Xie Qinglin sat outside the prison door, his face gloomy, and Yan Bei and Yun Shen stood solemnly on their sides.

Zhao Yan stood next to him tremblingly, and he didn't dare to come out.

Under such strict guards, another important witness died in the prison, and he could not shirk this responsibility no matter what.

But he was really wronged, and suddenly one night, Qian Wu swallowed his breath inexplicably, and when the jailer found it the next morning, the corpse was already cold.

The unlucky jailer was very frightened, and when he reported to Zhao Yan, he didn't speak well, and stammered for a long time, until Zhao Yan impatiently lifted his eyelids, knelt down with a "plop", and said with a handful of snot and tears that he would apologize for his sins with death.

Zhao Yan naturally didn't let him die, and then a small official came over, and finally made things clear.

It's no wonder that he is too timid, after all, Qian Wu is the object of care and guarding, and he doesn't dare to treat it sloppily on weekdays, but he died suddenly, and everyone has to panic.

After Zhao Yan learned the news, he didn't dare to delay for a moment, and immediately reported to His Royal Highness the Prince.

Xie Qinglin was furious when he heard this, and personally came to the prison to check the situation.

Qian Wu's corpse has not been moved, he is upright in the corner of the wall, his limbs are flat, his face is no different from when he was alive, it may be that his eyes are closed and he does not look very ruthless, and his expression even has a trace of serenity.

Xie Qinglin looked at the corpse for a while, then turned his head to look around: "Are you sure no outsiders have come?" ”

"Your Highness, I guarantee my life, there is absolutely no way for anyone to come in." Zhao Yan hurriedly replied, with a sworn expression and a solemn tone.

Xie Qinglin was noncommittal.

He also knows a little bit about the guards in the prison of the Criminal Department, and the precautions here are indeed leaky, and what Zhao Yan said is not unbelievable.

In that case, there is only one possibility.

However, how did Qian Wu commit suicide?

"Then tell me how he killed himself?" Xie Qinglin sneered.

"This ...... His Royal Highness is angry, and the minister will definitely do his best to find out about this matter. Zhao Yan was a little anxious and made a promise in a panic.

"Let's do it." Xie Qinglin said tiredly, pressed his eyebrows, "Pay attention to see if it's poisoned." ”

Zhao Yan said repeatedly: "Yes...... Be. ”

The surrounding officials have long been surprised, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seems to be particularly fond of running to their criminal department.

In particular, some recent cases are extraordinary.

Xie Qinglin took the two of them around the prison again before going back, the jailer's work was still as usual, and he was not disrupted by this sudden change, he thought about it, if he was an intruder, there was no way to enter it unnoticed.

He went to the criminal department early in the morning, and his spirit was highly stressed, and after he came back, he felt that he was indeed exhausted, and his mind was groggy.

Xie Qinglin took a nap after lunch, the sun was very bright at noon in spring, and it was warm, the brocade tent could not cover such a strong sunlight, and the sun shone on him almost without reservation.

The room was warm and fragrant, and the incense was floating.

Xie Qinglin didn't sleep for long this night, but he had a bizarre dream, he dreamed of a raging sea of fire and endless wilderness, his mouth was dry, and he woke up with thirst.

When he woke up, he was still a little dazed, and asked the palace people for water in a hoarse voice.

Someone immediately brought him warm tea, he took a sip, and asked them to change it to cold water with a blank face.

The little eunuch brought a basin and waited for him to wash his face, and then he sobered up a little.

He was stunned for a while, returned to reality from the dream, stared at the water in the copper basin for a while, and then remembered what he was going to do: this kind of bad thing, how can I let Xie Ziyu annoy it together. How could he let him get away alone, and it was originally his business.

Since his father asked him to "assist" him, he must definitely implement this.

As for this strange dream, he didn't plan to delve into it for the time being.

Xie Qinglin said to Lin Ying: "You go to the fourth child and call him over." ”

Xie Ziyu still lives in the East Fifth Institute of the Palace, not far from the East Palace, Xie Qinglin estimates that he will be able to get here in a while.

Xie Qinglin went to the study and waited for someone, and asked the palace maid to spread out the rice paper, grind the ink, and moisten the wolf pen, as if she was about to write.

When the fourth prince saw Lin Ying coming to his palace, he had a faint bad premonition: Xie Qinglin was looking for him at this time, and it would be nothing good.

Sure enough, Xie Ziyu entered the study room in the inner hall of the East Palace and saw that Xie Qinglin was all ready, and the next moment he was going to write like a dragon and a snake.

Xie Qinglin sat there, gesturing with a pen, hesitating and not starting, sometimes pretending to sigh for a long time.

Seeing Xie Ziyu coming, he just raised his eyelids and glanced at it, and then it was as if he hadn't seen anyone, and he still had to do something.

Xie Ziyu stood silent for a while, watching Xie Qinglin finally "ruthlessly" go to the pen, and between the movements of his wrists, the pen was like flowing water, without any sense of stagnation.

