Chapter 469: The Investigation Begins

"Although Qian Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials is not deeply entangled in this matter at a glance, no one can guarantee whether it really has nothing to do with him, and you have to be careful to pay attention to the uneasiness and kindness of the Ministry of Officials."

Now that Murong Lin is trapped at home, Feng Xiaoyue has to take on the task of going out to investigate alone, and when she and Xiaoyun Xiaoyu and the others were picking out clothes to go out, Murong Lin couldn't help but nag and ask outside the screen.

"If you continue to talk so much about how horrible and scary it is outside, you won't be afraid to scare me so much that I won't dare to go out again." Feng Xiaoyue listened impatiently, and couldn't help but say a few words to Murong Lin.

Murong Lin was stunned for a moment, then smiled and waved his hand, "How can it be, my wife has always been brave and witty, she once dared to stay alone on the uninhabited Luofeng Mountain for so long, and now she is still at the feet of the dignified son of heaven, with me and my father supporting you, what are you afraid of?" ”

"I don't think you're holding a grudge against me." Feng Xiaoyue said, and by the way, she took the cloak from Xiao Yu's hand and tied it around her neck, which made Xiao Yun and Xiao Yu beside her laugh.

Murong Lin also smiled embarrassedly and touched the back of his head, and then Feng Xiaoyue walked over. "Don't worry, you actually put your hope on me, I am not the person who has no sense of proportion, if I have a weak heart, I will find a way to find someone else to help."

Murong Lin blinked his eyes and looked over, not knowing who the person Feng Xiaoyue was referring to. Feng Xiaoyue went out wearing a cloak, and none of the guards in front of the Prince Buddha dared to stop her. Feng Xiaoyue got into the carriage in the mansion and ran straight to Feng Wuwu's mansion.

"I've already gone out to inquire, the time of Murong Yin's violent death was probably found out when the guards in the prison were delivering dinner at night, and after you and the prince left, there were indeed no others, even the families of other prisoners, who had not come to visit."

Although Feng Wuwu is now completely eating the money of the imperial court, she doesn't have to do anything, she only needs to cultivate quietly in her own mansion, but the people she raised before are not all waste.

Even if these people are all nobodies who walk the streets and alleys, they used to be dedicated to dealing with Feng Xiaoyue, but in this situation, it is not impossible to turn enemies into friends and ask Feng Wuwu to become a help for her.

Lin Wu, who is the most convinced by Feng Wuwu's side, has far more skills than can be seen on the surface. At this time, the clues that Feng Wuwu was talking about were the ones she asked when she went out in the morning.

Listening, Feng Xiaoyue couldn't help but sigh a little disappointed, Feng Wuwu saw it at a glance, and hurriedly added.

"But although no one entered the prison, some people had contact with the guards outside, and it looked like some of the little guys who came out of the prison on purpose to talk to them."

Feng Wuwu said, and deliberately glanced at Lin Wu, and Lin Wu also followed and explained the following words together.

"According to the descriptions of passers-by on the street outside the prison, the slave maid deliberately checked carefully, and only then did she understand that it turned out to be a little scholar from the family of Master Qian of the Ministry of Officials, and he was an old acquaintance with Ah Huang, the guard outside the prison."

"I don't know how that day, the little scholar suddenly came to talk to him, drank and talked, and the guards were a little surprised that he came suddenly, but for the friendship of many years, he didn't suspect it."

"The so-called "Nothing to do without going to the Three Treasures Palace" is probably what it says. The caretaker was negligent, and he didn't even think that the scholar might plot against him, so he was so relieved and bold to invite him in for a drink, and this list is only a felony. ”

Feng Xiaoyue listened, she had never been so strict with others in Su Ri, but today for Murong Lin's sake, she was told that others were derelict in their duties.

However, before Murong Yu ascended the throne, there was indeed such a rule in the imperial court, and the guards thought that everything was fine, and they had no precautions at all, which was originally a crime.

"These guards are just nobodies working for various departments, and their names are not necessarily on the bureaucratic books, and it is reasonable for them to let their guard down because they think that what they are responsible for is not important."

Feng Wuwu grew up from childhood to adulthood in the court officialdom, and he will have some feelings in his heart about these things.

When she sighed in her heart, she didn't forget to tell Feng Xiaoyue, so that she didn't have to be so harsh, this was just a normal phenomenon in the way of survival in officialdom.

"Yes, but we forced it." Feng Xiaoyue held back the displeasure in her heart for the time being, stood up and said that Feng Wuwu didn't know if she really took it to heart, or maybe she was angry with herself, so she followed her all the way out of the mansion.

