But all criminal punishment cases, if there are no special circumstances, it is the first instance of the criminal department, if the circumstances are serious, it needs to be handed over to the Dali Temple for review, if the attitude of the Dali Temple is rigorous, then the attitude of the criminal department is severe.

On the last day of November, early in the morning, the Criminal Department received a thorny homicide case, saying that it was tricky, not because of how complicated the circumstances of the case were, but because of the identity of the deceased in this homigre, which was the second son of the eldest grandson Wuji, the eldest grandson.

The eldest son of the eldest grandson Wuji, Changsun Chong, is the concubine of Princess Changle, and the eldest son of the lord has no chance to succeed, so the eldest grandson Wuji's family business after his death is sure to rely on the second son Changsun Lian to succeed him, but the heir of the next generation of the eldest grandson family, who is becoming famous, was found in the Kuixing Building in the Eastern Metropolis on the morning of November 30.

After the palace received the news of the death of the eldest grandson, three edicts were sent out one after another in the afternoon, on the one hand, ordering the criminal department to quickly and thoroughly investigate the case, and on the other hand, the military department sent troops to surround the three streets before and after the Kuixing Tower, and before the case fell, it was strictly forbidden to leak the news, and the violators were punished accordingly.

After a day and a night of interrogation and investigation, the officials of the Criminal Department soon had an eyebrow in the early morning of the first day of the lunar month, and on the morning of the same day, they sent two groups of officers to arrest the suspects.

After school, as soon as Yu Yu came out of the teaching house, he heard the news from Cheng Xiaofeng, only that Lu Zhi was taken away by the people from the Criminal Department who were guarding in front of the Tai Academy, but he didn't know what it was for.

The two brothers and sisters made an appointment to meet in front of the academy at noon in the morning, and the jade had been interrogated by Dali Temple, and knew that if Lu Zhi was fine, she would definitely find someone to come over to report his safety, but she pressed the anxious Cheng Xiaofeng and waited for half an hour in the Guozijian without seeing anyone coming, so she was sure that Lu Zhi really had an accident.

At this moment, even Yi Yu couldn't sit still, she asked Cheng Xiaofeng to go back to the house to find Cheng Yanjin to help inquire, and she went back to the Guogong Mansion to ask for help.

On the other hand, when the two sisters, Changsun Xian and Changsun Xi, returned home, they were called to the study by Changsun Wuji, who had returned from the Criminal Department, and informed them of the murder of Changsun Lian.

The two sisters who were deceived for a day suddenly lost their faces, the eldest grandson is the brother of their mother's siblings, and the relationship is closer than other brothers and sisters, especially the eldest grandson Xian, who just passed her birthday a few days ago, she has just turned seventeen, only one year older than the eldest grandson, because of special reasons, she was two years late to enter the national prison, but this is her brother's homework and studies two years earlier than her, but she supervised it.

Hearing this bad news, Changsun Xi burst into tears on the spot and knelt on the knee of Changsun Wuji, while Changsun Xian held back her tears and said angrily:

"Dad, can you find out who did it?"

The eldest grandson Wuji's eyes were a little red and swollen, after a night, he had calmed down from the initial anger and accepted the fact that he had lost his beloved son, and the most important thing for him at the moment was to find the real culprit.

"This morning, the Criminal Department arrested two suspects, and the trial was only done in the morning, and it has not yet been determined who is the murderer, and the emperor ordered a ban on mouth before the case is investigated, your mother and relatives don't know about it, but the paper can't hold the fire, Xian'er, Xi'er, my father told you about it, just thinking that when your mother heard the news, I asked you to comfort you, these days, you don't go to the country's prison."

Eldest Sun Xi raised a tearful face, grabbed the hem of Eldest Sun Wuji's clothes with his small hands, and whimpered: "Dad, Xi'er doesn't believe it, is it a mistake, second brother, how could he be harmed, he is the second son of our eldest grandson family, who dares to harm him... Xi'er doesn't believe it... Woo..."

The eldest grandson Wuji took a deep breath, this sixteen-year-old son who had worked hard to cultivate was killed like this, thinking of the unbearable corpse stained with blood yesterday, how could the grief of the white-haired person send the black-haired person to be easily reduced, holding back tears, touching the top of her head, and said:

"Your second brother, he is a little arrogant, maybe he offended people somewhere, and was hated by others, so there will be this catastrophe, but don't worry, my father will definitely find out the murderer of him."

Eldest Sun Xian clenched her fists in her palms, with tears in her eyes, and said: "Dad, I think Xi'er is right, in this Chang'an City, who doesn't know that the second brother is the successor of your in-laws, and someone dares to kill him, this person either eats the gall of an ambitious leopard, or has something to rely on, I think you should have a good discussion with your uncle and aunt, in case this murderer is——"

The eldest grandson Wuji raised his hand to interrupt her words, and his slender face showed a chilling coldness, "Your uncle and aunt already know, it is your cousin who is trying the case this time, rest assured, no matter who kills Lian'er, even if it is a royal relative, my father will not let it go!" ”

The eldest grandson is a man, and the world only says that he is brave, resourceful, and loyal, but he doesn't know that he is a ruthless person who can't rub sand in his eyes. After the defeat of King An that year, all those involved in the rebellious party were rounded up by him, arrested openly and secretly, regardless of the old and young, and killed them all.

