Chapter 16 Ping Nanhou

"Yun'er, in your opinion, who could be the perpetrator?" Li Wei asked solemnly.

"This person should be able to control some of the generals and officers and soldiers in the rice transport fleet, which is a combat army affiliated with the empire. At the same time, he can also control some of the personnel responsible for handling cases in Tingchaocheng Mansion. In addition, he also has a group of people in the world. At his disposal, to control the private rice sales network on the market, who would he be?"

"Could it be..."

"Marquis Pingnan!" Li Yun said with certainty.

Li Wei's expression changed and he nodded slowly.

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Snapped! Snapped! Snapped!

Several loud slaps suddenly sounded, and a figure quietly appeared in the study.

Li Wei was startled, took a closer look, and exclaimed: "Marquis Pingnan!"

"Mr. Li, I haven't seen you for a long time. Didn't you expect me to come to visit you?"

Marquis Pingnan was dressed in a golden robe, with a slender figure, a gentle and approachable face, and a wisp of Confucian beard, which made him look audacious and upright, and he smiled gently.

"Master Marquis, please take a seat! Let's watch tea!" Li Wei said loudly.

"Hey, Yin Ye's visit is already rash, so I'll skip the tea." Ping Nanhou said with a smile.

"This... I wonder if the Marquis has come to visit suddenly, what can I say?" Li Wei felt a little uneasy, and Li Yun smiled and remained silent.

"I heard that Mr. Li borrowed the unsolved case files of the past thirty years from Tingchaocheng Mansion. I didn't know what the purpose was, so I stayed here incognito tonight. I wanted to have a discussion with Mr. Li, but I didn't expect that I would find out. I have discovered your master’s peerless genius!”

"Excuse me, Lord Marquis, have you heard everything?" Li Wei's expression changed, he pulled Li Yun behind him and asked.

"I came early and heard everything. However, Mr. Li, don't worry, I will not do any harm to your master or you tonight." Ping Nanhou smiled.

"Hmph, if you dare to harm Yun'er, my Li family will never sit idly by and watch!"

A strong wind blew by, and a middle-aged man with a curly beard appeared in the house. It was Li Kunlun, the head of the Li family.

"Haha! It's easy to talk! This must be Mr. Kunlun, he is really extraordinary!" Marquis Pingnan said with a smile, stroking his hands.

"Humph, I didn't expect that the famous Marquis Pingnan would hide on the roof and eavesdrop on the conversation between my fifth brother and his son." Li Kunlun said sarcastically.

"Haha, we are each other, aren't Brother Kunlun the same?"

"This..." Li Kunlun was speechless for a moment.

"I can't believe that I have been planning carefully for decades, using countless manpower and material resources, to accomplish such a big thing, and then carefully cut off all the clues one by one, thinking that I had done it seamlessly and seamlessly. Unexpectedly, I was here tonight to see Mr. Li analyze the case from beginning to end with just these files and with his eyes closed. In less than half a quarter of an hour, he analyzed the case so thoroughly that he finally found me, the person behind the scenes. , It’s really breathtaking!” Ping Nanhou praised from the bottom of his heart.

"You mean...you really did all these things?!" Li Wei asked with his eyes widened.

"That's right! Your master's analysis is just like seeing it with your own eyes. However, I would like to add that those containers are boxes made of birch wood. Boxes made of this kind of wood have high buoyancy and can carry a large amount of rice. We Use the power of ocean currents to transport the brown rice to the nearby Dingzhu Island. After being packaged, it will be transported to Tingchao City by boat for sale." Ping Nanhou said with a smile.

"Do you...do you know how many people have died in the chain of selling illegal rice?!" Li Wei shouted loudly.

"I admit this. However, these people who died basically died due to angry fights due to conflicts of interest in the market competition. I did not kill them directly. I can guarantee that we did not kill anyone during the entire transfer process. Anyone. As for these people who died due to conflicts, they were mainly caused by uneven profits or motivated by wealth. This is indeed beyond my control. This kind of thing is not only in Tingchao City,

And it happens all the time across the country, and no one can control it. Ping Nanhou said calmly.

"But if you embezzle the empire's wealth like this, as a feudal prince of the empire, is this what you should do?!" Li Wei continued to ask.

"Hmph, Mr. Li, whose empire do you think it belongs to?"

"Of course it's today."

"So, what if today is a hundred years from now?"

"Of course it belongs to the prince."

"Isn't that right! The prince is the crown prince of the country. What I do is for the crown prince. Can you say that I am wrong?" Ping Nanhou said with a smile.

"However, the position of crown prince is currently vacant in the Tianlong Empire, and the Holy Emperor has not yet appointed a crown prince. What you said about doing it for the crown prince is not justified." Li Wei retorted.

"Although the Holy Emperor has not yet appointed a crown prince, the position of crown prince has always been inherited by the eldest son. Therefore, His Highness Long Kui must be the future crown prince of the Tianlong Empire. I am a confidant of His Highness Long Kui, and what I have done is, All the profits I get are for my service. Therefore, for me, although I have committed such a big case, I don’t have to worry about being punished by the court’s laws." Ping Nanhou said.

"Wrong! Let's not talk about whether His Highness Long Kui won the position of Crown Prince. Even if His Highness Long Kui was appointed as the Crown Prince, the Holy One is still there. It is inevitable that you embezzled His Majesty's wealth and disrupted the order of the city for the sake of the Crown Prince. It has violated today's laws!" Li Wei said.

