The next day, another shocking news spread throughout the government and the opposition: Luo Shiqiong, who was locked up in the Criminal Department, suddenly died violently. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As soon as this letter came out, everyone began to wonder. How many people can easily kill people in the Criminal Department?

Song Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, wiped his cold sweat and came to find Prime Minister Tong. "Xiangye, you want to save the lower official!"

Prime Minister Tong looked at this colleague who had worked together for many years and said with concern: "What the hell is going on?" How can this man say that death is death? ”

Song Yan came to Prime Minister Tong and didn't dare not tell the truth. Because except for Prime Minister Tong, I'm afraid no one will help him out of the siege.

Song Yan blinked his eyes that were red with anxiety, picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, which had been dry for a long time, before he suppressed his hoarse voice and said: "Don't hide it from Xiangye, the lower officials have always been very strict with the prison of the Criminal Department, and it can't be said that even a fly can't fly out, but it's about the same." ”

Song Yan was obviously really angry, and as soon as he said two words, his throat became dry again. He took another sip of tea, and then said, "But this morning, when Xia Guan just wanted to interrogate Na Luo Shiqiong again and ask people to go to the prison to mention him, he found that he had been dead for a long time. A knife in the heart, impartiality. Looking at the shape and size of the knife edge, it is clean and neat, and it is obvious that it is the work of a master. ”

When Prime Minister Tong heard this, his brows furrowed.

Song Yan said it in detail, for fear that something was wrong and omitted, which would affect Xiangye's judgment. He continued: "Later, the lower officials checked all the jailers who were on duty last night, but there was one missing. It turned out to be a man named Sanfat, and he went home after being off duty today. The lower officials asked him to go to his house to find someone, but his family said that he had not returned. Later, the lower officials sent people to search carefully, and his body was found in the moat, which was drowned. The lower officials felt that this matter was too strange, but now the emperor asked the lower officials to ask about the case, and they didn't ask for a confession, and the person was killed, so he couldn't explain it! The lower officials only came to ask for the prime minister, please see the lower officials' absolute loyalty to the court and the emperor, save the lower officials! ”

Song Yan said, his legs and feet were weak, and the person had already knelt on the ground.

If other officials come to ask, Tong Qishan may not care. But this Song Yan is a little different, not for anything else, just because Song Yan, like Tong Qishan, is a rare direct minister in the court, and he has not participated in any party or seizure. Coupled with the fact that the two have been colleagues for many years, they get along quite well. Therefore, Prime Minister Tong picked up Song Yan and persuaded: "Adults don't have to be like this, let Benxiang think about it." This is not a trivial matter, and it needs to be considered in the long run. ”

Song Yan got up, his face was still gloomy and gloomy, and he sighed.

Prime Minister Tong pondered for a long time. Song Yan had to wait patiently, and didn't dare to disturb Xiangye's thinking. After a while, Prime Minister Tong Cheng smiled. He asked Song Yan to come up with his ear and whispered a few words in his ear. Song Yan's dark eyes lit up instantly, and he nodded again and again: "Xiangye is smart!" ”

Prime Minister Tong shook his head and said: "This is called the magic is one foot high, and the road is one foot high." Since someone wants to play, Lord Song will accompany them to play if he is not in danger. ”

Song Yan listened to Xiangye's idea, and his heart finally settled down, revealing his first smile of the day.

Song Yan bid farewell to Prime Minister Tong and returned to the Yamen of the Criminal Department. He first took some food and filled his stomach that had been empty for a day, and then he called the official to give such and such orders.

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The second prince had already been crowned King Chen as early as the year before last and opened a mansion outside the palace. As soon as he returned to the palace, he called a group of staff to discuss the matter. They deliberated for a day, but they did not come up with a result. After all, the four princes have always been cautious, and it is difficult for people to grasp the handle. Except for sending someone to follow and investigate, everyone couldn't think of any other idea.

The second prince was angry for a while, and the next day, he called everyone to discuss. Before he could think of a good idea, there was new news outside, saying that Luo Shiqiong was dead.

"Dead?" The second prince was shocked: why did he die? Not to mention the tight grip of this prison department, who will kill Luo Shiqiong? If Luo Shiqiong is the fourth person, how can he do it before he has time to protect him? If it's not the fourth, it can only be the prince. But as soon as he investigated here, he killed the only living mouth over there, isn't this a self-confession? How could he be so stupid? But if not him, who would it be?

The second prince can't guess here, and the fourth prince can't guess either.

The sixth prince said to the fourth prince: "Fourth brother, this thing is really strange? Who did you say killed this Luo Shiqiong? Dick? Prince? ”

The fourth prince is also thinking: the second prince? Why did he kill his own people? Is it to frame the prince? It's a bit more than worth it! Then only the crown prince remains. But isn't this kind of suicidal behavior too weird? Although the prince is stupid, he is not like this!

And the queen, who knew the truth, was about to burst into flames. "This stupid pig, this stupid pig - how did I give birth to such a stupid pig!"

"Bang--" The fine utensils on the table were swept to the ground and shattered. The queen was particularly puzzled, pulled off the hairpin on her head, pulled over the nearest palace maid, and poked her in the face, scolding while poking: "I call you stupid, I call you stupid......"

The palace maid was scared half to death, desperately trying to protect her face. But it was too late, and a deep blood mark had already appeared on her fair face. She curled up, buried her face underneath, and kept begging for mercy: "Niangniang spare your life, Niangniang spare your life, the slave is Caixia......"

At this time, the queen has already gone crazy, where can she still hear others talking? Just poke at the person in front of you frantically.

That Caixia couldn't stand it anymore, and crawled out. When the angry queen saw this, she was even more furious, pulling her long hair and slamming it against the wall.

I only heard a scream, and the palace maid named Caixia had fallen to the ground softly, and there was no movement.

The queen who fell into madness still bumped into it until Caixia's face became blurred.

The other palace maids were so frightened that they hid out of the door, trembling and listening to the movement inside. Some timid palace maids covered their faces and cried silently. It wasn't until there was no sound inside that they stared at each other in a panic, not knowing what to do.

A bold palace maid poked her head out of the door, and when she saw the queen in a big red palace costume appearing at the door, she was so frightened that she shrank her neck and didn't dare to get angry.

The queen walked outside the door, looked at these palace maids viciously, and scolded loudly: "No one is allowed to say anything about today's affairs. ”

Several palace maids nodded like pounding garlic, and they all wanted to disappear in an instant.

The queen said again: "Caixia has offended the palace and has been killed by the palace staff, can you all hear it clearly?" ”

Those palace maids were already trembling, and hummed in a small voice like a mosquito: "Hear clearly! There are even a few young palace maids who heard the word "cane death", and they immediately became hot and humid.

The queen knew that these people didn't dare to go out and talk nonsense, so she strode out, leaving only a frightened and paralyzed palace maid and a bloody corpse.

The thick smell of blood spread through the room, and he refused to leave for a long time.