Xin Ran and the others heard the shouting outside, so they all hurriedly walked out of the room where they lived, only to see a team of Imperial Forest Army running towards a courtyard opposite. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xin Ran stopped one of the Imperial Guards and asked, "Where did you kill someone?"

The sergeant of the Imperial Forest Army bowed to Xin Ran and said, "Tell your lordship, Lord Sun Jinnan, who lives in the front yard, has been assassinated."

When the three of them heard this, they were very surprised, and without thinking too much, they immediately asked the sergeant to lead them to the courtyard in front.

Under the leadership of this sergeant, the three of them soon came to the room where Sun Jinnan lived in the front yard.

When I entered the house, I saw Sun Jinnan lying on the ground, and it seemed that he had lost his breath.

Gonggong Li, the chief eunuch of the palace, stood next to him, and when he saw Xin Ran and the other three coming in, he hurriedly said: "Gongzi Xin, when the first rank of the court was stabbed in the palace, you see how it is good, this time I am afraid that the lives of the slaves will be difficult to protect!"

Before Xin Ran could say anything to comfort Gonggong Li, he only heard someone outside shouting: "The Holy Lord has arrived." “

Everyone hurriedly fell to their knees to greet the emperor's arrival.

After a while, I saw Emperor Ningzong come to the house with a group of civil and military ministers.

After Emperor Ningzong let everyone get up, he asked: "Gonggong Li, when I first arrived at the palace, a madman appeared, and I didn't care, but now the Shangshu of the Criminal Department has been killed in this palace again, you tell me, what is going on with you, how did you become the head of the palace?"

Gonggong Li should have been very angry when he heard the emperor's tone, so he was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty forgives you for your sins, and let the old slave play to you in detail." ”

Emperor Ningzong said angrily: "Say it." ”

Li Gonggong played: " Your Majesty is like this, the old slave since His Majesty came to the West Lake Palace, he was extra careful, at night, with the palace personnel patrolling everywhere, when the old slave walked to this courtyard, saw Sun Jinnan's yard was open, and immediately came to see, at first the old slave shouted, but Sun did not respond, the old slave thought that Sun was not in the house, so he was ready to close the door for Sun Daren, who knows, just when the old slave entered the house to pull the door knocker, he saw Sun Daren lying on the ground, the wound on his chest was still bleeding, so he put his finger on the side of Sun Daren's nose and tried it, there was no breath, the old slave was frightened, so he hurriedly arranged for someone to report to His Majesty, and the old slave was waiting here. ”

This Sun Jinnan is Shi Miyuan's cronies, so Shi Miyuan is also very annoyed, and after listening to Gonggong Li, he said: "Gonggong Li, this West Lake Palace has always been in charge of you, since Your Majesty has been here, accidents have occurred one after another, are you dissatisfied with Your Majesty and deliberately do these things?"

Seeing Shi Miyuan say this, Gonggong Li hurriedly said to Emperor Ningzong: "Your Majesty, the old slave is wronged, this writing is definitely not done by the old slave, the old slave is wronged." ”

"Even if it wasn't you, as the head of the palace, you can't escape the crime of dereliction of duty, come on, tie up Gonggong Li and wait for His Majesty's fate. Shi Miyuan commanded.

Seeing this, Xin Ran stood up and said to Shi Miyuan: "Prime Minister, from the point of view, it is inappropriate for the Prime Minister to lock up Duke Li in such a hurry. ”

"Young Master Xin, what's wrong with the old man doing this?" Shi Miyuan asked Xin Ran.

Xin Ran said: "Prime Minister, first of all, now Your Majesty lives in the palace, Gonggong Li is familiar with the affairs of the palace, and now Gonggong Li is detained, I am afraid it is not conducive to His Majesty to recuperate here, and secondly, Lord Sun is a member of the first rank of the dynasty, and now the assassination of the palace is a big case, which must be investigated and found out the real culprit, and these also need the assistance of Gonggong Li, so I think that Gonggong Li cannot be detained." ”

"It's still Xin Aiqing's thoughtfulness, I heard that you also contributed a lot to Chen Wenduan's case last time, so you will investigate this case. Emperor Ningzong said to Xin Ran.

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor made such an arrangement, Shi Miyuan hurriedly dissuaded: "Your Majesty, no, although Gongzi Xin is intelligent, he is not a person with an official position, how can he do the affairs of the government? ”

Emperor Ningzong was a little hesitant when he saw Shi Miyuan say this, and at this time, Zhao Yun, the king of Yi, who was standing aside, said: "Prime Minister, you have to accompany the saint at any time, so naturally you don't have enough time to handle this case, so Xiao Wang thinks that you are not suitable for handling this case." ”

After listening to everyone's opinions, Emperor Ningzong thought for a while, looked at everyone again, and said: "What King Yi said is very reasonable, Prime Minister, you have to be by my side at any time, and you have to deal with many important military affairs, and you really can't get out of dealing with this case, since this is the case, then it is better for Xin Aiqing to handle this case, and it is important to handle this case before I return to the palace." ”

After Emperor Ningzong finished speaking, Xin Ran hurriedly said: "It is incumbent on me to share your Majesty's worries, but Weichen wants to ask Your Majesty for approval to let Lord Chen Wenduan Chen and me handle this case together, I don't know if Your Majesty is approved?"

Emperor Ningzong did not hesitate, and immediately approved Xin Ran's request, and then asked the ministers to stay and go back to the dormitory to rest.

After seeing the emperor leaving, Shi Miyuan immediately said to Xin Ran in a strange way: "Xin Gongzi, don't live up to His Majesty the Emperor's expectations of you, the old man wants to see how you investigate the case?"

Xin Ran ignored Shi Miyuan, but squatted down and carefully inspected the scene and Sun Jinnan's wounds with Chen Wenduan.

After reading it, Chen Wenduan said: "When Gonggong Li described the case just now, he said that when he came in, Lord Sun's wound was still bleeding, which means that Master Sun should have just been killed, and the perpetrator was not discovered by Gonggong Li, who was patrolling after killing Lord Sun, which shows two problems: first, the perpetrator can make Master Sun defenseless, and second, this person should be hiding nearby, based on these two points, the most suspicious person is the person who lives with Lord Sun." ”

After finishing speaking, Chen Wenduan asked Gonggong Li again: "The rooms here are all arranged by you, who lives in this courtyard?"

Gonggong Li hurriedly replied: "Lord Chen, after receiving the holy decree that the Holy Lord wanted to come to this West Lake Palace, the old slave knew that there were many civil and military officials in the Holy Lord's entourage, so he re-registered the houses in the palace, divided them into several categories according to the good and bad of the old and new, and then arranged them according to the level of the officials who came. ”

When Gonggong Li finished speaking, he saw that everyone's eyes were focused on these two people in an instant.