"Haha! Mr. Li is really righteous. However, even if you ask Huang Yu to report the case to the court, I am afraid that he will not reach Tianting at all, but will be directly suppressed by His Highness. I Pingnan Hou will not be injured at all. At that time, His Highness will at most ask me to go to another city or enter the imperial capital to handle some more important affairs for him. In the future, His Highness will ascend the throne, I will definitely It’s also a meteoric rise, chickens and dogs ascending to heaven!” Ping Nanhou laughed.

Li Wei was speechless for a moment, feeling in his heart that what Ping Nanhou said was indeed true, and it was very likely that the ending would be like this, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness in his heart!

It suddenly occurred to me that I devoted myself to serving the country and worked hard, but in the end I was impeached by traitors and demoted back to my hometown. But a treacherous person like Ping Nanhou committed such a big case, but he was well-dressed and well-fed, talking freely in front of him, and didn't care.

"Alas! Since the Marquis said so, I have nothing to talk about. Please do as you please, Marquis."

"Slow down! Mr. Li has served the country and the people. His heart is a lesson, and I admire him. If you hadn't been too stubborn, you wouldn't have offended His Highness and been demoted. Now that ten years have passed, I hope that Mr. Li Wouldn't it be great if you could reconsider whether to follow me and be loyal to His Highness, and then we can rise to great heights together!" Ping Nanhou said.

"I am already a demoted person. I am used to this indifferent life. I no longer want to go out to the temple or serve the country and the people. Even if I handle cases for the city government, it is just out of hobby and the joy of hunting. Since this case involves Mr. Hou, then I will not investigate further, Mr. Hou, just rest assured." Li Wei said.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Li! However, even if you don't think about yourself, you should also think about your young master. With his amazing talents, he is the pillar of the country. If he can join the service of His Highness, he will one day become the Grand Duke. Isn't it a beautiful thing when one person is inferior to ten thousand people?!" Ping Nanhou continued to persuade.

"Yun'er's talent, I'm afraid even this small Tianlong Empire can't let it be used, so the Marquis no longer has to worry about it. Marquis, please do it." Li Wei said flatly.

"This... maybe you are right. Mr. Li is the proud son of heaven. He will definitely not be a thing in the pool in the future. I have a six-year-old daughter who is innocent and talented. I wonder if I can make a marriage contract with Mr. Li first. "When the time comes, how about our two families becoming a family and accomplishing something wonderful?" Ping Nanhou asked again.

"Thank you very much, Lord Marquis. Can you please allow me to think about it?" Li Wei felt a little sudden.

"No need to think about it! It's settled like this. This is the betrothal gift from my Marquis Mansion. I will give it to Young Master Li tonight."

Ping Nanhou took out a box, put it on the table, cupped his hands in front of Li Wei and Li Kunlun, and with a long laugh, they stepped out of the room and flew away in the air!

Li Wei and Li Kunlun looked at each other and turned to stare at the small box.

When he opened it, he saw that in addition to a gold medal from Pingnan Hou Mansion, there were ten shining black stones lying quietly among them. Li Wei shouted: "High-grade black stones!"

Li Yun looked carefully and saw that this top-grade mysterious stone was sparkling with crystal light, and there seemed to be mysterious energy flowing on it, full of aura!

The light of the black stone illuminated the faces of the three people, and the whole room seemed to suddenly have energy and come to life.

"Brother, what do you think?" Li Wei asked, staring at Li Kunlun.

"The future is unpredictable, nothing is inevitable." Li Kunlun said thoughtfully.

"Where's Yun'er?" Li Wei asked, staring at Li Yun.

"The head of the family is right, nothing is necessary." Li Yun nodded.

"Then...do you want to return the gift?"

"No need, they will come and ask for it when the time comes." Li Yun said with a smile.

"That's right, Luck is really amazing. He can see through it at a glance." Li Kunlun praised.

"Master Miuzan, if you hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid Pingnanhou wouldn't have changed his mind so quickly." Li Yun said.

"That's right, I haven't thanked my elder brother for his timely rescue!" Li Wei suddenly woke up.

"Haha, Marquis Pingnan thinks he has great Xuan Gong, but in the Li family, it's not yet time for him to come and go freely." Li Kunlun said proudly without giving in.

The situation just now was indeed extremely dangerous. If Li Kunlun had not appeared in time, I am afraid that Ping Nanhou's intention might have been detrimental to Li Wei and his son.

"Now that the matter has been settled, if Marquis Ping Nan makes this strange move, he will naturally not attack you again, but will protect you, which will save my Li family a lot of worry." Li Kunlun said.

"However, I didn't expect that he would commit such a heinous crime as Yun'er expected. This is unbearable!" Li Wei said fiercely.

"He alone may not be so bold in this matter. It must be as he said, His Highness is backing him. We can't control this matter, and if we do, it will be in vain." Li Kunlun sighed.

"Hmph, I'll write it down first. I'll naturally use it when I find it useful in the future." Li Wei said.

"Hehe! Anyway, now I finally have a high-grade black stone. If I really want to take a nap, someone will give me a pillow!" Li Yun said happily while holding the small box.

Li Wei and Li Kunlun couldn't help but smile at each other.

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