The queen must start from the head

Chapter 139
In the kitchen of Zhou Shun's house.

Yue Yin lifted the lid of the rice jar, and there was still more than half of the jar of white rice left in it.

Looking at the water tank again, she reached out and touched the inner wall of the water tank. There was no sticky feel, which meant that the water in the tank was very fresh and the water tank had just been cleaned.

Then she saw a few used and unwashed dishes and chopsticks thrown on the stove. There was also a plate of moldy pork and stir-fried cabbage in the vegetable cabinet. It looked like it had been there for two days.

After a while, she walked out of the kitchen.

Seeing her coming out, Chen Shi immediately went up to meet her, "Miss Yue, how are you doing? Did you find anything?"

Yue Yin replied, "Looking at the situation in the kitchen, at least two or three days ago, Zhou Shun had not planned to die. So, now we can assume that something must have happened in the past two or three days, so he was allowed to choose Suicide. Of course, if he was forced to hang, that would be murder!"

After Chen Shi listened to it, he thought about it carefully. Is it just two or three days?

He immediately turned around and called out to a small official who was following him, telling him to go back to the warden to get Zhou Shun's entry and exit records and work notebook for this month.

Then he told Yue Yin some things he knew.

"I mentioned to Miss Yue earlier that Zhou Shun arrested three families in order to solve the case. The other two families were later released, but the family where the person died was very violent. Because the dead family That man also had a sister. His sister beat the Imperial City Bureau and sued Zhou Shun directly. Later, the case was transferred to us, which made it very difficult for us. After all, Zhou Shun was his own Man, how do I catch him?"

When Yue Yin heard this, he sneered and said, "Why, you are allowed to have your own officials to protect you in the yamen, but you can't let the people complain?"

Chen Shi had no choice but to smile wryly, "It's not that the officials are protecting each other. I also know this. The person who was arrested was a young man. After he was locked in the cell, he was not touched, but died suddenly in the cell." Sili also punished several jailers for this matter. But they couldn’t find out who the murderer was. At that time, everyone was busy with the case in Zhenbei Hou’s Mansion, so how could anyone bother to investigate this?”

He does not mean that.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Yue Yin's mind, and she immediately asked, "Zhou Shuneng came to arrest people, he must have the arrest papers in his hand! Do you know who is the person who gave him the approval papers?"

This question made Chen Shi look a little bit bitter. He hesitated for a while, but he still couldn't say the person's name.

"The only person with the power to approve the arrest document for Zhou Shun is the Director-General of the Imperial City Department."

A voice suddenly came from behind the two of them, and it was Chen Zhong who was wearing the robe of a warden.

Yue Yin asked in surprise, "Da Chen, are you here too?"

After hearing Yue Yin's address to the two of them, many of the wardens around couldn't help but want to laugh, but they covered their mouths and didn't dare to laugh. After all, these two are his superiors .

Seeing this, Chen Shi's expression drooped immediately, "Miss Yue, can we discuss it? Can we stop shouting like that in the future? Master Chen and I only have the same surname, but we are not of the same clan, so we have no relationship..."

I saw Yue Yin looked up at the sky, and suddenly sighed, "Some people just tend to forget their origins. They even forget who saved their life, and even care about trivial matters with their savior... ..."

"Yes, yes, Miss Yue, don't say it, you can call it whatever you want in the future!"

Chen Shi knew that he had said something wrong, so he quickly begged for mercy, which blocked Yue Yin's next words.

It seems that in the future, he won't want to show off his prestige in front of the other party and establish a tall and stalwart image.As long as the opponent shouts "Xiao Chen", he can be beaten back to his original shape in an instant.

Chen Zhong didn't care about Yue Yin's way of shouting. He was always sensitive and could detect the dangerous aura on Yue Yin's body.The latter treats people casually, but it's not really casual, it's just that they don't pose a threat to her.

Even at certain times, he would still feel the bloodthirsty aura occasionally exuded from Yue Yin, just like those murderous thieves and criminals he once hunted down.I don’t know how someone like Mu Sheng could recruit such a person into the sect.

However, he suppressed these thoughts well in his heart and never showed them to the outside world.

Now, he looked at Yue Yin with a smile, and whispered to him.

"I can tell you, Miss Yue, that the three arrest warrants obtained by Zhou Shun were all signed by the director. And the director was once single-handedly promoted by Prime Minister Bi. Recently, His Majesty deliberately let 'Jiubing' The Prime Minister who is at home has returned to the court, so some important people who are not happy to see this scene may create some troubles, trying to embarrass the old disciples of the Prime Minister. Therefore, Miss Yue, don't care about Zhou Shun's suicide. , so as not to fall into the trap set by the enemy. What you have to do now is to find out the thieves who were involved in the theft of the Hou Mansion. Of course, this is also a personal request from Chen Shi and I to Miss Yue, if you don’t want to participate , and you can withdraw at any time."

When Chen Zhong said this, he did not avoid Chen Shi.But his volume could only be heard by three people including himself.

After hearing what he said, Yue Yin couldn't help but fell into deep thought. No wonder Chen Shi had told him before that the theft of the Hou Mansion was deep and it turned out to be involved in the dispute between the court and the court.

This group of civil servants had not been very active when fighting the Song Dynasty and Qin Dynasty. Now after the peace armistice agreement was signed, they began to jump around in the court and compete for power.It’s so hard to find something to do, so idle!

With Yue Yin's straight-forward thinking, he is too lazy to think about the twists and turns that civil servants love to play.

And she likes to solve crimes just because it can be done with her own intuition and sense of smell, which is simple and exciting.She has no interest in fighting for power or partisanship.

"So, Zhou Shun committed suicide because he was forced to death by your own people?"

Yue Yin's words made Chen Zhong's face darken slightly, "I have already said that this is a trap set by the enemies of Mr. Director, waiting for us to get into it."

Chen Shi was beside him, listening silently, without saying a word.

There was a slight sarcasm on Yue Yin's face, she glanced at the two of them and said, "All right, I won't be meddling in the matter of your Imperial City Secretary. You can investigate the theft of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion by yourself." Bar."

After speaking, she was ready to leave.

At this time, Chen Shi suddenly called out to her, "Miss Yue, didn't you say that Boss Mu asked you to pay attention to the progress of the theft case in the Hou Mansion? This case has not been solved yet!"

Yue Yin turned around suddenly, staring at Chen Shi coldly, like the kind of predator that would pounce on and kill its prey at any time, "Are you threatening me just now?"

Chen Shi didn't expect that the other party would suddenly turn his back. He was immediately frightened by her gaze and trembled all over. He quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no, no, I didn't! I just said it casually. Don't take it seriously!" "

Only then did Yue Yin restrain his murderous aura, turned his head, and left here without looking back.

In the same place, Chen Zhong calmly looked at Chen Shi, who was sweating from shock, and said, "I told you a long time ago that this woman is extremely dangerous, so don't try to use her. Otherwise, if the other party turns against her, no one will be able to save her." you."

"Yes, I remembered it this time, and I won't do it again in the future."

In the absence of Yue Yin, Chen Shi was extremely respectful to Jing Chen Zhong, but the two were clearly officials of the same rank.However, Yue Yin, who had already left, could not see this scene.

(End of this chapter)