"No, the relatives in Zheng Lu's family are in his hometown of Yancheng, and Mrs. Zheng's family has long been empty, it is for this reason that Zheng Lu married Mrs. Zheng out of sympathy, and the two have been harmonious for many years,"

"Adults think, could it be that the son of their family who is not angry set the fire because he can't get money?" Liang Xin had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and immediately blurted out, but he denied it.

"But it shouldn't be possible, Zheng Kang, the son of Zheng Lu, was also a famous talent in the capital before, and he was one of the people recommended by filial piety, so he shouldn't be able to do this kind of thing."

"If you really want to know the results, you should put more effort into finding the real evidence than speculating."

Xiao Huai'an exhaled and looked around. This place is really remote, except for the crops planted by people on both sides of the river near the North River, the rest of the place is desolate, I don't know, I think it is to the outskirts of the city.

Just watching, Xiao Huai'an suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a big mansion in the distance, and remembered what Su Jiao said last night when she took herself to the bridge to watch the fireworks.

"Is there a distant relative of a wealthy businessman, I heard what Su Jiao said yesterday, and it seems that he also lives around here."

"Yes, there is indeed a family outside the house. The subordinates also heard that last night the lady specially brought the adults here to watch the fireworks set off by their house, no wonder the adults remembered. ”

Liang Xin put his hand on the pergola, looked at it from a distance, nodded in hindsight, and couldn't help but tease a few words, and then exchanged for a cold look from Xiao Huai'an.

"You know, it's clear. Walk over and ask them if they have found anything. ”

"Yes." Liang Xin smiled embarrassedly, agreed to come down, got into the carriage, and came to the Zhang family's mansion in a few moments.

It's like the house of an ordinary wealthy businessman, but because of the wide cost of the house, the area of the house is slightly larger, but it is regulated to the point that it does not exceed half a point.

Liang Xin stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after the little man who watched the door asked his identity clearly, he hurriedly respectfully invited the two of them in for tea, and called Zhang Yuanwai out.

Although he is a relative of the Zhang family in name, this Zhang Bai is not at all similar to Hubu Shangshu, with a big belly, fortunately, a round face is quite amiable, but it is better to feel disgusting.

"The two adults don't know what they are doing when they come to the cold house, the grass people have always kept to themselves in business, this my cousin is a household secretary in the court, and he can also testify for me."

When the words landed, Zhang Bai was busy wiping the cold sweat from his head, and he didn't pay attention to the surprised expression of Liang Xin on the other side for a while.

Liang Xin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and almost exclaimed, looking at his age, it seemed that he was one or twenty years older than Zhang Song.

However, Xiao Huai'an was only taken aback for a moment, and quickly came back to his senses, "Zhang Yuanwai don't worry, we are just here to ask you a few questions." ”

"I don't know if Zhang Yuanwai knows, in the house not far from your house, there is Zheng Lu, the deputy governor of the Ministry of Rites."

Xiao Huai'an's face was calm, but even if he didn't show any fierce expression, his stunning aura alone was enough to frighten Zhang Bai into sweating.

Zhang Baizuo is just an ordinary rich businessman, with Zhang Song's blessing, he can occasionally receive some business from imperial merchants, well, after a steady half of his life, I have never seen such a powerful person.

After calming down for a long time, Zhang Bai settled down, rubbed his hands and replied obediently, "Yes, since the grass people settled here, that Master Zheng has also been living there, and our two families have occasionally had a friendship,"

"It's just that last night was the full moon wine of the grass people, and I wanted to invite Lord Zheng and Zheng Gongzi to come over to eat the noodles together, but the people below went to invite them during the day but didn't see anyone, and they didn't want to disturb Mrs. Zheng's recuperation, so they didn't call them."

"Your Excellency." Liang Xin heard the important information in his ears, turned around and glanced at Xiao Huai'an, and when he nodded in agreement, he asked a question for her.

"We came here this time to ask about this matter, yesterday Zheng Mansion caught fire, but no body was found in the ruins, only you lived in the banquet yesterday, it should have been quite late, do you have any findings?"

"Corpses?!" As soon as Zhang Bai heard these two words, he was so frightened that his voice changed, and he hurriedly recited Amitabha Buddha several times in his heart before he opened his mouth aggrievedly.

"This grass people really don't know, yesterday's full moon wine, everyone was busy greeting guests, who knew that there was a fire over there? Moreover, yesterday, in order to celebrate, the grass people set off fireworks for half a night, and even if there was firelight, I was afraid that it would be regarded as the light of fireworks. ”

"Well, master," the housekeeper next to him heard Zhang Bai speak like this, as if he remembered something, and reminded in a low voice, "This, in fact, last night, before the fire in the Zheng family was completely burned, the people who changed shifts at the door saw it, as if there was a carriage parked on the official road." ”

"Which carriage is it, do you remember the sign on it?" Hearing this, Xiao Huaian asked in a deep voice.

