The people on Fengtai suffered a big loss this time. Although they killed a lot of men in black after their counterattack, no matter how many people died, it would be better to capture one alive.
These men in black retreated quickly and disappeared into the night, as if they were illusory people.
Nie Lingshan led his men to count his men. Looking at the injured men, he and Zhu Xiaozhu both had serious expressions on their faces.
"I just heard the strong man shout, if you dare to mess with me, Lingshan slave, I will kill you all."
Zhu Xiaozhu looked at Nie Lingshan: "Lingshan Nu, his name is very similar to yours."
Nie Lingshan frowned: "Do you still remember that this name was mentioned in the file?"
Zhu Xiaozhu nodded: "The people from Jade Bird Tower in Yunzhou City, Zhuang Junji's right-hand man, are a very important person in Jade Bird Tower."
Nie Lingshan said: "Then why did he register his own number?"
Zhu Xiaozhu sighed: "Either he is so arrogant that he thinks he can kill us all, or he is framing us."
Nie Lingshan looked at the brothers again and said, "Take the brothers back to treat their injuries first, and I'll go see Jiao Hong."
Zhu Xiaozhu nodded: "Be careful. This matter fell into the hands of our Shangfengtai and it was immediately known to others. I'm afraid Jiao Hong has a big problem."
Nie Lingshan said: "If it is revealed that he has a problem, then what is the difference between him and the big Zhuangbi who claimed to be a family member?"
The two of them took the people back and discussed countermeasures along the way. Now it seemed that they could only go to see Jiao Hong first to find out what Jiao Hong was talking about.
Of course, Jiao Hong would not live in the yamen. It was already late at night. Nie Lingshan was debating whether to wait until tomorrow morning to see Jiao Hong again. Zhu Xiaozhu said... If he had planned it, he would definitely
He will wait for others to see him. If he doesn't plan well, he will definitely wait for you to see him.
Nie Lingshan thought it was reasonable, so he rushed to Jiao Hong's residence. Zhu Xiaozhu was worried and followed him there.
After knocking on the door of the imperial censor's house for a while, a steward came over wearing clothes and asked in a somewhat unhappy tone: "Who is knocking on the door in the middle of the night?"
Nie Lingshan said: "I am Nie Lingshan, the captain of Shangfeng Taifeng. I have something urgent to ask to see the capital censor."
The steward said: "No matter how urgent the matter is, I can't disturb your rest. I went to bed early. Come back tomorrow."
"Have you gone to bed early?"
After hearing this, Nie Lingshan muttered to himself, and then looked at Zhu Xiaozhu, who was also looking at him.
"not good."
Nie Lingshan kicked the courtyard door with such force that he kicked the door wide open, and the door panel was almost thrown away by him.
He grabbed the person in charge and said, "Take me to your residence quickly. Your Majesty may be in danger."
The manager was frightened, so he had to direct Nie Lingshan and the others to run in. When they got outside the door, Nie Lingshan saw that it was dark inside, so he had no idea to ask Jiao Hong if he had fallen asleep, so he stepped up again.
Kick the door open.
The room was dark. When Nie Lingshan entered the door, he saw a dark shadow moving in front of him. When he looked carefully, he saw a person hanging on the beam.
Zhu Xiaozhu blew up the fire seal and stretched out his hand, and it was revealed that the hanging person was Jiao Hong, the censor of the capital, who had hanged himself.
The body was already stiff, so it must have been dead for a while.
Nie Lingshan and Zhu Xiaozhu looked at each other with complicated expressions. They thought this was Jiao Hong's design. Although they didn't know why Jiao Hong designed it, Jiao Hong was the most suspicious, and now the most suspicious person is dead.
Early the next morning, the emperor came out of the back room rubbing his temples, and Gu Xiujin held a hot towel in his hands and handed it over.
The emperor picked up a towel and applied it to his eyes. He was obviously feeling a little uncomfortable. He slept very late last night. Counting the time, he actually hadn't slept for two hours.
