Regent sucks cats daily
Chapter 37 I Will Never Drill Holes Again
Ever since the emperor left a thunderstorm in the hearts of the dudes in the capital, there were very few princes and grandsons in the flower streets and willow alleys of the capital. The big furniture hid at home to avoid the limelight, thinking that if the emperor changed his mind on them, maybe the emperor would revoke the decree .
At the early court today, a minister came to advise that the training of noble children in the camp still needs to be carefully considered.
The emperor asked them to draft a charter and discuss it later.
Several ministers left the early court and went straight to the Regent's Palace.
Xiao Jumao stayed in bed in the morning, and he still hasn't woken up. He pretended not to hear him when he was called to him, but turned around and closed his eyes. It was because he was fascinated by reading the story last night, and stayed up all night until the ugly hour. I just fell asleep, and now I really can't get up.
The books he read in the palace before were all about classics and history, or the way of governing the country. How could anyone dare to show him these books?No, I can't stop watching it.
I didn't expect that a person like Tan Shiguan would hide so many scripts.
"Yuan Bao, get up and eat." Tan Shiguan was afraid that he would starve to death, so he stretched out his arms and hugged him up.
Xiao Jumao's mind was so heavy that he didn't even want to move. When Tan Shiguan carried him to the dining room, he didn't notice it at all. He didn't move his nose and open his mouth until a spoonful of clear soup was handed to his mouth. .
At this time, Liu Wei came to report that there were several ministers outside the mansion asking to see him.
"Let them wait in the hall." Tan Shiguan said without raising his head.
Seeing the heavier orange cat in his lord's arms, Liu Wei sighed in his heart. The fatter the cat, the lazier it was. Up to now, he still closed his eyes and let the lord coax him to feed him.
The prince used to have strict discipline in the army and was strict in running the army. If one of his soldiers was as lazy as Yuan Bao, he would definitely be dealt with by the military law.
People are really inferior to cats!
After Tan Shiguan fed Xiao Jumao, he sent him back to the bed to continue to sleep, then came to the lobby, sat down and said: "A few adults are looking for this king for the training camp?"
"It turns out that the regent has already heard the news from the early court," Song Cheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, sighed, "In fact, the emperor's intention is very simple, just to urge the nobles' children to cultivate themselves strictly, but three years is really too long, and people's qualifications are also limited. Distinguish, if everyone has a three-year term, there may be some unfairness, if there is no regular assessment, those who have achieved first can be released from the training camp, and time will not be wasted."
Tan Shiguan twirled the cat fur on the cuffs, squeezed them into a ball, and hid them in the sleeves. He glanced at Song Cheng, "Sir Song, do you think training camp is a waste of time?"
Song Cheng's forehead broke out in cold sweat, thinking of Tan Shiguan's background in the army, he suddenly realized that he had made a mistake, and hurriedly made up for it: "Regent, this is not the intention of being an official, but although training in the camp can have the effect of strengthening the body, it is not human. Everyone can be successful in learning and arts, for example, some people are good at poetry and poetry, some people like to wield knives and guns, you can't generalize, and there are only a few dudes."
The others nodded in agreement.
"Master Song, if you have any thoughts, you may as well speak up."
Song Cheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and took out a booklet: "Regent, this is the charter drafted by the officials and several adults in the past few days. I haven't dared to submit it to the emperor today. I would like to ask the regent to read it first and have a look. Is there anything wrong with it?"
Tan Shiguan took it and put it on the table, "I will send someone back to the mansion after I watch it. I have important matters today, so I won't be with you anymore."
Song Cheng and others had no choice but to get up and say goodbye.
Tan Shiguan took the booklet and went to the study room, opened it and read it carefully, it stated in detail the detailed rules for the camp training of noble children, it seemed strict, but in fact it was too loose, it seems that the implementation of the emperor's idea is not small.
I don't know if His Majesty was impulsive or had this intention long ago.
While watching, he took a note and wrote down some highlights, and then wrote down some of his own opinions, and suddenly half a day had passed.
Langya next to him has been lying silently on the ground, but suddenly ran to the door jubilantly, stopped the nib of his pen for a while, and saw Yuan Bao arrogantly avoiding Langya, walking up to him, looking up at himself.
"Are you awake?" Tan Shiguan picked him up and put him on the desk, smoothing his hair.
Langya has never been treated like this by his master before, thinking that he was not pleased by his master and rejected by his friends, let alone how sad he was, so he left the study silently, planning to find a new playmate.
Xiao Jumao looked down at the detailed rules on the table, knowing that those ministers drafted the regulations, so he patted them with his little paws.
Tan Shi observed his thoughts, "Want to see Yuan Bao?"
Xiao Jumao tilted his round head, looking at Tan Shiguan with glazed eyes, since he knew it, he turned it quickly.
Tan Shiguan was very conscientious. After reading the regulations for His Majesty the Cat, he sighed, "Yuan Bao, how do you think I should advise His Majesty?"
Xiao Jumao's slender and plush tail flicked lightly on the table, you can say whatever you want, I won't blame you.
"They don't agree with His Majesty's decree, but it is not profitable. As long as you give them some sweetness, this obstacle will not be that big."
Xiao Jumao nodded inwardly, it makes sense.
Seeing him listening attentively, Tan Shi continued, "How about this, those who pass the camp training can be given appropriate favors, such as giving priority to official positions, or receiving state salaries, or giving them appropriate grades."
Well, it makes sense, let's continue.
Xiao Jumao squinted his eyes while thinking, while waiting for Tan Shiguan's next words.
The man stopped talking, instead he picked up Xiao Jumao and put him on his lap, "It's a pity that His Majesty doesn't trust me, and now I'm not allowed to participate in government affairs. He won't agree with what I say."
Xiao Jumao listened to his low voice, rubbed his face against his hand, and said in his heart: Letting you idle is just to let you relax, if you really want to go to court, I will definitely do it.
In the afternoon, Xiao Jumao took advantage of the time to sort out the regulations, then sneaked out and went back to the small cave. After a lot of effort and rubbed off some hairs, he got in.
Dodging the guards all the way, ran to the palace where the mother and concubine lived, and started fiddling with stones again, passing messages to secret cronies.
Before, he didn't know what the catastrophe that the concubine mother said would be like, but since he said it was a catastrophe, not a death catastrophe, he probably wouldn't be in danger of life, so he studied the code words with his cronies, thinking that maybe it would be When it was useful, I didn't expect it to be really useful.
After placing the stones, he carefully left the palace and ran back quietly, but suddenly heard a faint calling from a corner not far away.
His Majesty the Cat is not a nosy person, but the voice sounded really worrying, so he looked around, saw no one, and walked over quietly.
In the grass in the corner, I saw a snow-white kitten screaming in pain, water mist emerged from its blue eyes, and its body was stained with blood, lined with pure white fluff, like a plum falling on the snow, so cruel People startled.
Isn't this Xiao Zhining's kitten?How could he be so injured and left here?
Seeing Xiao Jumao with foggy eyes, the kitten seemed to wake up a bit, and wanted to stand up and approach him, but unfortunately, one of its legs was broken, and the pain made its eyes even more tearful, and it opened its small mouth and barked weakly. .
Xiao Jumao thought of Xiao Zhining's words that day, she just used Xueqiu as a tool to attract Tan Shiguan.This snowball is the princess's pet, so naturally no one in the palace would dare to treat it like this, who else could turn the snowball into this, except Xiao Zhining?
Xiao Zhining's temper was already extremely bad, but now that she has been banned for a month and the queen mother has also lost her power, she is definitely not angry, and it is very possible to take out her anger with a snowball.
In this way, Xueqiu had his own reasons for being murdered. In this case, he should take Xueqiu out of the palace.
Xueqiu is a little milk cat, Xiao Jumao held it gently with his mouth, and it immediately became quiet, as if he knew he was saved, and looked at Xiao Jumao all the way watery.
When he ran to the entrance of the cave, His Majesty the Cat sent the snowball out first, and then scrambled through it desperately, rubbing off some hairs.
As soon as he returned to the gate of the Prince Regent's Mansion, a pair of very familiar uppers appeared in front of him, and he looked up.
Why is Tan Shiguan standing here?
Tan Shi saw him in a mess, with a white kitten in his mouth, sighed inwardly, bent down and picked him up, along with the injured kitten.
"Liu Wei."
Liu Wei immediately came to Tan Shiguan, "What is your order?"
Tan Shiguan took the little milk cat from Xiao Jumao's mouth and handed it to Liu Wei, "Send it to Zhou Shuo and let him treat it properly."
