Chen Ye is now nominally in charge of the inner treasury, but in fact, many things are managed by the eunuchs in the palace. In fact, it is equivalent to pushing Chen Ye to the front of the family, on the surface, it is Chen Ye's idea, in fact, many families know that the emperor is behind it, and the family has no choice, and now a lot of anger is sprinkled on the second prince and Chen Ye.

Chen Ye received the impeachment recital every day, and every day there was a stack high, and each time the eunuchs were singled out separately and waited for the emperor's order.

"Why hasn't Chen Ye been on duty at the Hanlin Academy these days?"

"Back to the emperor, Chen Ye encountered a tricky case, and he has been solving the case for the past few days."

"What's so tricky?"

"Lord Chen is investigating the recent charred corpse case," Zhou Gonggong said on the side.

That's right, Chen Ye is now encountering a case, the relationship is very complicated, the environment in which the crime occurred has been mostly burned, many people knew about this case when it happened, this is another case that cannot be solved, the problem is that this case is related to a royal family, and it can't be investigated, so the people from the Criminal Department asked Chen Ye for help.

There was a fire outside the west of the capital, the house of a royal child was on fire, the fire burned all night, burning 5 servants on the spot, and the royal child also died in the fire. The location where this royal kid died in the end was very strange, and he died at the door.

Was the fire an accident or some ulterior secret? The strange thing in this case is that the owner died, and the owner's wife and children returned to their hometown the day before, but they still haven't returned, and their families can't be found in their hometown.

This case is very strange, the owner burned to death, and all the wives and children disappeared.

Chen Ye instructed Song Ci to remove the corpse to check, and found that there was a pattern under the corpse's body, like a font written in blood, as if the corpse had been carved before his death. The pattern was no longer visible because of the fire and ashes, and the corpses were charred. I don't know what this mysterious pattern means.

Most of the items and traces at the scene were washed by the heavy water during the firefighting, so it was difficult to have any important clues, and they fell into a predicament for a while.

Chen Ye asked Song Ci to move the body to another place and clean up the ashes on the fire for him. Sprinkle strong liquor and vinegar on all fires.

"Do you know why I did this? Song Ci"

"Students don't know"

"Because strong vinegar and strong wine evaporate relatively quickly, the blood in the ground can volatilize to the ground, revealing traces." Chen Ye was telling Song Ci the principle, and after a moment of speaking, traces of blood appeared on the ground.

"You go and use the same method to detect the location of the other servants, and also perform an autopsy on the head of the corpse" Chen Ye instructed Song Ci to do the experiment, and the results came out after a while. The place of blood is the temple of the deceased, and the other servants die in the same way.

This evidence can only show one situation, this is a person who was murdered to death, this fire was deliberately set on purpose, it should be killed first, then set on fire, and destroy the body.

At present, the wife and child of the deceased have not been found, and the criminal department has sent someone to arrest him, hoping that the family can give some useful information.

Ma Shang was anxiously waiting, and the people sent out by the Criminal Department had already brought back the news.

"Chen Ye, the relatives of the deceased have been found"

"Oh, what's the clue" Chen Ye felt that the case was about to be solved

Ma Shang's expression was a little unnatural, and he said: "The wife of the whole family was found under a cliff, and there was no life left."

So how can this case continue, all the clues are broken.

"Lord Chen, the emperor summoned you" Xiao Wuzi came to the Criminal Department to spread the word.

Chen Ye could only interrupt his train of thought, followed Xiao Wuzi into the palace, and came to the Imperial Garden. The emperor was alone in the back garden admiring the flowers, with backgammon next to him.

"Chen Ye, here, give me a seat" The emperor motioned for Chen Ye to sit down.

"Thank you, Emperor" Chen Ye bowed and sat on the stool respectfully, not knowing what the emperor was looking for him to do today.

"I heard that your case has encountered difficulties" After the emperor finished speaking, Chen Ye was a little surprised, I just encountered difficulties here, and the emperor knew about it?

"The emperor is really like a god, and the ministers admire it in their hearts......."

"Okay, stop slapping, where are you now?"

"The minister has already concluded that he killed him, and it was an organized and premeditated assassination, after the killing, the body was set on fire, the killer was a master, and he was good at palming" Chen Ye said his judgment.

After listening to this, the emperor motioned to Gonggong Zhou to tell the clues.

"Lord Chen, there was a master near the capital the day before yesterday, this person is the top fifty masters in the rivers and lakes, Ci Yunfei, this person is good at palming, we suspect that this person wants to assassinate His Majesty, and he has been arrested by our people" Zhou Gonggong said intelligence information.

