Lu Jing went to Shuntian Mansion in the morning, and saw that Gao Fu's body had not been found, and Yang Fengyi had not returned, so he returned to the mansion to read the information Lu Zheng had found.

There are no less than 20 people named Gao Fu in the mansion of officials of the fourth rank and above in Beijing, and there are also seven or eight people who match their age, but they are all on normal errands in the mansion, and there is only one subordinate named Gao Fu, who has not seen anyone for a few days.

Lu Jing invited Lu Wu to ask in detail, and basically locked up the suspect, but the motive was unknown, so he asked Lu Zheng to continue to pay attention to this family, and find a way to find out if there were any people in their family who disappeared, or other abnormal circumstances.

Wang Ziteng learned that Mu Zhengnan was dead, and the murderer still had no shadow, and the emperor and Qianxiangguo suspected that it was himself and others, and he was worried about himself, and suddenly received the news of the king of Nan'an County, so he immediately rushed to the palace of Nan'an County.

After the greetings were over, the king of Nan'an County took Wang Ziteng to the study.

The prince hurriedly asked, "Can the prince find out the exact evidence that this person did it?" ”

The king of Nan'an County nodded and said: "Yes, Shui Rong first found out a few days ago, so we took this as a threat to take him into the bag, and in the past few days, he has taken action to deal with the aftermath for him, as far as the old man knows, Shui Rong transferred Xizhuang's private soldiers to Yongqing County yesterday, I am afraid that there will be a big move." ”

Wang Ziteng was shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help frowning: "The prince of Beijing is acting more and more without scruples, if he continues to mess around like this, sooner or later he will implicate us." ”

The king of Nan'an County also frowned and said: "Alas, the old man can't persuade him, just take this incident as an example, he hasn't told us the truth from beginning to end." ”

Wang Ziteng said with a cold face: "What is the prince going to do?" ”

The king of Nan'an County pondered for a long time and said: "The old man plans to expose the murderer, so that those people in Qianxiang Kingdom know that this matter was not done by the old man, but I don't want the king of Beijing to know that we leaked his bottom!" ”

Wang Ziteng pondered for a moment and said: "This matter is left to me, whether it is to expose the murderer, I am worried that I don't know how to push Yu Village to the top, at this time, sleepiness came, and someone handed me a pillow." ”

The king of Nan'an nodded and said, "Okay, this matter will be handled by you!" ”

After Wang Ziteng left the palace of Nan'an County, he heard that Lu Jing was in the mansion, so he sent a special post to Lu Jing according to the agreement.

Lu Jing was about to leave the house, and when he saw Wang Ziteng coming to the post, he was secretly surprised in his heart, could it be that Wang Ziteng wanted to ask about Mu Zhengnan again, and after thinking about it, he decided to go to the appointment.

When Lu Jing saw Wang Ziteng, he asked directly, "I don't know why Lord Wang recruited the official this time?" ”

Wang Ziteng smiled and said, "The old man is looking for you this time, is there a good thing to tell you?" ”

Lu Jing pressed the doubts in his heart, bowed down and said, "Lord Wang, please speak?" ”

Wang Ziteng smiled and asked, "Can you find out who killed Prince Mu?" ”

Lu Jing was surprised: "Could it be that the prince has already found the murderer?" ”

Wang Ziteng nodded and smiled: "Yes, how can Huai Jin thank me?" ”

Lu Jing pondered for a moment, wanting to figure out how Wang Ziteng found out and whether there was any other evidence, so he smiled and said, "It just so happens that Xia Guan has just found the murderer, why don't we write it out separately and see if it's the same person?" ”

The surprise in Wang Ziteng's eyes flashed, and he nodded: "Since Huai Jin has this Yaxing, the old man should accompany him!" ”

So the two of them each wrote a word on the paper, and then showed it at the same time, and the word 'ginger' was written on it, and both of them had a smile on their faces.

