Qi Hai arrived at the emperor, and the emperor and the queen mother were also preparing for dinner.

"Qi Hou is here? It would be just the meal, and it would be eaten together. The Emperor warmly entertained him.

"Your Majesty, the minister is looking for the grand duke next to you, asking for a personal list, the little knife father-in-law in front of the emperor just now, it's gone." Qi Hai originally wanted to prepare them to eat a good meal before going in, but the little father-in-law at the door saw that he was an acquaintance, so he hurriedly came in to report.

"Let's talk about eating well, let's eat first." The Empress waved his hand. The big eunuch didn't see the emperor tell him to get it, so he was still there.

"The minister has not had time to report to the emperor, and there was an incident yesterday, and Her Majesty the empress asked the minister to do it with full authority." Qi Hai saw the meal in front of him, and he was still ready to finish eating it.

"Let's eat first, I have also heard a little, eat well and speak slowly, you said at this time that it will affect the Queen Mother's appetite." The emperor saw that he looked unsatisfied, and hurriedly stopped him.

"Yes." Qi Hai didn't say anything more, sat down and ate honestly.

After the meal, the queen mother went back to the dormitory for a lunch break, and the emperor gave the big eunuch half an hour to sort out those things, and then handed over the people who were sorted out to Qi Hai for interrogation, and Qi Hai also reported to the emperor in detail.

"This little knife, used to be very active in front of the emperor, I heard that his family name is Zhang, you know that Zhang is a big surname in the imperial city, Zhang Banchao is not an exaggeration, Wen Guogong's eldest lady is related to his family, your own wife is also surnamed Zhang, whether you have a kiss or not, you check it yourself, Liu Cambodia's wife is also related to his family. It is difficult to say whether such a person committed suicide in fear of crime or committed suicide as a last resort to save anyone, or whether he killed him. Check it slowly. The emperor took a sip of tea and waved his hand at Qi Hai, which was considered to be agreed.

"Yes, Your Majesty. The minister can just find a room here and ask, and there is no need to go to the criminal department. Qi Hai looked at the emperor's appearance and wanted to take these people to the Criminal Department to ask, and the province was making trouble with him.

"Take it away, take it away, if something happens here, and then send it back when it's over." The Empress felt that if he was involved in this, he would still be safe in the prison of the Criminal Department, and he could ask something about it, and he would not be afraid of him in his place.

Qi Hai reluctantly accepted the order, and took away the five eunuchs and three palace maids who were related to the little knife.

After arriving at the Criminal Department, Qi Hai sat there and wondered what the emperor's words meant and what he was hinting at. didn't dare to speculate on the holy will, Qi Hai still hurriedly went to the prison to interrogate those palace maids and eunuchs. They don't have any useful information in their mouths, and one of the palace maids is also going to eat with the knife, and now the knife is dead, she is the saddest one, and she doesn't know much about the knife in her mouth, and she doesn't get any useful information.

Suddenly found out that this cut off the clue, Qi Hai sat alone in the courtroom of the criminal department, closed his eyes and recuperated, and the emperor said that his surname was Zhang. That's right, it's really Zhang Banchao. The wife of Zhongyi Gongwen is surnamed Wang, how did she have a relationship with this little father-in-law's family, it seems that she has to go to Wenfu to check, Mrs. Liu Cambodiaxiong's family also has relatives, what is this! The Emperor is sure that there is something in his words, and he will not say such things so easily. But to judge the emperor? We don't dare.

Originally, Qi Hai also suspected that she was the eldest lady of Duke Wen Guo, but after the three of them died, he began to feel that his suspicions were wrong, how could a woman be so careless of human life and kill people so boldly, if she really had such courage, this woman was really not ordinary. However, women who are generally used to being proud will not do such things, they are all written on their faces, and they can be seen by asking if they have done it.

"Dai'er, go to the Wenguo Mansion." Qi Hai just went to ask questions this time, to ask the eldest lady, so he didn't ask Qi Dai to go, and he could see her expression by himself.

It has never happened for Qi Dai to go to the Zhongyi Mansion twice a day, and Wen Guogong still looks like a cowardly, and it seems that he still hasn't rested well.

"Grandpa Guo, Qi Hai is here to disturb again." In order not to look so embarrassed, Qi Hai stepped forward and accompanied him with an embarrassed smile.

"It's all for Your Majesty, for the country, for the case." Wen Jingye waved his hand.

"I won't tell you anything, I came this time to ask your eldest lady, it is said that Gonggong Dao and your eldest lady are relatives." Qi Hai looked behind Wen Jingye and didn't see the eldest lady come out.

"How I don't know. My wife's surname is Wang. How can there be relatives with the surname knife. Wen Jingye felt that Qi Hai dared to come to ask just because he was suspicious of his wife, which was too much.

"That's right." Qi Hai also felt that there was no reason to stand. "Today, I went to check the file of my father-in-law, his real surname is Zhang. Zhang Zaizhong was originally a big surname. The emperor gave three examples to his ministers, and your eldest lady was related to him. My wife's surname is Zhang, and she may have relatives, and I will check when I get home later, and General Liu's wife is also related. I think since the emperor has said it, I'll go through the motions and ask questions, so that I can talk back tomorrow. ”

"Since the emperor has said it, then please wait in Lord Qi's study, and then dismantle people to go to the backyard to ask Mrs. to come over." Wen Jingye looked back at his attendant: "Go and ask Madame." ”

"Thank you, Grandpa Guo." Qi Hai awkwardly followed Wen Jingye in the direction of his imperial study.

