When Zhao Hongrun and the guards rushed to the scene where the body of Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was found, it was already overcrowded. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The guards, who arrived one step earlier, had already sealed off the surrounding area and were sending people around to look for witnesses.

"You ......"

Noticing that Zhao Hongrun and his party were walking straight, a guard captain frowned, probably planning to step forward to stop them.

But before he could speak, the head of the sect guard, Wei Jiao, had already taken the lead and sacrificed a token engraved with the three characters of Su Wangfu, which frightened the guards and hurriedly gave way and retreated to both sides.

“……”

Zhao Hongrun stopped and looked around, a few suspicious looks appeared between his eyebrows.

He instinctively realized that it was unlikely that this place would be the place where Shang Zhou Yan of the Criminal Department was killed.

Because the social class of the Great Liang is clearly distinguished, it is obvious from the distribution area - the northernmost is the imperial palace, and the south is the area of the noble mansion and the imperial court, a horizontal street that runs from east to west, dividing the entire royal city into two parts: the northern city and the southern city.

In general, the north of the city belonged to the princes and nobles, dignitaries and celebrities, while the south city was the place where the commoners lived.

In the southern part of the city, most of the wealthy families are concentrated in the southeast, while the common people are concentrated in the southwest.

But now that it is found that the location of the body of Shangshu Zhou Yan of the Criminal Department is in the southwest of Daliang City, this is not logical.

You must know that Zhou Yan is the secretary of the criminal department of the imperial court, a first-class important minister of the imperial court, not to mention that he is also from a famous family, even if he is from a civilian background, with his status, he is also qualified to have a mansion in the north of the city, and belongs to the upper nobles.

Then the question arises, what is such a famous Shangshu who is also the chief official of the criminal department of the imperial court, what is he doing in the west of the city?

Holding the suspicion in his heart, Zhao Hongrun stepped forward.

I saw that in the distance, several court officials in official uniforms were gathering together and arguing about something.

Zhao Hongrun vaguely saw a corpse at the feet of these officials.

Sure enough, it was Lord Zhou Yan of the Criminal Department......

Ignoring anyone, Zhao Hongrun went straight to the corpse, and under the stunned gaze of the officials, he first examined the corpse roughly.

"You...... Are you His Royal Highness King Su? Among those officials, a middle-aged official in his forties recognized Zhao Hongrun's identity and hurriedly bowed his hands.

Zhao Hongrun glanced at the other party, and then recognized that the other party was Tang Zheng, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, who had had several faces, and Zhou Yan, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department.

At this time, a famous official beside Tang Zheng, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, also bowed to Zhao Hongrun.

This person Zhao Hongrun is not a stranger, but also the chief of the criminal department, the right attendant Lang Shan (shan) Yiming, it is said that he was an iron-faced and selfless judge in Dali Temple, Zhou Yan valued his talent to recommend it, more than 40 years old, although he is a civil official but looks quite majestic, a pair of eyes as sharp as a knife, swept on the face as if a knife scraped.

I even heard from the grapevine that the martial arts of the right attendant Shan Ming are not bad, so sometimes he will make a cameo appearance as the head catcher of the Criminal Department, and personally lead the guards of the Criminal Department to arrest key criminals, not a civilian official in a simple sense.

In addition to these two high-ranking officials of the Criminal Department, there was also an official who was about fifty years old who also bowed to Zhao Hongrun afterwards, but this person was relatively faceless and Zhao Hongrun did not recognize him.

It wasn't until Tang Zheng, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, opened his mouth to introduce that Zhao Hongrun suddenly realized: It turned out that the old man was the Fuzheng Chu Shuli of Daliang Mansion.

The so-called Daliang Mansion is the government in charge of the people's livelihood and public security in the capital of Daliang, the capital of the city, and the type of government office is similar to that of the county government, but its level is more than that of the county government and the county government.

In a sense, there is a certain degree of conflict between the Daliang Mansion and the guards, but in peacetime, the Daliang Mansion is in charge of the people's livelihood and the guards are in charge of public security, which can be regarded as well water and not river water.

And now that the top priority of the murder of Shangshu of the Criminal Department has occurred, it is not surprising that the Daliang Mansion is inevitably implicated.

Zhao Hongrun also arched his hand towards the master Chu Shuli of the Great Liang Mansion.

Only then did he notice that one of these officials was still holding his hands behind his back arrogantly, and he had no intention of saluting him, His Royal Highness King Su, and even more, there was a faint hostility in the other party's eyes.

Perhaps sensing the embarrassment of the atmosphere, Tang Zheng, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, hurriedly pointed to the official and introduced: "Your Highness, this is the official of the General's Mansion, the General Chao Lidong Chao. …… Lord Chao, this is ......"

Before Tang Zheng finished speaking, he saw that Chao Lidong looked at Zhao Hongrun and sneered, and said lightly: "This mansion recognizes, His Royal Highness King Su...... Hello, His Royal Highness King Su. ”

……

Zhao Hongrun and the guards behind him couldn't help frowning when they heard this, the former was fine, but the few guards behind him showed annoyance on their faces.

After all, this way of greeting is really too rude, even if the other party is a general from the General's Mansion!

