Chapter 123, New Developments in the Poison Murder Case

"Not only that, but there's also a stupid way.

We can make a statistic of the annual activities of important figures in Maitreya that we know about Maitreya.

This information is then cross-referenced.

Seeing that the activities of the big names in the Maitreya Sect in that area are the most frequent, it means that the main altar of the Maitreya Sect is very likely to be in that range, and then some manpower will be scattered to investigate this area, and there will definitely be gains. ”

"Brother Shen's two methods are naturally somewhat reasonable, but do you know that each of our Jinyi Guards has jurisdiction.

This Huizhou Mansion also belongs to Nanzhili, so Lord Liang can track the traces of Na Tan Zhen across the mansion with us, but if Na Tan Zhen has sent Miss Li out of the range of Huizhou Mansion or Nan Zhili.

If we continue to track, we must go through the Zhenfu Enzhu above the North Town Fu Division, not that we can chase if we want to. It's not that the brocade guards below us can make a claim. ”

When Shen Mu heard this, he was silent, just in his previous life, the police also needed to go through procedures for cross-provincial and cross-border arrests, let alone now.

There are more than a dozen thousand households in Jinyiwei across the country, each with its own territory, and not all of them are of the same mind, and not everyone is willing to put the search for Maitreya disciples in the first place.

After all, Liang Baihu is only a hundred households under Jinyiwei, not the upper level of Jinyiwei, if there is no unified deployment of the upper level, it is very difficult to carry out such a search mission.

Therefore, his suggestion can only be thought about now.

However, Shen Mu also wanted to dig out some things that Xiao Qi and they ignored from the mouth of Tan Zhen's little apprentice, so he brought this Mengbai back to the post house from the medical hall.

"I said Brother Shen, are you back? That Hu Qigongzi gave you a post, inviting you to go to the fragrance building in the city tonight to make an appointment, the post is here. ”

Meng Yun had been waiting for Shen Mu to come back, and after seeing him, he handed him the post in his hand.

When he turned around, he saw Mengbai following behind Shen Mu.

"Hey, I said Brother Shen, what are you doing when you come back with this little rabbit? You don't have that kind of hobby, right? If you show it to Lord Liang, you have something delicious! Meng Yun patted him on the shoulder, and said ambiguously.

Because Meng Yun's voice was not small, Mengbai, who was following him, should have also heard it, and when he heard this, a fierce light appeared in his eyes again.

"Brother Meng, be cautious, Mengbai has become like this, it's not something he can choose, he is still young, and in the future, the younger brother wants to take him with him to learn something, so that when he grows up, he will have the strength to make a living and be an upright man."

Shen Mu punched Meng Yun on the shoulder.

"Oh?" When Meng Yun heard this, he finally put away the ambiguous expression on his face and began to look at this little Mengbai.

Mengbai did not show weakness in his gaze at Meng Yun.

After a while, Meng Yun finally reached out and patted Meng Bai's shoulder hard and said, "Boy, that's good, dare to look at you Meng Ye, it looks like a young master, Meng Ye, I will take back the words that mocked you earlier." ”

Meng Yun naturally didn't really take a Maitreya informant in his eyes, especially since this informant had also been a rabbit master.

It was for Shen Mu's sake that he made up a few words.

Shen Mu took the post sent to him by Hu Qigongzi and looked at it, feeling that it was still early, and he was not in a hurry to go to the appointment, thinking that since Na Tan Zhen was dead, he must find out a result of the poisoning case in the restaurant as soon as possible.

So he spoke: "Brother Meng, how did Rong Zhi investigate the matter in Fengyang Mansion nine years ago?" ”

"You said that Rongzhi was in Fengyang Mansion nine years ago, but he really found out something, this Rongzhi's ancestor was in Fengyang Mansion, and it was also a solid family, so there was money left to let Rongzhi go to the school to study, who knew that in the fifth year of Rongzhi's birth, the family was changed one after another, and the men in the family died four in three years, and the family began to fall.

But Rongzhi's mother is a very strong woman, she gritted her teeth for Rongzhi to study, but her health became worse and worse, and finally nine years ago, she couldn't afford to get sick.

At this time, even if Rongzhi is good at school, his mother, who can depend on him for his life, is seriously ill, and he has to go home from the academy to serve his illness.

There was nothing suspicious about going home to serve the sick, but what was suspicious was that when Rong Zhi's mother was getting sicker and sicker, and there was no money at home for treatment, the gentleman and students of the college pooled a sum of money to support Rong Zhi, but Rong Zhi refused. Guess why Wing Chi would refuse the kindness of Mr. College and his students? ”

"Because he got a windfall, he naturally didn't need this funding!"

"Whether it was a windfall or not, we didn't find out in Jinyiwei, but Rong Zhi did slowly pay off the debt within a few days, and used the best medicinal materials for Rong's mother, and hired the best doctor.

