Xiao Qizheng suddenly appeared, and the laughter and joy in the hall disappeared in an instant. Xiao Qizheng knelt on one knee and pressed his right hand on the sword at his waist: "I have something to report!"

"What's the matter?" Li Tianxiao looked majestic and asked, but he was vaguely worried that Chu Qing's affairs had been exposed? However, he had seen Chu Qing return intact before, thinking that it shouldn't be, otherwise,

I'm afraid Xiao Qizheng would detain the person as soon as possible.

"Report to the emperor, when a guard patrolled a grass outside the Cining Palace, he found... a female corpse." Xiao Qizheng had cold sweat dripped from his forehead. Tonight was the birthday party of the Queen Mother, but it was still at the Queen Mother's house.

A corpse was found outside the Cining Palace. The hall was next to the Cining Palace. No matter how you think about it, it made people feel that it was not a good sign.

"What?!" Empress Dowager Liu immediately slapped the handrail, her face looking very ugly.

A corpse was found not far from her palace. Doesn’t that mean that her Cining Palace is not safe anymore?

Li Tianxiao frowned: "But the assassin was caught?"

Xiao Qizheng: "Reporting to the emperor, no trace of the assassin was found. The person who died was an ordinary palace maid. The subordinates suspected that... it was not an assassin, but a simple murder."

Li Tianxiao looked at Empress Dowager Liu who was still talking with comfort: "My mother, I will deal with this matter."

Empress Dowager Liu: "Emperor, this matter must be investigated clearly! Check it now! Isn't Lord Zhen from the Ministry of Justice also here, so he can take people to investigate quickly!" Otherwise, she wouldn't have thought of sleeping well tonight.

Some people are so brave that they dare to commit crimes in the palace? They are bold and reckless!

"Mr. Zhen?" Li Tianxiao looked at the Minister of Justice, who wanted to be a turtle, and looked at him.

Lord Zhen can only leave the list: "It's the emperor, I will go and check it now. Please ask the emperor. The empress dowager to be relieved. I will definitely find the murderer!" Lord Zhen promised, and soon wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with Xiao Qizheng, the commander of the imperial guard.

After going out, he felt very upset. Why didn't something happen? But something happened at this time? If he couldn't find out, he guessed that he wouldn't want to walk out of the palace.

Soon, Lord Zhen returned, but his face became more and more serious. Behind him was a corpse covered with white cloth, and he did not dare to carry it to the hall, but just placed it at the door of the hall. Chu Qing heard that

When the murder occurred, my brows couldn't help but frown. The defense in the palace was very strict, and it was not easy to get into the palace. At the risk of losing my head, if I came to assassinate, why did I reveal my whereabouts so easily?

, This murderer is definitely not here to assassinate, so he can only be a person from the palace.

I'm afraid there will be some trouble tonight, but if I check it one by one, I'm afraid it's her replacement...

It was obvious that Li Tianxiao also thought of this layer, and his brows were frowning. When he saw Lord Zhen coming back, he immediately asked: "My Lord Zhen, what did you find out?"

Lord Zhen: "Report to the emperor, this... the subordinate of the coroner has already carefully looked at it and found that the palace maid had just died for less than an hour. This is the weapon to kill the dead." Lord Zhen said,

A blood-stained dagger was presented and placed on the tray, with blood stained on the tip of the knife.

Li Tianxiao looked down, because he couldn't see clearly because he was far away, but a dazzling ruby ​​on the hilt of the dagger was extremely eye-catching. Li Tianxiao's pupils suddenly shrank.

Not only Li Tianxiao, but also the person who knew this dagger, suddenly looked at someone - Yu Zhifeng.

This is Yu Zhifeng's dagger.

It was three years ago that Yu Zhifeng had been carrying the gift from the emperor, which was almost well-known.

Yu Zhifeng suddenly stood up when he saw the dagger and widened his eyes in disbelief: "Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! The dagger given to me by the emperor is obviously on me..." He stretched out quickly

He started to touch his body, but he touched it for a moment. He slapped his head suddenly. By the way, he changed his clothes. The dagger must be in the previous clothes. But he had just taken one step and his heart was stuttering.

After a while, he suddenly remembered that he had touched all his old clothes and found no dagger at all.

He was still wondering if he had forgotten something, but now he thought it was this dagger...

Yu Zhifeng frowned and thought of the palace maid, the palace maid who kept kowtowing him, felt cold all over, took a breath, and walked around everyone, walked outside the hall, and suddenly lifted the white cloth.

The exposed corpse was indeed the palace maid who kowtowed her forehead!

Yu Zhifeng took a step back suddenly, and secretly shouted in his heart: How could such a coincidence happen in this world?

He was hit by the palace maid with a wine splashed all over and threw a dagger, but the palace maid died under the dagger?

He was afraid he had been secretly attacked.

It’s just a matter of being upset and confused tonight and not paying attention. But how could he have thought that someone in the palace would try every means to set up this secret stake to harm him?

He lifted up his robe and knelt down: "Your Majesty, my subordinates have never killed this palace maid. I don't know her at all, so why did he kill her?"