Liu Wei immediately ran to Zhou Shuo's yard with the dying snowball in his hand, "Doctor Zhou, come out and treat the illness quickly."
With his hair loose, Zhou Shuo opened the door with a sluggish face, "What's the matter? Who's sick?"
Liu Wei handed the snowball in front of him, "Hurry up, it seems to be dying soon."
Zhou Shuo looked down, with a complicated expression, and took the kitten, "Go back and tell your lord, I am a doctor, not a veterinarian!" Then he closed the door with a stern face, "I will send it back when it is cured."
Liu Wei ate a mouthful of ashes, but he was secretly happy. Doctor Zhou is really a knife-mouthed bean curd.
Xiao Jumao was carried back by Tan Shiguan, took a shower, and then lay down on Tan Shiguan's lap to sleep. He was indeed tired after running so much today.
He slept until dinner time, and when His Majesty the Cat woke up, he felt refreshed.After being fed by Tan Shiguan and sent to bed, my heart started to itch again.Last night he fell asleep while watching, and secretly flipped through the book. Anyway, he can see at night without candlelight, so why not do the same tonight?
Unexpectedly, when Tan Shiguan was lying on the bed after taking a bath, he would suddenly hold him in his arms, His Majesty Mao had no chance to break free at all.He had just had a good night's sleep, but now he couldn't fall asleep at all, so he could only stare at Tan Shiguan's face in a daze.
When watching Tan Shiguan in the past, Tan Shiguan always bowed his head slightly to show the outline of the monarch and ministers, and Tan Shiguan has always been serious and indifferent, with the killing spirit on the battlefield, which always makes people frightened, so I haven't paid much attention to his appearance all this time, I only know that he looks good, other than that, I don't have any other impressions.
These days, he ate and slept with Tan Shiguan, and he was already extremely familiar with his breath, and he no longer felt afraid at all, but felt extremely at ease.
Looking at Tan Shiguan now, I just feel that this man is indeed a handsome man who is well-known in the capital. Although he is not as good as himself, he is still quite eye-catching.
After thinking about it, he gradually closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The next morning, as soon as His Majesty Mao finished his meal, Zhao Quan came over with the imperial decree. He knew what the imperial decree said, which was to let the regent return to the court and temporarily live in the Wende Hall.
After Tan Shiguan received the order, he sent Zhao Quan out of the house, turned around and saw the shiny Yuan Bao standing on the stone steps playing with his tail, very cute.
"Yuanbao, we will live in Wende Hall from now on."
Xiao Jumao glanced at him, of course, I let you live in Wende Hall not to avoid drilling holes.
Liu Wei packed several sets of clothes for his prince, sent them to the gate of the palace, and then returned to the palace.
As soon as Tan Shiguan arrived at the Wende Palace, Zhao Quan came to spread the word that the emperor had summoned him.
Tan Shiguan took out a book of stories, put it on the desk, and followed Zhao Quan to the imperial study.
Xiao Jumao saw that they were far away, so he jumped onto the desk and turned the pages with his paws. Although it was inconvenient, as long as he could read the script, he could bear this little trouble.
In the imperial study room, Shadow stood in front of Tan Shiguan, and listened to his presentation of the training camp's regulations. Finally, he nodded and said, "I will implement it in this way, but who will be the coach of the training camp?"
Tan Shiguan thought for a moment, and said: "My minister thinks that Chen Feng, Marquis of Weiyuan is more suitable. He has a long history in the army, outstanding military exploits, and the title of Marquis of Weiyuan can also hold down noble sons."
"Then let him."
As soon as the words fell, Zhao Quan's voice sounded outside the imperial study room: "Your Majesty, Mr. Jing Zhaoyin and Sun are asking to see you."
Seeing that the matter of the training camp was almost discussed, the Shadow Emperor said, "Show him in."
Sun Jicheng entered the imperial study in a hurry, and immediately knelt down to pay respects, "My Majesty, the Seventh Prince of Wufeng Kingdom is dead."
Tan Shi watched his brows twitch.
"How did you die?" The young emperor asked in a deep voice with no expression on his face.
Sun Jicheng was even more disturbed, and tremblingly said: "He was killed by someone. There was a knife at the scene of the crime that Marquis Weiyuan never left his hand. After his inspection, the Seventh Prince was indeed killed by that knife."
The Shadow Emperor was silent for a while, and couldn't help looking at Tan Shiguan.
Tan Shiguan asked: "Where is Chen Feng now?"
The sweat on Sun Jicheng's forehead fell to the ground, "When I heard about it, I immediately went to the palace to see His Majesty." How could he dare to tie Chen Feng directly?Of course, first come to His Majesty to make a decision.
"Your Majesty, this matter is related to the Seventh Prince of Wufeng Kingdom and Marquis Weiyuan Chen Feng. We must treat it with caution. Now we must find Marquis Weiyuan and ask the reason of the matter first."
"Okay, the regent is supervising this case, and Jing Zhaoyin will do his best to assist in finding out the truth earlier." The shadow emperor did not do the same thing. Fortunately, His Majesty sent a message yesterday, saying that you can ask the regent to make a decision if you have any doubts, otherwise he I really don't know what to do.
Tan Shiguan and Sun Jicheng left the Imperial Study Room and walked towards Wende Hall.
Sun Jicheng followed behind him, "Prince Regent, where are you going?" This doesn't seem to be the direction to leave the palace, does it?
Tan Shiguan turned around and said: "Master Sun, go outside the palace first and ask the government servants to look for Marquis Weiyuan, and I will be there soon."
With the double guarantee from the emperor and the regent, Sun Jicheng finally dared to send someone to arrest Chen Feng, so he didn't refuse anymore, and went out of the palace.
Tan Shiguan returned to the Hall of Wende, and saw Yuan Baowo resting his eyes on the desk with his eyes closed, the words beside him were obviously wrinkled, he was amused in his heart, but it didn't show on his face.
"Yuanbao, Wu Heng is dead, he was killed by Chen Feng's knife. The emperor ordered me to assist Jing Zhaoyin in investigating this case and leave the palace immediately."
Xiao Jumao immediately opened his eyes, jumped up and threw himself on him, I want to go too!
Tan Shiguan took him steadily and held him in his arms, "Forget it, I'll take you with me."
The crime took place in a private room of Zuixiangju. According to the staff in the shop, the Seventh Prince Wu Heng was killed while he was serving food, and there was no movement.When he saw it, Wu Heng had already been stabbed through the chest with a knife, lying on the edge of the table with a big pool of blood under his body, and the bloody knife was placed beside him.
He was very scared, so he immediately reported to the official.
When Tan Shiguan brought Xiao Jumao over, the Zuixiangju was surrounded by common people, the government servants maintained order, Xiao Jumao smelled a familiar scent before entering Zuixiangju.
Sang Rou is inside.
Sure enough, when he entered Zuixiangju, he saw Sang Rou with red eyes, and Sun Jicheng at the side wiped his sweat and apologized to her.
Tears slid down Sang Rou's snow-white cheeks, she wiped them off with a handkerchief, and said softly: "Master Sun, I came here to discuss peace with the emperor, but the emperor died here for nothing, do you want to give me black blood?" An explanation from Fengguo?"
The beauty is weeping, I feel pity.
Sun Jicheng was as big as an ox, and he knew he had to give an explanation, but now that the suspect is Marquis Weiyuan, how should he explain it?The servant who went to Weiyuanhou's mansion to invite Weiyuanhou hasn't come back, it must be because he hit a wall.
Just as he was thinking about how to reply, he saw Tan Shiguan walking in with his beloved pet in his arms. He hurried forward, "Prince Regent, would you like to go up and have a look first?"
He has sent people to guard the scene of the crime, and he is waiting for Tan Shiguan to come over.
Tan Shiguan nodded and walked towards the second floor, Sang Rou suddenly stood up and followed, "I'm going to have a look too."
Xiao Jumao: How dare she not see Wu Heng's body until now?
A few people came to the private room, and as soon as they entered the door, they saw Wu Heng lying on the ground with wide-eyed eyes, and the expression of disbelief was always frozen on his face.
Sang Rou only took one look, then turned her head away, as if she couldn't bear to look any more.
Xiao Jumao jumped out of Tan Shiguan's arms and wandered around the room.
Tan Shiguan asked Sun Jicheng: "Wu Heng is here today at Zuixiangju, can someone accompany me?"
"Man said he was alone."
"Are there no guards with you?"
"The store said they didn't bring it."
Xiao Jumao jumped onto the window sill, and had a panoramic view of the market downstairs, thinking: Wu Heng came here to eat and drink alone, without a single guard?
