Chapter 24 Yichun Elegant Gathering Begins to Appear
A notice was posted on the street west of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and everyone gathered around and talked in low voices.
"I just said that Your Majesty is proficient in equestrian skills and is invincible. How could he fall off his horse?"
"I heard that the chaos at the imperial concubine's Qianqiu Banquet last night was also caused by him. No wonder, those nobles left the palace early. I didn't expect that there would be a Northern Territory expert in the palace!"
"I made your majesty unconscious. Those people from the north are so shameless!"
"That's right...who is he?"
"That's not all. I heard that many internal officials and maids in the palace suffered disasters. It's no wonder that the Metropolitan Procuratorate was so cruel this time and directly put these corpses on display for public display."
"Displaying the body in public? Where?"
"Isn't there a wilderness next to the Metropolitan Procuratorate? It's the place that was haunted before."
"Is it haunted? I wanted to see the excitement, but forget it and go home to pick up the kids."
Soon everyone dispersed, and a new wave of people came forward, talking about it.
Chu Shou's carriage stopped in front of the bulletin board. She lifted the curtain and squinted her eyes to look, slightly pursed her lips: "A detailed operation in the north? Is the Metropolitan Procuratorate really going to conclude the case so hastily?"
"Here, greetings from Yichunju. I just heard that you can go together to this elegant gathering. The famous ladies in Kyoto are eyeing this appointment of the imperial censor. Fortunately, you two have an old relationship, so don't let others get there first.
." Su Tiying thrust the greeting card into Chu Shou's hand with a serious tone.
Chu Shou lowered his eyes, looked at the delicate greeting card in his hand, and said softly: "He may not be willing to go."
"Isn't the atmosphere pretty good after falling into the water yesterday? If you like it, you have to pursue the victory!"
"Well, what you said makes sense!" Chu Shou nodded solemnly, his heart burning with recklessness. He stood up, opened the curtain and got out of the carriage. Looking at the black and cold plaque of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he stumbled back.
After a few steps, he held the carriage and patted it: "..."
"Go!" Su Tiying poked her head out, pulled Chu Shou's hand away, and said righteously: "Go quickly!"
Chu Shou looked embarrassed. He lowered his head and straightened his robes. The green clothes were still the same. He took a deep breath and walked towards the Metropolitan Procuratorate with heavy steps.
Before reaching the short steps to the door, the door of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was opened. Two secret guards at the front and back were carrying a wooden board. It was a tool specially used to carry corpses. The Metropolitan Procuratorate never shied away from this, and it was the same when examining criminals in the past.
Entering and exiting through the main entrance, but very few prisoners walked out of the Metropolitan Procuratorate alive. This is the difference between it and the Dali Temple of the Criminal Department. Unless it is a major case, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will not easily intervene.
Next to him was a man who carried a square wooden box on his shoulder and looked serious. These secret guards were well-trained and behaved neatly. They quickly passed by Chu Shou who was standing in front of the door.
The body was covered with white cloth, which fluttered slightly in the wind as it moved. A strip of green cloth that had been stained with blood and had become dull fell down with the wind, making it particularly conspicuous.
Chu Shou's eyes followed their figures. After passing by, she came to her senses and immediately turned around and said, "Wait!"
The three of them stopped, and the man who was walking in a hurry raised his eyes and took a closer look, and immediately bowed and said, "The young criminal official Zuo Ci has met Princess Ruchuan."
Chu Shou waved his hands, looked at the white cloth with worry in his eyes, turned his eyes and asked, "Who is this?"
Zuo Ci bowed again and respectfully replied: "This woman's surname is Zhao. Her body was found in the West Street warehouse last night. She died of poisonous poison. Before her death, she was hit hard in the abdomen. In addition to the arrow wound on the shoulder, there was also a cut on the neck.
There were injuries and multiple fractures and contusions, but...there were still a few unknown parts during the autopsy, so I wanted to explore the place where the incident occurred."
"Now that the cause of death and injuries have been determined, what else is strange?"
"Back to the Princess, this case was reported to the officials by nearby people and has been registered in the Ministry of Punishment. Although the Metropolitan Procuratorate is one step ahead, it is still our case in the Ministry of Punishment. Naturally, the truth must be revealed, otherwise it will be difficult for me to record it here."
Zuo Ci stroked his beard and smiled slightly.
"Yes, that's right. Mr. Xu dislikes unsolved cases the most. It seems that you helped me record the time I got into trouble when I was young."
"Don't you dare, I'm just doing what I'm told. I'll have to ask the princess for help in resolving the case in the future." Zuo Ci waved his hands away, smiled and glanced sideways at the body covered with white cloth, indicating something.
The identity of the dancer is unknown, and the body cannot speak, but the injuries everywhere on the body are evidence.
