The following two days were uneventful. As the "joint investigation team" from the capital arrived in Shuzhou City, the assassination of the prince officially entered the investigation stage.
People sent by Dali Temple and the Xuanjing Division secretly visited Wei Changtian, but of course they did not inquire about the case, but asked him for his "views" on the case.
Perhaps even Ning Yongnian did not expect that Wei Changtian would control two of the three major judicial organs in Daning.
According to these two people, the palace's attitude towards the assassination case is that no matter what, the case must be concluded before the end of the year.
It's already November, and there are less than two months left until the Chinese New Year.
In other words, the joint investigation team must find a scapegoat within two months.
This scapegoat can be any force, so these two people came to seek Wei Changtian's opinion, obviously because they wanted him to "borrow a knife to kill someone."
Good guy, what an unexpected bonus.
Of course Wei Changtian would not refuse such a good thing, and his opinion was——
"That day I saw several assassins with black cloth strips embroidered with white dragons tied to their arms."
White Jiao, Xuantianhui.
The two people immediately understood what Wei Changtian meant, and immediately said that this case was most likely the work of the Xuantian Club.
After all, Xuantian Hui had never been at odds with the imperial court, so it was reasonable for him to want to murder a prince now.
Of course Wei Changtian didn't expect the imperial court to kill Xiao Feng in the process of annihilating Xuantian Hui's Shuzhou branch, but it would be good to weaken his power.
In addition to this matter, the two people also brought secret letters from Wei Xianzhi and Li Kan this time.
The former talked a lot about the family's quarrels, and the latter expressed his loyalty for a long time, but both letters mentioned one thing again - something big may be happening in Shuzhou, and it may be related to Prince Shun.
Counting Wang Er, three people have already reminded Wei Changtian of this matter.
However, judging from their expressions, it seems that they don’t know more about the inside story.
Wei Changtian didn't think about telling Wei Xianzhi what happened in the palace that day, but after thinking about it, he finally decided not to do so.
On the one hand, he is still not sure whether this "big thing" is whether Ning Yongnian is planning to kill Ning Qingyu again, on the other hand, he is afraid that "Ning Qingyu invited him to rebel" will be leaked.
In short, Wei Changtian's attitude towards this matter is to stay out of the matter and wait and see what happens.
Whatever the two people named Ning do, it has nothing to do with them.
...
...
Another day passed.
Wang Daochang came to report Xiao Feng's situation every three days as usual, but as usual there was still no useful information.
Yangliu Shi hasn’t come back from Shiwandashan yet.
However, since the Freemasons arrived, several other things have made progress quickly.
For example, Chu Xianping, the "king of dog lickers" whom Wei Changtian has always missed.
"Sir, this man lives alone in the west of the city. His parents have passed away and he has no other brothers or sisters."
"He used to drink in a tavern every day after he got off duty at the Xuanjing Division, and would not go home until Xu. Our people followed him for three days in a row, like this every day."
"Other than that, nothing else was found."
Zhang San quickly finished the results of his investigation of Chu Xianping in the past few days.
Wei Changtian pondered for a moment and then asked: "Where are the women? Have you found out which woman he has more frequent contact with?"
"The spies didn't say anything about this. It's probably because they haven't discovered it yet."
"Okay, I get it."
Wei Changtian nodded and looked at the sky outside the window: "According to what you said, he is about to go to the pub for a drink now, right?"
"yes."
"Prepare a car and take me there."
...
At the end of Youshi, in the west of Shuzhou City, there was Zuixiao Tower.
Chu Xianping, dressed in official clothes, was sitting in his old seat, his eyes a little melancholy.
He would come here to drink almost every day when he had no work to do, so he had long been acquainted with the waiters in the shop.
"Master Chu, you have drank more wine these days than usual. This is your third bottle."
The waiter with a towel on his shoulder put the wine bottle on the table and asked with a smile: "Is there something troubling you? Can you drink to relieve your worries?"
"Talk too much."
Chu Xian rolled his eyes at the waiter: "What? Are you afraid that I can't afford the drink?"
"No way, you are the master of the Xuanjing Division. Even if you drink without paying, we don't dare to say anything!"
The waiter came closer and lowered his voice: "I saw that you were so depressed, so I came here to tell you a way to relieve your worries!"
"Yo?"
Chu Xianping took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "What method?"
"Hey, if you can solve a man's worries, then of course it's a woman."
The waiter smiled flatteringly and said, "I know a good place not far from here, called Manchunyuan."
"This brothel just opened recently. For just one tael of silver, you can sleep with two girls..."
"Master Chu, with such a beautiful thing like a dragon and two phoenixes, I'm sure you won't have any worries at all once you go there!"
"If I hadn't been short of money, I would have tasted such ecstasy..."
It has to be said that this waiter is quite talented in sales, and coupled with his salivating expression, Manchunyuan really looks like some kind of fairy place that can relieve the worries of the world.
However, after hearing this, Chu Xianping was indifferent and just asked with a smile:
"Tell me, how much money can you get from a visit to that brothel?"
"I......"
The waiter suddenly became weak and replied hesitantly: "If you spend one tael, I can get twenty cents..."
"Here are twenty coins, don't bother me anymore."
Chu Xianping threw out a bunch of copper coins and clinked on the table.
"Oh! Thank you for the reward, sir!"
The waiter quickly put the copper coins into his chest, thanked him repeatedly, and happily ran to the door to greet the new guests.
The surprise came so suddenly that the smile on his face was particularly sincere when welcoming guests.
"Master! Do you want to eat or drink?"
"drink wine."
"okay!"
The waiter bent at ninety degrees and led the visitor inside: "Sir, please come this way!"
"..."
Good guy, is the service in this pub so good?
Haidilao from another world??
Wei Changtian was quite surprised when he looked at the waiter in front of him who was definitely a "smile service", no, even a "laughing service".
But at this moment, someone was more surprised than him.
Is that man Mr. Wei?
Chu Xianping looked at Wei Changtian who suddenly appeared. After hesitating for a moment, he did not rush forward to say hello. Instead, he waited for the latter to sit firmly in front of an empty table. Then he straightened his clothes and stood up and walked over, holding his fists respectfully.
Saluting:
"The villain Chu Xianping has met Mr. Wei."
"Um?"
Wei Changtian raised his head when he heard this. He was a little "confused" at first, and then "suddenly realized" and said, "It turns out to be Brother Chu! Why are you here?"
"Back to you, sir. I was drinking here. I happened to see you coming in, so I came over boldly to say hello."
"That's quite a coincidence."
Wei Changtian sighed and asked casually: "You came here on your own too?"
"yes."
"Huh? Since you and I are alone, why don't we have a few drinks together?"
"this......"
Chu Xianping was stunned for a moment, then nodded and responded: "Thank you for your love, I will obey my orders."
"Haha, sit down, don't be so formal."
Wei Changtian smiled and asked Chu Xianping to sit down, feeling happy in his heart.