"You stay first, I'm really bothering you today, and when the matter is over, I'll come and talk to you generously." Feng Xiaoyue lowered her head and said hello, turned around and was about to leave, but Feng Wuwu stopped her in time.

"Are you planning to go the next step and explore it by yourself? Have you figured out what to do next? ”

"Self-reliance was originally an advantage, but I didn't think I was so good." Feng Xiaoyue shook her head lightly, looking relieved.

"The investigation of the case can't be reached in one step, I'll take it one step at a time, since you've already asked the key clues, then we can start with the guard."

"Then you be careful, I'll wait for your good news." Feng Wuwu was relieved for the time being, and after beckoning Feng Xiaoyue to leave, she quickly sank her face again, and ordered Lin Wu a few times, so that she could remember to secretly assist Feng Xiaoyue in her investigation.

The prison guards of the Criminal Department are generally rested once every five days, and from the day Murong Lin visited Murong Yin, today happens to be the last day of guarding Ah Huang outside the prison.

Murong Lin once said that he suspected that there were spies in the prison, and he secretly dealt with himself with Murong Yin's subordinates. However, Shangshu of the Criminal Department has always been self-serving, and the people under him have also been trained very seriously, so the only breakthrough point can only be in Ah Huang.

The position of the guard is very important, and it is rarely taken seriously, if Ah Huang was fooled by the little scholar and deliberately wanted to publicize the violent death of Murong Yin, it would not be impossible.

Feng Xiaoyue thought in her mind, so she took the car all the way to the prison of the Criminal Department, and named her to talk to Ah Huang alone. Ah Huang was startled, he didn't know what he had done, and he was targeted by Feng Xiaoyue.

After all, Feng Xiaoyue is the respect of the crown princess, if she has something unpleasant, she will be punished, and she will be completely offended by a small guard.

Ah Huang came to Feng Xiaoyue's face in fright, his feet were soft, and he immediately knelt on the ground, "The little one is the guard of the prison of the Criminal Department, I don't know what Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess called the little one to do?" ”

This sudden kneeling and plopping sound, and it could be echoed in this empty prison, so that Feng Xiaoyue couldn't bear to imagine how amazing the strength of his kneeling was.

"You don't have to be nervous, I'm just here to ask you a few words, if you answer truthfully, we won't do anything to you. But if you have the slightest bit of deception, don't blame me for turning the other cheek and showing no mercy. ”

"The crown princess, please say, the little one must know everything, and he must say everything."

Lowering her eyes, she swept Ah Huang, who was kneeling on the ground, Feng Xiaoyue thought for a moment and said slowly. "I heard that you have a good relationship with the scholar of Shangshujia in the Ministry of Officials, and he will come to visit you from time to time to talk about family life?"

Such a private matter has been found out by Feng Xiaoyue, Ah Huang thought, I am afraid that she also knows about it, maybe she came to test herself on purpose at this time, so she dare not underestimate it more and more.

"Back to the crown princess, we are indeed old acquaintances, but we have never been in contact from time to time, except for the day before, he suddenly came to look for a little drink, we rarely met,"

Ah Huang said, as if to prove that what he said was true, and added a clever sentence. "What the crown princess also knew that day was the day when the crown prince came to visit, and then His Royal Highness the second prince died violently in prison."

Speaking the last word, Ah Huang's voice suddenly lowered, and it seemed that it was only at this point that he finally realized how much he would make Feng Xiaoyue unhappy by what he said.

Just because Murong Yin had an accident in the prison, the Criminal Department did not take much responsibility, but it was the prince who suffered, can Feng Xiaoyue feel comfortable.

Ah Huang's words stopped abruptly, and Feng Xiaoyue laughed, lowered his head and asked softly. "Say, why don't you finish it later?"

"What does the princess want the little one to say? The little ones know, that's all. Her voice sounded soft and soft, but it still made Ah Huang feel boundless fear.

It was also a knowingly violation of the rules of the imperial court and a thief's heart, which made Ah Huang scare himself in his heart, "But please rest assured, although he came to tell me to eat and drink that day, I did not ask him to enter the prison." ”

"Do you know that just for the sake of your personal relationship with him, it is very likely that you will be involved in the case of the violent death of the second prince like my family," Feng Xiaoyue walked back and forth in the room with steps, always feeling that something was missing.

"And you are in the Criminal Department, he is in the Ministry of Officials, and this involvement has shaken one-third of the six departments in the capital, and this time it is not trivial."

"Small, small don't dare anymore." Ah Huang's frightened eyes lit up for a while, and she almost couldn't even see the person standing in front of her.

Feng Xiaoyue looked at it, he didn't look like he was pretending at all, how could such a timid person be able to do such a big thing as conspiring with others.

"I believe you for the time being, but I need you to tell me where the scholar's home is."