Sun Jicheng looked at Tan Shi and said, "Prince Regent, the window sill is dangerous, do you want to let your cat come down first?"
Xiao Jumao heard this, turned his head and glanced at him, Tan Shiguan felt helpless, and said to Sun Jicheng: "No, let's talk about the case first."
Xiao Jumao overlooked the market for a while by the window, then jumped down and ran to the other side of the window.This window was tightly closed. It stands to reason that this kind of weather should be cool and ventilated. Why should it be closed?
"Chen Feng hasn't brought it yet?"
Sun Jicheng's face was gloomy, "The lower official has already been invited, but he hasn't come back yet."
Xiao Jumao couldn't jump up because the window was closed, so he ran to Tan Shiguan's feet, stretched out his paw and patted him.
Tan Shiguan lowered his head to meet a pair of golden eyes, his heart suddenly softened, he couldn't help but leaned over and hugged him, walked to the window, and was about to reach out to open the window, when Sang Rou exclaimed: "What is this? "
Tan Shiguan turned around and saw her pointing at Wu Heng's clenched right hand with a surprised expression.
Sun Jicheng hurriedly squatted down to check, only to see a small piece of rag protruding from Wu Heng's fist. These people are really getting more and more unreliable in their work, and they didn't notice this?
He ordered someone to take out the rag, "Go and check the cloth."
The yamen servants of Jingzhao Yin's Mansion still had some experience in handling cases. Hearing this, he went to investigate the cloth immediately. Sun Jicheng was a little bit more determined. The more evidence there was, the easier it was for him to find out the case.
Xiao Jumao narrowed his cat pupils, gave Sang Rou a faint look, and then lightly bit Tan Shiguan's hand.
Tan Shi understood it, then turned around again and stretched out his hand to open the window. As soon as the window was opened, the private room was immediately ventilated, diluting the fragrance of Sang Rou.
Xiao Jumao lay on the windowsill and looked down.
Below is an alley, sparsely populated, filled with various sundries, and on the other side of the alley are some dilapidated low houses.
Separated by an alley, on one side is the gentle and rich town where the fragrance lingers, and on the other side is the impoverished square inch of land, which is really touching.
Unexpectedly, there are such poor families in the capital, but they are hidden in high-rise rich pavilions, and no one cares about them.
Feeling a little guilty in Xiao Jumao's heart, he withdrew his eyes and wandered around the edge of the window sill. Suddenly, his beard moved, and he couldn't help stretching out his forelimbs to lie on the edge of the window sill and sticking out his head.
Tan Shi guarded him, followed his gaze, and saw a small red spot on the wall under the window sill, suspected to be blood.
"Master Sun." Tan Shiguan turned his head, "Send someone to search carefully in this alley."
Without further ado, Sun Jicheng sent someone to go.
Sang Rou asked: "But what did you find?"
Tan Shiguan shook his head, "You have to carefully check around Zuixiangju."
At this moment, a yamen servant ran over panting, "My lord! My lord!"
Sun Jicheng grimaced, "This is the regent." There was no wink.
The Yacha immediately bowed and saluted, "I have seen the regent."
Tan Shiguan nodded, "What happened?"
"Regent, my lord, the younger one was ordered to invite Marquis Weiyuan, but when he went to Marquis Weiyuan's mansion, Marquis Weiyuan was sleeping soundly on the bed, and the younger one couldn't wake up, so he had to come back."
Tan Shiguan frowned, Chen Feng has been in the army for so many years, it's impossible that he doesn't have this bit of vigilance, he can't even wake up?It shouldn't be.
Sun Jicheng did the same thing, "Prince Regent, do you see this?"
"Send someone to guard here, Master Sun, you go to the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion together with me, Princess Sangrou was frightened today, if you don't go back to the embassy first, this case will definitely be explained to your country."
Wu Heng's death in Xiao Country was not a trivial matter, they needed to treat it with caution.
Sang Rou heard the words and had no choice but to leave Zuixiangju with them.
Tan Shiguan, Sun Jicheng and several yamen servants quickly came to the gate of the Marquis of Weiyuan.
The housekeeper of Marquis Weiyuan naturally recognized the two of them, immediately welcomed them in, and sighed: "Master Hou is resting in the bedroom, lord, my lord, please come with me."
He knew that Lord Hou had become a suspect, and that the Prince Regent and Sun Jicheng were here to investigate the case. Although he did not believe that Lord Hou would kill someone, he could not resist the investigation.
Walking to Chen Feng's bedroom, as soon as the door opened, a smoky smell of alcohol came to his nostrils, Xiao Jumao moved his little nose, and looked at Chen Feng who was lying on the bed as drunk as mud with distaste.
"What's going on here?" Tan Shi Guan asked the housekeeper.
It seems that the yamen servant only said that he was asleep, but he still gave Chen Feng face.
"Master Hou has been in a bad mood for the past few days, drinking heavily, and he couldn't stop it last night. When he returned to the mansion, several servants carried him into the room." The housekeeper replied.
Although this would hurt Lord Hou's face, it could also exonerate Lord Hou. After all, how could a person who was so drunk and unconscious go to kill someone?
"He has been sleeping in the bedroom all day?"
"Yes."
"Who can prove it?"
The butler was at a loss for words, how to prove this?
"Master Hou has never come out of the room."
Sun Jicheng has experience in handling cases, and he retorted immediately after hearing it: "You didn't see it, it doesn't mean you didn't come out."
The butler had a bitter face, "How can Hou Ye drink like this..."
Before he finished speaking, Tan Shiguan saw a dagger emerge from his waist, with a cold light, it jumped to Chen Feng's ear and stuck it on the bed.
Both the housekeeper and Sun Jicheng's hearts rose.
The next second, what shocked them even more was that Chen Feng, who had been unable to wake up, opened his eyes reflexively, and touched his waist.
But how can there be a knife in the waist?He woke up in an instant, looked at the few people standing in front of him, and asked doubtfully, "Why are you here?"
Sun Jicheng didn't dare to ask questions, so he had to ask Tan Shiguan.
"Marquis Weiyuan, Wu Heng, the seventh prince of Wufeng Kingdom, is dead." When he said these words, he kept observing Chen Feng's expression.
Chen Feng was taken aback when he heard the words, "How did he die?" He got up from the bed immediately, forgetting that his clothes were disheveled.
Xiao Jumao, smelling the alcohol smell all over his body, couldn't help but glance at Tan Shiguan, you are not too strict in governing the army, it is really ugly that the dignified general is drinking so much.
Tan Shi saw that a small piece of fabric was missing from the corner of his clothes, turned around and went out of the room and said, "Clean it up, come with us."
Chen Feng also felt that this matter was a bit serious, so he quickly fixed himself, intending to bring his own knife, but found that the knife was missing!
He called the housekeeper, "Where is my Hanshuang?"
The housekeeper shook his head, "Master Hou, when you returned home last night, you didn't have a knife with you."
Chen Feng never left his body with a knife. Unless he was really unconscious, others could easily take away Hanshuang. What's going on?
"Let's go." Tan Shiguan carried Xiao Jumao in his arms and strode away from the Hou Mansion, Sun Jicheng followed closely, Chen Feng also ignored his own knife, and strode up to follow.
Xiao Jumao had heard about Chen Feng from others, and had also seen Chen Feng's battle with Wu Zan last time, so he had a pretty good impression of Chen Feng, at least his patriotism was undeniable.Such a person wouldn't even dare to easily hurt Wu Zang in the arena, let alone kill Wu Heng?And look at his expression, it doesn't look like a fake.
The group returned to Zuixiangju, Sun Jicheng brought Chen Feng to the private room on the second floor, pointed at the knife on the ground, and before he could ask, Chen Feng said, "Why is my knife here?"
When his eyes shifted to Wu Heng, Chen Feng fell silent again. Now that he didn't know what Sun Jicheng and the regent wanted him for, he was really stupid.
"I don't know where Marquis Weiyuan went this morning? What did he do?" Tan Shiguan's calm eyes fell on Chen Feng's face, and Chen Feng couldn't tell what Tan Shiguan was thinking from his expression at all. , but because of this, it is even more uncertain.
Killing Wu Heng with a knife that never left his body, of course his own dislike is the greatest.
"I was drunk last night, and I have been sleeping since returning to the mansion. All the servants in the mansion can testify." He defended himself.
"Apart from the people in your house, who else can testify?"
Chen Feng frowned and said, "I drank at Zuixiangju last night, the store owner can testify."
Drinking in Zuixiangju, returning home drunk, and then the Seventh Prince died by his knife the next day, it sounds like a coincidence.
