"What did Xu Rui say last night?"

In the study, Huang Zhengyuan had just sat down, and he couldn't wait to ask.

Yuwang wiped his face with a wet towel and said, "He didn't say anything. ”

Huang Zhengyuan got up suddenly, anxiously paced back and forth around the study a few times, and said: "Lord Wang, you are too anxious, we are not sure which side Xu Rui's heart is towards, it is better to be quiet at this time." ”

King Yu shook his head: "This time this king is in the fire, I believe that he will definitely stand on the side of this king at the critical moment." ”

Huang Zhengyuan sat back worriedly, frowned, and said: "Xu Rui is sensitive and wise, and I don't understand him until now, can those words deceive him?" ”

Yuwang shook his head again: "I didn't plan to lie to him. ”

"Didn't lie to him? So what are you talking to him secretly for most of the night? ”

Huang Zhengyuan asked suspiciously.

Yu Wang recalled the conversation that night, his brows couldn't help but gradually wrinkle, and he subconsciously grabbed a pencil sharpening knife.

In the palace of the King of Liao, the young and vigorous King Liao has long lost the vigor of the previous few days, and he is like Huang Zhengyuan, pacing back and forth anxiously in the study.

"Did the Ministry of Household attack the treasury?"

Finally, King Liao couldn't help but ask Du Ruo.

Du Ruo, who was sitting at the bottom, shook his head: "It's really not, Tang Jiuguang's stomach is full of, do you still use me to fabricate charges against him?" ”

"Then what's the evidence on Tang Jiuguang's testament? The treasury of the Jiangnan Division, the Northwest Division, and the Hedong Division all had problems, and the methods were so clumsy, anyone who saw it would think that you were framing Tang Jiuguang!

You are also here at today's court meeting, the prince's party suddenly threw out the last letter, which caught us off guard, and the remaining few killing moves were all stillborn, if it wasn't for my grandfather to see the opportunity quickly and burn the fire to the fourth child in time, we might fall short! ”

The King of Liao was furious.

Du Ruo's face changed, and he frowned: "I'm also strange, this official never instructed them to frame Tang Jiuguang, and Tang Jiuguang did something to Changxingku, and it has nothing to do with Jiangnan, Northwest and Hedong." ”

"That's what happened to us internally, and someone was doing something behind Tang Jiuguang's back."

King Liao sat back in his chair and gritted his teeth.

Du Ruo looked at Tang Huaixin, the secretary of the ministry on the side, and asked in a deep voice: "Master Tang, the three members of the department, Li Chongjiu, Mao Sheng and Liang Wenlong, are all people recommended by you, there won't be any problems, right?" ”

Tang Huaixin shook his head and said: "It is absolutely impossible, they are all from the imperial examination of the teacher, and they will never have anything to do with the prince, not to mention that for so many years, these people have been under your nose, don't you know if there is a problem?" ”

Du Ruoyan's eyes narrowed slightly, and his face became a little ugly.

"That's weird, if they hadn't been in the way, how could this have happened?"

King Liao shook his head and said: "Now there is no point in saying this, check, just start with these three people, and you must find out what is going on on in that testament?" ”

At this moment, the door of the study was suddenly pushed open, and one of King Liao's henchmen rushed in in a panic.

"What's wrong, why are there so no rules?"

Seeing that the man's face was as white as paper, the King of Liao asked unhappily.

The henchman knelt down with a "poof", and said hurriedly: "Lord Wang, the news just came, Li Chongjiu, Mao Sheng and Liang Wenlong...... They ......"

"What's wrong with them?"

"It's dead, they all died in the mansion, I heard that they were blocked by someone's sword!"

"What?!"

Du Ruo and Tang Huaixin got up suddenly, and King Liao's pupils shrank, as if all the strength in his body had been drained, and he leaned softly on the back of the chair.

"Three people were killed, and there is no proof of the death?"

King Liao muttered.

