The emperor also has the emperor's suffering, from Lord Ding, Wang Laohu already has some understanding of the emperor's loneliness and helplessness, and he needs someone he trusts to help him.

"Okay, if you want to save Ding Aiqing, I'll give you this chance. You borrowed the spirit fox and tried to see me in every way, proving to me that you can help me get rid of the tigers in the court, but how can I believe in your ability, you have the ability to get rid of the tigers in the court. ”

"Your Majesty, you want me to prove my ability and make you feel that I, Wang Laohu, am the person in your heart."

"There are minions everywhere in the DPRK, and if you have a little bit of trouble, you will have to worry about your life, if you only have some cleverness, how can I easily trust you."

"I respect the emperor's worries, and be careful with the 10,000-year-old ship. Please test me by the emperor, and I will never give up to complete the task. ”

"You don't need to go to the soup, the Linghu incident you made has spread to the palace, and on the night of the thirtieth night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Concubine Hui died violently, and it is said that she was killed by the Linghu. I don't believe in any spirit fox, what do you say that as soon as the spirit fox comes out, the world will change greatly, these people with ulterior motives borrowed the spirit fox to kill Concubine Hui, I want to find out, who is so ruthless! ”

"The emperor means that I want to find out the murderer of Concubine Hui?"

"Yes, I am already a faint king with no fighting spirit, and I don't want my beloved concubine to die in vain."

"Wang Laohu will do his best to investigate the truth of the matter."

"Okay, I've ordered the Jinyi Guard to investigate, but so far, nothing has happened. Wang Laohu, tomorrow I will let the Criminal Department start the investigation, and you will follow Master Cao of the Criminal Department into the palace together, but I don't want you to expose yourself. ”

Investigate without exposing yourself. Wang Laohu pondered.

"I hope you will solve this case for me soon, when will you solve the case, and when you and I will meet again." After speaking, the emperor put on his cloak and hat, turned around and left the prison.

"Wang Shisun, as you wish, you have also seen this emperor, but the emperor gave you this task?"

"Uncle, you're worried that I won't be able to complete this task."

"I'm worried about this, Wang Shisun, this verdict is not a child's play, you are a civilian, how can you know the verdict."

"Uncle Grandfather, this is a great opportunity to win the emperor's trust, no matter what, I want to seize this opportunity, Lord Cao of the Criminal Department is very experienced, and he will provide me with a lot of help."

"This case is different from the people, the case happened in the palace court, the relationship between the palace and the court is complicated, and the slightest disagreement will offend people, so you have to be careful in everything."

"That's what my uncle said. I'll be careful. ”

"Do you know why the emperor doesn't want you to be exposed?"

"I would like to listen to my uncle and grandfather."

"The emperor hopes that you will be a general in his future, and you will not be able to exert your greatest power if you don't expose yourself."

"I made a note of it."

Ding Mansion, Wang Laohu's room.

Feng Sheng said: "Childe, this Nangong guard, we have already tried it, there should be no scars on his arms." ”

"Feng Sheng, you send someone to keep an eye on the eldest lady, this eldest lady may be the assassin last night."

"Miss, Childe. You can't be mistaken. ”

"I don't want it to be true, the eldest lady has confirmed that she knows kung fu, and there is an injury on her left arm."

"If the eldest lady confirms that she is a person from Jinyiwei, then the strength of this Jinyiwei is too immeasurable."

"Keep an eye on it first, it's not sure yet."

"Okay, Childe."

Wang Laohu poured himself a glass of water, drank a few sips, and said, "Feng Sheng, you call Rong Yu and Pan Tai to me." ”

"Childe, is this what happened?"

"Tomorrow, I will go to the palace with Rong Yu and Pan Tai."

"Childe, are you entering the palace to see the emperor?"

"Solve the case."

"Solve the case?"

"There was a murder in the palace, and the emperor's concubine was killed in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and this killer pretended to be killed by a spirit fox."

"Childe, this verdict is not our strong point."

"Fortunately, this time, Master Cao from the Criminal Department is investigating the case with us. This is the only chance we can win the emperor's trust, so we can't back down. ”

"So what do you want our special forces to prepare?"

"There is no need for anything, this palace is different from other places, if it is not arranged properly, it will backfire, and the trust of the emperor that we have just established may fall short."

"Childe, I've already met the emperor."

"Feng Sheng, how did you arrange the internal response of Jinyiwei?"

"Hui Gongzi, it has been arranged before the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve."