Wang Ziteng praised: "Huai Jin is really powerful, he can find the murderer so quickly!" ”

Lu Jing shook his head and said, "Lord Wang is faster than Xiaguan!" I don't know how Lord Wang found out the murderer? ”

Wang Ziteng thought about it and decided to tell Lu Jing the truth: "The old man found out and it was also thanks to you!" ”

Lu Jing asked, "Why did you say this?" ”

Wang Ziteng smiled and said, "The old man is the murderer found out from the person who assassinated you!" ”

Lu Jing nodded and asked, "I don't know who the murderer is?" ”

Wang Ziteng shook his head and said, "Since you can find the murderer of Mu Zhengnan, it must be who stabbed you, and it is not difficult to verify." ”

Lu Jing thought for a while and asked, "Is the person who assassinated me the same person who killed Prince Mu?" ”

Wang Ziteng shook his head and said, "The old man can tell you this, it was not the same person. ”

When Lu Jing heard this, he understood that it should be the King of Beijing who assassinated him, but he still had some doubts in his heart, so he asked: "There is still something I don't understand, why did the adults tell the younger murderer?" ”

Wang Ziteng said with a smile: "Naturally, it is to dispel the suspicion of the emperor and the Qianxiang Kingdom about us. ”

Lu Jing thought for a moment and understood, Wang Ziteng's move was mostly for Jia Yucun, since the abdication of Fu Chuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Jiang Ming became the secretary of the Ministry of War, if something happened to Jiang Ming, Jia Yucun would be able to take the position.

Seeing the glint in Lu Jing's eyes, Wang Ziteng estimated that he had guessed his purpose, but he didn't care, and said, "Wait a while, the old man will give you a big gift!" ”

Lu Jing's son couldn't help but have a headache when he heard the big gift, and hurriedly said: "Thank you for your love, but your lower shoulders are thin, and you really can't afford to be a big gift from an adult, what are you going to plan for?" ”

Wang Ziteng smiled and said: "You will know in a few days, and you will definitely thank the old man when the time comes!" ”

Lu Jing asked a few more words, but when he didn't say anything, he had to give up, and he was secretly worried in his heart.

The two chatted a few more words, and then went their separate ways.

As soon as Lu Jing arrived at Shuntian Mansion, he heard that Yang Fengyi and his party had returned, but they were assassinated halfway, and Yang Fengyi was assassinated on the spot.

The matter soon spread to the palace, and Emperor Yuanyong saw that several case-handling personnel were assassinated one after another, and even the witnesses were destroyed, so he was furious, and then specially dispatched guards in the palace to protect a few people. He also recruited Lu Jing and Wu Bingxuan to the palace to inquire about the case.

Lu Jing felt that there was no hard evidence at the moment, so he did not tell the emperor about the murderer.

Emperor Yuanyong saw that the case had dragged on for seven or eight days, so he told the two to find out the murderer as soon as possible and close the case as soon as possible, and then sent King Zhongshun to investigate the assassination of Lu Jing and Yang Fengyi.

After wandering around the Shuntian Mansion, King Zhongshun did not ask anyone, but only took the arrows used by the Assassins.

King Beijing waited in the mansion for a long time and still didn't see anyone come back to restore his life, and heard that Yang Fengyi was assassinated, and instantly realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked people to inquire about the news, and found traces of many people fighting, and suddenly realized that he had been fooled, and his heart became more and more annoyed, and he was furious in the mansion.

After Lu Jing and the two returned to Shuntian Mansion, Ishikawa Yi came to ask again, Wu Bingxuan perfunctory, but he was secretly anxious in his heart, although the case was generally clear now, but the murderer did not have any clues, so he personally went outside the city to urge to find Gao Fu's body.

And Lu Jing was thinking about Jiang Ming's motive for killing Mu Zhengnan, and it stands to reason that he had no motive to kill Mu Zhengnan.

When the sun was sinking, Wu Hui suddenly came back to report that a headless corpse had been found outside the city, and he was not sure if it was Gao Fu's.

Lu Jing immediately rushed outside the city and saw that the headless corpse had been thrown under the cliff, five or six miles away from Zhang Daomei's corpse.

It was dark, and Lu Jing and Wu Bingxuan had to transport the body back to the city, and then let people mark and guard the place where the body was dumped.

After returning to the palace, Wu Bingxuan immediately called for an autopsy.

After an examination, it was found that the corpse had only this fatal wound, which should have been killed and then beheaded, and then the corpse's clothes, shoes and socks were taken off for examination.

Lu Jing saw that there seemed to be something on the soles of his shoes, so he asked someone to bring an oil lamp and look at it carefully, and saw that there was a note hidden inside.

