Guo Zhi was surprised: "All the records of entering and exiting the palace? That is a big project. I dare to ask what aspect the Eleventh Master wants to check. I can narrow down the scope first."
Zu An hesitated for a moment: "I want to check the palace maid's entry and exit records."
Guo Zhi breathed a sigh of relief: "That's easy. The palace has four gates. The Suzaku Gate in the south is only opened when various major ceremonies and court meetings are held; the Yunlong Gate in the west is where civil and military officials enter the palace to work on weekdays.
The Wenhua Gate in the east is usually used by some officials of Jiuqing and the Hanlin who compile books. The palace maids and eunuchs can only go in and out of the palace through the Xuanwu Gate in the north, so they only need to check the entry and exit records of that gate.
That’s it.”
Zu An hesitated: "What if I went out through other doors?"
Guo Zhi shook his head: "Absolutely impossible. There are so many pairs of eyes staring at each palace gate. It is impossible for a palace maid to go out from those places."
Only then did Zu An feel relieved: "There is General Lao Guo."
"Master Eleven, you're welcome." Guo Zhi then took him to the Xuanwu Gate in the north.
Soon a general with thick eyebrows and golden armor came over after hearing the news: "I've seen General Guo, I've seen this... sir."
Guo Zhi introduced the two of them: "This is the Eleventh Master of the Gold Medal. He is ordered to investigate the case. You should try your best to cooperate. This is Sima Ouwu of the Xuanwu Sect. He is responsible for all matters of the Xuanwu Sect. If you have any questions, ask him directly."
Each palace gate has a Sima, who is responsible for commanding the guards at the palace gate and guarding the safety of the palace.
"I've met Mr. Eleven." Seeing that it was the gold medal messenger brought by Guo Zhi himself, Ou Wu didn't care.
"Hello, General Ou," Zu An cupped his hand, "I want to check the entry and exit of uterine women in recent days."
"No problem," Ou Wu nodded. "There are detailed records of the entrance and exit of the palace. You two adults, follow me."
Soon he led the two of them into a warehouse near the palace gate and ordered the people inside to bring out an account book-like book: "I wonder which maid's entry and exit records the Eleventh Master wants to check?"
Zu An said in a deep voice: "I'll come and see for myself. Mark all the records for me within half a month."
He didn't want others to know that he was checking Xinrui, and he deliberately moved the timeline forward.
"Okay!" Ou Wu was not surprised. He had seen many such things in the palace, and he knew that the less he knew, the better.
Soon a thick register was placed in front of him, and Zu An quickly started flipping through it. Ou Wu was waiting outside, and Guo Zhi also went out to chat.
Zu An looked through the dense records and found out that there were so many people coming in and out of the palace on weekdays?
This was because he was misled by the TV series in his previous life. In fact, there was a lot of communication inside and outside the palace. After all, many things in the palace had to be purchased outside the palace.
There are so many nobles in the palace, and each nobleman can command as many servants as he likes, which adds up to a large number.
Fortunately, after becoming a practitioner, Zu An's mental power was much stronger than in his previous life, and his reading speed was completely unmatched by his previous life.
Zu An searched for relevant records at a glance, and after about an hour he read them all. Unfortunately, there was no record of Xin Rui's leaving the palace.
Zu An went out. Guo Zhi had already left after waiting for so long, leaving only Ou Wu here.
"Can the Eleven gain anything?" Ou Wu asked.
Zu An shook his head and then asked: "Is it possible that someone pretended to be another identity and left the palace? Then there would be no record of her."
Ou Wu exclaimed: "Probably not. Once this is found out, it will be a capital crime. Who would take such a risk?"
"Is that possible?" Zu An asked.
Ou Wu hesitated and said: "If the other party can get the waist cards and warrants of other palace people, it is indeed possible, but it is very difficult..."
Zu An interrupted him directly: "I will ask my embroidered cloth messengers to cooperate with you in verifying the identity of everyone entering and exiting later."
He was worried that if he left it to the people at the palace gate to investigate, they would not be interested in actually finding out what they were doing, so he specially sent an embroidered messenger to supervise.
