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Chapter 550 Questioning
"Gu..." The prince just opened his mouth to say a word, and Zhong Hui raised his hand, interrupting his words.

"His Royal Highness!" This sentence was still gentle, but the tone of the next words changed from the gentle tone just now, and the voice suddenly became chilling.

"Whether His Highness the Crown Prince knew about it or not before he came here, he's all 'brothers of one heart'." Zhong Hui said this, paused, and asked, "The Second Highness kills people and does things, and His Highness the Crown Prince is watching?"

"No!" The crown prince hastily interrupted his words, he didn't know whether it was from anxiety or fear, his voice became stammered, "Gu... how could Gu give him a lookout?"

"Well, what I said may not be quite right." Zhong Hui smiled and nodded in agreement, his face was elegant, but the words he said were extremely sharp, "Watching the wind may be understood differently by different people. The minister should say, After the Crown Prince came down, he was informed by the Second Highness, and chose to retreat to the side hall, and then waited and waited. Although he didn't make a move himself, he watched the Second Highness do it."

"Is there no..." The prince hurriedly said, the explanation at this moment came from instinct, "Gu..."

"The minister has broken his legs and feet, so he is crippled. Is it possible that the prince is also a crippled person like the minister?" Zhong Hui's face faintly flashed a hint of impatience, "The eyes are blind and the ears are deaf. Can't see The Second Highness walked into the side door, can't you hear the Second Highness throwing the medicine pot and hitting people?"

He is interested in cases that are complex, difficult to understand and well-conceived, and also interested in murderers who have arranged the situation so cleverly that they cannot be grasped.

It's a little impatient to answer such stupid and stubborn people.

How can he be used in such a case?It's so simple, not to mention the current Dali Temple Qing Jifeng, just grab any small official from Dali Temple to solve it.

He is more interested in His Majesty than the case itself.For example, what kind of poison or disease did His Majesty suffer from, the remaining secrets His Majesty hid, and that person... Thinking of this, Zhong Hui became a little unreasonably excited.

It's interesting to meet your opponent. What's the point of holding on to this stupid prince and the Second Highness who is smarter than a fool?
It's just that without catching these two, he can't get close to what he's really interested in.

"The crown prince watched His Highness the Second Highness commit murder, and maybe even urged the First and Second Highness, but after all, he cared about his identity, and he was not very courageous, so he didn't really do anything." Zhong Hui ignored the Prince when he said this, and turned to the pale Second Prince. Your Highness, "The Second Highness is the murder weapon, and there are flaws everywhere in this scene."

"When I entered the door, I kicked the pottery medicine jar near the side door. The medicine pot rolled and spilled some near the side door." Zhong Hui pointed to the medicine dregs and said quickly, "You two were shocked, but found No matter whether it is His Majesty who is lying unconscious or the old miracle doctor, there is no reaction at all."

"I asked the old genius doctor. He is old and deaf, so naturally he won't respond." Zhong Hui said, "The prince who was waiting in the side hall was startled when he heard the noise, and ran over quickly Check the situation. Because he was in a hurry, the robe overturned the teacup on the coffee table," Zhong Hui pointed to the tea stains on the prince's robe, and continued, "Not only on your robe, His Royal Highness, There were also dried tea stains on the coffee table."

"I think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came here to check on the situation. After all, it is such an important matter, but the Second Highness made such a big noise as soon as he entered the door. It is unreasonable for the Crown Prince not to scold and urge him."

The faces of the prince and Zhao Huan became more and more ugly: Although Zhong Hui was not there at the time, he talked about the situation as if he was there, and even described the details accurately.

"The Second Highness, who was scolded by the prince, didn't pay attention, and even kicked the clay pot again, making a noise." Zhong Hui pointed at a piece of broken medicine dregs, "so the medicine dregs in the medicine pot spilled out. The traces are not coherent, there is a discontinuity."

"The Second Highness said to the prince that the old genius doctor Yan had bad ears, and told him not to worry, and then walked forward. After taking two steps, the old genius doctor Yan suddenly spotted the two highnesses, and turned around to look at them. Who is it?" Zhong Hui said here, looking at the two kneeling on the ground, his tone suddenly softened, "Does Your Highness want to know how the old genius doctor found out?"

Uh... I really thought about it, after all, at that time, the old genius doctor Yan suddenly turned around, which frightened the two of them.

Zhong Hui pointed to the burnt candles all over the floor, and said: "The old genius doctor has bad ears, but his eyes are fine. Only after seeing the shadow of His Highness the Second Highness did he realize that someone is coming."

That's what happened!The crown prince glanced at Zhao Huan who was at the side, and he didn't expect this strange Dali Temple Minister to answer this question.

