From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

"Let's go."

Ye Qingying said calmly: "The head of the inner court has spoken. No matter how much she pretends, it's useless. She will still be beaten."

Zhou Yuan said: "What rank is the head of the inner court equivalent to?"

Ye Qingying said: "Fourth rank, but with a third rank salary. The inner court is different from the Jinyiwei. Their responsibilities cover a wider range, and we are only responsible for handling special affairs for His Majesty."

"Rank is not important to us. In fact, we are just His Majesty's people. No one can compare to this."

Zhou Yuan nodded and said: "Then can your head meet His Majesty?"

"What are you talking about?"

Ye Qingying frowned and said: "The head of the inner court is the person His Majesty trusts the most. Not only meeting, but also dining together is a common thing."

After walking through several corridors, they finally entered the last attic.

Opening the door, a woman in a palace skirt walked slowly in the hall and bowed slightly to Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan clasped his fists in return and asked in confusion, "Master?"

The woman looked to be in her early thirties. Although she was wearing a palace skirt, she did not have a gentle temperament at all. Instead, her eyes were sharp and her face was cold, like a queen.

She had an inexplicable majesty. She only glanced at Zhou Yuan, and Zhou Yuan felt that he had been examined thoroughly.

"Zhou Yuan, courtesy name Ziyi, is from Zhoujia Village, Yunzhou. He is eighteen years old this year."

"He studied when he was young and passed the imperial examination. After his father's death, he fell into depravity and married into the Zhao family through an engagement."

"He has never slept with Zhao Jianjia, and they are just nominal husband and wife."

"After the Yunzhou poetry meeting, he went up the mountain to practice Taoism for three months and learned the Pure Yang Wuji Gong."

"After coming down the mountain, he used aromatherapy to harm the Xu family and helped the Jinyiwei solve the armor theft case."

"During the riot in Yunzhou, he saved Miss Qu and the Zhao family, and took the Xue family to suppress the rioters. After his meritorious service, he was promoted to the Jinyiwei of Lin'an. Wei Baihu. "

Speaking of this, she narrowed her eyes at Zhou Yuan and continued: "In addition to the poems, the most popular "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" on the market recently was also written by you, and you made a lot of money for it. "

Zhou Yuan clasped his fist helplessly and said: "I was thoroughly investigated by the Lord of the Department, but I don't even know how to address the Lord of the Department."

The royal sister smiled and said slowly: "I just want to show you the strength of my inner court department, and I have no intention of intimidating you."

"You can call me Lord Zhuang, or Lord Zhuang. As for my maiden name, it is not easy to reveal it. "

No intention of intimidation? You think I'm a three-year-old child!

Zhou Yuan waved his hand, and he didn't have the ability to argue with the other party. He just sighed: "Let's talk about business. Where is the file of the assassination case?"

"I admire decisive people."

Lord Zhuang took Zhou Yuan upstairs and came to a relatively narrow room.

When he opened the door, he saw that there were already five or six people sitting inside, men, women, and two old men.

"No need to introduce them one by one, just get straight to the point, take a look first."

Master Zhuang handed Zhou Yuan a file, and Zhou Yuan started reading it.

After about three quarters of an hour, Zhou Yuan let out a long sigh.

Everyone looked at him. After all, his character was a master of investigating cases and a master of reasoning. Everyone had been investigating hard but to no avail, so they naturally hoped that Zhou Yuan could be of use.

"The ship was first drilled with several large holes from underwater, and then the water ghosts swam in from the holes, killed a group of sailors, destroyed the oars and water wheels, cut off the mast, and lowered the sails, so that the ship completely lost power."

"So the people on the ship became fish on the board."

"Then small boats came from upstream and downstream, and archers used arrows to set fire to the wooden boats, burning a large number of people to death."

"Then they boarded the ship and started killing people in the chaos. It took only about half an hour to kill all 67 people on the ship."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan looked at the others and squinted his eyes and said, "Who wrote this file?"

An old man said, "I wrote it. I went to the wreckage of the ship and saw that it was basically like this. There should be no deviation."

Shoji The master also said: "We have carefully investigated the remains of the ship and found that the oars and long poles are broken. Generally speaking, that is the reasoning."

"But the difficulty is that even if we have deduced the entire process of the crime, we have not obtained any useful clues."

