"Your Highness, General Qin Wei asked to see him outside the door, and he also brought a man wearing a hood."

Hearing what Han Zhong said, Liu Qi stood up instantly.

"Quick, quick, let them in."

Qin Wei hurriedly ran in, watched the prince look up and down, and saw that he was safe and sound, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Temple... Your Highness, are you alright? ”

Zhang Shi was on the side, and he also rubbed his chest.

"Your Highness is fine, the lower officials thought that this time it was in vain."

Hearing Zhang Shi's voice, Han Zhong was a little surprised.

"Lord Zhang, are you here too?"

Zhang Shi nodded and removed the hood on his head.

"Your Highness, what the hell happened, when I get back to the city, I will hear that you have been assassinated."

"This king will tell you later, tell me quickly, how is the investigation this time?"

Zhang Shi slowed down for a moment before he spoke.

"Your Highness, the lower official went to Luzhang County this time and found that the matter of the new county commander Sun Xing is not complicated. After interrogation, it was found that he had bribed the county magistrate of Huangyang County, so he was recommended. Therefore, what Shi Kailin said may be true. ”

It's true?

Liu Qi was taken aback, in this way, could it be that he had wronged Shi Kailin?

But at this time, Zhang Shi swallowed a mouthful of spit and was about to continue to speak.

Liu Qi took a deep breath. Dude, can you not gasp when you speak!

"Therefore, the lower officials put the focus of this investigation on Zhao Weixian."

"After many inquiries, I finally found a government official who used to work in Luzhang County. According to his dictation, just before Zhao Weixian disappeared, he had taken people to a place called Ma Fengzhuang. ”

Because the official had other important tasks that day, he did not follow. But the strange thing is that the officials who came back with him have all disappeared since Stalin's disappearance. ”

Hearing this, Liu Qi finally felt that things had made great progress.

Subsequently, Xia Guan took General Qin Wei to this so-called Mafeng Village. To my horror, all the villagers here were gone. ”

Liu Qi was also taken aback.

"What? A village of people, all gone? How many people are there in Mafeng Village? ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, the number of people in Mafeng Village is small, a total of eighty-seven people, but judging from the county records, there has been no plan to relocate. Later, Xia Guan and General Qin Wei investigated carefully, and they really found suspicious points. ”

"In Mafeng Village, the doors of every house are closed, but the facilities in the house are very clean and tidy, and there are new ones. The ground in the village has also been cleaned, but there must be a mistake in the hundred secrets, and the lower officials still found that there were some blood stains on the edge of a well. ”

Liu Qi was suddenly stunned.

"In this case, the villagers of Mafeng Village may have all been killed, right?"

"It's very likely."

What a.

This is eighty-seven people, all of them have disappeared, such a big thing, Shi Kailin has never talked about it.

There is no need to be conclusive, Zhao Weixian must know something.

"By the way, where is this Mafeng Village?"

Following the map, Qin Wei pointed out the location of Mafeng Village to the prince.

Seeing this, Liu Qi was stunned.

"Your Highness, you can see it too, right? That's right, this is where we are on the way to the trail. ”

Got it, got it.

Why did Shi Kailin rush over from Jincheng in a hurry, it turned out to be to prevent himself from leading his troops through the small road, I am afraid that they will find out about Mafeng Village.

But at this moment, Zhang Shi's words poured cold water on Liu Qi, who saw hope.

"Your Highness, although all the people in Mafeng Village are missing, and they are also coincidentally on the road that our army must pass, but from this point of view, it is not possible to conclude that it was Shi Kailin's doing, and it cannot be used as evidence of his crime."

Later, when I returned to Luzhang County, I made a new discovery in the mouth of the official. The capital official of Jincheng, before Zhao Weixian disappeared, went to Luzhang once, chatted with Zhao Weixian for a while, and hurried back. ”

"Coincidentally, the date that His Highness told His Majesty to go home for the funeral was just the time to go back."

"And there is another point, after investigation, the mother of this official passed away many years ago, that is to say, the talk of mourning is pure nonsense."

Liu Qi nodded, his brows a little solemn.

"Master Zhang, you have investigated so much, but now the problem is that with these things, you still can't convict Shi Kailin. Even if he pressed him, he had every reason to shirk it on others. ”

"So, Your Highness, what I can confirm is that Zhao Weixian went to Mafeng Village and knew about the things there, and the capital officials had also had contact with Zhao Weixian before."

"Now, according to the lower officials, if you want to solve this case, there are only two ways, either to find the missing official, or, through other means, to confirm the evidence that Zhao Weixian has entered the Taishou Mansion."

Liu Qi's head was big for a while.

Since the official has disappeared, it is not easy to find him, maybe he has already been killed.

What else can be done...

Liu Qi thought as he paced inside the tent, and when he walked to the door, he suddenly saw a soldier walking with a team of horses.

Suddenly, my eyes lit up.

"Haha, I have an idea, hurry up, go and pass Zhao Wenhui over."

After a while, Zhao Wenhui rushed over.

Liu Qi simply told her about Zhang Shi's investigation, and then spoke.

"Zhao Wenhui, that's the way it is, this king is now asking you, is there anything special about your father's mount?"

As soon as Liu Qi finished speaking, Zhao Wenhui nodded heavily.

"Your Highness, on the neck of the horse my father rides, there is a bell that I bought when I was a child, and I always carry it all year round."

Qin Wei couldn't help but laugh.

"Girl, there are many horses with bells, how can you be sure that it is your father's horse?"

Zhao Wenhui's head immediately shook like a rattle.

"No, no, no, that bell is very special, and I promise that it will never be exactly the same."

Zhang Shi suddenly asked at this time.

"Your Highness, people are missing and can't be found, what are you doing when you suddenly ask about the horse?"

Liu Qi chuckled.

"You don't know this, when the king lived in the palace, he found that any official who visited the Taishou Mansion, all the horses, had to enter the special stable."

Qin Wei was stunned for a few seconds, and his face suddenly changed.

"Your Highness, but... But the groom, isn't he a mute? ”

Qin Wei suddenly thought that he had seen the scene of the groom that night.

"That's right, he's a mute, but you don't know, this king has observed for many days that he can even read and write!"

Although it is somewhat strange how an ordinary groom can be literate.

But this is a major breakthrough, as long as he can determine that Zhao Weixian has a bell on his horse, then it can be concluded that Shi Kailin must have seen him.

At this time, Liu Qi walked in front of Zhao Wenhui.

"That kind of bell, in your Luzhang County, is there anything for sale now."

Zhao Wenhui thought and thought. But he shook his head.

"It was a long time ago, I'm afraid it's long gone."

Just when Liu Qi's heart sank, Zhao Wenhui said again.

"Still, I can try it and see if I can make it."

Liu Qi took a deep breath.

"The bell also needs to be untied. Whether or not you can help your father this time is up to you. ”