The person on the portrait turned out to be the spiritual officer of Qinxin Garden.

It's just that the spirit official was instructed by Chai Yunzhong to kill people, or did he want to kill himself?

No longer hesitated, Pei Xiu immediately sent someone to Qinxin Garden.

However, when it was already dark, the official came to report that the spiritual officer had disappeared.

Everyone was shocked, some regretted, thinking that it was still a step too late, the spirit official was not stupid, when he learned that Huiqing and Huineng were caught by the officials, maybe they would confess him, in order to protect himself, how could he not escape?

Pei Xiu was a little anxious, looked at Su Wuming and said, "Master Su, what should we do next?" ”

Su Wuming smiled indifferently: "Since the spirit official has escaped, then we will go to Lord Hubu's mansion to ask for someone from Master Chai." ”

Pei Xiu's face was embarrassed and said, "Master Su, this ...... I'm afraid this is a little inappropriate, that Lord Hubu is by no means a vegetarian, we ask him for someone, but it's not so easy, although you and I have the right to decide the case, but the house of Lord Hubu is not a place for us to go wild! ”

Pei Xiu has been honing in the court for many years, and his experience is naturally more than Su Wuming, he knows very well that even if a court official interferes with the murder, he can't just arrest him for interrogation, without the emperor's order, it is absolutely impossible.

However, at this time, Su Wuming was still calm, and said: "Master Pei, don't worry, you and I have humble official positions, so naturally we can't go to the mansion of Lord Shangshu Chai of the Ministry of Household Affairs to ask him for someone, but if there is Lord Cao Guozhang of the Ministry of Etiquette, I am afraid that things will be different." ”

Pei Xiu can be the prime minister in the future, and naturally he also has a seven-trick exquisite heart, so Su Wuming only hinted like this, he immediately understood, so he didn't hesitate anymore, and said to Su Wuming: "Master Su, you and I are divided into two ways, you go to Chai Mansion to guard around, so as not Chai Yunzhong absconds, and this official goes to Cao Mansion to explain everything to Cao Guozhang, thinking that Lord Cao has lost his beloved daughter, he should not be afraid of conflict with Chai Mansion." ”

After listening to Pei Xiu's words, Su Wuming smiled lightly and said: "Master Pei has been in the court for many years, and he should know that there are no eternal enemies and no eternal friends in this court, so since Cao Guozhang wants to form a family with Lord Chai, he must have something to rely on Chai Qi, so this official thinks that even if Cao Man learns that his daughter was killed and has something to do with Chai Yunzhong, he will hesitate, and even give up asking Chai Qi for his own purposes, so this official wants to change with Master Pei, I don't know if it is possible?" ”

Su Wuming did this, not to grab credit from Pei Xiu, after all, in the eyes of outsiders, whoever notified Cao Man was tantamount to telling Cao Man that he had helped his daughter catch the murderer, just for this, Cao Man would definitely have some benefits for this person in the court in the future; Su Wuming went to Cao's Mansion by himself, just to persuade Cao Man to fight with Chai Qidou, but if Cao Man didn't want to fight with Chai Qidou, then they wanted to ask Chai Yunzhong for someone, but I was afraid that it would be even more difficult.

Pei Xiu didn't think much about it, and after nodding slightly, he immediately led people to Chai Mansion, while Su Wuming led people to Cao Mansion in a hurry.

At this time, Chang'an City has slowly quieted down, there is no smoke left, only one or two playful children on the street have not returned home, and occasionally a few reprimands from parents are heard.

The spring breeze was blowing, and it was gentle and easy, and after a while, Su Wuming and others came to Cao's mansion, and when they met Cao Man in the living room, Cao Man looked disdainful and asked, "Why did you come to this official office so late?" ”

Su Wuming arched his hand slightly and said, "Lord Cao, Xia Guan came so late to tell your lord that we have found the murderer who poisoned Ling Yan." ”

Cao Man was taken aback, and then hurriedly asked, "Who is that killing a thousand knives, I'm going to kill him." ”

Su Wuming's face showed a slight embarrassment, and said: "Although the lower official knows who the murderer is, he is worried that Lord Cao will not dare to deal with him, so the lower official came tonight, in addition to telling the adult the news, and then there is the five-day time limit between the lower official and the adult a few days ago, and the lower official is willing to admit defeat, as long as Lord Cao goes to say a word to Lord Linghu, the lower official will immediately take off the black yarn on the top." ”

Hearing Su Wuming say this, Cao Man's face was even more shocked, and there was a little hesitation between his eyebrows, if Su Wuming said so, it means that the murderer is really not simple, but Cao Man did not hesitate for long, he is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he is the abbot, in the entire Tang Dynasty today, there are really few people he dare not provoke.

"If you say it's okay, if you dare to kill my daughter, the official must make him pay the price." Cao Man looked at Su Wuming, and his face gradually changed from surprise just now to anger.

