Seeing Xu Tianqing follow the bustard into the second floor, here, several girls with flowers and branches surrounded him.

"Official, do you want to give you a beating on the shoulder?"

"Oh, sir, your chest is so powerful, I really want to touch it."

"Official, shall I take you to the room to relax?"

When all the women looked at Si Shengxiang, they were all stunned, and then they all lowered their heads consciously.

Although Si Shengxiang is wearing men's clothes, his figure, waist, and face are not comparable to them at all.

He Ying glanced at Si Shengxiang, and then coughed: "Ladies and gentlemen, please be respectful, we are here to handle the case." ”

"Isn't this just right, people and cases have been handled together, and they are here."

A thousand words can't match a sentence of "it's all here"......

He Ying calmed his mind and embroidered the spring knife out of the sheath, and then he scolded them.

At this time, the sword spirit spoke: "Master, the smell here is complicated, I can't tell where the demonic qi is. ”

He Ying stopped.

Si Shengxiang turned his head and asked, "How?" ”

He Ying shook his head: "The demonic aura is gone, it seems that the murderer is an extremely cautious person, knowing that killing someone and running to the sect division can cover its smell here." ”

Si Shengxiang looked at the palatial hall, frowned and said: "Since the last place where the demonic energy disappeared is here, then we will look for it one by one, as long as it is still there, it will definitely exude a strong demonic aura, and then let the sword spirit distinguish it." ”

He Ying asked Jian Ling, "How about this method?" ”

The sword spirit replied, "You can give it a try." ”

"Okay, in order to prevent the monster from escaping, we can't make a big show, we must keep a low profile, and start from the first room."

Si Shengxiang nodded: "Okay." ”

Then, the two took out the brocade guard waist card and searched room to room.

When I entered the first room, I saw a girl getting dressed after taking a shower, and the crystal water beads were still hanging on her buttocks......

When I entered the second room, I saw a short big fat man exerting all his strength, and the girls below yawned......

When I entered the third room, I saw the girl dancing and giving a, and she was very engaged.

……

All the way to the innermost room on the fourth floor, as soon as the two entered, they saw a woman in pink half-hung with a light veil, lying by the window looking at the scenery of the capital.

"Master, she's not a demon, there is no demon in this room, but I smell the same smell as Lord Shangshu."

The smell of Shangshu-sama?

Could it be that Lord Shangshu is the one who comes to this workshop on weekdays to order?

Although it's not a demon, it's related to Lord Shangshu, so it's obligated to ask.

He Ying glanced at Si Shengxiang, and closed the door after coming in.

The woman is average-looking, estimated at twenty-seven or eighteen, and her figure is not very good, and in general it is average.

She looked back at He Ying and the others, and wondered, "Is there something wrong with the official?" ”

He Ying showed his waist card, and then said: "Jinyiwei investigates the case, and you answer whatever you ask." ”

The woman glanced at the waist card and her expression was grim, but she quickly returned to normal and sat down at the table to show her cooperation.

"What is your relationship with Lord Shangshu?"

"On weekdays, Lord Shangshu comes to this workshop and orders the most."

The woman is also honest.

"Did you know that Lord Shangshu is dead?"

After Si Shengxiang finished speaking, his eyes stared at the woman.

I studied micro-expression psychology in college, not to mention that they are all women, as long as the woman's expression is wrong, she can immediately tell whether she is telling the truth or a lie.

The woman looked a little nervous and said, "Naturally, but it has nothing to do with me, please let the adults know it." ”

Well, that's true.

He Ying thought for a while and said, "If it's not you, you don't have to be afraid, just answer honestly, let me ask you, was there anything wrong when Lord Shangshu came to you before?" ”

"Something is wrong?" The woman thought for a moment and shook her head, "It's normal, Lord Shangshu orders me every time he finishes drinking, he talks to me in the first half of the night, and he ...... in the second half of the night Go to bed. ”

"What does he do to you?"

"Lord Shangshu is naturally very good, often buy some rouge gouache and the like for me, and often bring some food that can't be eaten on the market, we talk about wine and talk until the middle of the night."

"What are you talking about?"

"Many, from his family, to the court, to the people, we can talk very well, say everything, and even talk twice until dawn."

He Ying nodded, no wonder it was said that Master Shangshu was sleek, and even the girls from the Teaching Workshop Division were full of praise for him, and he was really old.

"Since that's the way we talked, did he tell you about some complaints or other deteriorations? Like dissatisfaction with someone, dissatisfaction with life, or something that went wrong. ”

The woman thought for a while, this thought, for three or four minutes, and then raised her head and said: "But in the past three months, Lord Shangshu has always been sad, I also asked him, he said that he should have returned to his hometown and retired, at that time his brain was confused, if he retired at that time, returned to his hometown, planted a few acres of land, raised a few chickens, and ended up idle." ”

Well?

He Ying was stunned: "You talk about it carefully." ”

"That's all, I've also asked in detail, but Master Shangshu only said this, and didn't tell me the rest, I think he has encountered something unpleasant in the officialdom in the past three months."

He Ying lowered his head and thought about it.

Two generations of old ministers, after the new emperor succeeded to the throne, they wanted to withdraw...... How is this plot so familiar?

Si Shengxiang sat beside He Ying and stretched out his hand to write a word on He Ying's thigh.

"Strain."

He Ying looked at Si Shengxiang and smiled, it seemed that she thought of going with herself.

When the new emperor succeeded to the throne, he wanted to monopolize power and eliminate old ministers, which is not uncommon in history.

But here's the problem.

Could it be that the new emperor killed Lord Shangshu?

Okay, let's assume that it was indeed done by the new emperor and wanted to monopolize power, but the practice of killing people is a bit arrogant, not to mention that this is still the capital.

If he wanted to kill the old ministers, he could have dismissed them from his posts first and waited for him to do so when he returned to his hometown, so that no one would guess that the new emperor had done it, but the new emperor would have the reputation of being a personal and sympathetic minister.

Moreover, the sword spirit said that the murderer was a demon, could it be that the new emperor and the Northern Wilderness demon clan colluded?

Why collude? He is the emperor, no one is above ten thousand people, and killing an old minister is not as simple as blinking an eye?

It would be redundant to find the demon clan again.

He Ying thought for two minutes and said, "What about the Tobe squire?" He's also a regular customer of yours? ”

"That's not it, he's a regular visitor to Xiao You."

As he spoke, he opened the door and pointed to a room on the fifth floor for the two.

The two went up to the fifth floor and asked, and her answer was the same as that of the woman on the fourth floor.

The inquiry was fruitless, and the two went back to the first floor to ask for a pot of tea and sit down.

Si Shengxiang took a sip of water: "What do you think?" ”

He Ying analyzed: "The Hubu Shilang and the Lord Shangshu are both old ministers of the two dynasties, and since the new emperor succeeded to the throne, he has had the heart of retreating. ”

Si Shengxiang nodded, frowning: "I think so too, if that's the case, have you ever thought about the consequences?" If we tell the truth, we will die. ”

Yes, if it is really found out that the mastermind behind the scenes is the new emperor, this will undoubtedly be a dead end.

Who can fight the emperor?!

Want to arrest the emperor as a criminal? I'm afraid that I would have already fallen to the ground by then.

He Ying frowned.

If you find out whether you are dead, if you don't find out, you are still dead, this case is ...... There is no solution.