At this point, he paused suddenly, quickly exchanged glances with the prince on the side, and then continued to reply: "As for the fact that the Punishment Division was broken into by assassins and killed the prisoner Liu Hu in the prison, it was caused by the negligence of the people sent by the sons to the Punishment Division to help. All the blame, the son is willing to bear it with all his might! ”

After speaking, he suddenly knelt on the ground.

Everything happened in an instant, and Jiang Chuge didn't even react from Qin Ying's sudden words, so he saw him bend his knees and kneel down towards the ground.

Jiang Chuge's heart jumped violently, shocked and moved, such a big thing is not easy for him to have the identity of a prince.

Her fists tightened slightly, and without hesitation, she knelt down with Qin Ying, and looked at the emperor behind the wide desk, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, with thick eyebrows tightly twisted.

"Your Majesty, the reason why Liu Hu was assassinated was because of ......"

"Father, the son thinks that now is not the time to be held accountable."

The crown prince cut off Jiang Chuge's words in a voice, he took a step across, stood beside Qin Ying, and said to the emperor after the case of the table: "The Punishment Division and the mansions of the six court officials were attacked on the same night, and it should be related to the case that Jiang Tixing is investigating. Nearly 500 people lost their lives overnight, which will surely cause an uproar in the whole country and unstable people's hearts. The most important thing now is to get to the bottom of the matter. ”

Jiang Chuge understood the deep meaning of the prince's words, moved his lips, and did not speak again after all.

The emperor knew what the hell his two sons were playing, and sat up slightly straight, and his slightly wrinkled face was no longer as serious and cold as Fang Cai.

He waved his hand at the three juniors in front of him, and his tone was a little helpless: "Okay, get up, I'm really stupid, I can't see what wishful thinking you are making?" ”

Maintain Jiang Chuge, after all, she is his future daughter-in-law.

"Thank you, Father."

"Your Majesty."

Qin Ying and Jiang Chuge thanked each other in unison and quickly got up from the ground.

When the prince saw this scene, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

There was a brief silence in the imperial study, and the emperor's eyes wandered on Jiang Chuge and Qin Ying for a while, before he spoke again: "The matter has come out, and it is useless for me to pursue it more at the moment, but I am the emperor after all, and I have to take care of the thoughts of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of the world...... I order you two to cooperate with each other for a period of ten days, and if you can't solve this case, you will be severely punished! ”

In this way, it should be a test of the relationship between the two of them.

The three of them came out of the imperial study, and the prince said a few words to the two, and then left first to return to the East Palace.

Jiang Chuge and Qin Ying slowly walked towards the palace gate.

Both of them were pondering things in their hearts, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was slightly awkward.

On the way, the two of them met three guards guarding the palace gate one after another and hurriedly headed towards the palace, Jiang Chuge didn't care, but Qin Ying was frowning.

After a stick of incense, Jiang Chuge followed behind Qin Ying, and as soon as he stepped out of the palace gate, he saw no less than ten court officials standing outside the palace gate, three or two in groups, each whispering and talking, and the prime minister was also among them.

However, what really made her wait for her was the most eye-catching King Lin in the center of the crowd!

Almost at the same time, Qin Yilin also saw Jiang Chuge and Qin Ying.

He hooked the corners of his lips, his eyes swept over Jiang Chuge with evil energy, and finally met Qin Ying, his cold and thin lips opened, and words dyed with a vicious smile came out of his mouth.

"Fourth brother, if such a major event happens tonight, the Criminal Department will be busy. You have just come out of the palace, and you must have reported the situation to your father, if you have a place to find the emperor's brother and me, don't be 'polite' to me...... Oh, by the way, and Jiang Ti's punishment, if there is anything that needs the help of this king, just open your mouth, and this king will definitely 'help with all his might'."

Qin Yilin deliberately accentuated the tone of the words "polite" and "full help", as if he cared about Qin Ying, who was his younger brother, and showed favor to Jiang Chuge, who was in charge of the Criminal Division, but in fact, his tone was full of schadenfreude.

