"Huh?"
Chu Liang's answer made the emperor, Jian Guoling and Yao Dengxian all look surprised.
The emperor asked Gui Wen, but he didn't expect that he actually knew.
The Supervisor of the State said: "How did you know?"
"A little guess." Chu Liang said with a smile.
He said this because he suddenly remembered what happened in the palace concubine's garden during his escape. The group of guards did not chase after them, it must be because the palace concubine helped them.
He didn't even show his handsome figure at that time, he was just a strange man in black robe. Why would the concubine hide it for such a person?
Unless she knew about it, or she was the enabler.
Only then did Chu Liang think of her. Judging from the expressions on several people's faces, he must have guessed it right.
The Supervisor of the State smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, let me just say that he is extremely smart and is the best candidate, right?"
"What the Supervisory Order said is absolutely true." The emperor also nodded.
Um?
Chu Liang frowned, feeling that things were not simple.
What's the best candidate?
"The chaos in Longchi and the death of the palace concubine. Everything shows that there are traitors in the palace, and their plans don't stop there." The emperor leaned forward, looked at Chu Liang and said, "I need someone. Investigate the palace concubine’s case.”
Chu Liang was shocked by him and said: "Yao Lishi has a high level of cultivation and extraordinary wisdom. Isn't he the Dinghai Shenzhen of the harem?"
"It is not convenient for people in the palace to investigate matters in the palace." Yao Dengxian said immediately.
"This is a matter of supervising the government's authority." Chu Liang said again.
"People outside the palace are not allowed to interfere with matters in the palace," the supervisor ordered.
So what, not even inside or outside the palace?
You have to die on the imperial city wall before you can investigate?
Chu Liang was stunned for a moment after hearing these words.
"When I mentioned you at first, the Supervisor of the State said that you were very resourceful and qualified for a big job. I was still a little hesitant." The emperor said, "I just saw that you are really so smart. You are worthy of being my imperial younger brother. Moreover, you are very close to me." Everyone in the palace has no connection, so it’s just right to leave this case to you.”
"But..." Chu Liang was trying to think of another way to refuse.
Then the emperor said again: "You don't need to take care of other things, others will be responsible. You only investigate the case of the palace concubine. There are still three hours before the Qinghong Banquet. If you find out within three hours, The real culprit who killed the palace concubine, you will forget about stealing the Golden Dragon Pearl, and let you take the Golden Dragon Pearl away. If it cannot be found out within three hours..."
Chu Liang raised his eyes and looked at him.
The emperor also had a slight headache.
Even if he couldn't find out, what could he do to him?
The second aunt is still in the palace.
If he touches a single hair of his disciple, the temple will be blown up immediately.
Even if it is just a threat, it is difficult to come up with anything powerful.
After a slight pause, the emperor said: "Then I will strip you of the title of imperial brother, cancel all cooperation between the royal family and Hongmianfeng, and you will not open on the street of Xianrenfang."
"Ah?" Chu Liang exclaimed, "This is absolutely impossible."
"Then do me this favor." The emperor raised his hand to write, and the Rolex next to him immediately spread out the silk cloth, "I will give you a handwritten letter. Within three hours, you can hold this handwritten letter as if I were personally present inside and outside the imperial city."
"I asked Chengfeng to follow you. If you need anything, you can ask him to help." Supervisor Guo Ling also said.
"I will also send you a young eunuch and ask him to follow you." Yao Dengxian also said, "If you don't know anything about the palace affairs, you can ask him."
Chu Liang had a dark look on his face.
I am a good thief, why did I suddenly become a minister of imperial envoy?
…
Li Chengfeng was familiar with Chu Liang. This jade-faced heavenly official still had the figure of a jade tree facing the wind, with a serious expression. He seemed to know that this mission was not easy.
Yao Guang is an ordinary-looking young eunuch with unremarkable facial features. I wonder if it is because he has been hunched over all the time while working in the palace and is slightly rickety, which makes his already low stature worse.
