The little village girl dressed as a disaster star led the whole village astray

The lobby of Jingzhao Prefecture Yamen.

"General, you are finally here. We are getting some progress in the case."

After several days of no clues, there was finally some progress. Jingzhao Yin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter whether it was Princess Leyang, Prince Kang's Mansion or Gu Jingzhi involved in the case, none of them were people he could afford to offend. Even though he was the Jingzhao Yin, in the eyes of these people he was probably no different from a small minion. Compared with theirs, his life was really insignificant.

He certainly didn't want to get involved in this mess, but he was already deeply involved in it and had no choice but to move on.

"That jade pendant with peony pattern is indeed from the family of the Minister of Revenue. The Minister of Revenue Liu Yuanfeng is from the Mianyang Liu family, and that peony pattern is the family emblem of the Mianyang Liu family."

Although it is still impossible to determine who the murderer is, it has at least narrowed their search scope. Since the murderer seen by the night watchman had a jade pendant with the Liu family emblem hanging around his waist, this person must be related to the Liu family of Mianyang.

"Mianyang Liu family?"

There were many aristocratic families in the Dayan Dynasty, but because of the war in the last years of the previous dynasty, the people were displaced. In addition, a group of self-righteous aristocratic families were dealt with in the early days of the founding of Dayan. As a result, there are many aristocratic families in Dayan now, but they are just in name and their strength is really average.

Originally, the Mianyang Liu family was only a third-class family. It was thanks to Liu Yuanfeng's appointment as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and his protection of the family that the Mianyang Liu family became a second-class family.

Just like mentioned before, most of the aristocratic families nowadays are just superficial. Even though the Mianyang Liu family has changed from a third-class family to a second-class family, there is actually no difference in essence. They are just supported by Liu Yuanfeng.

"There are several Mianyang Liu families in Beijing."

"It's just the branch of Minister of Revenue Liu Yuanfeng." said Jingzhao Yin.

As an official in the capital, one naturally has to understand all aspects of life. The first thing he has to understand is his colleagues. Although he has no intersection with the Minister of Revenue, his official position is still there, so he has to offer a gift to him during every festival.

"What else did you find out?"

There is no conflict between the Minister of Revenue and Prince Kang's Palace. Even if there is a conflict, Liu Yuanfeng would not use such a clumsy method.

"According to what I have learned, the Liu family has never had any bad relations with Prince Kang," Jingzhao Yin lowered his voice, "and the general also knows that although Prince Kang's mansion now only has the elderly, the weak, women and children left, its status is still there, and no one would be so blind as to offend it."

Old Prince Kang is the uncle of the current Majesty. His legitimate son died young, and he has no other children. He is also a sensible person and will not pose any threat to the current Majesty. The current Majesty is naturally happy to worship him as a mascot to show their relationship as a royal family member.

Old King Kang understood your Majesty's thoughts, and the civil and military officials in the court were no fools, so they naturally understood them as well.

In fact, Jingzhao Yin was also quite surprised that Princess Leyang's death was actually related to the Minister of Revenue. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shook his head. I'm afraid Liu Yuanfeng had forgotten.

Regardless of whether he ordered the killing of this man or not, as long as he is related to the Liu family of Mianyang, he will be skinned alive if he doesn't die. Of course, this is in the eyes of His Majesty.

Jingzhao Yin's eyes darkened. Princess Leyang was the only descendant of Prince Kang's Mansion, and she was killed just like that. If they knew who the murderer was, how could they let her go? Not only would they not let her go, they would also implicate the entire family. After all, the lineage of Prince Kang's Mansion had been cut off now.

Gu Jingzhi picked up the paper with peony patterns on the table and said, "You can find out how many people in Liu Yuanfeng's family can wear this jade pendant."

It is both a family emblem and a jade pendant. It is not something that ordinary people can wear.

