Sure enough, Xiao Chen soon found out that this glazed pavilion was actually opened by Zhao Mu, the little prince of Yaowang's Mansion, Yaowang's Mansion has always been very low-key in the capital, but he didn't expect it to be involved in the murder case this time, and it became the focus of everyone's eyes.

It's just that the day after the murder of the little son of the Bai family, another murder occurred in the capital, this time it was the head of the Yan family who died in his own study, and he was also poisoned, and the witnesses were in addition to Yan Chuan'an, the youngest master of the Yan family, and Xu Mingfan, the fourth elder of the Xu family.

When Lin Shuran heard the news, Xu Mingfan had been taken by Xiao Chen to the Criminal Department to assist in the investigation of the case, and then Xu Junze personally picked him up from the Criminal Department, and when he returned home, everyone in the Xu family surrounded him and asked him what was going on.

Xu Mingfan told his family that Yan Chuan'an, the youngest master of the Yan family, was a classmate of his country's eunuch, and the two had a very good private relationship.

After arriving at the Yan Mansion, Xu Mingfan went to meet Yan Chuan'an's family very politely, although because of the problem of the Xu family's sugar shop, the General's Mansion and the Beijing Chamber of Commerce had some contradictions, but the Yan family did not dare to slack off when they saw Xu Mingfan, the fourth young master of the General's Mansion, and then Yan Chuan'an wanted to take Xu Mingfan to the study to meet his grandfather, the head of the Yan family.

It's just that they didn't expect that after the two pushed the door open, they saw the head of the Yan family lying on the chair with blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, and the person was already dead, and then Xiao Chen took the person with him.

Xiao Chen just asked some questions routinely, and then asked Xu Junze to bring Xu Mingfan back, and the strange thing was that the head of the Yan family also had a glass ornament in front of someone else, and this glazed ornament was also smeared with poison.

As soon as this incident came out, no one dared to buy the jewelry of Liuli Pavilion anymore, and the little prince Zhao Mu was also invited into the criminal department by Xiao Chen, and the murders in the two days before and after were related to Liuli, which had to arouse his enough attention.

"It's too much of a coincidence!" Lin Shuran sighed.

Yesterday was the little son of the Bai family, a wine merchant, and today is the head of the Yan family, a silk merchant, could it be that someone from the Wu family, a salt merchant, will be next?

As if to verify Lin Shuran's conjecture, on the third day, it was rumored that the eldest and youngest grandmother of the Wu family, a salt merchant, died in the sedan chair back to her parents' house, and she still had a glass necklace around her neck that she had just bought from Liuli Pavilion.

"Madam, someone is deliberately targeting Liuli Pavilion!" Honggu also secretly investigated the news, but found no clues about the murderer, but the murderer chose "Liuli" as the "murder weapon" every time, making it clear that Liuli Pavilion could not be opened.

"It's not just Liuli Pavilion, the three people who died are all related to the people of the Capital Chamber of Commerce!" In Lin Shuran's opinion, the murderer should have premeditated murder, what purpose did he have, was he enmity with Liuli Pavilion or with the people of the Beijing Chamber of Commerce? Or is it something else?

Lin Shuran was talking to Honggu, and a maid came to talk outside the door, saying that Xu Junze had returned to the mansion and asked Lin Shuran to go to the flower hall in the front yard.

Lin Shuran didn't know what Xu Junze was suddenly going back to the house for, so he hurriedly went to the front yard, and when he entered the hall, he saw that Xiao Chen was also there, Xu Minghan, who was supposed to go to the shop, and Xu Mingfan, who was supposed to go to the country, were also brought back, and she looked at Xu Junze with some worry.

"Lord Xiao needs you and Brother Han, Brother Fan, and them to help!" Xu Junze asked Lin Shuran to sit down beside him and explained to her.

"Help? How can it help? This time, Lin Shuran turned his gaze to Xiao Chen, and Xiao Chen's face was businesslike, there was no other emotion in his eyes, and there was no superfluous expression on his face except calmness.

Xu Junze and Xiao Chen both knew that the Liuli Pavilion belonged to Zhao Mu, the little prince of the Yaowang Mansion, and what kind of existence the Yaowang Mansion was for the emperor, they both knew very well in their hearts that if the Liuli Pavilion could not be done in the capital, then the silver in the treasury would inevitably be missing, and more importantly, the three murders not only put everyone in the capital in danger, but also made the people of the Beijing Chamber of Commerce uneasy, they were all worried that they would become the murderer's next target, so Emperor Zhao You ordered Xiao Chen to find out the truth as soon as possible and bring the murderer to justice.

Xiao Chen told Lin Shuran at this time that he wanted her to help paint the portrait, when the first murder occurred, Xu Minghan was in the Liuli Pavilion at the time, and from Xu Junze, Xiao Chen knew that he had an excellent memory, and it could be said that he could never forget it, so he wanted him to help recall the situation of Bai Xiaogongzi in the Liuli Pavilion.

And when Lin Shuran painted the portrait of Xiaohuzi before, Xiao Chen knew that her portrait technique was very realistic, and the criminal department and the court painter were not as good as her in terms of portraits, in order to find clues as soon as possible, so he needed Lin Shuran's help.

After listening to Xiao Chen's narration, Lin Shuran did not refuse, she immediately asked people to find charcoal and paper, and according to Xu Minghan's narration, she drew the situation in the Liuli Pavilion on the day of Bai Xiaogongzi's death, and also according to Xu Mingfan's narration, she also drew all kinds of characters he encountered when he entered the Yan family.

When Lin Shuran finished drawing her arms were sore, Xiao Chen took the drawing paper and watched it carefully, very grateful to Lin Shuran for his help, but he didn't show his previous concern in front of Xu Junze, and then he left the General's Mansion.

"Thank you for your hard work today!" Xu Junze personally massaged Lin Shuran's arm gently, if it weren't for the investigation of the case, he didn't want Xiao Chen and Lin Shuran to have any more contact, but it seemed that Xiao Chen had let go of Lin Shuran.

"Hope it helps!" Lin Shuran didn't know if she could really help Xiao Chen investigate the case, she also hoped that this case could be solved as soon as possible, and Liuli Pavilion would still be opened in the future.

Xu Minghan and Xu Mingfan also returned to their respective rooms after Xiao Chen left, but both of them also hoped that the truth of the case could be found out as soon as possible, but they didn't expect that this case would find out Xu Minghan's body.

"I'm afraid your third child will have to go to the criminal department with me again!" Early this morning, Xiao Chen brought people to the General's Mansion again, he had just found the key witness, that was the old shopkeeper of the Ren family, he was now Xu Minghan's person, and he had admitted that he poisoned and killed all three people.

As for the reason for the killing, the old shopkeeper said that the salt merchant Wu family, the silk merchant Yan family and the wine merchant Bai family were all involved in framing the Ren family, and he wanted to avenge the old master, so he killed people to vent his anger, but the third time he wanted to kill the Wu family's eldest young master, he didn't expect to kill the Wu family's eldest and young grandmother by mistake.

also said that his murder had nothing to do with Xu Minghan, Xu Minghan didn't know about these things at all, but a young man pointed out that Xu Minghan asked the old shopkeeper to do these things.

"I didn't instruct the killing!" Xu Minghan did not admit the young man's accusations, this old shopkeeper was a loyal old servant of the Ren family, and he was only invited into the capital not long after he was employing people, and he didn't know that he would kill people.

(End of chapter)