"The old genius doctor noticed that someone was coming. He turned around to check the situation. The Second Highness, who was close at hand, was taken aback. He instinctively picked up the clay pot and smashed it on the old genius doctor's head. The old genius doctor was knocked down. Go down, wait until the Second Highness came back to his senses, and found that the old genius doctor was not dead, so he grabbed the fragments of the pottery jar in his hand, and wanted to kill the old genius doctor." Zhong Hui said here, his tone still showing a bit of flatness Impatient, "After all, doing such things, we can't leave anyone alive who might see his own face."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't want to get involved, so he hurriedly hid back to the side hall, pretending that the matter had nothing to do with him." Zhong Hui glanced lazily at the Crown Prince beside him, stretched out his hand and stroked his waist and abdomen, "But, when killing the old genius doctor In an accident, His Highness the Second Highness was knocked unconscious by someone, and passed out immediately. At this moment, the force in his hand was also lost, so the fragments of the earthen jar drew a huge bloody gash on the waist of the old genius doctor, but did not let him go. The old genius doctor died."

Hearing what Zhong Hui said, Zhao couldn't help but say, "Yes...that's it!"

It wasn't him who really burned the bag around the father, but someone else.

"So, here comes the problem." Zhong Hui looked at Zhao Huan with a smile and said, "If this is the case, everything will make sense. That person attacked you, Second Highness, from behind, and then burned the kits around His Majesty. , and retreated completely."

Zhao Huan heard the words and nodded quickly: "That's it!"

"But how did that person escape the eyes and ears of dozens of imperial guards outside and enter the palace? And how did he escape completely?" Zhong Hui asked with a smile, "It rained so heavily yesterday, just a fly flew in. I'm afraid there will be some traces of rain, but there is no such trace in the whole hall."

Zhao Huan's face turned pale, and he was about to speak, but Zhong Hui stopped him from explaining, and said, "Because the small door of the side hall has to be opened, dozens of guards outside are guarding it, and even a fly can't see it." If you can't fly in, the main hall and the side hall of the Imperial Study Room have completely become a secret room. In the secret room, His Majesty will not burn his own kits. The old genius doctor was attacked by you and passed out, and only woke up at night. The Second Highness Dao himself passed out, who else in the secret room can do all this?"

Zhao Huan seemed to suddenly think of something, and suddenly raised his head to look at the prince next to him.

This sudden look really shocked the prince, he quickly waved his hands and said: "It's not Gu, it doesn't matter if it's Gu."

Zhong Hui looked at the prince, but asked, "What was the prince doing at that time?"

Facing this eccentric minister of Dali Temple, the crown prince instinctively panicked, but he still replied honestly: "Drink tea and wait in the side hall alone."

"Just drinking tea and waiting?" Zhong Hui suddenly elongated his tone, looking at the prince with a half-smile.

"Brother Huang, you did it?" Zhao Huan seemed to have found his voice all of a sudden, looked at the king who turned to look at him, and shouted, "Father Huang Mingjian!"

In this way, it makes sense!No matter how stupid the prince looks on weekdays, the whole thing requires the presence of another person.At this time, the main hall and the side hall of the imperial study room have become secret rooms. Besides the prince, who else can there be?

"Did the prince do it?" the king looking over here asked, his voice flat and unwavering.

"My son is not! Father, my son is wronged!" The prince quickly kowtowed and shouted, "My son is wronged!"

This "injustice" did not wait for the king's response, but Zhong Hui's response.

"It's not impossible for His Royal Highness to be wronged." Zhong Hui said with a smile, looking at Zhao Huan, whose face suddenly froze, he was 'impartial', "It's also possible that everything was done by the Second Highness himself. play, in order to create a non-existent person."

"How is this possible?" Zhao Huan blurted out in shock, "I also passed out."

Zhong Hui smiled, pointed to the back of his head, which was almost the same as Zhao Huan's, and said: "The position of the blow to the back of the Second Highness's head is interesting, and it is a bit off. I tried it and found that I can Hit this seat."

As soon as a word came out, the prince on the side immediately said: "Yes! It must be like this! It was Zhao Huan who made the game himself, so wronged Gu!"

Zhong Hui ignored the prince who interjected, and said again: "The force of your second highness's blow was not strong, and it is very likely that you did not pass out. And when your majesty woke up yesterday, your second highness woke up. If someone else attacks, generally speaking The strength will not be so light."

The fact that His Highness the Second Highness was lying on the ground pretending to be unconscious yesterday naturally couldn't escape the eyes of the emperor.

