After receiving the orders of the Empress Dowager Wu, several palace maids immediately left to find Chen Ji.

Zhang Shao was worried that Chen Ji would resist stubbornly, so he asked a warrior to follow the palace maid to find him.

Things turned out in a way that everyone expected.

"Queen Mother Chitose, it's not good."

In less than half a cup of tea, a palace maid stumbled in, and as soon as she entered the house, she didn't know if she was frightened or really felt that she should kneel, and after stumbling a few steps, she knelt down in front of the Empress Dowager Wu.

Empress Dowager Wu was a little surprised.

"What does it look like to be so panicked?"

At this time, the warrior who was sent by Zhang Shao also strode in and whispered something in Zhang Shao's ear.

Zhang Shao's face changed.

"Can you see clearly?"

"The villain is not familiar with Lord Chen, so I still ask General Zhang to see it in person to distinguish the authenticity." Samurai said.

Zhang Shao turned around and went out.

At this time, at the back gate of Cining Palace, several eunuch-looking people were standing there far away and pointing at the door, and the palace maids who had just come out to look for Chen Ji were hiding in the corner with pale faces.

Zhang Shao walked out the back door.

The corpse that appeared in front of him made Zhang Shao also frown.

The corpse was dressed in a eunuch's clothes, and its slightly fat body was lying on the ground, blood running down the bottom of its cheeks, and a green brick stained with blood was thrown next to it.

Not far from the corpse, there was also a kneeling person, a man who was also dressed in eunuch clothes, with his head bowed, looking extremely nervous.

Zhang Shao hesitated for a moment, then drew his long sword and flicked the corpse's head and face a few times, causing it to turn its face sideways.

The smell of blood came to his face, Zhang Shao covered his nose and subconsciously took a few steps back.

The scene in front of him made him, a battle-hardened general, feel a little terrified.

The corpse's face was unrecognizable, its entire facial features had been shattered, even two large eyes had fallen to the ground, and the only intact jaw bone had a tooth broken from the middle.

Zhang Shao managed to calm down and walked to the eunuch who was kneeling on the side.

"You're a witness?"

The eunuch trembled and raised his head at the sound of a voice.

"Hui, Hui to General Zhang, the slaves and slaves are responsible for guarding Lord Chen by the order of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother is worried that Lord Chen will go out of the palace, so she will ask for slaves......"

"Hugh is verbose, is this person Chen Ji?" Zhang Shao asked, pointing to the corpse.

The man nodded wildly.

"But you killed someone?" Zhang Shao asked again.

"The slave was wronged, and this matter was all done by another person." The eunuch hurriedly defended, "Originally, the Queen Mother Chitose arranged for two people to guard Lord Chen, early this morning, I don't know why, that person and Lord Chen had a quarrel, Lord Chen was angry, scolded him a few words, and was dissuaded by the villain, and the man left." The slave thought that he was going to go around the palace in a negative way, and he would come back in a while, but who knows, just now, the villain accompanied Lord Chen to the toilet, passing by here, the man suddenly jumped out, and smashed a few times at Lord Chen without saying anything. ”

"Where's the murderer?" Zhang Shao asked.

The man pointed back.

Zhang Shao chased a few steps in the direction of the man's finger with a long sword in his hand, and found that not far away was the high wall of the harem, and it was obvious that the man had escaped from here.

Zhang Shao stomped his foot in annoyance.

At this time, Empress Dowager Wu and Empress Zhang had also arrived.

Seeing the corpse at a glance, Empress Dowager Wu's body shook and almost fell, but fortunately, Empress Zhang and another palace maid held her up.

Zhang Shao walked up to the Empress Dowager Wu.

"Queen Mother Chitose, you have to look at it, is this person really Chen Ji?"

Empress Dowager Wu held back her tears and was silent.

A eunuch came from behind and had the courage to look at the corpse. Then, his voice trembled and said, "Back to the Empress Dowager and General Zhang, the villain is sure that it is Lord Chen, because Lord Chen is wearing this dress this morning, and there is a crack under the ribs, and the villain also reminded him, Lord Chen said that he was too lazy to go back and change." ”

Empress Dowager Wu turned her face away.

Empress Zhang kept staring at the corpse on the ground.

Judging from the degree of obesity of the corpse, it should indeed be Chen Ji, but Empress Zhang didn't believe that there would be such a coincidence in the world, just when her brother came to arrest him, he was killed?

"Brother, since Chen Ji has been killed, don't ask the Queen Mother like this, or take someone away quickly. The Queen Mother has never blamed you and my brother and sister, she is merciful enough. Empress Zhang said to Zhang Shao.

Hearing his sister say this, Zhang Shao felt that his sister had probably already decided that this person was Chen Ji, so he nodded and said, "Weichen respectfully obeys the queen's decree." The recklessness of coming just now, and asking the Queen Mother to read it in Weichen is also for the sake of my Shu Han country, and to take care of one or two. ”

Empress Dowager Wu remained silent.

"Brother can temporarily go to the little sister's palace to rest for a while, the little sister has not seen his sister-in-law for many days, and he has to ask about some family matters." Empress Zhang said.

Zhang Shao nodded and left with someone.

"Why don't you call someone to collect Lord Chen's corpse?" Empress Zhang said again.

Several eunuchs agreed to go and find the forbidden warrior who was in charge of patrolling the palace.

"Take him and follow the Queen Mother back to the palace." Empress Zhang pointed to the eunuch kneeling on the side and instructed several palace maids.

Empress Dowager Wu never spoke.

Seeing that Empress Dowager Wu had returned to the palace, Empress Zhang also hurriedly rushed back to her Jing'an Palace with Xiyue.

Waiting here is not only Zhang Shao alone, but also Chen Yi, who has just heard the news.

"Isn't the queen also suspicious?" Although he had never seen Chen Ji's body with his own eyes, after listening to Zhang Shao's introduction, Chen Ji still felt that this matter was a little strange.

"This person is not Chen Ji." Empress Zhang replied in the affirmative.

"Why is the girl so sure?" Zhang Shao was a little puzzled.

"According to the eunuch in charge of guarding Chen Ji, he was killed by another eunuch, and the murderer was guilty of jumping over the wall and fled." Empress Zhang explained, "But my brother has ever thought that the height of the palace wall is comparable to the wall of my capital, not to mention a eunuch, even a burly person like my brother can hardly climb it." ”

Zhang Shao punched himself hard in the forehead.

"It's still my sister-in-law who is smart, why didn't the foolish brother think of it."

"In addition, the palace maid named Ling'er has always been the personal maid of the Empress Dowager Wu, but I haven't seen her today, and the little sister suspects that it was the letter she sent to Chen Ji before her brother arrived, so Chen Ji would come up with such a way to deceive me and wait." Empress Zhang said again.

"In this way, Chen Ji is still in the palace now?" Zhang Shaoxi said, "Brother Foolish, I'll transfer some more people and search the palace again, I don't believe that guy can hide." ”

"Brother stay." Empress Zhang saw that Zhang Shao was about to leave, and hurriedly shouted.

Chen You also rushed up and grabbed the corner of Zhang Shao's clothes.

"General Zhang led people to trespass into the Queen Mother's dormitory, which has already made a big mistake, how can he continue to mess around?" Chen Yi said.

"What Lord Chen said is reasonable." Empress Zhang nodded and said, "I'm afraid that even the Empress Dowager Wu will be kept in the dark about this matter, if the elder brother continues to bring people here, and completely angers the Empress Dowager, will my brother and sister have to end up with a big rebellious infamy?" ”

"What the queen mother said is very true, and please General Zhang put his anger away for the time being, and let me find another way." Chen Yi said.