"You two, we have a tight schedule and a heavy task this time, so we have to work together." Chu Liang said sincerely when he saw the two of them.
"Don't worry, I'll be at your disposal whenever necessary." Li Chengfeng said.
"This slave will definitely cooperate fully with His Royal Highness." Yao Guang also said respectfully.
Chu Liang looked at the two people who were trying to do something but not coming up with ideas, and sighed slightly.
In fact, he knew very well why he was asked to handle this case.
The palace concubine is dead, who is the biggest suspect?
Of course it’s Empress Wu.
Yao Dengxian and Jian Guoling are both people who hang out in the imperial court. Whether it is Empress Wu or the forces of the Wu family behind them, they are still afraid of them even if they are of this rank.
That's why outsiders need to come forward at this time to be more open-minded.
But this person must still have some ability. It is not surprising that Jian Guoling thinks of himself. It is estimated that even if there was no such thing as stealing the Golden Dragon Ball, he would still come to visit.
"Since we are investigating a murder case, we naturally have to go see the body first." Chu Liang said, "Is the body still in Qinghong Garden?"
"I put it away earlier. I will take you two over." Yao Guang said immediately.
The three of them were not accompanied by guards. Anyway, with Li Chengfeng's cultivation level, there was no danger in the palace. They walked around without any hindrance with a handwritten letter, and then came to the place where the body of the palace concubine was kept.
The face of the corpse is still the same as before life, almost unchanged, and it is still wearing the same palace dress. They were exactly the same as the people Chu Liang saw at the lake.
The people in the palace judged how many hours she had been dead based on her breath, and there should be no mistakes. In other words, what Chu Liang saw at that time was another person.
For no reason, he thought of what he heard a few days ago. The corpse that Chen Xuanlu dug up at the bottom of the lake was exactly the same as that of Empress Wu.
Is there any connection...
Why is this still popular in the harem?
After thinking about it, he asked first: "Have you confirmed the body?"
"Your Majesty came to see her and confirmed that she is the imperial concubine." Yao Guang said.
"What was the cause of death?" Chu Liang asked again.
"There are no obvious wounds on the surface. A careful autopsy may be required." Li Chengfeng said.
"This..." The autopsy must require a more in-depth examination. Chu Liang hesitated and said, "It's not convenient for me to do it."
Li Chengfeng immediately said: "I have a wife, so it's even more inconvenient."
Yao Guang looked around and said helplessly: "Okay then, I will come here."
But his movements were also hesitant.
Breathing away, taking off clothes, disemboweling...these steps are inevitable. If it were someone else, just forget it and just treat it as an ordinary deceased. After all, this is the body of a concubine, so it is inevitable that there will be concerns.
"I should have brought a girl here, but I was negligent just now." Li Chengfeng said.
"Yes." Chu Liang also echoed: "It's hard to be a man."
Li Chengfeng immediately sighed: "It's even harder to be a man with a family and a job."
"Ahem." Yao Guang couldn't help coughing and said, "You two, please don't say this in front of me... I still think it's more difficult to be a man."
good evening.
Recently, the outline of this paragraph has been changed every day, and I always feel that it is not good. Then I have to update it, and the plot always has no time to think about it in detail. In order to develop the plot, sometimes it is rather blunt.
Of course, that doesn't mean it's completely illogical. It's just that after a hundred people read it, ten people thought it was illogical and twenty people thought it was illogical. If it wasn't very strict, it would be difficult to fit everyone.
This problem is more serious in this book. At that time, in order to push forward the plot, all logic was basically used to serve the story. I paid more attention to this book, but sometimes it was too hasty and I couldn't take care of it all.
At the end of this volume, I wanted to do a bigger job, but the original one was overturned by myself. I feel bad every day. There is a new version every day, and I have to push forward. I hope I can come up with a wonderful version. .
(End of chapter)
