"Your Majesty, according to the minister's investigation, this fire is not caused by natural disasters, but is really caused by man!"

As soon as these words came out, the emperor was furious on the spot, and simply and cleanly reprimanded: "Keep talking!" ”

"Last night when we cleaned up the scene, we found several female bodies, one of which was a newborn baby, who had choked to death from the smoke of the fire. There was also a woman with cyanosis of her lips and teeth, and there were tooth marks on her lips, which was preliminarily concluded to have been covered to death. There was also an elderly woman who was missing an arm and fainted from blood loss due to the cutting off of her arm, and finally choked in the fire. There is also a woman who is even more suspicious, there is a strangulation mark on her neck, and there is no soot in her mouth and nose, she was strangled and thrown here! At the same time, we also found a machete at the scene! ”

"And how did the fire start?" The emperor's face was pale, although there were many people present, they were silent, all eyes were focused on Dong Zheng, and the family members who had lost their relatives were full of tears, and their eyes were locked on Dong Zheng.

According to the minister, the starting point of the fire is Yi Yuan here, it should be the fire set by the murderer after the killing, and he wants to use the fire to cover up the truth, but several female corpses in Yi Yuan happened to be buried in the collapsed brick wall, although the body was somewhat damaged, but the cause of death can still be inferred from the marks and injuries left on the body. As for how a street was burned, maybe it was because there was wind the night before, so the fire spread all the way to Guiyifang! ”

"A murder case implicates the entire people of Guiyifang!" King Yi shook his head and sighed with great grief, and arched his hand and said, "Father! This thief is mad, killing women and children and wants to burn the corpses, but he doesn't want to cause such a big tragedy after his father has just finished Taishan Feng Zen, and his son asks his father to thoroughly investigate the case and give the people justice! ”

The prince clenched his fists and didn't speak, faintly feeling that something was wrong, but for a while he didn't know what was wrong with not being able to say, he raised his eyes and glanced at the ministers who were following him, only to see that the Hubu Shangshu Zhuo Yinfeng who was standing in the middle of everyone was oozing a cold sweat on his forehead in this cold early spring morning. And the moment Zhuo Yinfeng and himself looked at each other, the complicated look in his eyes had already made the prince understand a little.

In the blink of an eye, a trade-off has been made, and it is not he Zhuo Yinfeng who is hurting today.

King Yi coldly caught a glimpse of the changes in the faces of the master and servant from the corner of his eyes, but his face was still not shocked or angry, and he looked calm.

In the end, the people with their own hearts were shocked by the emperor's undignified voice: "How did you investigate the case?" ”

Dong Zheng's face turned white, and when he saw that the prince was glaring at him fiercely, he didn't care in his heart. They have all reached this point to find a person who can save their lives. Who else in the world can save his life in one sentence but the emperor!

Dong Zheng raised his sleeve and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, Cen Cen raised his sleeve and said, "The identity of the female corpse of one of them has been determined to be ...... It's ......"

"Who is it? You said! The prince almost squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, and the bluffing Dong Zheng was like a sieve of chaff.

"Yes...... It's ......" Dong Zheng hesitated a few times, closed his eyes and gritted his teeth and said: "It's the maid in Nangong Hou's Mansion called Ruxiang!" ”

In the almost suffocating silence, everyone's eyes converged on Zhuo Yinfeng in the back, after many years of officialdom, he had already trained a charming bone and a clever mouth, even if the danger was coming, Zhuo Yinfeng still did not give up.

Just raised his sleeves and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and walked out of the civil official queue, raised his hands and bowed, knelt down in front of the emperor and said: "There is indeed a maid called Rue Xiang in the old minister's mansion, but the old minister entered the palace early in the morning to face the saint, and he didn't have time to check the body. ”

As soon as the words fell, a sad cry came from the crowd, and it was Qiao'er who squeezed out of the crowd, knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "The master is Sister Ruxiang, I have come to see this morning, Sister Ruxiang is dead!" ”

Zhuo Yinfeng gritted his teeth fiercely and pointed at Qiao'er and said, "The saint is here, don't lie, can you see clearly that it is really Ruxiang?" ”

"It's Sister Ruexiang! I'm sure! Qiao'er's tears flowed down, nodding again and again, the bun on her head was already fluffy, and this time it spread out directly, like a waterfall, the green silk hung down behind her!

Zhuo Yinfeng gritted his teeth, rolled his sleeves and bowed to the emperor again, and said: "Although the maid Ruxiang in the family is humble, but she has also been in my house for many years, and she is the personal maid of the little girl. Avenge Rue! ”

The prince exhaled softly, and finally a trace of relief appeared in his eyes, if this Zhuo Yinfeng was frightened on the spot, his face was unpretentious, even if he wanted to, he couldn't hold it, but he was going to play a big show on the spot.

The prince's face was very angry: "As the saying goes, it depends on the master to beat the dog, although it is a son who died, but Lord Zhuo is also a member of the household department, a member of the third grade of the imperial court, and a female slave in the family died here, no matter who the murderer is, the feet of the Son of Heaven in the imperial city are too bold!" ”

King Yi's eyes were shocked, and he looked up at the prince, although he expected how they quibbled, but it was really unexpected to say it on the spot.

King Yi just hung a touch of uncertainty and said with an unpredictable smile: "What the prince's brother said is very true, this murder has been killed here in the Hubu Shangshu, and it is a thorough investigation!" His eyes were cold, but he turned his head to the emperor and said, "Father, it is too strange that the house slave of the Hubu Shangshu died in the Yi Garden of Guiyifang. Isn't there another woman? Maybe her identity has been ascertained, maybe the case will be clear! ”

"What His Royal Highness King Yi said is true!" Zhuo Yinfeng shook his sleeves and arched his hand and said: "Finding out the identity of another woman is indeed helpful to the case, but there is no need to check this identity, the old minister can tell King Yi!" ”

Outsiders don't know the situation, but King Yi, the crown prince, and Jin Yu know that there is a life-and-death competition between them on the scorched earth here, Zhuo Yinfeng's calmness, and the tacit understanding between him and the prince are all things they didn't expect, but this is just the beginning, and the more fierce competition is still to come.

"If you know, why didn't you say it earlier!" The prince said coldly, but the corner of his eye fell on the emperor's face, secretly observing the emperor's face, seeing that the emperor's complexion was a little soothing compared to just now, and his heart was even more relieved.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, this is a foolish matter of the old minister, and it will hinder his face, so he didn't dare to say it at first!" Zhuo Yinfeng's face was embarrassed, and the cowardly expression on a greasy fat face made King Yi only nauseate in his heart!

"In fact, the other two women in Yi Yuan are a concubine raised here by the old minister, and the other is a house slave!"