Sun Jicheng summoned the store owner and staff for questioning. The store owner and staff testified that Chen Feng was indeed drinking at their place last night, and was picked up by the mansion's servants after he got drunk.
"Did you bring a knife with you when you left?"
"It was very late at that time, and the villain was very sleepy, and the sky was dark, so I really didn't pay attention." The shopkeeper's words did not seem to be lying.
Chen Feng knew in his heart that he caused trouble by drinking, no matter whether the Seventh Prince Wu Heng committed suicide or not, he could not escape the responsibility.
"Put the seventh prince's body in place and go to Jingzhao Yin's Mansion." After all, this is a busy place, too many people crowding around is not conducive to the investigation of the case, so Tan Shiguan decided to leave Zuixiangju first.
If the murderer was really not Chen Feng, then the purpose of the person behind the plan had already been achieved, destroying the peace talks between Xiao Guo and Wu Feng Guo, and causing Xiao Guo to lose a general.
If things can't be found out, Xiao Guo will naturally give Wu Fengguo an explanation. As the biggest suspect, Chen Feng must not be forgiven lightly.
After returning to Jingzhao Yin's Mansion, Sun Jicheng's forehead was covered with sweat. He didn't know what to do, so he could only ask Tan Shiguan and Chen Feng: "Regent, Marquis of Weiyuan, do you have any insights?"
Tan Shiguan put Xiao Jumao on his lap, looked at Chen Feng, "Marquis Weiyuan, can you tell me why you got drunk last night?"
Chen Feng's face showed a tangled look, and he seemed to be having trouble opening his mouth.
Xiao Jumao squinted his cat eyes, and suddenly thought of the conversation between Lin You and Lin Jingshu that he heard when Lin Jingshu picked her up and brought her back to the Lin Mansion that day.
Lin Fu wanted to marry Weiyuan Hou to marry Qin and Jin. At that time, he only thought that this would probably not be possible. After all, Lin Fu's destruction was inevitable, and Lin Jingshu didn't like Chen Feng either, but he never thought about whether Chen Feng would be willing.
Chen Feng has a high status, he is alone, he has no family troubles, and there is no war now, so why did he come to Zuixiangju to drink for no reason?I'm afraid there is nothing else besides love hurt, right?
The Lin family collapsed and Lin Jingshu left the capital. Perhaps she would never be able to see her again in this life. If Chen Feng liked Lin Jingshu, it would be reasonable to be so sad.
Xiao Jumao cast a sideways glance at Chen Feng, he was tall and thick, unexpectedly quite sentimental.
"I was worried, I just used alcohol to drown my worries, but I didn't expect to get so drunk that I passed out." Chen Feng would never tell the real reason.
Sun Jicheng smiled and didn't know what to say.
Tan Shiguan looked away from his face, and looked at Sun Jicheng, "I still have a doubt, why Wu Heng didn't bring any guards to Zuixiangju to eat alone?"
Sun Jicheng wrinkled his face and thought carefully, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "The guy said that the Seventh Prince ordered him to serve two sets of bowls and chopsticks. Could it be that he has an appointment?"
There is indeed this possibility.
But who killed it?
Although the relationship between Tan Shiguan and Chen Feng was not harmonious, he also believed that with Chen Feng's character, he would definitely not do anything to kill the envoy, and he had already ruled out Chen Feng in his heart.
Xiao Jumao felt that this case might not be as simple as they imagined, but no matter how complicated it was, they had to investigate it clearly.
At this moment, the yamen servant sent by Sun Jicheng came back.
"Prince Regent, Marquis of Weiyuan, my lord, I found traces in the alley behind Zuixiangju."
Sun Jicheng got up quickly, "Go and have a look."
Before he had taken two steps, another yamen servant rushed over to report, "I have already found out about this fabric." He glanced carefully at Chen Feng, "It is indeed on Marquis Weiyuan's body."
Chen Feng was speechless, the other party really took him as a scapegoat.
Sun Jicheng said "uh" for a long time without saying a word, his small eyes fixed on Tan Shiguan, "Prince Regent, why don't we go to that alley first?"
"Wait." Chen Feng said suddenly, a series of things caught him off guard just now, but now that his mind is clear, he remembered one thing.
"Can I go and see Wu Heng's body again?"
Sun Jicheng looked at Tan Shiguan.
Tan Shiguan nodded, "Together."
Because the case had not been clarified yet, Wu Heng's body was deliberately placed in Jingzhao Yin's Mansion and guarded.
Chen Feng came to Wu Heng's side, and beside him was his Hanshuang, he knelt down to check Wu Heng's fatal wound.The shape of the wound is indeed caused by Hanshuang, there is no doubt about it, no one is more familiar with Hanshuang than him.But it was precisely because he was familiar with Hanshuang that he could see a clue.
"The knife belongs to me, but I'm not the one who uses it." Chen Feng said affirmatively, that's not how he kills people with a knife.
Sun Jicheng: "..." If you say no, who would believe it?
"Ready?" Tan Shi Guan asked him.
Chen Feng nodded. He was actually very grateful to Tan Shiguan for not using his power to imprison him, but instead brought him to investigate the case together.
"Then go look in the alley."
Soon, they came to the alley behind Zuixiangju, where there were already guards from the yamen, and no one else was allowed to walk around at will for the time being.
"My lord, Lord Hou, my lord, I found a footprint here." The yamen servant pointed to a piece of ground, there was indeed a shallow footprint on it, and the footprint was a little dry.
Sun Jicheng wondered, "Why are there footprints here?" Since it didn't rain, the ground couldn't possibly be wet. Where did the footprints come from?
Xiao Jumao was also confused.
Chen Feng explained: "There are very few people here, maybe someone is in a hurry to make it easier here, because it's not easy to do it because of the sun."
Sun Jicheng was amazed, it turned out that there was such a possibility.
Xiao Jumao looked at the footprints, the soles of the feet were wide and big.
He broke free from Tan Shiguan's arms, jumped to the ground, and walked slowly in the alley, feeling a little strange, but he couldn't tell the specifics.
Tan Shiguan came to him, looked up at the window sill on the second floor, and frowned.
Xiao Jumao was also blessed at this time, and wanted to speak out anxiously, but he couldn't speak, so he grabbed Tan Shiguan's clothes.Tan Shiguan picked him up, stroked his hair with a smile, and called Sun Jicheng.
"Have someone go to the second floor to see if he can see me from the window."
Sun Jicheng sent people to go, and not long after, the yamen servant came to report, saying that looking out from the window, this is a blind spot, and he couldn't see it.
"Sun Jicheng, send someone to the house in the alley to ask if anyone has seen the change."
If someone climbs through the window and kills Wu Heng, after the killing, he will climb down from the window when he sees no one, but the no one in his eyes is not necessarily the real no one.
Xiao Jumao nestled on Tan Shiguan's arm in satisfaction, the regent is worthy of being the pillar of the country, as smart as him.
Most of the residents here are civilians. Seeing so many officers and soldiers here, they hid in the house for a long time and dared not come out easily. When the officers and soldiers came to question them, they just shook their heads and said they didn't know.
The yamen servant inquired for a long time but failed, and was about to leave when he saw a person coming out of the thatched hut next to him. He thought it was the chicken coop of this family just now, but he didn't expect that there were still people living there.
The man was obviously taken aback when he saw the officers and soldiers, and ran back quickly.
The yamen servant grabbed him, "Why are you running? I'm asking you something!"
"Officer, just ask if you have anything, and the villain will tell you what he knows!" The man described it as a bit wretched, with a flattering expression on his face.
"Let me ask you, did you see someone climbing down from the second floor over there today?"
"Yes!" The man chuckled, "The little one was taken aback at the time, but he flew down and nothing happened. Officer, why are you asking this?"
"Since you have seen it, follow me. My lord has something to ask you."
The yamen servant brought him in front of Tan Shiguan and the others, and said, "My lord, my lord, my lord, this person is an eyewitness."
Hearing his address, the man was so scared that he wanted to pee his pants, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed in salute.
"Get up and talk." Tan Shiguan said, "Did you really see someone jumping from the second floor?"
"Yes, it is."
"What's it like?"
"The little man panicked for a while, he was so fast, he didn't see clearly, when he jumped down, the little man hid in fear of being discovered, he just thought he was tall and strong, he looked a bit fierce, and it was scary."
"Is there anything else special?" Tan Shiguan had a figure in his mind, but he couldn't be sure.
"Oh, he seems to be wearing a collar around his neck. I've never seen that kind of small collar, so I have some impression."
Chen Feng suddenly looked at Tan Shiguan, "I thought of someone."
