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The first guard who noticed the fire in Qiulu Garden was brought to the little emperor.

The little emperor asked him: "When did you find out that the water was leaking? How did you find out?"

The guard lowered his head and replied: "Before the changing of the guard, I smelled the burning smell, and then turned around and saw the fire in the palace..."

The light of the torch reflected the little emperor's piercing black eyes, and the surging emotions within flickered with the flames: "I'll ask you again, how did you find out?"

The guard was a little dazed, raised his head to defend himself and said: "The minister is telling the truth, Your Majesty!"

The little emperor stood up, pulled out the saber from his waist, and touched his neck: "I'll give you one last chance."

The guard knelt down in fright: "I really didn't lie!"

"Didn't you lie? The three people who died in the palace were all not where they should be. At least one of them was alive when the fire broke out, right? Didn't you even hear the voice for help? Or, when you were on duty, all of you Asleep?" The little emperor's face was tense, and he suddenly patted his shoulder with a knife, making him tremble, "Huh?!"

When the emperor was angry, all the people below knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Shut up for me!"

All of a sudden, there was no sound at all, and there was no one who vented his anger.

The little emperor looked at the mass of people kneeling down in darkness, and when he spoke again, his voice dropped again: "Who is responsible for leading this team to guard the Qiulu Garden? Kneel before me."

After he finished speaking, someone came out of the crowd and came to the little emperor to plead guilty.

The little emperor stared at his horse face: "Tell me, what is going on here?"

The horse-faced guard immediately wailed, saying that he did not hear the cry for help, but that he was negligent in discipline and so on.

"Dereliction of duty? You are indeed dereliction of duty." The little emperor dropped the knife in his hand and put it on Ma Lian's neck. It’s a safety hazard, you’re lucky, you realize that water can’t put out a fire, you don’t think about it, you delay the best chance of rescue, and you still have the face to beg for mercy?”

"The subject deserves death!" Ma Lian repeatedly yelled this sentence, as if he could no longer say anything else, or he couldn't find any evidence or reason to justify.

However, the little emperor heard this sentence so much that he was almost bored.

He handed the knife in his hand to Shen Yanchuan, turned around with his hands behind his back, and ended the question with one sentence: "Drag it down and beat it with a stick, and it's over if you kill it."

The horrified cry of the horse's face was quickly dragged into the distance, and disappeared together with the people.

The little emperor turned around, looked down at the trembling guards and palace people, and walked slowly around them step by step, saying as he walked, "The one lying in the Qiulu Garden is no different from a paralyzed person. Now, what can happen? As long as no one breaks in from outside, it's over..."

Speaking of this, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Hmph. Do you think I haven't escaped laziness? I can see clearly what you are thinking!" A faint smell of fishy smell suddenly came out of the crowd, and it was because someone was scared to pee. up.

The little emperor never cared about the affairs of the harem, so what he did in the front court was just a rumor to these people. In their impression, the little emperor was still the kind-hearted little emperor who was easy to fool, but today they Don't dare to think that way anymore, because someone has become a lesson for them - stick execution is to beat people from the back to the thighs, and beat them into a rotten blood gourd, which is much more terrifying than beheading.

The little emperor dropped his words, drove back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and issued five or six orders along the way, not only to find out the ins and outs of the matter, but also to block the news.

"We can't let Uzan know about this before the matter is clear, otherwise the good-natured people will weave tricks and stigmatize Taihong, which will affect the current harmonious situation between Taihong and Wuzan."

After the little emperor gave all the orders, he just stepped into the gate of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Two legs crossed the threshold, and he stood there motionless, feeling absurd in his heart, and said, "How could this be?"

Shen Yanchuan heard that the little emperor's breathing was congested and heavy, as if he was suppressing crying, and his brows were also frowned——Ganqing's composure along the way is for others to see, and the weight of the burden on the heart is every bit of it. No less.

His little tiger has grown up, he has prestige as a monarch, he is decisive in doing things, and he has a priority. What he can do now is to raise his hand and pat the emperor on the shoulder to give comfort and support.

However, as soon as he raised his hand, the little emperor sniffed and strode straight to the warm pavilion.

There is nothing to do at this time, all you can do is wait.

Waiting was boring, but Jue couldn't fall asleep anyway. The two sat on the Arhat bed, leaning on the small table to take a nap. When the sky was bright, someone finally brought a message into the hall: "Report! The cause of the burning of the river has been found. Already!"

The little emperor immediately leaned forward: "Say it quickly!"

The official who reported the incident replied: "The ointment floating in the water is stone fat water!"

The word Shizhi is inexplicably familiar, but the little emperor couldn't remember where he heard it, so he asked, "What is Shizhi?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, stone resin is the stone resin used to light lamps. It is difficult to extinguish with water. It burns extremely vigorously and burns brightly. Occasionally, it is used to light a long-burning lamp. Therefore, if you use stone resin water to extinguish the fire, it will become bigger and bigger." .”

"It's just for lighting the eternal lamp. There shouldn't be many stored in the harem. How can there be so much stone grease in the river?"

"This...is still under investigation." The person under the seat replied, "However, some ink materials also contain stone resin, and stone resin is also used in plastering cars, and there is also a part of stock in the Imperial Hospital, so The source of this stone resin is probably not very easy to find out."

Not only is it not easy to check.Hearing what he said, the little emperor secretly thought that something was wrong, the source of stone grease is so wide, a random palace servant may wash the pen and ink by the river, and there may be a little left, fearing that the real murderer will be mixed in, and even the salary will be fixed at that time. It's hard to say by accident.The little emperor waited anxiously in the palace, but the follow-up was as he expected, very unsatisfactory. A few days passed, and the progress of the investigation was always slow. Although the scope of suspects had narrowed, there were still a lot of suspects.

Before he could wait for the subordinates to thoroughly investigate, several urgent reports rushed into the palace——

One is that Wu Zan frequently harassed the frontier, and the reason was very ridiculous. He said that the high priest dreamed of the death of the goddess. He watched the sky at night and saw his fate star fall. However, the Taihong did not send a message to Wuzan. Obviously, the Taihong killed the goddess. , so Uzan must avenge the Goddess;

The other several are from the state capitals that are trying out the mutual market method. All of them are problems in the mutual market process. Either goods are lost or people are dead, and there are casualties on both sides. Both sides suspect each other and cannot catch the murderer. It's time to use the sword.

These two incidents happened so quickly and simultaneously that the little emperor had to think of the secret that Concubine Tong had told before she was alive-the younger brother of King Beishuo Khan had contacts with Lord Wuzan!

Everything made sense—why the assassins wanted to assassinate the Queen Mother, but ended up stabbing Concubine Tong by mistake; why Concubine Tong had just recovered from her injury, and Qiu Luyuan spontaneously ignited strangely, because they needed a reason to send troops!

The little emperor was so angry that he lifted the table and said, "Why do we need to investigate? The Wuzan people all ran into the palace and killed each other!"