Chapter 281: Being willful for once.

"Jiangnan also needs officials to maintain stability!"

The master said firmly: "If you really count, how many officials in the whole of Jiangnan have not received the favor of the princess? If you look into it in detail, I'm afraid it's not just a major replacement by Fan Xian, but a direct collapse!"

He pointed outside the door and continued, "I think the Overwatch Council doesn't want to do anything too extreme, so they used such a strategy! Now there are so many eyes watching us. If the adults make a different move, there will be no way out. We can only wait until Fan Xian finds a few stupid people and let them take the blame. Then we will be safe!"

The prefect thought about it for a while and felt that it made sense. Now he and others should do as the lawyer said and respond to ever-changing situations by remaining constant!
"But, I really don't know how to explain this to the person in Kyoto!"

The two were still discussing in the prefectural mansion, but they didn't know that this legal advisor had been spotted by a spy when he came to the prefectural mansion in disguise from his home.

After all, there are not enough staff in the Supervisory Commission in Jiangnan. With insufficient personnel, it is naturally impossible to place someone in every household.

However, the Censorate has always paid attention to key focus targets such as prefects and governors-general.

Combined with the information from his colleagues in the General Office, the spy had a plan in mind. The Governor should be trustworthy! After thinking about it, the man immediately returned to his residence, changed back into the uniform of the Supervisory Office, and went straight to the Governor's Mansion.

"Are you saying that there is something wrong with the governor of Suzhou?"

Xue Qing looked a little unprepared. As the governor of Jiangnan Road, he was the direct superior of the governor of Suzhou. Listening to the words of the Supervisory Council staff, it was obvious that his subordinate was the princess's man, and he had helped to hide Yuan Meng before. If this matter was not handled well, he might also be implicated and leave a bad impression in the heart of the emperor.

By then, my official career will be over!

"Does the imperial envoy have any instructions?" Xue Qing's expression changed, and he first asked Fan Xian what his plan was.

Now, someone from the Supervisory Council informed me of this matter. It was obvious that they trusted me, otherwise they would not have acted in this way without any trial.

In that case, I might as well clean myself thoroughly and avoid any trouble.

"Master Tisi didn't say anything. He told us before he left. All he wanted was a list of names!"

"Then I understand!"

Xue Qing had a plan in mind. Since Fan Xian wanted to find out the princess's inner thoughts, he would help him accomplish this. As for what he would do next, that was not something he could control.

After all this is over, we can send him back to Kyoto as soon as possible!

With Fan Xian's arrival, the entire Jiangnan region is in chaos!

After the spy from the Supervisory Council left, Xue Qing called his adjutant and whispered something in his ear.

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Hangzhou, in the small courtyard where the murder took place.

The prefect of Hangzhou also rushed here in a hurry. I don’t know if it was to avoid suspicion, but he was dressed in casual clothes, like a wealthy man.

"Sir, the wounds are smooth and neat, most of them were caused by one person. In addition, all the servants in this yard have fallen into a coma, so this method of using medicine should be adopted." A coroner said in a deep voice after he found out the results of the examination.

"Be careful!"

In fact, he was also suspicious that it was the Supervisory Council that did it. Otherwise, what force in this area could have done this silently?

The chief of the Jiangnan Water Fort had no motive to do it, but since this matter was done by the Supervisory Council, he could not judge the case in this way.

"It's better for this case to remain unsolved. So, call all the people from the government office in the city. I have something to tell them!" After the coroner left, an official who looked very shrewd walked into the room.

"Forget the politeness. What do you think about this matter?"

"Please look, sir!" The official took out a stack of portraits of wanted suspects from his arms, pointed at the ones at the top and said, "This was done by the Jiangnan thief. I have tripled the reward. I want the person alive or dead!"

The prefect of Hangzhou looked at the other person deeply and kept it in mind.

This guy is a wonderful person!
"You're right. This is obviously the work of the Jiangnan thieves. They are obviously greedy for money!"

But the people from the Supervisory Council were only responsible for the killing and not the burial, and I still had to help clean up the scene, which was really frustrating.

"Then let's see how we should report this to the Imperial Envoy. If they investigate further, they will accuse us of interfering with their plans for our presence at this time."

The official sneered at first, and then gave an answer: "We should act uprightly. We are only dealing with this matter to clear ourselves. As long as we are not implicated, who cares if others are implicated by the imperial envoy? If the people from the Supervisory Council come to investigate, we can just say that we received a report and came to the scene to investigate."

"This is such a big criminal case, it would be unreasonable for us not to come!"

The prefect nodded and changed the subject: "But I am the prefect, how come I came here so quickly?"

"This..." The official was stunned and couldn't think of a good answer for a moment.

Never mind, in the end it’s still my own fault.

The prefect of Hangzhou was shocked and thought to himself that his Qi-cultivation skills were still lacking in quality.
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Fan Xian just stood there silently, watching the busy people below.

He already had a clear idea of ​​the eldest princess's confidants and the forces behind this chain of interests.

After that, it is time to eradicate these people once and for all.

He killed the people, but he asked the officials in Hangzhou to bury them, and he didn't feel any guilt. After all, these people have been sitting there doing nothing for so long, it's time to do something about it.

He had already dealt with the sword wounds below, so he was not worried that the people below would see that this was the Si Gu Sword Technique.

Even when he committed the crime before, he asked Gundam to stand outside the yard so that he could not see his swordsmanship.

The main purpose of doing this is to prevent the person in the palace from knowing that I can use the Si Gu sword technique, otherwise Emperor Qing will definitely think of the assassination on the Xuankong Mountain, and then very terrible consequences will occur!

"A murder case here has attracted a prefect so quickly. I wonder how many more officials are on the way!" Wang Qinian smiled sinisterly: "I'm afraid the officials in Jiangnan are almost becoming the princess' dogs."

"The princess has been managing Jiangnan for a long time. It would be strange if her methods were not so advanced." Fan Xian shook his head and did not delve into this issue. He just ordered: "Sort out the names of the personnel and summarize them in combination with the information from spies in various places. I don't want any evidence this time. With the status of the imperial envoy, can we be willful for once?"

"Then... be willful for once?" Wang Qinian responded modestly.

"Gather the people from the Supervisory Council and find evidence of these people's crimes, whether it's corruption or something else. It shouldn't be difficult to accomplish this!"

"Just wait and see, sir!"

The matter was decided by the two of them.

(End of this chapter)