Leaving the palace, Lin Yiqiu went straight to the mansion of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

The outside was already full of guards from the Ministry of Officials, as well as a few brocade guards.

Further inside, Lin Yiqiu saw a familiar figure.

"You're here too?"

Cang Hong seemed a little surprised when he saw Lin Yiqiu.

Because when the emperor gave the order, he didn't say that Lin Yiqiu would come.

Investigating this kind of thing, Lin Yiqiu is so smart, naturally he is the most suitable.

Cang Hong wanted to go to him, but he couldn't open his mouth, so he came over first with Jinyiwei.

Lin Yiqiu was not surprised.

The one who died was the squire of the Ministry of Rites, the official of the third grade, except for the guards of the Ministry of Officials who needed to be present.

Sending the brocade guards over is almost a sure thing.

Went straight to the mansion and patted Cang Hong on the shoulder, Lin Yiqiu asked, "How's the investigation?" Have and gain? ”

Inside the house, the body of the ceremonial attendant was covered with a white cloth, and a hemp rope was placed next to him.

Needless to say, he committed suicide with this hemp rope.

Hearing this, Cang Hong shook his head.

"I haven't found anything strange for the time being, he did hang himself."

"Is it possible that someone murdered him? Or was he forced to hang himself? ”

Lin Yiqiu changed his question.

Cang Hong looked puzzled.

"You think it's a murder?"

To be honest, although the death of the third rank is indeed very strange.

But for now, there really isn't anything wrong, and Cang Hong also asserts it.

Lin Yiqiu didn't continue to speak, but pulled Cang Hong to the side, and then whispered to him: "It's not that I think, it's Your Majesty who thinks?" ”

"Huh? What does Your Majesty think? ”

Cang Hong's expression was slightly stunned, and his brain was also spinning very quickly.

After Lin Yiqiu's reminder, he quickly reacted.

"Isn't it because the meeting is about to arrive, so Your Majesty is suspicious?"

"Clever, that's what he told me."

Lin Yiqiu nodded.

At such a critical time, it is difficult not to think of the past when the waiter of the Ministry of Rites hanged himself at home.

Then, Lin Yiqiu leaned down and investigated the corpse next to him.

After looking around a few times, the corpse's face was blue and his lips were pale, which was indeed a characteristic of suffocation by hanging.

Lin Yiqiu took out the silver needle and pricked it twice, but the silver needle did not change color, proving that it was not poisoned.

"If he was really murdered, then I can only say that this man is a master of crime."

muttering to himself, Lin Yiqiu could only think so.

"By the way, has his family checked it? Have you seen any strange moves lately? ”

Lin Yiqiu asked in response.

However, at this time, Canghong had already gone out and was explaining something to Jinyiwei.

As for the person in charge from the Ministry next to him, he looked at Lin Yiqiu with a wary face.

"Have you asked? What did their family say? ”

Lin Yiqiu didn't care about this, and asked as soon as he opened his mouth.

The tall, thin of the two only chuckled and did not answer.

Lin Yiqiu didn't like this smile very much, because it was full of mockery.

After a while, I saw that the person next to me also smiled and said, "You should be Lin Yiqiu from the West Factory, Lord Lin?" ”

"Yes, that's me, do you have any questions?"

Lin Yiqiu frowned.

These two people didn't feel very comfortable for him, and they seemed to be quite repulsive to him as a eunuch.

And as he expected, after listening to Lin Yiqiu's self-detonation identity, the eyes of the two became disdainful again.

"Lord Lin, I won't bother you with this investigation, our officials will naturally deal with it."

The tall and thin man is named Zhao Ting, although he is still the head of the ministry, but because there is a servant of the ministry, he is usually regarded as a second-generation official.

And with the relationship between Lao Tzu, he is much younger than others.

Also in charge is Yan Liben next to him, and he and Zhao Tingnai are cousins.

When the servant of the ministry arranged, he naturally stripped off his clothes and water, and inserted his nephew into it.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in Qianguo, the so-called one person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven.

Generally speaking, whether it is in the capital or other places, those who are officials will always let their sons, nephews, relatives and the like also enter this officialdom.

Because of this, the bureaucratic system of the Qianguo is still shrouded in a thick fog of relatives.

At this time, facing Zhao Ting's words, Lin Yiqiu was not angry, but just felt funny.

"I'm a good person from the West Factory, but the West Factory also has the right to investigate the case, and Jinyiwei is also at the mercy of my West Factory."

"Now that the Jinyi Guards are here, it's not too much for me, the overseer of the West Factory, to come over, right?"

"Hehe, what you said makes sense, but the eunuch investigates the case, hehe."

Yan Liben also laughed.

Before the words were finished, the meaning was already obvious.

In layman's terms, it means that the dog meddles with the mouse.

The so-called eunuchs can just shake the dog's tail in front of the emperor, and they need to meddle in these things.

Without waiting for Lin Yiqiu to refute, a moment later, Cang Hong outside the house had already walked in.

He directly blocked the mouths of the two with one sentence.

"Two, the reason why Lord Lin appeared here is because His Majesty personally explained it."

"Although Jin Yiwei is good at interrogation, investigating cases is not a strong point!"

"It just so happens that the West Factory is the best at it, so Lord Lin is naturally entrusted with the important task."

When the words fell, Zhao Ting and Yan Liben were really speechless.

It's just that the latter is still muttering: "When will the West Factory also investigate the case?" A eunuch can still have such great ability? ”

"You'll soon find out if I'm capable of it."

Lin Yiqiu didn't bother to say anything more to him, so he asked a few words with the Jinyi guard under Canghong's hand.

Soon, Jin Yiwei had already called out all the maids and maids in the mansion, as well as a wife of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, two concubines, and two sons.

The servants trembled and didn't dare to say a word, for fear of being caught by the brocade guards and walked into the cell.

And the lady and the concubines were crying and crying, shouting from time to time that the old man, you died so miserably!

Lin Yiqiu sighed, no matter whether he was really crying or not, at least this waiter of the Ministry of Rites was alive enough.

Accompanied by three women, they are not much worse than themselves!

This is still a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, tsk!

A moment later, Lin Yiqiu discovered something strange.

"Why don't his two sons cry?"

Approaching Canghong, Lin Yiqiu asked suspiciously.

Because right behind those two ladies were the two sons of the Ministry of Rites.

One was staring coldly at the air in front of him, while the other was even giggling!

Cang Hong said helplessly: "That tall man is the eldest son of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, named Yang Feihong!" ”

"He had already fallen out with the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and he ran away from home many years ago, and if he hadn't heard that his father had died, he probably wouldn't have come back."

"And this? Well, what about the other one? ”

Lin Yiqiu asked the little son again.

Cang Hong continued to explain.

"The youngest son's name is Yang Jinbao, and he... He's a fool..."