But sometimes, that's how it goes, even if you imagine a lot of possibilities and make a lot of preparations, and when you know the truth, you still can't help but look sideways.

The crown prince and others also made a lot of guesses, but they never expected that Wang Depu and the eldest prince would be so ruthless.

On the fifth day of Xiao Liang's murder, there was another homicide in Yejing, the deceased was a husband, he was still killed in the middle of the night, and he was found early in the morning, and the most important thing is that the cause of death was exactly the same as Xiao Liang, even the dagger that stabbed the husband to death was exactly the same as Xiao Liang's.

originally thought it was another headless lawsuit, but this time, I actually found evidence by peeling back the cocoon.

First of all, the murder weapon of this murder has a provenance, according to the boss who sold this dagger, a foreigner came to him a few days ago to buy this dagger, because the other party is very different from the appearance of the Nanzhao people, so he remembers it very clearly.

Now that the murder weapon has a provenance, it is much easier to investigate, and the people from the Criminal Department and Dali Temple hurriedly sent people to find the foreigner that the shopkeeper said.

But after looking around, I found that this person had left the city as early as yesterday and was no longer in Yejing City.

Now the clue is broken again, but the Criminal Department and Dali Temple are not as headless as flies a few days ago.

The matter involves foreign clans, after all, it is easier to attract attention, the criminal department Shangshu and Dali Siqing did not dare to delay, and immediately entered the palace to face the saint, and truthfully reported the matter to Emperor Hui.

The reason why the two of them are so anxious is nothing more than because if the murderer is really a foreigner, it is very likely to cause war between the two countries, and even if it can't lead to a war, it may also affect diplomatic relations, so naturally they dare not slack off.

Emperor Hui was furious when he heard this, and said that these foreigners were ambitious and dared to commit murder under his nose.

Shangshu of the Criminal Department and Dali Siqing glanced at each other when they heard this, their eyes were a little solemn, listening to the emperor's words, it seemed that they had already determined that this foreigner was the murderer.

But if so, wouldn't the case be more complicated?

Now it's the end of the year, and the New Year is coming soon, and at this juncture, if there is external turmoil, it is not a good thing.

Wang Zhongsu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, has always been loyal and straightforward, and after thinking for a while, he still said: "Your Majesty, this case involves people of foreign races, I am afraid it is not easy to ignore it, the minister thinks that it is better to investigate thoroughly, if the person who committed the crime is not this foreign person, if this matter is spread, won't it affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries?" ”

Advice has always been contrary to the ear, and few people can fully listen to it, and even if they do, they may not really like it.

That's how Huidi is.

However, although he did not like to be honest and straightforward, he was not a faint king in the end, and understood that what Wang Zhongsu said was not unreasonable, so he asked them to investigate the matter thoroughly, and told them to find out whether the two murders were the work of the foreigners.

Shangshu of the Criminal Department and Dali Siqing took the order and left, and they were busy separately.

Originally, I thought that it was expected to solve this case, but now it is more complicated.

The news that the criminal department Shangshu and Dali Siqing entered the palace soon spread throughout the provinces, and after King Rui heard about it, he was so angry that he immediately called someone to invite Wang Depu.

When Wang Depu arrived at King Rui's mansion, he naturally received some complaints from King Rui first, and his words were nothing more than complaining about Wang Depu's troubles.

In the face of King Rui's complaints, Wang Depu was not angry, but only told King Rui not to worry.

King Rui saw that he looked like he was in his chest, and his anger gradually subsided, and finally he chose to believe him.

Soon, King Rui knew what Wang Depu meant by what he said.

Because, there was another murder in Yejing City.

Like the previous two times, no matter the cause of death, the death was exactly the same as Xiao Liang and the previous husband.

However, the foreigner who bought the dagger in the shop before was not in Yejing, and in the past two days, the patrol soldiers at the city gate have been paying attention to this foreigner, and have not seen him enter the city.

Either he has the ability to go to heaven and earth and can quietly sneak into the city to kill people, or he has the ability to disguise himself and can hide from all the patrol soldiers.

But this is obviously impossible, first of all, foreigners and Nanzhao people look very different, although there are many foreigners in Yejing, but they will not avoid the local people of Nanzhao, so no matter how foreigners disguise, it is easy to see.

In the past few days, the gates of the city have been very closely inspected by outsiders, unless this person will be invisible, or it will not be possible to sneak into the city quietly under any circumstances.

Since he is not there, it is obvious that the murderer is someone else.

As for who it is, this still has to be checked again.

The people in the capital have been in a panic for a few days, and if the murder case has not been solved for a day, they will not be able to relax for a day, when Xiao Liang was killed at the beginning, they did not have much sense of crisis, and they always felt that in terms of Xiao Liang's identity, he should not have been killed by ordinary people, maybe he died in a family dispute or something.

But after the milk, two ordinary people were killed by the same means one after another, and everyone really had no way not to be afraid.

It was the ordinary people around them who died, and as ordinary people who also had no status, they had a personal sense of crisis.

In the past few days, as soon as it was night, everyone dared not go out again, for fear that they would become the next ghost under the knife.

There was a mad murderer in Kyori, and it was spread that it had spread.

Two people died one after another, and the prince and others finally knew what King Rui and Wang Depu had in mind, and Lu Zheng couldn't see people killing innocents indiscriminately, so he asked himself to stare at people with the prince's secret guards.

However, he was stopped by the right minister.

The right minister waved his hand at Lu Zheng, signaling him to be calm, "We can't interfere in this matter." ”

After all, the right minister has been fighting with Wang Depu for most of his life, and he knows Wang Depu's personality and style of action better than others, so he has already smelled the smell of conspiracy.

Lu Zheng is not a person who can't listen to persuasion, and when he heard the right minister say this, he humbly asked: "What do you mean when the younger generation dares to ask Xiang Ye what he said?" ”

The right minister sighed softly, and said: "It was the old man's negligence before, and he always thought that it would be foolproof to keep an eye on the Ruiwang Mansion and the Shangshu Mansion, but he misestimated Wang Depu's methods, Wang Depu will definitely not call people to kill people for no reason, the so-called foreigners before were just smokescreens he released, and his real purpose is far more than that." We have lost the opportunity, if we intervene again, we will definitely fall into Wang Depu's trap, and we can't do it again, Wang Depu is not better than us at the moment, he shot again, and he is also anxious to close the case, he is different from King Rui, he acts more spicy, and a shot must be seamless, not only that, as early as the first time he shot, in fact, he has already buried a trap waiting for us, or more precisely, is waiting for you. ”

As he spoke, the right minister's hand pointed at Lu Zheng.