The shop was opened for less than a month, and two strangers suddenly came to the Wei family's grocery store, and they took out a jewelry drawing for him to identify.

When Wei Changgui saw the drawings, he was shocked. Because several pieces of jewelry on that drawing are exactly the same as those he salvaged from the Weishui River.

Wei Changgui was afraid of getting into trouble, so he naturally said that he hadn't seen it, but the two foreigners put the knife on his neck without saying a word, so scared that Wei Changgui didn't dare to hide a word, and honestly explained the origin of the jewelry and gold.

A few days later, Wei Changgui chatted with the guests who came to buy things in the shop, saying that the Song shopkeeper of the Fuxiang Gold Shop in Yongning Fang, Kyoto, had been killed, and his death was extremely miserable, his eyes were gouged out, his tongue was cut, and his palms were cut off from his wrists.

Wei Changgui felt a chill down his spine when he heard this, and he had a hunch that Shopkeeper Song must have been killed by those two strangers, because the person who bought those jewelry was Shopkeeper Song.

Shopkeeper Song is dead, will it be his and his father's turn next?

Wei Changgui couldn't help but be frightened, in order to save his life, he couldn't even take care of business, so he handed over the grocery store to his wife to take care of, and he and Wei Tiezhu found a place to hide.

It was not until the people of Jingzhao Mansion caught the two strangers that they dared to reappear in front of them.

After listening to Wei Changgui's explanation, Yan Li was very angry, if it weren't for the Wei family's father and son who were greedy for money, the Song shopkeeper of Fuxiang Gold Shop would not have been killed.

If it is really as the confessions of the two outsiders who killed the shopkeeper of Song, it is very likely that the female corpse in red is the only daughter of the king of Changjun, the county lord of Qinghao.

King Changjun is the twelfth son of Emperor Xian and the half-brother of Emperor Yuanhe.

After the rebellion of the five kings, King Changjun was awarded the title of prince, and finally was implicated in the witchcraft of his mother and concubine, and was demoted to the title of county king and went to the fief Liuzhou.

Before his death, the first emperor left an edict to Emperor Yuanhe, and King Changjun and his descendants were never allowed to set foot in Kyoto. If the Changjun royal palace conspires against it, the rebel does not have to be escorted to Kyoto, and it is disposed of on the spot.

This edict is known to both the government and the opposition that for more than ten years, the Changjun Wangfu has been biased towards Liuzhou, acting in a low-key manner, and gradually faded out of the scope of people's attention.

The identity of the county lord of Qingwei was not ordinary, and Yan Li immediately reported the matter to Emperor Yuanhe. After Emperor Yuanhe found out, he had not yet condemned the Changjun Palace, but the excerpt from the Changjun Palace's plea had already been handed over.

King Changjun's recital is not long, in addition to a large paragraph of words pleading at the beginning, he also has to let Emperor Yuan He make the decision for him.

King Changjun said that his only daughter, the county lord of Qinghao, did not enter Beijing without permission, but was kidnapped by gangsters, and for some reason died tragically in the Weishui River.

Emperor Yuanhe was silent for a long time after reading the excerpt, and then ordered the secret guard to go to Liuzhou to investigate. He ordered Yan Li to suspend the investigation of the case of the woman in red before the secret guard returned.

After speaking, he asked about the murder of the Lingjun Lord, and Yan Li had to tell the clues he found one by one. Seeing that Emperor Yuanhe's face was not worried, he stubbornly said his conjecture.

"Holy Lord, if the red-clothed female corpse is really the county lord of Qinghuan, the minister thinks that this case is the same person as the murderers of the county lord of Yongan and the county lord of Ling."

Emperor Yuanhe's expression became very serious, "Is there a basis?" ”

Yan Li said: "The reason why the minister is suspicious is because there are too many coincidences in these three cases. ”

"The first coincidence is their death, although the corpse of the woman in red must not only have a specific date of death, but it is inferred that it was in early April, the county lord of Yongan was killed on the sixth day of the fifth month, and the county lord of Ling was killed on the sixth day of the ninth month. If the female corpse in red is really the county lord of Qinghao, then her death date should be the sixth day of the fourth month. ”

"The second coincidence is the cause of their deaths, the corpse of the woman in red and the Lord of the Spirit County both sank to the bottom of the water after being killed, and the body of the County Lord of Yongan was also found in the water."