In the face of his provocation, Qin Ying's heart did not fluctuate, there was a cold and solemn face above his handsome face, his thin lips were open, and a calm and cold voice sounded: "Third brother, although rest assured, no matter how cunning the criminal is, I am confident that I will capture him and hand it over to my father and the emperor to deal with it personally." As for the Sentencing Division...... There is no need for the third brother to bother! ”

Temporary success does not mean long-term victory.

In the face of Qin Ying's expressionless and untraceable counterattack, the corners of Qin Yilin's lips twitched slightly, and the dangerous light in his half-squinted eyes swept by.

"Since the fourth brother is so confident, I am also relieved......"

At this point, a guard and a palace eunuch came out of the palace gate one after another and came in their direction.

Seeing this, Qin Yilin changed his words: "Presumably, my father summoned this king and all the adults into the palace, and the fourth brother is please." ”

After speaking, he arched his hand at Qin Ying with a very low amplitude.

"Imperial brother, please."

Qin Ying said coldly, except for these three words, there was no other expression, obviously disdainful of being with Qin Yilin.

The verbal confrontation between him and Qin Yilin just now, she saw it all.

The mansions of Lou Song and other five court officials were tragically destroyed, and none of them survived, which would already put him in endless trouble as he was in charge of the Criminal Department, but he took on the responsibility that she should have borne at this time of anxiety.

He treated her so well, she couldn't bear it.

"Everything is voluntary, and I think I am lucky to be able to share your responsibilities and worries."

Qin Ying's deep and gloomy gaze fell on Jiang Chuge, his Adam's apple slid up and down, and his low and intoxicated voice was wrapped in the most touching love words in the world, overflowing from his lips.

Jiang Chuge fell into a long stunned moment, until he took a step forward, leaned over to her, and his thin lips opened in her ear: "If you really find it difficult to accept, you can make a promise, after all, this king wants you...... It's been a long time. ”

The scorching breath and the unashamed words made Jiang Chuge come back to her senses in an instant, she pushed him away violently, and quickly took a few steps back, cramped and embarrassed.

Under the light of the torches and lanterns at the gate of the palace, two blush flowers quietly rose on the pretty face.

Jiang Chuge glared at him angrily, but his gaze collided unexpectedly with the deep eyes containing strong love in mid-air.

The beating of the heart was out of rhythm at this moment, like a frightened fawn.

Seeing Jiang Chuge's reaction so big, although Qin Ying loved to admire her shy appearance, she didn't dare to do too much, so as not to annoy the beauty.

"Ahem~"

He covered his nose with his hand, coughed lightly, straightened his expression, and changed the topic: "The two cases that happened tonight have to be investigated together, and at this moment, the Criminal Department must have made progress, and after all, it is destined to be difficult to sleep tonight, so you and I will go to check it out?" ”

Previously, in the imperial study, his father personally ordered the two of them to cooperate with each other in the investigation, and found out the truth about the killing of officials and the assassination of prisoners in the prison of the Criminal Department within ten days.

He said this, Jiang Chuge should not refuse.

"Hmm."

As Qin Ying expected, after he said this, Jiang Chuge was silent for a moment, and then nodded in response.

Seeing that she had no objections, Qin Ying stepped in front of her, stretched out his long arms to wrap his arms around her slender waist, and then lifted his internal strength, and the two of them flew up at the same time, jumping on the horse that Qin Ying stopped at the corner of the palace gate.

Jiang Chuge was frightened, and Qin Ying had already tightened the horse's rope.

With a whistle, the horse neighed at the top of its hooves, and then rushed forward with swift speed, like a sword of light piercing the darkness.

Horses' hooves trampled on the cold and silent streets of Main Street, and the crisp sound was heard far away.

After more than half an hour, the horse finally stopped in front of the gate of the Punishment Department, which was located southeast of the city.

Qin Ying was the first to dismount, and then helped Jiang Chuge to get off the horse.