The two palace maids were waiting next to Xie Qinglin, looking at their noses and noses, and thinking that they were all made of wood.

"Why is the imperial brother worried?" Xie Ziyu felt that he had been waiting for a long time, and he couldn't figure out what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was planning, so he took the initiative to ask. "Fourth brother, the imperial brother is in trouble."

Xie Qinglin was also happy to maintain a superficial brotherhood with him, as if it wasn't him who had just dried people for a long time, "Father ordered you and me to thoroughly investigate the remnants of the Rong clan, but I don't have a clue now, and I don't know where to start." ”

Xie Ziyu scolded him in his heart, and said in his heart that if you didn't cause it yourself, would you need your father to order the two of them to do it together?

Xie Ziyu actually didn't like working with Xie Qinglin very much.

"The younger brother is stupid, and he only knows a little about the Rong clan, so he can't share the worries of the royal brother......"

"Where is it, why should the fourth brother be humble......" Xie Qinglin put down his pen and approached, his smile gradually deepened, "I have something to do, and I ask the fourth brother to help." ”

He was short of someone to help find the whereabouts of the remnants of the Rong clan, and suddenly remembered that Xie Ziyu had come, and it was useless.

Moreover, he also expected that Xie Ziyu would not dare to refuse.

This is indeed the case, Xie Ziyu pushed it with a bitter face for a long time, saying that he was incapable and that he was afraid or something, and in the end he couldn't make Xie Qinglin change his mind, so he had to honestly take on this burden.

Xie Qinglin himself didn't know how to go to the descendants of the Charong clan.

In addition to that obvious appearance, it is not easy to find someone related to the Rong tribe in the vast sea of people.

Xie Ziyu didn't stay in the East Palace for long, and walked out with a pale face.

With such a good-looking face, even a calm face is difficult to make people evil.

Near the end of the evening, someone sent news that Qian Wu had indeed died of poison, exactly as Xie Qinglin expected.

Zhao Yan didn't come over, maybe he still has something to do in the Criminal Department, after all, he is not an unknown petty official now, so a squire can't be absent at a critical moment.

The people who came were a little familiar, but Xie Qinglin couldn't remember when he had seen them.

"Your Highness is really incomparably intelligent, and I can't wait for it." The little official who came to pass the word flattered him that he was not young, and the folds on his face were squeezed into a heap.

Xie Qinglin didn't think how smart and wise he was, thinking about taking poison, I am afraid that it would be a normal person's reaction.

Xie Qinglin with this kind of personality has seen a lot, and it is difficult to have a good impression, and he has already been numb to these compliments.

It seems that this person didn't do enough homework before he came, so he didn't know that he Xie Qinglin didn't like this kind of meaningless flattery at all.

"Alright." Xie Qinglin interrupted him impatiently, "Can you tell what kind of poison it is?" ”

The little official's face froze: "This ...... Well...... The servants are still studying ......" Seeing that Xie Qinglin's face was displeased, he hurriedly changed his words: "It is very likely that it is a secret medicine of the foreign race, and they have never seen such a toxic medicine ......"

It is estimated that it is the medicine of the Rong people, the kind that is not passed on.

It's no wonder that Qian Wu was so cooperative, asking what to say, it turned out that he knew that his life was short.

Except for one thing - he wouldn't say a word about the specifics of the organization behind him.

This is also the reason why Xie Qinglin attaches so much importance to him - if he had already explained everything, Xie Qinglin would not bother to care about his life or death.

"Where did Qian Wu hide the medicine?" Xie Qinglin asked.

In other words, how he got the poison is also a question that cannot be ignored.

The little official said with trepidation: "We never saw much when we searched before, and then the person who delivered the food every day was also checked, and he couldn't contact the people outside at all...... So we guess that this medicine may have been taken by him a long time ago, but it only happened today. ”

It was the first time he had seen such a big scene in the East Palace, and he was surprisingly cautious.

"That's ......" Xie Qinglin was silent, his brows furrowed.

It is a rare chronic poison......

The little official secretly raised his eyes to look at him, but saw that Xie Qinglin's face did not show too much loss or anger, and it was calm and a little frightening.

Xie Qinglin said calmly: "You continue to find out what kind of poison it is, if you can try to match it yourself, and also, sort out all the things that Qian Wu said about the Rong clan for me." Between the eyebrows is as indifferent as ever.

"Your Ministers obey." The little official bowed and withdrew.

Some headaches: "Fourth brother, why didn't you discuss with me before you did this?" ”

"The imperial brother is busy with official business, how dare the younger brother trouble the imperial brother with this kind of thing."

"Cancel this order immediately."

"The order is changed overnight, it will lose the royal face, brother Huang, are you sure you won't think about it again?"

"Isn't it as important as your face?"

"Cancel this order immediately."

"Cancel this order immediately."

"The order is changed overnight, it will lose the royal face, brother Huang, are you sure you won't think about it again?"

"Isn't it as important as your face?

"The order is changed overnight, it will lose the royal face, brother Huang, are you sure you won't think about it again?"

"Isn't it as important as your face?