After washing up and having some breakfast, Wang Mang asked Li Lan to inform the ministers to meet in the study.

I only went to the court yesterday, so I naturally don't need to go to the early court today, Wang Mang is also happy, and the province is annoyed to look at so many officials.

When the ministers saw Wang Mang, Wang Mang was watching the recital, Wang Mang looked up, yo, none of the nine ministers who came yesterday came, as well as Jing Zhaoyin, Zhongshu Ling, Terracotta Division and other chief officials of the yamen.

When these adults saw Wang Mang, they knelt down and kowtowed, and the mountain shouted long live, and then they complained one by one.

"Your Majesty, last night a thief broke into the prison of the Criminal Department unknowingly, and then killed Fang Xizhi by inexplicable means, and as far as the minister knows, there were more than ten people in the capital last night who died in the same way as Fang Xizhi, Weichen thinks that this is a manifestation of Jing Zhao Yin's yamen's failure to maintain law and order in the capital, and his majesty asks His Majesty to severely punish Jing Zhao Yin. As soon as Li Si, the secretary of the Criminal Department, came up, he buttoned a big hat to Jing Zhaoyin.

Dali Temple Qing Shen was not to be outdone, and shouted: "Your Majesty, the minister was ordered by His Majesty yesterday to raid Fang Xizhi's mansion, but the situation in the mansion is different from the situation in the Fang Mansion that the minister understands, Wechen immediately went to the Criminal Department to prepare for the interrogation of Fang Xizhi, but the Criminal Department actually let people sneak into the prison to kill Fang Xizhi, Wechen felt that this matter was by no means simple, and Wechen asked His Majesty to thoroughly investigate the Criminal Department. ”

The minister seconded. Jingzhao Yin Lin Guodong was already angry, and immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, the security of the Criminal Department has always been the responsibility of the Criminal Department itself, Jingzhao Yin Yamen is just a small yamen, and he can't manage the security issues of the Criminal Department, and Weichen thoroughly investigated last night and found that the more than ten people who died in the capital had an inseparable relationship with Fang Xizhi, and Fang Xizhi died before them. ”

Li Si said angrily: "Your Majesty, don't listen to what they say, they are really bullying honest people, the end of the criminal department, sit up straight, Weichen has taken into custody all the prison guards of the criminal department last night, and has arranged for someone to investigate thoroughly, but there are such mysterious people in the capital, shouldn't Jing Zhaoyin have an explanation?"

This Li Si is trying to find a person to blame for Fang Xizhi's death, and the relevant parties in this are best bullied by Jing Zhaoyin, if Lin Guodong doesn't deal with it well, I'm afraid he will have to carry this pot! Wang Mang looked at the noisy piece in front of him, and said in his heart.

Then Wang Mang ignored the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Jing Zhaoyin, who were fighting together, and turned his head to look at the others: "What's the matter with you?"

Li Hong immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, after the minister went back yesterday, he immediately checked the household department, and found that the account book of the household department in charge of Fang Xizhi was missing several copies, and the minister originally planned to find the account book of Fang Xizhi for interrogation by the criminal department, but now it is ......."

"Li Shangshu, are you planning to die without proof?" Wang Yongji sneered: "This official asked you yesterday for the military account book sent to the south by our military department, you told the official to go back and look for it, and now as soon as Fang Xizhi dies, you say that the account book is lost, and the people listed are all clear-eyed people, and Your Majesty has an unobstructed view, what attention do you pay attention to? What do you have in mind?"

As soon as Wang Yongji finished speaking, the ministers looked at Li Hong with strange eyes, Li Hong was in a cold sweat, and shouted: "Ladies and gentlemen, I, Li Hong, have been in the same dynasty with you for many years, what kind of person I am, you still don't know, how can I have this kind of thought." ”

Then Li Hong knelt on the ground again, kowtowed, and said, "Your Majesty Mingjian!"

Wang Mang looked at Li Hongguang and shook his head, this Li Hong is really a lot of things for me, if it weren't for Wang Mang's lack of suitable manpower to replace him now, Wang Mang would have kicked Li Hong out of the court by now, and there would be more than enough success!

But at this moment, Wang Mang couldn't handle Li Hong well, so he had to say: "Li Hong's matter is put aside for the time being, I understand what you mean, but I want to know, what did you find after a busy night?

Fang Xizhi's death, Wang Mang saw it clearly through the visual sharing of the big black, and now thinking of the mysterious white-robed man who killed Fang Xizhi, Wang Mang still has palpitations.

That person's strength is too strong, the means are too weird, it is simply impossible to guard against, if it weren't for the fact that there are few masters of the innate realm today, Wang Mang would have suspected that person is an innate person.

Such a strange person, hiding in the capital, what does he want to do, Wang Mang is very jealous, Wang Mang is very eager to know the news of this person.

But Wang Mang was destined to be disappointed, and Li Si stood up and said: "Your Majesty, let the most experienced person in the Criminal Department conduct an autopsy on the other party, but ......"

"What's wrong?" Wang Mang asked.

"Fang Xizhi was not fatally injured. Li Si said with a frightened face: "I said that Fang Xizhi was suffocated to death!"

"Suffocation?" Lin Guodong looked at Li Si in surprise, then looked at Wang Mang and said, "Your Majesty, the other corpses found in the capital are also suffocated to death. ”

Shen Buxian's eyes flashed, and he said, "Then it seems that it was the same person who killed the person?"

"There are no direct eyewitnesses. Lin Guodong shook his head and said: "Everyone near the murder scene seems to have fallen asleep, and then when they woke up, they saw the dead man." ”

"It's the same with the Criminal Department. Li Sidao: "After interrogating the people in the prison last night, they all said that they were drowsy, and then they didn't know what was going on in a daze, and when they woke up, they found that Fang Xizhi was dead." ”

"In this way, it will be the same person who kills people, or the same organization. Shen Buxian looked at Lin Guodong and said, "Lord Lin, there are many people in the capital, so there are no clues at all." ”

"Can't say no. Lin Guodong said: "There is a scene where no one passes by because of the hidden place, but the official found a drunkard in a garbage dump near the scene, saying that he had seen a white-robed man passing by in the middle of the night, but this person drank too much, I don't know whether it was nonsense or really saw it." ”

"Whether it's true or not, you have to check it to find out. Wang Mang opened his mouth at this time, he was a direct witness, he really saw the white-robed man, and when he heard that Lin Guodong had found the white-robed man, he immediately took his mouth and directly designated the white-robed man as a suspect.

And the eyes of the other adults lit up, and they suddenly felt that this white-robed man was a good shield, regardless of whether he was real or not. Put the pot on his head first, and then say, so all the adults praised him one after another.

Only Zhang Jian, the secretary of the ministry, had some bottom line, and stood up and said: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing Your Majesty would like to know, last night Qingdefang, the largest gambling house in the capital, collapsed directly for unknown reasons, and the capital knows that Fang Xizhi has a relationship with Qingdefang, Weichen wondered, whether there is any connection between Fang Xizhi's death and the collapse of Qingdefang." ”

Qingdefang collapsed?

Wang Mang looked stunned, he didn't notice Zhang Jian's words later, he only heard that Qingde Fang had collapsed, and immediately felt that countless small coins had left him, and said hurriedly: "What about the gambling stone workshop?"