Xiao Jumao: I thought of that too.
Tan Shiguan ordered someone to bring a pen and paper, put Xiao Jumao down from his arms, and began to sketch on the paper with a brush, a little bit, a shape
At the early court today, a minister came to advise that the training of noble children in the camp still needs to be carefully considered.
The emperor asked them to draft a charter and discuss it later.
Several ministers left the early court and went straight to the Regent's Palace.
Xiao Jumao stayed in bed in the morning, and he still hasn't woken up. He pretended not to hear him when he was called to him, but turned around and closed his eyes. It was because he was fascinated by reading the story last night, and stayed up all night until the ugly hour. I just fell asleep, and now I really can't get up.
The books he read in the palace before were all about classics and history, or the way of governing the country. How could anyone dare to show him these books?No, I can't stop watching it.
I didn't expect that a person like Tan Shiguan would hide so many scripts.
"Yuan Bao, get up and eat." Tan Shiguan was afraid that he would starve to death, so he stretched out his arms and hugged him up.
Xiao Jumao's mind was so heavy that he didn't even want to move. When Tan Shiguan carried him to the dining room, he didn't notice it at all. He didn't move his nose and open his mouth until a spoonful of clear soup was handed to his mouth. .
At this time, Liu Wei came to report that there were several ministers outside the mansion asking to see him.
"Let them wait in the hall." Tan Shiguan said without raising his head.
Seeing the heavier orange cat in his lord's arms, Liu Wei sighed in his heart. The fatter the cat, the lazier it was. Up to now, he still closed his eyes and let the lord coax him to feed him.
The prince used to have strict discipline in the army and was strict in running the army. If one of his soldiers was as lazy as Yuan Bao, he would definitely be dealt with by the military law.
People are really inferior to cats!
After Tan Shiguan fed Xiao Jumao, he sent him back to the bed to continue to sleep, then came to the lobby, sat down and said: "A few adults are looking for this king for the training camp?"
"It turns out that the regent has already heard the news from the early court," Song Cheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, sighed, "In fact, the emperor's intention is very simple, just to urge the nobles' children to cultivate themselves strictly, but three years is really too long, and people's qualifications are also limited. Distinguish, if everyone has a three-year term, there may be some unfairness, if there is no regular assessment, those who have achieved first can be released from the training camp, and time will not be wasted."
Tan Shiguan twirled the cat fur on the cuffs, squeezed them into a ball, and hid them in the sleeves. He glanced at Song Cheng, "Sir Song, do you think training camp is a waste of time?"
Song Cheng's forehead broke out in cold sweat, thinking of Tan Shiguan's background in the army, he suddenly realized that he had made a mistake, and hurriedly made up for it: "Regent, this is not the intention of being an official, but although training in the camp can have the effect of strengthening the body, it is not human. Everyone can be successful in learning and arts, for example, some people are good at poetry and poetry, some people like to wield knives and guns, you can't generalize, and there are only a few dudes."
The others nodded in agreement.
"Master Song, if you have any thoughts, you may as well speak up."
Song Cheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and took out a booklet: "Regent, this is the charter drafted by the officials and several adults in the past few days. I haven't dared to submit it to the emperor today. I would like to ask the regent to read it first and have a look. Is there anything wrong with it?"
Tan Shiguan took it and put it on the table, "I will send someone back to the mansion after I watch it. I have important matters today, so I won't be with you anymore."
Song Cheng and others had no choice but to get up and say goodbye.
Tan Shiguan took the booklet and went to the study room, opened it and read it carefully, it stated in detail the detailed rules for the camp training of noble children, it seemed strict, but in fact it was too loose, it seems that the implementation of the emperor's idea is not small.
I don't know if His Majesty was impulsive or had this intention long ago.
While watching, he took a note and wrote down some highlights, and then wrote down some of his own opinions, and suddenly half a day had passed.
Langya next to him has been lying silently on the ground, but suddenly ran to the door jubilantly, stopped the nib of his pen for a while, and saw Yuan Bao arrogantly avoiding Langya, walking up to him, looking up at himself.
"Are you awake?" Tan Shiguan picked him up and put him on the desk, smoothing his hair.
Langya has never been treated like this by his master before, thinking that he was not pleased by his master and rejected by his friends, let alone how sad he was, so he left the study silently, planning to find a new playmate.
Xiao Jumao looked down at the detailed rules on the table, knowing that those ministers drafted the regulations, so he patted them with his little paws.
Tan Shi observed his thoughts, "Want to see Yuan Bao?"
Xiao Jumao tilted his round head, looking at Tan Shiguan with glazed eyes, since he knew it, he turned it quickly.
Tan Shiguan was very conscientious. After reading the regulations for His Majesty the Cat, he sighed, "Yuan Bao, how do you think I should advise His Majesty?"
Xiao Jumao's slender and plush tail flicked lightly on the table, you can say whatever you want, I won't blame you.
"They don't agree with His Majesty's decree, but it is not profitable. As long as you give them some sweetness, this obstacle will not be that big."
Xiao Jumao nodded inwardly, it makes sense.
Seeing him listening attentively, Tan Shi continued, "How about this, those who pass the camp training can be given appropriate favors, such as giving priority to official positions, or receiving state salaries, or giving them appropriate grades."
Well, it makes sense, let's continue.
Xiao Jumao squinted his eyes while thinking, while waiting for Tan Shiguan's next words.
The man stopped talking, instead he picked up Xiao Jumao and put him on his lap, "It's a pity that His Majesty doesn't trust me, and now I'm not allowed to participate in government affairs. He won't agree with what I say."
Xiao Jumao listened to his low voice, rubbed his face against his hand, and said in his heart: Letting you idle is just to let you relax, if you really want to go to court, I will definitely do it.
In the afternoon, Xiao Jumao took advantage of the time to sort out the regulations, then sneaked out and went back to the small cave. After a lot of effort and rubbed off some hairs, he got in.
Dodging the guards all the way, ran to the palace where the mother and concubine lived, and started fiddling with stones again, passing messages to secret cronies.
Before, he didn't know what the catastrophe that the concubine mother said would be like, but since he said it was a catastrophe, not a death catastrophe, he probably wouldn't be in danger of life, so he studied the code words with his cronies, thinking that maybe it would be When it was useful, I didn't expect it to be really useful.
After placing the stones, he carefully left the palace and ran back quietly, but suddenly heard a faint calling from a corner not far away.
His Majesty the Cat is not a nosy person, but the voice sounded really worrying, so he looked around, saw no one, and walked over quietly.
In the grass in the corner, I saw a snow-white kitten screaming in pain, water mist emerged from its blue eyes, and its body was stained with blood, lined with pure white fluff, like a plum falling on the snow, so cruel People startled.
Isn't this Xiao Zhining's kitten?How could he be so injured and left here?
Seeing Xiao Jumao with foggy eyes, the kitten seemed to wake up a bit, and wanted to stand up and approach him, but unfortunately, one of its legs was broken, and the pain made its eyes even more tearful, and it opened its small mouth and barked weakly. .
Xiao Jumao thought of Xiao Zhining's words that day, she just used Xueqiu as a tool to attract Tan Shiguan.This snowball is the princess's pet, so naturally no one in the palace would dare to treat it like this, who else could turn the snowball into this, except Xiao Zhining?
Xiao Zhining's temper was already extremely bad, but now that she has been banned for a month and the queen mother has also lost her power, she is definitely not angry, and it is very possible to take out her anger with a snowball.
In this way, Xueqiu had his own reasons for being murdered. In this case, he should take Xueqiu out of the palace.
Xueqiu is a little milk cat, Xiao Jumao held it gently with his mouth, and it immediately became quiet, as if he knew he was saved, and looked at Xiao Jumao all the way watery.
When he ran to the entrance of the cave, His Majesty the Cat sent the snowball out first, and then scrambled through it desperately, rubbing off some hairs.
As soon as he returned to the gate of the Prince Regent's Mansion, a pair of very familiar uppers appeared in front of him, and he looked up.
Why is Tan Shiguan standing here?
Tan Shi saw him in a mess, with a white kitten in his mouth, sighed inwardly, bent down and picked him up, along with the injured kitten.
"Liu Wei."
Liu Wei immediately came to Tan Shiguan, "What is your order?"
Tan Shiguan took the little milk cat from Xiao Jumao's mouth and handed it to Liu Wei, "Send it to Zhou Shuo and let him treat it properly."
Liu Wei immediately ran to Zhou Shuo's yard with the dying snowball in his hand, "Doctor Zhou, come out and treat the illness quickly."
With his hair loose, Zhou Shuo opened the door with a sluggish face, "What's the matter? Who's sick?"
