Xie Qian went to Kunning Palace to see Empress Dowager Zhang returning in vain. He felt a little angry and became more determined to leave the court.

Xie Qian explained his intention to Wang Yang. He meant that before he retired, he would recommend several candidates to the court to see who was more suitable. As for who is the chief minister of the cabinet, he no longer cared so much. According to his qualifications, the person who became the next chief minister is naturally Jiao Fang, the backbone of the eunuch party.

Once Jiao Fang became the chief minister, Liu Jin would have the power to the court and no one could check or balance it. But now Xie Qian no longer had the intention to pay attention to it. During the more than a year of fighting with Liu Jin, he was exhausted physically and mentally, hoping that he would no longer be disturbed by mundane affairs after he retired and returned to his hometown and gain a complete relief. Even Chen Xi would not care about how he returned to the capital.

"... Even if Your Majesty refuses this time, I don't want to pay attention to the affairs of the court anymore. From today on, I will have no chance with the government..."

Xie Qian returned home and wrote another memorial to beg for bones. After writing it, he was not sent to the Tongzheng Envoy Department. A sudden news shocked him.

Something happened to Chen Xi’s mansion in the capital! Not only did someone come to make trouble, but he also set fire. I heard that several yards of Chen’s mansion, which was granted by Emperor Hongzhi, were burned.

Hearing this news, Xie Qian did not come back to his senses for a long time. After a long time, he became angry and asked the servant who came to send the message: "What do the people from Shuntian Mansion say?"

The servant replied tremblingly: "Reply to the master's words, it is said that Shuntian Mansion has sent someone to capture the criminal, but the murderer came and went in a hurry and did not leave any useful clues. Master, this incident happened before the Secretary of Chen returned to Beijing. I am afraid that the matter is not that simple!"

"This matter is worth your attention!"

Xie Qian was furious. The first thing he thought of was Liu Jin to make trouble and force Chen Xi to be obedient in this despicable way.

Xie Qian was so angry that his forehead was exposed, and he shouted: "Liu Jin, I don't know him like him, but he actually became more and more serious. Before my grandson-in-law returned to Beijing, he started to attack the Shen family for the sake of force... It would be better not to have any casualties, otherwise I would not let this thief go!"

After looking at the memorial that had not been sent out, Xie Qian had no way to vent the anger accumulated by Empress Dowager Zhang. In addition, he was convinced that this matter was done by Liu Jin. At this time, he finally broke out completely. He tore the memorial in half, then threw it on the ground, then stepped on his feet and went out to the office of the Ministry of Justice.

Xie Qian was determined to find justice for Chen Xi. On the way, he sat in a carriage and contacted the causes and consequences of the matter, and seemed to understand something:

"No wonder Shen Zhihou has been refusing to return to Beijing. He has long known that someone wants to kill him, so he hides outside and dares not come back... Liu Jin has been looking for opportunities. Seeing Zhihou refuses to come back, he kills him. He simply attacks the women and children of the Shen Mansion to achieve his goal of intimidating and forcing others to submit... It's really annoying!"

Although Xie Qian was angry when something happened to Chen Xi, he could still bear it. However, the setting fire to Chen's house touched his negative scales because there was his beloved granddaughter in the Shen family's house. Someone killed Chen Xi, and the person who suffered was Chen Xi, not him Xie Qian. But if someone wanted to set fire to Shen's family, it would kill him Xie Qian's blood relatives.

Xie Qian took the car to the Ministry of Justice with anger, got off the carriage and broke into the room.

The yamen guarding the gate of the Ministry of Justice knew Xie Qian and knew that the Prime Minister was not good at coming, so no one dared to come forward to stop him.

Xie Qian arrived at the front yard. Officials from the Ministry of Justice stepped forward to greet him, but saw Xie Qian shouting with a dark face: "Get out of the way, ask Tu Xun to come out and see me!"

He called out the name of the Minister of Justice, but it was obvious that Xie Qian was extremely annoyed. He shouted a few times and someone immediately went to pass the newspaper. Xie Qian went directly to the main hall to wait.

Soon, Tu Xun came out in a hurry.

At this time, Tu Xun was not aware of the Shen family being set on fire, and he was confused, because he saw that Xie Qian seemed to be coming to ask for punishment, so he could only ask in an official tone: "Why did Mr. Shaofu come?"

Xie Qian asked, "Do you know that the Shen family was attacked by thieves?"

Tu Xun didn't react for a while and was confused: "Which Shen family?"

Xie Qian said angrily: "I knowingly asked, the family of Chen Xi, the Minister of War, was set on fire in Juyongguan, but someone was on fire in the mansion. Now the mansion has suffered heavy losses and the casualties are still unknown. As the leader of the Ministry of Justice, you are not aware of such a major matter?"

Tu Xun couldn't help but frowned. He had not asked about Chen Xi for a long time. Even if the court had many criticisms about Chen Xi, as an official in charge of the court's criminal name, he turned a deaf ear to this.

At this time, Xie Qian suddenly came to the door to question. Tu Xun was confused for a moment. He thought for a while and said, "Yu Qiao, it's useless to be anxious. In this way, I'll take someone to see you. If the situation is true..."

Tu Xun was three years older than Xie Qian and entered the government six years earlier. His qualifications were no less than Xie Qianlai, so he directly called him a name to show his closeness.

Xie Qian was not grateful and interrupted Tu Xun: "What is the truth? What do you mean is that I am making things out of nothing, and come here to speak vernacular words?"

Tu Xun explained helplessly: "I don't mean that... I'm here, transfer the staff and go to Shen's house with Master Xie and I."