His solemn momentum also made the housekeeper's body tremble, and he looked like he was not a thief, "This is too far away, and the people below don't see it clearly, just because Lord Zheng has always been frugal and never takes a carriage, so I only paid attention to it and only knew that the carriage was very atmospheric and exquisite, and it should not be something that ordinary people could afford to sit on." ”

"Okay, I know." Xiao Huai'an lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, although he couldn't get an accurate result, he had a rough guess in his heart.

After that, Xiao Huai'an immediately got up and went out, Liang Xin went out in front to turn the head of the carriage, and couldn't help asking, "My lord thinks that it could be Li Shangshu, he was worried that Lord Zheng would temporarily overturn his confession, so he found someone to kill people and kill him?" ”

"Li Shangshu is just a literati, and he doesn't have such great courage. What's more, there are few horse-drawn carriage regulations that are so high that they can attract attention. Xiao Huai'an denied it, although he hated Li Shangshu, he still had a clear grasp of some qualities.

Although I couldn't find anyone on my trip today, I can be sure that the Zheng family is still alive, but I don't know when the Zheng family's chess piece will be used by the people behind it.

Thinking about it, Xiao Huai'an narrowed his eyes slightly, and then asked Liang Xin to drive to the Ministry of Rites as usual.

In the Imperial Palace, today is the fifteenth day of the month, and the Emperor must stay in the Queen's Palace.

Since the queen entered the middle palace, she has always been virtuous and generous, although the emperor has never loved one person, he will give the queen a few thin noodles, and he will also eat in the queen's palace at noon.

Xu Rulie knew about the emperor's habit, and he also knew very well that because of Su Lian's incident some time ago, the emperor had lost most of his confidence in him.

Anyway, this time Xu Rulie sincerely prepared a gift, and it was a position specially chosen by Xiao Huai'an, so Xu Rulie took this opportunity to enter the palace early and arrange related matters with the queen.

"What the hell is so mysterious, the queen rarely doesn't eat in the main hall." There is nothing annoying about today's excerpt, but there are some trivial matters, so the emperor's mood is not bad.

It's just that this kind of selling is just a trick, and letting the old eunuch Dequan lead him around the road, it will inevitably make the emperor feel a little irritable.

Dequan weighed the emperor's mood, and smiled all over his face to reassure, "This slave doesn't know, it was carefully arranged by the queen mother and the third prince, Your Majesty, let's take a look first." ”

After that, Dequan gave him a look and asked the two godsons behind him to open the door, and he supported the emperor with his life.

This side hall is not brighter than the main hall, and there are very few candles in the daytime, and the emperor has always disliked dark places, so there will be some complaints. But as soon as the door of the side hall was opened, I don't know what the light came from, but it illuminated the room as if it were day.

After his eyes adjusted to the strange light, Dequan helped the emperor into the house, only to find that a falcon carved from gold was placed in the center.

If it is just an ordinary falcon shape, it is difficult to reflect the sunlight and candlelight so dazzlingly, but the golden body of the falcon is very smooth, and there are many carefully drawn gold fluff, and the light is reflected back and forth in several sides of gold, which naturally looks more shiny.

"Sons see their father, may my father live long live." Just when he was surprised, Xu Rulie walked out from behind the screen of the side store.

The emperor was happy, and the queen also came out from behind the curtain and helped the emperor to sit down at the table on the other side.

"I've seen Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you see how hard you are, this falcon is carved well, and the meaning is also very good, which indicates that my emperor is like this goshawk hunting in the sky, forever majestic and mighty."

"Hehe, I just said that the queen has always been dignified, these methods must not be something the queen can come up with, it turns out that you are pretending to be a ghost." The Emperor smiled, and there was obviously a little more love for a father in his tone.

"My father's words are wrong to blame the sons, the sons hope that the father will live forever, but the father is the ninety-five supreme. didn't lack anything, so he thought of using some clever ways to refute his father and smile. ”

Seeing this, Xu Rulie was accustomed to the emperor's reprimands for many days, and finally managed to have a good face, so he immediately obediently came up and sat down at the emperor's head.

"You kid is also attentive, but a lot of times it's really worrying to me, if you can handle those trivial things in your backyard well, I don't have to think about how to explain to my courtiers all day long, wouldn't it be upside down."

The emperor sighed meaningfully, and the empress immediately changed her face and glared at Xu Rulie lightly.

"The sons remember the teachings of their fathers, and the sons send their fathers to the emperor." It's a pity that Xu Rulie was only focused on how to please the emperor, and didn't notice the queen's sight at all, until he sent the emperor back to the Yangxin Palace for a nap after dinner, and the queen pulled him over.

"Queen Mother, what are you doing, your son still has to rush out of the palace, and there are still many things waiting for your son to do." Xu Rulie caught the queen off guard, and waited back to the room to complain after taking care of his face.