After another half a month, Xie Ming'an came back in the dust.

And the truth was ascertained.

On the Jinluan Palace, he took the initiative to tell the details of the so-called locust cannibalism case.

It turned out that it was not locusts eating people at all, but someone smeared a freshly dead corpse with flour.

The locusts clinged to and gnawed on the flour, so that the people passing by thought that the locusts had eaten the people.

The emperor wrinkled his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, and the ministers of civil and military affairs sighed lightly.

"Natural disasters are frequent, and everyone is panicking, it turns out to be such a simple thing, but it makes the people panic." The Emperor shook his head.

Xie Ming'an's eyes were serious, and he arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister privately thinks that the most important thing is not the truth or falsity of the locust eating people, but the fact that the minister was assassinated three times on the way to Shuzhou this time. ”

The ministers were shocked and looked at each other.

Even the crown prince Mo Lingwei, who was sitting next to the emperor, couldn't help but twist his eyebrows.

He looked Xie Ming'an up and down, but fortunately he was safe.

Otherwise, Shen Ningning disliked this second brother on his lips, and he was probably anxious in his heart.

The Emperor's voice was solemn: "Did you catch the assassin?" But what happened to the interrogation? ”

Xie Ming'an shook his head, a little regretful: "Before leaving, my sister gave the minister three poisonous snakes, and asked the minister to carry them with him to keep him safe, so when the incident happened, in addition to the accompanying guards fighting with the assassin, the three snakes also injured the assassin." ”

"There were seven assassins, all of whom died of snake venom."

Xie Ming'an felt that it was a pity, if only he could leave a living mouth for him to interrogate.

It's a pity that his sister gave him the snakes, and he won't communicate with them.

And when Xie Ming'an was assassinated three times, they all swam out of their sleeves excitedly.

At some point, he crept up on the Assassin's body.

Often, the Assassin was so engrossed in the fight that by the time he came back to his senses, he already had a poisonous snake on his shoulder, hissing and spitting out letters.

The poisonous snake bit and did not let go, not to mention that the three poisonous snakes cooperated with each other, some bit their necks, some bit their ankles, and some simply pierced the assassin's abdomen with fangs.

So, none of the Assassins were spared.

Xie Ming'an brought back all the corpses of the assassins.

The emperor's eyes were fierce: "I actually let them die by luck, what can I find from them?" ”

Xie Ming'an still shook his head.

"The assassin is clean, there is nothing else, he should have come prepared."

The emperor's face was grim.

Until Xie Ming'an said: "However, it is not completely without clues. ”

The emperor looked up suddenly: "Oh? Let's hear it. ”

"The minister used to be a servant, so he wanted to conduct an autopsy to find out their identity, but the minister removed their skin, cut the flesh and bones, and found that the position of the leg bones and hand bones were bent to varying degrees, which means that they hold swords all year round and keep running."

"Coupled with the thick calluses on the soles of each of their feet, combined with their skills, the minister guesses that they may be specially raised by someone, and the bones of these people's left hands are seriously bent, which proves that they usually use swords with their left hands."

"Therefore, the minister deduced that the identity of the person who instructed them to assassinate the minister behind the scenes is not simple, and it must cost a lot to cultivate such a group of secret guards, but because these people are completely dead, the minister can only find out so much at present."

The emperor's expression was cold, and he slapped the table with his big palm: "Okay!" You are brave and resourceful, observant, and capable, and you have done what I have asked you to do very well, and I should reward you! ”

It just so happened that the last Dali Siqing was about to retire and return to his hometown.

With a wave of his hand, the emperor wrote an edict and immediately promoted Xie Ming'an to the secretary of the Sanpin Dali Temple.

"You are a prodigy in handling cases, I appreciate your talents, as for those assassins, maybe it is a personal vendetta, you should be careful and pay attention to everything, and if you feel anything strange, you must report it to me."

Xie Ming'an gave up his hand and received the order to thank him.

From the top to the bottom, Mo Lingwei has always seemed absent-minded.

The emperor was about to leave, but he saw that he was still sitting in his position, his sword eyebrows twisted slightly, and the deep sea was floating in his thin eyes.