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Tu Xun was confused and could only be whatever Xie Qian said.

Xie Qian had the plan to go to Chen Mansion to find out the situation as soon as possible, but when he thought that as the chief minister of the cabinet, his grandson-in-law's house was set on fire, he came to the door to inquire about the situation in broad daylight, but if he brought Tu Xun, the Minister of Justice, with him, he would be able to live up to his face.

Tu Xun was dragged to the Shen family by Xie Qiansheng. There were dozens of officials and subordinates of the Ministry of Justice who were following them. These were already all the people Tu Xun could mobilize, and they were all ordered by Xie Qian to come over.

When he arrived at the Shen family, the person in charge of receiving the reception was Zhu Qi, the housekeeper of the Shen family. When Zhu Qi saw Xie Qian, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "The villain has seen Mr. Xie."

"Get up and talk."

Xie Qian looked at the door of the mansion, then looked at the old Zhu Qi and asked, "I already know that the Shen family was set on fire. What is the situation in the mansion now?"

Zhu Qi looked worried and said, "The fire in the mansion started from the horse house, and several houses in the backyard were also affected. At this time, the fire had just been extinguished. There were burns from servants in the mansion, and the situation was not good..."

Xie Qian was extremely anxious and just wanted to ask my granddaughter and her daughter how it was, but at this moment he could only ask patiently: "Where is the master of the mansion?"

Zhu Qi said: "The master of the mansion evacuated more timely, no one was injured, but..."

Xie Qian said sternly: "I want to go in and see... This is the Minister of Justice Tu. The Minister of War's house was set on fire. This matter is very important. The truth must be found out!"

After saying that, Xie Qian did not discuss with Zhu Qi and immediately took people into the front yard of the Shen family.

At this time, the front yard of the Shen family was very chaotic. The people who were putting out the fire had just retreated from the fire scene. They were covered in dust and were carried out from time to time. It was only partial burns and there was no danger of life. However, even so, Xie Qian was frightened.

Xie Qian said to Tu Xun beside him: "Shangshu Tu, I haven't joked with you, right?"

Tu Xun's face was also a little unfavorable. He looked around and asked Zhu Qi who was following behind: "Can someone be sent to Shuntian Mansion?"

Zhu Qi said: "When I say that, Shuntian Mansion will send a few yamen servants. At that time, the fire in the mansion has not yet been extinguished. Those people looked at it and shook their heads and left. It seems... Shuntian Mansion doesn't want to pay attention to this matter."

Xie Qian sneered: "Look, it's said that officials protect each other, but someone set fire to the house of the Minister of War's Mansion, and the people from Shuntian Mansion didn't dare to care. How big is the background of the person who set fire?"

Tu Xun couldn't help coughing a few times after hearing this.

Xie Qiandiao said that in fact, the person who set fire was Liu Jin. Even ordinary officials of Shuntian Mansion knew that this was assigned by Liu Jin because no one except Liu Jin hated Chen Xi so deeply, and needed to set fire to vent their anger.

Xie Qian asked Zhu Qi again: "This bright and bright world is setting fire under the sky, so it is simply arrogance! Can you see clearly the situation of those thieves?"

Zhu Qi looked ashamed: "After the words of the master, the fire was too sudden. The mansion was busy putting out the fire and didn't see it clearly. However, the neighbors said that the person who came was wearing official uniforms seemed to be soldiers in Beijing..."

"Damn it!"

Xie Qian was even more furious when he heard this, "Isn't this a great irony for the soldiers of the imperial court to come to the house of the Minister of War to set fire? Some people do not take the king's law seriously at all, which is extremely shameless! No, I must report to Your Majesty and let Your Majesty's order to thoroughly investigate the case."

"Shangshu Tu, this is the top case this year. Your Ministry of Justice will not choose to stand by and watch like Shuntian Mansion?"

Tu Xun was very helpless and thought to himself, I was forced to this point by you, Grand Secretary Xie. Do you dare to say nothing? He said immediately: "Yu Qiao, it is better to make some decisions about some things, you see..."

Xie Qian was already blinded by anger at this time. He heard the words and said angrily: "Even if you don't care about this matter, I will not let it go... This is my in-laws' house. Shen Zhihou was grown up step by step. Even when Xu Shangshu asked Zhihou to return to the court, I was worried that someone would be targeted. Now that something really happened, how could I ignore it? Come, prepare a pen, ink, paper and inkstone for me immediately."

Xie Qian had already made up his mind to fight Liu Jin to the death. Seeing that it was useless to persuade him, Tu Xun stopped quarreling with Xie Qian and immediately arranged for officials from the Ministry of Justice to investigate the scene and investigate the causes and consequences of the arson.

Tu Xun ordered his subordinates: "Since the man-made arson has been confirmed, the case must be investigated to the end... I sent someone to invite the people from Shuntian Mansion to come over, and I have to ask about some things."

Xie Qian was confused when he was concerned, while Tu Xun, as a bystander, became much more clear-headed. Even if he thought in his heart that this matter was most likely caused by Liu Jin's mission, he still maintained a certain neutral position and would not make a conclusion without obtaining conclusive evidence.

The Shen family was in chaos, and the Ministry of Justice became busy because the Shen family was set on fire.

There was no death or even many people injured, and most of them were injured in flesh and blood. They could be turned into small things, but because the mansion of Chen Xi, the new Minister of War, was set on fire, the matter changed because of this.

Led by Xie Qian, the Minister of Justice Tu Xun, followed by on-site investigation, jointly submitted a memorial to the court for thorough investigation of the Shen family's arson case, and sent it to Wenyuan Pavilion overnight.
Chapter completed!