He was born in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he has the pearl of the God of War Mansion, so he is naturally no stranger to the posture of the guards and soldiers training of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It's just that at this time, if a foreign man disguises himself to avoid people's eyes and ears and goes to the harem, the nature of the matter is only much more serious.

First of all, who is that person, and what is his intention? What did he do when he entered the harem, did he want to fornicate with the palace, or was there some conspiracy?

In this case, Hua Wuzhi is indeed suffering. After all, once it is not good, the emperor's face will be lost in front of the Seventeen Kingdoms.

What's more, there were envoys from seventeen countries in the palace at that time. Originally, the Great Zhou was in a very passive and delicate situation because of the murder of the envoys of the Seventeen Kingdoms. If something goes wrong again at this time, I am afraid that the prestige of the Great Zhou Dynasty will be greatly lost in the eyes of the surrounding barbarians.

So coincidentally, today he had an accident with the princess, and the envoys of the seventeen countries who had not entered the palace for a long time also asked to see the emperor.

If there is nothing strange in this matter, it is really difficult to make sense.

Xiao Qinglang bowed his head, noncommittal to his guess. This case seems impossible, and even a little rough, but when you think about it, there is no omission, and it can be said that it is thoughtful. Although according to common sense, no one would believe that Hua Wuzhi killed people in the palace, but no evidence could be found to prove his innocence.

Hua Wuxian gritted his teeth and said indignantly, "If something happens to me, I'm afraid that the old man Ming'er will be impeached, really"

Xiao Qinglang's brows furrowed, obviously thinking of the troubles that would arise in the future. Prime Minister Hua is the head of the civil officials, if he is trapped, the consequences will be unimaginable. Even if there is nothing to do in the DPRK, there will be constant rumors among the people in the market, and there will be all kinds of thoughts.

More importantly, Hua Xiangye is an old minister of the two dynasties, and he is a staunch imperial party, a close minister of the Son of Heaven. His influence on the political situation is not comparable to Xu Qinhe and Liu Morang in Jinzhou City.

And if something happens to him, the DPRK and the Central Committee will rarely have people's hearts fluctuate.

Xiao Qinglang rubbed his eyebrows, got up and said, "I heard Liu Deming say that the envoys of the Seventeen Kingdoms asked to leave Beijing in five days. And before leaving Beijing, I want Da Zhou to give them an explanation. ”

In other words, in this case of the murder of the envoy, there must be a murderer to pay for his life. If the case can't be solved within five days, then they will regard Hua Wuxian as the murderer. Of course, because he is the son of the prime minister, it is inevitable that the prime minister will be implicated, and even several protégés of the prime minister's mansion.

After all, it is not only the ministers of the Seventeen Kingdoms who are dead now, but also several princes and princesses.

The Great Zhou is now at the peak of its national strength, so it is natural that it will not be afraid of their threat. However, if this matter is not handled well, I am afraid that it will affect the prestige of Da Zhou. You must know that the 17 countries in northern Xinjiang have been arrogant for a hundred years, and they must be unwilling to fall silent suddenly. And on the southern Xinjiang side, there are also forces ready to move now, and the conspiracy of Jinzhou City exposed by Xiao Qinglang is enough to prove that there are still hidden dangers in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Moreover, even a few people died, and many people in the market were panicked. Speculation and panic spread, so much so that many ghostly speculations were born.

No matter which way you look at it, if this matter is not resolved, it will be a big deal. Troublesome.

This thing seems to be a dead end no matter how you look at it. Unless the Great Zhou can back down on the court, in order to give the Seventeen Kingdoms a chance to breathe.

However, it was not easy to break up the Seventeen Kingdoms and suppress them to the edge of the northern frontier. If they are allowed to make a comeback, not to mention whether they can return to the point where they were strong and strong and the clamor of the Great Zhou, even if they are just wandering, it will be a great threat to the people of the frontier.

After leaving the prison, Xiao Qinglang went directly to the inner court. The three divisions of the Great Zhou Dynasty are different from the other dynasties, and they are built by the criminal department, Dali Temple and the inner court.

The Criminal Department is in charge of cases in all parts of the world, but all major and important cases must be reported to the Criminal Department for review before the case can be closed. The Dali Temple is responsible for hearing major cases, such as involving high-ranking officials and even relatives of the emperor and the country. The Inner Court is particularly different, it is the place where the major suspicious cases in the palace are managed, whether they can be entered into the history books or those that are not known to the public, they are all recorded here.

If it is difficult to deal with a more significant case, it will be tried by the three legal divisions.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Inspectorate that was supposed to be within the Three Law Divisions became an independent institution like the Imperial Historical Observatory. Although he can also investigate cases, he mostly supervises officials at all levels, just like Lord Yuan Weifu investigates the situation of bureaucrats in various places.

For the time being, regardless of the death of the previous envoy, just talk about the murder of Princess Heqin in the palace, and the case file and records should be sealed in the inner court.

At this time, Tang Qiao, the secretary of Dali Temple, was waiting in the main hall of the inner court, just waiting for Xiao Qinglang to check the file.

