Hearing Su Shi's conclusion, both Zhou Jin and Su Zhou's faces couldn't help but show a trace of disappointment.

Although they came to the same conclusion, they still had a glimmer of hope in their hearts, thinking that Su Shi might find some clues from it and overturn their conclusions.

But now Su Shi's conclusion is the same as theirs, which means that Cui Peng's death in an accident is ironclad, and there is no longer the slightest suspicion.

What's more, Cui Peng is now their most important clue, and now that Cui Peng is dead, the clue they finally found is broken.

When they were disappointed, Su Shi suddenly asked, "Why did Cui Peng leave the secret guard?" ”

Zhou Jin had obviously found out these things, so he immediately said: "Seven years ago, Cui Peng met a person named Tao Qun, and the two had similar temperaments and quickly became friends. But later, when Du Ziqi was investigating a case, he was involved in this Tao group. ”

Su Shi couldn't help but interrupt Zhou Jin's words and asked, "What case?" ”

"Du Ziqi was investigating the case of Hu Ren's spies at that time."

Su Shi smiled bitterly: "It's the Hu people's spy again." The Hu people sent a lot of spies to lurk in the capital? ”

At this time, a trace of worry flashed on Su Zhou's face, and he couldn't help but sigh: "In the past ten years, the Hu people have kept stirring up trouble at the border pass, and they have constantly sent spies to lurk in the capital. ”

Su Shi frowned and said, "Is the strength of the Hu people very strong?" How dare you invade Daqian? ”

"In terms of strength, Hu Ren is naturally far from being the opponent of Daqian."

"In that case, why is the eldest brother worried?"

However, Su Zhou just shook his head, and then kept silent.

Su Shi saw that the eldest brother stopped talking, and asked Zhou Jin again, "Then what?" ”

"The Hu man's spy finally confessed to Tao Qun, but when the secret guards arrested him, Tao Qun had already fled."

"Is it Cui Peng's tipping message?"

Zhou Jin sighed: "Tao Qun was not caught at that time, so naturally some people will suspect him." But Cui Peng has always denied it, and the secret guard has no evidence to prove that he is the one who reported the news, so it was finally decided to let Cui Peng leave the secret guard. ”

Cui Peng saw that everyone didn't believe him, so he resigned in anger. However, two years later, the secret guards caught Tao Qun, and after interrogation, they learned that they had indeed wronged Cui Peng. Tao Qun left the capital at that time, not knowing that his identity had been exposed and absconding, but being instructed to lurk in the border town. ”

Su Shi couldn't help but rub his temples with both hands, his head was still a little sore because of the hangover.

"Later, Du Ziqi also looked for Cui Peng, hoping that he would come back, but Cui Peng did not return to the secret guard in the end."

Su Shi thought for a while, and then asked, "Cui Peng has been living in Pingning Fang?" ”

"Not bad. He has been living in Pingning Square for the past seven years. ”

Su Shi muttered: "Pingningfang is also a prosperous place in the capital, and it is not easy to live in Pingningfang." ”

Zhou Jin understood what he meant, and said: "Cui Peng doesn't have many hobbies, and he is also very thrifty, except for liking to eat fish, he will go to Kumho Spring to eat fish every once in a while, and basically cook and eat at home." ”

"The house he lives in is also left to him by his deceased wife, and his wife's maiden family is also in business, although it has declined in recent years, it can be regarded as doing well ten years ago, and that house is his wife's dowry."

"Cui Peng's family, you have naturally checked it."

"Checked."

Su Shi sighed: "Didn't find anything? ”

Su Zhou shook his head slightly: "No, there is no difference between his home and an ordinary person's home, we checked for an hour and found nothing." ”

Hearing this, Su Shi sighed and said slowly: "Cui Peng is dead, what about Tang Ci?" ”

Zhou Jin sighed slightly: "Tang Ci also died, he died three years ago." ”

Su Shi was taken aback and asked, "It's also an accident?" ”

"No, he died on the battlefield." Zhou Jin said quietly: "Tang Ci's hometown is in the southwest, four years ago the Yi people in the southwest rebelled and slaughtered a small town, and Tang Ci's parents died in that massacre, so he left the secret guard and joined the army to suppress the rebellion, and was surrounded three years ago when he was investigating the enemy, and finally died on the battlefield. ”

Su Shi couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect to wake up and the people he wanted to check were already dead.

"What about those palace maids and eunuchs?"

At this time, Zhou Jin showed a hesitant expression, and finally said slowly: "I'm still investigating, but I'm afraid I can't have too much hope." ”

Su Shi was puzzled: "Why? ”

Zhou Jin smiled bitterly: "The affairs of the harem are in charge of the queen mother, if it is an ordinary eunuch and palace maid, I can naturally investigate at will, but nine years have passed, and six of the eight eunuch palace maids have been favored by the queen mother, the concubine and others, so it is not easy to investigate them." What's more, we are only speculating at present, and there is no actual evidence, so I am afraid that it will be more difficult to verify. ”

Su Shi said: "Why don't you report to the Son of Heaven and let the Son of Heaven issue a thorough investigation, so that you can act according to the decree above board." ”

"It's not impossible to ask my father for his will, it's just that after so long, we don't have real evidence in our hands, as long as these people deny it, we can't do anything about them."

Su Shi couldn't help but sigh: "That's true. If there is no definite evidence, rashly asking, I am afraid that it will startle the snake. At this point, he asked, "What about the other two?" ”

Zhou Jin shook his head and said: "The other two were just eunuchs guarding the door at the time, and they were nearly fifty years old, they didn't even have the opportunity to contact Hui Niang, so it can be said that their suspicion is the smallest." ”

"I've also asked them, but now these two people are now old and confused, and they can't remember many things clearly, and they can't provide any clues after asking for half an hour."

At this point, no one spoke in the room, and there was silence.

Zhou Jin thought that he was still full of confidence yesterday, but after a night, he didn't expect the whole thing to return to the original point.

Su Zhou's expression was no better than Zhou Jin's, and he seemed to feel that there was an invisible force preventing them from investigating this matter.

Su Shi was the calmest of the three of them, he thought for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Where is the report about the haunting of the Red Plum Pavilion that the dark guard presented?" ”

Zhou Jin was slightly stunned and said, "In my dormitory." ”

"I'd like to see the report."

Zhou Jin said: "What do you want to know?" ”

Su Shi said slowly: "I want to verify one thing. ”

Seeing that Zhou Jin still wanted to ask again, Su Shi shook his head and said, "Don't be in a hurry to ask questions now, I can only answer some questions after reading the report, so it's not too late to ask questions later." ”