Shangguan Jing leaned on the roof, it was cloudy today, and the gray made people's hearts even more depressed and frightened.

The entire palace fell into silence, everyone suspected that everyone except themselves was a murderer, and after Shangguan Jing's investigation during the day, no murderer was found, which shows how cunning this murderer is. In addition, everyone does not know what the murderer's motive is, so everyone is worried that they will be the next target.

It was nearly midnight, but Mr. Zhang Sheng's room was still brightly lit, and through the candlelight, he could be seen sitting in front of the desk and holding a pen, but he didn't know what he was writing. He kept rolling the beads of sweat from the corners of his forehead with his hands, looking very nervous.

Finally, he put down his pen and folded the square piece of paper he had written, and tucked it into his sleeve. He got up and blew out the candle in front of the case and hurried out of the room.

The night passed without incident, and it passed very peacefully. Shangguan Jing kept supporting his tired body and forced himself not to fall asleep. I didn't fall asleep, I didn't fall asleep, but there was no movement this night.

The next day, Shangguan Jing came to the palace hall, but found that King Jingyang had gotten up earlier than her.

"Uncle Murong, why don't you sleep a little longer?" King Jingyang sighed softly and said, "When people are old, they are prone to insomnia. King Jingyang paused and said: "Ah Jing, you have worked hard for the past few days, and you have to help Dali Temple investigate the case." "It's nothing, Uncle Murong, I'm just nosy. What's more, you're my father's friend, and now that this kind of thing has happened to your family, I'm sure I'm going to take care of it. Don't worry, I'll bring the murderer to justice. "Okay...... Good ......"

Shangguan Jing sat in the hall, rubbing his temples, his head still groggy with some swelling.

At this time, there was a commotion at the door.

I saw that Yun Rong was fierce and vicious, and it was Master Zhang who walked in the front. Yun Rong shoved Zhang Sheng into the hall.

"Young Master Yun, what are you doing here?" King Jingyang asked.

Yun Rong replied: "Lord Wang, this Lord Zhang sneakily tried to escape through the back door early in the morning and was caught by me. "Escape?" King Jingyang looked at Zhang Sheng puzzled, and continued to ask: "Lord Zhang, didn't this king give an order, no one can leave the palace half a step before the murderer is brought to justice, why do you still want to escape!" "Lord Wang...... I ...... "Zhang Sheng was already afraid of things, and now that he is arrested, he is even more nervous."

Shangguan Jing looked him up and down, and with a flash of his eyes, he caught something suspicious—the shoes he was wearing under his feet had obvious moss, and not only that, but there were also undried mud stains under the corners of his clothes. But Shangguan Jing remembered that the back of the palace was full of stones, and the road would not splash mud at all, so where did the mud stains and moss come from?

Yun Rong was even more angry when he saw him speak, and simply said directly: "Lord Zhang, isn't he a thief and wants to run away, right?" Shangguan Jing and King Jingyang both knew what this meant. However, Zhang Sheng did not refute it, but this confirmed the accusation that he was the murderer.

"Zhang Sheng, you explain it clearly to this king!" King Jingyang lost his good temper.

Zhang Sheng knelt down violently to King Jingyang, his hands trembled, and his whole body trembled. But although his hands were trembling all the time, they never left the cuffs by half an inch, which was captured by Shangguan Jing again.

"Lord, I'm ...... I'm sorry for you! It's all my fault! It's all my fault! He actually cried, bowed his head and waited for the taunt.

But what is even more sad is King Jingyang.

Zhang Sheng is his proud protégé, who has been a classmate of Lord Li and Lord Wang for several years, and is an official in the same dynasty, but he never thought that it would develop to such a point today.

"I remember that I asked Lord Zhang yesterday if you had gone to the hall to check your body, and you told me to go, but now it seems that you not only didn't tell the truth, but also hid a lot of things from us!" Shangguan Jing smiled and squatted down and grabbed his right hand hidden in his sleeve and rolled up his sleeve, sure enough! There are scratch marks on the wrists.

