Although busy, Shen Hao did not relax his attention to the situation in the imperial city because of the matter in front of him.
After entering the "big test" of the royal family, the number of spies arranged by Heishui in the imperial city was more than ten times that before. Therefore, he would know immediately if there was any disturbance in the imperial city.
The secret report from the Imperial City on the table was sent by Wang Jian just now. It was still dark at this time and it was dark outside the window. It should be almost Yin Shi.
Unless it is an extremely urgent matter during this period, Wang Jian will not come over overnight to disturb him.
The fourth prince, King Yang Shang of Lu, died. Just two hours ago, on the eighth day of July, Zi hour. He died in the back garden of Prince Lu's Mansion.
All Shen Hao's understanding of King Lu remained on paper. He has never even seen King Lu's face.
The last time I came across this name was during the late investigation of the last murder of King Qian. Those clues that were deliberately confused finally pointed to King Lu. And King Lu was directly ordered by the emperor to "close himself up and think about his mistakes" because of this blame, and lost at least 60% of his dependence. It was a terrible loss. Basically announcing farewell to the final competition for this royal "big test".
It is possible that King Lu was unconvinced and would struggle a little, but according to Shen Hao's speculation, the more unconvinced King Lu wanted to take the final gamble, he would most likely be killed. This time, it may no longer be the secret force "suspected of Yang Wenguang", but the red-eyed princes are more likely to be involved.
Of course, there are no absolutes in the world, and Shen Hao would not easily draw conclusions about King Lu's death.
"Who is in charge of the investigation? Does the Governor know the news?"
Wang Jian was also quarreled from under the covers. After reading the news, he didn't dare to delay and sent it to Shen Hao. At this time, his clothes were a little disheveled and he was standing in Shen Hao's study with his hands tied.
"Replying to your lord, the news has been sent to the governor's office. Because the incident happened in the Imperial City, the spies there reported it directly after asking for instructions. Lord Jiang should have known about it by now.
In addition, because the time is still short, it is not clear who is responsible for the specific investigation, but people at the scene are from the Criminal Department, and there are also people from the Major Case Department. "
As expected, he was still from the Ministry of Punishment.
Major Case Department... The corners of Shen Hao's lips slightly raised. He held a moment of silence for the people in the Major Case Department. If something like this happened, it would be difficult for him to end well in the future.
In addition, Shen Hao felt that he might not be able to avoid the case this time, and perhaps the higher-ups would issue orders to him again tomorrow. However, he believes that there will be changes in the method. It is unlikely that he will intervene as a co-investigator as loudly as the previous time. It is more likely to be a secret investigation.
"Has King Jin made any moves these days?" Anyway, Shen Hao's first reaction was to stare at King Jin Yang Wenguang. As long as this person didn't pick the issue, everything would be fine.
Wang Jian shook his head when he heard this and said: "My lord, King Jin has not appeared in the imperial city for more than half a month, and there is no trace of him in the several places he has been to before. But he is the one who was very close to him before. Binder seems to be in some trouble."
"Huh? Binder? That piano player?"
"Yes, sir. This is also new news that Blackwater received two days ago. It is still being sorted out and deduced, so it has not been sent to you for review yet."
Shen Hao put down the note in his hand, leaned back on the chair, and said, "Tell me, what's the trouble?"
"The Spiritual King ordered the withdrawal of all the circulating money from the Red-roofed Qinshe, and forcibly settled all the income for the past five years, completely withdrawing from the Red-roofed Qinshe. The Red-roofed Qinshe is where Fu Ji lives and teaches her apprentices. Previously, the Spirit King raised money to help Fu Jixiu to settle down.
Now that the Soul King has left, the rental fee for such a large piano house will be extremely high. I heard that this alone can take away more than half of Ji Ji's usual income.
This incident did not cause any splash in the imperial city. People who heard about it just thought that the Spirit King was collecting money, but Heishui thought that this was probably some kind of message released by the Spirit King to Yueying Tower, or it was a beating. ?
My subordinates thought that this incident was too close to the time when King Lu was killed. Do you think there is any connection? "
The last sentence reveals Wang Jian’s main purpose.
Two things that seemed unrelated to each other were now singled out by Wang Jian. This was not a random connection, but a conclusion reached by the Blackwater Department 4 through information analysis in the archives. However, there is no empirical support for this conclusion, so Wang Jian dare not speak to death.
Shen Hao was silent for a while and finally understood. He smiled and said: "The four departments under your control are becoming more and more capable. If you don't think about this matter, I still don't think it is possible that you have some excuses for mentioning it like this. in."
Wang Jian nodded quickly after hearing Shen Hao's agreement, and became a little more courageous. He expanded and said: "The analysis of the four parts is precisely because of the beatings of the Spirit King against Fu Ji, and the five things that the Spirit King mentioned before. The alienating behavior of a disciple made King Jin aware of the possibility of exposure, so he acted preemptively..."
"You want to trick the Spirit King, right?"
"Yes, sir. Because if the killing method is like killing King Qian every time, it is easy to be without three hundred taels of silver. The safest thing is to push the King of Spirit out, let the King of Spirit block the knife, and provoke a siege. .”
Wang Jian didn't say some nonsense even in front of Shen Hao in private, so he only said half of what he said.
Shen Hao understood what Wang Jian didn't say. King Pushing Ling went out to block the sword and provoked a siege. In the end, King Ling either died under the siege of his brothers, or was killed by the backhand of King Jin who fished in troubled waters.
After pondering for a while, Shen Haocai said: "Reorganize these ideas and report them to the Zhenfu Envoy Yamen in the name of Heishui. According to what we just deduced, every link must not be missed, and it must be sent before noon. Understand?"
"I obey! But sir, these deductions are not supported by empirical evidence. Is it appropriate to report to Lord Jiang?" Wang Jian had an instinctive awe for Jiang Cheng, which was far more imaginary than facing Shen Hao, because he was completely incompetent. learn.
When Shen Hao was with the army in the south, Wang Jian had to verify all the news about Heishui three times before reporting it with certainty.
Shen Hao waved his hand: "No need, just name it directly. This is Blackwater's deduction of the situation. Remember, Blackwater is not only intelligence collection, but also intelligence analysis, and the purpose of analysis is not to ask you to make decisions on everything. , but to provide one or several ideas to the person making the decision.”
Wang Jian nodded quickly when he heard this. My heart trembled, and I suddenly realized that I had gone to an extreme before. Indeed, no matter how powerful Blackwater becomes, it is not the one who makes decisions. It just provides ideas. Why pursue absolute ironclad evidence?
"Thank you for your teaching, sir. I understand."
