"You said that Fan Liren was killed? The main envoy has already determined that it is Zhu Cheng, what is the point of extinguishing the mouth, unless..."

Zhu Sheng suddenly stopped in the middle of his words.

Yes, when the mastermind has been arrested, there is naturally no need to kill people. But what if the real mastermind is still at large?

Could it be that the mastermind is not Zhu Cheng?

Or maybe Zhu Cheng has other accomplices, such as the Queen Mother.

However, the intention represented by the queen mother's series of actions in the harem has also been exposed, and there seems to be no need to extinguish it.

Zhu Sheng looked at Rong Fei, hoping to get an answer.

"As I said earlier, the person who leaked the news of the loss of the jade seal is none other than Wei Jima."

Hearing Rong Fei's words, Wei Lin's face turned abruptly, he even forgot to breathe, and knelt down in front of Zhu Sheng and wept bitterly.

"Your Majesty, the old slave has been wronged, the loss of the jade seal, except for Xiao Shunzi, the old slave has never told a third person."

Zhu Sheng glanced at Wei Lin, his gaze uncertain and noncommittal.

Xiao Shunzi ran over and helped Wei Lin up, and whispered relief in his ear.

"Grandpa, don't panic, Xiao Rongzhu is proving your innocence."

"Huh?"

Wei Lin wiped a handful of old tears, and then saw Rong Fei walking in front of him and asked.

"I'm so old, why do I still look like a child, and I'll cry again later, so answer my question first. Remember the day before yesterday I asked you that there is an elixir in the cultivation world that can regenerate severed limbs, how did you answer at that time? ”

"Hmm... If you regrow that word, how to be a eunuch, the miscellaneous family will have to serve Your Majesty for a lifetime. ”

Wei Lin replied after thinking about it for a while, and added an extra sentence to express his heartfelt feelings.

After hearing this, Zhu Sheng's face softened a lot, and he raised his foot and kicked Wei Lin lightly.

"Stand up and speak."

Then his eyes turned to Rong Fei, waiting for his follow-up.

"Earlier, I inquired about the situation of Duke Wei and Duke Ma from the queen and concubine, and the two fathers-in-law have reached the top all the way to the inner servant, and there is no shortage of power, status, and wealth, and Your Majesty is also extremely trusting, and there is really no reason to betray."

Rong Fei's expression became a little strange, and he paused before continuing.

Now it seems that Wei Gong is very satisfied with his situation, while Ma Gong wants to make up for his regrets. It should have been someone who bribed Ma Hong with the elixir that can regenerate the severed limb, so Ma Hong would betray His Majesty and leak the news of the loss of the jade seal.

Now that King Yong has failed, people don't want to expose their identities, so they kill Ma Hong. Killing Fan Liren is just a pretense, and the real target of the group of black-clothed people is actually Ma Hong. ”

Rong Fei said categorically.

"How so?"

Zhu Sheng was skeptical of Rong Fei's speculation.

"It's easy to verify my suspicions. Isn't the forbidden army searching for the group of men in black who are assassinating, they must be unable to escape under the search all over the city. If they were still alive when the Janissaries found them, I guessed wrong. But if the Forbidden Army only found the corpses of the men in black, it would prove that my guess was accurate. ”

"Why is that?"

"If those men in black are still alive, it means that the target of their assassination is Fan Liren, and there is nothing to hide. But if the body of the man in black is found, it means that the mastermind behind the scenes does not want to expose the real target of the assassination, so the man in black must be killed. Killing Fan Liren is just a cover-up. ”

Zhu Sheng couldn't figure out the logic of Rongfei's words for a while, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly realized.

"Yes, that's exactly what happened. Wei Lin, pass on my message, immediately close the gates of the four cities, that group of traitors who committed assassination, they want to see people in life and corpses in death. ”

"The old slave obeys."

Wei Lin led the leader's order, and before leaving, he didn't forget to cast a grateful glance at Rong Fei.

"After finding the body of the man in black, search carefully, maybe there are clues that can dig up the killer organization behind the scenes."

Rong Fei advised.

"It's saved."

Wei Lin squeezed her eyebrows in response, and then left in a hurry.

There are only four people left in the imperial study: Zhu Sheng, Yu Qingzhi, Rong Fei and Xiao Shunzi.

After Zhu Sheng returned to the imperial case, he sat down and pondered for a moment, and asked Chao Rongfei.

"Can you guess who bought Mahon?"

Rong Fei is a little dissatisfied with guessing the word, buddy, that's called reasoning, okay, not a charlatan on the street. But he didn't dare to show it on his face, and after thinking for a while, he replied.

"This... There are too few clues to make effective reasoning. However, you can try to start the investigation from the direction of the elixir. As far as I know, the elixir that can regenerate a severed limb is extremely rare and precious even in the cultivation world. ”

"The cultivation world... Four Absolute Holy Lands! ”

Zhu Sheng's face suddenly became ugly when he heard this.

King Yong's rebellion actually involved the cultivation world, which made Zhu Sheng feel a sense of powerlessness while being angry.

"Although the Four Absolute Holy Lands will specialize in cultivating alchemists, only the Qiankun Temple can refine elixirs of more than six grades. As far as I know, the only elixir that can regenerate severed limbs is the Xuanbing Creation Pill of the Fifth Grade, and the Ice Muscle Dew is refined from the residue left over from refining this medicine.

The Qiankun Temple will hold a medicine market auction of elixirs on the third day of March every year, and the Xuanbing Creation Pill will auction three pills each time. ”

Yu Qingzhi, who had never spoken, suddenly interjected.

In this way, it is impossible to find out the mastermind behind the scenes from the clue of tracing the source of the elixir, which makes Rong Fei a little frustrated.

