Early in the morning of the seventh day, after Emperor Yuanyong learned that it had been confirmed that the charred corpse was Mu Zhengnan, he thought of Lu Jing's assassination one after another, and became more and more suspicious that it was done by King Beijing and others, so he summoned Lu Jing, Wu Bingxuan, Yang Fengyi, Ishikawa Yi and others to inquire.

Emperor Yuanyong said: "Can you confirm that the corpse is Prince Mu himself?" ”

Ishikawa couldn't hide his grief and said: "The foreign minister asked people to carefully identify it yesterday, and with that token, the identity has been confirmed. ”

Emperor Yuanyong appeased Ishikawa Yoshi, promised to find the murderer and give Qian Xiangguo an explanation, and then ordered Lu Jing and the others to solve the case as soon as possible, and reprimanded Yang Fengyi.

Several people left the palace and returned to the palace, but Wu Bingxuan still ordered a group of officials to go outside the city to inquire about Zhang Daomei's traces.

Lu Jing thought that Zhang Daomei was afraid that he would be more than lucky, so he asked Wu Hui and Liang Hua to go to those remote places outside Xicheng, especially those places where corpses were often dumped, to find them, and because of the cold weather, they promised many rewards.

Wu Hui and Liang Hua each led a team of officers to follow the order, and the two of them were still searching within a radius of Zhang Daomei's parents' grave, but they searched for some remote places and under the cliffs.

After Lu Jing instructed everyone, he went to Ewha Temple, found the boss behind the scenes, and asked why he sold the flower bell to the merchant that day.

The owner of Ewha Courtyard was reluctant to reveal it at first, but it wasn't until Lu Jing revealed his identity that he was willing to explain the reason, first, the merchant gave more money, and second, the man revealed that he bought it for someone else.

Lu Jing asked who the other person was, and the owner of Ewha Courtyard said that he didn't know, and he was frightened by that person at that time, and he didn't dare to ask.

Lu Jing saw that he couldn't ask anything, so he came to the temporary residence of Ruyi and Xiaohuan.

Xiaohuan listened to Lu Jing ask Zhang Daomei's family, thought for a long time, and suddenly thought: "The little maid remembered, I remember that Zhang Gongzi said once that he had a cousin who was on an errand in a big official's house. ”

Lu Jing was overjoyed after hearing this, and hurriedly asked, "Did he say that he was on an errand in whose house?" ”

Xiaohuan shook his head and said, "Little maid doesn't know!" ”

Lu Jing shook his head in disappointment after hearing this, and then asked, "Do you know the name of his cousin?" ”

Xiaohuan thought for a while, and said unsurely: "It seems to be called Fu, Xiao Wan heard Zhang Gongzi say that his cousin took the word 'Fu' but was a person without blessing." ”

After hearing this, Lu Jing nodded and said: "Zhang Daomei has no cousin in his family, that person may be his aunt or cousin, if it is an uncle, it should be called Gao Fu, if it is ......"

Before he could say a word, Xiaohuan shouted: "It seems to be called Gao Fu, the little maid can't remember it for a while, and the adult remembers it as soon as the little maid says it." ”

Lu Jing asked a few more words, and seeing that there was no other more information, he asked Wu Ze to protect the two of them well, and returned to Shuntian Mansion, now knowing Gao Fu's name and the location of the errand is also a breakthrough, and the minimum that the court can afford to be a big official must be a third rank and above.

In order to prevent fish from slipping through the net, Lu Jing counted the officials of the four grades again, and did not use the manpower of the government office, but asked Lu Zheng to check whether there was a young subordinate named Gao Fu in the official mansion.

Under the cliff of the west mountain outside the city, a group of errands were still searching, and a team of Li Hu and Zhao Jia continued to search forward with hot air.