At the banquet last night, there was news of the assassination of the dancing girl. Everyone saw Chu Shou raising his bow and shooting. It happened that a female corpse with arrow wounds appeared outside the palace. Although her clothes had been changed, her earrings and neckwear were not like those commonly seen in Beijing.
There is no doubt that this person is the dancer who was assassinated last night.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate hurriedly recovered the body, and all signs were too suspicious...
Chu Shou raised his lips and smiled brightly, and asked: "What do you mean by this?"
Zuo Ci said sternly: "I won't beat around the bush with you. This is the dancing girl in the palace who wanted to assassinate the imperial concubine last night. The arrow wound was left by you, the princess."
After hearing this, Chu Shou laughed out loud, raised his eyebrows and said happily: "That's good. I am worried about not catching her with my own hands. Lord Zuo, you have to check it out."
Zuo Ci still smiled, raised his hand and bowed, "That's natural."
"Huh? Princess! Why are you here in person? Didn't you agree that we, the Lord, will go to the General's Mansion?" Master Luo Mingluo of the Metropolitan Procuratorate stepped out of the threshold, waved his sleeves and walked quickly in front of the two of them.
His eyes quickly glanced around and finally landed on Chu Shou, his eyes filled with anticipation.
Chu Shou immediately responded: "I happened to be passing by. I am going to Yichunju in the evening, but I don't have time to discuss it with you adults."
Luo Ming immediately put on a flattering smile and said, "Your presence makes everyone in our Metropolitan Procuratorate shine brighter!"
After saying that, he saw Zuo Ci's face turned dark. His former colleagues were extremely jealous when they met each other. He said coldly: "I asked you, old man Zuo, why haven't you left yet? This person has been given to you, and two people have been wasted in vain.
, what else do you want to do? Let’s go, let’s go!”
Zuo Ci ignored it and said with a straight face: "Farewell."
Then he flicked his sleeves and robe, picked up the box on his shoulder, turned around and left without looking back.
Luo Ming put his hands on his hips and laughed a few times, waved his hands, and loudly mocked Zuo Ci's back: "Go slowly and don't see me off!"
Then he nodded and bowed, stretched out his right hand and said: "Princess, please."
Chu Shou glanced at him with a smile, shook his head helplessly, crossed the threshold with his hands behind his hands, and entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
When I came back today, the Metropolitan Procuratorate was still very busy, and all the staff were in a hurry, and they seemed to be unwilling to pay attention to anything except their work matters.
The two of them walked along, talking at times.
"Princess, are you here to find my master?"
"Exactly."
Chu Shou didn't want to deny it, so he nodded in agreement.
"My lord has said that if you come, you will be well entertained. Last time, we were ignorant and will not delay you any more."
Chu Shou raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is this what your adults said?"
Luo Ming was stunned for a moment, then said with a confused look on his face: "Huh? I don't know what you are referring to..."
"Ignorant... Your master was so ignorant last time that he would rather avoid seeing me than the princess."
"You are too ignorant. Your Excellency, they have just finished dealing with Old Man Zuo and are discussing something in the main hall. They said they thought you would come and asked me to take you directly to the main hall."
Chu Shou responded, blinked, and continued to pass through several round doors, crossed a zigzag corridor on the lake, and then reached the main hall that Luo Ming mentioned.
"The next step is to make good arrangements. Instead of wasting time on unnecessary things, why not think about how we can coordinate the deployment of the Forbidden Army and the Metropolitan Procuratorate now?"
Luo Ming coughed twice on purpose, and all the people came out of the discussion and turned their heads. Just like that, while everyone was bowing, Chu Shou walked all the way to the top and sat down with Song Yanqing.
side of.
He saw that there was no disturbance when he came. He put his left hand on the table and tapped lightly with his well-jointed fingers.
However, he acted as if he knew it in advance, but again, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has sharp ears and eyes, so who wouldn't know what he was doing...
After sitting down, I discovered that besides Qin Wuhui, Shen Yiqian and Mu Huashu, there was also a man in purple robe standing with his hands behind his back and his eyes lowered.
Shen Yi harshly said to Song Yanqing: "The princess is here, but the princess and your lord have already made an agreement to discuss the deployment of the imperial army?"
Chu Shou raised his eyes, put his hand gently on the table beside him, and said: "Deployment? Hasn't Mr. Song already revealed the assassin to the public? Why do we need to deploy it cleverly?"
"The transfer situation between the Forbidden Army and the Metropolitan Procuratorate is different. Before the princess came back, some irreparable mistakes were made because the two families were not able to communicate with each other. If not, the princess came here because..."
Mu Huashu took a step forward and responded softly, her tone gentle but firm.
"My princess is here today for the detailed investigation of the northern border. I would like to ask more. What is the purpose of the procuratorate's hasty conviction?" Chu Shou replied with a smile, looking at Song Yanqing who was sitting at the side with a straight face.
