The Shaoshang Mansion is located in the east of the inner city, and the courtyard is magnificent, but it is extremely low-key.

It's the prince's mansion, and there are no soldiers to take care of the house.

Yin Li led a team of more than 20 inner court guards to the palace.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace, Guang Han frowned: "What are you bringing me here for?"

Yin Li smiled: "There must still be a lot of rebel forces hidden in the imperial capital, although they are just thieves who have slipped through the net, they have to be guarded against." Prince Shaoshang is the elder brother of today's son, shouldn't he send troops to protect him? ”

Guang Han asked: "Send troops to protect, is this what the Queen Mother explained?"

Yin Li specializes in investigating cases, has the right to make decisions, and he is good at making his own decisions, so he is nonsense: "It's nominally protection, but it's actually surveillance, but in fact, the Queen Mother is not at ease with Prince Shaoshang, and she is afraid that he will make trouble in chaos, so I will send troops to watch." ”

As she spoke, look closely at Guanghan to see what kind of expression she would show.

Sure enough, Guang Han listened to his words, his eyes rolled, and he was obviously anxious.

Knocking on the gate of the palace and about to enter, a vendor happened to come out of the back room.

Yin stood in the voice of the chief of the guard, ordering him to secretly arrest the vendor.

Then, he asked the guards to wait outside, and he and Guang Han stepped into the house.

Prince Shaoshang personally greeted him in the courtyard, smiling and looking harmless to humans and animals. Maybe Shaoshang didn't know Yin Li, or maybe he just pretended not to know, he just nodded slightly to Yin Li. And when facing Guang Han, he bowed: "I don't know what the female official is doing when she comes to the Xiaowang Mansion?"

Guang Han pointed his finger at Yin Li: "It's him looking for you, I'm just a follower." ”

Shaoshang turned around and arched his hand towards Yin Li: "I don't know what it is ......?"

Yin Li bowed and replied, "Junior Minister Yin Li, under the order of the two religions, went down the mountain to assist the Queen Mother in thoroughly investigating the case of the demon rebellion. The minister found out that Prince Shaoyong colluded with the demons and plotted a rebellion, and the rebels were dismantled one by one last night. The queen mother was afraid that the remaining thieves who had slipped through the net would be unfavorable to the prince, so she specially sent the ministers to lead the troops to escort them. ”

Shaoshang was first taken aback at Yin Li, and then overjoyed: "It turned out to be Yin Shizi!" Xiao Wang has long wanted to get acquainted with Shizi, but it's a pity that you went to the Xuanshuang Sect and didn't go down the mountain for a long time, and Xiao Wang never got a chance. Today, the prince is uninvited, which is in line with Xiao Wang's wishes, and I will not get drunk with you tonight. Let's go, go into the house. ”

After speaking, he laughed and pulled Yin Li into the hall.

Guang Han followed, thoughtful, but silent.

After the three of them sat down, Shaoshang asked people to serve tea, and then asked people to prepare wine and food.

Yin Li stopped: "The prince doesn't have to be polite, let's drink this wine another day." ”

Shaoshang's expression was lost: "What, doesn't the prince want to make friends with Xiao Wang?"

Yin Li replied with a smile: "The minister is naturally happy to make a friend like the prince. It's just that the commander of the Uerman people has not yet been captured and brought to justice, and there are new clues in the case of Prince Shaoyong's rebellion, and the minister will have to track the case for a while, so this glass of wine has to be put on hold for the time being, and after the case is over, the minister will come to the house to pay respects. ”

Shaoshang led the teacup: "In this case, then please drink tea before leaving." ”

Yin Li took a sip of his cup, and after a round of conversation, he had some affirmation.

On the surface, this young merchant was relaxed and did not leak, saying that he wanted to make friends with Yin Li, but in fact, he was overly vigilant, and when he heard that his brother was rebelling, he was indifferent and did not say a word. This illustrates the problem, and in this case, the easier it is, the more problematic it is.

After drinking tea, Yin Li and Guang Han said goodbye and left.

......

By that time, the moon had risen and it was getting late.

The prisoners are being tortured in the cells guarded by the inner court guards.

The person on trial was a merchant from the palace of the prince of Shaoshang.

The merchant couldn't stand the torture and screamed vigorously.

Yin Li and Guang Han came to the cell and saw that the vendor was beaten bloody, and both of them couldn't help but be stunned. Yin Li said to the chief of the guard: "I asked you to arrest him, but I didn't let you beat him." Hey, you, you, you're really ruthless, a living person makes you look like a ghost. ”

The chief guard said, "Isn't it the case that all prisoners are tortured?"

Yin Li asked him: "You have been fighting for a long time, what did you ask?"

The head of the guard smiled bitterly: "He kept saying that he was wronged and couldn't ask." ”

Yin Li said: "Then who is his surname, where he lives, and what does he do for a living, these should always be asked, right?"

The chief guard said: "He has explained all this, this person's name is Wang Ruilin, his family lives in the south of the city, and he is in the clothing and leather business. He did quite a big business, and often sold goods to the Gaman Empire. He just explained that Prince Shaoshang invited him to come to the mansion to measure the size of his wife and concubine in the mansion, and planned to go back to work and cut clothes. What do you say, Prince Shaoshang repeatedly instructed that the whole family should wear new clothes to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother on her birthday the day after tomorrow, so that he must hurry up and cut it well, and he must not miss the time. ”

Yin Li nodded, invited the chief of the guard out alone, and quietly explained.

He sent the chief of the guard to Jingzhao Mansion to check Wang Ruilin's household registration information.

Through the household registration information, check his relatives and friends.

After the chief guard received the order, a sly smile hung on the corner of Yin Li's mouth.

Back in the cell, he prepared a table of wine and food, and then invited Guanghan and all the guards out of the interrogation room. Finally, he closed the prison door, untied the trader Wang Ruilin, grabbed his hand, and stared at the brand on his arm: "This should be the symbol of the slave market, you used to be a slave, right? ”

Wang Ruilin, a vendor, said: "What's the matter, have you broken the law?"

Yin Li invited him to the table: "Drink, drink a few more cups to suppress the shock." ”

Wang Ruilin, a vendor, didn't understand: "Beat me for a while, invite me to drink for a while, what do you want?"

Yin Li said: "I asked you to be arrested, I didn't expect the guards to torture you to extract a confession, this is my negligence, I let you suffer a big crime, and setting the table for wine and food should be regarded as reparation." Don't worry, I don't mean anything else, I don't want to ask you anything. ”

About half an hour later, the chief guard slowly rushed back from Jingzhao Mansion.

He told Yin Li that there was a fire in the case room of Jingzhao Mansion, and all the materials were burned.

There was no fire in the morning, no fire in the evening, but at this time there was a fire.

Yin Li's first reaction was that this fire must have been set by a thief! It seems that this person is the key to solving the case.

The Jingzhao Mansion case room caught fire, and the household registration information was burned, which made it obvious that the thief wanted to destroy Wang Ruilin's household registration information. What secrets does Wang Ruilin contain? Yin Li faintly noticed that between Prince Shaoshang and Guang Han, there was also a pair of invisible black hands, and this black hand was the one who helped Shaoshang plan the overall situation.

It's a pity that the household registration information has been burned, and it is impossible to check the detailed background of Wang Ruilin.

There is still a way to plan for now, and perhaps the transaction information of the dungeon slave market can still find clues.

I didn't think much about it at the moment, and asked the captain of the guard to pick a few good ones to follow him to the dungeon.

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