Gu Li suspected for a moment that he hadn't heard clearly.

Jiang Yanshu's eyes were red and his face was sad, waiting for him to speak.Gu Li was a little dazed, his eardrums were buzzing, making him almost deaf for a moment, and he couldn't hear any sounds around him.

Jiang Yanshu was still looking at him.

Gu Li's legs were a little weak, Zhen'er supported him, and called him softly: "Father."

Gu Li seemed to break out of the water for a moment, and finally the surroundings were no longer empty, and there were noisy and subtle sounds.He gasped twice, grabbed Zhen'er's little hand and stood up straight, looking at Jiang Yanshu: "Speak clearly."

Jiang Yanshu couldn't bear the severe pain and blow any longer. He knelt down and bowed his head: "Your Majesty! Prime Minister Mu was murdered! I beg Your Majesty to arrest the murderer as soon as possible and avenge Prime Minister Mu!"

Halfway through the banquet tonight, Prime Minister Mu seemed to have something to do suddenly, so he left the banquet and went to the official office.He sat in the official office for a while, read the files, and then left.His body was later found in Nianzi Alley, not far from the government office.

"On New Year's Eve, many people were watching the New Year's Eve and didn't go to bed so early. Are there any witnesses?"

"Already looking for it."

"Who was the first to find the body?"

"It's an acquaintance who is on duty in the government office tonight."

Gu Li said: "Take me to see... Take me to see Prime Minister Mu."

Prime Minister Mu's body was parked at the entrance of Nianzi Hutong. Yin Kangqizong of Shuntian Prefecture had brought his people there, and was going to bring it back to the Shuntian Prefecture Office for his autopsy. Looking at Prime Minister Mu's corpse, he was in a daze.

Except the people from Shuntian Mansion beside the corpse, the witnesses are those petty officials on duty in the government office, no more than four or five people. Seeing such a shocking change at this time, they couldn't help but be shocked, and gathered around.

When Gu Li arrived, he saw this scene.

Before Xie Lian came back from Liaodong, Xiao Tan took people to clear the place first, Gu Li got off the sedan chair and stepped forward to check.

Prime Minister Mu fell to the ground. There was no wound on his body, and he was not pierced by a sharp weapon. His face was purple and there was blood under his skin. He may have died of suffocation.

It must be homicide.

who is it?

Gu Li's brain was spinning rapidly.Could it be that the fact that he was going to establish a retirement system leaked out, causing stakeholders to take action against Prime Minister Mu?

No, it shouldn't.In the first place, even if the interests of some people were moved, it would not be necessary to put Prime Minister Mu to death.Moreover, Gu Li, as a ruler, if he really wants to implement a certain system, how can he stop it by killing one or two subordinates.

Yin Kangqizong of Shuntian Mansion looked at Gu Li: "Your Majesty, should I first take Prime Minister Mu's body back for autopsy?"

Gu Li nodded: "Go."

He watched Kang Qizong and others carry away Prime Minister Mu's body, and felt an uncontrollable sense of sadness in his heart.Today is New Year's Eve, Prime Minister Mu's family members are still waiting for him to go back to watch the new year.

When he returned to the palace, he looked shocked. Seeing this, Zhen'er stretched out her small hand to hold Gu Li's hand, and looked at him with some sadness: "Father, are you okay?"

Gu Li patted his head, sat down on the bed, and said, "Father is fine, but I can't watch the New Year with you tonight. Father is a little tired."

Zhen'er nodded sensibly: "The minister also rests earlier."

Zhou Changshun came to change clothes for Gu Li at the right time. Gu Li said, "Where's Li Tang? Let him send some people to visit Prime Minister Mu's house..."

Zhou Chang said by the way: "Eunuch Li has already brought someone there."

Gu Li nodded and lay down on the bed.Zhen'er had already slept in a separate room with him, escorted by the guards and internal servants, and went back to her palace room to rest.

The next day is the New Year. Ordinary people will greet each other with joy on this day, but the palace is solemn.Gu Li called Jiang Yanshu and others into the palace, and told them to catch the murderer as soon as possible, so that Prime Minister Mu could be buried as soon as possible.

Therefore, Jiang Yanshu and others have been busy in the first month, which should be quite leisurely.Prime Minister Mu passed an autopsy and found that he was knocked on the head and passed out, and then he was suffocated to death by covering his mouth and nose.

It was late at that time, and no witnesses were found for the time being. The Tong Zhi Jinzi from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies left the official office when he walked to Nianzi Alley and found something in the shadows. When he walked in, he found a person lying on the ground.

Since there are no witnesses or murder weapons, Jiang Yanshu and others can only proceed from the motive.One is the murderer's motive for killing, and the other is Prime Minister Mu's motive: why did he leave suddenly when he was halfway through the banquet in the palace? Did he suddenly think of something after sitting in the official office for a while?

Jiang Yanshu went to look for the files that Prime Minister Mu had looked through on New Year's Eve, and those files were spread out on his desk. They turned out to be the records of the cattle breeding case, and the Beijing officials went to various places to investigate the case.

Jiang Yanshu couldn't figure out why Prime Minister Mu dug up these files and looked at them. What did he see? Is what he saw related to his death?

Jiang Yanshu took the dossier that Prime Minister Mu read with him, and read it day and night, but he couldn't see anything.He began to wonder if he was wrong. In fact, Prime Minister Mu's death had nothing to do with these files?

However, at this moment, a small incident happened in the Metropolitan Procuratorate where he worked.

"Stolen?" Gu Li's eyes flashed, and he asked, "Is there anything missing in the government office of the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"

"This is what I was puzzled by. No property was lost, but some files were messed up, so I realized that a thief had come."

"Have you caught the thief?"

