Bai Yu saw the filament-like red light spread to an inn, paused for a long time, and then spread towards the city gate.
"Does this mean the murderer stayed in the inn for one night and went out of town?"
He didn't rush to check the inn, and followed the red light out of the city on horseback.
"This is the direction leading to the Imperial City. Is the murderer hiding in the Imperial City? Or is he a person from the Imperial City?"
He followed the red light and kept walking.
Soon, we arrived at the gate of the imperial city.
Thin threads of red light spread into the imperial city.
Bai Yu followed him into the imperial city.
The red light passed through the streets and reached the area where the princes, nobles and dignitaries lived.
Bai Yu followed in.
The patrols here were very dense. Bai Yu was interrogated and showed the treasure seal of a man from Qifeng County, but he was not embarrassed at all.
He continued to follow the red light, and stopped completely when he saw that the red light finally spread into a vast mansion.
Bai Yu looked at the plaque above the door, which read the words "Jiang Mansion" in golden letters, with dragons and phoenixes dancing on iron and silver hooks, which showed the extraordinary owner of this mansion.
He thought of the imperial edict that granted him the title of male from Qifeng County. The handwriting on the edict was exactly the same as the handwriting of "Jiangfu". It was obviously given by the emperor himself.
This made him feel dizzy. The plaque on the door was written by the emperor, and the identity of the owner of the mansion was obvious. How could he check it?
"The murderer hid in the mansion, or is he a member of the mansion?"
Bai Yu pondered for a moment, preferring the latter.
Because when he saw the filament-like red light, he did not climb over the wall and enter the house, but entered the house through the gate in a grand manner, which meant that the murderer had a certain identity in the house and was not sneaky at all.
"Brother, who owns that magnificent mansion in front of you?"
Bai Yu stopped a young master who was passing by.
The young master looked at him strangely, "Of course this is the home of the Commander of the Jinyi Guards. I don't know where you slipped in from. If you are discovered by the patrol, you will have to suffer a flesh and blood meal. It's not too early."
Leave quickly."
"I'm just curious and want to take a look."
Bai Yu turned around and left on horseback.
The Jinyiwei is directly under the authority of His Majesty the Emperor. As the leader of the entire Jinyiwei, they are naturally important ministers around the emperor. They hold a high position of authority and are not under the Six Ministers.
Why is the murderer in the capital commander's home, and what is the relationship between the two?
Huang Cheng was killed, does it have anything to do with the capital commander?
Bai Yu couldn't figure out the first question for the moment.
The second question was that he felt that Huang Cheng's death had nothing to do with the commander-in-chief.
You must know that Huang Chengcheng is a lowly government official, while the commander of Jinyi Guards is an important official of the court who is under one person and among tens of thousands of people. It is almost impossible for them to have any intersection.
Another point is that Huang Cheng escorted the exiled prisoners for ten years. After returning, he made liver perfume in Bai Yu's workshop. He had no time to go out and offend anyone, let alone offend the dignified commander of the Imperial Guard.
After leaving the imperial city, Bai Yu returned to Qifeng County and went straight to the inn.
"Oh, sir, what brought you here? I wonder why you heard magpies chirping so early in the morning."
The shopkeeper, who was doing the accounting, saw Bai Yu and quickly smiled, nodded and bowed to welcome him out of the counter.
Nowadays, Bai Yu is a "man of the moment" in Qifeng County. With the two auras of Tianxiang Yulu's boss and the man of Qifeng County, almost everyone knows about him.
Bai Yu said, "Show me the list of guests who stayed last night."
The shopkeeper was startled for a moment, then quickly took out the list and said, "Fourteen people stayed here last night. Please take a look at it, Sir."
Bai Yu took the list and looked through it carefully, but found no one from the "Jiang Mansion". The murderer most likely used a pseudonym, so the list was of little value.
He asked the shopkeeper, "Is there anything unusual among the fourteen people who stayed last night?"
The shopkeeper half-bowed and looked at his face carefully, "I heard that someone died in Tianxiang Yulu. Could the murderer be the guest who stayed at the hotel last night? This small inn is just open for business. Unlike the small inn,
But it doesn’t matter, Sir.”
Bai Yu glanced at the shopkeeper, "Just answer whatever I ask. Don't ask questions you shouldn't know."
The shopkeeper claimed that it was, and after thinking for a while, he said, "The guests who stayed last night were not unusual at all, but there was one guest who impressed me deeply. The guest was a young man, dressed luxuriously, and his words and deeds were also elegant.
It doesn’t look like you’re staying in an inn.”
"Which one is him?"
Bai Yu showed the roster to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper pointed to a name and said, "This."
Bai Yu looked at the name "Lu Renjia". The murderer just used a pseudonym. He used it so casually, as if he didn't worry about being found out at all, and was extremely conceited.
"You come with me to the Yamen."
Hearing this, the shopkeeper almost peed with fright, his face turned pale, "Sir, this matter really has nothing to do with this small inn!"
Bai Yu said, "I didn't say it had anything to do with you. I just asked you to go to the Yamen and describe the guest's appearance in detail and let the painter draw it."
The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief.
Bai Yu took the shopkeeper to the Qifeng County Yamen, found the painter, and asked the shopkeeper to talk while the painter painted.
In about half an hour, the portrait was ready.
"Is it him?"
Bai Yu stared at the portrait.
Although the painter's skill was not very good and was only 60-70% similar, Bai Yu still recognized it. It was the young Jinyiwei Qianhu whom he had seen in Linfu County!
At that time, Bai Yu was envious of others. At such a young age, he was already a member of a thousand households in Jinyiwei. He was in the fifth rank and was promising at a young age.
Why did such a young leader want to kill an unknown government servant Huang Cheng?
Bai Yu couldn't figure it out, waved the painter and shopkeeper to leave, folded the portrait and put it away.
This portrait can only prove that the young Jinyiwei Qianhu stayed in the inn last night, but it does not prove that Huang Cheng was killed, because Bai Yu's detective eyes can see why the young Jinyiwei Qianhu appeared in the inn, but others can see
Missing.
"Why is he in the Commander-in-Chief's mansion, just a subordinate of the Commander-in-Chief, or perhaps a nephew?"
This question is very important.
If it's just a subordinate, it's okay. As long as the evidence is sufficient, the commander doesn't need to be too protective. There are many subordinates. If this doesn't work, just replace them.
But if it is a son or nephew, it is different. Even if the final evidence is conclusive, the commander will still protect his shortcomings. As the leader of the Imperial Guard and an important minister around the emperor, it would be too easy to protect his son or nephew who committed a minor murder.
If you pluck a piece of leg hair, it will be thicker than Bai Yu's thigh. How can Bai Yu fight with others?
"Huang Cheng, Huang Cheng, what have you done? Why would such a young and promising Qianhu Jinyiwei want to kill you?"
Bai Yu felt powerless. Despite his reputation in Qifeng County, in the eyes of the real big shots in the imperial city, he might not even be worth mentioning.