Wen Mingtang, who was called, turned around and looked at Lin Fei.

Lin Fei looked at her and suddenly asked, “If Prince Yu falls, your tángjiě will lose her support and will soon fall into the hands of others. Do you have any plans?”

Tángjiě? Wen Mingtang was stunned for a moment. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Lin Fei remind her, “The tángjiě who stabbed you in the back and helped Prince Yu to harm you!”

Wen Mingtang: “…”

This was the first time she realized that Lin Shaoqing was very good at being weird! He even reminded her that she was backstabbing her and wanted to harm her tángmei. Was he worried that she would forget what Wen Xiutang had done? That was not necessary, she had a very good memory.

“That’s her business, and it has nothing to do with me.” Wen Mingtang said, “From the moment she made her move on me, I no longer have any sisterly feelings towards her.”

The reason she was still standing here safely was because she was lucky, not because Wen Xiutang was kind.

But since Lin Fei said so… Wen Mingtang couldn’t help but look at the pile of files next to Lin Fei: Could it be that Lin Shaoqing has already found evidence that Prince Yu committed a crime?

Thinking of Liu Yuan and others who were still in the dark at this time, Wen Mingtang felt that it made sense for Lin Fei to be the superior.

After Lin Fei ate the two pieces of cake with tea alone, he left the Dali Temple and entered the palace.

The next day, it was heard that when the Imperial Household Department was inventorying the warehouse, they discovered that many treasures had been replaced with inferior imitations and stolen to be sold.

The Emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation. As a result, many old people in the Imperial Household Department were sent to prison. Even those who had left the palace were not spared.

For a time, people from the Imperial Household Department were seen everywhere on the streets being pushed around by officers and soldiers and escorted to prison.

In the Internal Affairs Office not far away, another “old man” who had been in charge of the Internal Affairs Office for many years was pulled out. With his silver hair and feminine face, it was obvious that he was a eunuch who had been castrated.

“This Eunuch Qi was promoted by the two previous generations of Prince Yu. He now has the final say in the Internal Affairs Office,” Lin Fei said indifferently as he looked at Eunuch Qi who was pulled out. “Wen Xuance’s daughter is now the head chef in the public kitchen of my Dali Temple. Previously, because of a dispute over the public kitchen, someone informed this Eunuch Qi, and this Eunuch Qi abused his power and even tripped her up.”

“Birds of a feather flock together. What kind of person is Prince Yu? How good can this Eunuch Qi, who was promoted by him, be?” Old Master Du, who was called to drink tea, sighed and looked at the silver-haired Eunuch Qi, who was wearing a robe from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and had two Yin-Yang Tai Chi fish pendants on his head. He paused and couldn’t help but say, “If I remember correctly when the late Emperor was alive, this Eunuch Qi seemed to be one of the eunuchs who followed him to ‘become a monk and practice’.”

“In the past, the late Emperor was fond of this way. To please the late Emperor, many palace eunuchs followed suit and ‘practiced’. Many were promoted because of their ‘excellent practice’, and this one is one of them.” Lin Fei nodded and affirmed what Lord Du said.

It was really ridiculous that the great Celestial Empire promoted officials based on their “cultivation strength”.

“There are many stubborn diseases, and the Emperor is determined to eradicate them one by one. It is my great honor to meet a wise master again.” Old Master Du looked at the group of people being escorted away, sighed, paused, and turned to look at Lin Fei, “How did Lin Shaoqing find out about Prince Yu and Cháoān Gōngzhǔ?”

“This matter actually started with the death of Madam Jin,” Lin Fei said, “We visited Cháoān Gōngzhǔ because of Madam Jin’s death, and thus met the Fùmǎ who had long complained about the Gōngzhǔ.”

Fù Fùmǎ was a cowardly person but had been jealous of Cháoān Gōngzhǔ for a long time. After discovering that Cháoān Gōngzhǔ’s identity was different, he planned to use the Dali Temple to eliminate Cháoān Gōngzhǔ.

“Through the testimony of Fù Fùmǎ, we learned that the student surnamed Su had close contact with Cháoān Gōngzhǔ before his death a few years ago. On the night of his death, he had an argument with Cháoān Gōngzhǔ.” Lin Fei said, “From that student surnamed Su, we naturally found Prince Yu who had argued with him.”

On the day of Sudan’s life and death, he had disputes with Prince Yu and Cháoān Gōngzhǔ successively. Therefore, Prince Yu and Cháoān Gōngzhǔ were naturally linked together.

“Both of them have large amounts of money missing from their accounts. We also saw something left by the Sudan before his death from the prostitute named Jin Yanxiu. On it was a totem of the Goguryeo sect, the Moro Cult. Moreover, when the incident happened, coincidentally or not Goguryeo envoys were on a diplomatic mission to Darong,” Lin Fei said, shaking his head, “And we don’t believe in such coincidences.”

So, could the whereabouts of Prince Yu and Cháoān Gōngzhǔ’s money be related to the evil cult, the Moro Cult, which was once expelled from Goguryeo?

“The deceased Goguryeo envoy was an old member of the envoy group, and he had come to Darong several times over the years. If Cháoān Gōngzhǔ was really replaced, then the incident should have happened twenty years ago. Coincidentally, there were also Goguryeo envoys who came to Darong to meet the emperor that year and the deceased old member of the envoy group was the Goguryeo envoy that year.” Lin Fei paused shook his head and said, “Of course, these are just speculations and cannot be confirmed.”

Lord Du nodded, looked at Lin Fei, raised the teacup in his hand, and saluted him from a distance: “What Lin Shaoqing said is right, people are dead, so naturally they can no longer speak to confirm anything.”

Lin Fei hummed, glanced at Old Master Du, and spoke again: “The relationship between the Goguryeo envoys is complicated, but there is only one thing in common, that is, they all want to use Darong to eliminate dissidents.”

When Master Du heard this, he sneered, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone: “They are really too idealistic to want to suck the blood of my people in Darong to gain power.”

“Of course, their thoughts cannot be hidden from your ears!” Lin Fei said here, looking up at the gray-haired old man Du in front of him, “I heard that five years ago when you were in charge of entertaining the envoys, you advised the late Emperor that some of the Goguryeo envoys had wolfish ambitions and other intentions?”

Old Master Du paused for a moment while holding the teacup and looked at Lin Fei.

Lin Fei held the teacup in his hand, toasted him, used tea instead of wine, and drank it all in one gulp: “Sir, you are so righteous!”

Unfortunately, the noble minister met the late Emperor who only knew how to practice and seek the truth. At first, the late Emperor did not respond to Master Du’s advice. So, Master Du had no choice but to give advice again. After the third time, he finally got the late Emperor’s summons, but…

“The late Emperor summoned me, reprimanded me, and replaced me with someone else, telling me not to interfere in the affairs of the Goguryeo envoys.” Old Master Du said, “It happened to be the time for the imperial exam, and the late Emperor didn’t want me to be too nosy, so he transferred me to be in charge of arranging the exam.”

Without waiting for Lin Fei to speak, Master Du took the initiative to say the next words.

“It was when I was arranging the students that I met the student named Sudan Sheng,” said Old Master Du, putting down the teacup in his hand, sighing faintly, with a trace of guilt on his face, “but I didn’t expect that this would lead to the tragic death of a talented person!”

(End of this chapter)

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