"Is this man reliable?"

"Childe, please rest assured, this person has always been arranged on the periphery, he is relatively raw, and there are few people in the secret service team who know him, and I have one-line contact with him. Childe, do you want him to contact you in the palace? ”

"No, I don't. He has just entered the Jinyi Guard, and the most important thing is to win trust, so he should not have any contact with me, this chess piece is very important to us, and when we have to sacrifice more people to keep this chess piece. ”

"My subordinates understand."

"In the few days that I have been away from the Ding Mansion, you four brothers have been optimistic about the Ding family and protected the Ding family."

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, in the afternoon.

Most of the officials of the Criminal Department had already leaned to the other side, and in order not to expose themselves, according to the prior agreement, Wang Laohu, Rong Yu, and Pan Tai entered the Criminal Department through the back door.

Criminal Department, Secret Room.

"Master Cao, we meet again." Wang Laohu said.

"Wang Laohu, the emperor ordered me to investigate the murder of Concubine Hui in the palace, I was wondering, Your Majesty, why did he suddenly think of asking our criminal department to solve the case, and it was a little Lang Zhong of mine. Later, the emperor secretly stopped me, and I learned that this matter was not simple. ”

"Lord Cao, this time I entered the palace, there is Lord Lao Cao."

"Wang Laohu, be careful with yourself, all I can do is take you into the palace."

Wang Laohu changed into the clothes of the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Rong Yu and Pan Tai also changed into the clothes of the small servants of the Criminal Department, and under the leadership of Lord Cao, they came to the palace.

To investigate the case of Concubine Hui's violent death, the most direct witness is her personal slave Mingyue. This is what everyone can think of, but Mingyue has been taken away by Jinyiwei's people. I heard that the people brought by this brocade guard, whether they are guilty or innocent, are all vicious and unlucky. According to the "Book of Ming and the Criminal Law System", "the five poisons are prepared to be tasted, and the limbs are incomplete." Its coolest one, called the pa, every time, a hundred bones are taken off, sweat is like water, and the dead come back to life, like two or three times. Under the coolness, there is no prison. "It is the poison of its punishment. An ominous call jumped into Wang Laohu's heart, it has been the fourth day since the incident, can this little slave and maid withstand the inhuman torture of Jinyiwei?

Lord Cao hurriedly rushed to Jinyiwei Prison with Wang Laohu and others.

The caretaker of the prison is a junior official of Jinyiwei, named Xiao Lin.

"I am Cao Hongting of Langzhong of the Criminal Department, I was ordered by the emperor to investigate the violent death of Concubine Hui, and I heard that her personal slave was in the Jinyi Wei prison. Please make it easy for me to take it away, I have something to ask her. ”

Xiao Lin didn't look up at him: "Criminal Department? When will the Criminal Department start to investigate the matter of this court? ”

"The emperor's order just issued in the early dynasty, I waited for the emperor to handle the case, and I didn't dare to delay, so I carried it out immediately."

"The emperor's order, why don't I know. Besides, our Jinyiwei has been ordered by the emperor to investigate this case, and this Jinyiwei will handle the case, when will it be your turn to intervene and be presumptuous. ”

"Our delay is small, but the emperor's delay is big, please make it convenient."

"Cao Hongting, right, if you want to take someone from me, unless it is directly authorized by the commander, no one can take it away." Xiao Lin still didn't look up at the person, and lowered his head to play with his fingernails. It stands to reason that this Lord Cao is a fifth-grade official, and this seventh-grade Jinyiwei junior official dares to call him by his name, which shows that Jinyiwei does not take this court official in his eyes.

"I have the emperor's instructions here to investigate the case of Concubine Hui's violent death." Master Cao said.

Xiao Lin glanced at the oracle in Lord Cao's hand and said, "No matter what the edict is here, it won't work, unless it is a warrant from the commander." You better go back. ”

"I'm going to sue you, what kind of thing are you Jinyiwei, you don't even care about the emperor's edict." Lord Cao said angrily

"Cao Hongting, you turned against you, believe it or not, I will arrest you directly, and killing you is as easy as stepping on an ant."

"Don't be so arrogant, I'm handling the case for the emperor now, and you're doing everything possible to make things difficult, and I can take you directly now."

"It seems that you don't shed tears when you don't see the coffin, come here, take down all the people from the Criminal Department for me." Xiao Lin gave an order, and the Jinyi guard in the prison leaned over to Lord Cao and the others with an embroidered spring knife.