The house on the north side of Sanshan Street is already a murderous house, and the three families naturally can't live in it anymore. Since it was his homicide, it was also the place where the crime occurred.

After reporting to the county government, Ma Bantou of Shangyuan County received instructions from the Shangyuan County warden to seal the entire house.

Before the matter was clarified, the murderer was not apprehended, and no one except the people in the government could enter this mansion again.

As for the three families who were kicked out, they naturally went wherever they liked. The three families did not move far, as if to facilitate the news of the official mansion, the three families moved to a rented house on the east side of Dongfu Street this time.

Opposite the house is the Yingtianfu Yamen. If it is an ordinary homicide, perhaps the matter will only be investigated within Shangyuan County.

But it was the three families with particularly sensitive identities who died. After Shangyuan County knew about this matter, it had already been reported to the yamen of the Yingtian Governor's Mansion.

On the side of the prefect's yamen, Yu Dalian didn't say anything, but just asked the prefect to temporarily take the yamen of the two counties to investigate the matter.

As for the interior of the prefect's yamen, it is temporarily unreported on this matter. After arranging the current affairs of one government and two counties, Yu Dalian walked out of the prefect's yamen alone with an umbrella.

In two days, it will be the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month of this year is destined to be extraordinary. In addition to being the Lantern Festival, it is also the day when Emperor Hongwu, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, held a ceremony to give way to the crown prince.

The DPRK and China have been very busy lately. Basically, except for those militaristic events, everything else has been temporarily put on hold.

Only when the crown prince ascends the throne and becomes emperor will the government probably return to its previous state. As for the three people who died in Yingtian City.

Maybe it's a big thing, or maybe it's just a small thing. Therefore, even if the Three Law Divisions may have known that three sensitive people had died in Ying Tiancheng by now, as long as Ying Tianfu did not continue to report to the top, then the imperial court would not talk too much at this time.

Even if the Three Law Divisions want to ask, they must also know that there is still a governor's yamen above Ying Tianfu now.

Out of the prefect's yamen. Yu Dalian held the umbrella and frowned slightly. It's already the beginning of the new year, and the snow from the previous year naturally hasn't fallen again.

But this spring rain came a little early. Fortunately, when Dutai was in charge of Ying Tianfu, he repaired the water conservancy system inside and outside the city, so he didn't have to worry about stagnant water.

But if this rain keeps falling, you have to worry about whether the people outside the city will be flooded. It rains when it should rain and it shines when it should shine.

That's what God really has to do. Yu Dalian walked along the edge of the umbrella and looked at the gray sky.

It's just that he only dares to think about it in his heart, and he will never say it. After discerning the direction. Yu Dalian held an umbrella and lowered his head, strolling in the drizzle of Yingtian City.

Not much. So he came to a street where few people passed. Walked some distance ahead. Under the walls on both sides of the street are rows of horse-tied posts.

Two squads of officers and soldiers of the Soldiers and Horses Division stood on the steps in armor and with knives. This is located in Yingtian City, the jurisdiction of the 18 prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, the governor of Zhili.

Walk up the steps. Yu Dalian put away the umbrella and showed his cheeks. The officers and soldiers guarding the door immediately recognized it, stepped forward to take the umbrella in the hands of the prefect of Yingtian, and then stepped forward.

"Fuzun, the governor is in the side room of the public court." Yu Dalian nodded and entered the governor's yamen. As Zou Xueyu's number one horse, Yu Dalian is very familiar with the governor's yamen.

Not long after, he had already appeared at the door of the side room of the public hall. At this time, Zou Xueyu was drinking tea in the side room.

In front of him lay several papers. Yu Dalian walked over and glanced at it lightly. It seems that there is a management method for the appointment of officials of the 18th government of Zhili.

This matter was sorted out by the Governor Yamen a few years ago. The Governor's Yamen was ready to try a new method of appointing officials to replace the appointment of local officials that had been in use for thousands of years.

In the last power struggle between the Governor Yamen of Zhili and the 18 local governments, with the end of the King of Qin, the god of killing, the result of the struggle naturally ended with the complete victory of the Governor Yamen.

Countless families of gentry and old officials who had been entrenched in the local area for many years were uprooted. The newly appointed officials of the 17th Prefecture of Zhili were personally selected by Bai Yuxiu, the official of the Ministry of Officials.