The eldest grandson is a family, involving a wide range of people, up to the eldest grandson queen of the mother's world, the respected old minister Gao Shilian, down to the family relatives and in-laws, and the eldest grandson Wuji in the middle of this is even more moved, the court will tremble three times, but the emperor believes in him and values him, he has always been upright, not arrogant or impatient, but this does not mean that his beloved son died tragically, he can easily swallow this hatred, and the blood debt will be repaid, it is only a matter of time.

Tai Chi Hall of the Imperial Palace

Gao Zhixian, the secretary of the Criminal Department, stood in front of the Long case, and replied word by word about the facts of the case that had been investigated:

According to the girl's confession, after late in the evening, the drunk eldest grandson left the table and did not come back, and did not want to be cleaned the next morning, and the body was found in the private room on the second floor.

"The time of death is between the time of the night and the time of the sea, during this period no one has seen the Changsun Lian with the people, in the room where the body was found, found a blood-stained copper candlestick, is the murder weapon, according to the scene of the murder, it can be inferred that the eldest grandson is after the same person dispute, after being hit on the back of the head with a candlestick, it is caused by death, according to the eyebrows found by the ministers in the Kuixing Tower, as well as the confessions of witnesses, the suspects are tentatively two people."

After explaining the key points of the case in one breath, Gao Zhixian paused, carefully looked at the face of the emperor after the dragon case, and said: "First, it is the prince of the country who is the priest of the wine Dongfang Youfu, the Oriental Pearl. ”

"Oriental Pearl?" Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Shimin, whose face was sinking like water, "She is a girl's house, how can she go to that kind of Fengyue place, Qing found out something, and reported it truthfully." ”

Gao Zhixian didn't dare to slack off, and said:

"The emperor has been in the palace for a long time, I don't know that this Kui Xinglou has been entertaining female guests since last year, and it is not surprising that the Oriental Pearl can enter it, on the night of the incident, the eldest grandson was drunk and said a lot of drunken words, according to the memories of the girl who accompanied the wine, the reason why he did not stay overnight and left first was because he saw the Oriental Pearl passing by the window and chased out, and the body also found his letter to the Oriental Pearl, between the two, there seems to be a private relationship."

"Humph!" Finally, when he finished speaking, Li Shimin's face was already extremely ugly, he snorted coldly and said, "Private feelings? You mean, the side concubine personally chosen by my King Wei has a personal affair with my Aiqing sister-in-law, what do you have to tell me next, is it that Dongfang Mingzhu is afraid that his personal affair will be revealed, so he will miss it for a while and kill people. ”

Gao Zhixian looked a little embarrassed, but after a pause, he still lowered his head and said truthfully: "Your Majesty, according to the known current situation, it should be so." ”

"Okay," Li Shimin looked impatient, "Speaking of the next one, isn't there another suspect?" ”

"Back to the emperor," Gao Zhixian said, "the other suspect is the eldest prince of the Huaiguo Mansion, Lu Zhi. ”

A flash of surprise flashed in Li Shimin's eyes, so fast that Gao Zhixian on the other side didn't have time to peek at it, "Lu Zhi, I have some impression of him, he is a knowledgeable student, why, he is also involved in this case?" ”

Gao Zhixian replied: "Your Majesty, there are people from Kui Xinglou who have seen Lu Zhi and Changsun Jian have a quarrel at the corner of the stairs on the third floor on the night of the crime, and the time is also around the end of the day, according to the confession of the girl who accompanied the wine and the subordinate who witnessed it, the minister deduced that the eldest grandson went out after seeing the Oriental Pearl, and then met Lu Zhi at the corner of the stairs, and the two quarreled for some reason. ”

"This is the crux of the case, no one saw who the eldest grandson went to the private room on the third floor with, Dongfang Mingzhu and Lu Zhi both have suspicions, but at present, it seems that Dongfang Mingzhu is more suspicious, because Lu Zhi has no motive to kill, even if he has a few quarrels, it will not harm people's lives."

Li Shimin frowned and thought for a while, and said, "You interrogated these two people in the morning, what did they say. ”

Gao Zhixian's face showed some embarrassment, and after hesitation, Fang said: "Both of them admitted that they had been to Kuixing Tower the night before, and they both admitted that they had seen Changsun Lian, but they both flatly denied that they had stayed in the private room with Changsun Lian, and the minister temporarily detained them in the prison of the Criminal Department, preparing to further search for clues and retry them at a later date, the emperor can rest assured that the minister will definitely find out the case as soon as possible." ”

"Let's lock it up first," Li Shimin waved his hand a little annoyed, and said: "Liu died before his old age, and Qing Chu was appointed as the secretary of the Criminal Department, don't let me down, go down, and wait for the progress of this case, and then enter the palace to report." ”

"Yes, the minister retired." After Gao Zhixian made a big salute, he withdrew, leaving the emperor alone in the huge warm house, and the palace people outside who were familiar with the master's temperament did not come in to disturb, and after a while, a deep voice sounded in the room:

"Tell Chu Buliu to come to the palace, I have something to ask her." (！ )