When the Lin Mansion settled down from the chaos, Zou Hongsheng thought of reporting to the official, because it was very late, he did not report to Yin Aizheng of the Shuntian Mansion, and only came to the Zhizhong on duty, so that the pestle examined the body and made a record of the case. Early the next morning, Ai Zheng got the news that the court was killed, and the case was not trivial, Ai Zheng hurriedly went to the Lin family to inspect the scene. The murderer waited in the dark, and when he saw the dead coming, he covered his mouth and nose from behind, and slit his throat with a knife, skillfully without a trace of drag, which should have been done by a person killed on the battlefield or by an assassin. The strip of cloth left at the scene, the murderer Xu Kejian, is in line with the identity of the crime, but it does not rule out others to use the name of Xu Kejian to plant blame.

Ai Zheng is a thoughtful person, and he will never jump to conclusions until he catches the murderer, so he can only say that Yin Xu Kejian is the most suspicious. So Zou Hongsheng was questioned emphatically, but he didn't even see the shadow of the murderer, and the case was in a puzzle.

Five years ago, Ai Zheng interceded with Peng Yuan, the first assistant, which angered Emperor Jiaqing, and he was put on a stick in front of the noon gate for fifty sticks, almost killing him. Fortunately, Prince Yuezhangli pleaded with Emperor Jiaqing and was released to study politics for four years. Ai Zheng did not take up this position because he was the master of Zhao Luyu, the king of the servants, but because he was the investigator of the criminal prison, and he was appointed by Emperor Jiaqing as the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, and he has solved many important cases in the past year. The murder of Lin Changyao, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, made Ai Zheng feel even more responsible, and there had never been such a high-ranking official murdered in the capital, which would definitely be a big case that shocked the government and the opposition.

Ai Zheng is less than fifty years old, full of spirit, and Cao Shu has not been suppressed for many years, but has a smooth career. In addition to being the master of Zhao Luyu, he is also a relative of the emperor, his father-in-law is Zhao Renyu, the prince of Li, his mother-in-law is the sixth grandson of Chen Guogong Liao Chun, and his wife is the lord of Zhao. He is a capable and excellent backer, and he is valued by the emperor, and his future can be described as infinitely ambitious, and he can't make mistakes at critical moments, which is why he doesn't dare to slack off in the slightest.

When Ai Zheng came back from the scene, he immediately wrote a report to Chen's cabinet and arranged for the whole city to search for Xu Kejian. Put down all affairs, focus on the Lin Changyao case, and strive to solve the case as soon as possible. At the beginning of the afternoon, when Ai Zheng was still busy in the Shuntian Mansion, he suddenly heard a report from the porter that Xu Yongjian, the right envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, came with the Cabinet's order, and Ai Zheng hurried to greet him.

Xu Yongjian is from the first grade, but Ai Zheng is from the second grade, generally the Shuntian prefect is the third grade, and Ai Zheng is a high rank and low level, but it is still a second order lower than Xu Yongjian. In front of the lobby of Shuntianfu, I saw the smiling tiger Xu Yongjian, only to see a man in his fifties, full of officials, full of stories, full of smiles, outsiders felt cordial at first sight, and the first impression was that he was a loving and kind person. Can't be confused by people's surfaces, knowing people and faces but not knowing their hearts, what Xu Yongjian thinks now, only he knows.

Ai Zheng hurriedly saluted, "Xia Guan has seen the imperial envoy of Xu Du!".

Xu Yongjian waved his hand and said very indifferently: "Lord Ai! Cao Ge asked me to supervise Lin Changyao's case, don't be polite, let's hurry up and get down to business!", as he spoke, he walked into the lobby, and Ai Zheng had no choice but to follow.

Xu Yongjian found a chair on the left and sat down, and asked anxiously, "Has Master Ai passed the hall?".

Ai Zheng was running the scene early in the morning, and he was on the scene to train the witnesses, and he had not yet had time to ascend to the church. He replied truthfully: "There is a preliminary suspect in the case, and the sea arrest document has been issued, and the whole city is searching.".