After the turmoil of the power struggle in the officialdom of Zhili a few years ago, the 18 prefectures of Zhili at present can be described as highly unified.

Now it is only necessary to finalize the new method of appointing officials. Basically, it can be guaranteed that there will not be so many grassroots power-holding families entrenched in the local area as before.

It is impossible for all the local power to be attributed to the higher-level government yamen, but at least it can ensure that the local people can no longer use the power in their hands so unscrupulously as before to seek benefits for their own families in the local area.

Yu Dalian thought for a while. Zou Xueyu had already poured a cup of tea for him, and took the lead in speaking: "Is it for the murder of the three grandmothers of Song, Luo, and Qi?" For Zou Xueyu, Yu Dalian is the successor of his political ideology in Yingtianfu.

Naturally, he also attaches great importance and attention to Yu Dalian. It happened in this heavenly city. When the news spread from the catchers to Shangyuan County, Zou Xueyu knew what was going on in the city.

Yu Dalian had no accident at this time. If Zou Xueyu, the governor and minister, didn't know what was happening in the city, it would be abnormal.

He opened his mouth to explain: "According to the information obtained by the catchers below, someone is secretly doing this matter. It's just that the lower officials don't know why they killed the three grandmothers. Zou Xueyu raised the teacup in his hand and gestured to Yu Dalian, then hummed and said, "You should think about this matter further." ”

"Think about it?" Yu Dalian's brows furrowed slightly, and then his eyes flashed. He raised his head and glanced at Zou Xueyu with some uncertainty.

Yu Dalian whispered, "You mean...... Wrong! Yu Dalian immediately stopped his words in a loud voice.

Zou Xueyu was not in a hurry, and slowly tasted the tea in his cup. Yu Dalian turned his eyes quickly.

"The three grandmothers of Song, Luo, and Qi are in this Yingtian City because of the ...... in the former palace The news of the palace came out, so the people below began to think about it. The three grandmothers entered Beijing with the girls of the three families, and the original intention was to find an opportunity to cooperate with the people in the court to play the prince after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and send the three girls to the palace. Zou Xueyu nodded: "Once elected to the palace, it will be prosperous after that." Yu Dalian's eyes were gloomy, and his face was gloomy: "It's just those who only use pickled methods and hope to usurp power." Zou Xueyu shook his head: "Power, everyone wants it." But do they really just want the power that everybody knows? Yu Dalian was stunned for a moment.

Zou Xueyu quickly explained: "What they want is a privilege that belongs to them!" After such a straightforward reminder, Yu Dalian finally reacted.

He immediately said urgently: "The new policies of the imperial court in the past few years have abolished many of their privileges. So now, they hope to send women to the palace, and then use this to continue to influence the royal family, so as to restore the ...... No! They are hoping to regain some new privileges! "Understand the real purpose of this.

Yu Dalian couldn't help but let out a sigh, and then frowned and wondered: "But...... What is the connection between this incident and the killing of the three grandmothers? After all, now that the girls of the three families have become the first female officials in my dynasty for thousands of years, they don't seem to have anything to do. Besides, things have happened very quickly lately, and they can't get the news so quickly. "Even if it's the closest Wuxi side.

The Song family knew the news, and then thought about it clearly to determine what to do next. But this time it takes ten days and eight days.

Zou Xueyu asked slowly: "Then think about it again, now that the three grandmothers are dead, who is the most beneficial?" Who is most harmful? Yu Dalian immediately blurted out: "Naturally, the three families are in charge, which is the most beneficial." As for the harm...... I'm afraid that the imperial court will look a little unpleasant on his face...... "After all, the people in Yingtian City know about these three families.

Now that the girls of the three families have just become officials, the grandmothers of the three families have died. There are always some inexplicable connections in it.

Originally, it could be said that the three were flies and dogs, chasing profits. Now that these three grandmothers have died, the three families have immediately become bitter masters.

Even if it's just three grandmothers in the family who died. Zou Xueyu's analysis of Yu Dalian did not say anything, but continued to ask: "Then do you think this is an ordinary murder incident, or is someone deliberately doing it?" What is the purpose? This time, Yu Dalian fell into a long period of thinking.

Naturally, someone did it on purpose. But what the purpose is, Yu Dalian can't figure it out.

