"You believe it?" Such a ridiculous statement, with An Mingchen's person, he categorically would not believe it. Sure enough, An Mingchen shook his head, "I don't believe it." Tonight, I have set up ambushes in various places where the murderers will appear in the capital, and even if the murderer cannot be caught, I hope to prevent another tragedy from happening. ”

Huang Fuxue felt that this matter was very important, and the two of them sat in the room after dinner, while reading a book, while waiting for the results, the time passed little by little, and the secret guard came to report that today's defense failed, and a corpse was found by the small river in the north of the city, which was consistent with the death of the previous seven people. An Mingchen was about to go, but Huang Fuxue took his hand worriedly, "Be careful, don't be strong." ”

"Got it, you rest early, and I'll be back when I'm done dealing with things over there." When An Mingchen came over, Lord Wang and they had already brought it, and several people discussed around the corpse for a while, Lord Wang's face was solemn, and he pulled An Mingchen aside and whispered, "Lord An, I'm afraid this matter can't be hidden, what countermeasures do you have." I'm afraid the emperor will ask tomorrow morning. ”

"Lord Wang, don't worry, this matter is too tricky and weird, and it is not so easy to solve the case. We just need to report it according to the truth. Lord Wang was still not at ease, he glanced at the gloomy sky, and couldn't say why, but always felt that something big was going to happen. When the group returned to the city, it was already dark. An Mingchen and Lord Wang went directly to the palace without going home.

Sure enough, everyone knew about last night's events, and the emperor's face was solemn and asked An Mingchen's opinion. "Back to the emperor, since this matter can no longer be covered up, it is better to tell the people generously, as long as you explain the ins and outs of the matter, the people will understand. In addition, Dali Temple and the Criminal Department will work together to arrest the suspect, and they will definitely give the emperor a result in the shortest possible time. ”

"The prime minister seemed to say the same thing a few days ago, but now, the eighth person has died, and the prime minister has no clues, so how can you reassure the emperor and the people." Master Ming has always been at odds with An Mingchen, and he will never let go of the opportunity once he encounters it. Now that she has such a good opportunity, she will naturally not let it go.

Master Ming also saw that this matter was extraordinary, and even every time the Criminal Department took action, he seemed to know it in advance. I even suspect that this murderer is above the court. Lord Ming felt that An Mingchen was confusing the public, and even made excuses, and retorted dissatisfiedly, "Lord An should say something to make the emperor more convincing now, what's the use of saying these unrealistic conjectures?" ”

"This official is just telling the truth, Master Ming has been an official for so long, don't you even know this truth?" After An Mingchen finished speaking, he ignored him anymore, and stepped forward to salute, "Your Majesty, what Wei Chen said just now is true, so next Wei Chen hopes that the emperor can hand over this case to Wei Chen alone, and let Wei Chen decide everything alone." Please also ask the emperor to agree. ”

"Is the prime minister going to take away the power of the Criminal Department?" Master Gao retorted dissatisfiedly, An Mingchen explained, "I have already said just now, these several actions, each time failed, the official guessed that it must be the people around him who leaked the news, and the official did this for the sake of foolproof, not for the rights of the Criminal Department." If Mr. Gao minds, I can handle the case without being in the Criminal Department. When the words fell, I saw that the officials of Dali Temple retreated one after another, as if they were afraid that he was going to Dali Temple, An Mingchen smiled bitterly, "If the emperor agrees, this official can also handle the case without occupying any yamen." ”

In fact, this is not An Mingchen's original intention, what An Mingchen just said is the truth, the yamen is no longer safe, and it may be a good thing to extract this case from the yamen. After the next court, the emperor summoned An Mingchen to the imperial study. The emperor asked him what he thought about the case, and An Mingchen said his thoughts, "Your Majesty, Weichen plans to handle the case in the palace, and let the secret guard do everything." In this way, there will be no leakage. If the blade behind it doesn't get any news, it will definitely mess up, and when the time comes, it's our best time. ”

"What you said is good, but have you ever thought that in this way, the Huangfu Mansion will also be in danger. Mrs. Ann is now pregnant, is it too risky? An Mingchen really didn't think it through, not only could he not risk his wife, but the people of the Huangfu family were also innocent, after thinking about it, "The previous Anfu has almost been repaired, and it should be okay to go over there." ”

This time, the emperor did not refute, "This matter is more dangerous than we thought, be careful in everything, if there is anything wrong, don't be strong." Although the emperor is worried about people's panic, he is also worried about An Mingchen. An Mingchen thanked him, and left the palace for fear that Huangfu Xue would worry about her, so she went back to the house to report her safety to him first, and then went to the yamen.

