On the sixth day, Emperor Yuan Yong saw that Mu Zhengnan had not heard from him for five consecutive days, and there was no progress in the case, so he summoned Lu Jing and a few people into the palace to inquire, and asked them to find people as soon as possible.

Lu Jing saw that the emperor began to urge, so he temporarily put down Zhang Daomei's case, and only let Lu Zheng continue to investigate, while he followed everyone to search in various places in the city.

Today, everyone is more and more sure that Mu Zhengnan had an accident, and the search area has been expanded outside the city, but still nothing has been found.

In the afternoon, Lu Jing returned from outside the city and saw Lu Zheng come to report, saying that Miss Ruyi's invitation was a clue about Zhang Daomei's case.

Lu Jing thought that he couldn't find Mu Zhengnan anyway, so it was better to investigate Zhang Daomei's case, so he came to Ruyi's house.

After the two sides finished greetings, Ruyi asked: "Is your lord investigating Zhang Xiucai's case again?" ”

Lu Jing nodded and said, "Yes, how did you find out?" ”

Ruyi replied: "I have a sister who saw an adult bring someone to Zhang Xiucai's house. ”

Lu Jing was interested when he heard this, and asked, "Who is it?" ”

Ruyi smiled: "The flower bell girl of the Ewha Temple, I don't know if I want to come to the adult. ”

Lu Jing shook his head and said, "If you asked me a few days ago, I really don't know, but I just went to Ewha Courtyard yesterday, just to find Miss Hualing." ”

Ruyi asked, "What is the matter with the adult looking for Miss Flower Bell?" ”

Lu Jing said in a deep voice: "I just want to ask her something about Zhang Xiucai's murder, you said that there is a clue about Zhang Xiucai's murder, what is the clue?" ”

Ruyi smiled: "Wait a minute, my lord!" ”

Then he brought a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl in and introduced: "This is Hualing's maid Xiaohuan, and the clue that the concubine said is related to her." ”

Xiaohuan bowed and said, "Little maid to meet the adult!" ”

Lu Jing nodded and said, "No need to be polite, weren't you ransomed with your girl, why are you here?" ”

Xiaohuan replied: "Actually, that person didn't redeem me, it was the girl who spent money to redeem me and send me to Sister Ruyi!" ”

Lu Jing asked, "Who is the one who ransomed your girl?" ”

Xiaohuan shook his head and said: "The little maid doesn't know, my girl has never seen that person, and I don't know what that person said to the big shopkeeper, so the big shopkeeper let him ransom the girl." ”

Lu Jing wrote down the matter, and then asked, "What clues do you have about Zhang Xiucai's case?" ”

Xiaohuan said: "Little maid dare to ask my lord, when did Zhang Gongzi's house catch fire?" ”

Lu Jing thought for a while and said, "It's about the end of the twentieth day. ”

Xiaohuan affirmed: "The little maid is sure that the corpse must not be Zhang Gongzi's." ”

Lu Jing was surprised: "Why are you so sure? ”

Xiaohuan hurriedly replied: "On the night of the 20th, Zhang Gongzi rested at our girl's place, and did not leave until Mao Zheng the next day, and the little maid saw it with her own eyes. ”

Lu Jing's expression was shocked, and he confirmed again: "What you said is true? ”

Xiaohuan swore an oath: "If the little maid has a lie, the little maid will not die well!" ”

Lu Jing hurriedly reassured: "No need to be like this! ”

Then fell into contemplation, if the charred corpse was not Zhang Daomei, who would it be, could it be Mu Zhengnan, now there has been no trace of Mu Zhengnan, it is really possible that someone used this means to steal the dragon and turn the phoenix, but if it is Mu Zhengnan, then who is the murderer, thinking of this, Lu Jing asked again: "Can you see him again later?" ”

Xiaohuan shook his head and said: "No, my girl just hasn't seen Zhang Gongzi for a few days, so she asked the little maid to inquire, and then I learned that Zhang Gongzi's house was on fire, and people said that Zhang Gongzi burned to death, but my girl knew that person was definitely not Zhang Gongzi." ”

