Tian Mu received instructions from Cheng Dong, the governor of the country, and was thinking about how to build some momentum and pressure in the imperial capital in order to create operational trouble for Ouyang Lin and the Prince Consort's Mansion. Unexpectedly, a special case happened to be placed in front of him at this time.
Pei Yinglun, the palace supervisor, suddenly died unexpectedly.
The so-called palace supervisor is an important official position in the imperial court. He has a special status and distinguished rank, and is a high-ranking civil servant of the third rank. It is subordinate to the Menxia Province and is responsible for the six bureaus related to the emperor's daily life, namely: Shangshi Bureau, Shangyao Bureau, Shangyi Bureau, Shangshe Bureau, AMTD Bureau and Shangjian Bureau.
The palace eunuch is a special representative of the imperial court. He cooperates with the inner court to serve the emperor and is a close official.
And this Pei Yinglun, like the short-lived ghost Yin Chengyi, was also one of the earliest East Palace officials that year. He followed Prince Li Bing before he was involved in the incident in the imperial capital. In addition, he was the husband of Princess Leping and was closely related to the imperial family. Therefore, after Li Bing succeeded to the throne, Pei Yinglun was promoted and placed in a high position, and he rose through the ranks, eventually taking over the post of palace supervisor.
However, just when Mr. Pei, who was in his forties and in good health, was flourishing in court and prosperous in officialdom, he suddenly died inexplicably.
What's even more bizarre is that he didn't die in his own home, but in his mistress's bed outside.
According to the rules of the Holy Tang Dynasty, anyone with a good reputation or a noble family can have concubines, but the upper limit is six. Generally speaking, wealthy squire households, as long as they paid taxes and donations of more than 5,000 guan, could have up to four concubines. Once this standard is exceeded, having more concubines will be considered a crime as long as the government inquires about it; within this number range, one can choose freely according to personal preferences and needs, and there are no taboos.
However, this is usually only true for officials and wealthy businessmen. Although there are no explicit rules prohibiting concubines for people like consorts and princes who marry royal ladies, they are generally very restrained and do not dare to exceed the courtesy, so as not to offend the dignity of the royal family.
This is the case with Pei Yinglun.
Ever since he became the husband of Princess Leping, he had completely given up the thought of flirting with women and only served the princess honestly. However, as a man, especially as a successful man who is in a high position at a young age Man, Pei Yinglun's lower body still has a strong desire to show off.
Therefore, this guy doesn't take concubines on the surface, but secretly has a concubine outside.
The concubine's surname was Meng, a native of Jiangnan. Her family was originally from a scholarly family, but later her family fell into decline for unknown reasons. Meng followed her parents to the imperial capital to visit relatives, and has been living under her uncle's family. One time, his uncle hosted a banquet for guests, and Pei Yinglun happened to be among them. He took a fancy to Meng who was helping to serve food and pour wine, so he shamelessly asked Meng's uncle for a personal kiss in private.
Originally, the uncle did not want his niece to be a nameless concubine, but firstly he did not dare to offend the palace eunuch, and secondly, there happened to be a big business in the palace that he wanted to ask Pei Yinglun to take care of, so he had to persuade his younger brother with both soft and hard tactics. , the sister-in-law nodded in agreement and made Meng the concubine of Pei Yinglun.
Of course, Pei Yinglun was really kind to the Meng family. Not only did he leave the palace purchasing business to his uncle, he also spent a large sum of money to buy a small courtyard with three entrances in the imperial capital and hired four servants. , specifically for Meng and his parents to settle down and enjoy happiness here. As for myself, if I have nothing to do, I can come and stay for a night or two and enjoy the pleasure of being the head of the family.
The day before yesterday, Pei Yinglun took a leave of absence from his wife, Princess Leping, as usual, and lied that he was busy with official duties and had to stay in the government office for the past few days. Then he hummed a little tune and came to his den happily to make love to the Meng family. .
Unexpectedly, something happened that night.
According to what the old couple and servants of the Meng family later told the government, they did hear some strange noises coming from the main house that night. However, because every time Pei Ying Lun and the Meng family did something to be honest, the noises were louder. It was huge, and he especially liked to do some weird and shameful tricks, so no one paid much attention to it and just pretended not to hear.
However, when the maid went into the house to tidy up the next morning and prepared to help the master and his wife get up and wash up, they were surprised to find that Pei Yinglun and Meng were naked and both died on the couch.
Jingzhao Yin Mansion received a report from the Meng family and was immediately in trouble.
Although the Holy Tang Dynasty has become evil in recent years, and the high-ranking officials of the second and third grades will die at will, and there will be a lot of money when they die, as if they don't need money, but after all, Pei Yinglun has a noble status and involves the dignity of the royal family, so the Jingzhao Yin Mansion has both Not daring to neglect or publicize it, I had to quietly say hello to Beiya first to see if Ni Lin Division would take over the case.
Originally, the Palace Supervisor and the Beiya were both serving the emperor, so they were considered to be in the same system. It is more convenient to ask the Nilin Division, whether it is reporting or investigating.
When Tian Mu heard that Pei Yinglun had died inexplicably, he immediately became energetic: Isn't this a good excuse and opportunity to create a tense atmosphere in the imperial capital?