Lord Wang stood at the door, walking around, looking uneasy, and when he saw him come in, he hurriedly stepped forward, "Lord An, do you really want to take this case away?" If there is no help from the officials, it will be very troublesome to do it later. You were too impulsive just now, you knew that Master Ming and Master Gao were dissatisfied with you and deliberately embarrassed you, why did you be fooled? ”

"It's not that I've been fooled, it's that I've wanted to do this for a long time, and I just pushed the boat along the water." An Mingchen patted him on the shoulder, "Go and prepare the materials for this case, and I will take them all away later." Lord Wang hesitated and then spoke, "Do you need to do anything from your lordship?" Xia Guan will definitely go all out...... "Lord Wang has been following this case, and he has been worrying about it for the past few days, but An Mingchen is now suspicious of everyone, and he would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of a hundred, and rejected Lord Wang's kindness, "You stay." If you leave with me, I'm afraid it won't be easy for you to explain. ”

"Lord An, have you really thought about it?" Lord Wang knew An Mingchen's temperament, once the matter was decided, no matter who said anything, it would not be changed, seeing her nodding, although she was lost, she still responded, went back to the house to pack her things, and personally sent An Mingchen away after half an hour.

An Mingchen went directly to Anfu with things, after the fire, most of the houses in the yard have been repaired, it looks no different from before, but it is very different, An Mingchen came to the study and sorted out the information in his hand, at this time, the dark guard came in, An Mingchen glanced at the sky, the dark guard appeared at this time, it should be an accident.

"My lord, there's someone watching outside the door. You've been there since you came in, and you haven't left yet. An Mingchen was suddenly glad that he didn't bring the case to Huangfu's house, otherwise ...... "Who can be found out?" The dark guard shook his head, "I've already checked, there should be news soon." ”

"Okay, go outside and keep an eye on it, and report to me as soon as there is anything." The dark guard left, and An Mingchen continued to be busy with the business at hand. On the other side, the capital was shocked by the murderous maniac, the news of killing eight people in eight days was like the wind, and it went away, less than an hour, the streets and alleys of the capital were all this news, and people were panicked for a while.

At ten o'clock in the evening, An Mingchen returned home, and Huangfu Xue talked about the news, "How is it, is there a clue?" What are you going to do tonight, people are already panicking now, and if someone dies tonight, I am afraid that tomorrow the situation will be even more serious. Huangfu Xue was worried about An Mingchen, so she asked the magpie to boil some ginseng soup and watched him drink it. An Mingchen had already done the defense, but he was still not at ease, so he found a secret guard to guard the Huangfu Mansion, and he took people out to find the street.

Around the hour, there was a loud shout in the alley in the east of the city, An Mingchen was nearby, hearing this, he hurriedly chased after him, the man in black had not killed the person on the ground, in a panic, he fled in a hurry, An Mingchen took the secret guard to chase, and the guard sent the victim to the hospital. The man in black is very witty, and when she was about to be caught several times, she escaped, and in the end, she let the murderer escape.

In the medical hall, the victim had already woken up, it was a man of about forty, he was overly frightened, and he had been talking nonsense, An Mingchen couldn't ask anything useful, leaving a few secret guards, and he went home.

Huangfu Xue had already slept, sleeping very lightly, and he woke up as soon as he came in. Nodded and pulled, sat up, saw that he was tired, and couldn't bear to ask the next person, so he pulled her to sit down, "It's not early, let's rest early." ”

"I'm dirty, go wash up first, you sleep first, don't wait for me." An Mingchen helped Huangfuxue to lie down before going to the back room to wash, and came back again, Huangfuxue was lying on the bed, her eyes open, obviously very sleepy, but she kept insisting, Huangfuxue covered her eyes distressedly, "Didn't I tell you that you don't have to wait, let's go to sleep quickly." ”

"I want to wait for you to sleep together. Okay, go to sleep. Although An Mingchen was tired, she didn't feel sleepy, lying on the bed, thinking carefully about today's events, she always felt that there was something she ignored, but she couldn't remember what it was for a while. Either way, there were no dead tonight, so it's a blessing. When he came back from the next day, An Mingchen and Huangfu Xue were chatting, and An ran in as if crying.

"Big brother, help." Accustomed to seeing An as arrogant and aggressive, suddenly she was really uncomfortable. Huangfu Xue got up and pulled her forward, "What's the matter, don't cry, if there is anything to say slowly, your eldest brother and I will call the shots for you." ”

"It's Xue Wei, Xue Wei went to me today and said a lot of shameless words, I clearly rejected him, he actually said that I was pretentious, I don't know what to do. Big brother, what does he mean by this, why does he say that about me. The last thing happened was that I was blind, I have already issued it, and I know that he is not a good person, he is really shameless, he wants to seduce me, and he said so high-sounding, big brother, you have to help me. ”

"Xue Wei? He's so bold. You wait, I'll make decisions for you. An Mingchen got up and went directly to the South Courtyard. Huangfu Yue was not there, Xue Wei was teasing the maid, and when he saw him coming in, he hurriedly let go of the maid and restored his former sanctimonious appearance.

"Is there something wrong with the second brother-in-law?" As soon as Xue Wei's voice fell, An Mingchen strode forward and knocked Xue Wei to the ground with a punch. Without waiting for Xue Wei to get up, An Mingchen punched again, several times in a row, until Xue Wei's nose was blue and his face was swollen, and An Mingchen discouraged, "Probably my previous methods were still too merciful, so that you don't know how to restrain yourself like this, and you dare to fight even the attention of the second sister." Xue Wei, don't you care about that restaurant the most, within three days, it won't be yours. ”