Li Hu complained: "It's really unlucky that those old men who are freezing in the cold are sitting in the mansion drinking tea and roasting the fire, but we have been looking for some corpses in this wilderness." ”

Zhao Jia smiled and reassured: "Didn't Lord Lu say that as long as Zhang Xiucai is found, whether it is a person or a corpse, there will be a heavy reward." ”

Li Hu said listlessly: "This needle in a haystack, it's so easy to find it!" ”

Zhao Jia looked down at the soil ruins, and replied: "There are so many of us, if you find more time, you will always find it!" ”

Li Hu pouted and said: "That's because you found the token, not only did you get the reward of the eldest master, but Lord Lu also rewarded you with a lot of silver, of course you have the energy." ”

Zhao Jia smiled: "Don't say that Lord Lu has the ability, as soon as he makes a move, he will find out the prince's body." ”

Li Hu nodded and expressed his approval, Lord Wu and Lord Yang searched for a few days but still found nothing, and Lord Lu found it after checking a few cases.

Zhao Jia suddenly saw a piece of cloth exposed in the soil, and saw that there were traces of burial, so he hurriedly shouted: "Lao Li, come here!" ”

Li Hu was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly ran over, seeing Zhao Jia pulling a strip of cloth.

After some communication, the two immediately excavated, and soon dug up a corpse, because it was not buried deeply, the weather was cold, and the corpse did not decompose, and it was not much different from the appearance before death.

Li Hu hurriedly took out the portrait for comparison, and laughed after looking at it: "I'll just say that your Lao Zhao is a lucky general, it's right to follow you, this time we are going to make meritorious contributions." ”

Zhao Jia also had a happy face, and immediately called his colleagues around him.

After Wu Hui arrived, he checked the body, and asked Liang Hua to lead people to guard it, not allowing anyone to touch it, and then personally entered the city to report.

When Lu Jing and Wu Bingxuan heard the news, they immediately came to check.

After several people arrived, they saw that the deceased was Zhang Daomei, so they asked him to conduct an autopsy on the spot.

According to the post-mortem report, it was said that the body was stabbed in the abdomen, which was a fatal wound, the abdominal wound was nine points wide, the back wound was seven points wide, there were red spots on the back, there were drag marks, and there were no injuries in the rest of the body.

After hearing this, Lu Jing and the others knew that this place was not the scene of the murder, so they asked everyone to look around for traces of the murder weapon and bloodstains.

Not long after, a hundred and ten steps north of this found coagulated bloodstains, Lu Jing and a few people were about to check, someone sent a messenger to report, there were also coagulated blood stains about a mile away to the south.

After Lu Jing and Wu Bingxuan checked the two places, Lu Jing asked, "What does Lord Wu think?" ”

Wu Bingxuan muttered: "Obviously, two people were killed here, but I don't know who the other person is?" ”

Lu Jing knew that the other person was very likely to be Gao Fu, so he picked out some things about Gao Fu and told Wu Bingxuan.

After hearing this, Wu Bingxuan agreed with Lu Jing's judgment, so he asked people to continue to search for Gao Fu's body, and then ordered someone to carry Zhang Daomei's body back to the mansion.

As soon as Lu Jing and Wu Bingxuan returned to the mansion, they saw Yang Fengyi coming over with a happy face.

Yang Fengyi said with a smile: "Congratulations to the two of you for finding Zhang Xiucai's body, there is another good news here for the old man!" ”

Wu Bingxuan hurriedly smiled and said, "Lord Yang, don't sell Guanzi, come quickly." ”

Yang Fengyi said with a smile: "There is news from Yongqing County, the merchant and the prostitute have been arrested, and it is a coincidence that the merchant whipped the woman on the road, and when he was seen, he reported to the official, I don't want to be those two!" ”

Wu Bingxuan was overjoyed when he heard this: "Great, let them escort people over." ”

Judging from the other party's reaction and response, Lu Jing knew that the other party was not an ordinary force, and he was worried that he would be robbed halfway, so he proposed that one of the three take someone to escort him back in person.

Yang Fengyi wanted to make up for his mistakes, and he only had half a day's journey, so he took the initiative to take over the escort work, and he was worried that something would happen, so he set off immediately.

After Lu Jing and Wu Bingxuan bid farewell to Yang Fengyi, Lu Jing looked at Yang Fengyi's figure and was slightly distracted, whether Yang Fengyi was loyal or traitorous depended on the situation of his trip.

Lu Jing and Wu Bingxuan were busy until the night, and they went home without questioning.