"I have checked and found that only the descendants of the Liu family in Mianyang can wear this jade pendant. The only people in the family of the Minister of Revenue who are qualified to wear it are Liu Yuanfeng and his children.

Liu Yuanfeng had one wife, two concubines, three sons and two daughters.

The eldest son is Liu Jie, the second son is Liu Mao, the third son is Liu Zhang, the eldest daughter is Liu Yanran, and the concubine daughter is Liu Pingran.

According to the night watchman's testimony, the only ones who meet the requirements are Liu Yanran and Liu Pingran. They are one year apart in age and are of similar height."

They are of similar stature, so it is impossible to identify the murderer from his body shape.

"But..." Jingzhao Yin was able to reach this position and protect the safety of the capital, so he naturally had more than just this ability. "The Liu Mansion has a cousin staying there. According to the doorman, he was seen leaving the mansion on the night when Princess Leyang got into trouble."

"Oh?" Gu Jingzhi curled his lips, "So, you invited someone?"

Jingzhao Yin was embarrassed. "This, I am a lowly official with little influence. If I want to take someone from the Minister of Revenue's residence, I'm afraid..."

Gu Jingzhi naturally understood the unspoken meaning of his words, "Zhang Hao, take someone to invite the young master from the Minister of Revenue to come here."

"Yes." Zhang Hao clasped his fists and accepted the order.

Hearing him say this, Jingzhao Yin heaved a sigh of relief. As the saying goes, when the devils fight, the little devils suffer. It is better to have less trouble than more.

……

Liu Mansion.

Liu Yuanfeng, who had just returned home from court, was having dinner when the housekeeper suddenly appeared with an anxious look on his face.

"Sir, it's not good."

Liu Yuanfeng frowned, unhappy, "Why are you so flustered?"

"Sir, Jingzhao Yin has sent people to arrest my cousin, and he is now in the front hall." The housekeeper said hurriedly.

"What?!" Liu Yuanfeng stood up immediately after hearing this. "Why would Jingzhao Yin send people to arrest Jingshi? He shouldn't be..."

Liu Yuanfeng's pupils suddenly dilated. The Jingzhao Yin was currently busy with only that one case. So why did he send someone here this time? Could it be that Jingshi was involved in that case?

If this is the case, then it is probably a serious problem.

If the Jingzhao Yin could figure it out, Liu Yuanfeng would naturally not fail to think of it. No matter what, he couldn't let anyone take Jiang Jingshi away like that. This matter needed to be carefully prepared.

"Go to the front hall to entertain them first and try to delay the time. Also, send someone to bring Jiang Jingshi here immediately!" Liu Yuanfeng said with a dark face, "Be careful to hide yourself and don't let those people in the front hall see you."

"Yes, I'll go right away." The butler left in a hurry.

Liu Yuanfeng was no longer in the mood to eat and waved his hand to ask someone to clear the food away.

He sat in the chair with a sullen face. Since the case had already been traced back to Jiang Jingshi, it meant that Princess Leyang's affairs were most likely related to him. He narrowed his eyes, but no matter what, he was determined not to let this matter involve their Liu family.

The death of Princess Leyang must not be linked to their family in any way, otherwise their entire family would be in danger of losing their lives.

Zhang Hao stood in the front hall holding a sword, watching the returning butler greeting them in a high-sounding manner.

"Please wait for a moment, gentlemen. I have already sent someone to invite Young Master Jiang. Come on, serve the tea quickly." The butler wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a slight breath.

Zhang Hao: "No need. I am anxious to go back and report. Where is Jiang Jingshi? We can go by ourselves."

"Please wait a moment, gentlemen. The mansion does not know what Young Master Jiang did wrong. Because of their in-law relationship, the master of the mansion would give him some advice from time to time. Now he is in the study with the master, so please forgive me."

Naturally, the housekeeper would not let them go to get the person, and Liu Yuanfeng also wanted to take this opportunity to have a good chat with Jiang Jingshi.