When Yi Chengjin and the others were rushing from Suzhou Mansion to Yingtianfu, in the main hall of Yingtianfu Palace, they were meeting the envoys of all countries.

Korea, Annam, Ryukyu, Luzon, Sulu, Borneo...... The envoys of various countries had a large number of bells and whistles, all waiting outside the ceremony, and the eunuch sang a name, and the envoys of that country entered the palace with a tribute list.

"Sumatra ......" After the eunuch finished singing, the Sumatran envoy at the gate of the main hall had not yet stepped into the threshold of the main hall, and a person pulled him violently, and he sat back on the ground, and the woman who dragged him rushed in while crying:

"Good for you! You pay my husband! ”

Zhu Zhanji glanced at Li Fu inexplicably, Li Fu hurriedly turned sideways and asked the eunuch in charge of the envoy next to him, and returned: "This is the princess of the Cat Country, and his husband Sir Stephen is the envoy of the Cat Country. ”

"What? The envoy is gone? When was this? ”

Zhu Zhanji was a little unconvinced, they had already arranged for envoys from various countries to be arranged in 10 large inns, each of which was equipped with a special reception official, and if any envoys went missing, they should have reported it earlier.

"My husband went to a place called a casino to run errands last night, and he hasn't returned yet, I don't ask for you, who is looking for you?"

"Casino?" Zhu Zhanji smiled dumbly: "Your husband understands our Ming customs very quickly!" ”

Hu Yanjin stepped forward and whispered: "Your Highness, do you remember that before the capital was moved, there was a case of theft of money in Yingtianfu?" At that time, Jingwei didn't catch anyone, and the emperor was also furious, and the commander of Jingwei was demoted for this.

On that day, the envoy came to report and was recognized by the deputy commander of the Jingwei, but he wandered overseas, and somehow, married the princess of the Maoli Kingdom, and returned to Daming as an envoy. Now that he has a dual identity, we can't touch him. ”

"And such wonders? You immediately take someone to a few casinos to look for it, and if you lose money and are deducted, you will be in trouble for him. The country is a big thing. ”

Hu Yanjin was about to leave, when the guards at the door hurriedly came in and reported: "His Royal Highness the Emperor of Qiqi, at the request of the Yin Palace of Tianfu Mansion, it was reported that a corpse was found...... A person suspected of being a foreign mission wanted to ask the mission to recognize the person. ”

Zhu Zhanji's heart is not good, as soon as he said that the person was missing, he said that the body was found, who was doing something during the worship?

He hurriedly said: "Huyan, you go to see the situation of Cheng'en Temple first, and then go to the casino." ”

Hu Yanjin was just about to leave, but Zhu Zhanji stopped him again: "Come back!" Take this woman away with her, let her go and see if she recognizes it, so as not to make trouble in the main hall. ”

Out of the palace gate, Hu Yanjin saw that Hua Qiao was waiting for him in front of the carriage, so he let the princess of the country get into the car of Lord Yin.

"Why are you here? There was a murder case, involving the envoys, and the grandson asked me to take a look. ”

"Huh? I thought I was going to the casino to help the princess find a husband...... She has already made a fuss on Niangniang's side today, and if she has to run to the main hall, she can't stop her. It's so painful that my mother's head hurts, so I want to rest, let's go over in the afternoon. I guess Taisun will let you go, just wait at the door. ”

"Huh? So smart? How did you guess it was me? ”

"Now by Taisun's side, are there any ministers younger than you? Do you want those old ministers to go to the casino to save people? Hua Qiao smiled and said, "But, didn't the princess's husband go to the casino?" Who is this damned? ”

"I don't know if it's the same person......

Cheng'en Temple was not far from Sanshan Street, where they lived, and their carriage followed Fu Yin's car into the temple.

"Oops! The buckwheat girl is also too good...... What kind of princess in this cat house is too noisy, listen to her again, my Tianfu accent is about to be dyed with the smell of Shanghai water! ”

Last time, Hua Qiao and the others went to the government to state the case of black pig cannibalism, and they had a lot of dealings with Fu Yin. Chen Fuyin led them to the pagoda behind Cheng'en Temple, and Princess Maoli Wuguo also followed.

This pagoda is a feng shui pagoda, which was built after Emperor Taizu built the dynasty. Seven layers of octagonal bricks, pavilion-like tower body is flat and stable, simple and elegant.

At this time, a straw mat was being covered below, and Wan Zhutou was standing next to it with a few people. He was also very happy to see Hu Yanjin and Hua Qiao, and without waiting for their orders, he went over and lifted the straw mat, revealing the head of the corpse.

The princess, who was walking behind, saw that her husband was covered under the mat, and she couldn't help but rush forward and cry: "Stephen...... How can this be......"

"Stephen? …… But this is obviously the appearance of a Ming person, but some people recognize him living in the inn where the ambassadors live, so they wonder which country he is the translator of the mission. Wan San scratched his head and said.

Back then, it was Jingwei who went directly to get someone, and he didn't recognize him. Hu Yanjin briefly introduced two sentences, and several people suddenly realized.

Among the few people who were around before, one of them was Ying Tianfu's servant, his age seemed to be older than Hua Youcai, and he looked very experienced.

The princess of Maoli Wuguo cried a few times, stood up and pointed at Hu Yanjin and Chen Fuyin and scolded:

"Why did you die here? It must be you, kill him to atone! But he is no longer your criminal, he is the knight of our catly kingdom, my husband, the ambassador of our country. You murderers......"

The old servant next to him hurriedly stepped forward and said, "This lady ......"

"Call me Princess!"

"Uh...... This princess, the younger one, had just been examined, and the ambassador, who had neither strangulation marks nor poisoning, fell from the tower and fell to her death. ”

"Why did he come to this hellish place? I don't believe it, you must have lied to me! Why did you come to the temple when you went to the casino? You wait for me to hand over the letter of state, so that all the envoys of all countries can see if Da Ming is worth attaching! ”

The princess of the cat stood up violently, lifted her skirt and walked away angrily.

"Humph! A Jiangyang thief, just dead! This is the person the emperor wants to arrest, and the lower officials believe that His Royal Highness the Taisun will also turn a blind eye......" Chen Fuyin said confidently.

Yes, there are thousands of ways to solve state affairs, and you can't watch a fugitive come back and show off his might.

As if she hadn't heard, Hua Qiao walked directly towards the corpse on the ground.

This fake foreigner fell from the sixth floor of the stupa, and the most obvious evidence is that the railing of the sixth floor is broken.

When Hu Yanjin saw Hua Qiao going to the autopsy, he glanced at Wan Zhutou, and the two went up to the tower.

Hua Qiao checked for a while: there were no strangulation marks, no resistance injuries, no poisoning, the clothes on the body were basically neat, the deceased's buttocks hit the ground first, and there should be multiple fractures on the body to the touch, all of which met the conditions for falling to death. It seems that the old man's judgment is correct.

But the words of the princess of the cat Li Wuguo just now were rooted in Hua Qiao's heart: no matter how he beautified it, he still told the princess the fact that he was a fugitive, that is, he himself was worried that he would be brought to justice by Daming.

However, his current identity protected him again, and the smooth registration also confirmed this, and he became relieved, so he dared to go to the casino to have fun.

Hua Qiao wiped her hands with the cloth handed over by the old maid while thinking about it, and suddenly, she looked at the blood on her hands and remembered what Daddy had said to him.

She crouched down and carefully examined the bleeding head again.