Long Yuan and Xuying found the housekeeper's house, but they arrived late, and the housekeeper's family, a total of nine people, old and young, all died under the sharp blade, and even when Long Yuan and Xuying came to the door, the blood on the ground had not yet dried.

Apparently, the killers had only come a moment before them.

No traces or clues left by the murderer were found at the scene, Long Yuan and Xu Ying glanced at each other and shook their heads at each other.

Suddenly, Long Yuan patted his forehead and said to Xu Ying hurriedly: "Hurry back to the palace!" ”

Xuying asked, "What's wrong?"

When? ”

"Let's talk about it later!"

Long Yuan didn't have time to explain, so he left a few forbidden soldiers and asked them to report the case to the county government, and then, he and Xu Ying took the rest of the Yulin Guard and the forbidden army, and hurried back to the palace.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace, Long Yuan dismounted and asked in a deep voice, "Who is on duty today?" ”

A Sima of the forbidden army stepped forward quickly, bowed his hand, and said, "General Long Yuan, today is a lowly duty!" ”

Long Yuan looked at him intently and asked, "Who is out of the palace today?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Ying suddenly showed a look of enlightenment.

Today they were ordered to search the West Palace, this is an emergency, no one knows in advance, and it is impossible for the real culprit behind the scenes to send someone to kill the family members of the housekeeper in advance.

It must be that the real culprit behind the scenes only passed the news to the outside of the palace after learning about it, causing all nine members of the housekeeper's family to be wiped out.

Then, they only need to find out who is out of the palace today, and it will not be difficult to find the real culprit behind the scenes.

Xu Ying's eyes lit up and looked at Long Yuan, and secretly raised his thumb, Long Yuan is really alert, and his heart is as fine as silk! Hearing Long Yuan's question, the forbidden army Sima said while recalling: "...... this morning" As soon as he started talking, Long Yuan interrupted: "Start with the people who left the palace at the right time!" ”

The forbidden army Sima paused, thought about it carefully, and muttered: "The people who left the palace at the right time, except for General Long Yuan and General Xuying, are ...... Only the stone temple people in the court have ever been out of the palace! ”

Long Yuan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Shisi people?" ”

"Stone aid stone temple people!"

The temple is an official name, and among the eunuchs, it belongs to the lowest petty officials.

In the palace, there are two major systems, one is the court system, and the other is the Yongxiang system.

The court is mainly responsible for managing the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the palace personnel, and Yongxiang is responsible for managing the people, wrapping the palace maids and chamberlains.

The court order and the Yongxiang order were usually held by eunuchs, and the two were of the same rank, and both were 600 stones.

However, there are many and miscellaneous affairs in charge of the court order, which also includes the court prison, so there are many more people in the court system than in the Yongxiang system, and there are 16 or 70 people in the court system alone, while there are only 30 or 40 officials in the Yongxiang system.

The purchase of the palace also belongs to the court, so the officials of the court will often enter and leave the palace, and the temple people of the court will not stop or interrogate more on the grounds of going out of the palace to buy.

After the forbidden army Sima finished speaking, Long Yuan and Xu Ying glanced at each other and immediately realized that there was something wrong with this stone aid.

The two didn't have much time to delay, and immediately searched for Shi Yuan throughout the city.

It's a pity that not long after the search and arrest of the two was launched, they received news from Dongxuan sent by Luoyang Lingdong that in a well in Beicheng District, some people found Shi Yuan's body.

Long Yuan and Xu Ying rushed to the scene as soon as possible, when they arrived, Dong Xuan was also there, Shi Yuan's body had been salvaged, and his fatal injuries were exactly the same as those of the housekeeper's grandmother's family, and their throats were cut with sharp blades.

The wound is thin and smooth, indicating that the attacker made an extremely fast move and killed him with one hit.

The temple people in the palace died outside the palace and were thrown into the well, which made Dong Xuan's brows tightened, and he couldn't get out of this matter as Luoyang Ling.