Liu Wei handed the snowball in front of him, "Hurry up, it seems to be dying soon."
Zhou Shuo looked down, with a complicated expression, and took the kitten, "Go back and tell your lord, I am a doctor, not a veterinarian!" Then he closed the door with a stern face, "I will send it back when it is cured."
Liu Wei ate a mouthful of ashes, but he was secretly happy. Doctor Zhou is really a knife-mouthed bean curd.
Xiao Jumao was carried back by Tan Shiguan, took a shower, and then lay down on Tan Shiguan's lap to sleep. He was indeed tired after running so much today.
He slept until dinner time, and when His Majesty the Cat woke up, he felt refreshed.After being fed by Tan Shiguan and sent to bed, my heart started to itch again.Last night he fell asleep while watching, and secretly flipped through the book. Anyway, he can see at night without candlelight, so why not do the same tonight?
Unexpectedly, when Tan Shiguan was lying on the bed after taking a bath, he would suddenly hold him in his arms, His Majesty Mao had no chance to break free at all.He had just had a good night's sleep, but now he couldn't fall asleep at all, so he could only stare at Tan Shiguan's face in a daze.
When watching Tan Shiguan in the past, Tan Shiguan always bowed his head slightly to show the outline of the monarch and ministers, and Tan Shiguan has always been serious and indifferent, with the killing spirit on the battlefield, which always makes people frightened, so I haven't paid much attention to his appearance all this time, I only know that he looks good, other than that, I don't have any other impressions.
These days, he ate and slept with Tan Shiguan, and he was already extremely familiar with his breath, and he no longer felt afraid at all, but felt extremely at ease.
Looking at Tan Shiguan now, I just feel that this man is indeed a handsome man who is well-known in the capital. Although he is not as good as himself, he is still quite eye-catching.
After thinking about it, he gradually closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The next morning, as soon as His Majesty Mao finished his meal, Zhao Quan came over with the imperial decree. He knew what the imperial decree said, which was to let the regent return to the court and temporarily live in the Wende Hall.
After Tan Shiguan received the order, he sent Zhao Quan out of the house, turned around and saw the shiny Yuan Bao standing on the stone steps playing with his tail, very cute.
"Yuanbao, we will live in Wende Hall from now on."
Xiao Jumao glanced at him, of course, I let you live in Wende Hall not to avoid drilling holes.
Liu Wei packed several sets of clothes for his prince, sent them to the gate of the palace, and then returned to the palace.
As soon as Tan Shiguan arrived at the Wende Palace, Zhao Quan came to spread the word that the emperor had summoned him.
Tan Shiguan took out a book of stories, put it on the desk, and followed Zhao Quan to the imperial study.
Xiao Jumao saw that they were far away, so he jumped onto the desk and turned the pages with his paws. Although it was inconvenient, as long as he could read the script, he could bear this little trouble.
In the imperial study room, Shadow stood in front of Tan Shiguan, and listened to his presentation of the training camp's regulations. Finally, he nodded and said, "I will implement it in this way, but who will be the coach of the training camp?"
Tan Shiguan thought for a moment, and said: "My minister thinks that Chen Feng, Marquis of Weiyuan is more suitable. He has a long history in the army, outstanding military exploits, and the title of Marquis of Weiyuan can also hold down noble sons."
"Then let him."
As soon as the words fell, Zhao Quan's voice sounded outside the imperial study room: "Your Majesty, Mr. Jing Zhaoyin and Sun are asking to see you."
Seeing that the matter of the training camp was almost discussed, the Shadow Emperor said, "Show him in."
Sun Jicheng entered the imperial study in a hurry, and immediately knelt down to pay respects, "My Majesty, the Seventh Prince of Wufeng Kingdom is dead."
Tan Shi watched his brows twitch.
"How did you die?" The young emperor asked in a deep voice with no expression on his face.
Sun Jicheng was even more disturbed, and tremblingly said: "He was killed by someone. There was a knife at the scene of the crime that Marquis Weiyuan never left his hand. After his inspection, the Seventh Prince was indeed killed by that knife."
The Shadow Emperor was silent for a while, and couldn't help looking at Tan Shiguan.
Tan Shiguan asked: "Where is Chen Feng now?"
The sweat on Sun Jicheng's forehead fell to the ground, "When I heard about it, I immediately went to the palace to see His Majesty." How could he dare to tie Chen Feng directly?Of course, first come to His Majesty to make a decision.
"Your Majesty, this matter is related to the Seventh Prince of Wufeng Kingdom and Marquis Weiyuan Chen Feng. We must treat it with caution. Now we must find Marquis Weiyuan and ask the reason of the matter first."
"Okay, the regent is supervising this case, and Jing Zhaoyin will do his best to assist in finding out the truth earlier." The shadow emperor did not do the same thing. Fortunately, His Majesty sent a message yesterday, saying that you can ask the regent to make a decision if you have any doubts, otherwise he I really don't know what to do.
Tan Shiguan and Sun Jicheng left the Imperial Study Room and walked towards Wende Hall.
Sun Jicheng followed behind him, "Prince Regent, where are you going?" This doesn't seem to be the direction to leave the palace, does it?
Tan Shiguan turned around and said: "Master Sun, go outside the palace first and ask the government servants to look for Marquis Weiyuan, and I will be there soon."
With the double guarantee from the emperor and the regent, Sun Jicheng finally dared to send someone to arrest Chen Feng, so he didn't refuse anymore, and went out of the palace.
Tan Shiguan returned to the Hall of Wende, and saw Yuan Baowo resting his eyes on the desk with his eyes closed, the words beside him were obviously wrinkled, he was amused in his heart, but it didn't show on his face.
"Yuanbao, Wu Heng is dead, he was killed by Chen Feng's knife. The emperor ordered me to assist Jing Zhaoyin in investigating this case and leave the palace immediately."
Xiao Jumao immediately opened his eyes, jumped up and threw himself on him, I want to go too!
Tan Shiguan took him steadily and held him in his arms, "Forget it, I'll take you with me."
The crime took place in a private room of Zuixiangju. According to the staff in the shop, the Seventh Prince Wu Heng was killed while he was serving food, and there was no movement.When he saw it, Wu Heng had already been stabbed through the chest with a knife, lying on the edge of the table with a big pool of blood under his body, and the bloody knife was placed beside him.
He was very scared, so he immediately reported to the official.
When Tan Shiguan brought Xiao Jumao over, the Zuixiangju was surrounded by common people, the government servants maintained order, Xiao Jumao smelled a familiar scent before entering Zuixiangju.
Sang Rou is inside.
Sure enough, when he entered Zuixiangju, he saw Sang Rou with red eyes, and Sun Jicheng at the side wiped his sweat and apologized to her.
Tears slid down Sang Rou's snow-white cheeks, she wiped them off with a handkerchief, and said softly: "Master Sun, I came here to discuss peace with the emperor, but the emperor died here for nothing, do you want to give me black blood?" An explanation from Fengguo?"
The beauty is weeping, I feel pity.
Sun Jicheng was as big as an ox, and he knew he had to give an explanation, but now that the suspect is Marquis Weiyuan, how should he explain it?The servant who went to Weiyuanhou's mansion to invite Weiyuanhou hasn't come back, it must be because he hit a wall.
Just as he was thinking about how to reply, he saw Tan Shiguan walking in with his beloved pet in his arms. He hurried forward, "Prince Regent, would you like to go up and have a look first?"
He has sent people to guard the scene of the crime, and he is waiting for Tan Shiguan to come over.
Tan Shiguan nodded and walked towards the second floor, Sang Rou suddenly stood up and followed, "I'm going to have a look too."
Xiao Jumao: How dare she not see Wu Heng's body until now?
A few people came to the private room, and as soon as they entered the door, they saw Wu Heng lying on the ground with wide-eyed eyes, and the expression of disbelief was always frozen on his face.
Sang Rou only took one look, then turned her head away, as if she couldn't bear to look any more.
Xiao Jumao jumped out of Tan Shiguan's arms and wandered around the room.
Tan Shiguan asked Sun Jicheng: "Wu Heng is here today at Zuixiangju, can someone accompany me?"
"Man said he was alone."
"Are there no guards with you?"
"The store said they didn't bring it."
Xiao Jumao jumped onto the window sill, and had a panoramic view of the market downstairs, thinking: Wu Heng came here to eat and drink alone, without a single guard?
Sun Jicheng looked at Tan Shi and said, "Prince Regent, the window sill is dangerous, do you want to let your cat come down first?"
