Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 320 The Crown Prince Arrives in Person (Part [-])
"At that time, no one thought that this maid had anything worth asking..."

"Why is there nothing worth asking?"

"Zou and his subordinates confessed to beating Yingniang to death, so naturally there is no need to ask the maid who ran away."

Wu Chen shook his head and said:
"If I had handled the case at the time, I would have asked clearly what the maid had seen in the house? Did Yingniang find something wrong and asked her to find someone, or was Yingniang already caught by Mrs. Zou and unable to speak, and she felt something was wrong? , ran out privately? How many servants were there in the house? Why did she report the letter? When she saw the Liu family, what did she say? If it was very urgent, should the Liu family go first? Is it not too late to order one or two people to go to the government office to report the case to Zhaizi? If there is no rush, it’s just that Yingniang suddenly heard that Hao Kui still has a wife and doesn’t know what to do for a while, the Liu family should go directly to Zhaizi to help them It's right for my daughter to support me."

Song Gu raised his eyebrows and asked, "You mean, Mrs. Zou didn't want Yingniang's life?"

Wu Chen waved his hand and said:
"That's not what I mean. I think it's wrong that there is no confession of this maid in the case file. Yingniang's father's confession is the same as that of Yingniang's brothers. They all said that the maid ran back and cried that a group of people broke into the house, saying yes The lord's first wife is clamoring to catch Yingniang and sell her. Is this very urgent? Yingniang's father can divide his troops into two groups, one to report to the official and the other to the house to save his daughter. Report to the government office? By this time, Yingniang had already been beaten to death and buried."

"If you put it this way, the maid's confession is very important. At least it can tell whether Yingniang is still safe before the maid leaves. If she has been arrested, it's okay to say. If she is having an argument with Mrs. Zou, or is hiding..."

"Yingniang's parents are in the inn business in the capital, and it is normal to get acquainted with the yamen servants in the government office, so it is written in the file that the yamen servants immediately took people to Hao Kui's house, and we will leave tonight It’s not too far from Hao Kui’s house to the inn, if you have to go through the government office in the middle, you can barely calculate it, just make a detour, go back and forth, go faster..."

"Arguing, beating to death and then burying them, I'm afraid there is not enough time, Hao Kui's house also has servants, how can I just watch my mistress being bullied?!" Song Gu said seriously.

Wu Chen nodded and said:

"I haven't seen Yingniang's body, so I don't know the cause of her death, but I only read the transcript. When the maid asked for help, she said she was caught selling her. Why did she suddenly act so cruelly? This is in the capital, and Mrs. Zou came from another place. , Even if you are full of anger, you should be restrained, and it will be a long way, and no matter how angry you are, you will be more sober."

"If you put it this way, there are many loopholes in this case. I think I should check the home of Haokuikangshui County, and bring the family members to Kyoto, so I can ask them."

Wu Chen narrowed his eyes and asked:
"You said, the officials are so concerned about this case, why didn't Chen Zhong help to investigate? Kangshui County is indeed not close to the capital, so it is inconvenient to ask questions, but for the investigators of the investigation department, it is just a pass. As for the news, it should be no trouble for the soldiers in Kangshui County to ask about the situation of the Hao family and spread it to the capital... Tomorrow I will go to the palace to ask the officials. Let's see what Hao Kui's house looks like now."

"What else do you need to do after dawn?"

"I will trouble Song Tixing to open the coffin for an autopsy."

"Whose corpse is examined?" Song Gu's eyes lit up.

"There is no need to test both the old man's body and Yingniang's family. Yingniang's parents, elder brother, sister-in-law, nephew... each have one."

"Don't you need to test Hao Kui and Zou's?"

"The two of them are not the key point. Let's find out the cause of death of Yingniang's family first."

……

When Wu Chen woke up the next day, Senior Two and Xu Da had already arrived.

Wu Chen asked after washing up and having breakfast, "Song Tixing hasn't gotten up yet?"

The second year of high school snorted and said, "Song Tixing happened to be out when the two of us came. He said he was going to the government office. You asked us to do the autopsy, and told us not to call you. We will go to him when you wake up."

Xu Da said: "The two of us hesitated for a while. We wanted to follow Song Tixing to the autopsy, fearing that he would not be able to do it all by himself, but then we thought about the presence of Shangfu Yin, so we didn't go with him."

Wu Chen waved his hands and said, "You guys go, I'm going to go to the palace first, and then I'll look for you."

"Where can we find us? You'd better have someone with you, so that we can find someone to pass on the news if there is anything to do. Look at a family with a little face, who doesn't have a servant to wait on you when you go out?"

"I don't need it! When I come out of the palace, I will go directly to the government office. No matter where you are, there will always be a government servant who will guide me. If you have any news, I will only know it after I leave the palace. There are people waiting at the gate of the palace." , what's the use?"

"I can't say no to you." The sophomore stood up and walked out of the room with Xu Da.

……

It was almost noon when Wu Chen entered the palace, it wasn't that he deliberately delayed, he got up late, and just as he was about to go out after dinner, Gu Shiming came with the prince.

I don't know if it's because Gu Shiming brought it with me, or because the boss in charge of the door knew the prince. Anyway, he didn't give Wu Chen a chance to refuse. The prince Li Yu was already standing in front of Wu Chen. Not only that, the prince also took the initiative to salute Wu Chen. .

Wu Chen sighed and shook his head again, repeating his position to the prince, he had no intention of government affairs, and would not be an official in the court.

The prince was very polite, he only said that he wanted to communicate more with Wu Chen and improve their relationship.

After deliberating in his mind, Wu Chen said bluntly:
"One day when you sit in that position, I will still be the same person I am now. I will do what I can and what I should do. I will refuse anything your father asks me to do, and you will be the same. It’s changed, I’ve seen your father more times than you, but I don’t understand government affairs, and I don’t know how to deal with them. If you have this time, you might as well learn how to govern the country with your father, and don’t have to deal with me You're wasting time, your father asked you to respect me as a teacher just to test me, and you know in your heart that I have nothing to teach you."

The prince was a little embarrassed, Gu Shiming was anxious: "Don't you know that the sky is high and the earth is thick?"

Wu Chen chuckled and said, "I don't know very clearly, but I definitely know more than you."

"you……"

"You have known me for a long time, and you know me a little bit. You should persuade the prince not to go through this."

"The crown prince condescends to come to see you, it's your Wu family ancestor's grave that smokes..."

"I don't know where my ancestral grave is. It doesn't matter to me whether it smokes or not. I only talk about you. The salary of the eater will naturally share your worries. It is understandable that the prince has his plans, but I have told you many times that I am Is it because you did not explain clearly to the prince, or is the prince determined to go his own way?"

(End of this chapter)