"That's great, can I interrogate and interrogate?" After Chen Ye finished speaking, he looked at Gonggong Zhou, and Gonggong Zhou's eyes looked at the emperor again, waiting for the emperor's will.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Chen Ye, you must ask for all the information, otherwise you will be punished" After the emperor finished speaking, he motioned for Chen Ye to go down

"Long live my emperor, long live, the minister will go down to interrogate" After Chen Ye finished speaking, he went to the prison.

The emperor looked at Chen Ye's expression and said to himself: "How many conscientious courtiers are there in the world? ”

"Lord Chen, it's good for the country to be a child."

"There are many people who are innocent for the country, mainly because a person does not want to be a big official, has no greed for official positions, only greedy for money and women, as long as he does not form a party for personal gain, as long as he does not collude with internal and external affairs, and does not stand in line, he is a good official."

"Emperor Shengming" Zhou Gonggong patted his ass on the side.

"Okay, don't pat me on the back, you have an apprentice named Xiao Wuzi, let him be in charge of the handover of underwear, you assist him, let him cooperate more with Chen Ye"

Gonggong Zhou knelt down excitedly, "Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live." ”

Chen Ye came directly to the prison here, and asked Song Ci and Wang Shang to come over to help, the prison was really dark and stinky.

Chen Ye wanted to vomit when he first entered, and the prison had already been waiting for Chen Ye's interrogation.

Chen Ye saw that Ci Yunfei was detained, his body was already scarred, and it seemed that he had already been interrogated, but he didn't say a word for half a day of interrogation.

"Ci Yunfei, you are a man who stands up to the sky" Chen Ye admired Ci Yunfei a little.

"Dog officer, I won't say it, if I die, someone will avenge me" Ci Yunfei scolded angrily, and wanted to spit on Chen Ye, but was stopped by the officials, and was beaten again.

After fighting for a while, Chen Ye signaled to stop.

"Ciyunfei, I bet that within seven days, you will definitely say it." Chen Ye is not afraid of this kind of person, Chen Ye just has several methods.

"Ma Shang, Song Ci looked, someone came to find me honey, and a large number of ants, and then prepare a completely dark room" After Chen Ye finished speaking, the official began to look for this method.

"What's the use of asking for this," Wang Shang didn't understand.

"A method of dealing with this kind of hard mouth, not cruel at all, and the effect is very good, and it can be promoted in the future" After a while, everything needed was ready.

"Come, tie him up on all fours, don't allow him to move, put some honey in it, leave a small opening, let the seal in, pour the ants on him, shut him up in a dark room, and make sure that he doesn't die for one meal a day."

"Master, it's useless, this kind of punishment is too easy" Song Ci was a little incomprehensible.

"Let's go back, he will recruit him in three days" Chen Ye took Wang Shang and Song Ci back.

Ci Yunfei is ready to feel that as a master, he has suffered all kinds of hardships and all punishments, what can he do with himself? At first, apart from some oxygen and some pain, how did you feel?

A day later, Ciyun was almost crazy, his whole body hurt and itched, the painful place was oxygen, and after itching, it hurt again, his limbs were fixed, he didn't scratch, and even he could hear the sound of sealing and the sound of ants.

The next day, Ci Yunfei couldn't bear it anymore, it was too quiet, he could hear the sound of breathing, and he could feel that his whole body was crawling and biting by ants, and he could hear the sound of ants biting meat.

The next night, Ci Yunfei shouted: "I recruited, I recruited all"

Chen Ye took Song Ci and Ma Shang to the prison once, looking at Ci Yunfei, who was close to collapse, Chen Ye knew that this matter had succeeded.

"You are Chen Ye, you are a devil, I will not let you go even if I die" Ci Yunfei let out a heart-rending cry.

"Do you want to try a few more days," Chen Ye said with some amusement.

"No, I don't want to enjoy that feeling anymore, I'll recruit it all" Ci Yunfei no longer had the heart to resist, he really couldn't stand that loneliness, that kind of physical and mental destruction.

"Why kill people?"

"In order to assassinate the emperor, for the autumn hunt, when the time comes, this waste will also pass, I can disguise myself as his servant and wait for the opportunity to kill the emperor"

"Who's behind you?"

"There is no one behind me, I just killed the emperor, Chen Ye, if you are a man, give me a good time" The chain bell rang, Ci Yunfei struggled, pretending to fight hard.