Father-in-law Chu answered: "I'll just say, King Xing must not want to go back to the fiefdom, so he hid and went away, but the princess insisted that King Xing was missing......"

"Shut up!" Gonggong Lao snorted, and then bowed to Princess Yongfu and said, "Your Royal Highness the princess, don't pay attention to Chu Hua's stupid words, Lord Duan, is there a conclusion now?" ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "Even if King Xing left by himself, he can't easily close the case, a prince disappeared under the nose of Gonggong Chu, no matter what, it's a bit unreasonable, right?" In any case, finding His Royal Highness King Xing is the top priority at present, I think the most important thing for everyone now is not to shirk responsibility, but to use their brains to mobilize manpower to investigate the whereabouts of King Xingwang everywhere, and now that the backyard has been almost investigated, Her Royal Highness the princess wants to follow me to the middle hall to see if the people who punished those who stood in the snow have opened their minds? If Father-in-law Lao and Father-in-law Chu are busy, they don't need to follow. ”

Who can go at this time, everyone followed Duan Fei to the middle hall, only to see that most of the eunuchs, palace maids and miscellaneous servants who were standing in the wind and snow had been frozen and began to shiver, Duan Fei stood in front of them, and asked lazily: "Does anyone remember any clues?" ”

The brocade guard guarding the gang hurriedly replied: "My lord, their mouths are quite hard, and after standing for so long, no one spoke. ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "It's not necessarily a hard mouth, maybe it's because our Jinyiwei's reputation is too loud and scares them, you listen, this official can guarantee that no matter what you say, whether it is related to this case or not, this official will not punish you, if the clues provided help solve the case, this official will also be rewarded, now everyone has something to say?" ”

Hesitating, one of the people in the crowd raised his hand and said: "My lord, I have a clue, I don't know if it has anything to do with this case, yesterday morning, I was sweeping the fallen leaves on the ground in the front yard, a gust of wind blew, I hurriedly turned around to avoid it, and I caught a glimpse of a person in a white robe at the gate walking out, and I don't know if I was dazzled, please be careful." ”

Duan Fei tapped him with his finger and said, "You come out for me, draw a charge on your confession and go back, if anyone else has a clue, just say it, this official is busy." ”

Many people raised their hands and provided a lot of clues, all saying that they saw a man in a white robe come out of the backyard and leave the gate, but no one dared to confirm that it was His Royal Highness King Xing.

When no one raised his hand anymore, Duan Fei yawned and said, "Okay, everyone disperses, you can go to relatives and friends now, everyone goes to His Royal Highness King Xing, whoever finds the missing King Xingwang first, the official will be rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver!" ”

Princess Yongfu raised her breath and said: "As long as King Xing can be found, this princess will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver!" ”

Tattoo silver 10,000 taels, this is a huge amount for these people, even the side of the father-in-law Chu and even the father-in-law of Lao are a little moved, these people quickly dispersed, most of them walked towards the gate, King Xing also stayed in the capital for a while, these people plan to go to the place where King Xing often goes to try their luck, 10,000 taels of silver!

Duan Fei casually handed the confession in his hand to Hua Ming, who was following behind him, and said, "Take it and throw it away." ”

Princess Yongfu said in surprise on the side: "Lord Duan, why do you want to throw away these confessions? ”

Duan Fei glanced at Chu Hua and explained: "Your Royal Highness Princess, the confessions of these people are clear-eyed, and the descriptions of the people in white robes are basically the same, it seems that the evidence is conclusive, but in fact they are all flaws, the same scene is different in the memories of different people, this is called memory deception, so many people see this person in a white robe, in different places, just connected into a line from the inner courtyard to the gate, there is no discrepancy in this, it is obvious that this is a collective confession, Father-in-law Chu, do you know what the results of forging a confession will be?" ”

Chu Hua's face turned purple, and he retorted, "Lord Duan, do you suspect me of forging a confession?" What evidence do you have? What kind of memory deception do you say? I've never heard of it. ”

Duan Fei smiled slightly, and suddenly asked, "Gonggong Chu, what time do you think it is?" Please tell me right away and don't say anything else. ”

Chu Hua asked rhetorically, "What does it matter?" ”

Duan Fei said: "Grandpa Chu, don't you want evidence?" You'll understand when you answer. ”

Chu Hua looked up at the lead-like sky, and roughly estimated: "It's probably around the time, what kind of evidence is this?" ”

Duan Fei turned his head to Princess Yongfu and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, what time do you think it is?" ”

Princess Yongfu sighed: "I think it should be the beginning of the time, Lord Duan, what do you ask Shichen to do?" ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "Please princess after listening to Weichen's explanation, you can understand the problem of these confessions, although it didn't snow the morning before yesterday, but there were also heavy clouds in the sky, and it was difficult to estimate the hour if you couldn't see the sun, and the more than ten confessions just now claimed that she saw the man in white at the end of the hour, which is a little strange, you must know that there is no change of husband at the end of the day, how can they say the hour so well?" Just now, I asked Gonggong Chu and Her Royal Highness the princess about the current time, and the results are very different, not to mention more than ten people? There's always one or two that stand out from the rest, right? ”

Chu Hua refuted: "They may hear others say that it is the end of the time, and they feel that they are wrong, so they change their words and say that it is the end of the time?" ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "The herd mentality naturally exists, but in the case of a heavy reward, there will be people who have the heart of the game, trying to overwhelm others to highlight themselves, the official did not separate them one by one to record confessions is not a mistake, but a deliberate temptation, the result disappointed the official, the disappearance of King Xing is such a big thing, Father-in-law Chu actually tried to use this clumsy means to conceal, Father-in-law Chu, don't be in a hurry to refute, this official never fights a battle that is not certain, believe it or not, I will sue the emperor and see who is unlucky in the end." ”

