He doesn't think about anything, he just wants to empty himself during this time, and although the time is short, it can make him very satisfied.

But at this time, the attendant walked in, knelt down in a panic, and said, "King, Tao Wang was killed in prison!" ”

"What!" Liu Hengda was shocked, "Quick, change the clothes of this king!" ”

Wen Yi turned over, and her hand did not hold the man who should be in her arms, so she woke up. After blinking his eyes and confirming that Liu Heng was not there, he sat up and called "Wang" softly.

The king did not come, but a maid who came told her that the king was in a hurry to leave.

Wen Yi regretted that she shouldn't have slept so dead, and at the same time blamed the maid for not waking her up earlier.

……

Wang drove to the Tingwei prison, the hall was brightly lit, and Chen Huan and a group of his officials were already waiting here. Among them, there were two corpses, Huang Man and Tao Wang.

Chen Huan had a confused expression on his face, like a bitter gourd. He couldn't understand why Huang Man would kill Tao Wang. He is still very clear about Huang Man's personality, and it is precisely because he is clear that he is even more puzzled.

"The king has arrived--"

Liu Heng walked in, and Chen Huan and others went up to greet him. Liu Heng walked straight to the two corpses, his expression was extremely solemn.

"What's going on?"

"Wechen is investigating ......"

"Investigating?" Liu Heng turned to Chen Huan, his eyes were full of anger, "You are limited to investigate the case within three days, otherwise I will ask you!" ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Liu Heng brushed his sleeves away, angry that he didn't want to see these useless courtiers.

Chen Huan listened to the narration of the jailer who witnessed the incident, and after investigation, he learned that Huang Man, who was supposed to rest, suddenly came to the prison. This couldn't help but make him suspect that something was wrong at Huang Man's house, so he immediately sent someone to Huang Man's house.

The lights are on in Huang Man's house, but the house is empty. Huang Man's wife and his three-month-old child were missing.

Hearing the report, Chen Huan immediately ordered a search of the entire city. Fortunately, Lieutenant Song Chang learned about it and sent someone to help.

According to the investigation of the City Gate Division, there was a report that a carriage had left the city half an hour earlier.

"Why don't you stop it!" Song Chang asked.

"That man has a token from the palace." The gatekeeper said.

Song Chang was speechless......

The sky is getting brighter, the wind is lighter, and the snow is stopping. The carriage, which had been running in the snow, also stopped.

In the carriage sat a woman with a baby in her arms. The baby who had been crying just now was already asleep, but the woman was still crying, silent tears.

The man wearing the hat threw a package into the carriage, "There is some money in it, and the carriage will be given to you, if you don't want to die, go farther, the farther the better!" With that, he jumped out of the car.

The woman suddenly got out of the carriage and asked loudly, "He's not coming back, is he?" ”

The man with the hat stopped to say something, but in the end he didn't, took another step, and soon disappeared into the growing morning mist.

……

The morning sun rises, the morning fog lifts, and the fog still lingers in my heart.

The snow in the middle of the night clothed the earth with a silver garment.

Yalan Palace, Dou Yifang just had breakfast, and he couldn't wait to go to the palace gate.

"Mother, it's cold, do you feel warm?" Lan Yi put on a cloak for Dou Yifang, even if Dou Yifang was already dressed like a zongzi, she still felt that it was not enough.

If you can, it's best to go out wrapped in a quilt.

"Good!!" Dou Yifang said, "How about the prostitute, but don't let her freeze......"

"Aunt Feng takes good care of her, please rest assured."

While she was talking, Qing'er walked in, "Niangniang, the sedan chair has been prepared......"

Dou Yifang also happened to finish dressing up, and was helped out of the room by the blue clothes.

Later, accompanied by four palace maids, he went out of the main hall and got on the sedan chair. The palanquin bearers lifted the palanquin and walked in the direction of the palace gate.

Although it was snowing, the ministers did not dare to slack off, and came to the inn at the palace gate early. Although there was an inn, they didn't dare to go in casually to escape the wind and snow.

As a result, some snow had accumulated on the shoulders and hats of some of the earlier arrivals. Some people shivered with cold, their lips turned purple, and they began to regret that they had come a little earlier.

Liu Duan was also one of the people who came early, and he received the news before he went out, saying that his worries were solved.

But he wasn't at ease, so he came early. If it is as the news says, it will be worth it for him to be cold.

The officials soon arrived, and everyone began to discuss the weather and the inn in the snow.

While they were discussing, Chang Shichun came over and said to the officials: "The king is not feeling well today, please go back!" ……”

The officials looked at each other, puzzled. Liu Duan was stealing joy in his heart, and now he can finally put his mind at ease.

"Gonggong Chun, how is the king dragon body?" Prime Minister Zhang Cang asked.

"It's just a cold, and you can be cured after a few days of rest, so please go back, gentlemen! ……”

The matter has come to this point, and everyone can only leave with confusion and stupidity.

Dou Yifang met Wanquan on the way to the Zhonggong Gate.

"Minions, see the queen's mother."

"Grandpa Wan, why are you here? Did the king send you? ”

"Back to my mother's words, the king is sick, and the investigation of the case has been postponed for the time being."

Dou Yifang was very surprised, "Why did you suddenly get sick?" ”

"Niangniang, let's go and meet the king! ……”

Dou Yifang nodded and ordered someone to divert to Guangyuan Palace.

