"If Lord Zhao wants to be hungry, this king has ordered someone to set up a table of wine in Wangchun Tower, I just hope to be able to talk freely with Lord Zhao, and I hope that Lord Zhao will not shirk it again."

Su Jingye's words can be regarded as blocking all Zhao Ming's retreats, this reason was found by Zhao Ming himself, and now it is difficult to ride a tiger, so he has to agree.

Zhao Ming was forced to share a carriage with Su Jingye to come to Wangchun Tower, and Su Jingye watched him very closely, not even giving him the slightest chance to escape. Zhao Ming smiled very decently on his face, but his heart was painful. Even if he could talk again, it would be difficult for him to deal with several people in a row at the same time.

"The boiled fish in this Wangchun Tower tastes the most delicious, Lord Zhao can taste it first." Before coming, Liang Xin came over in advance and told the shopkeeper of Wangchun Tower that he would leave a side room. Su Jingye brought Zhao Ming over, and the dishes on the table were just ready, and they were steaming hot.

Zhao Ming tasted the chopsticks with an unswerving face, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his mood improved a little. Su Jingye saw the change in his mood, asked someone to pour him a cup of osmanthus wine, and then tentatively spoke.

"For the sake of things in the capital, Lord Zhao is only afraid that he is busy and anxious, so he can't enjoy it. It is also an order from His Majesty, and he has to obey it, it is really not easy for Lord Zhao to catch so many implicated people in such a short period of time. ”

"It's all for Your Majesty, if you say anything hard or not, I just hope that in the end it won't be in vain." Zhao Ming didn't hear the deep meaning behind him, but followed his words.

"But now that so many people have died, Your Majesty is furious, and no one can stand it. Besides, these prisoners were all brought over by Lord Zhao, and Lord Jin was only responsible for taking care of them, and if something went wrong, I was afraid that the main responsibility would still be on Lord Zhao. ”

Su Jingye said this as if he didn't care, and peeked at Zhao Ming's reaction, and his face suddenly changed. "This is how this king sees that an honest person like Lord Zhao would come up with the idea of imprisoning the prisoner elsewhere, I'm afraid there is a master behind him."

Hearing this, Zhao Ming also put down the spoon in his hand, feeling that the table of good dishes in front of him was not delicious. Although Li Wensong repeatedly emphasized that he could not confess, how could Zhao Ming take the blame for him for no reason.

Seeing that he was about to let go, Zhao Ming didn't know what he thought, and changed his words again, "Isn't the prince joking with the lower officials, but there is a problem when the people are good and sent over, so it has nothing to do with the lower officials." ”

"Your Majesty only attacked Lord Jin in the morning, if you want to talk about it, it's still a bigger problem with the Criminal Department."

Zhao Ming has been in the court for so many years, although his political achievements have not been up or down, but he has become a personal essence in terms of human feelings. People like Li Wensong are not easy to mess with at first glance, and Su Jingye's words are more like deceiving himself. Zhao Ming considered the results of the two parties, and finally decided to rather offend the gentleman than the villain.

In fact, Su Jingye already had an answer in his heart, but Zhao Ming refused to admit it, and he couldn't make a decision. Seeing that Zhao Ming reacted so quickly and was not bluffed by himself at all, Su Jingye was stunned for a moment, thinking about not startling the snake, so he didn't continue to ask.

"It's just talking, if not, there won't be it, it's just investigating this case, and you still need the help of Lord Zhao."

"Lord Zhao, I don't know how to check the curfew at these times, whether the people who come out at night have made a record."

"The lower official personally leads people to patrol every night, and naturally records everyone very clearly, if His Royal Highness King Jing is curious, I will send the book to His Royal Highness later." Talking about business, Zhao Ming also restrained his calculating appearance.

"Everyone who comes out must have a record, and the person who is responsible for transporting the Gong bucket at night, has Lord Zhao let it go?" Su Jingye heard her swear so much, but she was a little uneasy.

Zhao Ming was stunned for a moment, as if he was curious why he asked this, and then replied very affirmatively, "In this extraordinary period, everyone is suspicious, if you accidentally let go of the thief, it will not be worth the loss." Whenever the subordinate is so strict with his subordinates, he will definitely not let go of a fish that slips through the net. ”

"Lord Zhao is wise." Su Jingye really admired him now, and even the criminal department inevitably had omissions, but he was strictly guarded by Zhao Ming. Su Jingye's impression of him has completely changed at this point.

After a meal, Zhao Ming really asked someone to bring the night booklet. Su Jingye and Jin Shan rummaged around, divided them according to time and place, singled out the people who appeared in the vicinity last night, excluded a few people they knew, and compiled the remaining names into a book, and let the people from the Criminal Department go out to investigate one by one.

"I didn't expect the curfew to be so strict this night, and there are so many people who know the law and break the law, and they run out at night, and they deserve to be caught by us."