Zhou Yuan shook his head and said: "Because it is wrong, the reasoning is all wrong, how can we find clues."

Zhuang Sizhu was a little surprised and squinted his eyes and said: "It seems that you have found the difference."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "What difference? You have been in the water and have martial arts. You should know how difficult it is to travel underwater."

"What kind of master can dig a hole under the big ship? The big ship is suspended, and the water ghosts below cannot use the force. Even if there is a powerful internal force and a sharp ice blade, it is impossible to break the big ship..”

“Even if it was a round-the-clock battle, with the boat being dug back and forth, the people on the boat should have discovered it long ago.”

The old man thought for a moment, then glared and said, “But if they hadn’t dug a hole through the boat underwater, how did the killers get on board? It’s useless to surround them with small boats. The governor’s troops are from the Ningbo Navy, and they can directly overturn those small boats.”

“No traces of hooks were found around the big ship, so it’s impossible for the water ghosts to climb onto the ship directly.”

“Another point is that if the big ship is not stopped, it’s impossible to wipe out all the people on the ship, and there will inevitably be fish that slip through the net.”

“Also, if they didn’t get on board by digging a hole underwater, why did they cut off the oars at this moment?”

“Finally, after a detailed examination by the coroner, the sailors were the first to die on the ship. "

This person has a good reason. I think this is the result of the work of the Inner Court these days. What a bunch of losers.

Zhou Yuan said solemnly: "Your reasoning is not rigorous. It has not formed a complete logical chain and is not enough to be regarded as the facts of the case."

"Listen to me, first: No matter how powerful the water ghost is, it is impossible to pierce the big ship without a foothold underwater."

"Second: The small boat cannot surround the big ship, which means that the opponent's method is to paralyze the big ship first."

"Third: Since there is no fish that slips through the net, it means that the assassin is unexpected and it is impossible to go on the ship and kill directly."

"Under so many restrictions, what is the most likely case?"

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan paused, looked at the others, and said in a deep voice: "Obviously, there is an assassin's internal response on the ship!"

Everyone's face suddenly changed.

Zhou Yuan continued: "It is precisely because of the internal response that the murderer can determine the departure time and route of the big ship, as well as the location. ”

“At the same time, the insider can also provide the internal structure of the cabin, the staffing arrangement and the crew list.”

“Only in this way can the crew be wiped out.”

“Once this is confirmed, we will understand how the other party broke into the ship.”

Zhou Yuan knocked on the table and said in a deep voice: “It must be that the insider saw the signal on the shore, sneaked into the lower cabin, quietly killed all the sailors, and used the force from the inside to drill through the bottom of the ship to let the water ghosts in.”

“After the water ghosts came in, they destroyed the oars and the ship was completely paralyzed.”

“But there were many sailors, but they didn’t alarm other people on the ship, which means that there was more than one insider, and there might be several people.”

“Even the insider is hiding among the sailors.”

Everyone around was stunned. How could this person be so powerful? He is indeed a professional reasoner. He actually analyzed the case so accurately with this information.

Master Zhuang also hurriedly said: “Go on! Keep talking! ”

Zhou Yuan said: "The traitor killed all the sailors and paralyzed the big ship. Then the small boats surrounded it and set it on fire with arrows, forcing the people on the ship to have nowhere to escape."

"Then the assassin boarded the ship. Since he knew the deployment on the ship, he was able to kill smoothly and finally completed the assassination mission."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan immediately shouted: "The clue has come out!"

He looked at Master Zhuang and said: "Sixty-seven people on the ship, all dead?"

Master Zhuang nodded and said: "Of course, sixty-seven bodies, not one less."

"Then the question is!"

Zhou Yuan said: "There are not a few bodies, what about the traitor? There is more than one traitor, are they all dead?"

Master Zhuang is also a smart person. He immediately glared and said: "The traitor is definitely not dead, but there are sixty-seven bodies. This is to confuse the other party and deliberately make up the number of bodies!"

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "After all, the people on the ship are not eating dry food. No matter how clever the other party's strategy is, it is impossible that no one will die, right? "

"The dead just make up 67 bodies!"

Zhou Yuan stood up and said directly: "Inspect all the bodies immediately and find the body used to make up the number, that is, the assassin's body!"

"If we find the body, we can find the assassin's origin!"

The whole room was silent.

This person actually relied on these clues to complete such a terrible reasoning, which is really terrifying!