The first poisonous scholar in Daxia, starting from the abdication of the prime minister

"Gu Jingzhi, you still said you didn't accept any benefits?"

Wei Suo couldn't help but point at Gu Jingzhi and curse, "You said it yourself, the Beili envoys killed our Daxia people, and now you are openly shielding the Beili envoys in this hall. You are corrupt and perverting the law..."

"..."

Gu Jingzhi's mouth twitched, and he didn't even bother to look up at Lord Wei Suo, and said directly:

"Your Majesty, I interrogated Chang Wei all night last night, and he confessed everything. I thought that since the case had been investigated, it should be handed over to the Jingzhao Yin for disposal. However, I didn't expect that during the transfer of the human traffickers, a killer suddenly appeared and tried to silence the murderer! Fortunately, the inner guards protected him and prevented the killer from succeeding!"

"what?"

When the court officials heard this, they were immediately shocked.

The murder committed by the Beili delegation in the capital had already caused enough trouble, but unexpectedly, during the escort of the murderer, there was a killer who tried to silence him.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Xia shouted angrily, "How could such a thing actually exist?"

"That's right, Your Majesty! It was just a simple murder case, but it attracted the attention of experts, and even the Inner Guards were no match for it. I realized the seriousness of the situation, so I brought the criminal back to the Inner Guards' prison. Before I could even interrogate him, Your Majesty summoned me!"

"Your Majesty! I believe Beili must have committed this crime! If that's the case, we should capture him immediately!"

Song Pu did not miss any opportunity and directly accused Bei Li of being the killer.

Although his idea was exactly the same as Gu Jingzhi's, the prime minister knew less about the inside story!

Gu Jingzhi said expressionlessly, "Your Majesty, if we arrest the Beili envoys directly, it would be too frivolous!"

Song Pu was furious.

Child's play?

I am the prime minister of a country, and you are describing me as a joke?

Emperor Xia asked directly, "Since you think this is too frivolous, what do you have to say?"

Song Pu: "..."

Gu Jingzhi said leisurely, "Your Majesty! Beili is here to form an alliance, not to provoke Daxia. Although the Beili delegation is suspected, the investigation has not yet been completed. It is disgraceful to directly arrest a foreign delegation! Secondly..."

"Diplomatic relations are no small matter. If our dynasty doesn't make a fair statement to the outside world, then those nations that pay tribute to our Great Xia...if they think that this is how our great Great Xia handles cases, I'm afraid it will scare our friendly neighbors!"

"I believe that if we really follow Prime Minister Song's words, we will lose the prestige and popularity of our dynasty!"

"Hmm... that does make some sense!"

Emperor Xia nodded, then said: "However, Prime Minister Song's words are also out of public interest, so don't talk nonsense!"

"I acknowledge my guilt!" Gu Jingzhi bowed indifferently, then turned to Song Pu and said, "They say a prime minister has a broad mind. I'm sure Prime Minister Song doesn't bother to argue with me, right?"

"Humph!"

Song Pu snorted unhappily, then turned to Emperor Xia and said, "Your Majesty, if that's the case, we need to get to the bottom of this matter as soon as possible! Lord Gu has only been in the court for a short time, so I'm afraid he doesn't have much experience in handling this matter. Why not leave it to the relevant authorities?"

Why don’t you just tell the Jingzhao Yin directly?

Gu Jingzhi complained secretly!

As the prime minister of a country, he has disciples in all the investigative departments, including Jingzhao Yin, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dali Temple. How could Gu Jingzhi let him interfere?

"Your Majesty, the official procedures are cumbersome, and this matter involves negotiations, so it is better to go with the simpler procedures!"

Gu Jingzhi bowed and said, "Three days, just three days! I can present the answer to you, Your Majesty!"

"Three days?"

Upon hearing this, the imperial court looked at Gu Jingzhi in astonishment.

This fledgling number one scholar...seems a bit stubborn!

It wasn't enough that he had a quarrel with the prime minister the first time he went to court, but he even dared to speak wildly and wanted to solve a case in three days?

The prince glanced at Gu Jingzhi anxiously, then said to Emperor Xia, "Father, I think..."

"This matter should be handled quickly rather than slowly. Your Highness, there is no need to say more!"

Emperor Xia interrupted the prince and looked at Gu Jingzhi and said, "Mr. Gu, are three days enough?"

"Your Majesty! There is no joking in front of the king. Three days are enough!" Gu Jingzhi still said respectfully.

"Okay! Then three days!"

Emperor Xia waved his hand, then glanced at Wei Suo: "Wei Suo, deduct your salary and add another half a year!"

"???"

Wei Suo was stunned!

Holy shit! What the hell is going on with me? Am I even standing here in your sight? Six months of fine isn't enough, and you're adding another six? Doesn't that mean I'll lose all my salary for the year?

Wei Suo looked at Emperor Xia, and a feeling of resentment as a worker rose in his heart.

"Pfft..."

Gu Jingzhi almost laughed out loud.

Emperor Xia had already decided on the so-called corruption case, but this guy just jumped out. Now, he has been delayed for another half a year.

He also knew these days that he was fined half a year's salary because of this old guy, and now...

Haha!

……

After the matter of the delegation's murder was handed over to Gu Jing, he was sent away by Emperor Xia.

Gu Jingzhi left the hall and was about to go to the imperial study to wait when Baili Gongshu came up to him: "Deputy Envoy Gu..."

"Master Baili, the criminal was assassinated in the street. His Majesty ordered me to solve the case within three days, otherwise..."

Gu Jingzhi glanced at him and sighed, "Chang Wei and the others were beheaded, and the entire Beili delegation was detained..."

"what?"

Baili Gongshu was horrified: "How can this be possible? This matter has nothing to do with my delegation!"

"It has nothing to do with it?"

Gu Jingzhi said unhappily, "Master Baili, are you confused or am I stupid? Chang Wei... is from your guards, holding the rank of lieutenant. Do you think he has nothing to do with Beili?"

Baili Gongshu said anxiously, "There are many suspicious points in this matter. I, Beili, came here to form an alliance, so how could I stir up trouble in Daxia?"

"Does your purpose matter? What matters is that Chang Wei is your man. The street assassination... all the officials in our dynasty believe that it was just a cover-up by your Beili delegation! Moreover, Chang Wei has already confessed!"

Gu Jingzhi sighed, "I have tried my best to deal with this matter, but I only ask for three days. I will do my best to investigate the case during these three days. If I cannot find the truth, Lord Baili, you will be on your own!"

As he said that, he shook his head and walked straight towards the imperial study!

Baili Gongshu watched Gu Jingzhi leave, then looked back at Wuying Palace, and finally returned to the mission inn with a worried look on his face.

The deputy envoy looked at his distraught appearance and immediately asked with concern: "Prime Minister, is something not going well?"

Baili Gongshu shook his head: "I haven't even met the Emperor of Daxia!"

"What should we do?" The deputy envoy wailed upon hearing this.

Baili Gongshu was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Has Chang Wei checked to see if he's had any contact with anyone these days?"

"We've checked, and we haven't had any contact with any suspicious people! Lord Prime Minister, we don't have any clues at all. If Daxia insists on thinking it was us, I'm afraid... Alas!"

"The Emperor of Daxia has only given us three days. If we can't find evidence that this incident has nothing to do with Beili within three days, the blame will be borne by Beili!"

"what?"

The deputy envoy was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, pacing back and forth in the room. Suddenly... he stopped.

"Prime Minister, if we want to resolve this matter, there is still a plan..."