There was still a little time before going to court, and the emperor originally wanted to take a shower, but a chamberlain hurriedly came to report that a major case had occurred.
"What's up?"
The emperor sat down and raised his head so that the towel could be placed more firmly on his face.
"Your Majesty, Jiao Hong, the imperial censor, was killed last night and died at home."
"Um?"
The emperor sat up straight, and the hot towel on his face slipped off, and Gu Xiujin quickly reached out to catch it.
"How did you die?"
"Return to your majesty and hang yourself."
"Who checked?"
"Both the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple have lost their lives."
The emperor was silent for a moment and then ordered: "Go tell Xumi Pianruo and come see me after you find out what happened."
"yes!"
Gu Xiujin responded and looked back at the chamberlain who reported the news. The chamberlain quickly understood, turned around and ran out to find Xumi Pianruo.
"died......"
The emperor looked at the towel in Gu Xiujin's hand, and stretched out his hand to signal Gu Xiujin to give him the towel. Gu Xiujin said, "It's already cold. I'll go and warm it up for Your Majesty."
The emperor shook his head: "Give it to me, it doesn't matter if it's cold, I want to wake up too... Go and prepare some breakfast for me, and tell others that I'm so angry that I didn't even eat breakfast."
Gu Xiujin responded again, turned around and ran out to make arrangements.
Du Yushifu.
Xumi Pianruo looked up and down, and found that the body was still hanging on the beam. In order to facilitate the investigation, the scene was basically untouched.
He turned his head and looked at Nie Lingshan: "Master Nie, why did you and Master Zhu come to the home of Master Censor of the Capital late at night?"
Nie Lingshan told what happened, without concealing anything.
Maybe it was because he knew very well that this matter could no longer be solved by Shangfengtai. He informed Xumi Pianruo of the case in detail and handed it over to Dali Temple for investigation. They changed from investigating the case to cooperating with the investigation.
Don't be so tired if you are involved in the case.
"Anyone reported the general?"
Xumi Pianruo sorted out the facts of the case, looked at Nie Lingshan and said, "Someone gave Mr. Du Yushi a file, which was to report General Lin Ye."
"Then, you had to get the censor's request for assistance in the investigation, so you took people to the trading company called Dafu Zao to investigate the case. As a result, you were ambushed. When you came back, you two hurriedly came to ask the censor what happened, and then
The imperial censor of the capital was found to have hanged himself."
Nie Lingshan said: "Your Majesty is right, that's how it passed."
Xumi Pianruo asked: "What about the files?"
Nie Lingshan said: "In my Shangfengtai Yamen, Dandu Yushi said that he still has a copy in his hand, and the copy I have is a copy."
Xumi Pianruo said: "Someone, come and go to Shangfeng Terrace with Mr. Nie to find the file. Then a few more people will go to the Censor's Table to look through it and see if the file in Master Du Censor's hand is there.
"
His men immediately agreed and quickly divided into three teams. One team followed Nie Lingshan to get the file, one team went to the censor's station, and the other stayed in the capital censor's mansion to continue checking.
Xumi Pianruo asked the steward: "Your master hanged himself in the study, and you didn't even hear a sound?"
The person in charge looked paler than the paper. He had never recovered from the shock of the night.
At this time, Xumi Pianruo asked him and quickly replied: "My lord, he told me that he was a little tired and wanted to go to bed early, so no one was allowed to disturb him. We all know that your lord sleeps lightly and we didn't dare to come near."
Xumi Pianruo said: "When you came in, did your adults have a stool under their feet?"
The steward replied: "No."
Xumi Pianruo hummed. He had already seen it just now. It was not like Du Shi Jiao Hong committed suicide. It was very difficult to do this without hanging himself on a stool.
An hour later, the imperial study room.
