After retiring from work, Su Yizhao was about to go to Mingyuan to find the fifth prince. Unexpectedly, the carriage suddenly stopped midway and someone entered with a note.
"Change the route to Qin Tower!"
The signature below has only one word, Huai!
Su Yizhao thought for a while, the fifth prince was named Qin Sheng, and he was grateful. Could he be the fifth prince?
Ask the attendant to change the route and go straight to Qin Tower.
"This fifth prince, last time he went to Yueju, and this time he went to Qinlou. He also said that he doesn't often go to Fengyuezhi, huh!"
Su Yizhao felt contempt in his heart. Qin Tower was also a brothel. He didn’t expect that ancient people would still use homophonic pronunciation!
On the way, he asked the attendant to buy a bamboo hat. After Su Yizhao put on the bamboo hat, he entered the Qin Tower.
Fortunately, she had changed into official uniform before and went out, otherwise she wouldn't have been surrounded by people? As soon as Su Yizhao walked in, he was stopped by the madam.
"Ouch! Master, do you have a crush?"
The old bustard looked at Su Yizhao. He was wearing a bamboo hat and could only see a little bit of his chin.
But the clothes he wears suggest that he comes from a wealthy family, and the jade pendant hanging on his waist is made of mutton-fat jade!
"Mother Qin!" Suddenly a man in black clothes came over and took a look at Su Yizhao.
"Our master's guest."
Mother Qin immediately stopped her smile and waited aside.
Su Yizhao was taken to a room on the second floor. After entering, he found the fifth prince leaning against the window drinking tea.
"Your Highness, the Fifth Prince, is so laid-back and relaxed. Every time he invites me to meet, the place is quite unique."
When Su Yizhao saw the door closed, he snorted coldly and took off the hat.
The fifth prince smiled when he saw Su Yizhao, "When I saw two people wearing bamboo hats just now, I knew it was you."
Su Yizhao said angrily: "How dare you be so blatant as Your Highness? As an official of the imperial court, but you hang out in a brothel, do you think those officials will let me go?"
The fifth prince was about to joke with Su Yizhao, but suddenly he waved to Su Yizhao.
"come over!"
Su Yizhao was a little confused, but walked over anyway.
The fifth prince opened the window a little, pointed downwards and said, "Look at this person!"
Su Yizhao approached and found a rough-looking man. He only had time to glance at the saber in his hand before the man had already entered the building.
At this moment, the two of them were quite close to each other, and the fifth prince could smell the fragrance of styrax coming from her body.
Her profile was also close at hand, which made him a little distracted.
"Who is it?" Su Yizhao saw that someone had already come in, so he returned to the table and asked.
The fifth prince glanced at Su Yizhao appreciatively. He did not ask who it was first, but looked at the person carefully. Such a character was too calm.
"Deputy Envoy Zheng Shounian, Commander of the Imperial Guard!"
Su Yizhao was a little surprised, but still asked: "Your Highness asked me to see what he was doing? Do you want me to take him down? Even if he comes to visit the brothel, this matter will not be under the control of the lower officials."
Su Yizhao spoke carelessly, but he was very alert in his heart.
The fifth prince has already tracked down Zheng Shounian? Then why do he still need to tell her this?
"You should have checked the files of Dali Temple today, right? Have you carefully analyzed the old case of Luo Zheng three years ago?" The fifth prince asked rhetorically without answering.
Su Yizhao nodded, "I checked it and found some doubts."
"Oh? Then tell me!" The fifth prince nodded.
Su Yizhao raised his eyebrows, "Your Highness, you must know that this is the responsibility of Dali Temple, not your jurisdiction."
"What if I say I want to give you credit? I believe you also think that Luo Zheng's death was related to armaments, right? But the case was hastily closed that year. There were many doubts in it, but there was no evidence at that time."
Su Yizhao pondered for a moment and said, "What do you think, Your Highness?"
The fifth prince laughed, "You left the problem to me! But it doesn't hurt to tell you. Anyway, that's why I came today."
"The poisoning of Luo Zheng was definitely not caused by his concubine. Firstly, the woman was very timid and did not seem like someone who would do such a thing. Secondly, the oleander was still very bright when it was dug out.
, the time doesn’t match up.”
Su Yizhao naturally knew what the fifth prince said.
"But the most important thing is the last point. The concubine's mother said that the oleander she brought into the house for her daughter was sheer nonsense. The shopkeeper has long since disappeared after the incident."
"I sent someone to find the clerk in his old shop. He said that the shopkeeper had never sold oleander. They didn't have any in their shop. The shopkeeper before said that it was a harmful thing and never sold it."
Su Yizhao was surprised that the fifth prince had already found the shop clerk, "Does he have the whereabouts of the shopkeeper?"
"No! They said they went to the Yamen to make a confession, but early the next morning, they never saw the shopkeeper again. From then on, there was no trace of the shopkeeper."
Su Yizhao thought thoughtfully, "So, either he was silenced, or he took advantage and flew away?"
The fifth prince poured himself a bowl of tea, "It's indeed possible!"
"Where is the concubine's wife, Liu?" Su Yizhao felt that this was also an important person.
"It was just like the shopkeeper's. It evaporated overnight."
The fifth prince shook his head. Therefore, this case has never been able to be overturned because the witnesses were gone.
"There is no record in the file, but this makes it even more strange. You can send someone to the Luo family's wife again to find out. Maybe she missed something back then?"
Su Yizhao thought of this, maybe Mrs. Yang of the Luo family would have a clue.
The fifth prince sighed, "Ms. Yang was already suffering from heart disease. The death of Mr. Xu Shiluo was a huge blow to her. Her old disease relapsed and she survived for more than a month before she passed away."
Su Yizhao couldn't help but feel a little angry when he heard this. Yang didn't know much about this matter, so there was no need for those people to kill him.
"It's so cruel and cruel! This is to shut up all the people involved back then!"
As Su Yizhao said, he suddenly thought of something.
"The relevant people are either missing or dead. Yang knows very little, but he does not rule out the possibility of being killed. But if we go to the descendants of the Luo family, Yang might have learned something later and lost his life."
The fifth prince nodded, "The Yang family has lost its leader, and the younger generation in the family had no official position at that time, so Fu Ling returned to his ancestral home. I will send people to find the descendants of the Luo family as soon as possible. Maybe they know something."
"This case can be traced back to three years ago, when Luo Zheng impeached the Ministry of Industry. Some officials in the Ministry of Revenue formed a clique with the border customs for personal gain, and passed off inferior military equipment for personal gain. My father also recalled a batch of military personnel sent to the border customs.
The armament was just checked after I came back, and everything was as usual, not as he said."
The fifth prince had a serious look on his face, "The person I called your attention to just now is the accompanying officer who escorted me to the border back then."
"I know this. There is another person who is in charge of controlling Di Songlin."
The fifth prince nodded, "That's right! But when the army was recovered, Di Songlin's old illness relapsed, so he was delayed on the road and did not return to the capital. I suspect there is something fishy here. Zheng Shounian and Di Songlin should be