"The case has been handed over to the Governor of Kang. I think this bold thief will be caught in a few days."

"Ai Qing thinks that the case of Prime Minister Mu is related to the case of the thief in the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"

This is exactly what Jiang Yanshu is thinking about.He already had some vague thoughts, but he still lacked to testify, so it was inconvenient to tell Gu Liduo.

Coming out of the palace, Jiang Yanshu returned to the official office, looked through the old files again, and suddenly saw the file of the Niu Zhong case.

The case was originally submitted to the Procuratorate for trial. He opened the file and read it from beginning to end, feeling a little weird.You can read the dossier carefully, and you don't think there is anything wrong.

After leaving the office, Jiang Yanshu walked from the government office to Nianzi Hutong again, thinking hard, why did Prime Minister Mu come out of the government office on New Year's Eve, why did he walk in the direction of Nianzi Hutong?His home is in the direction of Wensiyuan.

Or did he meet someone and follow him in this direction while chatting?

So does this family live in the west of the imperial city?

If Prime Minister Mu met someone, the only ones who would appear at the gate of the palace on New Year's Eve would be the ones who just came back from the banquet in the palace, right?

Jiang Yanshu trembled suddenly.

Just then, a person stopped him.

When Jiang Yanshu turned his head, he saw Jiang Yun, the right servant of the household department, looking at him.

"Is Jiang Yushi still investigating the murder of Prime Minister Mu?" Jiang Yun stepped forward.

Jiang Yanshu nodded and sighed: "I hope that Prime Minister Mu will have a spirit in heaven and help me find the murderer as soon as possible."

Jiang Yun also sighed: "Speaking of which, Prime Minister Mu was still my chief examiner that year, and he has a teacher-student relationship with me. I never expected that he would go like this."

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Jiang Yun looked at Jiang Yanshu: "Is Jiang Yushi free tonight? How about going to my house for a drink?"

Jiang Yanshu shook his head and said, "No, I'm not in that mood."

Jiang Yun pondered and said, "Actually, I have some clues that I want to tell Jiang Yushi."

Jiang Yanshu was refreshed, grabbed his hand and asked, "What clue?"

"Go to my house, we have prepared food and wine, we can talk while eating."

Jiang Yanshu followed Jiang Yun to his house, and Jiang Yanshu couldn't wait to ask him about the clues, but Jiang Yun always talked about something, and poured Jiang Yanshu wine again.On the way, the servant came to come to visit Zheng Qi, the head of the Ministry of Officials' Wenxuan Department, and Jiang Yun left in a hurry.

Jiang Yanshu was suspicious, thinking that Jiang Yun had always liked masculinity, could it be because he thought he was handsome and handsome, and had evil intentions?Jiang Yanshu thinks that although he is already old, his youth is gone, his strength of character is still intact, and his charm is still there. It is not impossible for Jiang Yun to hit his head.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yanshu couldn't sit still.At this moment, Jiang Yun also came back, and said with a smile to him: "Master Zheng has been told to go back in advance, and I must not get drunk with Jiang Yushi tonight!"

Jiang Yanshu became more and more uneasy at once, and wanted to sneak away under the pretext of urinating.However, Jiang Yun's mansion is really big, he went out from the latrine and lost his way as he walked around.

Jiang Yun's voice calling him was heard not far away, and Jiang Yanshu was even more anxious, muttering: "Prime Minister Mu, you have a spirit in heaven, please protect me Jiang Yanshu from this calamity..."

Not far away, Jiang Yun's voice became anxious and shouted: "Jiang Yushi, where are you?!"

The voice moved from far to near, and soon came to the front. Jiang Yanshu saw Jiang Yun turning in from outside the wall, and ran away quickly.So the two ran and chased each other, and had fun in the backyard of the Jiang Mansion.

Jiang Yanshu was getting old and tired from running. He turned around a courtyard wall and saw several houses. He immediately opened the door and went in. But when the door opened, he was stunned. A man, gagged and looking at him, was whining for help.

Jiang Yanshu murmured: "Hey...Jiang Shilang...does he play so intensely..."

Jiang Shilang's voice was approaching, Jiang Yanshu quickly closed the door, walked closer, and finally recognized the man who was tied up, it turned out to be Zheng Qi, the official of the imperial court, the head of the Department of Wenxuan of the Ministry of Officials!

Jiang Yanshu took out Zheng Qi's gag, and said: "So the rumors in the capital are true, you really secretly communicated with Jiang Shilang!"

Zheng Qi shouted: "Jiang Yushi! Save me! Jiang Shilang is going to kill me!"

Jiang Yanshu quickly untied Zheng Qi's rope, at this moment, Jiang Yun also arrived, opened the door and walked in.

Jiang Yanshu saw that his eyes were fierce, and he knew something was wrong, and shouted: "Jiang Shilang, do you know what crime it is to imprison the imperial court officials privately?!"

Jiang Yun said: "Jiang Yushi made a mistake, this is just a little fun between Mr. Zheng and me."

Zheng Qi said angrily: "Fart! Jiang Yun, I will break up with you now. Jiang Yushi, I know who killed Prime Minister Mu, please save me! I will tell you everything!"

Jiang Yanshu's heart trembled, what happened to these people today, Jiang Yun said that he had a clue and tricked him into the mansion, Zheng Qi said that he knew who the murderer was, is this true or is it lying to him?

Jiang Yun said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense! Zheng Qi, don't ruin your future!"

作者有话要说:感谢在2020-05-2420:16:01~2020-05-2521:14:24期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angels of the irrigation nutrient solution: 10 bottles of six bridges for light boats, stepping on sand and grass; 9 bottles of caterpillars; 3 bottles of bustling moon reflections;

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