Seeing Dong Xuan's worried look, Xuying smiled bitterly and said, "Dong County Order, you don't have to worry about this matter!" ”

After Dong Xuan heard this, his eyes flashed, and then he didn't ask a word more, and immediately bowed to Xuying, and said, "In this way, the lower officials thank General Xuying!" ”

Since Long Yuan and Xuying Ken took over this matter, it is obvious that Shi Yuan's death is not simple, and it is likely to involve hidden things in the palace.

is a foreign minister, and it is only a county order, if you can, try not to interfere, and if you can push this hot potato, you can push it out as soon as possible.

After tracking down a large number of clues, Long Yuan thought of all the clues he could think of, but without exception, the other party cleared all the clues and left no traces.

On the way back to the palace, Xu Ying looked left and right and asked in a low voice, "Long Yuan, do you think this matter could be done by the one from the Middle Palace?" ”

The Changqiu Palace is also known as the Middle Palace.

The nobles live in the West Palace, and the prince lives in the East Palace.

In Xu Ying's opinion, Guo Shengtong is a little arrogant and domineering, but can her mind really be so meticulous and vicious?

Long Yuan glanced at Xuying, shook his head, and didn't say a word.

There are more and more people in the palace, but it is also becoming more and more unpeaceful.

When Liu Xiu first set the capital of Luoyang, there were not many people in the palace, walking in the huge palace, it made people feel empty, and sometimes they walked through several palaces in a row, and they couldn't see a single person.

And now, there are thousands of palace maids and chamberlains.

Both of them returned to the palace with mixed emotions and heavy hearts, and when they arrived at the Qingliang Palace, they met Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu looked at Long Yuan and Xu Ying and asked, "How did you investigate?" ”

Long Yuan and Xu Ying pondered for a moment, looked at Yin Lihua on the side, and stopped talking.

Liu Xiu has always protected Yin Lihua very well, and now that this kind of thing has happened, Long Yuan and Xu Ying feel that it is better not to let Yin nobles know.

Liu Xiu said expressionlessly: "But it's okay to say it. ”

Just looking at Long Yuan and Xuying's expressions, Liu Xiu knew that things were not going well, he couldn't stay by Yin Lihua's side all the time, protect him all the time, and let her see some of the dark side in the palace.

Long Yuan took a deep breath, and then told Liu Xiu what had happened.

After Liu Xiu heard this, her face was gloomy, and Yin Lihua was also full of surprise.

She didn't know that in order to give her contraceptive drugs in her diet, the other party not only bought off the housekeeper of the Xigong dining room, but now that the matter has been revealed, she actually poisoned and killed the whole family of the housekeeper's grandmother, and even sent the palace to ventilate and report the news.

"How can it be!"

Liu Xiu clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "Xuanye Court Order to come to see me!" ”

If there is a problem with the subordinate officials of the court order, Liu Xiu of course has to find the court order and ask him to understand it clearly.

In the past, Xu Xiling held the position of the court order, but later she became a beauty and became the concubine of the Son of Heaven, and the position of the court order was naturally transferred to others.

Now it is the eunuch Zhang Chong who is serving as the court order, and the moment he walked into the courtyard of the Qingliang Palace, Zhang Chong's legs were weak.

I saw that in the courtyard, there were Yu Linwei on both sides, all of them with faces like frost, with knives in their eyes, and a murderous aura all over their bodies.

Zhang Chong walked up to Liu Xiu, knelt on the ground with a puff, and stammered, "Slave...... Slave maid to see Your Majesty! Meet your nobles! ”

In the palace, eunuchs who are not officials can claim to be micro-ministers in front of the Son of Heaven, and those who can call themselves ministers must have the favor of the Son of Heaven.

Liu Xiu looked at Zhang Chong, who was kneeling on the ground, and asked, "Shi Yuan is your subordinate officer?" ”

"Yes! The people of the stone temple are the officials of the court! ”

"Where is he now?"

"This ...... This slave doesn't know! ”

"Shi Yuan colluded with traitors and secretly murdered nobles, do you know?"