The hall was silent for a moment, and Li Tianxiao looked at Lord Zhen: "You continue talking."

Lord Zhen wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "I want to summon one person to the palace."

"Travel!" Li Tianxiao's eyes were cold and he was anxious, but he could not favor Yu Zhifeng in front of so many civil and military officials.

Otherwise, he would probably be easily caught by the Liu family in the future. Not only would he be unable to get rid of the suspicion, but he would also be regarded as a foolish emperor.

Once a reputation is broken, it is even harder to convince the public.

Soon, a guard went to the hall, knelt beside Lord Zhen, his head against the jade ground, and said tremblingly: "I have seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty."

"You look up, can you recognize the person on your left?" Li Tianxiao pointed to Yu Zhifeng.

The guard glanced at him quickly and said, "Report to Your Majesty, my subordinates recognize him. Yes, it is Lord Yu Zhifengyu."

Li Tianxiao didn't know why Lord Zhen called the guard, so he asked a few symbolically and handed it over to Lord Zhen.

Lord Zhen wiped his forehead and his back was soaked: "I will ask you, do you know the deceased behind you?"

The guard knelt and turned around, looked at him, and said, "Recognize, recognize. The subordinates and she are fellow villagers."

"When was the last time you saw her?"

"In... half an hour ago."

"Where?"

"Report to the Lord, just be on the bluestone road outside Cining Palace." The guard's head lowered.

Lord Zhen said sternly: "Raise your head and look at me. Can she tell you what you are going to do? Why did you leave the palace?"

The guard's eyes were raised quickly, and his voice was trembling: "I said, because I am a fellow villager, my subordinates will take care of one or two. Half an hour ago, she... When she passed by her subordinates' position on duty

, a few words of conversation. He said that Xu Shangshu was drunk and missed the spring, but he finished drinking and wanted to go to the wine cellar to get it. As a result, his subordinates never saw her coming back. He thought she was lazy and had gone wherever she went to rest.

But who knew that later, a murder case occurred..."

Yu Zhifeng clenched his hands tightly, knowing that this was a witness.

Things were extremely unfavorable to him.

Sure enough, Lord Zhen continued to ask: "When will you see Lord Yu the last time?"

Guard: "...half an hour ago."

"Where?"

The guards hesitated.

Lord Zhen sternly said: "Say!"

The guard closed his eyes and said quickly: "Just, it's on the bluestone road outside the Cining Palace."

Lord Zhen said: "In addition, are there anyone else passing by at that time?"

Guard: "Yes, yes."

"Who is it?" Lord Zhen pressed step by step.

The guard's spirit was almost broken. He saw his fellow villager being killed with his own eyes. He was the last one to see: "Don't you, don't know me... However, he was wearing the service of the Imperial Guard, and his subordinates also saw Lord Yu and him.

We had a few more talks together. Later, the lord came back and entered the hall."

"What? That person is on duty in the hall?" Someone shouted in a low voice, obviously afraid that the one would be the murderer.

The guard waved his hand quickly: "No, no, that lord is not the murderer. An Nan went in after he came out."

"What happened at that time?"

A big cold sweat fell from the guard's forehead: "It's a bit far away, my subordinate... didn't hear it clearly."

Lord Zhen: "Speak out what you hear."

The guard recalled in a trembling voice and said in a low voice: "Yes...yes. My subordinates vaguely heard An Nan...No, it was the deceased who accidentally bumped into Lord Yu, but my subordinates didn't hear Lord Yu's voice.

, I only heard the deceased apologize... Later, my subordinates didn't hear the sound, thinking that the matter was over..."

This testimony was extremely unfavorable to Yu Zhifeng.

Yu Zhifeng was the last time he saw this palace maid and even had a dispute with him.

After Lord Zhen finished asking, he faced the hall: "Report to the emperor, I have finished asking."

Li Tianxiao's hand, which was placed on the dragon throne, slowly clenched: "Yu Qing's family, why do you have a dispute with the dead?"

Yu Zhifeng knew that this was the emperor's chance to defend himself: "Report to the emperor, the deceased accidentally bumped into me, so I let her go. Later, I was covered in wine, afraid that it would disturb everyone's interest, so I replied.

Yu Hospital of the Imperial Hospital sentenced him to change his clothes and then he dared to come back. During this period, people from the Imperial Hospital could testify."

Li Tianxiao nodded and looked at Lord Zhen: "But there is anything else to ask?"

Lord Zhen said: "I still have to go and verify it."

Li Tianxiao's head: "Go."

Yu Zhifeng and other Lord Zhen sent someone to the Imperial Hospital to pick up clothes. Suddenly, he thought of something and his face suddenly changed: I've suffered!

The blood on the clothes and the sachets!

His hand pressed on the ground couldn't help but tremble. Damn, they were really working every step, wishing he would die without a place to bury him.

This is not a way out for him.

Yu Zhufeng fell into a cold sweat on his forehead: "I have something to report."

Li Tianxiao said: "Say."

Yu Zhifeng: "The deceased bumped into Chen, because of panic, and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy. When Chen helped her get up, the blood on her forehead had touched Chen."

Li Tianxiao's face changed slightly: "..."
Chapter completed!