In the early morning of the next day, before Shen Muzhi got up, the prefect of Chang'an took a few subordinates to guard the door of the guest room where Shen Muzhi was resting.

After waiting for a while, the prefect of Chang'an heard the sound of getting up from Shen Muzhi's room, and the prefect of Chang'an immediately stepped forward and knocked on the door gently.

Shen Muzhi's answer came from inside the house, "Lord Prefect?" Please come in. ”

When the prefect of Chang'an got an answer, he pushed open the door, showed a flattering smile, and said, "Lord Shen got up really early." ”

Shen Muzhi smiled slightly and said, "Lord Prefect is earlier than Muzhi. ”

The prefect of Chang'an knew that he was a little embarrassed by this greeting, so he had to turn his head and order the subordinates he brought, and said, "What are you doing in a daze?" Why don't you hurry up and wait for Lord Shen to wash up! ”

When several servants heard this, they all lowered their heads and entered the room, set up cups, basins and towels for washing, and two of the servants walked to Shen Muzhi's side and made a gesture to change Shen Muzhi's clothes.

Shen Muzhi waved his hand and motioned for the people to retreat.

Shen Muzhi said to the prefect of Chang'an: "The prefect doesn't have to bother so much, Muzhi is not used to being served by others." ”

The prefect of Chang'an shook his wit with a smile and replied, "I understand, I understand, yesterday I wanted to arrange a servant for Lord Shen to serve, but Lord Shen refused." ”

"When Lord Shen was in his own home in the capital, he must have been used to being served by his wife, so he didn't like other people to serve him."

"Lord Shen's wife is really virtuous."

The prefect of Chang'an self-righteously moved out of the usual polite words between high-ranking officials and nobles, thinking that praising Shen Muzhi's wife would make Shen Muzhi very happy to hear it.

Shen Muzhi's next words made the smile of the Chang'an prefect freeze on his face.

Shen Muzhi replied lightly: "The prefect may not know that my wife has passed away a few days ago. ”

The prefect of Chang'an's lips pursed, he didn't expect that Shen Muzhi happened to die of his wife, and his fart slapped Shen Muzhi's sore feet.

After a while, the prefect of Chang'an found the words and said: "Madame died of illness, alas, the world is impermanent, please don't worry too much, look away, and mourn and change." ”

However, Shen Muzhi's next words poured a basin of cold water on the head of the Chang'an prefect.

"It's not that she died of illness, my wife was given death by the emperor's decree."

The prefect of Chang'an said in shock when he heard this: "This ...... This ......"

The prefect of Chang'an really didn't know what to say this time, thinking that he was kicking the iron plate this time.

Shen Muzhi smiled faintly and said, "The prefect is far away in Chang'an, Chang'an is so far away from the capital, and it is normal for the prefect not to know about this matter." ”

Since Shen Muzhi gave him the stairs, the prefect of Chang'an had no choice but to echo: "Yes...... Be...... Lord Shen, please don't blame, the little one really doesn't know about Mrs. Ling......"

Shen Muzhi didn't speak again, and when he mentioned Xiao Yu, Shen Muzhi couldn't help but think of Yin Jiuyue.

Shen Muzhi's expression at this time seemed to be the nostalgia for the deceased lady in the eyes of the Chang'an prefect, and the heart of the Chang'an prefect couldn't help but be curious, since this Shen Muzhi was a celebrity around the emperor, how much of a crime did his wife commit, so that the emperor could disregard the feelings of the monarch and the ministers and execute Shen Muzhi's wife?

But the prefect of Chang'an only dared to think about this problem in his heart, and guessed randomly, the prefect of Chang'an would never dare to ask Shen Muzhi what crime his wife had committed before being executed by the emperor.

The prefect of Chang'an saw that the atmosphere between the two was a little awkward now, so he opened his mouth, changed the topic, and said, "Lord Shen, where are you going to start today?" ”

Shen Muzhi lowered his eyes, thought for a while, and said, "The four surviving witnesses that the prefect mentioned to me yesterday, I want to meet the four of them. ”

When the prefect of Chang'an heard this, he slapped his face and said, "Lord Shen, don't worry, let the little one bring the four of them and let them wait at the yamen, waiting for Lord Shen to go and interrogate." ”

Shen Muzhi nodded.