The grandmothers of the three families died, and the three families could use this to complain to the imperial court so that they could continue to reap more benefits?

If this is the case, then the murderer must be one of the three families, or the three families together, or the three families and everyone behind them did it together.

Sacrifice three worthless grandmothers, and the court in exchange for more benefits. But if it weren't for the three to do.

And who did this? If it was something else, then the purpose would be hard to guess.

"After the news that His Majesty wanted to make a concession came out, many local officials were moved. Recently, it is the New Year's Festival, and many local officials have taken the opportunity to enter Beijing, called a report on their work, but in fact, it is to find out the next trend of the court. Recently, there have been a lot of outsiders in Ying Tiancheng, and when such a thing happened at this time, it is difficult for Xia Guan to guess who will do this and what kind of purpose it is. In front of Zou Xueyu, Yu Dalian revealed his shortcomings.

Zou Xueyu didn't say anything, just smiled. He said calmly: "When I first got the news before, the governor went to Jinyiwei to inquire about the news. Yu Dalian's eyes lit up: "Jinyi Wei ...... What do you say over there? He felt that Jin Yiwei was in charge of the world's intelligence, and maybe there would be more information about this matter.

Zou Xueyu shook his head: "Jinyiwei didn't know about this before, and he didn't receive any rumors. Yu Dalian's eyes showed a touch of frustration: "This shows that no one was secretly planning this matter before, or the person who planned it was not in Beijing?" "Only in emergencies, Jinyiwei will not receive the news in advance.

Or maybe this incident was planned far away from the Jinyi Satellite TV line, and then it happened suddenly in Yingtian City.

That's why Jin Yiwei didn't know about this matter. Zou Xueyu changed a cup of hot tea for Yu Dalian.

"Let's have a sip of tea first." Yu Dalian nodded blankly, and then suddenly opened his eyes: "Your Highness!" His Royal Highness! He suddenly shouted.

Zou Xueyu's face did not change, and Yu Dalian seemed to have discovered something. Yu Dalian hurriedly said: "Counting this matter, His Royal Highness Taisun will also be implicated!" The three maidens were originally sent to Yingtian City, preparing to be sent to the palace. Then because His Royal Highness intervened, she became a female official. Immediately afterwards, the grandmothers of the three families died tragically in Beijing. In this matter, no matter what, His Highness has already been implicated! Wait until he has finished speaking.

Outside the house, there was a dense sound of footsteps. I saw that the magistrate of Ying Tianfu rushed to the door with a messenger sweating profusely.

His face was covered in sweat, his hair was wet from the rain, and his body was stained with red blood. The official boots under his feet have a clear bloody handmark on the top of the boots.

"Something is wrong!"

"All dead!" …… Time goes back half an hour ago. At that time, Yu Dalian had just held an umbrella and walked out of the yamen of the prefect's mansion and came to the governor's yamen.

Ying Tianfu took the errand and took the people from the prefect's yamen to the yamen of Shangyuan County. The house where the accident occurred has been sealed, and the three grandmothers who died tragically have also been taken to the county government office and handed over to the staff for an autopsy, hoping to find out something more from the corpse.

Ying Tianfu pushed the official to go to a trip, but did not get any useful information for the time being, so he explained a few words to the people of Shangyuan County, and rushed back to the prefect's yamen, preparing to wait for Yu Dalian to go back, so he proposed to temporarily ban Ying Tiancheng.

Even if it is now approaching the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there are countless people entering and leaving Yingtian City every day, and this city gate cannot be sealed, but it is necessary to send additional people to guard the city gate and strictly check the people entering and leaving.

It's just that the magistrate has just rushed back to the prefect's yamen from the yamen of Shangyuan County. I heard a dense smashing sound in the house opposite the yamen.

There were also bursts of screams. Ying Tianfu's officials immediately frowned, knowing that something was wrong.

Without waiting for him to react. I saw a woman rushing out of the back door of the house that was open in the side alley.

The woman was covered in blood, disheveled, and her face was full of horror. Shouting and screaming, he rushed out into the street.

The woman rushed all the way to the magistrate, stumbled and fell to the ground, grabbing the magistrate's feet with her palms.

When the officials of the Heavenly Mansion reacted, the servants in the yamen also rushed out. Wait for the people to enter the house opposite the yamen.

I found out. In that house, three families had just moved in. All of them died on the spot!