Traveling through ancient times, the empress insisted on having a child with me

Several deputy supervisors were treated to a high-level reception by Ling Chuan yesterday, which they could not afford normally. This allowed them to witness Ling Chuan's strength.

Although Wu Kun is their immediate superior, they are not from the same faction as Prince Ning, so it's fine as long as they can save face.

As the saying goes, a man who has eaten someone's food will be soft-hearted. Now Lingchuan has a case reported, this is the normal procedure of the Investigation Bureau, so naturally they have to do him a favor.

"Is there such a thing?"

"In this important place of the capital, under the feet of the emperor, how dare someone commit murder and injure others in broad daylight?"

"Did you report it to the police?"

Ling Chuan shook his head: "I was panicked at the time, and I also had to save my followers, so I didn't report it to the police."

"Then do you know who committed the crime?"

Ling Chuan groaned for two breaths, lowered his voice and said, "Have you heard about the case of the evil god being worshipped outside the eastern suburbs?"

How could they not have heard of such a big case? However, since it involved the Xu family of Ruyin, they did not dare to be careless: "You mean..."

"Speaking of which, the criminal Xu Heng has some grudges against me, so I suspect..."

"But didn't Xu Heng surrender?"

He paused halfway through the sentence because everyone knew what was going on in the second half.

Even though Xu Hongtu had resigned from his official position, the four names of Ruyin Xu family were not someone they could afford to offend easily.

"So Brother Ling, what you mean is..."

Ling Chuan bowed and said, "I want to investigate this case."

"I'm afraid this is inappropriate." Deputy Director Tu pondered and said, "You are a person involved in the case, so you should avoid it, but..."

Just as he was talking about this, Duan Xifeng walked in in a hurry, holding a file in his hand: "I, Duan Xifeng, greet the gentlemen."

Although the four deputy supervisors did not have a good impression of Duan Xifeng, he had been following them to eat yesterday, so there was no need to explain his relationship with Ling Chuan.

So Deputy Supervisor Tu raised his hand to interrupt Duan Xifeng and said to Ling Chuan, "Why not let Duan Dangtou investigate this case? What do you think, Brother Ling?"

Ling Chuan had nothing else to say, he just bowed and said, "Thank you very much, sir."

The attention of several people turned to Duan Xifeng: "What's the matter with you, Duan Dangtou?"

Duan Xifeng didn't understand what case Deputy Tu was talking about for a moment, he just held up the file in his hand and said: "When I was reviewing the files, I found a case that was quite strange..."

Ling Chuan, who was standing next to him, pressed Duan Xifeng's hand down and said, "What case file? I was talking to you gentlemen about another case."

Duan Xifeng reacted immediately, put the file back in his arms, and then bowed to Deputy Tu: "Master Tu, if you have any orders, I will do my best."

Deputy Tu nodded and said, "In that case, I'll leave this case to you to investigate. Ling Dangtou is the victim. You can ask Ling Dangtou for the details of the case."

Duan Xifeng was confused, but Ling Chuan took a step forward and said in a low voice: "I have booked a table at Zuichunlou. Would you please do me the honor of attending..."

When they heard that there was food to eat again, smiles appeared on their faces again, and they all bowed to Ling Chuan: "Of course, of course."

After coming out of the rooms of several deputy supervisors, Ling Chuan led Duan Xifeng directly out of the Criminal Investigation Department.

Duan Xifeng was stunned: "It's not even noon yet, where are we going?"

"Go investigate the case."

"Where are we going to investigate the case?"

"Zuichunlou."

"..."

Duan Xifeng was speechless, thinking that it was different when you had money. Which good person would eat out every day, especially at a place like Zuichunyuan? A table of food and wine could cost as much as a month's salary.

In a private room in Zuichunlou, Ling Chuan recounted the story of his assassination. When he finally said that the mastermind behind the assassination was most likely Xu, Duan Xifeng laughed and scared Ling Chuan.

"Why are you so startled?"

Duan Xifeng took out the file from his pocket and said, "The case I just mentioned is also related to the Xu family."

"What a coincidence?"

Duan Xifeng opened the file and said, "This case is about the Xu family occupying good farmland in Ruyin. The victim went to Beijing to file a complaint, but was intercepted and killed on the way. Fortunately, the servants risked their lives to save him and he was able to escape. However, although the complaint was submitted to the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Justice had just started to investigate when the victim disappeared, so the case was shelved."

Ling Chuan's eyes widened: "When was this case?"

"last year."

Ling Chuan slammed the table and said, "Then we can investigate both cases at the same time."

Duan Xifeng pondered and said, "This case is not easy to investigate. Although the complaint is in the capital, the crime took place in Ruyin, which is Xu's territory."

"Then we still have to go to Ruyin?"

Duan Xifeng said, "For a case like this where the victim is gone, I'm afraid it's not something that can be dealt with in one trip."

Ling Chuan rubbed his chin. He had too many things to do. It would probably take more than a month to go to Ruyin and back. Add to that the investigation of the case, it would be too time-consuming.

So he patted Duan Xifeng on the shoulder and said, "I can't leave the capital, so I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you, Brother Duan, with this matter."

Duan Xifeng said: "It is my duty."

The two chatted about the case for a while, and then the four deputy supervisors arrived. As soon as the wine and food were served, the atmosphere immediately became lively.

Before the four of them came, they inquired about the feud between Lingchuan and the Xu family. They learned that it started with a dispute between two dim sum shops. Eventually the Xu family went bankrupt, Xu Heng was sentenced to death, and even Lord Xu was implicated and resigned from his post.

Although Ling Chuan's background was not discovered on the surface, it was still shocking. He even brought down the cabinet minister, so his background must be not small.

Another thing is that Wu Kun suppressed Ling Chuan for no reason. Could this be King Ning’s intention?

The more the four of them analyzed, the more scared they became. This was not something they could get involved in, so before coming, they had already reached a tacit understanding that it would be best not to offend either Ling Chuan or Wu Kun.

Just as they were enjoying the meal and drinking, Ling Chuan took out four things that looked like silver bills and placed them in front of the four people.

"My lords, please accept my small token of appreciation."

Just as they were about to refuse, Ling Chuan said, "Don't worry, sir. This is not a banknote. It's just a shopping voucher from my shop."

"Shopping vouchers?"

A few people picked it up out of curiosity and looked at it over and over again. It looked no different from a silver note, but the heading was written "Yun Fu Ji" and the unit after the amount was not "liang", the unit of measurement for silver, but "jin", which represents one catty or two catties.

"This is?"

Ling Chuan smiled and said, "My Yunfuji not only sells snacks, but also sells sugar. Have you ever heard of sugar?"

Two of the four had never heard of it. Deputy Tu asked in surprise, "I heard there is a kind of white sugar on the market, which is said to be a tribute from the palace in the past. Could it be this kind of white sugar?"

Deputy Director Hu was also surprised: "I heard that this sugar is sold for ten taels of silver per catty, and it is often hard to buy. It says ten catties here..."

Ten taels of silver equal one jin, and ten jin equals one hundred taels. This amount of stuff is nothing, but this is sugar, a tribute from the palace in the past. Ling Chuan can even get this, so his identity is even more unfathomable...

Several people began to hesitate. They originally planned to keep some distance from Ling Chuan, but it would not be worth it to offend Ling Chuan for something worth one hundred taels of silver. So for a moment, they didn't know whether to put down the shopping vouchers in their hands or not.