"Ling Wei, what's wrong?" The Emperor tapped his son on the shoulder.

Mo Lingwei came back to his senses: "It's nothing. ”

He led people away, and after returning to Zichen Palace, as soon as Mo Lingwei looked up, he saw a plum blossom sword hanging on the wall.

This was given to him by the King of Shu on his seventh birthday, and he regarded it as a treasure and hung it on the wall to treasure.

However......

Mo Lingwei remembered that there was a group of dead soldiers around the King of Shu, who were the left-handed sword.

The assassins Xie Ming'an mentioned were also good at using their left hand.

Could it be a coincidence?

……

The Xie family is happy.

The housekeeper beckoned the kitchen to prepare delicacies and wash the dust for the second son, Xie Ming'an.

At this moment, Xie Mingxu, Xie Ming'an, and Xu Jingxi were all crowded in Shen Ningning's boudoir.

Everyone watched as Xie Ming'an invited the three poisonous snakes out of his sleeve.

Xu Jingxi was surprised: "You really don't bite the second brother?" ”

Xie Ming'an was a little proud, and glanced at Xie Mingxu with thin eyes: "My sister specially instructed them to protect me, of course they won't hurt me." ”

Xie Mingxu pursed his thin lips and said lightly: "Before, I trained the courage of the soldiers in the army, and my sister borrowed three tigers for me. ”

Xie Ming'an: ......

As soon as a few poisonous snakes saw Shen Ningning, they hissed and swam towards the little girl.

Shen Ningning smiled with a pink and playful face.

"Dabao, you've lost weight! Erbao, I heard that you are doing very well this time, Sanbao wake up, go home and go to sleep! ”

The little girl's white and tender hands were fiddling with three highly poisonous black snakes.

How do the brothers look at it, how do they feel frightened.

Until Shen Ningning put them into his sleeve.

"Okay, their mission has been successfully completed, second brother, fortunately you have them with you, otherwise, you would have been stabbed into a skewer by the assassins!"

Xie Ming'an raised his eyebrows and chuckled: "Later, I will go to the street to buy roast chickens and treat them well." ”

Talking about the assassin this time, Xie Mingxu felt palpitations for his younger brother.

"It's strange to say, you have never made enemies with people, this time you went to Shuzhou, how could someone secretly assassinate you?"

Xie Ming'an's eyes darkened, obviously thinking of who was the person who wanted to assassinate him.

However, he showed his face and smiled at his eldest brother: "I enforce the law impartially in Dali Temple, and I am selfless with an iron face, and I don't know how many family feuds I have made for a long time." ”

Shen Ningning blinked his big black eyes.

She guessed that it must be Concubine Qi or the King of Shu.

No matter who it was, Shen Ningning wouldn't let them hurt her family!

After a while, Xie Suzhi also returned home.

Together with Xie Erye and Xu Jingxi, a family of six gathered around the round table and ate happily.

During this period, he talked about finding a tailor to make Shen Ningning's clothes for the next season.

When the little girl heard this, she shook her head like a rattle.

"I don't want my father and brother to find someone to make it for me, the dress I made last time is like clothes in the barracks!"

Several men from the Xie family looked at each other, and their equally handsome eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

They are all men, and there is a little girl in the family, Shen Ningning, where can you see the appearance of the clothes that have been set?

Xie Suzhi refused to give up his responsibility as an old father.

"Since Ning Ning doesn't like it, then let's copy the pictures in the palace, and every year when they make you a princess-regulated dress, take a look at the patterns, okay?"

Shen Ningning still shook his head.

"There is a palace system in the palace, and I want to make a few sets that I can wear on a daily basis."

It's a pity that none of the men of the Xie family chose a pattern that the little girl liked.

Xie Mingxu's choice is like a military uniform, Xie Ming'an's choice of material is dark and dull, and Xu Jingxi's style is too plain.

Not to mention Second Master Xie, as soon as he saw the skirt, he felt that they all looked the same.

In the end, Shen Ningning blinked his eyes widely: "When it comes to making clothes, can I ask Aunt Qingdai to help me?" ”