The prefect of Chang'an immediately instructed his subordinates: "Did you hear it, go and bring those four people." ”

When the subordinate got the order, he trotted down to do something.

The prefect of Chang'an watched Shen Muzhi's unhurried movements, and slowly and methodically tidied himself, and the prefect of Chang'an's mind couldn't help but return to the issue of Mrs. Shen Muzhi that he had just talked about.

The prefect of Chang'an looked at the beautiful son in front of him, in fact, from the day he got along with Shen Muzhi yesterday, he admired Shen Muzhi's heart and talent very much.

The prefect of Chang'an couldn't help sighing, and said in his heart that although Shen Muzhi is a big celebrity around the emperor, this glorious life may not be good.

After Shen Muzhi finished tidying up, he started to walk out of the house.

The prefect of Chang'an was still immersed in his own thoughts, and when he came back to his senses, he found that Shen Muzhi had gone far away, and the prefect of Chang'an hurriedly ran up and followed.

Shen Muzhi and the prefect of Chang'an came to the yamen, and in the yamen, the four witnesses were already waiting in the yamen.

The prefect of Chang'an pointed to the top seat and said to Shen Muzhi: "Lord Shen, please go up." ”

Shen Muzhi didn't sit down, but picked up the shocking wood on the table and played with it in his hand.

Seeing this, the prefect of Chang'an did not insist, turned his head and ordered the four witnesses, saying: "One by one, report your names, starting with the person on the left." ”

"Tell me carefully what you were doing and where you were on the day of the crime."

"In front of you, this is Lord Shen from the capital, the champion of the Great Zhou, if anyone dares to hide anything, he can't escape Lord Shen's eyes!"

"So, give me all the honesty and tell me everything you know."

After the prefect of Chang'an issued an order majestically, he turned his head and looked at Shen Muzhi flatteringly, and said, "Lord Shen, if there is anything else you want to know, you can also tell them." ”

Shen Muzhi nodded lightly, and looked at the first person to speak seriously.

The first person to speak was the maid, and the maid said: "If you go back to your lordship, the slave maid is the maid next to Mrs. Lufu, named Cai Kite, on the day of the crime, the slave and maid went out to buy rouge according to the instructions of the lady, and then fortunately escaped." ”

Shen Muzhi nodded and said, "Next." ”

The next to speak were the guards.

"The little one is the guard of the Lu Mansion, his name is Wang Xi, on the day of the crime, the little one went out to run errands according to the orders of the chief of the guard, and he also escaped."

Shen Muzhi glanced at the guard deeply before he said, "What about the two of you?" ”

The remaining two servants glanced at each other, and one of them said: "Back to my lord, on the day of the crime, the two of us went out together on the orders of the master, and we can testify to each other." ”

The other boy nodded in agreement.

Shen Muzhi raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said, "You two are together?" ”

The two little guys nodded in affirmation.

Seeing this, Shen Muzhi no longer spoke, but fell into deep thought.

The prefect of Chang'an on the side just wanted to interject a few words, but as soon as he saw Shen Muzhi like this, he closed his mouth and didn't let himself disturb him.

In fact, what the prefect of Chang'an thought in his heart was that he had also interrogated these four people before, and there was nothing unusual about what Shen Muzhi asked, and he didn't even ask carefully himself, what could he ask?

Shen Muzhi came back from his contemplation, stared at the two little guys with his eyes, and said, "You two have a problem. ”

The two little guys' eyes widened in panic when they heard this, and they knelt down one after another, and said in trembling voices: "Lord Shen Mingjian, the two of us really didn't lie." ”

Before Shen Muzhi could speak, the voice of the prefect of Chang'an shouted.

"What are you arguing about, the official thought that there was something wrong with the two of you before, how could it be so coincidental, you must be covering each other."

"Now that even Lord Shen has said so, then there must be something wrong with the two of you."

The little guy kneeling on the ground was very aggrieved and said, "Even if the two of us are covering each other, what can we do with only the two slaves?" ”

Another servant chimed in: "Yes, my lord, the two of us are just running errands for the master, and we don't know martial arts, there are so many people in the Lu Mansion, so many guards with strong martial arts, what can be the problem with the two of us." ”

The prefect of Chang'an said unrelentingly: "You two don't pretend, who knows if you two really don't have martial arts!" ”