Xiao Jumao heard this, turned his head and glanced at him, Tan Shiguan felt helpless, and said to Sun Jicheng: "No, let's talk about the case first."
Xiao Jumao overlooked the market for a while by the window, then jumped down and ran to the other side of the window.This window was tightly closed. It stands to reason that this kind of weather should be cool and ventilated. Why should it be closed?
"Chen Feng hasn't brought it yet?"
Sun Jicheng's face was gloomy, "The lower official has already been invited, but he hasn't come back yet."
Xiao Jumao couldn't jump up because the window was closed, so he ran to Tan Shiguan's feet, stretched out his paw and patted him.
Tan Shiguan lowered his head to meet a pair of golden eyes, his heart suddenly softened, he couldn't help but leaned over and hugged him, walked to the window, and was about to reach out to open the window, when Sang Rou exclaimed: "What is this? "
Tan Shiguan turned around and saw her pointing at Wu Heng's clenched right hand with a surprised expression.
Sun Jicheng hurriedly squatted down to check, only to see a small piece of rag protruding from Wu Heng's fist. These people are really getting more and more unreliable in their work, and they didn't notice this?
He ordered someone to take out the rag, "Go and check the cloth."
The yamen servants of Jingzhao Yin's Mansion still had some experience in handling cases. Hearing this, he went to investigate the cloth immediately. Sun Jicheng was a little bit more determined. The more evidence there was, the easier it was for him to find out the case.
Xiao Jumao narrowed his cat pupils, gave Sang Rou a faint look, and then lightly bit Tan Shiguan's hand.
Tan Shi understood it, then turned around again and stretched out his hand to open the window. As soon as the window was opened, the private room was immediately ventilated, diluting the fragrance of Sang Rou.
Xiao Jumao lay on the windowsill and looked down.
Below is an alley, sparsely populated, filled with various sundries, and on the other side of the alley are some dilapidated low houses.
Separated by an alley, on one side is the gentle and rich town where the fragrance lingers, and on the other side is the impoverished square inch of land, which is really touching.
Unexpectedly, there are such poor families in the capital, but they are hidden in high-rise rich pavilions, and no one cares about them.
Feeling a little guilty in Xiao Jumao's heart, he withdrew his eyes and wandered around the edge of the window sill. Suddenly, his beard moved, and he couldn't help stretching out his forelimbs to lie on the edge of the window sill and sticking out his head.
Tan Shi guarded him, followed his gaze, and saw a small red spot on the wall under the window sill, suspected to be blood.
"Master Sun." Tan Shiguan turned his head, "Send someone to search carefully in this alley."
Without further ado, Sun Jicheng sent someone to go.
Sang Rou asked: "But what did you find?"
Tan Shiguan shook his head, "You have to carefully check around Zuixiangju."
At this moment, a yamen servant ran over panting, "My lord! My lord!"
Sun Jicheng grimaced, "This is the regent." There was no wink.
The Yacha immediately bowed and saluted, "I have seen the regent."
Tan Shiguan nodded, "What happened?"
"Regent, my lord, the younger one was ordered to invite Marquis Weiyuan, but when he went to Marquis Weiyuan's mansion, Marquis Weiyuan was sleeping soundly on the bed, and the younger one couldn't wake up, so he had to come back."
Tan Shiguan frowned, Chen Feng has been in the army for so many years, it's impossible that he doesn't have this bit of vigilance, he can't even wake up?It shouldn't be.
Sun Jicheng did the same thing, "Prince Regent, do you see this?"
"Send someone to guard here, Master Sun, you go to the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion together with me, Princess Sangrou was frightened today, if you don't go back to the embassy first, this case will definitely be explained to your country."
Wu Heng's death in Xiao Country was not a trivial matter, they needed to treat it with caution.
Sang Rou heard the words and had no choice but to leave Zuixiangju with them.
Tan Shiguan, Sun Jicheng and several yamen servants quickly came to the gate of the Marquis of Weiyuan.
The housekeeper of Marquis Weiyuan naturally recognized the two of them, immediately welcomed them in, and sighed: "Master Hou is resting in the bedroom, lord, my lord, please come with me."
He knew that Lord Hou had become a suspect, and that the Prince Regent and Sun Jicheng were here to investigate the case. Although he did not believe that Lord Hou would kill someone, he could not resist the investigation.
Walking to Chen Feng's bedroom, as soon as the door opened, a smoky smell of alcohol came to his nostrils, Xiao Jumao moved his little nose, and looked at Chen Feng who was lying on the bed as drunk as mud with distaste.
"What's going on here?" Tan Shi Guan asked the housekeeper.
It seems that the yamen servant only said that he was asleep, but he still gave Chen Feng face.
"Master Hou has been in a bad mood for the past few days, drinking heavily, and he couldn't stop it last night. When he returned to the mansion, several servants carried him into the room." The housekeeper replied.
Although this would hurt Lord Hou's face, it could also exonerate Lord Hou. After all, how could a person who was so drunk and unconscious go to kill someone?
"He has been sleeping in the bedroom all day?"
"Yes."
"Who can prove it?"
The butler was at a loss for words, how to prove this?
"Master Hou has never come out of the room."
Sun Jicheng has experience in handling cases, and he retorted immediately after hearing it: "You didn't see it, it doesn't mean you didn't come out."
The butler had a bitter face, "How can Hou Ye drink like this..."
Before he finished speaking, Tan Shiguan saw a dagger emerge from his waist, with a cold light, it jumped to Chen Feng's ear and stuck it on the bed.
Both the housekeeper and Sun Jicheng's hearts rose.
The next second, what shocked them even more was that Chen Feng, who had been unable to wake up, opened his eyes reflexively, and touched his waist.
But how can there be a knife in the waist?He woke up in an instant, looked at the few people standing in front of him, and asked doubtfully, "Why are you here?"
Sun Jicheng didn't dare to ask questions, so he had to ask Tan Shiguan.
"Marquis Weiyuan, Wu Heng, the seventh prince of Wufeng Kingdom, is dead." When he said these words, he kept observing Chen Feng's expression.
Chen Feng was taken aback when he heard the words, "How did he die?" He got up from the bed immediately, forgetting that his clothes were disheveled.
Xiao Jumao, smelling the alcohol smell all over his body, couldn't help but glance at Tan Shiguan, you are not too strict in governing the army, it is really ugly that the dignified general is drinking so much.
Tan Shi saw that a small piece of fabric was missing from the corner of his clothes, turned around and went out of the room and said, "Clean it up, come with us."
Chen Feng also felt that this matter was a bit serious, so he quickly fixed himself, intending to bring his own knife, but found that the knife was missing!
He called the housekeeper, "Where is my Hanshuang?"
The housekeeper shook his head, "Master Hou, when you returned home last night, you didn't have a knife with you."
Chen Feng never left his body with a knife. Unless he was really unconscious, others could easily take away Hanshuang. What's going on?
"Let's go." Tan Shiguan carried Xiao Jumao in his arms and strode away from the Hou Mansion, Sun Jicheng followed closely, Chen Feng also ignored his own knife, and strode up to follow.
Xiao Jumao had heard about Chen Feng from others, and had also seen Chen Feng's battle with Wu Zan last time, so he had a pretty good impression of Chen Feng, at least his patriotism was undeniable.Such a person wouldn't even dare to easily hurt Wu Zang in the arena, let alone kill Wu Heng?And look at his expression, it doesn't look like a fake.
The group returned to Zuixiangju, Sun Jicheng brought Chen Feng to the private room on the second floor, pointed at the knife on the ground, and before he could ask, Chen Feng said, "Why is my knife here?"
When his eyes shifted to Wu Heng, Chen Feng fell silent again. Now that he didn't know what Sun Jicheng and the regent wanted him for, he was really stupid.
"I don't know where Marquis Weiyuan went this morning? What did he do?" Tan Shiguan's calm eyes fell on Chen Feng's face, and Chen Feng couldn't tell what Tan Shiguan was thinking from his expression at all. , but because of this, it is even more uncertain.
Killing Wu Heng with a knife that never left his body, of course his own dislike is the greatest.
"I was drunk last night, and I have been sleeping since returning to the mansion. All the servants in the mansion can testify." He defended himself.
"Apart from the people in your house, who else can testify?"
Chen Feng frowned and said, "I drank at Zuixiangju last night, the store owner can testify."
Drinking in Zuixiangju, returning home drunk, and then the Seventh Prince died by his knife the next day, it sounds like a coincidence.
Sun Jicheng summoned the store owner and staff for questioning. The store owner and staff testified that Chen Feng was indeed drinking at their place last night, and was picked up by the mansion's servants after he got drunk.
"Did you bring a knife with you when you left?"
