"I really didn't expect that a stunned boy like you could become the new champion." Zhou Jue smiled unabashedly.

Ji Ying didn't care about Zhou Jue's shameful smile, after all, she didn't regard Zhou Jue as an enemy, Zhou Jue was just suffering from the pond fish disaster at that time. She arched her hand and said: "Weichen is lucky, and he is in the court." ”

"Yo, you're more polite—don't you have anything to say to this king?"

Ji Ying laughed at Zhou Jue's heart in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, and hurriedly said: "Wechen once offended the prince, this crime is unforgivable, fortunately, the prince is magnanimous and does not care about Wechen, and Wechen is grateful." In the future, His Royal Highness will be in need, and Weichen will serve the work of dogs and horses! ”

Zhou Juecai didn't believe Ji Ying's nonsense, and only said, "Mountains and rivers meet, you and I will deal with each other again", and continued to swagger away.

The Criminal Department is extremely efficient. Early the next morning, the Criminal Department sent a car to pick up Ji Ying and Miao Ju from the Dangfeng Pavilion and send them to a courtyard specially arranged for them.

This courtyard is in a side alley on Chang'an Avenue. The gate is not wide and magnificent, and this low-key style makes Ji Ying very satisfied. The layout of the courtyard is very orderly, pavilions and pavilions, and it is scattered; The smoke willow green curtain is full of vitality. The house was equipped with three rough maids, three maids, and five miscellaneous servants. Duanmu Lingfeng was worried about his wife who had not passed the door, so he simply handed over the business of the dart game to his friends, moved to Ji Ying's mansion to live, and appointed himself as the manager.

The Rong brothers also moved out by the arrangement of the officials, living on Jing'an Street not far from Ji Ying's house, and Ji Ying went over to see it the next day, perhaps because the Rong brothers had a special identity and were taken care of, so the house was also more magnificent.

When Ji Ying passed, it was rare that Rong Zhe did not fiddle with his piano, but was making arrowheads. The arrow he designed is very special, with three edges and corners, hollow, and it is very lethal to think of, but it is a pity that it is time-consuming and laborious to make, so Rong Zhe is carefully studying the method of improvement. Ji Ying also had to admit that Rong Zhe was determined to display his ambitions in the army, and he was by no means just talking.

Rong Ci finally had the opportunity to see Ji Ying, and pulled her to talk for a long time. So Ji Ying asked the eldest lady of the Rong family: "When you first entered Beijing, didn't you set up a few shops?" Why don't you see you running? ”

Rong Ci shook his arm with a smile and said, "With Ah Feng helping me cook, I don't have to leave the ground every step." However, Ah Feng said that there were too many stores for him to manage, so I had to sell two. ”

Ji Ying has to say that the Rong family is really a big business, and the eldest lady of the Rong family is really open-minded.

In addition, Ah Feng is really pitiful!

In contrast, nomadic wilds are not treated so well. He failed to get into the top three, and the officials didn't greet him. However, this "cockscomb" mentality is very good, he threatened to play in the capital for two more days, so he rented a small courtyard to live in, without any entourage, there is a great sense of "red stripes come and go without worry".

Ji Ying is an acute child. She was full of enthusiasm for taking up her new office, and decided to go to the Marquis of Hanzhang's mansion first to see what she could gain, so she changed into the brand-new scarlet official uniform, equipped with a silverfish bag, and took two attendants out.

Rong Shen had just been edited by the Hanlin Academy, and Shangfeng allowed him to take office in three days, and today he was still relatively leisurely, thinking that Ji Ying had just arrived and needed help, so he went with her.

When I came out of the gate of the Ji Mansion, I bumped into the "cockscomb flower" to visit. Nomad Muye held a packet of medicinal herbs in his hand and made a special trip to give it to Ji Ying, saying that it was good for her body. Hearing that they were going to the Mansion of the Marquis of Han Zhang, Nomad Muye was very excited and said that he wanted to see the world.

Ji Ying asked: "We went to the Hou Mansion to investigate the case, you don't have an official position now, how can you get in?" Besides, you have been in and out of the palace several times, why do you want to go to a prince's mansion to see the world? ”

Nomad Muye jumped up, sat on the stone platform in front of the door, and said with a smile: "You are investigating a murder case, how can you not bring it with you?" Here's a ready-made recipe with superb means and low price, how about it, isn't it very tempting? ”

"You...... Do you want to do a job? Ji Ying couldn't believe it.

"What's your tone?" Nomad Ye said dissatisfiedly, "It is a blessing to treat the living, and it is righteousness to avenge the dead, and there is no distinction between high and low—do you want it?" ”

Rong Shen held a folding fan in his right hand, knocked on the palm of his left hand without a match, and said, "Since Brother Muye is kind enough to help, An Min, you don't have to be polite." ”

Ji Ying couldn't guess what was behind the nomadic hippie smile, but until now, he had indeed been helping her. Since the nomadic field had the heart to contribute, Ji Ying had no need to refuse, so he agreed.

Ji Ying can't ride a horse, so the three of them can only travel in a shared carriage. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the three of them briefly analyzed the case.

As we all know, the assassination campaign began in the house of Lord Zhao Jin, then the Longwei general Qi Guang was killed in the alley of the market, then the Taiwei Meng Xun, and finally the Han Zhanghou An Pengyue. These people were all in high positions, and after being killed, even though the house was turned over in a mess, they did not find anything of value missing.