Rong's mother, who was already very sick, gradually recovered, and did not delay Rongzhi's imperial examination that year.

Could it be that Brother Shen knew where Rong Zhi got this money? ”

"What new information can the three dead grave robbers find?" Shen Mu didn't answer Meng Yun's question immediately, but asked rhetorically.

"Although these three people are tomb robbers, they can also be listed in the six provinces south of the Yangtze River, and they often sell some things stolen from the tombs to those large jewelry shops or rich and noble families after simple processing, which is a business-free business, but it is very profitable."

"Even so, Brother Meng still hasn't figured out where that windfall came from?"

"Brother Shen is saying? That windfall is most likely a burial item? Meng Yun is not a stupid person, at this moment, when he heard Shen Mu specifically mention the three dead tomb robbers, he thought of Rong Zhi again, and immediately blurted out.

"Now it seems that this is also a very reasonable conjecture."

"But Brother Shen, even if your speculation is extremely reasonable, suppose that Rong Zhi and the three tomb robbers who died in Fuyun Tower know each other, and may even be accomplices?

The reason why Rong Zhi somehow let the second ruffian king poison and poison these three people was to swallow the property alone, or to kill the mouth to avoid future troubles.

None of these things can be proved by any of this.

The three grave robbers are dead.

The second ruffian is dead.

Li Xiaoyou also died.

All those in the know are probably dead.

Without witnesses, it would be even more difficult to find physical evidence.

Rong Zhi is an official of the imperial court, and it is not that we Jinyiwei can convict at will if we want to. ”

"Therefore, on the one hand, we have to search for as much evidence as possible, and on the other hand, we naturally need that Rongzhi take the initiative to confess."

"Confess your guilt? Brother Shen, just Rong Zhi is such a person, we can only think about this kind of thought. ”

"I'll figure it out." Shen Mu's gaze was firm.

No matter what kind of collusion Rong Zhi had with the three tomb robbers, this was not the reason why he casually took Li Xiaoyou's life.

Shen Mu asked the post house to help Mengbai arrange a place to live, briefly freshened up, changed into a clean robe, and decided to go to the delicious building in the city to make an appointment.

This delicious restaurant is one of the best restaurants in Jixi County.

It is located not far from the gate of the county seat.

The sight line is superb.

Before arriving at the delicious building, Shen Mu could basically guess that the reason why Hu Qigongzi invited him to the appointment at this time should not be to discuss the painting skills of oil painting with him, and it was very likely to involve Rong Zhi being taken away by Jinyiwei.

"This son, I'm sorry, our restaurant is full today."

When he arrived at the door of the delicious building, he was exactly entering the door, but he was blocked by the guys in the restaurant.

"Full?"

"Please also find another house for dinner!" The guy said with drooping eyelids.

Shen Mu is such a keen person, he immediately felt that the attitude of this restaurant guy was a little abnormal.

But for a moment, he hadn't figured out why.

So, I had to raise the post in my hand and said: "Hu Qigongzi invited me to come to dinner, this is a post, but you have to check it." ”

"Seventh Prince Hu? Alright then, please! The restaurant guy looked at the post in his hand, got out of the way, and invited him in.

After entering the restaurant, he found that this delicious building should be open to all the rich and noble families in Jixi County, taking the upper route, not the number of people, but the name of dining here.

Today is not a New Year's holiday, there are not many customers in the restaurant, and there are actually a lot of vacant seats.

When he saw the strange gazes of some of the guests in the lobby on the first floor, he suddenly realized.

Thanks to today's Rongzhi being arrested, he followed Rongzhi and also enjoyed a grand occasion of being watched by the people of Jixi County, maybe this restaurant guy is one of the onlookers.

recognized his identity, so it was not that the restaurant was full, but that people were unwilling to let him in for dinner, who made Jinyiwei now the villain in the minds of the people of Jixi County!

But because of Hu Qigongzi's reputation, this guy still led him all the way to the restaurant box where Hu Qigongzi was.

After knocking on the door and entering, Shen Mu found that there were really a lot of people sitting in this box.

In addition to Hu Qigongzi, whom he already knew, and Wang Dada, Li Ze, and Shen Hanyi who he met on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there were also several literati scholars.

Among them was Fang Ju, the man who was blocked at the entrance of the yamen during the day.

It is said that there is no good feast, and before Shen Mu sat down, he could have a premonition that this was probably a Hongmen banquet for him.

"Brother Shen, you're here, please come in."

Hu Qigongzi, as the inviter, saw Shen Mu's figure appear at the door of the box, took the lead in getting up, and greeted with a smile.

"What are you? Shen felt as if he was in the wrong place? Even though he had a little guess about the purpose of Hu Qigongzi's invitation, Shen Mu still pretended not to understand and said.

"These are some of Hu Qi's friends who can be talked to, I just want to take the opportunity to introduce Brother Shen to them." When Hu Qi heard this, he secretly winked at Shen Mu and explained.