Yu Dingguo was ordered to investigate the case and did not hesitate. Although it was the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Jingzhao Mansion that were involved, he didn't think so, as long as he handled the case impartially.

Each side of the case holds a word, and the confession of the mother is the key, if it is true, the prime minister's wife will be guilty; If it is not true, the mother should be investigated for the crime of false testimony, and Jing Zhaoyin is also responsible for not detecting it. However, Laimu was killed, and immediately after, the old craftsman was also killed, apparently someone obstructed it and covered up the truth.

He knew in his heart that the two murders must be related to Jingzhao Mansion. Because Lai's mother's confession has been submitted to the Tingwei Mansion, the Prime Minister's Mansion's assassination of Lai's mother cannot change the unfavorable testimony, so it is meaningless. Only Jingzhao Mansion had a motive to kill people to cover up the responsibility of negligence in the trial.

"Be smart." Yu Dingguo muttered. However, there is still no evidence, and he can only write a report of what happened today.

Yu Dingguo sat on the desk and thought about it while writing, and it took a long time to put down the pen, only to feel a sore back and blurred eyes. So he stretched out his right hand, pinched the corners of the eyes on both sides of the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger, stretched his body again, and beat his waist to feel more comfortable.

He picked up the recital and read it again, and read the last sentence: "If you decide to doubt the law, the minister will not dare to slack off, and he should find out the truth and punish the culprit." He sighed softly, and the clue that he had finally found was broken again, and finding out the truth was in vain.

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The next day, in the Xuanshu Hall of Weiyang Palace, Liu Xun threw Dingguo's recital on Shi Gao's case, got up and walked to the door.

The autumn leaves in the courtyard were colorful, and he stared at it for a long time, and slowly chanted: "Autumn colors are colorful, and then the winter solstice." Rain and snow, who will return. ”

Shi Gao didn't understand it when he heard it, he looked at Liu Xun's back and was stunned, secretly thinking that this genius's thinking was quite jumpy, and it was really different from ordinary people. After a while, he retracted his gaze, opened Yu Dingguo's recital, and lowered his head to read.

Liu Xun slowly paced back into the hall, and without looking at Shi Gao, he asked, "How?" ”

Shi Gao hesitated for a moment: "This case is still being investigated, but it has already appeared." The mother and the old craftsman were killed, judging from the equipment and skills used by the assassins, they must have been the brave masters of the government, and the main messenger behind them was also in the government. Yu Dingguo was really careful and shrewd, and found a flaw in the murder weapon left behind, but unfortunately the clue was broken again. The messenger behind this is very shrewd. ”

After Liu Xun learned the truth about Zhao Guanghan catching the thief alone from Qiu Qian's mouth, he was already cold. Of course, he understood that Yu Dingguo and Shi Gao both suspected that Zhao Guanghan had instructed the assassins to kill Lai's mother and the old craftsman, but they had not yet obtained conclusive evidence. He thought that since he had done something, he would always leave clues, so a sneer hung on the corner of his mouth and said, "You should also be shrewd and shrewd." ”

Shi Gao was slightly stunned, then left the table and bowed his head and said, "The minister's order." ”

Shi Gao was out of the east of Weiyang Palace, it was still early, and he didn't know where to go to find evidence for a while. After standing for a long time, thinking that if he found the old craftsman's family or neighbors, he might be able to ask for some clues, so he walked along Zhangtai Street to Guanhou Street.

As he walked, he thought about his thoughts, when he heard a child's voice shouting, "Senior brother." He didn't care, but the child's voice kept shouting, "Senior brother, senior brother." Puzzled, he looked around and saw a half-grown boy across the ditch, raising his hand and calling to him.

He looked around and recognized it as Ou Ye, so he smiled, waved there, and shouted, "It's Xiao Ye, come here, come here." ”

Ou also answered, jumped over the ditch, and ran over. Shi Gao said: "Why did you run to play by the wall of this palace." Ou also said: "It's not in the palace, so you can't come yet." There are some good wild fruits here. As he spoke, he handed over a wild pear.