It seems that Xu Yongjian came here for a purpose, and he didn't listen to what Ai Zheng said." Lord Lin was killed, but the people around him didn't care, what about Zou Hongsheng?", he said and looked around, as if he was not there.

Ai Zheng is so smart and yin, he knows Xu Yongjian's intentions, but he can't do what he wants. replied very squarely, "Zou Hongsheng is just derelict in his duties, and besides, the Lin Mansion still has a lot of future affairs to deal with, and he can't do without him for a while, so he told him to come with him.".

Xu Yongjian stood up anxiously and blamed; "Lord Ai is not worried that Zou Hongsheng will run away?".

Ai Zheng is not a person who is not safe in handling things, and has already made arrangements. So he replied with confidence, "There are officials in the Lin Mansion who are watching, and as long as there is any movement, they will be detained immediately. Besides, Zou Hongsheng was just derelict in his duties, and there was no need to escape.".

Xu Yongjian stood up and disagreed, "I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm just afraid of what if, since I came to supervise it, I have the obligation to remind Lord Ai that the court officials were killed due to dereliction of duty, and their crimes must also be investigated, and it is better to be detained!".

Ai Zheng saw that Xu Yongjian, who had the right to supervise, opened his mouth, and it was not good to disobey." Then listen to the adults!", after speaking, he ordered the messenger to arrest Zou Hongsheng. At this time, Xu Yongjian calmed down and sat down.

When Zou Hongsheng was caught in Shuntian Mansion, Ai Zheng deliberately avoided it and went to the backyard. Xu Yongjian, who was sitting in the hall, ordered to play the 20th board without saying a word, and never thought that Xu Yongjian, one of the ten tigers of the Cao family, was also able to do it to his own people, and began to see Xu Yongjian and Zou Hongsheng, who was polite, and was beaten to the point of crying wolf.

After pulling to the lobby, there was no longer a flattering look, and scolded loudly: "Old thief Xu! You have no conscience, if it weren't for my lord, then you are today, and now the lord has just passed, and he is in a hurry to cross the river and tear down the bridge, despicable villain!".

Xu Yongjian was introduced by Lin Changyao to get Cao Shu's favor and accepted him as a confidant. I didn't expect to mix better than Lin Changyao and have a higher official position. Lin Changyao said that he could, but a subordinate confronted him in front of the court and made disrespectful remarks, which really made Xu Yongjian even more annoyed, and he glared at Zou Hongsheng and ordered: "Insult the court officials in public, despise the court, and then drag me down and beat the twenty boards!"

As he spoke, he took out a slip from the desk holder in the lobby and threw it on the ground. Xu Yongjian's move made the officials stare at him, Xu Yongjian felt embarrassed at this time, after all, he was a veteran of officialdom, and shouted loudly: "Didn't you hear? Pull it down and hit it again!".

At this time, everyone in the lobby knew that the right capital imperial envoy Yipin was also an unruly person, and he exceeded his authority to exercise the authority of Shuntian Mansion Yin. Some people with some brains, why is Ai Zheng not present now, is he really afraid of being robbed of the limelight? It's about not wanting to be exhausted.

After forty boards, Zou Hongsheng's skin was open, and he fainted in pain, and he could no longer open his mouth to curse. Xu Yongjian, who had vented his personal anger, was in a good mood and ordered: "Throw Zou Hongsheng into prison, no one is allowed to visit, and Shuntianfu will be tried again at a later date!".

Zou Hongsheng, who never thought that he was arrogant and domineering yesterday, beat Xu Yongjian's nephew for a while, and as soon as Lin Changyao died, he became a prisoner in the blink of an eye. Don't get carried away and don't forget your roots when you're frustrated, which is the foundation of being a man. has no vision, only thinks about the comfort in front of him, and can only be a mediocre person; If you are arrogant for a while, sooner or later you will be burned.

That night, Cao Dang Shuangying gathered again in Cao Shu's study. Calling them here in such a hurry was naturally for the sake of Lin Changyao's killing. There has never been such an important figure as the Cao Party being assassinated, this is a declaration of war against the Cao Party, and it is necessary to investigate the mastermind behind the scenes and take revenge. Otherwise, Cao Shu really became a soft persimmon, and he would be slaughtered in the future.