"The third coincidence is their identity and age, the people who were killed were all nobles of the clan, and they all died shortly after their birthdays."

There are many other coincidences, such as the three people were wearing red dresses when their bodies were found, but Yan Li was interrupted by Emperor Yuan He before he could speak, "According to what you say, the murderer has a grudge against the royal family?" ”

This is just speculation, Yan Li naturally didn't dare to make a decision too arbitrarily. Everything can only wait for the dark guard to return from Liuzhou, and then we will know whether his guess is true.

Fortunately, the secret guards did not make them wait for a long time, and three days later, the news about the county lord of Qingwei reached the imperial front.

Indeed, as King Changjun said in the guilty fold, the county lord of Qinghao was kidnapped by gangsters on the way to the temple fair.

The people of Changjun Wangfu almost turned Liuzhou upside down, but they didn't find anyone.

Later, a spice merchant from Liuzhou returned from Kyoto and bought a pair of gold earrings in the shape of water drops inlaid with rubies for his daughter.

The news reached the palace of the king of Changgun, who interrogated the spice merchant, who only said that he had bought it from a gold shop in Kyoto. The Changjun Mansion could not leave the fiefdom, so he could only send his henchmen to Kyoto to find a daughter.

After the two henchmen came to Kyoto, they went straight to the Fuxiang gold shop and asked the Song shopkeeper about the origin of the earrings, and the Song shopkeeper only remembered that the earrings were sold to him by a father and son, who had been dredging on the Weishui River all year round.

The henchmen found the Wei family's grocery store again, and learned from Wei Changgui that the gold earrings and gold bracelets were taken from a drowned female corpse, and learned that the female corpse was in Yizhuang, so the two went to Yizhuang to steal the corpse.

Who knew that he happened to run into the errand of Jingzhao Mansion to handle the case, and he was arrested. According to the two people's confessions, the reason why the shopkeeper Song of Fuxiang Gold Shop was killed was only because he insulted the county lord of Qinghao.

In other words, he insulted the corpse of the woman in red, who was most likely the county lord of Qinghao.

King Changjun's henchman killed the shopkeeper of a gold shop in Kyoto, and as the owner, King Changjun is naturally to blame. But the identity of the red-clothed female corpse of Emperor Yuan and Emperor has not yet been determined, and the two cannot die for the time being.

According to the information verified by the secret guard, the county lord of Qingwei was born with a disease in his left foot, and there was no little toe on the sole of his left foot. And the left foot of the female corpse in red happens to match this feature.

The red-clothed female corpse was the county lord of Qinghao, and at the moment when her identity was confirmed, the pain and anger in Emperor Yuanhe's heart could no longer be suppressed.

"Check it out for me, I want to see who has the audacity to murder my nieces."

Then he gave Yan Li a will, ordering the three major palaces and relevant personnel to fully cooperate with the investigation of Dali Temple, if there is no cooperation, it is disobeying the holy order.

Yan Li also secretly made up his mind that he must find out the murderer of the noble girl.

East Palace

The prince is playing against a white-haired old man. The prince held the black seed, the white-haired old man held the white seed, and the prince fell and swallowed several chess pieces of the white-haired old man in an instant.

The white-haired old man smiled slightly, "Although His Highness is a dangerous move, he caught the old man off guard. ”

The prince shook his head, "If there is no other way, Lone will not move this chess piece." ”

The white-haired old man smiled silently.

The prince asked again: "Mr. Song, do you say that Yan Li can find out the real murderer behind the scenes?" ”

The white-haired old man, Mr. Song, touched the beard on his lips, "Small shrimp are easy to find, but big fish are hard to find." ”

The prince smiled when he heard this, "Since Mr. Song said this, he must have calculated something?" ”

Mr. Song still smiled on his face, but said in his mouth: "The technique of deduction is not omnipotent, please forgive Your Highness." ”

The prince naturally understood the meaning of his words, and said apologetically: "Don't blame Mr., it's lonely who is too demanding." ”

After that, they stopped talking about it with him, and then the two played another game, and it was still the prince who won.

Mr. Song got up to say goodbye, but the prince did not stay.