The little official sorted out all the lists, and there were more than a dozen people densely packed together, and Jin Shan suddenly lost his temper when he saw it.

"It takes a lot of time to wait for the results to come out, and then to investigate." Su Jingye was also a little helpless.

Some of the people on the list wanted to take advantage of the chaos of the world to come out and steal chickens and dogs, but they didn't expect to invisibly increase the difficulty of Jinshan's investigation. When I asked everyone about their identities, I was afraid that Jinshan would have to clean them up.

"There are still two hours left until sunset, and we don't have much time on our hands. Lord Jin, why don't you go to Yizhuang with this king to see what you find there. ”

Two hours before sunset, it was the hottest time of the day, and Su Jingye casually wiped the sweat on his forehead. Today, for the sake of Jinshan, I haven't had time to rest, so I have to rush to another place non-stop.

Jin Shan was a little reluctant to look at it, "If you don't go back to rest first, and leave the rest of the things to the officials." This matter has nothing to do with the prince, and the prince doesn't have to worry so much about it. ”

"The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband. The dangers of Wushisan, everyone in the court knows very well, and if it involves the turmoil of His Majesty, how can it have nothing to do with this king. Master Jin doesn't need to say much, let's set off after packing up. ”

The room was a little stuffy, and the maid brought a basin of freshly drawn well water, so that Su Jing could pass through the night. After the cold stimulation, Su Jingye suddenly felt much better.

Jin Shan couldn't shake his determination. and he said no more. From here to Yizhuang, even if you take a carriage, it will take nearly half an hour, and when you get to the place, the sun will go down a lot.

Because Yizhuang is the most unlucky place to stop the dead, so it is far away from the crowd and looks particularly depressed. During the day, the sun was too strong, the decomposition of corpses accelerated, and the stench was blown by the warm wind, making it more like a hell on earth.

He got the news that Jinshan was coming, and waited outside the gate of Yizhuang early. Jin Shan and Su Jingye got out of the carriage and brought a handkerchief and a pill on the ground. After the two of them took it, they covered their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs, and then followed them in.

"There are many inconveniences here, the grass people can't let go of their hands, they can't salute, I hope the two masters will forgive their sins."

There was no one to manage the village in Yizhuang, and there was no shelf for the joint logistics to put the corpses, only a layer of straw was used to spread it on the ground, and the corpses of more than a dozen people were placed crookedly, and it was easy to trip people if they were not careful.

Except for the time to eat, he stayed here for a long time, and in order to facilitate the examination, many of the corpses had been stripped of their clothes, and the rest were still tightly wrapped, so they didn't have time to move.

From the exposed chests of these people, it can be seen that they have not suffered any external injuries, and the only difference from ordinary people is that they have purple lips, and it can be preliminarily determined that they died of poisoning based on their appearance.

"You don't have to salute, you just say what you find." The dry and peeled hands held the knives, and they did not forget to nod to them. Su Jingye was inconvenient to touch, so he only stretched out his hand to help him.

"Yes." He nodded, took a corpse as an example, first broke his eyelids to show Jin Shan, and then pointed to the corpse spots on his body, "My lord, please see, this person's pupils are slowly contracting, it can be seen that he did not suffer any fright before his death, but it is just a natural reaction of his body after death." ”

"And the appearance of these corpse spots indicates that about six hours have passed since this person died, and the grass people can preliminarily conclude that this person ate something that should not have been eaten in the middle of the night last night and was poisoned."

"And in addition to these things that need to be judged, the two masters can also see that none of these people have been injured, so they rule out the possibility of being beaten to death."

When he pointed to the dots of corpse spots to explain, Jin Shan could still see the wriggling maggots under the straw, and he quickly turned his face away from the disgusting. "There's no need to talk about this nonsense, the officer only asks if you can find out what kind of poison is in them."

"Looking at the appearance of the corpse, it seems that they have eaten aconitum," he said with some uncertainty, "It's just that the effect of aconitum is so fast, it won't give them an extended time at all." It is estimated that there are some other poisonous weeds mixed in the poison, but the grass people have not had time to identify the specific ones. ”

"There are not many Chinese medicine stores in the capital that sell poisons, we start with poisons, we will definitely get the results soon, maybe we can also find the place we have been looking for." Su Jingye said, he didn't dare to look down, he only turned around and patted Jin Shan's shoulder, and the two hurriedly came out of Yizhuang.

"What the prince said is true, the lower officials will ask people to investigate the pharmacy that buys and sells aconitum in the city." Jin Shan covered his mouth tightly, just now he accidentally smelled the smell of corpses wafting from Yizhuang, and he was so disgusted that he almost vomited.

"Wait until you find out the other dispensing drugs as well, and then exclude them from the pharmacies that sell them, then the line will be clear." Although Su Jingye didn't like the smell either, his reaction was much smaller than that of Jin Shan.

The two of them whispered here, but they didn't notice that in the grass behind Yizhuang, someone was hiding and eavesdropping.