For Rong Fei, who is obsessed with a 100% crime solving rate, it is a big blow.

Zhu Sheng after the imperial case hung his head slightly, so that Rong Fei and Yu Qingzhi couldn't see the changes in his eyes and expressions clearly. After a few breaths, Zhu Sheng raised his head, and his expression had returned to his usual calm appearance.

"Leave this matter aside for now, but now there is a more important thing to do."

Zhu Sheng looked at Rong Fei and Xiao Shunzi with a smile on the corner of his mouth and said.

"If you can resolve the conspiracy of King Yongwang today, you two should be the first to take the lead, and now you can ask for a reward."

"It is a great blessing for slaves and maids to be able to share worries for Your Majesty, where do you dare to have other thoughts, Your Majesty should not torture the slaves and maids."

Xiao Shunzi hurriedly bowed down and said.

Rong Fei glanced sideways, but he clearly saw that his mouth was almost grinning to the root of his ears.

Hypocrisy! Mouthless fellow, I despise you!

Rong Fei secretly mocked in his heart.

Then he also learned from the appearance of Xiao Shunzi and bent down to salute.

"As a fast arrester, it is within my duty to track down lost property, so I don't dare to ask for a reward."

"Hahaha, meritorious but not arrogant, this is the model of Dayan's courtiers. The Manchu Dynasty should learn from the two of you. ”

Zhu Sheng stood up and laughed very happily.

"However, it is taboo not to be rewarded for meritorious service. Since you two don't say what you want, then I'll just give it, but don't dislike me for being too stingy and stingy at that time. ”

"Slaves don't dare!"

Smack.

Zhu Sheng raised his palm and slapped it twice, and there was a very light footstep sound outside the door.

Soon, an old eunuch pushed the door in with two small chamberlains carrying trays.

"There are still a lot of messy things to deal with in the Fengtian Temple, so I won't waste time here. You two have received your reward, and go back to rest well. ”

After Zhu Sheng finished speaking to the two, he turned to Yu Qingzhi again.

"The people from the Four Absolute Holy Land are also on the side of the main hall, and it is good for Mr. Yu to catch the town and town."

"Minister, obey the order."

After chatting with Ji Rouer, Yu Qingzhi's attitude towards Zhu Sheng can be said to have changed greatly, which made Zhu Sheng feel a little flattered for a while.

walked to Yu Qingzhi's side, looked up and down with emotion, and then took his arm and left together.

Before going out, Yu Qingzhi flicked his sleeves, and a clean white shirt fell into Rong Fei's arms.

"After leaving the palace, go and wait for me."

"Tsk, when will I be able to use the honor of Mr. Yu. Walk with His Majesty's arm, tsk, tsk, I'm afraid I can wake up with a smile in my dreams. ”

Xiao Shunzi looked at the backs of Zhu Sheng and Yu Qingzhi and sighed.

"Chief Wei has won the favor of His Majesty, and in time, such grace is nothing more than ordinary."

The old eunuch who had just entered the door said with a smile.

Xiao Shunzi only noticed at this time that the old eunuch didn't know him, but he saw clearly the bullfighting suit he was wearing, and hurriedly looked solemn and bowed.

"Xiao Shunzi has seen her father-in-law."

The old eunuch turned sideways to let Xiao Shunzi salute, took the tray from the hand of the waiter on the side and sent it to Xiao Shunzi with a smile.

"Manager Wei has been sitting in the important position of the head of the East Palace at a young age, and he has been given a bullfighting suit, but your father-in-law, the miscellaneous family does not dare to be it."

The head of the East Palace?

Bestow bullfighting suits?

Xiao Shunzi's body trembled when he heard this, and he fixed his eyes on the tray in front of him to see that there was really a neatly folded bullfighting suit and a waist card engraved with the chief eunuch of the East Palace.

"Hehehe, don't be stunned, take the reward and hurry back to take a shower and change clothes. The fishy smell of this body almost made the miscellaneous family faint. ”

The old eunuch patted Xiao Shunzi on the shoulder and smiled.

Xiao Shunzi woke up, quickly took the tray, and hugged it tightly in his arms, as if he was afraid of being snatched away. Then he asked the old eunuch.

"I don't know what my father-in-law calls him, where he holds office, and why I've never seen him in the palace."

"The miscellaneous family's name is Jia Shen, and he is an idle and old useless person, so don't mention the past."

After talking to Xiao Shunzi, the old eunuch named Jiashen stuffed another tray into Rong Fei's hand.

"Xiao Rong is like a god in the case, His Majesty originally planned to give you a token for the first capture in the world, but it is difficult to make a noise about the loss of the jade seal, so I can only praise it verbally for the time being. In the future, when Xiao Rongyu makes new contributions, he will make up for it.

Here is a set of gold and jade hedgehog crown clothes, it can be seen that the prince does not kneel. A knife to wash grievances, officials below the fourth grade can be cut first and then played. plus a silver medal for the five products of the Immortal Division. ”

Rong Fei is not very interested in the name of the number one in the world, but he is quite interested in the identity of this old eunuch. But since people didn't want to say more, Rong Fei didn't want to ask, and after saluting and thanking him, he left the imperial study with Xiao Shunzi.

After walking a distance, Xiao Shunzi looked left and right and saw that there was no one else, so he whispered in Rong Fei's ear.

"Xiao Rongzhu, the two of us can be regarded as a friendship between birth and death together, there is something I must tell you."

Rong Fei turned his head sideways when he heard this, and his eyes were full of questions.

If you have something, just say it, why is it mysterious.

"The golden jade hedgehog crown suit and the grievance cleansing knife you are holding in your hand are only qualified to be worn by the chief arrester of the Immortal Division."

"What do you mean?"

"Don't play stupid with me, it's always right to be careful in the future."