The two sat in the room for a while, Qi Dai stood next to him, preparing to make a record, this time he didn't bring his subordinates, only Qi Dai, Qi Hai also considered that if it wasn't for the eldest lady, this kind of interrogation would also make the Wen family angry and feel that he was bullying.

"Yo, this is the famous Lord Qi, the old woman has seen it here!" When Mrs. Wen came, she bent down.

How dare Qi Hai be embarrassed by the eldest lady of the country, who has an edict, and hurriedly stood up and dodged to the side, as if he did not want to accept this salute: "Madam, this makes Qi Hai unbearable." ”

"Now Lord Qi is a celebrity in front of His Majesty, saying that whoever is arrested will be arrested, and whoever he says will be questioned if he is questioned, and now he is saying that whoever is tried will be tried, or let's go to the prison of the Criminal Department for questioning? The old woman hasn't been there yet! "The eldest lady came up and tore it, and she endured this breath for a long time.

"Madame, I can't afford to say this, Dai'er is making a record, and the emperor wants to have a purpose." Qi Hai pointed at Qi Dai. When the eldest lady heard that the emperor wanted to see it, she looked at Wen Jingye, who shook her head at her, meaning not to make any more trouble.

"Well, since the emperor asked the adult to interrogate, the adult will start." The eldest lady found a place to sit down.

"Madam, your real surname is Wang, do you have any relatives surnamed Zhang in your family?" Qi Hai also got down to business.

"My mother's surname is Zhang." The eldest lady felt that there was nothing to do, and she didn't look at Qi Hai, so she turned her face to the outside and replied.

"Then what relatives in your mother's family are on errands in the palace?" Qi Hai asked again.

"There are either eunuchs or palace maids in the palace, and my mother's family is a big family! How could there be an errand in the palace! Do you want to talk about those Shang Palaces? No, the empress's Xie Shangfu is her own best friend, her husband's surname is Zhang, and she is related to my mother's family. I don't recognize anything else. The eldest lady wringed and played with a handkerchief.

"The father-in-law of the sword in front of the palace is surnamed Zhang, and the lady has this relative." Qi Hai finally got to the point.

"Gozen? Father-in-law? No. Wang Peilan thinks it's all a problem! Holding the handkerchief and waving his hand.

"Are you sure, ma'am? Do you need to go to your mother's house and say yes? Qi Hai felt that it was the emperor who said it, and he persuaded her to go back and confirm it.

"I don't know if there's any, but I don't! I've never heard of it. The eldest lady is also aggrieved, looking at Wen Jingye pitifully, Wen Jingye has spoiled her since she was born, and she also loves the children, and he will protect those who are protected under Wen Jingye's wings.

"In that case, the eldest lady has taken the time to send someone back to ask in the past two days, and it is better to find out, after all, the emperor doesn't want an ambiguous answer, right?!" Qi Hai got up, looked at the file written by Qi Hai, took out the ink clay, and asked the eldest lady to press the handprint. The eldest lady was also cautious, picked it up and looked at it, and there was nothing wrong before pressing the ink ink.

"I'll send someone home tomorrow to ask, my mother has passed away a long time ago, and there are not many brothers here, all of them are nephews, nieces and nephews, and there are a lot of people." The eldest lady didn't know what the emperor was going to do to investigate this, but she didn't dare to slack off.

"Then there is Mrs. Lao, if you ask, let Grandpa Guo send someone to tell me, and I will visit again." After Qi Hai finished speaking, he turned to Wen Guogong and said, "I'll forgive me for disturbing you twice a day." ”

"Leave for dinner, shall you?" Wen Jingye was polite.

"Not this time, there is still something to do in the Criminal Department, and I have to check the remaining two." After Qi Hai finished speaking, he took his leave and left with Qi Dai.

"General, what the hell is going on?" The eldest lady was puzzled.

"I don't know. As long as you didn't do it, I'll take care of it. Wen Jingye patted his wife on the shoulder.

After Qi Hai came out of the Wen Mansion, he had to go to Liu Cambodiaxiong's mansion again, Liu Cambodia Xiong was not at home, it was his wife who came out to receive him, this lady was gentle, not as strong as Mrs. Wen. Qi Hai was courteous, and it was very simple to ask questions, but everyone said that they didn't recognize the knife father-in-law, Qi Hai was helpless, and went home to continue to ask Zhang Xuelan.

"Madam, do you have any relatives in your mother's family who are fathers-in-law in front of the emperor? I'm not impressed at all. Qi Hai went home and chatted with his wife in the house, this time he didn't call Qi Dai to make a record, he was going to say hello first, and when he came back, he simply wrote it clearly and asked his wife to draw a charge, he didn't want to be too formal to give her unnecessary pressure, how could he hire a murderer and then pit his own royal gift.

"I don't know, you know all the brothers and sisters in your mother's family, I haven't heard of it, what can be sent to the palace should be done if the conditions are not good, that is, distant relatives, who can say this." Zhang Xuelan tried hard to recall, she really didn't know.

"Tomorrow, you go back to your mother's house and ask." Qi Hai looked at Zhang Xuelan.

"There are only brothers in my mother's house, who do you want me to go to?" Zhang Xuelan was puzzled and asked a little eunuch to mobilize the crowd like this.

"Go to your eldest brother's house and ask, or go to your patriarch's house and ask, the sword father-in-law in front of the emperor, surnamed Zhang." Qi Hai explained carefully.

"There's no end to this, what is such a person doing?" Zhang Xuelan was puzzled, not to mention the two ladies. Qi Hai sighed, how to investigate this case.