Ji Ying brushed her mind for a while, but found nothing, so she asked Rong Shen's opinion. Rong Shen said: "Everyone knows about the assassination on the scene, but there is one thing that the imperial court has not made a noise, let alone has the intention of pursuing it. ”

"What's the matter?"

"You should remember the scene when you first met Master Taiwei Meng."

"Of course." This nightmare, Ji Ying will never forget.

"Do you remember how Lord Meng looked?"

"This ......," Ji Ying thought back, "seems to be flustered and vigilant. He seemed to want to report something to His Majesty. ”

"Your memory is indeed good," Rong Shen smiled with satisfaction, "I'm also curious, so I inquired in many ways, and finally knew what Master Meng wanted to report." ”

"What is it?"

Rong Shen opened the folding fan and fanned it gently, the faint air flow blew the hair hanging on his shoulder, and the whole person looked more elegant and detached. He said: "The night before he was killed, Lord Meng sent a letter to His Majesty, which seemed to be about to present something very important. After His Majesty saw the twist, he ordered a team of Ouchi guards to go to the Taiwei Mansion to pick up things, but what he didn't expect, such court secrets were leaked out for some reason, causing all the Ouchi guards who were on the mission to be killed on the way back to the palace, and the things that were escorted were also missing. Master Meng felt derelict in his duties, and led the Imperial Forest Army to search for suspicious people that night, and found some clues. Coincidentally, the next day, Lord Meng met His Majesty who was out of the palace in Weifu and wanted to present the case, but he didn't expect to suffer misfortune. ”

"You mean, maybe the killer that day didn't go directly to His Majesty, but Lord Meng?"

"I think that the killer's first target may be Lord Meng, but if he can successfully assassinate His Majesty, it will be a surprise."

"In this case, as long as you know what you wanted to present to Your Majesty in the first place, there will be a key clue to this case."

Rong Shen accepted the folding fan, shook his head and said, "Definitely." If this thing can be used as a key clue, why doesn't Your Majesty tell it directly, so that we can solve the case as soon as possible? Lord Zou Hao is in charge of the Criminal Department, and he shouldn't know about the assassination of the Ouchi guards, why is he also silent? I'm afraid there is a bad reason for this. ”

Rong Shen's analysis made Ji Ying creepy. No wonder after the Luming banquet, Zou Hao warned Ji Ying that "it's okay if you can't do an errand, don't offend people who shouldn't be offended, don't do things other than your identity", it seems that he has already seen that this case is very deep, and it is not something that ordinary people can manage.

"What then?" Nomad Ye, who had been quiet for a long time, interjected, "Why don't we pretend to investigate for a few days, and when this matter is over, we will directly ask Your Majesty for guilt." At that time, although the political performance will be damaged, at least it will be able to save his life. ”

"No!" Ji Ying said resolutely, "No matter how deep the water in this case is, I will investigate it carefully." Eat the king's luck, and be loyal to the king. How can you back down in the event of an accident? Besides, you are innocently killed, and the heroic souls are uneasy, and I cannot sit idly by. ”

Nomadic Ye looked at Ji Ying's righteous and awe-inspiring look, and continued to persuade: "People's lives are lives, and your lives are also lives, why are you wading into this troubled water?" As the saying goes, if you stay in the green mountains, you are not afraid of no firewood, and there will be big cases waiting for you to solve. Listen to my advice, it's not a good thing to be in the limelight early. ”

"Then why is Brother Makino with us? You could have been free in the rivers and lakes and hung the pot to help the world, why did you come to the capital and participate in the affairs of the court? Ji Ying took the opportunity to ask.

"Me?" Nomad Muye didn't expect Ji Ying to ask him rhetorically, he glanced at Rong Shen, and what he got was an inquiring look, and he hurriedly said: "Didn't I say it, I just miss the prosperity of the capital, I want to see the world, and I will return to Lingnan in the future, so that I can show off with my disciples and grandchildren - what do you mean, you are allowed to wear official uniforms to show off your might, and I am not allowed to brag about it?" Stingy! ”

Regarding Nomad Ye's explanation, Ji Ying and Rong Shen didn't believe a word, but they tacitly understood that they didn't debunk the lie. Since there is an opportunity, they will slowly probe.

The carriage soon arrived at the mansion of the Marquis of Han Zhang. The glorious gate of the Hou Mansion was covered with white flags, and many civil and military officials came to worship one after another. The stewards and servants who stood at the door were all filial and sad.

Unexpectedly, Ji Ying and they saw Dong Jiu at the gate of the Hou Mansion. Ji Ying is more familiar with Dong Jiu, so she went over to say hello. Dong Jiu told them that Jiang Yichen had been waiting for them in the Hou Mansion for a long time, and he was in the Hou Ye's mourning hall at this time.

Sure enough, where there is excitement, there is this little prince. However, Ji Ying also knew that Jiang Yichen came over in person, it must be for her, which made her feel a burst of warmth.

Ji Ying and Rong Shen revealed their identities, and the housekeeper understood that this was an official who came to investigate the case, so he asked a servant to guide them to the mourning hall to see An Ruichen. However, the nomadic man's red clothes made the housekeeper's face gloomy.

The housekeeper kept the nomadic field out, frowned and said, "My lord is newly mourned, and the son's dress is really inappropriate." The old slave can't let the son in. ”