At the house of Mrs. Wei, Helan Minzhi sat upright on the chair in the study and was silent. A middle-aged scholar beside him was bowing his head to drink tea.

Helan Minzhi was also very surprised when he heard the news that he was stabbed for too long, because he knew who the assassin Li Hong was, and the traces of Li Hong, who were able to detect Li Hong, were ambushed at the intersection of the street to assassinate Li Hong, which he had to give him some credit because this news was revealed to Wu Er to this group of people.

Fortunately, Wu Er was dead, and no one would know that he had leaked the prince's trace to the assassin.

But even though he hated Li Hong very much, he never thought that this problem would arise during the period when Li Hong thoroughly investigated the cause of Wei Ling's death. Because the prince was assassinated just as he was about to investigate the cause of Wei Ling's death, he would only make Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu pay more attention to the progress of the Wei Ling case because of his anger.

"Diet?" Helan Minzhi was a little lost and asked anxiously.

"I don't know, I just heard that I was sent back to the East Palace by Li Duozha." The servant said carefully, "However, there is news that the prince's personal guard General Chen Gong mistakenly killed the daughter of the Duke of England."

He was not sure about Li Hong's injuries, and Helan Minzhi didn't care who Chen Gong killed, so he signaled his servants to retreat.

The servant took the order and bowed out of the study.

Helan Minzhi then spoke and asked the middle-aged man beside him, "What do you think Mr. Zhao?"

Helan Minzhi had four confidants, all of which were left to him by his mother, Mrs. Han. They were Wu Er, Helan Chong, Wu Youzhi and Mr. Zhao. Wu Er was dead, and the remaining Helan Chong and Wu Youzhi were his personal bodyguards, while Mr. Zhao was his confidant counselor. Many of his previous plans were from Mr. Zhao, which allowed him to be appreciated by Empress Wu, and he was able to inherit the Duke of Zhou, and promoted him to the Bachelor of Hongwenguan and the General Attendant of Zuo Sanqi. Therefore, he trusted Mr. Zhao very much, and almost obeyed his will.

"Mr. Don't be nervous. Even if the prince is assassinated this time, Wei Ling's case will not be investigated in depth." Mr. Zhao said calmly.

"Why?" Helan Minzhi asked in confusion.

Mr. Zhao smiled faintly and said confidently, "Because the Empress does not agree!"

Seeing that Helan Minzhi had not understood his meaning, he explained, "Mr. Lang, you must know more about what kind of feelings the Empress has for Mrs. Rongguo, right? You just need to let Mrs. Rongguo obey your words and you don't need to worry about anything anymore. Because the silver and money from the East and West cities are sent to Mrs. Rongguo's mansion, whether it is the Prince or the Dali Temple, if they find out this step, it will end! As for the assassination of the Prince, the Empress will indeed be very angry, but the Empress has unique eyes, so how can we not know who was the one who assassinated the Prince?"

Helan Minzhi felt much more at ease when he heard Mr. Zhao's analysis.

"Mr. Zhao, what should I do?" Helan Minzhi asked softly.

"No need to do anything, just continue to implement our previous plan." Mr. Zhao laughed softly. Seeing that Mr. Zhao was so calm and composed, Helan Minzhi stopped saying anything, but nodded slightly.

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Because the prince was assassinated, the prime ministers gathered in the province to discuss how to deal with this matter. At this time, a minor official hurried outside the door and whispered, "Report to Duke of England, Mrs. Xu, I'll send you to find you and say you have something important to tell you."

When Li Ji heard the report from the minor official, he wanted to scold him for leaving, but ignored the people sent by the mansion. However, when he thought about it, he held back again. Because he knew his wife's personality too well, if nothing major happened in the mansion, she would never have done such a rash move. So he stood up and accused everyone of crimes and hurried out of the Political Affairs Hall.

Following the small official to a side hall, Li Ji was also surprised when he saw Xu Da. Xu Da was not only a simple general in his house, but also his confidant. Being able to let Xu Da go to the door and report to him personally means that what he was going to tell him was very urgent.

Thinking of this, Li Ji waved his hand to signal the minor official to withdraw from the side hall. The minor official took the order and quickly left the side hall. Xu Da closed the door and said anxiously, "General, the lady was killed by the prince's personal guard General Chen Gong."

"What?" Because this sentence was too bright, Li Ji suspected that he had heard it wrong and asked, "Do you say it again?"

"General, after going to Dazhuangyan Temple to enjoy the incense today, the lady went to the West City to visit. On the way back, she happened to meet an assassin assassination of the prince. Unexpectedly, the horse driving in the car was suddenly frightened and broke into the melee street intersection and was killed by the prince's personal guard General Chen Gong." Xu Da explained in a low voice again.

Li Ji was stunned. He couldn't believe that his daughter died just like that. He had only one son and one daughter in his life. However, his son Li Zhen died early and only three sons were left. Therefore, he loved this daughter very much, but he didn't expect that his daughter was also killed, and he was the prince's personal guard general...