When Zhang Chong heard this, his head buzzed, his eyes turned black, and he almost fainted on the spot.

He put his head on the ground, and said in a loud voice: "The slave doesn't know, the slave really doesn't know!" ”

"As a court order, you don't know anything about what your subordinate officials do, what do I want you to do?"

As he spoke, Liu Xiu shouted: "Someone! ”

With his words, two Yu Lin Wei stepped out of the ranks, stepped forward, intervened in the salute, and said, "Your Majesty! ”

"Drag Zhang Chong down, put him in prison, and interrogate him severely!"

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, to Wang Mang's new mang's period, the capital and even all over the country, there are a lot of prison systems, just in the capital, there are as many as 26 prisons, Liu Xiu called the emperor, after moving the capital to Luoyang, most of the prison system was abolished, including the court prison.

It's just that later there were more and more people in the palace, and there were a mixture of dragons and snakes, among which it was inevitable that there were people with unclean hands and feet, or careless mistakes, and to take these people in, they could only set up a prison in the palace.

Therefore, not long after Liu Xiu abolished the Yeting Prison, he reactivated the Yeting Prison.

Now, Liu Xiu sent Zhang Chong, who was originally in charge of the court prison, directly to the prison.

Zhang Chong felt that his scalp was about to explode, he kowtowed forward again and again, and begged urgently: "Your Majesty spare your life!" Your Majesty spares your life! ”

"Drag it off!"

Liu Xiu was too lazy to look at him again.

Two Yu Lin Guards, one left and one right, grabbed Zhang Chong's arm and dragged him out of the Qingliang Palace.

This time, Liu Xiu was furious.

Someone in the West Palace dares to drug Yin Lihua, this is no longer a problem involving Yin Lihua alone, someone can drug Yin Lihua today, and tomorrow someone will drug Guo Shengtong and Xu Xiling, the crown prince Liu Qiang, Liu Fu, Liu Yiwang, and even drug him Liu Xiu.

Where is this palace still the home of the Son of Heaven, it is about to become a place to hide filth and dirt! Looking at Liu Xiu, who was pale, Yin Lihua gently took his hand and persuaded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, don't be angry!" ”

Liu Xiu looked at Yin Lihua, held her hand, and said, "I made Lihua feel wronged!" ”

If Lihua's body is not well adjusted, he really doesn't know how to face her.

Thinking of this, Liu Xiu looked at Pi Tong, who was sitting upright on the side, trying to minimize his sense of existence.

He said meaningfully: "Weijun, whether Lihua can recover and recover as before, it is all up to you!" ”

Pi Tong bowed down and said, "Weichen does his best!" Wechen should do his best! ”

This time, he finally didn't say to do his best, but changed it to do his best.

Liu Xiu looked at Pi Tong and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

He looked at Long Yuan and Xuying again, and said, "It seems that it is time for me to put the palace in order." ”

Long Yuan and Xuying both bowed and saluted, expressing their approval.

Liu Xiu said: "Zhang Kun! ”

"The slave is here!"

Zhang Kun trotted to Liu Xiu and knelt on his knees.

Zhang Chong was sent to Yeting Prison just now, but he could see it clearly.

The court order is not a petty official, and on weekdays, he is also the master who walks sideways in the palace.

But now, if he says that he will go to prison, he will go to prison, and he doesn't even have a chance to beg for mercy, which makes Zhang Kun clearly realize what it means to be a companion like a tiger, and there is a cool breeze on his back.

"You send the nobles back to the West Palace, so the palace and the servants in the West Palace will all be sent to the prison for trial, and the people who are replaced will be selected by you personally, if there are traitors who mix into the West Palace in the future, and similar things happen again, I will only ask you alone!"

Zhang Kun was so frightened that he was sweating like rain, and he should have said yes.

Zhang Kun has been following Liu Xiu for so long, and it is the first time he has seen the Son of Heaven get so angry.

He didn't dare to breathe, he got up from the ground in a panic, shrunk his neck, bowed down, and stood trembling to Yin Lihua's side, as if he had found a safe haven.