When Zheng Wen returned to Daming Palace, it was already evening, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the palace city, causing a layer of warmth, and Zheng Wen's mood was still very happy.

Zheng Wen was alone in the imperial study, looking at Jinyiwei's secret report on Ma Yuan and the follow-up case, Zheng Wen found that the trial and training of several high-ranking officials by the Three Law Divisions was very smooth, and he opened his mouth almost as soon as he asked, what to ask and what to answer, Zheng Wen felt a little strange, could it be that the quality of corrupt officials in Daqian is so high?

But then I was shocked by the confiscated property, and there were countless good fields, beautiful houses, gold and silver! There are more than 300,000 hectares of fertile land alone, and there are more than 100 houses, but there are eight gardens in the south of the Yangtze River, and the gold and silver are worth 50 million taels of silver. Zheng Wen was dazzled by Qian Shan, and shouted in his heart, "It's mine, it's mine, it's all mine", and his heart was pounding!

It was really a touching fortune, and it took a lot of effort for Zheng Wen to remove his eyes from this secret report, and he calmed down for a long time before he returned to his normal state.

Suddenly, at this time, Huang An ran into the imperial study out of breath, ignoring etiquette, and said anxiously to Zheng Wen: "Your Majesty, it's not good, Lord Guo Chengguo, the head of the household department, is dead!" ”

When Zheng Wen heard this, he stood up all of a sudden, and then asked with some uncertainty, "What did you say?" Guo Cheng is dead? How is this possible? How did he die? ”

Huang An took a breath and calmed down his ups and downs before he spoke again: "Your Majesty, it's true, it's Lord Guo's family who came to report that Lord Guo hanged himself at home this afternoon!" ”

As soon as Zheng Wen heard this, he felt an aura of conspiracy, and then asked again in an uncertain tone: "Big companion, you said that he Guo Cheng hanged himself?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, that's what the people who came to report said so." Huang An nodded heavily at Zheng Wen.

Zheng Wen couldn't figure it out, how could Guo Cheng hang himself? Is it not convinced that I will punish him? It shouldn't be, this kind of old bird in the political arena has never seen any strong winds and waves, such a blow can't break him, and he doesn't know that I have the idea of giving up on him in my heart, and the most I give to the outside world is to dismiss him. Could it be that there is something else going on?

Zheng Wen has been the emperor for nearly two months, and he has seen a lot of storms, and he almost unanimously believes that this matter is not simple, and there must be hidden secrets that he does not know. I don't know what it is, but it's definitely not going to be a good thing?

So, Zheng Wen asked again: "Does Yanjing City Mansion have any returns?" ”

"Your Majesty, no, the current Yanjing City Mansion Yin is still in the Guo Mansion." Huang An replied again.

Zheng Wen slapped his forehead, and then said, "Look at what I said, I'm in a hurry!" ”

"Let's go, let's go to Guo's Mansion to have a look, I always feel that this matter is not simple."

After a while, Zheng Wen left Daming Palace and went to Guo's mansion surrounded by everyone.

……

And at this time, Guo Fu.

Under the gaze of Yin Yangbo of Yanjing City Mansion, the officials lifted Guo Cheng who was hanging on the beam and put him on a bed, and then approached and looked at Guo Cheng's body carefully, and found a trace of difference, Guo Cheng's strangulation marks on his neck were only faint, not deep, and he felt that it was unlikely to be hanged, and then looked at Guo Cheng's face, which looked very calm, not like the face of the hanged person, but he was very puzzled in his heart.

After a closer look, Zheng Wen arrived.

He only heard a sound of "Your Majesty has arrived", Yang Bo looked back and saw Zheng Wen limping towards him surrounded by all the warriors.

Yang Bo hurriedly turned around, saluted Zheng Wen, and said, "See Your Majesty!" ”

When Zheng Wen looked at it, he saw a tall figure dressed in a senior cadre uniform, but he was a little thin, his face was a little dark, but his eyes were bright.

When Zheng Wen saw it, he said: "Qing is Yin Yangbo of Yanjing City Mansion, I know you, get up!" ”

After Yang Bo got up, Zheng Wen said again: "Yang Qing, how is it?" ”

Yang Bo listened, and was silent for a moment before he spoke: "Your Majesty, judging from the minister's many years of experience, this Lord Guo does not look like he hanged himself, but like he was hung up after death. ”

When Zheng Wen heard this, his eyes widened a little, and he already had some guesses in his heart, but after listening to Yang Bo's words, he still couldn't believe it, so he asked again: "What Qing said is true?" ”

Yang Bo's face was heavy, so he nodded to Zheng Wen, and then said to Zheng Wen: "Your Majesty, it is true, the minister just observed the corpse of Lord Guo, the strangulation marks on his neck are very shallow, and according to the minister's experience for many years, the face of the person who hanged himself should not be so calm, obviously Guo Shangshu was only hung up soon after his death." ”

Zheng Wen looked at Guo Cheng's corpse, and sure enough, he knew this, and immediately became angry, and said angrily: "Bold, who is so bold, who dares to murder a major minister of the six ministries, check, to investigate, who is so mad that he dares to provoke the court!" ”

Yang Bo listened, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the top priority should be to block the Guo Mansion, and the minister feels that the direct murderer of Lord Guo is afraid that it will not be too late to leave the Guo Mansion." ”

"Yes, yes. Yang Qing was right, come and pass on my order to let the Yulin Army block the Guo Mansion, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. Zheng Wen said after hearing this.