"What do you two think about Changyao?", Cao Shu had to open the conversation first.

Xia Zhan has always looked down on Lin Changyao, and he doesn't pay much attention to his affairs, "I can only blame Brother Lin for being too soft-handed and failing to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, which led to the disaster of killing.".

This is on the dark side, and even Ai Zheng, a master of prison, does not dare to draw conclusions. Jin Shijun followed his train of thought and said with speculation: "If a potential enemy wants to kill him, he must be blamed, could it be those two people?", Jin Shijun knew Cao Shu's mind too well, and pulled this matter on those two people.

Xia Zhan looked at him with disdainful eyes, he was really good at touching and patting on the back, which didn't matter at all, but it made Jin Shijun say it mysteriously. But when he turned around and saw Cao Shu, he was looking at Jin Shijun with a surprised gaze, which seemed to resonate with him. Xia Zhan immediately put away his disappointment, just because he didn't think about how to respond, he simply lowered his head to ponder and kept silent.

"I haven't thought of this level yet, let's talk about it!", Cao Shu said this with a surprised expression, trying to guide him to say it.

Jin Shijun was excited when he heard this, and the following words were immature, but he still wanted to go on, "Brother Changyao must have hindered their plan, so he had to kill him. As for what? I dare to guess that it should be to occupy his position, in order to entrust someone to the position.", said while looking at Cao Shu, wanting to get his approval.

Cao Shu's face changed at this time and fell into thought. Jin Shijun was thinking at first, he was making judgments, but after not speaking for a long time, it seems that there are still discrepancies, at least he doesn't fully agree.

"It should also be Tang Long, a squire officer, too inappropriate. Let's talk about a person and position who has no room for promotion, it's not necessary!", Xia Zhan first saw both ends of Cao Shu's first mouse, and secondly, Jin Shijun's analysis was off track.

"Who said that there is no room for growth, Tang Long is going to retire at the sight, don't forget that Zuo Shilang is a case of Shangshu.", denying his argument, Jin Shijun will not give face to anyone, not to mention that this is just an argument.

"Who is it that replaced?", Xia Zhan did not flinch, and asked the most critical question in a flash of his mind.

"Naturally, it's Ai Zheng! That's for Peng Lao's thief.".

"Even more ridiculous! If Ai Zheng doesn't come up, he will use at least a book. Besides, Ai Zheng doesn't need others to plan at all, his waist and backstage are hard.", Xia Zhan was already talking back to Jin Shijun with derogatory eyes, laughing at him for why he suddenly had so much water in his brain, and he lost his level.

"That's you, right? Elder Ge hasn't spoken yet!", Jin Shijun looked at Xia Zhan angrily when he spoke, and he was extremely unconvinced, even if his analysis was wrong, he had to be judged by Cao Shu.

"That's it! Each expresses his own opinion, no one is right or wrong.", Cao Shu, who had been sitting while speaking, stood up, Yin Xian was a little unstable, Xia Zhan hurriedly stepped forward to support him, although Jin Shijun couldn't hold it, he also made a move.

In fact, Cao Shu had already made up his mind in his heart, but he didn't say it in order to prevent the two from being estranged, and it wasn't necessarily right to say that he was not necessarily right.

"I believe in Ai Zheng's ability to solve cases, and I will talk about everything when the case is over."

This is the final word, it is very inappropriate for the two to argue again, the body rotates with Cao Shu's direction, it seems that there is no result in today's discussion, just wait for an order, and go home happily.

"But we still do what we have to do! Shijun, you follow your train of thought to check!", seeing that looking at himself, Jin Shijun immediately nodded and responded: "Yes!".

Looking back at Xia Zhan, "Xia Zhan?".

Seeing himself, Xia Zhan made a good posture of listening, but after waiting for a long time, Cao Shu still didn't say anything..

Cao Shu may not know what to let Xia Zhan do, or maybe his ideas are still immature. With a shake of his hand, "Forget it!" Let's do what we told us last time! Hurry up and have a good breakthrough as soon as possible!", he said with a wave of his hand.

The two saluted and said goodbye in a playful manner, and a discussion was fruitless.