That night in Prince Su's Mansion, Zhao Hongrun was lying on a temporary couch in his study, still recalling everything he had encountered today in his mind.
He has no intention of getting involved with Miss Su, Oona and other female relatives who have had physical contact with each other, because he has many doubts in his heart.
You must know that in the case of "the murder of Zhou Yan, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment", Yu Yan, the official of the Ministry of Punishment who had stolen stolen goods and punished him, is the most critical suspect caught so far. Many clues could have been extracted from this person, but before we could wait,
Dali Temple tortured Yu Yan, and Yu Yan died in the hands of Zhao Hongrun and his father, Emperor Wei.
How can Dali Temple continue to investigate this?
It is no wonder that Xu Rong, the minister of Dali Temple, was a little disappointed at that time and hastily told everyone to go back to their homes to rest.
Zhao Hongrun wanted to ask his father personally, but in the end, he gave up this plan.
Because at that time, when Emperor Wei dismissed everyone, even he was included, which meant that there were some things that his father did not want his son to know.
In this case, even if Zhao Hongrun goes to ask his father personally, do he still expect his father to tell him the truth?
"That's all, let's think about Zhou Shangshu's case again... It's just that the suspects caught so far, Zhang Sanxiao and Yu Yan, are both dead. This..."
Zhao Hongrun was a little distressed. After all, the death of those two people meant that all the clues to the case had been lost.
Suddenly, Zhao Hongrun's heart moved slightly.
He thought of the piece of wood that was hidden between the nails of Zhou Yan, the Minister of Punishment, when he was killed.
This sliver of wood represents too little information.
But Zhao Hongrun instinctively felt that this was probably an important clue left by Zhou Shangshu.
But, what does this mean?
"Wood...wood...wood..."
Mumbling in his mouth, Zhao Hongrun fell into a drowsy sleep.
So when he woke up the next day, he was frustrated to find that he had planned to spend the night thinking about the case, but he had gained nothing.
"Perhaps the key lies in the official registration lists of Wang Ling, Ma Qi, Su Li and others."
After washing up absentmindedly, Zhao Hongrun walked towards the hall. When he was taking the Zongwei and Wen Qi to leave the mansion and go to the Ministry of Personnel, when he was passing by the corridor in the garden, he saw a person flashing beside him.
Before he could react, the figure threw herself into his arms and hugged him affectionately.
"(In Chinese) I miss you so much..."
"Oona?" Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, but when he took a closer look at the girl in his arms, an expression of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.
"Jade... Yulong?"
However, after hearing this, the girl in her arms wrinkled her nose in dissatisfaction, left Zhao Hongrun's arms, and shouted angrily: "What? We haven't seen you for a while. Brother Hongrun's tone is getting louder and louder.
I don’t even want to call you sister... He is worthy of being the commander-in-chief of the Wei army who conquered Chu."
Facing the girl's question, Zhao Hongrun smiled bitterly and could only shout: "Sister Yulong."
The girl, no, it should be said to be Princess Yulong, a satisfied smile appeared on her face: "The child is teachable."
At this time, another figure walked out of the garden next to the corridor. Tantanshou said helplessly: "Hongrun, in order to give you a surprise, Yulong has been hiding here for a long time."
"Sixth Uncle?" Zhao Hongrun's face was full of surprise when he looked at the person who came, because the person who came was none other than his most admired Sixth Uncle, Zhao Yuanli.
"Uncle Six, when did you come back?" Zhao Hongrun asked happily.
Zhao Yuanli smiled slightly and said: "Not long after we arrived, Uncle Six didn't even go back to his palace, so he was dragged to your side by this girl... She insisted on giving you a surprise."
"Surprise? What surprise?" Zhao Hongrun looked at Princess Yulong in confusion, thinking that he didn't see what gift this imperial sister brought.
Seeing this, Princess Yulong frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "What, Hongrun, didn't you notice that I just used the words of the Shen tribe to fight with you?"
"Ah? That's it? Is this a surprise?" Zhao Hongrun was stunned, unable to turn around: "I thought the surprise you were talking about was some kind of gift."
Princess Yulong snorted angrily and said dissatisfiedly: "There are gifts for Sister Su, Oona, Xiao Xing'er, Rui Rui, and her sister. I have prepared many gifts. But if I don't give them to you, who will
Make you angry with me, huh."
After saying that, she hummed and went straight to Beiyuan of Prince Su's Mansion, probably to meet her friends.
Seeing this, the Zongwei present all showed knowing smiles. After all, nowadays, there are fewer and fewer people who can make His Highness feel weak.
Zhao Hongrun looked at Princess Yulong's back speechlessly, then looked at Zhao Yuanli, only to see the Sixth Uncle Wang helplessly spreading his hands.
"This girl is getting more and more unruly. It's all because of Uncle Liu's habit..." Zhao Hongrun said to Uncle Liu Wang.
That's what he said, but there was no hint of dissatisfaction in Zhao Hongrun's tone.
He was just feeling emotional because on the night of Dragon Boat Festival three years ago, Princess Yulong was sitting alone on a stone by the pool in the garden. Her lonely look made Zhao Hongrun feel doubly distressed.