The night was deep and intense, but when people slept well throughout the day, the lights inside and outside the criminal department were bright, and there were figures walking around in a hurry.

With just one glance, Jiang Chuge felt the seriousness and heaviness of the atmosphere during the period.

She followed behind Qin Ying, straight through the courtyard, into the front hall, and straight to the back hall.

Wang Zhi, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, was discussing the case with the officials of the Criminal Department in the back hall, but out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a figure coming in from outside, and when he saw it, it was Qin Ying and Jiang Chuge.

He hurriedly got up and walked over to the two of them, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, Lang Zhong, the outer Lang, and the eight directors saw him get up, followed his line of sight, and suddenly saw Qin Ying and Jiang Chuge who were walking towards the inner hall, and hurriedly got up to greet him.

Qin Ying was about to kneel down and salute when he saw them, and waved his big hand: "No courtesy, let's talk about business!" ”

"Yes, Lord Yi."

Qin Ying is the secretary of the criminal department, but his most honorable identity is the god of war Yi Wang Ye who has great military exploits in the Eastern Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, all the officials of the Criminal Department have always treated him with the courtesy of the prince.

While everyone responded, Qin Ying reached out to hold Jiang Chuge's hand, and in Jiang Chuge's surprise, he pulled her straight to the upper seat in the hall.

"Now that you have gathered here, what do you gain?"

As soon as Qin Yingfu sat down, he went straight to the point, completely ignoring the surprise that everyone had because he dragged Jiang Chuge to sit on the top seat together.

Although Wang Zhi was also surprised, he was the first to react.

He coughed lightly to remind everyone to come back to their senses, and then bowed his hand to Qin Ying, who was sitting on the top seat, and said: "Lord Wang, the ministers and all the lords went to the mansions of Lou Shangshu and other officials respectively to check and found that the five mansions that were destroyed, the wounds of the four hundred and sixty-three victims were all in the neck, and one knife was fatal, and it was a knife wound. ”

"Alone?"

Above Qin Ying Junyan, his sword eyebrows were furrowed.

There are more than 400 people, and it takes nearly half of the city to slaughter them all, how can you do it with the power of one person?

How hard does the other party's heart have to be to kill more than 400 people, including the elderly, weak, women and children, without mercy?

If there is no error in the content of Wang Zhi's report, looking at the territory of the Eastern Qing Dynasty, there are not many people who can do this.

And among these few people, who would have Qin Yilin involved?

Qin Ying couldn't help but fall into deep thought......

Seeing him like this, Jiang Chuge didn't want to interrupt him, and after sorting out what Wang Zhi had just said in his mind, he asked, "Since there are only a few guards in the Han Commander's Mansion who died, can anyone recount the situation at that time?" ”

"We found six guards and servants who were present at the time, and according to their descriptions, there were three Assassins who appeared in the Han Commander's Mansion at that time, three of them were tall and fierce, all of them holding long knives in their right hands and daggers in their left hands. Most of the wounds on the victims' bodies were on the chest, back, and head, and the severity of the wounds varied, and the techniques used to perform the knives were completely different from those of the other five provinces. ”

Wang Zhi knew Jiang Chuge's status in front of Qin Ying, and did not slack off on her questions, and told everything he found.

After listening to this, Jiang Chuge nodded slightly, and began to sort out clues in his heart.

The six court officials who were attacked by the killer at the mansion tonight were all involved in the case reported by Liu Hu.

The more he thought about it, the more Jiang Chuge felt a mess in his mind.

Unconsciously, Dai's brows furrowed, and her teeth bit her lower lip tightly, looking distressed.

As soon as Qin Ying had a conclusion in his heart, he saw Jiang Chuge biting his lip and mutilating himself.

His brows furrowed slightly, and he subconsciously wanted to reach out to save her lips, but he stopped halfway through his movements.

At this moment, in addition to the two of them, there were twelve officials including Wang Zhi in the hall, and these people could almost all be regarded as strangers to Jiang Chuge.