Xumi Pianruo leaned over and said: "Jiao Hongde reported anonymously that General Lin Ye's trading firm deliberately infiltrated into Geling and bribed the officials of Geling Mansion. After bribing the officials, they had to clean up all the streets in Geling.
Errand."
The emperor rubbed his eyebrows and asked: "Is the street sweeping business so popular now? It involves bribery and murder. How big is the profit?"
Xumi Pianruo certainly knew that the emperor was joking, but he still had to answer seriously.
"Your Majesty, based on the comprehensive analysis of everything that has happened now, the most clear point is General Lin Ye, who may have ordered his men to kill people and silence them."
The emperor hummed: "Then his tongue is really long. He stretched it out from the Nushan camp hundreds of miles away and told his men in Geling City to kill people and silence them."
Xumi Pianruo said: "Although I think it is impossible, I cannot rule out the possibility that the general is involved in the case."
The emperor asked: "How do you plan to check?"
Xumi Pianruo said: "I hurried back to the palace. I originally wanted to ask the censor Lu Huanzhi, who was the last person to see Jiao Hong yesterday."
The emperor nodded: "Then go now, ask carefully, and ask the adults in Geling Mansion whether they took Lin Ye's benefits, even if they took very little. As for the case where all the censors died, it should be
There won’t be any more.”
Xumi Pianruo responded, thinking how unlucky the people in Geling Mansion were. If they knew that sweeping the streets could cause such a big trouble, they would rather do it themselves.
Another hour later, Dali Temple.
Xumi Pianruo looked at Lu Huanzhi and asked: "The last person Mr. Du Censor met yesterday was Master Lu. May I ask Mr. Lu, what did Mr. Du Censor say to you yesterday?"
Lu Huanzhi said: "Yesterday, the imperial censor said that someone anonymously reported General Lin Ye, and he has handed the matter over to Lieutenant Nie Lingshan from Shangfengtai for verification."
Xumi Pianruo asked: "Then why did he tell you these words?"
Lu Huanzhi said: "Master Du Yushi said that this matter is too involved. If he is killed because he took over this matter, let me be a witness. Master Du Yushi said that this matter is only his, and I
, and Nie Lingshan from Shangfengtai knows that if something happens to him, then there may be something wrong with the remaining people."
Xumi Pianruo asked: "Did Nadu Yushi tell you yesterday that he guessed who would attack him?"
Lu Huanzhi said: "The imperial censor said that General Lin Ye just came to Geling and it is impossible for him to really form a party for personal gain. Therefore, this matter is probably framed."
"That's why Du Yushi said that if something happened to him, it must be someone who framed the general and killed him to make the matter bigger."
Lu Huanzhi said in a solemn tone: "Master Du Yushi also said that some small things are not enough to attract His Majesty's attention. Only when small things cause big troubles can His Majesty pay attention to this case."
Xumi Pianruo nodded: "So, what Mr. Du Yushi said originally meant that he thought that as long as he took over this matter, he would be assassinated by the people who framed General Lin Ye?"
Lu Huanzhi replied: "Master Du Yushi does mean this."
Xumi Pianruo said: "If His Majesty asks you, will you answer truthfully?"
Lu Huanzhi said: "If your Majesty asks me, I should answer truthfully."
Xumi Pianruo hummed, and then asked: "Nie Lingshan said that Master Du Yushi still has a file in his hand. It is the original file, but is it in your hand?"
Lu Huanzhi shook his head: "Not here."
Xumi Pianruo said: "I sent people to look for it, but they couldn't find this file either at Du Yushi's home or at his office in the Yamen."
Just as he was talking, someone came from outside to report: "Sir, I heard from Shangfeng Typhoon that Captain Nie Lingshan asked for an audience."
Xumi Pianruo nodded and motioned to bring people in.
As soon as Nie Lingshan walked in, Xumi Pianruo could tell that his expression was not normal.
"problem occurs?"
Xumi Pianruo asked.
Nie Lingshan leaned over and said, "The file...is lost."