I have to say that it is really convenient to have someone under you.
Ou Wu's heart trembled: "Yes!"
Zu An returned to the embroidery building in a hurry and sent a team of embroidery envoys there. As a gold medal embroidery envoy, he already had this power, not to mention that he now has the emperor's mandate.
Then he called another team of people and ordered them to investigate wells, ponds, lake bottoms and other hidden places in the palace to see if any new bodies of the palace maids were found.
In fact, he was very suspicious that after participating in such a thing, Xin Rui was probably silenced.
But when you are alive, you want to see people, and when you die, you want to see corpses.
After making these arrangements, he rushed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs without stopping to investigate Xin Rui's detailed information.
Soon he found what he wanted. As expected, as Concubine Bai said, Xinrui's father died young, leaving only his mother and a younger brother in his hometown. Because Xinrui had been a maid in Baihua Palace in these years, life was gradually getting better and better.
After getting better, I used the saved monthly money and rewards to buy a house in the southern suburbs of the city, and moved my mother and younger brother from their hometown to live there.
It also has the detailed address of her home.
Zu An couldn't help but sigh, he didn't expect that the houses in the capital city of the other world were so expensive. Xinrui had a decent job at least, but he could only afford a house outside the sixth ring road.
He did not dare to delay, and immediately ordered a team of embroidered messengers to go out of the palace with him. He didn't know if it was too late to rush there now.
At the same time, in the East Palace, the Crown Princess had just finished discussing the upcoming Crown Prince Examination with some close ministers, when Rong Mo came quietly and whispered a few words in her ear.
"The Embroidered Clothes Messenger is investigating the palace maid?" The Crown Princess frowned suddenly.
Now that the prince is in trouble, she is almost in charge of the Eastern Palace, and naturally she has many informants in the palace.
Zu An's previous turbulent investigation was not hidden from anyone who was interested, and she soon got the news.
"Do you know what the reason is?" There was a hint of worry in the Crown Princess's eyebrows. At this time, she was checking on the palace maid, so don't come here because of her matters.
"It seems that they are investigating the entry and exit records of the palace maids. At the same time, there are many embroidered messengers rummaging around in the wells. Judging from their appearance, they are probably looking for corpses." Rong Mo gave his own guess, "
I don’t know why the maids in that palace were beaten to death by their masters, which alerted the emperor. If they were to find out, they would not be able to reap the rewards."
The prince's face was pale. How could the beating of an ordinary palace maid to death alarm so many embroidered messengers? It was obvious that they were here for him.
Why did these embroidered messengers know so quickly that there was something wrong with the palace maid?
"Where's Master Zu, ask him to come see me." The Crown Princess was so confused that she couldn't discuss this matter with anyone else. She instinctively thought of Zu An. That guy was able to escape even in that situation.
Presumably there should be a solution this time.
I don't know why, but when I think of him, my heart gradually becomes more stable.
Rong Mo snorted: "That guy was summoned by the emperor and didn't come back at all."
"Is he still in the imperial study?" The princess's face changed slightly. Could something have happened?
"I heard that he came out of the royal study a long time ago, but he didn't come back to pay his respects to the Crown Princess after he came out. He simply doesn't take her seriously." Rong Mo chirped, taking this opportunity to fuck the male vixen.
Eye drops, who asked him to compete with me for the Crown Princess's favor as soon as he arrived?
The Crown Princess breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that Zu An was okay. The personal maid's thoughts were not hidden from her, but she did not intend to reveal it. After all, it would not be good if others looked at Zu An too differently.
"By the way, which embroidered messenger is in charge of the investigation this time?" The princess took a cup of tea and sipped it, while thinking about whether she could use her connections to get in touch with the other party.
Although the embroidered messenger is a direct descendant of the emperor, he has maintained good relations with several adults there through many years of management in the East Palace.
"The person in charge this time is a gold medal envoy, who seems to be the Eleventh Master." Rong Mo replied.
"Master Eleven?" The water in the Crown Princess's tea cup almost sloshed out, and she looked a little confused and shy for a moment, "It's him..."
This chapter has been completed!