boyutpedia Chapter 1880 He Must Be Nailed to Death
Chapter 1880 He Must Be Nailed to Death
Zhou Shiyue leaned back in his chair and said casually, "I'll keep an eye on things here. If the Prime Minister is worried, he can come and keep an eye on things too, and see if they dare to cause any problems."
He paused for a moment and then continued, "But then again, shouldn't I be able to take responsibility?"
He is a prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If even Prime Minister Shen couldn't handle it, how could he not?
Upon hearing Zhou Shiyue's words, Prime Minister Shen was speechless.
It's now obvious that Prince Jin is in the same faction as the Crown Prince, and this Lu Anfan is a trusted soldier they can use with peace of mind.
Perhaps the Crown Prince and the Prince of Jin intentionally wanted Lu Anfan to climb up the ranks by stepping on their shoulders, to gain merit, and then to be promoted.
If he gets promoted just one more time, there will be a reason to transfer him back to the capital later.
His Highness the Crown Prince is cultivating his own trusted confidants.
And he was a general!
The fact that the Crown Prince wanted to cultivate trusted military officers, and then used Lu Zhaoling's younger brother, shows what? It shows that His Highness the Crown Prince trusts Zhou Shiyue very much, so he is willing to use Zhou Shiyue's people.
At this time, Prime Minister Shen was unaware that among the people the Crown Prince wanted to cultivate, not only had the choice of a military general been decided, but he had also chosen a civil official.
Moreover, this person is still a financial backer, someone from Lu Zhaoling's side.
If Prime Minister Shen knew this, he would probably be greatly shocked.
Although he didn't know it yet, he already knew that the Crown Prince, Zhou Shiyue, and Lu Zhaoling had joined forces and had such a high level of trust, so he felt that it would be difficult to deal with them.
In the end, Prime Minister Shen was powerless to resist, and Lu Anfan led his men to search the Prime Minister's residence.
Seeing so many Imperial Guards enter, Prime Minister Shen could only sit there dejectedly.
He couldn't possibly follow them around forever. With so many people coming in to search and looking everywhere, how could he possibly follow everyone?
The Prime Minister's residence was surrounded and searched, causing an uproar among the court officials.
After their initial shock, they were all filled with unease.
Some people are so scared that they even take all sorts of secretive actions at home.
For example, transferring some items, sending some people away, or destroying some accounting books.
Some were even silenced.
The murder case naturally came to the attention of Lin Rong and Lord Chen.
They secretly went to see the Crown Prince and told him what they had found out.
"It is currently suspected that five people were silenced because they knew inside information about someone. Your humble servant and Lord Chen are still working together to track down the killer."
Lin Rong, with a solemn expression, finished his report.
The crown prince sat there, his expression somber, and remained silent.
Lin Rong and Lord Chen exchanged a glance.
Lord Chen has excellent eyesight and is adept at judging people's hearts, so he saw things quite clearly. "Your Highness, please don't blame yourself. These five people didn't die because of your decision."
He said, "They were dealing with a tiger for its skin, and they also helped those people do some shady things. In the words of the princess, that means there has been karma, and they have committed sins. It was the murderers who killed them, not His Highness who forced them to do those things, nor His Highness who forced those officials to kill people."
"If they don't die this time, those adults who have long been planning to kill them to silence them probably won't let them live for long either. This is just a little earlier than expected."
Lord Chen saw it clearly: the Crown Prince might be getting stuck on the idea that his decision led those officials to kill people to cover it up because of the deaths of these five people.
If these five people were to die because of him, His Highness the Crown Prince would inevitably feel a heavy weight in his heart.
They might even start to doubt whether the decisions they made were right or wrong.
So Lord Chen immediately turned his attention back to him.
Don’t think like that!
Lin Rong nodded and said, "Lord Chen is right, Your Highness really doesn't need to blame yourself. Those people are not good people. If they hadn't died this time, who knows how much trouble they would have caused and how many people they would have harmed later."
What kind of good person would be someone who can do things for corrupt and unscrupulous officials?
“You’re right.” The Crown Prince also snapped out of his momentary rut. “Those who achieve great things cannot be all things to all people, nor can they be too indecisive.”
Even if those people really did die because of his decision, he shouldn't blame himself or hesitate.
Because what he wanted to do was for the good of the majority and for the peace and tranquility of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
It is inevitable that a few people will lose their lives as a result.
In the course of history, every moment of dramatic change inevitably involves bloodshed.
"As long as I have a clear conscience, that's enough for me."
The Crown Prince regained his composure once again.
He had wanted to get rid of Prime Minister Shen for a long time.
It was even earlier than Zhou Shiyue had anticipated.
However, Prime Minister Shen was always slippery and never found an opportunity. In addition, the Emperor valued Prime Minister Shen highly, so the Crown Prince had no choice.
Although the action was somewhat hasty this time, the Crown Prince firmly believed that it was a matter of perfect timing, favorable location, and popular support.
The emperor is in a coma.
The Empress Dowager summoned Luo Qiu.
Luo Qiu couldn't hold on any longer in prison and confessed everything during the first trial.
And just then, it was revealed that her master was an evil cultivator.
These crucial points seem to be delivered right to his doorstep, offering him a chance to take action against Prime Minister Shen. If he hesitates now, he may find it difficult to find another opportunity later.
At this time, Zhou Shiyue was able to help suppress the others, and Lu Zhaoling gave Lu Anfan a talisman that would heat up once he got close to something very evil.
This is why Lu Anfan found four evil items without even knowing what he was looking for!
That's right, on this very day, Lu Anfan found four evil items in the Prime Minister's residence!
One of the four evil objects had a real human eye embedded in it. Lin Rong had an excellent memory, and he remembered a murder case from many years ago in which a man who had become a monk and then returned to secular life died mysteriously on the first night after returning to the capital.
The other person had no other external injuries, but one of their eyes had been gouged out.
That case remained unsolved, and the murderer was never caught.
Lin Rong found the dusty files and, sure enough, stumbled upon this unsolved case.
After this story spread, quite a few people remembered it.
"That's right, that's right. Everyone thought it was very strange at the time. That person had just returned to secular life and had no known enemies. He was compassionate when he became a monk, and he only returned to secular life because he wanted to go home to fulfill his filial duties and support his elderly father."
"His father couldn't take the shock, and he passed away soon after. It was truly tragic."
This case has been brought up for discussion again.
Everyone believed that the eyeball in the Prime Minister's residence was gouged out from that monk who had returned to secular life, and no matter how much Prime Minister Shen protested his innocence and said he knew nothing about it, it was useless.
Everyone chose to believe what they wanted to believe.
This single case and this one eyeball are enough to give Prime Minister Shen a major headache.
There was another item, a gift from the second prince, a painting, but the box containing the painting was also found to have a hidden compartment.