Yun Rong let out a sneer, "You can't rely on it now!" ”

Zhang Sheng's face was like ashes, he sat on the ground, and King Jingyang was so angry that he directly kicked him over. Shangguan Jing hurriedly stepped forward to help King Jingyang, who had lost his center of gravity, to sit down.

"You...... How can you be so cruel! Cruelty to his colleagues in such indiscriminate ways! ”

Zhang Sheng was stupid and sat without saying anything.

Shangguan Jing asked, "Lord Zhang, why did you kill Lord Li and Lord Wang?" Zhang Sheng reacted violently, his whole body shook, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No!" No! I didn't kill the king! I didn't kill him! "It's hilarious! You admit that you are the murderer, but you still don't admit that you killed someone. Could it be that Lord Cheng killed himself himself! Yun Rong shook his fan and said seriously.

Zhang Sheng trembled and said, "I...... I only killed Master Li, and he wanted to denounce me, so I killed him! I can't let him denounce me! Can't ......" "What kind of whistleblowing?" Shangguan Jing asked. She found the story getting more and more interesting.

"Nope! I can't say! It's a secret I'll never be able to tell! Can't say! King Jingyang was so angry that he pointed to Zhang Sheng's nose and said hatefully: "What do you have to hide now!" You're going to kill someone for a secret, you ......"

Shangguan Jing turned around Zhang Sheng with his hands and said, "Since Master Zhang refuses to say the specific process of the crime, then it is better to let me talk about it." Zhang Sheng raised his eyes and looked at her worriedly.

Shangguan Jing said carefully......

"Everyone knows that you and Master Li Fan Li are friends, and it stands to reason that there is no reason to kill him, but Lord Li will denounce you after Lord Wang's death and no longer keep secrets, so it can be seen that this secret is a secret shared by the three of you, and only the three of you know. You chose to kill people in order to prevent the secret from being exposed, and now let's talk about how you were able to take advantage of his unpreparedness to kill Lord Li. Shangguan Jing leaned down and a smile curled up at the corner of his mouth.

Shangguan Jing continued: "When Murong Shizi and I checked the scene of the crime before, we found that everything at the scene was deliberately forged by someone, and its purpose was to make us mistakenly think that it was the scene of the first crime. But in fact, you have already asked Master Li out, as for where the appointment is...... I guess I don't need to say more, right? Shangguan Jing motioned for him to look down at the moss under his feet, Zhang Sheng glanced at it and closed his eyes tightly, and finally he spoke.

"That's right, I invited Li Fan to the back garden of the palace that night and killed him while he was unprepared. Just in case you suspect me, I've faked the scene. I dug out his heart and buried it in the back garden, then dragged his body back to the wing. In order to convince you completely, I deliberately knocked over the things in the room, and faked drag marks, and finally hung him from a tree, I thought ......" Shangguan Jing answered: "You think you can get away with it in this way." Zhang Sheng laughed at himself: "Yes! Shangguan Jing continued: "You should be the only murderer, right? The murderer of Lord Wang before is much smarter than you, and he at least knows how to bring down all of us in the wine of the banquet, so that he can do things easily. But who would have thought that our Murong Shizi didn't go to the banquet, let alone touch the wine. Zhang Sheng was silent. Shangguan Jing said again: "Let me guess, the mud stains on the corners of your clothes that haven't dried should have been left last night, right?" Who are you waiting for? The murderer?"

"That's right! I did wait for him, because I knew that even if I didn't go to him, he would find me sooner or later. He won't let me go! "Hey! It's a pity you didn't wait! So you would think that the murderer let you go, and then you were ready to slip away from the back door and escape, but you didn't expect to be caught by Yun Gongzi who had just returned from Dali Temple! ”

Zhang Sheng's face couldn't see any expression anymore, and he said weakly: "What you said is right. It's all my fault, you get me arrested. ”

King Jingyang got up and said: "Someone, temporarily detain Zhang Sheng in the firewood room and inform Dali Temple!" Outside the door, two government soldiers walked in and escorted him down.

Although Zhang Sheng revealed his identity, Shangguan Jing was still worried, because the real murderer was still at large.