Du Ruo hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, I'm afraid things are not so simple, there was just a posthumous incident during the day, and now the three of them are dead, everyone will think that this is our hand, if the scene of the crime leaves evidence that is unfavorable to us......"

The King of Liao was shocked: "It's for the king, someone wants to put the king to death!" ”

Tang Huaixin trembled and said solemnly: "Early tomorrow morning, I'm afraid there will be another uproar in the court, and we have to prepare early." ”

Du Ruo thought about it carefully and said: "Tomorrow is not a big rise, there should still be time, the most important thing now is to stabilize the group of officials in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and ......"

Saying that, Du Ruo looked at King Liao and said, "There is also King Yu who is investigating the case." ”

King Liao shook his head: "No, this situation can't have anything to do with the fourth child, otherwise it will be tantamount to telling the truth, you go back first, I'm going to my grandfather's mansion, there is such a big thing, he should be waiting for me." ”

Early the next morning, King Yu and Lu Shangshu took a cadre of officials and servants from the Criminal Department to investigate the murder of Li Chongjiu, Mao Sheng and Liang Wenlong, and Xu Rui was among them.

After inspecting the three crime scenes, everyone returned to the lobby of the Criminal Department.

"Let's talk about what we found."

King Yu rubbed his temples, glanced at Lu Shangshu, and asked.

Liu Haofei said: "The three deceased died from about one moment to five minutes from the ugly hour, with a time interval of about one moment or so, all of them were killed by one blow, the wound was located in the throat, half an inch deep and one inch long, it should be the same murderer."

Although the mansion of the three adults is close, after all, there is still a distance, and the murderer can kill the three people quickly and accurately in such a short period of time, and without leaving any traces, he should be a first-class master, and he planned very carefully before starting.

In addition, the mansions of the three adults are not small, and the internal environment is also complex, it is difficult for ordinary people to accurately grasp their specific locations, and the murderer is so targeted, I am afraid that the forces behind it are not small. ”

"Is there anything suspicious about the relics of the three victims?"

Lu Hua asked.

Liu Haofei glanced at Xu Rui, and saw that he was looking at his nose and nose, and his nose was looking at his heart, and he didn't react at all, so he said: "The letters exchanged with the King of Liao and the Hubu Shangshu Du Ruo were found in the secret compartment of the study of the three people, and Li Chongjiu's letters also found that Du Ruo had hinted that he was trying to find a way to get Tang Jiuguang to have something to do with the treasury. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

"In this way, this matter is likely to be the East Window incident of Tang Jiuguang's case, and Du Ruo or the King of Liao killed people?"

Lu Hua frowned and asked.

Liu Haofei hurriedly shook his head and said: "My lord, it's still too early to make a conclusion on this matter, how could the King of Liao kill people so blatantly when he jumped off the wall in a hurry?" What's more, if he really killed people, how could he leave such important evidence? ”

"That is, someone is framing the King of Liao!"

King Yu said with a frown.

Liu Haofei lowered his head and did not speak, which was regarded as acquiescing to Yuwang's statement.

However, now is the period when the two groups are fighting, if it is said that someone framed the King of Liao, the prince is the biggest suspect, and it is a clue involving the prince and the King of Liao.

"Hao Fei, you lead people to continue the investigation, be sure to speed up, the killing of officials is getting worse and worse, this king and Lu Shangshu are not to escape the blame, now you have to go to the palace to ask for guilt......"

After speaking, King Yu got up and walked out, and when he passed by Xu Rui, he paused slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, so he passed by him.

Lu Hua also sighed, looked at Xu Rui, then at Liu Haofei, and followed King Yu out.

When everyone dispersed and Xu Rui and Liu Haofei were left in the lobby again, Liu Haofei leaned into Xu Rui's ear and whispered: "It's troublesome, maybe the Holy Lord won't give us time to investigate." ”

Xu Rui shook his head: "It's okay, there is plenty of time, I have found a breakthrough." ”

"Really?"

Liu Haofei asked in surprise.

Xu Rui nodded: "I'll take you to meet someone, she should have clues." ”