Shi Gao waved his hand and said, "You can eat it yourself." Ou also took a bite, chewing and asking vaguely, "Senior brother, where are you going?" ”

Shi Gao said: "I'll go to Guanhou Street." ”

Ou also took another bite of the wild pear, chewing until the corners of his mouth overflowed with juice. He straightened his neck and swallowed, "This fruit is really sweet, you can eat one." As he spoke, he shoved a wild pear into Scot's hand.

Shi Gao suddenly remembered that the emperor wanted to put this child in Yulin, so he took the wild pear and asked, "Xiaoye, who else is in your family?" ”

Ou also took a step back vigilantly and said, "Why are you asking this?" Seeing him so guarded, Shi Gao smiled dumbly and said, "I'm afraid that I will sell you as a slave." ”

Ou also said: "This is not certain. Then he laughed and said, "Senior brother, I'm joking with you, how could you sell me." ”

"You're so stubborn, I really want to sell you, so someone can discipline you." Shi Gao took a bite of the wild pear and was immediately stunned: "It's really sweet." Chewing in his mouth, he gently stroked Ou Ye's head with one hand, and suddenly found a scar on his forehead, so he said: "Why is there a wound on the head, but the wild fruit picking touches it, it's too naughty." ”

Ou also touched the wound on his forehead, and said indignantly: "It's not." It was yesterday that I bumped into hell. ”

"What's going on?" Shi Gao was surprised.

"Yesterday I was walking well, and the man hit me first, and then threatened me with his bow and crossbow, and broke my forehead." He babbled about yesterday's events, and the more he talked, the more angry he became: "By the way, are you going to Guanhou Street?" I was bullied yesterday in Guanhou Street. I'll go with you, and if you find him, you'll be angry for me." ”

"Crown back street, bow and crossbow." Scoop's mind spun around quickly, thinking that it wasn't such a coincidence. After hesitating for a moment, he leaned down, grabbed Ou Ye's shoulders with both hands, stared at him with his eyes, looked serious, and asked, "Are you saying that yesterday in Guanhou Street, there was a person holding a bow and crossbow to threaten you?" ”

Ou was also taken aback by his action, and nodded in confusion.

"Do you remember what that man looked like?"

Ou Ye still nodded. Shi Gao was overjoyed, and couldn't help but squeeze it hard with both hands. Ou Ye screamed in pain, struggled to break free of his hands, rubbed his shoulders and said angrily, "Why are you trying so hard." ”

Shi Gao hurriedly made amends, coaxing Ou to be angry, and said: "Let's go to Guanhou Street together, if you find that person, I will be angry for you." He frowned again: "However, it may not be possible to find it." ”

Ou also showed a disapproving expression and said, "If you can find it, I'm afraid you won't dare to stand up for me." Shi Gao was surprised when he heard this, stared at him with wide eyes, and was about to ask, but saw Ou Ye holding up an object in his hand and waving it, and smiled at him proudly.

Shi Gao recognized that it was the bronze waist plate of the official, stretched out his hand and grabbed it, and couldn't wait to look through it, only to see that it was engraved with "Jingzhao Mansion Mantian".

"Where did you get this?" He leaned down and asked kindly.

"It's the one who hit me." Ou also raised his face and asked again: "Is it possible to find him with this?" ”

Shi Gao was overjoyed, and thought to himself, I was about to look for a clue, but this clue found it myself. How can I be so lucky, I don't have any divination when I go out.

He slapped his forehead, just smirked, and suddenly found that Ou Ye was looking at him with strange eyes, and nodded busily: "Yes, you can find him." Let's not go to Guanhou Street first, I'll go to a place to find him. ”

After saying that, he turned around to leave, but Ou Ye grabbed his clothes: "You have to give me money." It's copper, and I was going to exchange it for money. ”

Shi Gao was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "It's to give money, I almost forgot." He went to touch his waist, and suddenly his expression was strange, and he raised his hand and patted it on the top of Ou Ye's head, and said, "You still want to ask me for money, who stole my money bag that day?" ”

Ou also screamed in pain, touched his head and said, "Why are you beating me, how do I know if your money bag was stolen by anyone." After that, he cried and kicked him back.