"Whoa!" And one of the samurai who accompanied him went down and gave orders.

Zheng Wen said to Yang Bo again: "Yang Qing, I know you, you are an honest official, not afraid of power, you are good at solving cases, you are a good official, you should be a person like you, you should be a Dali Siqing or a criminal department Shangshu, Yanjing City Mansion Yin, you are Qu Cai!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the compliment, I dare not take it!" Yang Bo listened, his face was not obvious, but his heart was still excited, and he heard a deep appreciation from Zheng Wen's words.

"Yang Qing, don't talk much, I told you directly, I think Guo Shangshu's matter is not simple, although I don't know the specific auspiciousness. When I heard the news of Guo Cheng's death by hanging himself in the imperial study, I felt that this matter must be a conspiracy, and it was impossible for Guo Cheng to commit suicide. ”

"I think that Guo Cheng must have been killed because of something or some news, Yang Qing, I heard that you are a master of solving the case, I hope you can take over this case and find out the murderer behind the scenes, how about it?" Zheng Wen said to Yang Bo again.

Yang Bo listened, and then said: "Thank you for Your Majesty's trust, the minister took it, besides, this incident happened in Yanjing City, and it was supposed to be handled by Yanjing Mansion!" ”

"Okay, Yang Qing is really arrogant, then I can't be stingy, this matter is definitely a big case, let's say, what support do you want? I'll give you any support. After speaking, Zheng Wen stared at Yang Bo with a smile on his face.

When Yang Bo heard this, he didn't speak, pondered for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, first, the minister wants the power to preside over this case, and everything has to be listened to by the minister; the second is to ask for the cooperation of His Majesty's Jinyi Guard; The third is that the ministers want part of the military power. ”

Zheng Wen listened, so he said without thinking: "Okay, I agree!" The brocade guard commanded when he returned. ”

"As for the military power, where is Jiang Kong?"

"Your Majesty, please command!" Dressed in black armor, Jiang Kong stood out of the crowd and knelt down on one knee in front of Zheng Wen.

"Do you hear that? From now on, you will listen to Yang Qing's orders until the end of this case. Zheng Wen said to Jiang Kong.

"Whoa!" Jiang Kong said, raised his head and glanced at Yang Bo, but there was a trace of contempt in his eyes, after all, as a high-level of the Yulin Army, he had to obey the orders of a civilian official, and he was still unhappy in his heart.

As soon as Zheng Wen saw this, he untied his saber, handed it to Yang Bo with both hands, and then said: "Yang Qing, I believe in you and give you full power, but you are a civil official, I am afraid that it will be difficult to suppress these proud soldiers of the Yulin Army, this is my saber, you hold it, dare not obey your orders, you can cut it first and then play!" ”

"No! Thank Your Majesty for your trust. "This time, Yang Bo was indeed moved, a civil official was awarded the special appearance of the Son of Heaven with the sword, and it was the first time in the Great Qian Dynasty at this time. Then he made up his mind to repay His Majesty's kindness.

And Jiang Kong's face is not very good-looking.

At this time, a person who looked like a head catcher walked in quickly, knelt on the ground, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, Lord Yang, I found two more dead people in the Guo Mansion." ”

Zheng Wen listened, and then said, "Get up!" Let's check it out too. ”

After a while, Zheng Wen, Yang Bo and others arrived in a small firewood room, only to see two corpses in household clothes lying on the ground.

Zheng Wen was not interested after just one glance.

But Yang Bo approached and took a closer look, only to see that black blood was flowing from the corners of the two people, and it had not dried up yet, obviously not long dead.

Yang Bo stood up before he said to Zheng Wen: "Your Majesty, you committed suicide by taking poison, and obviously you haven't been dead for long. ”

Zheng Wen listened, nodded, and didn't speak, indicating that he knew.

After a while, they came out of the wood house.

Zheng Wencai said to Yang Bo: "Yang Qing, you have to hurry up on this matter. I always felt like something big was going to happen. ”

"You should check it carefully, I will go back first!"

"No, I respectfully send your majesty!" Yang Bo saluted Zheng Wen and said.

……

When Zheng Wen returned to Daming Palace, it was completely dark, and there were only 10,000 lights in Daming Palace.

Zheng Wen looked at the Daming Palace in the dark, but his heart was very uneasy, he always felt that something big was going to happen, but he had no clue.

This made Zheng Wen very annoyed!

And Guo Cheng died, obviously this was a murder, but why did Guo Cheng die? And who killed Guo Cheng?

These all bothered Zheng Wen and made Zheng Wen very uneasy.

Zheng Wen thought about it again and again, but he still had no clue, he couldn't think of who would kill Guo Cheng, and what was he hiding about?

……

And Yang Bo in Guo Mansion also started the investigation of this case overnight, and with the thorough investigation of Guo Mansion, Yang Bo became more and more puzzled, who could kill Guo Cheng in Guo Mansion?

Yang Bo began to interrogate the people in Guo's mansion, but he didn't have the slightest clue, and he didn't know anything about Guo Cheng's relatives and relatives one by one.

These relatives just found that Guo Cheng sighed all day long, and they only thought that it was due to His Majesty's punishment.

The interrogation of his subordinates did not reveal any clues related to this case.

When asked about the two corpses, the subordinates unanimously believed that they were Guo Cheng's personal entourage, and they were usually nothing unusual.

Yang Bo is worried now!

How could there be no clues in this case? Obviously not normal!