Wu Bingxuan immediately came over to watch, and saw that it was written crookedly: "If I die, Jiang Yanyi, the one who killed me." ”

Wu Bingxuan looked at it and wondered: "Who is Jiang Yanyi?" Could it be another headless homicide? ”

Lu Jing had already investigated the situation of Jiang Ming's family, so he said: "Jiang Yanyi is Jiang Ming's youngest son, this corpse is Gao Fu, I have found out that Gao Fu is a descendant of the Jiang family during the day, and he has been missing for many days, but there is no evidence, and it involves the military department, so I didn't dare to confirm it, and now it seems that the murderer can be determined." ”

Wu Bingxuan was shocked when he heard this, but he didn't expect that it was Jiang Ming's son who did it in the end, so he asked: "The matter involves a product department, what should we do now?" ”

Lu Jing thought for a while and said, "Let's go and meet the emperor together." ”

Wu Bingxuan nodded when he heard this, and then the two of them entered the palace to face the saint, and Lu Jing showed all the clues and evidence found to Emperor Yuanyong.

After hearing this, Emperor Yuan Yong pondered for a moment and asked, "The assassination was also committed by him?" ”

Lu Jing shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be, this point hasn't been clarified yet." ”

Emperor Yuanyong nodded and said, "In that case, you go back to rest first, and tomorrow Jiang Yanyi will be summoned to ask about the case." ”

Lu Jing and Yang Fengyi hurriedly said goodbye and left, and then went home.

After Emperor Yuanyong and a few others left, he immediately sent someone to recruit Jiang Ming.

Jiang Ming was extremely worried along the way, the closer he got to the palace, the stronger the bad premonition in his heart, when he entered the main hall, he saw that the emperor was like frost, his heart trembled, and he hurriedly knelt down and said: "The old minister knocks on the emperor." ”

Emperor Yuan Yong looked at him for a long time before he sighed lightly: "Why does Aiqing act like this!" ”

Jiang Ming was already beating a drum in his heart when he saw that the emperor didn't say a word for a long time, and hearing this sentence at this moment was like a thunderbolt from the sky, but he was still lucky, and with an attitude of just in case, he asked: "I don't know what the emperor means by this?" ”

Emperor Yuanyong said angrily: "Do you still want me to say, why do you want to commit murder and kill the prince of Qianxiang." ”

Jiang Ming saw that the emperor said this, the hope in his heart was shattered, so he had to bow down and ask for sin: "Please forgive the emperor, the dog only committed a big crime by missing it for a while, and the old minister has whipped him after learning about it, and he is still recuperating at home." ”

Emperor Yuan Yong nodded, and asked again: "Since you know that you have committed a great crime, why did you assassinate Lu Jing and Yang Fengyi?" ”

Jiang Ming saw that things had come to this point, so he said honestly: "Please Emperor Mingjian, the minister did not assassinate Master Lu and Lord Yang, but it was King Beijing who assassinated them." ”

Seeing the emperor's signal, Jiang Ming had to continue: "Even Xiao'er killed Prince Mu by mistake because of King Beijing's calculations, he had already bought off Jiang San, who was next to Xiao'er, and deliberately provoked Xiao'er to find trouble with Prince Mu, Xiao'er was young and impulsive, and saw that Prince Mu was provoking one after another in Beijing, and just wanted to teach him a lesson, but Jiang San deliberately killed Prince Mu with a ruthless hand. ”

Emperor Yuan Yong asked, "Jiang Sanke is still in your mansion?" ”

Jiang Ming shook his head and said: "King Beijing wants to leave, and King Beijing uses this to blackmail the old minister and ask the old minister to take refuge in him." ”

Emperor Yuanyong understood when he heard this, no wonder King Beijing would assassinate Lu Jing and Yang Fengyi, it turned out that Jiang Ming was ambushed, so he said: "I have asked Lu Jing and them to interrogate your son tomorrow, you let him admit that he should be guilty, I will only pursue him in this matter, do you understand what I mean?" ”

After hearing this, Jiang Ming thanked him: "Thank you to the emperor for your grace!" ”

Emperor Yuanyong was not at ease, so he explained it in person, and then sent Jiang Ming away.