"Boom", the thunder roared and rolled in, causing a heavy echo on the palace road, almost covering He Shun'an's call.

He had to raise his voice, supplemented by a vigorous beckoning movement, and put his other hand in front of his forehead to make a cool canopy: "Hurry up, little marquis and Miss Chen, hurry up, Your Majesty announces your audience." ”

Chen Ying and Pei Shu didn't dare to delay and followed him into the room.

Emperor Yuan Jia, wearing a golden dragon robe embroidered on the ground, stood idly beside the imperial case, and was holding a scroll to read carefully.

The four corners of the room are lit with butter candles, the brightness is scorching, but there is no trace of heat, and the mountains and rivers on the side of the ice are cool, and the bones are soaked in clothes, and the outside of the house is like two worlds.

The two stepped forward to salute, Emperor Yuan Jia put down the book, waved his hand and shouted: "Say, what are you going to do?" ”

Straight to the point, there is no sense of going around in circles at all.

Pei Shu didn't speak.

Emperor Yuan Jia was obviously not asking him.

"Your Majesty, the courtiers want to ask Your Majesty to allow the courtiers to investigate the murder case in the Guogong Mansion." Chen Ying replied bluntly.

There was a moment of silence in the room.

Emperor Yuanjia raised his head with a deep groan and looked out the door.

The rain poured down, smashing out white smoke all over the ground, and the heat wave poured in one after another, and was washed away by the cool air in the room.

After a few breaths, he turned to look at the girl in front of him, a pair of eyes with essence and restraint, at this moment, like the deepest and deepest sea, obscure and indistinguishable.

"Three girls, are you going to avenge your father?" He said suddenly, like a joke.

However, deep in the eyes, there was no smile.

Pei Shu's hand in his sleeve tightened.

It's a joke that is hard to answer.

Chen Ying lowered her head slightly, maintained a polite posture, and said in a calm voice: "Although the courtiers have this intention, they don't have the strength, and they don't have enough evidence. Therefore, the courtiers are not vending their father's grievances. ”

She raised her hand, and the gold medal in her hand was dazzling under the candlelight, just like her clear eyes: "What the courtiers want is to find out the facts of the case, avenge Ziqi, and give her justice." ”

"Ziqi?" Emperor Yuan Jia was stunned.

Isn't it Chen Shao?

He also thought that Chen Ying would take this opportunity to avenge his father's grievances.

No, not that he thought, but according to common sense, it would be so.

Throughout the years that he has sat firmly in the dragon chair, every time such a situation occurs, the reactions of the family members of the convicts are almost the same. Even if he was under other banners at the beginning, in the end, he always had to take the opportunity to plead for his family.

However, this Miss Chen San did not do this.

How weird?

"Your Majesty, Ziqi is the suspect in this murder case." Pei Shu reminded.

"Oh, it's her." Emperor Yuan Jia nodded, looked at Chen Ying, and his eyes became more and more pale: "You asked to see you today, for the sake of that maid in your family?" He stretched out his finger and pointed to the gold medal: "That's it?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Ying said, although her voice was soft, her tone was solemn: "The courtiers have no long things, so they can only rely on this." ”

Emperor Yuan Jia looked at her for a while, and his eyes gradually showed a bit of playfulness.

That's a lot of fun.

"Do you know that I gave you this thing?" He asked, with a vague smile on his gentle and flat face: "What does it mean that you take what I gave you and ask me to promise you to try the case?" ”

Chen Ying said respectfully: "This detective gold medal is actually forcibly obtained by the courtiers, and with the little credit of the courtiers, it is far from the level of the detectives." The courtiers thought that if the courtiers couldn't solve the case, they would be unworthy of the name, and this gold medal would naturally not be kept. ”

She held the gold medal in her hand and added in a low voice: "If Your Majesty is still willing to recycle, the courtiers will return the goods to their original owners." ”

Emperor Yuan Jia stared at the top of her brain for a moment, with a strange look on his face.

"Do you know who I am?" He asked, as if incredulous, "I am the son of today." How can I take back what I have given with my own hands? ”

"If the person receiving the reward behaves improperly or does not deserve it, the reward should be withdrawn." Chen Ying replied, looking unusually serious:

"Your Majesty's Sacred Heart is decisive, frank and wise, giving and taking, and never shy away from words and deeds. His Majesty has always only looked at whether it is beneficial to the country and the people, and does not care about fame, which the courtiers are very respectful. ”

This is indeed her perception of Emperor Yuan Jia.

This emperor has always been pragmatic and does not care about false fame.

Besides, even the Danshu Iron Coupon, Shang Fang Sword, Death-free Gold Medal, etc., can be rewarded and then received, Chen Ying thought that if Emperor Yuan Jia wanted this small gold medal in her hand, it was just a matter of moving his fingers.

Instead of waiting for the Son of Heaven to be angry and angry, it is better to take the initiative to turn it in, and then exchange for a chance to exonerate Ziqi.

Although she still doesn't know who the murderer is, Ziqi is by no means a murderer, she can be sure of that.

She is absolutely sure that she will save Ziqi.

The study fell silent.

A large piece of rain swept across the eaves, "crackling", noisy and complicated, if a child plucked the strings, the more set off the silence in the room.

After a long time, Emperor Yuan Jia smiled, turned to sit behind the imperial case, and waved his dragon hand: "Give the seat." ”

Immediately, two small eunuchs ran in, carrying a small golden pestle, and rested behind Chen Ying.

Emperor Yuan Jia turned to Pei Shu and smiled: "Come, you can sit too." ”

Another golden pestle was presented, and Chen Ying and Pei Shu both sat down.

"What does this case say?" Emperor Yuan Jia looked at the imperial case and asked as if he was very casual.

Pei Shu looked solemn, took out a few pages from his arms, got up and offered them with both hands: "Your Majesty, this is the investigation record." ”

"Bring it in." Emperor Yuan Jia said, glancing at Chen Ying, and seemed to smile: "What about yours?" ”

Generally speaking, Chen Ying's cases will be recorded in detail, and Emperor Yuan Jia has read several such records so far, and this question is very logical.

"Your Majesty forgives the sin, the records in the hands of the courtiers are incomplete." Chen Ying got up and said.

She didn't even complete the on-site investigation, so she went to the gatehouse to look for Ziqi, but Ziqi didn't find it, but she waited for a large number of forbidden troops and was forced to leave. As a result, there was a big lack of information at hand.

Emperor Yuan Jia nodded, said no more, took the record from He Shun'an's hand, looked at it at a glance, and frowned: "That kid...... Brother Tuan'er, haven't found it yet? ”

Chen Ying lowered her eyes, but her heart lifted.

After coming out of the West Guest House yesterday, she realized that she only cared about examining the two adult corpses and interrogating the relevant people, but neglected Brother Tuan.

From beginning to end, she had never seen this child, nor had she heard any news about him, so before parting, she asked Lang Tingyu to bring a message and ask Pei Shu for news.

Now, here's the answer.

Brother Tuan seems to be missing.

"Your Majesty, the ministers found a dog hole in the back garden of the place where the incident occurred, and there were many children's footprints around the dog hole. Pei Shu said respectfully, his tall figure standing up like a javelin.