Lu Jing asked, "Since it's not, why don't you report it to the government?" ”

Xiaohuan hesitated: "My girl thinks that since the person died in Zhang Gongzi's house, and Zhang Gongzi has not seen anyone for a few days, that person must have something to do with Zhang Gongzi, so she hid it for him. ”

After hearing this, Lu Jing nodded and said, "No wonder your girl will suffer this misfortune!" ”

Xiaohuan said in horror: "What the adult means is that the person is not buying the girl, but killing the girl!" ”

Lu Jing didn't tell the truth when she saw that she was worried, but said: "It's not certain yet, this matter needs to be investigated." ”

Then he asked, "Why are you telling me the truth now?" ”

Xiaohuan said with a calm face: "My girl said that Zhang Gongzi's matter was different before leaving, I didn't understand what it meant at the time, so I told Sister Ruyi, Sister Ruyi knew that the adult was investigating, so she persuaded me to tell the adult." ”

Lu Jing nodded, thanked Ruyi again, and then continued to ask: "What is the relationship between your girl and Zhang Gongzi, why do you want to redeem yourself?" ”

Xiaohuan said angrily: "My girl and Zhang Gongzi agreed for life, Zhang Gongzi said that he would redeem my girl when he won the lift, the girl couldn't wait for Zhang Gongzi, and she was worried that she was gone, and the little maid would be bullied, so she ransomed the little maid, so if I could see Zhang Gongzi, I would explain the reason to him, not that my girl had a negative agreement, but that the world was persecuted, and it was difficult to stay together." ”

After hearing this, Lu Jing sighed: "Your girl is also affectionate and righteous, and you are also a loyal girl, you can rest assured that I will order someone to find out the whereabouts of your girl." ”

Xiaohuan knelt down and said: "Thank you, little maid, if you can really save my girl, little maid is willing to repay the adult by being a cow and a horse." ”

Lu Jing motioned for Ruyi to help her up, and then sighed: "No need to be like this, you can be regarded as a great help to the official, I promised you that I will do my best, you will follow Miss Ruyi now, and wait for me to find your girl and let someone inform you." ”

Xiaohuan thanked him again, and then stepped back.

Lu Jing said a few more polite words to Ruyi, told her to take care of Xiaohuan, and then said goodbye and left.

Out of Ruyi's house, Lu Jing saw a few men wandering outside the door, his eyes flickering, and he was suspicious, so he took Wu Ze, Chen Ji, Lu Zheng, and Lu Lian to ask.

When those men saw Lu Jing approaching, they immediately copied out wooden sticks and attacked Lu Jing and the others.

Lu Zheng and Lu Lian immediately protected Lu Jing in the center, while Wu Ze and Chen Ji counterattacked.

When those men saw that Wu Ze and Chen Ji were extraordinary, they immediately withdrew.

Wu Ze wanted to chase him, but Lu Jing immediately called him to stop, and now it is difficult to tell whether these people are coming for him or Xiaohuan, but no matter what, Zhang Daomei's case has a lot of articles, and his guess may really come true.

Seeing that this place was no longer safe, he asked Lu Zheng and Wu Ze to hide with Ruyi and Xiaohuan, and he immediately took Chen Ji and Lu Lian to Shuntian Mansion.

As soon as I arrived at Shuntian Mansion, before I saw Wu Bingxuan, Yang Fengyi and others, I saw a little eunuch hurrying out, and said: "The emperor has a decree to recruit Master Lu into the palace to face the saint, Master Lu should go with the miscellaneous family, I have been waiting for you for two quarters of an hour, the emperor should be in a hurry!" ”

Lu Jing stuffed a piece of silver into the little eunuch's hand without a trace, and then asked, "Does my father-in-law know what the emperor summoned me?" ”

The little eunuch shook his head and said, "I don't know, the adults will know when they arrive!" ”

Lu Jing saw that he was in a hurry, and he didn't have time to talk to Wu Bingxuan in detail, so he asked Lu Lian to catch the car and go to the palace with the little eunuch and two guards.