, he remained calm, turning a small cup of tea in his hand, rubbing the wall of the cup with his fingertips, feeling the warmth of the tea.
After hearing Chu Shou's inquiry, Song Yanqing spoke, gently put down the teacup, turned his eyes, and said without a doubt: "That's what we found."
Not to be outdone, Chu Shou asked with a cold face: "Where is the evidence?"
Designating this centipede as the northern assassin is nothing more than an attempt to excuse the real behind-the-scenes instigator. No matter how angry everyone is, they will not go to the north to overthrow their regime. And once the behind-the-scenes instigator is exposed, he will definitely be responsible for the conspiracy.
He was charged with being a traitor, but his eagerness to act had already become a big deal. Why didn't Song Yanqing choose to follow the clues and continue the investigation?
Thinking of this, Chu Shou couldn't help but get angry. Every step of the Metropolitan Procuratorate did not go according to her imagination. This overly cheerful direction made her feel helpless and anxious.
"I would like to ask the princess not to stretch your hand too far. If Commander Wei of the Forbidden Army had not neglected his duty, this matter would not have caused such a big fuss." The man in purple showed a sinister look in his eyes, stared at Chu Shou, and said in a deep voice.
Chu Shou turned to look at him, interested, his eyes bright, and asked curiously: "Who are you?"
"This is Ye Fanfei from the Procuratorate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate." Ye Fanfei only nodded slightly and did not want to salute. He said his name and said hello with a cold face.
Chu Shou sneered, twisted his wrist, and asked with squinted eyes: "My lord is good at using the imperial army as an excuse. Didn't you come last night? I was the one who caught him. Asking for information about the assassin is too much. ?"
Ye Fanfei, however, dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out, and stubbornly lowered his eyes.
Qin Wuhui shook his fan, laughed loudly, and his eyes wandered around everyone like a fox, Yuan said: "My lord, forgive me, if you insist on finding out the person behind this, I'm afraid Ming Qi will be in civil strife."
Chu Shou snorted coldly, raised his eyebrows and said: "Mr. Qin is so generous that he has laid out the so-called Northern Territory's corpse in public and openly slapped the Northern Territory in the face, but has he ever thought about the safety of the people on the northern border?"
"His Majesty was ill, and the Northern Territory was eyeing him. What is the intention of the Metropolitan Procuratorate insisting on providing evidence for starting a war in the Northern Territory? Or is it that the Metropolitan Procuratorate is already able to take charge of the war on behalf of His Majesty?"
Ye Fanfei couldn't help but get up again, and said hurriedly: "The princess is in a high position, and it is easy to say and do anything. Naturally, she does not understand the difficulties of us ordinary people."
He said it so sincerely that Chu Shou almost thought he had exploited him before...
"Master Ye, have you eaten too much wine? Please be careful what you say." Shen Yi looked at his master harshly. Although he was speechless, his eyes were cold. Ye Fanfei's words were completely in the minefield of adults, and his lips The target of the quarrel was still the princess, so he looked at Ye Fanfei with a cold eye and looked at him with a stern face to be cautious about his words.
Unexpectedly, Ye Fanfei did not understand the warning in Shen Yi's harsh words, and still refused to give in: "Master Shen, you are really a noble man who forgets things..."
When Chu Shou heard this familiar beginning, he became curious. What was the old story he was talking about? When he was waiting to continue listening, he was intercepted by Shengsheng.
"Aye, don't Dui Si still have cases to handle?" Mu Huashu looked at him steadily, her eyes telling him not to say anything. Rather than making too many mistakes, it's better to leave here quickly while the face is still good. .
When Ye Fanfei heard that even Mu Huashu wanted to stop him, he frowned and complained: "Hua Shu... why do you have to be so tolerant?"
When Chu Shou heard this again, his eyes shone a little. The more he talked about it, the more curious he became. He immediately answered without blinking: "Be patient? Miss Mu, when did this princess do anything that you couldn't stand?" What happened? It’s so horrific that you have to ask this young gentleman to speak out for you?”
The words were meant to be joking, but they made Mu Huashu hold back tears and lowered her brows, as if she had been wronged by Potian. But everything Chu Shou said was the truth, how could she do it? There was a feeling of teasing a good woman in broad daylight. The angry look in Ye Fanfei's eyes made Chu Shou mistakenly think that he was about to fly up and hit her face crooked with an elbow...
"That's enough." Song Yanqing finally spoke, but without raising her eyes, she said in a deep voice: "Go down first."
Ye Fanfei still wanted to persuade him, so he frowned and called "Sir" softly, pretending to stop him.
Chu Shou looked at it and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. He really felt that she had done something stupid to this group of people one by one to make them suffer so hard...