Lord Cui, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, was once a subordinate of Xie Guogong.

When I was hunting in Lishan Spring, I don't know how many times I heard Xie Guogong show it.

After Xie Yunyan left Dali Temple, he directly found Commander Cui, and bluntly asked him to investigate who he had come into contact with and what happened when Gonggong Su walked from the imperial study to the palace gate that day, and even coughed to investigate clearly.

Commander Cui has just taken office, and he has received a lot of suggestions from Gonggong Su, coupled with the relationship between Duke Xie Guogong, he happily agreed to Commander Cui's request.

The Praetorian Guards investigated the case in the palace, and they could find out the truth by finding a few clever little eunuchs.

Another patrol guard happened to meet Gonggong Su that day, yes, when Xie Yunyan returned to the Guogong Mansion at the twilight, he got a message from Commander Cui.

Gonggong Su was worried that he would not be able to serve His Majesty well when he went out of the palace, so he left his godson Gonggong Li in the palace.

Only one escort was brought with him.

The guard, of course, was also a member of the Praetorian Guard.

When he left the palace gate, the guard walked behind Gonggong Su and smiled proudly at the guard guarding the palace gate.

And he spread out his palm, revealing a silver ingot.

"Look, the sixth princess rewarded it."

The guard guarding the door was supposed to accompany Father-in-law Su, but the wind was a little cold that day, so he lied that he was unwell and switched positions with the guard.

Now that he saw that he had missed an ingot of silver, he regretted that he had bitten his back molars at the beginning, and didn't overdo it.

After thinking about it all day, I still felt breathless, so I was ready to wait for the escort to return, so that I could discuss and divide the money with him equally.

Whoever waits like this is a whole day.

It wasn't until the next day that he got the news that Father-in-law Su and his colleagues had passed away.

The unwilling fire in my heart finally calmed down a little.

Some were even glad that they had turned down the job.

Ning Shudai frowned, thinking while listening to Xie Yunyan's words.

"Where's the bodyguard of the guard?"

Xie Yunyan said: "The guards are more miserable, and they are burned so that there are not even ashes left. ”

Ning Shu shook her head and looked at Xie Yunyan with fixed eyes, "No, I wanted to ask if the guards still had the ingot of silver on their bodies?" ”

Xie Yunyan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately got up and walked out.

When I walked to the door, I realized that I was too impulsive, and I looked back apologetically, but I saw Ning Shu smiling softly.

"Go, go and get back."

"Okay."

Xie Yunyan no longer hesitated and left the Guogong Mansion.

The guards had a whole ingot of silver.

If Father-in-law Su's purse is gone, and the silver on the guard's body is still there, isn't that a disguised explanation that the murderer is not because of robbery?

As soon as Qi Chengan lay down and was about to go to bed, he was dragged to the morgue by Xie Yunyan.

He held his breath and said all the way: "This case has nothing to do with me, you don't have to discuss the details with me all the time, right?" ”

"I've already sent someone to check on the affairs of the dart bureau, if Brother Qi is still sleepy, go back to the house." Xie Yunyan stepped into the door of the morgue with a blank face.

Qi Chengan pointed at his back and scolded silently a few times, and after a few strokes with his hands and feet, he followed his figure and walked in.

"I've seen the corpse countless times, what else are you looking for?" Qi Chengan's tone was a little flattering than Fang Cai, but it was still dissatisfied.

Xie Yunyan said: "I won't look at Grandpa Su today, can you see which one is the body of the guard?" ”

"Guards?" Qi Chengan was surprised: "The guards are burned into a puddle of black coal, what can you see?" ”

Although he said this, in his heart, he believed that Xie Yunyan was not a person who liked to do useless work.

Turning around and walking to the innermost part of the morgue, he pointed to a wooden box sealed under the corner of the wall and said, "There is no need for ice anymore, so it's all here." ”

Xie Yunyan looked around, found a wooden stick the size of a mallet, and walked over.

As soon as the lid of the wooden box was opened, a sour smell with dirt ash came to my face.

Qi Chengan jumped high and stepped back, pinching his nose and not daring to gasp.

Xie Yunyan also covered his mouth and nose with his bent elbows, picked up the wooden stick and kept rummaging in the wooden box.

He only made three or two movements before he suddenly stopped.

The hand covering his mouth and nose was slowly lowered, and the whole person bent down slightly.

"Brother Qi, come and see, what is this?"

Qi Chengan twisted his brows and stepped forward, and with the help of the torch in his hand, he looked at it, and both of them were stunned.

"Is this—silver ingot?"

In the body of the guard, there was not only a whole silver ingot, but also some broken silver, and even a blackened jade pendant on his chest.

"When the body was found at that time, was it determined that the guards were with Father-in-law Su?"

Qi Cheng'an nodded, "Yes." ”

"But why do the guards still have so much belongings on their bodies?" Xie Yunyan threw away the wooden stick in his hand and asked rhetorically.

Qi Cheng'an: "Do you suspect it's not a simple robbery?" ”

Things got more and more confused.

Qi Chengan wanted to give up.

Xie Yunyan nodded, "Otherwise, how can you explain the silver on the guard's body?" ”

Qi Chengan squinted at Xie Yunyan, picked up the wooden stick that had just been thrown out of his hand, held the torch in one hand, and looked at the guard's corpse again.

I did see some broken silver and a jade pendant.

And there's also-

"Brother Xie, come and see."

Qi Cheng'an's eyes froze, and he said to Xie Yunyan with a straight face.

Xie Yunshen approached and re-examined the bones buried in the black ash in the wooden box.

I saw the wooden stick in Qi Chengan's hand pointing at a bone that I couldn't tell which part it was, poked it on it, and said, "Look here, do you look like you've been injured?" ”

The skeleton had been burned black, but there was a noticeable dent in the middle, as if it had been hit by a heavy object.

Xie Yunyan nodded, "Let's take a look." ”

Every time I only care about what is in front of me, I ignore the clues on the side.

Qi Chengan thought that if this case had been handed over to Dali Temple in the first place, I am afraid that the murderer would have been found long ago.

Although he had sympathy for Qi Zuo in his heart, Qi Chengan still nodded resolutely, and immediately ordered someone to wake him up from his sleep.

After several people studied through the night, it was finally determined that the wound on the bone was a knife wound.

And, judging from the fire marks on the wound, it should have just been formed.

In other words, the real cause of death of the guards was not fire.

Qi Chengan and Xie Yunyan were silent at the same time.

Each of them has a lot of thoughts, but the end of the fall is the same direction.

After he left, Qi Chengan said quietly: "If it's her?" What is that motivation? ”

Xie Yunyan shook his head, "I don't know." ”

"Don't you want His Royal Highness King Yan to have a good day and an auspicious day for marriage?" Qi Cheng'an couldn't figure out what the murderer's motive was.

Xie Yunyan said faintly: "It may not be related to His Royal Highness King Yan. ”