Because today's accident was the princess Heqin who came with the envoys, coupled with the deaths of the previous six envoys, it is inevitable that they will be together with today's case and the previous six.

The previous case was enough to make them anxious, and they were chased and questioned by those envoys day by day, and even ridiculed openly and secretly. Partial life, no matter how hard they try, they just can't catch the murderer, and they can't even find a clue.

Now, even the people outside are talking about gods and ghosts, saying that the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty who have been killed by barbarians have turned into unjust spirits and come back to ask for their lives.

The thought of this makes their faces feel a little painful.

After being on an errand under the prince for so long, they can be regarded as experienced in a hundred battles, and there are countless cases solved, although they are not as keen as the prince, they can be regarded as the leaders of the three law divisions. But he was partial, his face was folded in front of that group of barbarians, and now he will fold the horses of the Great Zhou Hall into it, really

Most of them are from civilian backgrounds, although they have always been neutral. can also have some respect for the upright prime minister. The prime minister's family has few heirs, and some sons in law have been sent to various places early to do business, so as not to change the hearts of the people in the DPRK and China? As prisoners, they know this very well.

It is precisely because of this that I feel embarrassed.

No, if it's just a loss of face, it's not a thing, what I'm most afraid of is that those barbarians have ghosts in their hearts and want to blackmail Da Zhou with this

Because of the special status of the people in the inner court, many people in the palace are in charge, and Lou An is the eunuch specially arranged by the emperor.

Although he is a eunuch, he has been learning art with the secret guard since he was a child, and he is familiar with the methods of investigating and trying cases in the inner court. In addition, he doesn't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, and his temperament is arrogant and arrogant, so he is just a sharp knife for the emperor to take charge of the court.

Of course, although he was the emperor's confidant, he didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Xiao Qinglang.

After Xiao Qinglang arrived, he didn't say a word, and first looked through the case file of the killed envoy.

The first envoy to be killed, named Arikun, was skinned and died. There were no more scars on his body, and there were no other marks. Where the body was found, there was no blood, and it was deserted and difficult to find clues.

And the person who found his body was a drunk. On that day, he went back drunk, and for his convenience, he took a very secluded and deserted path. As a result, when he was halfway through, he tripped over something, and he kicked the thing with a curse. After returning home, before he could say anything, he heard a frightened cry from his wife. At that time, he woke up a little from the wine, and it was at this time that by the moonlight, he found that he was covered in blood

The second envoy who was killed, named Mu Zaipair, was cut off by the waist and died. If it corresponds, it is quite a bit of a halving. Similar to the former, no valuable clues were found at the scene, and the entire corpse was clean and neat, as if a person had been killed out of thin air, and even the deceased did not show a look of struggle or despair on his face.

His body was found by an old woman who poured night incense, and the old woman was pulling a cart to collect night incense in the alley, and happened to meet him lying in the alley. Just thought he was a drunk, and muttered. When the old woman passed by the place again on the second night, she found that the man was still there, and she felt a little strange at that time, but when she came forward to take a look, she saw that the man had a dark face, and he was already dead.

Because the alley is very dilapidated, and there are mostly secret prostitution halls in it, there is a drunk man in the innermost part of the alley, and others don't take it seriously. On the contrary, he was worried about what kind of gangster that person was, and he didn't dare to come forward to check.

Naturally, no one immediately discovered the deceased's condition.

The third man who was killed was named Utuk. He was the prince of the Northern Imperial Court, and now he is the heir to a tribal leader. Compared with the clean and neat deaths of the two before, his death was obviously tortured. As if venting his anger, the murderer chopped off his head, hands and feet, and then chopped his torso into three pieces, which can be described as a big dismantle.

His body was found in an abandoned house, or when a wild dog ran out into the street with the half-eaten head in its mouth.

Strangely, even though he was dismembered, the scene was the same as the scene of the first deceased, with no traces of blood and no valuable clues. Only the hungry wild dogs, which only fed on food, and some mutilated carcasses.

Then there was the fourth person to be killed, who was the leader of the emerging tribe Yigan Baierdi after the imperial court in northern Xinjiang was dispersed. It is said that after the King of Qi defeated the imperial court in northern Xinjiang, he took away some of the elite soldiers of the imperial court because of his courage and good fighting, and then set up his own one. At the beginning, the tribe led by Utuk also crusaded against him, but he could not hold his military power, and several conquests made him bigger and bigger. And this time he came to the Great Zhou, he intended to seek peace, and wanted to find the Great Zhou as a backer to consolidate his power in the northern frontier.

His body had been found in a deserted place, and when it was found, the bones had been stewed into a pot of soup. And those who found his body were a few servants and a little beggar. At first, a beggar picked up his clothes and thought they were gorgeous, so he took them to the tavern to exchange them for steamed buns and rice. The shopkeeper of the tavern looked at the clothes inlaid with precious stones, as well as a lot of gold and silver, and thought of the killing of the envoy a few days ago, so he was frightened and did not dare to delay, and reported directly to Jingzhao Mansion.