In the box of the Star Picking Tower, Ning Shu has not been here for a long time.

Its pattern is still as luxurious as ever, but things are not human.

Qi Cheng'an walked at the end, and after closing the door of the box, King Kang said to Xie Yunyan before he could sit down:

"It can be regarded as telling this king to wait until Lord Xie."

Xie Yunyan asked puzzledly, "What difficulties did Your Highness encounter?" ”

In his cognition, he didn't think he was very familiar with King Kang-

At this time, Qi Chengan's butt had just fitted with the chair.

He said lightly: "Of course, Your Highness is worried about the investigation of Grandpa Su!" ”

"Oh?" Xie Yunyan asked rhetorically, "The matter of Gonggong Su is being investigated by His Royal Highness?" ”

King Kang smiled helplessly, he was not limited to his identity, he poured tea for the few people present, and his words were full of bitterness.

"Just after discovering the body of Father-in-law Su, my father summoned this king into the palace overnight, saying that before Lord Xie returned to Beijing, he would hand over the matter to this king to investigate."

Gonggong Su can be called the emperor's right and left hand.

He also had a succession edict on his back.

When such an important person died, the emperor did not hand over the case to Dali Temple, but found King Kang?

Qi Chengan also had the same doubts as Xie Yunyan.

He added: "Later, when His Highness approached me for help, I was also surprised why His Majesty did not hand over the matter to Dali Temple. ”

Ning Shu asked curiously: "I don't know what the cause of death is Gonggong Su?" ”

King Kang raised his eyes and glanced at Ning Shu, and a trace of unnoticed unnoticed meaning flashed in his eyes.

"Died in the fire." King Kang lowered his eyes, his face sad.

"The whole body was burned into a pile of bones, except for the head."

"This-" Ning Shu gasped and unconsciously glanced at Xie Yunyan.

Xie Yunyan listened carefully to King Kang's narration, nodded and said, "Obviously, it's because of the edict of succession on Gonggong Su's body. ”

"Not bad." King Kang sighed, "But there are only a few people who know the edict of succession, and if the person recorded in the edict of succession sees the edict behind Gonggong Su, he will definitely not start." ”

Qi Chengan was afraid that his strengths would be ignored by them, so he hurriedly interjected: "So, there are only a few suspects." ”

Xie Yunyan glanced at him indifferently, as if to say that what he said was nonsense.

"Then Your Majesty, who is the legend?" Ning Shu asked.

King Kang shook his head, "This is the most worrying part. ”

The emperor didn't mention the secret behind Gonggong Su, and as the investigator of the case, he was also the prince, so it was not easy to ask at all.

Nowadays, there are two princes in Kyoto, King Yan, six princes, eleven princes, and King Kang is the five princes.

The emperor only asked King Kang to investigate the matter, perhaps in disguise to show that King Kang was the one who passed on the throne.

The remaining four are the suspects.

At the moment, Xie Yunyan doesn't know much about several princes.

But the only thing that is certain is that the Eleventh Prince is still a nine-year-old child, and at least he should be the least suspicious.

Telling everyone what he thought in his heart, King Kang also nodded approvingly: "Although Xiao Eleven is stubborn by nature, the city government may not be so deep. And I have another guess in my mind. ”

King Kang's words suddenly stopped, he took a sip of tea and said again: "Several of them are capable people who handle cases, do you think there is a possibility, maybe the father really suspects this king, so he wants this king to investigate the case?" ”

"Won't it?" Qi Cheng'an asked in surprise: "Why did Your Highness make such remarks?" ”

His doubts were also exactly what Xie Yunyan and Ning Shu were thinking.

The three of them fixed their eyes on King Kang's face, only to see King Kang smile bitterly, shake his head and say:

"Maybe this king thinks too much, but this king always feels that his father did not say the real candidate for the throne, which is a suspicion of this king."

The fingers holding the teacup tightened slightly, and King Kang took another sip of tea.

This suspicion had been in his heart for a long time.

Seeing that the case was becoming more and more clueless, but the emperor still did not tell him the truth, King Kang was inevitably puzzled.

Xie Yunyan bowed slightly, "At the moment, everything is just speculation, before finding out the truth, His Royal Highness King Kang will clear himself, and there is no need to worry too much." ”

Ning Shu asked at the right time: "Can Your Highness use secret means to investigate the murderer?" ”

King Kang's fingers paused slightly, he knew that Ning Shu was vaguely inquiring about the results of the investigation of the Infinite Mountain Villa.

King Kang shook his head, "If it could be found out so easily, then I wouldn't have delayed it for so long." ”

Ning Shu looked at King Kang with a deep look in her eyes.

The murderer who can't even be found in Wuliang Villa is either a leaky job, or King Kang himself.

No matter which one it is, I'm afraid Xie Yunyan won't find out the truth easily this time.

"As far as I know, Duke Su rarely leaves the palace on fair days, so this time someone revealed Grandpa Su's whereabouts? Your Highness can inquire from this point? ”

Ning Shu's faint voice broke the silence in the room.

"I know that." Qi Chengan hurriedly said: "Isn't this His Royal Highness King Yan about to get married?" His Majesty assigned Gonggong Su to summon Lord Shi to the family of Lord Shi of Qin Tianjian and ordered Lord Shi to choose an auspicious day as soon as possible. ”

"Lord Shi?" Something seemed to flash through Ning Shu's mind, but she couldn't catch it.

King Kang responded: "Yes, Gonggong Su was killed on the way back to the palace from Lord Shi's mansion." ”

"The strange thing is that no one saw the process of being killed along the way, and Grandpa Su's body was found by the moat."

Xie Yunyan: "What about the guards accompanying Father-in-law Su?" ”

King Kang said: "When have the others seen when Gonggong Su needs to bring multiple guards when he leaves the palace?" Two are already a lot, plus the coachman is up to three! ”

"And that day, Father-in-law Su only brought a guard, and he also worked part-time as a coachman."

"When the body was found, the guard was long gone, and the carriage was burned to ashes."

Ning Shu pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "So no one has seen Gonggong Su again that day except for the people from Shifu?" ”

King Kang nodded, "Yes, but Lord Shi has enough alibi." ”

Qin Tianjian is not the only one in charge of Lord Shi.

got such an important errand as calculating King Yan's wedding date, Lord Shi immediately left the mansion and went to find Lord Liu and Lord Shen.

The three of them discussed all day behind closed doors, and completely missed the time of the crime.

"Besides, Lord Shi and Gonggong Su have no grievances or hatreds, and there is no reason to do it at all."

Qi Chengan added.

He also investigated Lord Shi, who was only a Qin Tianjian and always maintained a neutral position in the court, and did not support or oppose any prince.

"What about Lord Shi's family?" Ning Shu asked along with Qi Cheng'an's words.

Qi Chengan glanced at King Kang, his face full of complexity.

King Kang said very frankly: "Lord Shi has a wife and a concubine, and there is only one daughter on the heir, named Shi Yingying. From time to time, Miss Shi would come to King Kang's Mansion to visit the horses she had given to the king, and she was a kind girl. ”