Chapter 714: Chapter 159: Leaving No Regrets in This Life
“Finally, there’s the connection between the Third Prince and the Righteous Law Pavilion. I couldn’t probe much into this matter; it’s personally overseen by Pavilion Master Lou from the Monitoring Pavilion. There should be a report at the grand court meeting five days later.”
Lv Wenxing summarized all the information he had gathered and informed Li Fei one by one.
After listening, Li Fei pondered for a moment: “So, the outcomes of these three major cases will be reflected at the grand court meeting in five days?”
Usually, the vast majority of government affairs are directly decided by the Central Cabinet.
But these three major cases involve influential figures, and their potential impact is significant. Therefore, a preliminary plan will first be discussed by the Central Cabinet before being publicly debated at the grand court meeting, where the Emperor will make the final decision.
“Five days later is the first grand court meeting of the year, didn’t expect it to be this thrilling.”
Li Fei, in fact, wasn’t interested in the three major cases; what he truly cared about was the Heavenly Altar assassination case.
This case was entrusted to him by the Emperor to oversee. Only after completing the investigation on this case could he re-examine the case of Shangguan Xiao.
But having investigated since last year until now, even though clues are increasing, all signs indicate that the mastermind behind the Heavenly Altar assassination case is most likely the New Heaven Association.
However, in investigation, there is no such term as ‘probably.’
An investigation must have solid evidence.
Unfortunately, both Li Fei and He Jian do not currently have direct evidence to prove the Heavenly Altar assassination was orchestrated by the New Heaven Association.
This is not due to He Jian, the Detective, being incompetent; rather, whenever he reached crucial points, important figures and forces would appear, leading to massive resistance!
The three major cases currently stirring the Capital are actually rooted in the Heavenly Altar assassination case.
Whether it’s the Entry World Conference accused by Su Xuesong, or the Cheng Prince Mansion, even including the Righteous Law Pavilion, all are connected to the New Heaven Association.
If any one of these three major cases could be thoroughly investigated, allowing He Jian to fully exert his abilities, Li Fei would have completed his task long ago.
This is the reason for Li Fei’s interest in the three major cases.
He now increasingly understands why the New Heaven Association attempted the assassination of the Emperor back then.
Despite knowing there’s no chance of success, they insist on exposing an important spy planted within the court to die.
Because the New Heaven Association understands the decay of the Da Lan Dynasty better than anyone else!
A mere reform cannot fundamentally resolve the problems of the Da Lan Dynasty; at most, it only forcefully prolongs the life of the feudal empire that has existed for over five hundred years.
Nowadays, the Da Lan Dynasty appears as a giant wearing a new set of clothes, looking glamorous.
What the New Heaven Association aims to do is tear open this outer garment and let the world see the ugly ulcers hidden beneath!
Perhaps it had tried many ways before, none with great effect.
So, it chose the most violent way — assassination!
This sort of case cannot be covered up; no one dares to be perfunctory; it must be thoroughly investigated.
And the investigation process is precisely the process of tearing open the garment.
To genuinely apprehend the mastermind and eradicate them, the court must tear off that splendid garment itself and delve deeply into its structure, thereby exposing all sorts of issues.
This is the New Heaven Association’s transparent scheme!
After understanding this, Li Fei couldn’t help but wonder:
“Are He Jian and I passively becoming a sword of the New Heaven Association?”
With this thought, he returned by carriage to the headquarters of the Monitoring Pavilion.
Upon entering the Monitoring Pavilion again, officials who met him showed eyes of reverence and bowed in respect.
Li Fei walked all the way to He Jian’s office building, directly went to the second floor.
Upon seeing Li Fei, Yuan Mengfei excitedly jumped up from her chair:
“I heard you went to the Cheng Prince Mansion and broke Xi Yuchen’s leg, and defeated a Martial Arts Master?”
Li Fei smiled and nodded.
Yuan Mengfei looked at him with eyes full of adoration.
He Jian suddenly spoke up, “You go out first, I have something to discuss with Marquis Jing’an.”
Reluctantly, Yuan Mengfei slowly moved her feet and walked down the stairs.
“Actually, you don’t have to do this.”
After Yuan Mengfei left, He Jian looked at Li Fei with a serious expression:
“You standing up for me, if it’s just to help me investigate better, or for me to help you in the future investigations, there’s no need. Because as long as it’s an investigation, regardless, I will go all out, without needing you to do anything special.”
“And if you’re trying to win over me, it’s even more futile. If in the future you get involved in any case, and the court asks me to investigate, I will not show you any favoritism!”
Clearly having stood up for He Jian, yet He Jian now says something entirely unsympathetic.
But Li Fei, after listening, did not feel angry or disappointed; instead, he smiled:
“Lord He, no need to overthink. I stood up for you without seeking anything in return.”
He Jian frowned, looking puzzled at Li Fei:
“Then what do you gain?”
He questioned himself; he did not have a deep relationship with this Marquis Jing’an, and it was totally unnecessary for the other party to offend the Cheng Prince Mansion, to offend that Cheng Prince holding an army of ten thousand.
Li Fei’s gaze suddenly became tender, and he murmured:
“Because what you did, Lord He, reminds me of an elder. Previously, I lacked the ability to help him… Now, I just don’t want to leave myself any regrets.”
The incident of Cheng Prince’s Princely Heir apologizing with burdens at the grand court meeting happened before, and then He Jian and his main disciple were retaliated against by the Cheng Prince Mansion.
In such a situation, this elderly man still chose to continue the investigation and reported the case of the Righteous Law Pavilion suspected of collusion with the Third Prince.