Su Wuming arched his hand slightly, and said: "Back to Lord Cao, the murderer has a close relationship with Chai Yunzhong...... After getting Cao Man's words, Su Wuming told him about the situation he had recently investigated, Cao Man was very surprised when he heard that Chai Yunzhong actually had a habit of breaking his sleeves, and when he heard that the person who poisoned him turned out to be Chai Yunzhong's male pet, he was even more furious, and said angrily: "Go, follow me to Chai Mansion, I am angry with the old man." ”

Su Wuming's goal had been achieved, and he hurriedly followed Cao Man and his entourage to Chai Mansion.

When the group came to Chai Mansion, Pei Xiu hurriedly met with it, and then entered Chai Mansion together.

Chai Qi was very surprised, and after hurriedly catching up, he said with a smile: "Lord Cao, it's so late, why did you come to me, didn't something happen?" ”

Cao Man snorted coldly: "You old horseman, quickly call your son Chai Yunzhong out." ”

Chai Qi was even more puzzled, and hurriedly asked, "Lord Cao, what happened here, what did you call the dog?" Speaking of this, Chai Qi glanced at Su Wuming and Pei Xiu, and his heart suddenly sank, and he felt bad.

"That's so much nonsense, I feel like I'm calling Chai Yunzhong out, otherwise the old man will demolish your Chai Mansion today."

This is a bit excessive, Chai Qitang's household department is still a book, and this Cao Man's position is on par, hearing Cao Man's words, his face suddenly turned red, so he was no longer polite, and said coldly: "Lord Cao, don't deceive people too much, I, Chai Qi, am also a household secretary, if you want to demolish my mansion, you must also have that ability." ”

Cao Man was angry, and immediately wanted to get angry, but when he thought of the plan in his heart, he suddenly regretted it a little, when he was in the house, he was provoked by Su Wuming, and he actually forgot about the big thing, and now that they are here, what should I do?

After seeing Cao Man's face, Su Wuming guessed that Cao Man regretted it a little, so at this time, he immediately stepped forward and said to Chai Qi: "Lord Chai, that's the case, after our investigation, Ling Lang has a close relationship with the murderer who killed Miss Cao's family, and now the murderer is missing, so we want Ling Lang to tell us the whereabouts of the murderer." ”

"You...... You are talking nonsense, how can my son have a close relationship with the murderer? ”

"Ling Lang doesn't want to marry Miss Cao as his wife, because he has a habit of breaking sleeves, and the person who killed Miss Cao is Ling Lang's male favorite!"

As soon as these words came out, Chai Qi's legs suddenly weakened, and he almost fell to the ground, but soon, he suddenly rushed towards Su Wuming like a madman, and shouted: "You brute, you are not allowed to insult my son like this......"

The dignified Tobe Shangshu used all the sinful words he could think of, but he was a scholar after all, and he didn't know many dirty words after all; And Hubu Shangshu is like this, in fact, everyone can think of it, that Chai Yunzhong is his son, which is related to the continuation of their Chai family's incense, if his son is not interested in women, wouldn't it be to cut off his Chai family's incense?

Moreover, this kind of thing is extremely damaging to the reputation of the Chai family, and he will never allow Su Wuming to talk nonsense here.

Seeing that the old body of Hubu Shangshu was about to pounce on Su Wuming, at this time, Tang Xiong suddenly appeared, and blocked Chai Qi as soon as he made a move, Chai Qi was annoyed and ashamed, and even scolded him, Su Wuming smiled lightly and said: "As a court official, how can Lord Chai be like a shrew on the street at this time?" Could it be that you want to protect your son? Lord Cao's daughter was killed, and your son can't get out of it, and now that Lord Cao is here, if you don't call your son out to confront us in court, I'm afraid that Lord Cao won't give up. ”

Cao Man hated Su Wuming's words very much, but he couldn't refute them, because if he refuted them, he didn't have the meaning of Su Wuming's words just now, but if he didn't have these meanings, he would show that he was cowardly, and he would end up with a bad reputation for not making decisions for his daughter.

So after some entanglement, Cao Man finally made up his mind, bowed his hand to Chai Qiwei, and said: "Lord Chai, Ling Lang has a close relationship with the spirit official, that is, the murderer who killed my daughter, and please call Ling Lang out for the sake of my daughter, for the sake of my daughter, I must investigate this matter clearly, if Lord Chai obstructs it like this, then Lord Ben will only have to enter the palace to face the saint, what will happen then, this official does not dare to guarantee!" ”

If the emperor knows that Chai Yunzhong is related to the killing of Cao Ying, I am afraid that this Chai Qi will be implicated, and besides, although this kind of thing is sometimes considered an elegant thing, it can happen in the family of the court officials, and it is a little shameless, which will affect Chai Qi's official career.

Chai Qi hesitated for a moment, and finally quieted down, and then ordered someone to call Chai Yunzhong.

When Chai Yunzhong came, his face was very bad, and when he wanted to come to the living room to make a noise, he had already heard about the things here in the back, after he came to the living room, he first swept around, his face changed from time to time, there was remorse, resentment, and nervousness, after sweeping a circle, he stood aside and bowed his head silently, Chai Qi faintly had anger, looked at his son and scolded: "Yunzhong, come on, what they said is true, you and ...... What's going on with the spirit officer? Do you know that the spirit officer killed Cao Ying? ”