Outside the window, it was plain white, and the wind blew in through the open window, gently, coldly, on Liu Heng's face. Liu Heng looked at the bamboo in the courtyard and was in a daze.

Liu Heng was really angry about Tao Wang's death, although Tao Wang's death proved that he was the murderer of Wu San. But the clues of the Zhu family's case were interrupted at this point, and he was very unhappy with Zhu Qianyun in his heart.

"King, it's cold outside, let's go to the warm pavilion and sit! ......" the palace man behind him suggested.

Liu Heng ignored it, and the palace people were afraid that Liu Heng would annoy him, so they stopped making a sound.

At this time, someone came to report, "The queen asks to see her." ”

Liu Heng was stunned for a moment, as if he had suddenly woken up, and asked Jiang Douyi to invite him to the warm pavilion.

In the warm pavilion, Dou Yifang saluted, and Liu Heng allowed her to be exempted. Then the two sat down and served the hot soup to ward off the cold.

"The concubine heard that the king was sick, why didn't she lie down and rest?"

Liu Heng sighed heavily, "This king's illness is in my heart. ”

"Does the king feel ashamed of Young Envoy Zhu?"

Liu Heng lowered his head slightly and was silent.

"The king thinks so, does he think that he made the wrong decision on the Zhu family's case in the first place?"

Liu Heng laughed self-deprecatingly: "Isn't this obvious? Killing witnesses and killing mouths, this king really wronged the Zhu family back then...... Liu Duan, actually using this king, the crime is unforgivable! ”

"The concubine can understand the king's feelings."

Liu Heng definitely wanted to rehabilitate the Zhu family, and also wanted to punish Liu Duan. Although he is a gentleman and Liu Duan is a minister, he cannot dispose of Liu Duan at will. After all, Liu Duan is his relative, and if he is nameless, it will ruin his prestige and reputation.

Now that the clues have been broken, it is difficult to find out the case of the year, and in the face of the culprit behind all the incidents, he has nothing to do but blame himself.

"The king, the concubine thinks that things have not yet reached the point where they cannot be turned around."

Liu Heng glanced at her, "Do you have a way?" ”

Dou Yifang shook his head slowly, "There is no specificity, but the clues are not completely interrupted." ”

A flash of light flashed in Liu Heng's eyes.

Dou Yifang continued: "Liu Duan, who went to buy the murderer, isn't this another clue? ”

Liu Heng sighed lightly, "I'm afraid that he will also kill that person......

"The concubine may not see it, this time he killed Tao Wang, which will inevitably make the person who bought Tao Wang more vigilant, and that person should probably use this as a handle to protect himself in order to survive."

Liu Heng subconsciously nodded in agreement, and asked who this person was.

"The person who can do this for Liu Duan, I think it should be Liu Duan's henchman."

Liu Heng smiled and held Dou Yifang's hand, "You still have a way, the concubine said well before leaving, this king still wants you to ask for advice in the future." ”

Dou Yifang Yanran said: "The king is too modest, what the concubines have is just a little cleverness, and there is no need for the king's way of governing the country, that is the great cleverness." ”

Liu Heng was overjoyed when he heard this, and couldn't help but kiss Dou Yifang lightly on his forehead.

"The king, the concubine has another request."

"What?"

"The concubine still wants to go to the inn at the palace gate to have a look."

"The murderer already knows, why do you want to investigate?"

"The concubine wants to know how Tao Wang killed Wu San without leaving a trace......"

"You just like to get to the bottom of it." Liu Heng chuckled, "Okay, but don't catch a cold......

"King Xie."

After Dou Yifang left, Liu Heng immediately summoned Chen Huan and Song Chang to re-investigate all the clues. Although Tao Wang's most direct clue is broken, there are two other clues.

The first is the whereabouts of Huang Man's wife and children, and Song Chang is responsible for tracking down; The second is Liu Duan's henchmen, no matter who they are, they have to investigate, and this will be handed over to Chen Huan.

"Don't go wrong again!" Liu Heng warned.

"If there is a mistake, Weichen will come to see him!" Chen Huan said resolutely.

……

The sun is getting warmer day by day, and the light is refracted by the snow in a variety of colors, which is very beautiful. But Dou Yifang didn't see it for long, and her eyes would dry quickly even in the sun. So she can't stay in the sun for too long.

"Niangniang, are you okay?" Lan Yi saw that Dou Yifang's expression was a little dazed, so he asked.

Dou Yifang shook his head, walked around the inn and entered the inn.

Since Tao Wang is known to be the murderer, it is much easier to infer his method of murder.

Dou Yifang thought of himself as Tao Wang, and came to the second room of the inn, which was once the room where Tao Wang lived. The furnishings of the inn are very simple, one bed, one table and one chair.

Dou Yifang walked to the window, pushed open the window, and the breeze rushed in all of a sudden, which made people feel cold.

Wu San's room was below here, and Dou Yifang probed out, and could see the footprints she had just walked on the snow behind the room.

"Qing'er, you go down there and open the window."

"Hmm."

After a while, the window below opened, and Qing'er poked her head out to look up, and she could see Dou Yi's room. Dou Yifang also saw her, and suddenly a thought flashed in his mind: By the way, the way to kill people without leaving footprints......

Thinking of the scene at the time of the crime, Dou Yifang guessed that Tao Wang committed the crime like this:

In the dead of night, people are asleep.