So what if I traveled through time? I'll continue to roll in another place

"Hurry up! Let's go to Yonghe Lane!" Ji Shu called out, and the four of them stood up immediately. Shou Junwu ordered his followers to settle the bill and give tips, and the group hurried to Yonghe Lane.

It was getting late and there were criminals around again. Ji Shu didn't dare to ask anyone to escort Xiao Yueshan back alone, so he asked her to go to the scene with him.

After a day of getting along, Xiao Yueshan had gained a good impression in front of Ji Shu and Shou Junwu. Although she was a lady from a noble family, she was not arrogant at all. She did not bring a maid to serve her when she went out. She did not complain after running around all day. She was also very insightful about official business. Ji Shu had a high opinion of this grandson's wife.

Xiao Yueshan wanted nothing more than to go and see the scene. It was really inconvenient to live in the feudal society. Before doing anything, one would have to consider one's status as a woman in the back house, and one's actions were restricted.

On the way, Shou Junwu's long-time attendant Wo Yan had already reported the situation to several people. Zhou Yao had reminded them before that the Shou family had arranged many secret guards to ambush near the houses of several important witnesses and key nodes in Yonghe Lane.

At night, vendors who had been busy all day returned home one after another. Smoke rose from every household, and children played in groups in front of the door, creating a peaceful and warm atmosphere.

After dinner, the vendors in Yonghe Lane often went to bed early in order to get to work early the next day. It was midsummer and the house was hot, so many residents put bamboo beds in the yard to cool off. Listening to the snoring of the big and strong men, the women and children also fell asleep.

All the lights were out, only the bright stars were in the sky.

Suddenly, seven or eight masked men in black flashed out from the darkness. Some of them rushed to the Li family where the body was found during the day, and some went to the Huang family at the entrance of the alley and the Cui family to the east. It can be seen that the black-clad killers have a clear purpose, which is to kill the witnesses.

Although their plan was good, it really hit a wall.

Duke Dingguo Shou Yueheng had only three legitimate sons. The eldest son, Shou Junchou, was granted the title of General Fuyuan of the second rank and stationed in Changqi in the northern border; the second son, Shou Junzhong, was granted the title of General Dingyuan of the second rank and stationed in Yueyun in the southern border.

Only this young son was left by their side, and the Duke Dingguo and his wife valued him more than their own eyes. Usually, there were more than 20 guards following him, not to mention the invisible secret guards.

Although these masked killers were skilled, they were no match for the secret guards of Duke Dingguo's Mansion. In addition to the two or three who were killed while trying to escape and the two who took poison first, three more were detained by the secret guards of Duke Dingguo's Mansion, and even the teeth that contained poison in their mouths were pulled out.

The steward of the Duke Dingguo's mansion was an old friend who had followed Shou Yueheng to the battlefield and had seen all kinds of big scenes. Now he led the mansion soldiers to surround Yonghe Lane like an iron barrel, just waiting for the young master to come.

The torches in the hands of the palace soldiers lit up the alley as bright as day. It was the first time that Xiao Yueshan saw such private equipment being used for public purposes. He couldn't help but complain to Zhou Yao, "No wonder the late emperor appointed Lord Shou as the magistrate of Fengtian Prefecture. It was all thanks to his own soldiers to maintain law and order."

Zhou Yao also smiled softly after hearing this, "Who can refuse to have such a RMB player in the team?"

His journey to the capital was much smoother with the help of the Zhao family's guards, but the upright civil servants like the Zhao family could not be compared with the nobles like the Shou family.

The sister of Duke Dingguo and First-rank Mingwei General Shou Yueheng was the empress of Emperor Gaozu Chu Changmao, and Emperor Gaozong Chu Yuanqi and Prince Jin Chu Yuanming were both his nephews.

Xiao Yueshan felt strange when Shou Junwu talked about his family background. It was obvious that Duke Dingguo was more closely related to the emperor, so why wasn't the Shou family appointed as the regent? Was the position of the commander-in-chief left to the Gao family?

After a detailed discussion, Xiao Yueshan finally understood that this was related to the military structure of the dynasty.

Although the commander-in-chief was in charge of the Five Military Governor's Office, he only managed the garrison troops and military farming troops in various places. Although they seemed to have a large number of people, they were not truly elite soldiers.

Generals Fuyuan and Dingyuan, who guard the north and south, have ace troops who are always ready to fight.

My mother’s uncle is the most important one, so it’s no wonder that the late emperor arranged my uncle’s family to such an important position.

With a plug-in like Shou Junwu, catching assassins becomes extremely easy.

The secret guard brought the three assassins to Ji Shu, Shou Junwu and others. After they took a closer look, Shou Junwu ordered the secret guard to take the assassins to the Dali Temple for a detailed interrogation.

The Dali Temple's interrogation room is full of experts in interrogating prisoners. Each of them has family training and inherited the torture techniques from their ancestors, so there is no need to worry that these people will not talk.

After a thorough investigation, the soldiers found ignition oil near the wall of the old Hu family, who sold bamboo weaving.

Zhou Yao looked at the kerosene with gradually colder eyes. It seemed like it was the same old trick of killing first and then burning.

Now that the residents of Yonghe Lane have been awakened and have eaten and drunk their fill, Shou Junwu is ready to solve the case, so he makes a prompt decision to check evidence and record confessions tonight.

Once the evidence is confirmed, even if everyone is killed, it can only prove the authenticity of the confession, and the people in Yonghe Lane will be no longer in danger.

Although Xiao Yueshan felt that Shou Junwu's idea made sense, the people still had to make a living, and who would be willing to follow him to investigate a case in the middle of the night?

Facts have proved that she completely underestimated the ruling ability of the feudal dynasty. With the large-scale killing and arson tonight, the people were very cooperative with Shou Junwu's arrangements.

The "parent official" Lord Shou was also very understanding and was going to order his long-time attendant Woyan to give each household in Yonghe Lane a hundred coins to thank them for their cooperation tonight and as compensation for delaying everyone's work tomorrow.

Xiao Yueshan was stunned by this generous gesture. It turned out that this brother was able to hold on to his official position only because of his wealth!

Ji Shu immediately stopped Shou Junwu's plan to spend money when he heard this. "Junwu, I don't care whether you gave money to the people out of compassion for the people during your previous investigations, but you absolutely cannot give this money today. Your intentions are good, but if you give this money out, people will inevitably say that we bribed the witnesses, and their testimonies will not count."

After hearing this, Shou Junwu realized that he was too reckless. He quickly called Wo Yan back and pretended that nothing had happened and started to investigate the case as soon as possible.

There were no more valuable clues from Huang Fu, the ox-cart driver. Ji Shu placed his hope on the old Cui family, who collected used goods. If they could find some relics of the You family, it might help solve the case.

When they arrived at Old Cui's house, they found that it was simply a waste recycling station. The old goods collected from everywhere were piled up everywhere. Seeing this, the officials of Fengtian Prefecture frowned again and again. How long will it take to find it? And they didn't know what they were looking for, like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Lao Cui stood in the yard, rubbing his hands awkwardly. A year had passed, and he collected and sold so many things every day. How could he remember which ones were from the You family? Looking at the officials with bad faces, he was afraid that they would ruin his business if they were unhappy.

However, since Lord Shou had spoken, we had to take action. Ji Shu ordered the officers to focus on finding objects with words on them, whether they were letters, notes or books, and to examine them carefully. He still couldn't let go of his suspicion that the corpse was Deng Wenkai.

If it were Deng Wenkai, he would definitely try his best to leave some clues.