Chu Hua's face suddenly turned iron-blue, and he had nothing to say, Lao Hai glanced at him, and saw that the color on his face was already in his heart, so he relieved his subordinates and said: "Xiao Chu, don't say it, even I can see that you are not, let alone Master Duan, who handles the case like a god?" Lord Duan is right, now it is the most important thing to find King Xing, whose fault is it and other cases to find out, Your Royal Highness Princess, Lord Duan, the old slave is right, right? ”

Princess Yongfu bowed slightly, Duan Fei said: "Father-in-law's words are very reasonable, now is not the time to hold accountable, and I also believe that the disappearance of King Xing should not be the fault of Father-in-law Chu, whether King Xing left by himself or was taken away, it was all carefully designed, unless there is the ability to predict, how to stop it?" Father-in-law, please don't be careful, I'm just looking for the bottom of it just to find His Royal Highness King Xing as soon as possible. ”

Chu Hua's color looked a little better, he snorted, and said: "The others are okay, the words of Xiao Liuzi, who was sweeping the floor in the front yard, are true, he said that he did see a person in a white robe leaving, with a figure similar to King Xing, and no one else followed, nor did he see whether there was a package on his body." ”

Duan Fei said: "Okay, let's tentatively make sure that King Xing left by himself, Hua Ming, send people to check along the street, the key target is the janitors of each prefecture, to see if anyone has seen someone in a white robe leave yesterday morning, if so, at what time, where did he go, and ask about the specific figure and clothing and other characteristics one by one." ”

"Yes, I will send someone to investigate." Hua Ming replied.

Duan Fei heard the sound of footsteps coming from behind him, he turned to look, only to see Shi Bin and the others walking quickly, Duan Fei asked, "Have you checked it out?" ”

Shi Bin replied: "My lord, we have checked the entire backyard except for the bedroom of Her Royal Highness the Princess, except for the wardrobe of His Royal Highness Xingwang's bedroom, the property is missing and there is no letter, everything else is normal, we also checked the upper and lower walls, the wall is three feet high, even the top masters cannot achieve it overnight, there are no fresh marks on the top of the wall, Xingwang should not have left over the wall." ”

Duan Fei said: "Very good, everyone has worked hard, let's get ready to close the team, Your Royal Highness the princess, it is best to lock King Xing's bedroom first, and the windows are also sealed with seals, everything remains as it is, if the official thinks of something, he may come to check again, if the princess finds any clues, such as someone sending a message asking for ransom, the princess does not need to notify Weichen in the first time." ”

Princess Yongfu nodded and said, "I'll leave everything to your lordship." ”

Duan Fei and Lao Hai bid farewell to Princess Yongfu, and then left the Xingwang Courtyard together, in front of the Xingwang Courtyard, Lao Hai asked Duan Fei: "Lord Duan, I will order the Internal Affairs Office to do my best to cooperate, and there will never be such a thing as Chu Hua again, I hope that when Lord Duan has any progress in the case, the prophet will say, and Lao is grateful." ”

Duan Fei replied: "Father-in-law Lao, please rest assured, this is just a trivial matter, and this official will definitely do it." ”

Seeing Lao Hai's sedan chair leave, Duan Fei turned over and shouted, "Let's go, go to Taibai Building." ”

Everyone was about to leave, Wang Zuo took Hu Jie and Chai Chao out and said to Duan Fei: "Lord Duan, the princess ordered us to follow the adults for the time being to help investigate the case. ”

Duan Fei secretly praised Princess Yongfu for her intelligence and interest in his heart, and said, "Okay, you guys follow, this official is about to go to Taibai Building, and you lead the way." ”

Wang Zuo leads the way in front, Taibai Lou is located at the intersection of Dongdan Pailou Street and East Chang'an Street, the scale is not as large as Sihailou, but just from the exquisite façade to know that it is taking the all-high-end route, the people in front of the door are also Jinyi Yuluo people, Taibai Lou has always ranked in the top three restaurants in the capital, and most of the people who don't like the noise of Sihailou will like here.

King Xing also likes the elegance and tranquility here, but the bad consequences he brought to this place the day before yesterday are obviously fresh in people's minds, and Xiao Er's face suddenly changed when he saw Wang Zuo and Hu Jie, and he stepped forward and said: "Wang Guard, Hu Guard, is Wang Wang Okay?" Don't let him get drunk like that again this time. ”

Wang Zuo smiled bitterly: "My prince didn't come today, we are accompanying Lord Jinyi Wei Duan to investigate the case, the second brother asks you to take us to the box where the prince was drunk that day, and call your boss and the two singers that day." ”

"Lord Jinyi Wei Duan?" Xiao Er looked at Duan Fei who was walking behind in surprise, the little second brother read a lot of people, and recognized Duan Fei at a glance in the crowd, he squeezed between Wang Zuo and Hu Jie, and shouted: "Lord Duan, I heard that you can cut people into several pieces and put them together, is this true?" ”

Duan Fei smiled slightly, and asked rhetorically: "Do you think it's true or true, if you say it's false, it's false, the truth of idealism is very profound, today the official is here to investigate the case, I won't explain it to you slowly, you better take us in quickly." ”

Duan Fei looked at him lightly, the little second brother understood that he was talking too much, he hurriedly bowed his head and pleaded guilty to Duan Fei, and then led everyone into the Taibai Building, through the lobby, straight into the backyard, in a very exquisitely arranged courtyard, a well-carved high-rise building rose from the ground, this is the real Taibai Building, because there is a certain distance from the block, so it is particularly quiet.