"General, Madam wants to ask you what should we do now?" Xu Da asked in a low voice.

Li Ji did not answer immediately, but was silent for a moment before he spoke, "You go back and tell your wife, tell her not to care about anything, I will handle it."

"General——" Xu Da hesitated for a moment and then left the side hall. When Xu Da left, a line of turbid tears flowed in the eyes of the elderly veteran Li Ji, and he heard him whisper to himself, "Rongrong, this father Qiu will definitely avenge you!"

When Li Ji returned to the Political Affairs Hall, several prime ministers had already discussed the result, which was to let Xu Jingzong and Li Ji be responsible, and specially dispatched capable personnel from Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice to strictly investigate the murderer who assassinated the prince.

Li Ji had no objection to this, but just nodded slightly. However, when he returned to the Political Affairs Hall again, Xu Jingzong and others also noticed that his face was a little haggard, and his expression was obviously much worse than before. However, at this time, everyone's mind was all about the assassination of the prince, so naturally no one cared about Li Ji.

"Xu Xiang, Li Xiang, Your Majesty and the Empress are back. Let you go to Zichen Hall to meet." At this time, an eunuch walked into the Political Affairs Hall and said to Xu Jingzong and Li Ji.

"Well, I understand, you go down." Xu Jingzong nodded slightly and said, looking at everyone, then strode out of the Political Affairs Hall. Li Ji, Dou Dexuan and others followed him and left the Political Affairs Hall.

No one spoke along the way because it was related to the assassination of the prince. This problem was too serious and everyone was under great pressure.

Xu Jingzong and his group came to Zichen Hall. Emperor Gaozong asked without giving them the opportunity to salute, "I am very angry when the prince was assassinated. The thief dared to be so arrogant. It is really hateful to assassinate Chang'an City in broad daylight. What suggestions do you have for this?"

Emperor Gaozong's face was gloomy and his tone was very cold. Xu Jingzong, Li Ji and others rarely saw him angry like this. The Empress Wu on the side was also gloomy, and his eyes were filled with murderous intent. It was obvious that Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu were extremely angry about the assassination of the prince.

"Go back to Your Majesty, Empress, the old minister is ready to personally take charge of the strict investigation of the case. The murderer behind the scenes will be found." Xu Jingzong said, "The Duke of England will also assist the old minister."

"I am very relieved that Xu Aiqing can take action in person." Gao Zong said lightly, then this matter will be left to Xu Aiqing and Li Aiqing.

"I am going to receive the order!" Xu Jingzong and Li Ji bowed to the order. Then Li Ji asked with concern again, "I wonder how the injury of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is now?"

"The prince was not seriously poisoned and had been treated in time by Sun Zhenren. Now there is nothing serious about it!" Wu Empress replied, "However, the prince is weak and not easy to overwork. Regarding the task of receiving the Tubo mission, I will hand it over to Minister Le."

Le Yanwei was stunned and couldn't understand why the Empress gave him such a great responsibility, but he immediately came back to his senses and bowed to take the order, "I obey the order!"

Those who were just as hard to understand as Le Yanwei were Gaozong, Dai Zhide and Sun Chuyou and others, but Empress Wu had already made arrangements. When they thought that the prince was assassinated after this, they probably needed to recuperate for a while, so they stopped thinking about it.

"Your Majesty, today the prince was assassinated. The prince's personal guards were punished for improper escorts, so they should be punished severely." Li Ji said in a cold tone, "Also, the left and right Jinwu Guards and Chang'an County yamen who inspected Chang'an City were guilty of dereliction of duty, so they should be punished severely without debt."

"Accurate!" Before Emperor Gaozong could speak, Wu Empress on the side had already agreed, "This time the prince was encountered assassin. The left and right Jinwu Guards and Chang'an County Yamen who inspected Chang'an City did not notice it. It was not until the prince was sent back to the East Palace by Li Duozha that they rushed to the scene. There must be problems here. The two dear ministers must find out the truth for this palace."

Xu Jingzong and Li Ji bowed to the order. Seeing that Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu no longer seemed to continue discussing the assassination of the prince with him, they bowed and left Zichen Hall.

"Duke of England, this matter is not easy to deal with!" Xu Jingzong said to Li Ji beside him.

It is not difficult for him to just find out the murderer, but now it involves the Chang'an County Yamen and the left and right Jinwu Guards, which is a big problem. The Chang'an County Yamen has long been involved in the right and wrong of embezzlement of taxes due to Wei Ling's death, and the left and right Jinwu Guards involve the South Yamen, and the water here is not shallow!

A cold light flashed in Li Ji's eyes and said in a cold tone, "Xu Xiang, the prince's assassination is not an occasional time. I believe there must be hidden information here, so this matter is not easy to deal with, and we must investigate it to the end!"

"Oh! That's all!" Xu Jingzong sighed, and did not say anything else, but left with great strides. Li Ji, who was walking with Xu Jingzong, deliberately slowed down and followed Xu Jingzong to look at the head of the Secretariat who was already showing his old face when he was walking. His expression was very cold. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!