Cixi was not tall. After standing up straight, the white pair of round balls returned to the wide robe. It's just that Li Zhen looked at it condescendingly, and he could still see the protruding hemisphere.

The enchanting posture is still reflected.

Li Zhen took a few deep breaths in a row, calmed down his restless mood, and said unhurriedly: "Queen Mother, it is impossible to immediately achieve the idea of not leaving Beijing now. After all, Su Shun's words are clear-sighted and moral, and it is impossible for me to refuse Su Shun's words. Nowadays, the only way to stall is to stall for time. ”

"Alas......"

Cixi sighed and said, "In this way, you can hide from the first day of junior high school, but you can't hide from the fifteenth!" ”

Li Zhen also felt helpless in his heart, and now he only thought of this way.

Cixi returned to her seat and sighed again: "Go down and think about other ways." The mourning family doesn't want you to leave Beijing, so you have to figure out a solution as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, I understand."

Li Zhen nodded, turned around and left the West Palace, and returned to the Guiliang Mansion.

The new emperor Tongzhi Emperor ascended the throne, and Gui Liang was still an important minister in the court and had begun to work normally. During this time, Prince Gong Yixin did not let people find Gui Liang, so Gui Liang pretended to be sick and successfully survived the mourning period of Xianfeng and the stage of the new emperor's accession to the throne, without offending the new auxiliary minister or Prince Gong.

In the study, Li Zhen looked humble.

Regarding Su Shun's troubles, Li Zhen only thought of a way to delay, and did not consider a better way, so he returned to the house to ask Gui Liang for advice. Li Zhen carefully told the things he encountered today, but omitted the fragrant scene of seeing Cixi's two meat-balls. At the same time, Li Zhen said that he did not want to leave Beijing.

When Gui Liang heard this, he fell into deep thought.

It's not easy to do!

After being silent for a long time, Gui Liang said: "Virtuous son-in-law, what you said is very tricky and difficult to deal with. Su Shun's words were from the perspective of the imperial court, occupied the righteousness, and were also recognized by the Empress Dowager of the East Palace. If you don't leave Beijing, you will be nailed to the charge of not serving the country. ”

Speaking of this, Gui Liang said with a serious expression: "This crime can be big or small, if it is used by Su Shun, Zaiyuan and others, it must be very tricky." In addition, if you offend Su Shun, with Su Shun's temperament of retribution, it is difficult for you to save your life. Boy, the old man doesn't want his daughter to have no husband, so you should go to Jiangbei camp obediently. With your status as an auxiliary minister, plus you are the governor and admiral of Guangdong, or the minister of the Qincha, you are already quite powerful! ”

Li Zhen rolled his eyes, and said in his heart that Gui Liang didn't say this.

Leaving Beijing, he knew that there was a lot of power.

However, if Li Zhen does not stay in Beijing, he will not be able to know the situation in Beijing in the shortest possible time, and he is afraid of being hacked. The so-called open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to defend, he is on the front line, Su Shun and a few other masters are hiding in the nest, and he may not know when to give him a knife.

Li Zhen said unwillingly: "Father-in-law, is there no other way?" ”

Gui Liang brushed his beard and said: "Other than that, the only way to do it is to delay time." ”

Li Zhen couldn't get advice, and his heart was slightly cold.

He got up and said goodbye to Gui Liang, turned around and left the study. Gui Liang looked at Li Zhen's departing back and sighed, very helpless. Li Zhen is only one person, but Su Shun, Zaiyuan and others have seven people, with one enemy and seven, the disparity in strength is too great. Li Zhen left the study, looking at the scorching sun overhead, and thought of staying in the courtyard with nothing to do, plus if he really wanted to leave, he really had to arrange the affairs of the Nine Gates Admiral Yamen, otherwise he couldn't leave with confidence.

Li Zhen left Guiliang's mansion and went to the Yamen of the Admiral of Jiumen.

When he came to the Admiral's Yamen, he saw Zhang Guodong and Zhang Zhiping frowning, and their faces were full of solemnity, as if something had happened. Even, after Li Zhen entered, the two of them still stared at the file on the desk without blinking, and did not notice that Li Zhen entered the room.

Li Zhen stepped forward, and Zhang Zhiping found that Li Zhen was coming, and hurriedly saluted: "I've seen my lord!" ”

When Zhang Guodong heard this, he also got up to salute.

Li Zhen asked the two to sit down and asked, "You guys voted like this, and you are still sad, what happened?" ”

Zhang Guodong spread out the file in his hand and said helplessly: "In the past four days, a person has died every day, and four people have died in a row, but no one has found out what the reason is. ”

"Oh, and here's the thing!"

Li Zhen raised his eyebrows and took the file and looked at it.

In the dossier, the situation of these four days is recorded.

The murders that occurred for four consecutive days were all the deaths of the domestic slaves of the four big families in Beijing. The slave of the first family died by throwing himself into the water, and after an autopsy, no specific cause of death was determined; The house slave of the second family was dead in the morning after sleeping at night, and was bitten to death by a poisonous snake, and no one could release the poisonous snake; The house slaves of the third family died of poisoning, and the source of the poison could not be found; The house slaves of the fourth family were killed, and the murderer was also not caught.

It stands to reason that when a house slave dies, the owner of the family can ignore it and leave the body in the mass grave. However, the people of these four families all came to report to the official and asked the people of the government to hunt them down. Someone reported the case, and Zhang Guodong naturally couldn't refuse. After he sent someone to find out the news, he couldn't find the slightest clue and was very distressed.

After Li Zhen looked carefully, he didn't find any flaws.

Zhang Zhiping said: "My lord, I think there is something strange here, the people of the four major families have come to report to the official, as if they have made an appointment. If the patriarch of a family reports to the official for a house slave in the family, it can be speculated that this house slave has received preferential treatment from the family, and even has contributed to the family, so someone will come to ask to track down the murderer. But a series of things followed, and these domestic slaves were insignificant, and they thought that it might be collusion, and even the people of these big families might be the murderers. ”

Li Zhen frowned and said, "If the people of these families are murderers, why do they want to kill the house slaves and report to the official?" ”

Zhang Zhiping shook his head and said: "I can't figure it out!" ”

Li Zhen said: "Send more people to investigate this case with all our might." At the same time, send someone to keep an eye on the people of these four families, monitor their movements, and see who they have contacted recently. ”

After Li Zhen gave the order, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Now, there is such a tricky case in the yamen, and Li Zhen can use this case to stay temporarily.

Li Zhen stayed in the Admiral's Yamen and did not leave.

On the fourth day of the eighth month, around three o'clock in the afternoon.

At this time, a government official came to report, and Yin Jiang Qiling of Shuntian Mansion came to see him.

Before Jiang Qiling, Shuntianfu Yin was Wang Yu, who once had a relationship with Li Zhen, and now he has become Jiang Qiling. Li Zhen didn't know who Jiang Qiling was, but he still changed into an official uniform and met with Jiang Qiling, Yin of Shuntian Mansion, in the hall. After the two of them saw the ceremony, Jiang Qiling said directly: "My lord, the next official came because the county commander of Daxing County, who relied on the capital, died at home this morning. The lower officials could not find out the reason, so they could only ask Master Li to send soldiers to investigate the matter. ”

After Li Zhen heard this, a dark cloud sprouted in his heart.

Counting the county order of Daxing County, this is already the fifth person to die. The four house slaves who died in front of them were just minions, they were just family slaves. Now, it has evolved into the death of an official of the imperial court, and the situation is different. Li Zhen agreed to the matter, sent Jiang Qiling away, and began to investigate the case.

Things seem to be getting more and more confusing.

ps: the second shift;