He immediately led his men to Pei Yinglun's private residence, carefully inspected it, and prepared to escalate the situation and restrict the actions of Ouyang Lin and the Prince Consort in the name of arresting the murderer.
However, it didn't matter if he didn't go to the scene of the incident. Once he went there, Tian Mu suddenly felt that he had made a mistake.
At first, Tian Mu thought that there were only two reasons for Pei Yinglun's death: either he indulged in excessive sexual activities and took some fun drug with his concubine Meng, and the drug was too strong during sex, resulting in his death; or he was involved in a love murder. In this situation, he either died in love with his concubine Meng, or was executed by the Leping Princess.
No matter what the situation is, it does not prevent Tian Mu from taking advantage of the death of the palace prisoner to impose martial law on the imperial capital.
However, when the author reported the results of the autopsy, all the detectives present were immediately dumbfounded: Pei Yinglun and Meng did not die of indulgence, nor did they commit suicide in love, nor did Princess Leping pay for their anger.
These two poor people died at the hands of Beiya Nilinsi!
Of course, this is not quite accurate. To be precise, they died from the Nilin Division's unique killing weapon - Golden Eyes Dilation.
This golden pupil dilation was once a poison personally developed by the seventh-generation head of the Nilin Division. It was colorless, odorless, and extremely domineering. It was specially used to assassinate important targets that threatened the emperor's safety.
Anyone who has been poisoned by this poison will have no abnormality on the corpse, except that a faint golden layer will appear under the eyes, which is very difficult to detect under the sunlight or light.
That is to say, Ni Linsi's brother had specially studied this poison, and it would have been impossible for anyone from other yamen to discover it.
As soon as he heard that Pei Yinglun and Meng's eyes had symptoms of golden pupils, Tian Mu immediately felt that something was wrong. He has taken over the Nilin Division for a long time, and naturally he knows some of the internal secrets: the formula of Jin Tongxian is complex and extremely difficult to develop. There are not many preserved in the Nilin Division, and there are specialized personnel responsible for guarding it. It is easy to It will not be handed over to spies for use.
Was it stolen by someone?
Tian Mu frowned and quickly asked Zhu Junjie to go back in person to verify the custody of Jin Tongsang. Not long after, Zhu Junjie hurriedly returned to Meng's house and reported a piece of news that sent shivers down Tian Mu's back: the golden pupils preserved by the Nilin Division were dilated, and not a single bit was lost!
Damn, this is so crazy!
Tian Mu said in a deep voice: "That thing is very expensive. Who else can make it except the Artificial Arts Department of Beiya Nilin Division?"
Zhu Junjie was stunned for a moment, and replied subconsciously: "Sir, you are wrong. The Artificial Art Department can't do it. What is kept in the yamen now are all old goods left by the poison masters of previous generations."
Upon hearing this, Tian Mu immediately raised his eyebrows: "Holy shit, is it him?"
Zhu Junjie looked around and nodded with a stern expression: "If Jin's pupils are really dilated, it can only be him."
The "him" they mentioned was none other than the former Nilin Director Shi, Shen Lie.
This idea cannot be said to be right, but it cannot be said to be completely wrong either. From the perspective of Tian Mu and Zhu Junjie, although Lao Jianhua is also likely to have golden pupils, they have already listed Shen Lie as their number one enemy, so when something happens, they will naturally think of Shen Lie first.
After all, it was these two guys who almost tortured Shen Lie to death.
Tian Mu couldn't help but take a deep breath and pondered: "If it's him, what's the reason and motivation? Pei Yinglun is just a money manager at best. He's a fat guy, but he can't get into his eyes no matter what, right?"
"Maybe it has something to do with the palace?" Zhu Junjie analyzed: "Master Pei is in charge of the six bureaus, all of which are related to the emperor's food, clothing, housing and transportation. Could it be to open up a breakthrough in the palace?"
Hearing this, Tian Mu couldn't help being surprised, and quickly ordered the men next to him: "Hurry and check with me, has Pei Yinglun lost anything important?"
The spies were all a little confused, and no one moved. Tian Mu was furious when he saw this, and was about to reprimand, but Zhu Junjie reminded him from the side: "Sir, only the people in the palace province know best what you are talking about. If there is more or less, they have to come over and check it out. That’s fine, our brothers can’t understand.”
Tian Mu reacted, secretly cursing himself for being confused, and then ordered: "Go! Bring the chief secretary of the palace secretly here and let him check it, quickly!"
The subordinates agreed, and it didn't take long to find two young eunuchs and a chief clerk from the palace province.
When the three of them saw Pei Yinglun's body, they were so frightened that they could not help but tremble slightly. Tian Mu stepped forward and shouted: "Trash, have you never seen a dead person? Don't waste my time! Hurry and look through it carefully to see if Mr. Pei has lost anything! It is related to the safety of the emperor and the palace. It is wrong to It's a big deal, so watch your heads!"
The young eunuch and chief clerk in the palace were so intimidated by him that they nodded hurriedly. They suppressed the fear and nausea in their hearts and walked up and down around Pei Yinglun to examine him carefully. After about a while, a young prisoner suddenly exclaimed:
"It's broken! The silver fish charm is missing!"