"It was very late at that time, and the villain was very sleepy, and the sky was dark, so I really didn't pay attention." The shopkeeper's words did not seem to be lying.
Chen Feng knew in his heart that he caused trouble by drinking, no matter whether the Seventh Prince Wu Heng committed suicide or not, he could not escape the responsibility.
"Put the seventh prince's body in place and go to Jingzhao Yin's Mansion." After all, this is a busy place, too many people crowding around is not conducive to the investigation of the case, so Tan Shiguan decided to leave Zuixiangju first.
If the murderer was really not Chen Feng, then the purpose of the person behind the plan had already been achieved, destroying the peace talks between Xiao Guo and Wu Feng Guo, and causing Xiao Guo to lose a general.
If things can't be found out, Xiao Guo will naturally give Wu Fengguo an explanation. As the biggest suspect, Chen Feng must not be forgiven lightly.
After returning to Jingzhao Yin's Mansion, Sun Jicheng's forehead was covered with sweat. He didn't know what to do, so he could only ask Tan Shiguan and Chen Feng: "Regent, Marquis of Weiyuan, do you have any insights?"
Tan Shiguan put Xiao Jumao on his lap, looked at Chen Feng, "Marquis Weiyuan, can you tell me why you got drunk last night?"
Chen Feng's face showed a tangled look, and he seemed to be having trouble opening his mouth.
Xiao Jumao squinted his cat eyes, and suddenly thought of the conversation between Lin You and Lin Jingshu that he heard when Lin Jingshu picked her up and brought her back to the Lin Mansion that day.
Lin Fu wanted to marry Weiyuan Hou to marry Qin and Jin. At that time, he only thought that this would probably not be possible. After all, Lin Fu's destruction was inevitable, and Lin Jingshu didn't like Chen Feng either, but he never thought about whether Chen Feng would be willing.
Chen Feng has a high status, he is alone, he has no family troubles, and there is no war now, so why did he come to Zuixiangju to drink for no reason?I'm afraid there is nothing else besides love hurt, right?
The Lin family collapsed and Lin Jingshu left the capital. Perhaps she would never be able to see her again in this life. If Chen Feng liked Lin Jingshu, it would be reasonable to be so sad.
Xiao Jumao cast a sideways glance at Chen Feng, he was tall and thick, unexpectedly quite sentimental.
"I was worried, I just used alcohol to drown my worries, but I didn't expect to get so drunk that I passed out." Chen Feng would never tell the real reason.
Sun Jicheng smiled and didn't know what to say.
Tan Shiguan looked away from his face, and looked at Sun Jicheng, "I still have a doubt, why Wu Heng didn't bring any guards to Zuixiangju to eat alone?"
Sun Jicheng wrinkled his face and thought carefully, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "The guy said that the Seventh Prince ordered him to serve two sets of bowls and chopsticks. Could it be that he has an appointment?"
There is indeed this possibility.
But who killed it?
Although the relationship between Tan Shiguan and Chen Feng was not harmonious, he also believed that with Chen Feng's character, he would definitely not do anything to kill the envoy, and he had already ruled out Chen Feng in his heart.
Xiao Jumao felt that this case might not be as simple as they imagined, but no matter how complicated it was, they had to investigate it clearly.
At this moment, the yamen servant sent by Sun Jicheng came back.
"Prince Regent, Marquis of Weiyuan, my lord, I found traces in the alley behind Zuixiangju."
Sun Jicheng got up quickly, "Go and have a look."
Before he had taken two steps, another yamen servant rushed over to report, "I have already found out about this fabric." He glanced carefully at Chen Feng, "It is indeed on Marquis Weiyuan's body."
Chen Feng was speechless, the other party really took him as a scapegoat.
Sun Jicheng said "uh" for a long time without saying a word, his small eyes fixed on Tan Shiguan, "Prince Regent, why don't we go to that alley first?"
"Wait." Chen Feng said suddenly, a series of things caught him off guard just now, but now that his mind is clear, he remembered one thing.
"Can I go and see Wu Heng's body again?"
Sun Jicheng looked at Tan Shiguan.
Tan Shiguan nodded, "Together."
Because the case had not been clarified yet, Wu Heng's body was deliberately placed in Jingzhao Yin's Mansion and guarded.
Chen Feng came to Wu Heng's side, and beside him was his Hanshuang, he knelt down to check Wu Heng's fatal wound.The shape of the wound is indeed caused by Hanshuang, there is no doubt about it, no one is more familiar with Hanshuang than him.But it was precisely because he was familiar with Hanshuang that he could see a clue.
"The knife belongs to me, but I'm not the one who uses it." Chen Feng said affirmatively, that's not how he kills people with a knife.
Sun Jicheng: "..." If you say no, who would believe it?
"Ready?" Tan Shi Guan asked him.
Chen Feng nodded. He was actually very grateful to Tan Shiguan for not using his power to imprison him, but instead brought him to investigate the case together.
"Then go look in the alley."
Soon, they came to the alley behind Zuixiangju, where there were already guards from the yamen, and no one else was allowed to walk around at will for the time being.
"My lord, Lord Hou, my lord, I found a footprint here." The yamen servant pointed to a piece of ground, there was indeed a shallow footprint on it, and the footprint was a little dry.
Sun Jicheng wondered, "Why are there footprints here?" Since it didn't rain, the ground couldn't possibly be wet. Where did the footprints come from?
Xiao Jumao was also confused.
Chen Feng explained: "There are very few people here, maybe someone is in a hurry to make it easier here, because it's not easy to do it because of the sun."
Sun Jicheng was amazed, it turned out that there was such a possibility.
Xiao Jumao looked at the footprints, the soles of the feet were wide and big.
He broke free from Tan Shiguan's arms, jumped to the ground, and walked slowly in the alley, feeling a little strange, but he couldn't tell the specifics.
Tan Shiguan came to him, looked up at the window sill on the second floor, and frowned.
Xiao Jumao was also blessed at this time, and wanted to speak out anxiously, but he couldn't speak, so he grabbed Tan Shiguan's clothes.Tan Shiguan picked him up, stroked his hair with a smile, and called Sun Jicheng.
"Have someone go to the second floor to see if he can see me from the window."
Sun Jicheng sent people to go, and not long after, the yamen servant came to report, saying that looking out from the window, this is a blind spot, and he couldn't see it.
"Sun Jicheng, send someone to the house in the alley to ask if anyone has seen the change."
If someone climbs through the window and kills Wu Heng, after the killing, he will climb down from the window when he sees no one, but the no one in his eyes is not necessarily the real no one.
Xiao Jumao nestled on Tan Shiguan's arm in satisfaction, the regent is worthy of being the pillar of the country, as smart as him.
Most of the residents here are civilians. Seeing so many officers and soldiers here, they hid in the house for a long time and dared not come out easily. When the officers and soldiers came to question them, they just shook their heads and said they didn't know.
The yamen servant inquired for a long time but failed, and was about to leave when he saw a person coming out of the thatched hut next to him. He thought it was the chicken coop of this family just now, but he didn't expect that there were still people living there.
The man was obviously taken aback when he saw the officers and soldiers, and ran back quickly.
The yamen servant grabbed him, "Why are you running? I'm asking you something!"
"Officer, just ask if you have anything, and the villain will tell you what he knows!" The man described it as a bit wretched, with a flattering expression on his face.
"Let me ask you, did you see someone climbing down from the second floor over there today?"
"Yes!" The man chuckled, "The little one was taken aback at the time, but he flew down and nothing happened. Officer, why are you asking this?"
"Since you have seen it, follow me. My lord has something to ask you."
The yamen servant brought him in front of Tan Shiguan and the others, and said, "My lord, my lord, my lord, this person is an eyewitness."
Hearing his address, the man was so scared that he wanted to pee his pants, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed in salute.
"Get up and talk." Tan Shiguan said, "Did you really see someone jumping from the second floor?"
"Yes, it is."
"What's it like?"
"The little man panicked for a while, he was so fast, he didn't see clearly, when he jumped down, the little man hid in fear of being discovered, he just thought he was tall and strong, he looked a bit fierce, and it was scary."
"Is there anything else special?" Tan Shiguan had a figure in his mind, but he couldn't be sure.
"Oh, he seems to be wearing a collar around his neck. I've never seen that kind of small collar, so I have some impression."
Chen Feng suddenly looked at Tan Shiguan, "I thought of someone."
Xiao Jumao: I thought of that too.
Tan Shiguan ordered someone to bring a pen and paper, put Xiao Jumao down from his arms, and began to sketch on the paper with a brush, a little bit, a shape
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