On June 22, early in the morning, Xue Rui asked the guards to load the carriage and horses, take the body of the murderer Niu Er, and carry two pieces of evidence pointing to the princes, left the restaurant where the murder occurred, and returned to Beijing.

The spies who were squatting outside the restaurant saw them walk far away before they showed their heads, and wandered the street for half an hour before they entered the restaurant with the seal torn off and inquired about what happened last night.

But he was destined not to ask anything, Xue Rui ordered the accompanying guards to be sealed last night, and the shopkeeper and the guys stayed in the room at night and were not allowed to come out, and when Xue Rui and they left, they found that the cook was gone, and they didn't know that someone died last night, and they didn't know that Xue Rui found a human head from their cellar.

"It's about the two princes, the right and wrong have not yet been confirmed, I don't know the holy will, in my opinion, you'd better keep your mouths shut, what happened in the restaurant last night, don't leak half a word, beware of a quick mouth, causing a big disaster."

Xue Rui warned the guards who knew about it like this, but fortunately, Lu Hong and the others knew each other, and immediately indicated that they would not talk much.

"Don't worry, my lord, I can share the benefits."

When the chariots and horses went out of the city and went up the official road, they ran as fast as they could, and they were to hurry and try to reach the city gate before dark.

After tossing all night last night, Xue Rui and Yu Shu didn't rest, they went out of the city, and passed lunch early on the road, Yu Shu couldn't help but take a nap, but the suburban roads were uneven, she leaned against the car wall, woke up in a flash, and couldn't sleep if she wanted to.

Xue Rui sat opposite her, looking at her sleepy appearance, a smile flashed in his eyes. After thinking about it, he lowered the curtain hanging behind him, blocked the view of passing by outside the window, held the stitched left arm, changed positions, and sat in the middle.

As soon as it was dark in the car, Yu Shu raised his head suddenly, looked at Xue Rui with sleepy eyes, and saw that he put a soft pillow on his lap and patted it. Whispered to her:

"Sleep here. Be comfortable. ”

Yu Shu was entangled for a moment, resisted the desire to lie up, shook his head and said, "Don't, you're tired too." Wait a minute, I'll fall asleep. Accidentally touching your wound again. It's broken. ”

As she spoke, she stretched and slapped her face again. The whole person is a little more sober.

"You really don't sleep?" Xue Rui confirmed to her.

"Don't sleep."

"That's good," Xue Rui said, picked up the soft pillow on his lap, stretched out his hand, and put it on her lap, then tilted his body, bent his two long legs, and the next moment, he pillowed up.

Yu Shu looked at Xue Rui lying on her lap and was speechless for a while.

"I'll sleep for a while, and if your leg is numb, wake me up." Xue Rui's deep voice looked a little tired.

Yu Shu's eyes softened, and he said "um", looked at his left arm at his side, hesitated, stretched out his hand, and held his wrist in case he moved after falling asleep and involved the wound.

Xue Rui closed his eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly.

Originally, he was just teasing her, thinking of getting up after a break, but the pillow was so fitting that he fell asleep before he knew it.

Yu Shu, on the other hand, sat steadily, looking down at his sleeping face, and didn't close his eyes all the way.

***

When the group returned to the capital, it was already dusk and sunset.

Xue Rui put Yu Shu down in the Wangji Building by the way, and took the living and the dead to the direction of Dali Temple.

Before entering the palace, he had to report to his boss, Guo Huai'an, the secretary of Dali Temple, after all, the prince's assassination of Qincha was such a big thing, and he was under pressure to face the saint alone.

As soon as Yu Shu returned to the back stairs, he lay straight down on the bed, only to feel stiff and sour when he moved, thinking:

This is a pillow job, don't think she'll have a next time.

"Girl, dinner and hot soup are ready, will you eat something first, or wash up first?" Xiaoqing walked in, bent over the side of the bed and asked.

Yu Shu lifted his eyelids, groaned, and said weakly: "Let it all go, I'll sleep for a while, and wake me up after an hour." ”

Xiaoqing squatted down, stretched out her hand and said, "The slave maid pinched it for you?" ”

"Hmm."

Under the strength of the maid, Yu Shu quickly snored.

On the other hand, Xue Rui went to Dali Temple, found Guo Huai'an, who was looking through the official documents, reported what happened in Pei County like this, and said Yu Shu as well, but did not mention King Ning from beginning to end.

As for how he stabbed to death the murderer of Zhou Qi, he had already prepared an explanation:

"I noticed that the prisoner was in the restaurant, but I couldn't find the head of Lord Zhou, and when I was at a loss, I remembered my sister-in-law's thaumaturgy of breaking death, and asked her to send a letter to her, asking her to divination, she received the news, and ran to Pei County to find me, thanks to her help, I saw through that Niu Er was the murderer, and found the head of Lord Zhou in the cellar of the restaurant."

"Later, my sister-in-law introspected herself and calculated that she had a murder last night, so I suspected that the prisoner was going to commit murder again, so I took precautions early, laid a trap, and waited for him to throw himself into the net, but who knew that I missed for a while, and actually stabbed him to death, and I was also injured."

Xue Rui was remorseful, Guo Huai'an hadn't heard the part of the two pieces of evidence, and he was still in the mood to comfort him:

"There is nothing to worry about in this matter, not to mention that the prisoner is a capital crime, and it will not be a problem for you to kill him, but without his confession, I don't know who the main messenger is."

Guo Huai'an is still a pity, Xue Rui threw down a bombshell news:

"The witness is dead, but the lower official found two related evidences on the deceased's body, brought them back, and asked the adults to take a look."

"Oh? Take it out and I'll take a look. ”

Xue Rui took out a letter and a waist card from his arms and handed it to Guo Huai'an.

After a while, I saw Guo Huai'an change his face.

The letter was not to be said, and pointed to Liu Yi in black and white, and the waist card, Xue Rui recognized, how could Guo Huai'an not recognize it.

Not only did he recognize this as the waist card of the dead soldier on the prince's mansion, but he also recognized which prince's mansion it was.

"This"

"The lower official wants to enter the palace to clarify this matter, is the adult going along?"

Guo Huai'an was extremely embarrassed, the two things in his hand were heavy, how could he not know that if he continued to investigate this case, he might end up in a situation that would be difficult to end.

But as a Dali Siqing, he can't sit idly by.

"Does Xue Xiang know about this?" Guo Huai'an asked Xue Lingnan.

"As soon as I returned to Beijing, I came to see my lords, but I did not send a letter home. This case was investigated and handled by the lower officials, and the ancestors would not interfere. ”

Meeting Xue Rui's calm and firm gaze, Guo Huaian sighed secretly, put away the two pieces of evidence, and said:

"Well, I'll go with you."

Xue Rui arched his hand and said, "Lord Xie." ”

With Guo Huai'an as his company, he is more confident that the emperor will not cover up privately because it is his own son who committed the crime, unlike the case of the unjust death of the female student in Taishi Shuyuan, and the assassination of Qincha, there must be an explanation. (To be continued......)