But now, this imperial sister has become much more cheerful, full of vigor and vitality, and Zhao Hongrun is also very happy.
"That girl has no rules? Do you have rules?... This girl, this girl, Yulong is older than you after all, right?"
After listening to Zhao Hongrun's words, Uncle Sixth Prince reached out his hand and knocked on Zhao Hongrun's forehead angrily.
"Uncle Six, you have become more and more partial recently..." Zhao Hongrun rubbed his forehead and said with some dissatisfaction.
After all, in the past, the Sixth Uncle in front of him loved him the most, but recently, Zhao Hongrun could clearly feel that the Sixth Uncle's love for Princess Yulong had long exceeded his love for him, which made Zhao Hongrun feel a little bit unavoidable.
A little jealousy.
After listening to Zhao Hongrun's complaint, Zhao Yuanli's expression changed slightly, but this change only happened in a flash.
Immediately, I heard him say with a smile: "Hongrun, you are a man now, don't mention such childish words again... By the way, are you going out?"
Seeing Uncle Liu Wang evading the topic and gently changing the topic, Zhao Hongrun rolled his eyes, then nodded and said, "Something happened."
"What's the matter?" Zhao Yuanli asked doubtfully.
Zhao Hongrun hesitated for a moment, then told the Sixth Uncle in front of him about the murder of Zhou Yan, the Minister of Punishment a few days ago, but concealed the fact that Yu Yan, who was caught yesterday, was killed by his father.
"...So I want to go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and see if I can find any clues."
"Is this happening?" Zhao Yuanli showed a bit of surprise on his face, frowning and asked: "Where did this traitor come from, and he dared to harm an important official of the imperial court?"
Seeing Zhao Yuanli's angry look on his face, Zhao Hongrun was slightly stunned because he had rarely seen the Sixth Uncle Wang showing such an angry expression.
After a while, Zhao Yuanli frowned and asked: "Hongrun, is there any progress in this case?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Hongrun felt a little depressed.
Because the case has made rapid progress, after all, they caught Yu Yan yesterday, and they only need to torture the truth from the latter's mouth - why Yu Yan secretly released the cases of Wang Ling, Ma Qi, Su Li and others
The Treasury of the Ministry of Criminal Justice - may be able to detect the entire case, or even follow the clues to find the mastermind of the entire evil party.
Unfortunately, Emperor Wei killed Yu Yan, completely cutting off this clue.
"I don't have any clue yet." Zhao Hongrun shook his head and said.
Seeing this, Zhao Yuanli nodded regretfully, and then said: "In that case, Hongrun, Uncle Six will not delay you anymore. When you come back, Uncle Six will talk to you again."
"Ah?" Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he heard this. After all, he hadn't seen his sixth uncle, who had always loved him, for a while, and he had a lot to talk to.
Suddenly, he had an idea and said, "Uncle Six, how about you come with me?"
"This..." Zhao Yuanli hesitated when he heard this, frowned and said: "Hongrun, you know, Uncle Liu, I never ask about the affairs of the court..."
"This is not a DPRK-China matter, this is a criminal case." Zhao Hongrun pulled Zhao Yuanli away without any explanation.
In desperation, Zhao Yuanli had no choice but to agree.
From the side, Wen Qi watched this scene, calmly pulled Zongwei Mu Qing aside, pointed at the back in the distance, and asked: "Mu Zongwei, who is that?"
Mu Qing glanced into the distance and explained with a smile: "It's our Highness's sixth uncle, King Yi."
Wen Qi nodded, and then asked: "Listening to the conversation just now, it seems that Prince Yi was not in Daliang a while ago?"
"Maybe he went somewhere to play." Mu Qing shrugged. Then, seeing Wen Qi's serious face, he smiled and said, "Why are you looking like this? Prince Yi is not a suspicious person. He has always been a suspicious person.
The one who loves our Highness the most loves our Highness even more than His Majesty.
, so someone once said that this uncle of the Sixth Prince and our Highness are more like father and son, but you should not go around talking nonsense, otherwise His Majesty will blame you, but no one can protect you." Although he said this.
, but Mu Qing couldn't help but laugh.
However, Wen Qi had no intention of laughing, and could only see him looking deeply at Zhao Yuanli's leaving back.
"Is it really just a coincidence? Prince Yi returned to Daliang at exactly this time..."
Wen Qi frowned.
In his opinion, the woman just now—Princess Yulong, the sister of His Royal Highness King Su—obviously wanted to show off in front of His Highness King Su that she had learned the language of the Yi people.
As far as Wen Qi knew, the Yi language was the dialect spoken by the people of Sanchuan County, and Sanchuan was hundreds of miles away from Daliang.
"If it's just a coincidence, then so be it. If it's not a coincidence..."
Wen Qi made an estimate in his mind and completed the second half of the sentence in his mind.
"...Then Prince Yi has to hurry back."
At the same time, as if he felt something, Zhao Yuanli, who was walking in front, looked back and saw Wen Qi greeting him with a smile on his face.