That night, the house next to the palace suddenly went out of the water, and the fire was very big, and almost all the maids and maids were buried in the fire.

The news quickly spread to the palace, and Mo Nanchen's face changed greatly after hearing it: "Isn't the house next to it the residence of the divine doctor?" ”

"I'm afraid it's coming for me, and it looks like someone wants to take my head." An Ruqing was eating grapes while persuading Mo Nanchen: "Relax, aren't I doing well now?" ”

"But I'm afraid you'll have an accident, Qing'er, it's easy to say anything else, but I can't accept that you're in danger." Mo Nanchen hugged her tightly, feeling a wave of fear.

Fortunately, he didn't want to be separated from her, so he stalked and insisted that An Ruqing stay in the palace, otherwise the two of them would be separated forever and would never see each other again.

He must thoroughly investigate this matter to see who is behind it.

Before he started to investigate, there was a flower thief in the capital, if it was an ordinary thief, he could hand it over to Jing Zhaoyi for investigation, and there was no need to report it to the emperor, the problem was that this flower thief acted very publicly.

After he violated the woman, he strangled the person directly, and then threw him naked on the street, it can be said that death does not let people live in peace, in just a few days, there are more than a dozen women killed, if it goes on like this, then what is it?

"Jing Zhaoyi, have you found it?" When he went to court, the emperor frowned and asked: "There are so many women who have been victimized, I see that you have never taken this matter to heart!" ”

"Back to the emperor, the minister has been wronged." Jing Zhaoyi had a bitter face, he really didn't care at first, the dead were all civilian women, and no matter how much trouble he made, he couldn't make a fuss.

But who knew that the flower thief was so bold that he even dared to harm the official's daughter, and if he didn't care about it again, he would not only be punished by the emperor, but also blamed by all his colleagues.

"The minister has been investigating diligently in the past few days, but there is no eyebrow ...... for the time being."

"Waste, more than a dozen have died, and you haven't found out yet, so when you find out, are you going to die hundreds?" The emperor didn't want to listen to his explanation, so he directly ordered: "If you can't get this done within three days, don't come to the court after that!" ”

Not being able to come to the court, for officials, this is tantamount to dismissal.

Jing Zhaoyi suddenly felt that the sky was dark, and he kept sighing in his heart, how could such a tricky case be given to himself?

Instead of waiting for the emperor to be questioned three days later, it is better to ask someone to go into the water now.

With such a thought, Jing Zhaoyi cried bitterly, and slapped himself while crying: "Your Majesty, the ministers are all incompetent, and the time of three days is too short, can you ask the emperor to send a few more people to deal with this matter together?" ”

"Look at your little bit of talent!" The emperor glared at him fiercely: "Since this is the case, then this matter will be handed over to the fifth child to be responsible, if you can't be caught, the two of you will be punished together!" ”

Hearing this, the corners of Mo Nanqi's mouth rose slightly, maybe this was a good opportunity for him.

After going down, Jing Zhaoyi walked a few steps quickly, caught up with Mo Nanchen, and asked cautiously: "Lord Wang, how are you going to investigate this matter?" ”

Anyway, he is a minister, whatever the prince says, he will do what he does, even if the sky falls, there is also the prince to block it.

"What do I mean by how am I going to find out?" Mo Nanchen frowned: "You have been checking for so many days, is there no news at all?" Send everything you find to the palace. ”

"Yes, yes, the minister will go." Jing Zhaoyi nodded again and again, and trotted out of the palace all the way, this hot potato, now someone has finally taken over.

In order to show his diligence, Jing Zhaoyi sent a lot of things, including the clothes of the deceased, and Mo Nanchen saw the pile in front of him, and his face became more and more cold.

"Lord Wang, Jing Zhaoyi is obviously shirking his responsibilities, according to his subordinates, he plans to ignore everything and leave it all to the prince to be responsible!" Minghui was also angry to death, and he couldn't wait to point at Jing Zhaoyi's nose and scold.

As an official, he should solve problems for the people, instead of trying his best to shirk his responsibilities, if he was afraid of the east and the west, he should not have won fame in the first place!

"The top priority is to find the flower thief as soon as possible and give these women justice, as for Jing Zhaoyi, let's talk about it later." Mo Nanchen shook his head.

In the face of human life, everything else must be put back.

He spent a night checking and tidying up, but he never closed his eyes, until in the second half of the night, An Ruqing walked in with a coat on.

"Why don't you go to sleep yet? Are you busy with the flower thief? I'll be with you. ”

"Don't, you're a woman, don't be tired, just leave this matter to me alone." Mo Nanchen hurriedly stopped.

He wanted to persuade a few more words, but An Ruqing kissed him directly: "Have you forgotten?" We are husband and wife, and we should advance and retreat together. ”

Her husband is eradicating harm for the people, how can he close the door and sleep?

Mo Nanchen couldn't say a word this time, so he acquiesced to her staying by her side and discussed the case with her.

"Wait, do you think this murderer is deliberately showing off?" An Ruqing listened and listened, and suddenly became keenly aware of something.

The dozen or so girls who died tragically had different appearances and family backgrounds, and they should have committed random crimes, and the murderer stripped people naked and threw them on the street after their deaths, which shows that this person is very extreme.

"By the way, are there any casinos or anything like that in the capital? People who gamble on their lives can be extreme. ”

She said her analysis, and Mo Nanchen felt that it was very reasonable, so she simply dressed up in disguise, put on a mask, and went with her to the largest underground gambling house in the capital.

"The underground gambling house is the territory of the merchant, anyone can come in to trade, can also bet on anything, the only rule is that you must keep your promises, if anyone dares to repent, at least they will be cut off their hands and feet, and at worst their families will be ruined." On the way to the gambling house, Mo Nanchen gave a brief introduction.

Someone wanted to cheat before, but was broken by the merchant and thrown outside the casino, after this incident, no one dared to breach the contract, whether it was an official or a citizen, as long as they entered the casino, it was the same.

An Ruqing listened and couldn't help asking, "Does the emperor know about the existence of underground casinos?" How could he be indifferent? ”

"The emperor really wants to destroy this place, but even if the casino is gone, those dark transactions will not stop, not to mention that the merchants are relatives of the emperor, and no one looks good if they make a big fuss." Mo Nanchen chuckled.

It's not so much that the emperor doesn't want to care about the casino, it's better to say that he can't care about it, it's easy to destroy a casino, but the price to pay is too great to be cost-effective.

Soon, Mo Nanchen stopped, stretched out his hand and pointed to the small restaurant in front of him: "The casino is below here, let's enter from the restaurant, from now on, we are brothers and sisters." ”