Yes, there's nothing you can do by waiting now anyway, so why not start checking yourself, maybe you can find something.
"What's your nephew's name?" he asked the subordinate.
"My nephew's surname is Cao, and his name is Cao Qing."
"You should go to the palace now and ask your nephew to come to my palace. I have something to ask him."
"But now it's his duty time, this..."
"You take my officer's token. If anyone wants to stop you, just say it was my intention."
Zhong Ming worked vigorously and resolutely, and he had never taken Shen Muchi seriously. At worst, he would give Shen Muchi some face in front of officials. For such a trivial matter, he didn't have to consider Shen Muchi's position at all.
Naturally, the subordinate did not dare to object, so he took the token and went to the palace.
**
On the other side, Jiang Bo went to the squad room to change his clothes after leaving court, and then he was going to lead patrols.
But when they were counting the people, they found that something seemed wrong today.
"Why is there one person missing?" he asked.
He just took a quick look and found the clue: "Where is Cao Qing?"
"They were called away," someone replied.
"Nonsense, how can you leave your post without permission during duty hours?" Jiang Bo said angrily.
The man replied: "My subordinates told him the same thing at the time, but the man who came to call him had Lord Zhong's token, saying that Lord Zhong had something to do with him."
"What did you say?"
Jiang Bo felt suffocated and suddenly had a bad premonition.
"It's Mr. Zhong."
The person who answered didn't notice anything wrong at all. Didn't Mr. Zhong do enough to overstep his authority?
What right do these little minions have to say? They just turn a blind eye.
However, Jiang Bo's expression was surprisingly different. After a moment of silence, he turned to Su Jingwen at the front of the team and said, "You lead a patrol first. I have something urgent and need to leave the palace."
"I?"
Su Jingwen pointed at himself with one finger.
He just comes here to hang out, when will he be able to take on such an important responsibility?
But before he could react, when he turned around, Jiang Bo had already walked away, and his anxious look was very different from his usual dead look.
"Where are you going? When will you come back?" Su Jingwen shouted at Jiang Bo's back.
But no one answered, which made Su Jingwen furious.
As soon as Jiang Bo left the palace gate, he rode quickly on his horse.
He did not dare to delay for a moment, and urged the white horse under him with a "drive" sound.
The horse's hooves were flying, speeding through the streets of Jinling City, and a strong wind blew up, picking up the ends of Jiang Bo's clothes and hair, and passing by the red flowers and green willows on the branches. It was a rare sight.
How had the unsmiling and upright King Wu'an ever been in such a panic?
**
"You said Jiang Bo often patrolled outside Chaoyun Palace during this period?"
In Zhong Mansion, Zhong Ming looked at Cao Qing in front of him and asked.
Cao Qing knelt in front of Zhong Ming, knelt his head on the ground, and replied tremblingly: "I don't dare to lie. It was not like this before. After the night of the third day of April, the prince preferred to stare at Chaoyun Palace. Even if he has something to do and doesn't come, he still has to instruct his subordinates to keep an eye on Chaoyun Palace's movements."
Cao Qing was a little scared. He was just a young guard working in the imperial city, but he was suddenly called to the chief minister's home for questioning. It would be strange if he wasn't nervous.
The status of this chief minister is greater than that of His Majesty, so he explained everything in detail, whether it was useful or useless, and reported everything to Zhong Ming.
Zhong Ming seemed to be more interested in the affairs of Chaoyun Palace.
At this time, Zhong Ming was sitting on the Taishi chair, lost in thought.
The third day of April... happened to be the day when Zhong Yingying almost went to bed. Zhong Yingying once wrote a letter saying that she was almost successful, but was disturbed by the "female ghost".
After that day, Jiang Bo paid more attention to the movements of Chaoyun Palace?
Jiang Bo wouldn't do this for no reason, so the only possibility is that he also discovered something that night?
Now that something has been discovered, why did he say in court this morning that he had no clues and would rather resign than reveal what happened that night?
Zhong Ming suddenly thought of Jiang Bo's sudden post about visiting Mrs. Mu.
Did Jiang Bo have anything to do with the Mu family?
It should be said, did he have any dealings with Mu Qingchao?
All clues point to one answer - all this must be related to Mu Qingchao.
Perhaps Jiang Bo was trying to protect her, so he resigned impatiently?
In fact, Zhong Ming had doubts about Mu Qingchao on the matter of "female ghosts", but he also felt that Mu Qingchao, a female figure with no power to restrain a chicken, had no ability to pretend to be a ghost.
Moreover, this "ghost" obviously calculated Zhong Yingying's guilty conscience, but he was responsible for Zhong Chuchu's death. How did Mu Qingchao know about Zhong Yingying's pain?
Therefore, he eliminated this guess.
But now that various evidences point to Chaoyun Palace, he can no longer ignore it.
In any case, there must be something wrong with this Mu Qing Dynasty.
When he thought of this, he couldn't sit still anymore.
Jiang Bo is the commander of the imperial army. Today, he will definitely not be able to hide it from Jiang Bo's eyes when he transfers people to the house for questioning. If Jiang Bo really wants to protect Mu Qingchao and inform her, he will not be able to catch her.
Without further ado…
"Hurry, prepare your horses, I'm going to the palace now..."
Zhong Ming stood up suddenly, ordered the concierge, and hurried outside.
**
Jiang Bo finally arrived at Zhong's house, but was stopped by the concierge.
"Let me in, I have something to see Mr. Zhong." Jiang Bo said.
But the porter said: "It's not a coincidence that the prince is here. Our master has entered the palace."
"Into the palace?" Jiang Bo's heart suddenly tightened: "When?"
"It's been about a quarter of an hour."
The tense heartstrings sank heavily. Unexpectedly, he hurriedly rushed, but in the end, he was still a step too slow.
Zhong Ming has long wanted to kill Mu Qingchao, but he has never found the opportunity. If he gets the chance this time...
Jiang Bo couldn't imagine what the consequences would be.
He didn't have time to think too much, got on his horse and drove towards the palace again.
It was a dusty journey, and it was already almost dusk when we returned to the palace. Jiang Bo went straight to Fulin Palace, but was stopped by Eunuch Lu before he entered.
"Master Zhong is inside. Your Majesty, you should wait a while before going in."
"Is Mr. Zhong already inside?" Jiang Bo's tone was indescribably anxious.
"Yes, he seems very anxious. There must be something important." Mr. Lu said impartially.
"Search the palace?" Just at this time, Shen Muchi's voice came from the palace.
"Yes, Your Majesty, please bring some people with you to search Chaoyun Palace."
"You're so good, what are you doing at Chaoyun Palace?" Shen Muchi asked.
Shen Muchi naturally wanted to protect Mu Qingchao, but Zhong Ming had always been strong. He was determined to do what he wanted to do, and even Shen Muchi couldn't stop him.
Just listen to Zhong Ming say: "I think this matter may have something to do with Chaoyun Palace. In any case, a search is not a big deal. What if we can really find something?"
Jiang Bo stood outside Fulin Hall, and naturally listened to these words. He was impatient, turned around and headed towards Chaoyun Hall.