Probably knowing too much about the relationship between the Zongwei, Zhao Hongrun stretched out his hand to stop Wei Jiao and the others with an angry face, and looked Chao Lidong, the general of the new general's mansion established by the imperial court, or the mansion - after all, this Chao Lidong was wearing a civilian official's clothes.

Have I offended this guy?

Zhao Hongrun secretly recalled, but unfortunately, he had no impression of this at all - he was sure that this was the first time he had met the other party.

Because of this, in fact, Zhao Hongrun wondered why the other party was so cold to him, and even had a hint of hostility, but since the other party had put on a stinky face, he naturally wouldn't ask about it.

Anyway, if there are more lice, there is no itching, and if there are more debts, he Zhao Hongrun has offended more people so far, and he doesn't care about adding another one.

What about the General's Mansion? It's just a government that hasn't been created long ago and hasn't even straightened out its internal affairs.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun didn't bother to pay attention to this person, and turned to Tang Zheng, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, and asked, "Have you ever ordered the body of Lord Zhou to be examined?" ”

Tang Zheng shook his head, and said with a somewhat gloomy and embarrassed expression: "I'm waiting, I'm waiting here for Lord Xu Rongxu of Dali Temple." …… His Majesty has an order that the relevant personnel of our Criminal Department only need to assist in this case, and the Dali Temple will investigate and handle it with full authority. ”

Zhao Hongrun was slightly stunned when he heard this, a little puzzled.

Because in a sense, Dali Temple is a subordinate government of the Criminal Department, why is the Criminal Department not responsible but Dali Temple is responsible?

However, after thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun woke up: It was Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, who was killed this time, so the officials of the Criminal Department should avoid suspicion.

It is not difficult to understand why Tang Zheng showed an embarrassed expression: because he and Shan Ming are also suspects.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun no longer continued to ask Tang Zheng, after all, the latter and Shan Ming were in an awkward situation, and they might not know more than him.

And just when Zhao Hongrun squatted down and was just about to inspect Zhou Yan's body, he heard Chao Lidong say strangely beside him: "His Royal Highness King Su, this case is very important, if you don't know much about the autopsy, don't make a mess, in case you accidentally destroy the evidence, who can afford it?" ”

After saying that, he waved his hand to summon a few guards, and said lightly: "Come on, send His Royal Highness King Su out." ”

You must know that the General's Mansion is now a military in a certain sense, and in name, even the rank is above the sixth battalion of the garrison, so if Chao Lidong speaks, the nearby guards dare not disobey.

At this time, the guards took two steps forward and retreated those guards, and the chief of the guards shouted even more: "Presumptuous!" ”

Chao Lidong's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he glanced at Wei Jiao and the other sect guards with a gloomy expression, but in the end, the ruthlessness in his eyes gradually faded.

Because he knew that these people were not ordinary guards, they were the guards from the Zongfu, and except for the Zongfu, no government was allowed to use force against these Zongwei according to the regulations, otherwise it would be contempt for the Zongfu.

To put it bluntly, Wei Jiao is not the one he Chao Lidong can beat or scold when he wants.

So, he sneered in a somewhat mocking tone: "A few Lord Zongwei, this mansion is good for His Royal Highness King Su, His Royal Highness is still young, if he is frightened because he saw Lord Zhou's body, and he can't sleep all night, how can this be good?" ”

"Do you think my Royal Highness is a three-year-old child?!" Wei Jiao scolded with a gloomy face: "Lord Chao, I respect you as the head of the General's Mansion, but if you are rude to His Highness again, don't blame me for being rude." ”

"Oh?" Chao Lidong's eyes also showed a little anger, and he sneered: "How can you be polite, Lord Zongwei? ”

And at this moment, Xu Rong of Dali Temple led a group of people to this place.

I saw that the old man arched his hand towards the few people present, and said with a smile: "The old man is old, and his legs and feet are inconvenient, so I hope that your colleagues are not strange...... Hey? This is ......"

He may have seen Zhao Hongrun.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun got up and saluted to this Dali temple secretary.

To tell the truth, Xu Rong, the Qingzheng of Dali Temple, also belongs to the old minister of the DPRK who is about to resign.

And it is said that this old man has not presided over the affairs of Dali Temple much in the past two years, and the affairs in Dali Temple are all handled by the official who is in the prime of life next to him, Yang Yu, the young secretary of Dali Temple.

Therefore, almost no one in the DPRK will offend this old man, and they will give him some face.

Even if it was the Mansion of the General's Mansion, Chao Lidong, when he saw Xu Rong and Zhao Hongrun talking, he snorted coldly and did not interject.

As a result, an intensified contradiction was invisibly resolved by the arrival of Xu Rong of Dali Temple.

Taking advantage of the fact that those servants of Dali Temple were inspecting the remains of Zhou Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Zhao Hongrun glanced at Tang Zheng, the left attendant of the Criminal Department.

Tang Zheng understood, pretended to be on the side to check the process of the autopsy, and walked to Zhao Hongrun's side quietly.

"What's wrong with that guy?" Seeing Tang Zheng walking to his side, Zhao Hongrun nodded in the direction of Chao Lidong.

Tang Zheng smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness doesn't know about this person?" He is a member of the East Palace, and his family has always been married to the Zhengcheng Wang family......"

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun suddenly realized. (To be continued.) )