After the luncheon of the guests and hosts, Xiong Qitai accompanied Shen Liben to the arranged Qin Mission. Knowing that the two still had something to talk about, the rest of the officials dispersed.

Jiangxi according to the judge Zeng Tai returned to his own Yamen, under the service of the long follower, took off the official uniform, changed into a home robe, stepped on the light silk cloud shoes, in the back house study, drinking tea and meditating alone.

At today's banquet in King Teng's Pavilion, he also greeted Shen Liben with a smile, and he was thoughtful, but he was very bored in his heart. And the source of his boredom came from a letter he received the day before.

The letter was written to him by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and it only said one important thing - His Royal Highness the King of Chu will go to Nanchang in Weifu and order him to obey the dispatch at that time and make no mistakes.

The crown prince is both his benevolent duke and his monarch, and Zeng Tai naturally has to obey his orders. But looking at the scene of a nest of snakes and rats at today's banquet, he was stunned. In case His Royal Highness the King of Chu does not show his head, and the second does not take responsibility, he is alone, even if he is covered in iron, he can hit a few nails, and he will not let those people eat alive?

was worried, and Chang Sui reported outside: "Master, there is an old man visiting." ”

"What old man?" Zeng Tai's expression moved.

"Said that it came from the 'Seven or Eight Nebulae of Aimu', the villain said what the hell this place was, and the man said that the master would know it as soon as he heard it." Chang Sui said speechlessly. If it weren't for the master's orders, some guests were not allowed to stop them in the past few days, and they would have blown those two neuropaths away a long time ago.

"Is it 'Seven or Eight Nebulae of Loving Mother'?" Zeng Tai stood up suddenly, this was the joint code agreed in the prince's letter. Unexpectedly, he actually arrived on the same day as Qincha.

"It's 'Seven or Eight Nebulae of Aimu'." Chang Sui couldn't help but be secretly surprised, but he didn't expect the master to really know that place.

"Hurry up, please, that's a fellow countryman of this official." Zeng Tai planned to greet him in person, but he was afraid that the movement would be too big and attract attention, so he still invited people in.

In a few moments, two middle-aged men led a huge teenager in. The three of them have a very striking thing in common, that is, they all have a pair of thick and thick eyebrows.

"You go down first." Zeng Taiping retreated, and then asked the young man tentatively: "Are you Tiga?" ”

"Yes, I'm Tiga. Trust me, you too can be a light. The huge young man also replied seriously, and asked, "Is you Orb?" ”

"Yes, I'm Orb. I will become the light and repel the darkness. Zeng Tai hurriedly replied. Although this slogan is quite righteous, there is always an inexplicable sense of shame that comes from nowhere.

But he didn't care so much, and after the code, Natou bowed and said: "Weichen Zeng Tai, meet His Royal Highness the King of Chu and King Jiahai!" ”

"Let's be flat." That huge young man is naturally the sixth child, and only he can come up with such an outrageous joint code.

"Your Highness." Zeng Tai hurriedly got up and asked softly, "When did Your Highness arrive in Nanchang?" ”

"I arrived yesterday, I rested at the inn for a while, and I wanted to come to visit Zeng Lian this morning, but unfortunately you have already made arrangements." The King of Chu sat on the chair with his buttocks, crossed Erlang's legs and said, "I have to wait for you to return to the house, and then come to bother." ”

"Today is to meet the Qincha, and Weichen doesn't dare to refuse." Zeng Tai explained: "Since receiving the letter from the crown prince, Weichen has been waiting for His Royal Highness to arrive. ”

"You should be as busy as you can, and don't make people feel abnormal." His Royal Highness the King of Chu waved his hand and said with a smile: "This king came to Nanchang this time to pay a private visit to Nanchang. Got it? ”

"Understood. It is necessary to keep it confidential and not let the person being investigated know. Zeng Tai nodded hurriedly.

"That's right." The King of Chu nodded, and said with a straight face: "Liu Shenzheng is my senior brother, and he is also shouldering the heavy responsibility of piloting the Yellow Book for his father, whether his death was an accident or a murder." If it is murder, who is behind it, is it targeting the Yellow Book? This is all something that the king must figure out in this trip. ”

"Wechen understands." Zeng Tai nodded heavily and said, "Weichen must fully cooperate with His Highness to figure out these things." ”

"Let's tell me what you know." King Chu said: "I heard that the conclusion of drowning after drinking was made by you?" ”

"Yes. On the day of Liu's political accident, it was the first day of the first lunar month, and the yamen was on vacation, and Weichen, as an envoy, held a banquet to invite a group of officials. It's the same with the Yamen side of the feudal division. Zeng Tai recalled:

"When it was almost evening, I was about to disperse, and someone from the Yamen of the clan came to say that something had happened, and Liu Shenzheng fell into the well and drowned."

"The lower official was startled, and hurriedly called the servant on duty, and rushed to the political envoy's yamen with the experienced deputy envoy Feng." Zeng Tai said again: "When we arrived, Liu Shenzheng had already been fished out over there, and the scene was completely destroyed by so many people, so I couldn't see any clues." ”

Deputy Envoy Feng personally took the work to Liu Shenzheng for an autopsy. Oh yes, the two guards on His Highness's Mansion were also there at that time, and they supervised the autopsy throughout the process," Zeng Tai hurriedly took out a folding sheet with the Yamen of the Emperor from his sleeve and presented it to His Highness: "This is the corpse." ”

Hu Quan took it and presented it to His Highness when he saw that there was no problem. Zhu Zhen glanced at it, and it was very similar to the situation he mastered. The deceased's death was completely consistent with the characteristics of drowning, and there were no fatal injuries on his body. The only few abrasions were judged to have been caused by collisions with the wall of the well when they were salvaged after drowning, and were not caused by death.

Moreover, the corpse recorded that the deceased had a strong smell of alcohol all over his body, so it is inferred that he drowned after drinking.

Zhu Zhen put down the corpse, tapped his fingers lightly on the paper and asked, "You also agree with this conclusion?" ”

"Wechen was just a teacher half a year ago, and he was promoted to the position of a provincial platform at once, which is really beyond his strength...... Zeng Tai replied honestly: "To be honest, Wechen can't stop nagging when he sees a dead person, what do you think?" ”

"......" Lao Liu rolled his eyes, Daming stopped the imperial examination, there was already a lack of officials, and the empty seal case was even worse. That's why there is this kind of situation of being promoted by rockets, and it is normal to be incompetent for a while.

"So, this is the result of Deputy Envoy Feng's leadership?" He asked.

"Yes, the two guards of His Highness have no objections, right?" Zeng Tai nodded.

"This king hasn't seen them yet!" The sixth said angrily: "Have you found any other suspicions?" ”

"There is also a point," Zeng Taixin said that the biggest suspicion was your two guards, but how dare he mention it? Busy said: "The location of the well is not on the road between the toilet and the hall, but in the corner of the backyard of Cao Shenzheng's house, quite a remote place." Xia Guan asked at the time, why did Liu come here? ”

Deputy Envoy Feng replied that it is not strange for drunk people to go wherever they go, and he has also met drunk people who run to sleep on the roof. Zeng Tai sneered: "Weichen felt that there was some truth, so he didn't dwell on it anymore. Other than that, I don't see any more suspicions. ”

"I heard that someone asked Liu Shenzheng's nephew through the wall at that time, who is that person?" The sixth asked again.

(End of chapter)