Zhao Huan's face was even more ugly when he said something, "I passed out yesterday, but I woke up soon. When I woke up, the things were gone."

He only woke up after being unconscious for a short moment, and when His Majesty woke up, he also woke up.

At that time, he was in a turmoil and didn't know what to do with himself, so he could only lie on the ground and continue to pretend to be unconscious.

"Does the Second Highness have a way to prove it?" Zhong Hui heard him say this, and asked with a smile, with a sincere voice, "I have no way to check and prove such things as how long I have passed out."

There is no basis for saying it, and you fainted when you said that you passed out?Are you sure it's not a game from beginning to end, just to put the blame on the prince?

Zhao Huan's lips trembled. He looked at His Majesty who was standing there looking at him. He kowtowed and shouted: "I'm wronged! I really passed out. I don't know anything."

"I have another question." At this moment, Zhong Hui stabbed Zhao Huan again, "Since the two Highnesses are going to do this kind of thing, the Second Highness, as the real doer, hasn't thought about how to get out? ?”

He looked at the Second Highness Zhao Huan, who was obviously much smarter than the prince, and asked, "It was the two Highnesses who did this. Afterwards, how does the Second Highness plan to end up? Could it be that he did not hesitate to do so, just to help his elder brother?" ?”

If you really don't hesitate, these two will fight like that for the whole year last year?
This sentence seems to have become a big joke at this time.

"I..." Zhao Huan moved his lips. His original plan was actually similar to this. The thing could be done, but he tried to find a way to push it to the prince, and even plucked himself clean at the expense of self-injury.

But right now... the injury is really hurt, but not self-injury, everything and his original plan can be said to be "on the same road".

He couldn't prove to himself that he passed out for a moment, and only he knew that he was indeed attacked.There really is that person, this person... Judging from all the evidence so far, it seems that there is only the prince.

Could it be that this prince who is so stupid that he never takes it seriously is actually pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger?Zhao Huan's mind was in confusion, he opened his mouth, trying to explain something, but found it really difficult to explain clearly.

So, at the end of the investigation, it is very likely that the two His Royal Highnesses made this round?

"The emperor broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people." Zhong Hui looked at His Majesty who was not far away, paused, and smiled, "Since Your Majesty wants the minister to investigate, he should understand the rules of the minister."

The emperor glanced at him and said, "Come here!"

With a flustered sound of "I am wronged", the two Highnesses were taken to the prison.

Watching the two Tianxia being taken away, Zhong Hui squinted his eyes, and raised his eyes to look at the king in front of him: "Although this matter is very likely to be done by the two Highnesses, I still need to investigate further."

"Chen..." Zhong Hui said, "The rules of the investigation of the minister are either not to investigate, or to investigate. In the Golden Palace yesterday, almost all the smartest people in the world stayed here. For these people, The minister also needs to investigate one by one."

The emperor nodded: "Quite!"

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In the end, he is indeed a Dali Temple minister who has only been there for three days, but he can make Ji Feng, who has been a Dali Temple minister for more than ten years, feel ashamed.

Less than a day after leaving the prison, the two His Highnesses were sent to the prison.

Such an "impartial" law!

After being summoned by the palace man, Ji Feng who walked into the house looked at Zhong Hui who was sitting in front of him, drinking tea happily, and said, "Lord Zhong."

Zhong Hui disappeared while he was serving as Minister of Dali Temple, and the court never resigned for him from beginning to end.

At this time, people suddenly appeared in front of them, Ji Feng thought about it, and called him "My lord".

Zhong Hui nodded towards Ji Feng, called "Master Ji" as well, and then said with a smile: "It's a routine matter, can I ask my lord?"

Who would dare to say "no" to the case-handling officials who came here at the emperor's order?
"It rained heavily yesterday, Mr. Ji stayed in the palace to wait for the rain, did he leave the Golden Luan Hall? Can someone accompany you?"

All the palaces are independent Gong rooms, so is it possible for two people to go in and out of Gong rooms together?Not a three year old anymore.

Isn't this nonsense?It rained heavily for two hours yesterday, how many people ate and drank but didn't come out for the past two hours?
Ji Feng nodded: "Leaving, in order to show respect, no one is with me."

Zhong Hui obviously also felt that this was nonsense, and he was not going to rely on whether or not to "give him a compliment" to lock down the suspect. After all, according to this rule, if he could be released, there were only a few people who did not show his respect within two hours.

Therefore, he asked a question about "Gong Gong", and did not continue to ask, but said to Ji Feng with a smile: "Master Ji, I'm done asking, this matter has nothing to do with Mr. Ji. Please, Mr. The best-looking one in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty called over, and I want to ask questions."

(End of this chapter)