Zhao Guanxiang said stubbornly: "Not enough!"

Qi Lianzhi gradually put away the smile on his face and looked at Zhao Guanxiang angrily.

But in the end, he waved his hand in annoyance and said impatiently to the two servants beside him: "You two go down first."

"Yes." The two servants retreated tactfully.

After Qi Lianzhi and the others had gone far away, he started to curse: "How many losses have you suffered, how many people have you offended? Why can't you stop asking questions?"

Zhao Guanxiang actually laughed: "I'm afraid he will only stop when he dies."

"You really want to know?"

"Yes."

Qi Lianzhi sighed: "I can't persuade you. I also want to let you know that the person behind the Ministry of Justice this time is the Second Prince."

When Zhao Guanxiang heard the name, he was stunned for a long time, and then he said in a lost voice: "Second Prince?"

He had some guesses, but what he guessed was that the third princess, Princess Yuzhen, was behind the scenes.

Even if it wasn't Princess Yuzhen, it should be Princess Yuzhen's brother, the Fourth Prince.

Zhao Guanxiang was puzzled and asked anxiously: "The Second Prince has nothing to do with Baiyun Temple, why did he save the Taoists of Baiyun Temple?"

Qi Lianzhi laughed and said, "Irrelevant? Who told you? This is very relevant!"

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