The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 984

Because the man's attire was somewhat strange, the county magistrate, upon seeing him, discovered that the deceased was a palace eunuch.

After investigation, it was discovered that this eunuch was actually from the Imperial Study.

Xu Tian soon learned about this as well.

"Have you heard? There's been a murder in the west of the city. Someone killed a eunuch."

Inside the inn, many people were discussing this matter.

Song Ren immediately relayed what he had heard to Xu Tian.

"Boss, what exactly happened to this person? How could he have gotten himself killed outside? That was a eunuch from the Imperial Study."

Upon hearing this, Xu Tian immediately sensed something was amiss.

They went straight to the government office.

"I want to see the deceased."

Xu Tian's identity is already an open secret on Chang'an Avenue.

None of the officials here dared to offend him.

Although he is no longer an official in the court.

But how can he not be considered a prince?

Now that a murder has occurred on Chang'an Avenue, Xu Tian believes that someone is definitely trying to silence witnesses.

The deceased was an eunuch in the Imperial Study.

That means this matter is related to what happens in the imperial city.

When the coroner examined the body, he found gold on the eunuch's body and a dagger nearby.

After seeing the young eunuch's injuries, Xu Tian declared, "My lord, please give me a few days. I will definitely be able to find out who the murderer is."

The officials in the government office had long wanted to avoid taking over this matter, since it involved people from the palace.

He was eager for Xu Tian to take full control of this matter.

"Okay, I'll give you your birthday. If you can find out who the murderer is, you can have all the reward money."

Xu Tian had no interest in the so-called reward, but since the officials in the yamen said they would give him the whole reward, he was happy to accept it!

"I wonder how Your Highness plans to solve the case?"

After everything was settled, the officials in the yamen questioned Xu Tian.

Xu Tian stated frankly, "I can verify the fingerprints and identify the murderer."

Everyone was shocked when they heard about this, as they had never heard of fingerprint verification of the murderer.

But unexpectedly, this idle prince was able to verify who the murderer was in this way.

Everyone was skeptical and curious about it.

"What is fingerprint verification?"

"I've heard that this prince is extremely clever. I really don't know how he managed to identify the real culprit."

"They have plenty of ways to get the murderer out. I heard the victim was someone from the palace."

When the common people outside heard that the deceased was someone from the palace, they all immediately stopped talking about it.

They all knew perfectly well that since they were from the palace, they must have been killed.

It's highly likely that this was done by someone inside the palace.

Such murder cases are rarely seen in Chang'an.

So they dared not discuss the matter any further.

Everyone quickly retreated.

When the officials heard Xu Tian's idea, they were also very skeptical.

However, since he was going to take full control of the matter, the officials in charge were more than happy to see him do so.

The two hit it off immediately, and the magistrate cooperated fully with Xu Tian in handling the case.

To put it bluntly, he's just a hands-off manager now.