Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 321 Empty Grave (Part [-])
When Wu Chen asked this question, Gu Shiming broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, Li Yu said in time: "I was a little impatient, and I always wanted to get closer to you..."

"If Xingguo wants to be really strong, you can't rely on your father alone. It needs the efforts of several generations of your Li family. You should be close to the people instead of me. The more you understand the sufferings of the people, the more stable your position will be. It's much more useful to get acquainted with me, what I've done won't make it to the surface, as long as your Li family understands it in their hearts."

Li Yu saluted Wu Chen again and said, "Teach me!" Then she left with Gu Shiming without saying anything.

Wu Chen just watched and didn't see him off until he heard the crown prince walked out of the house. Then he went to talk to Datou and gave some instructions. Just as he was about to leave, he saw Gu Shiming leaving and returning.

"I should really tell the boss that you are not allowed to enter the door!" Wu Chen said angrily.

Gu Shiming's attitude was not good either. He pulled Wu Chen aside and reprimanded him in a low voice: "Do you want to kill yourself? You are so ruthless! That is the prince, the prince of the country..."

"I don't know how to show mercy to His Majesty, Prince Chu? Are you sure that he will become king?"

Gu Shiming was stunned.

"Didn't your father teach you to judge the situation? If the prince thinks that his position as heir is secure, why would he want to get close to me in such a hurry? There is no shortage of sons in the official family, what is lacking is a son who can succeed to the throne, a son who can rule the world, How the officials test their sons is a matter between father and son, what are you meddling with? The crown prince is still young, his father must be trained in all aspects, and it is incompetent to want to find a backer when there is some trouble!"

"you……"

"What I just said to the prince is very clear. Didn't you understand? My ability is not on the table, what do you mean? I only do what I have to do, and I may not agree to whatever the officials ask me to do..."

"Don't you think that the prince is looking for you to make you..."

"He came to me to discuss the Four Books and Five Classics, poems and songs with me? Do you think it's true that the officials asked the prince to worship me as a teacher? Go back and tell the prince, if you want a stable position, stay away from me!"

Gu Shiming froze in place, and Wu Chen went out to enter the palace.

……

Li Heng was about to have lunch when he saw the little eunuch bring Wu Chen in and pointed to the chairs that had been prepared opposite him and said, "Sit down and have dinner with me."

Wu Chen waved his hand, sat on the couch beside him, and said, "It was almost another night last night. I just got up and came here for dinner."

"The prince went to see you?"

"No! He doesn't really think that it's true that you let him worship me as a teacher?"

"What did you talk about?"

"Let me tactfully persuade you to leave without sitting down. People like me are not suitable for deep friendship."

Li Heng smiled, ate a few mouthfuls of food, and asked, "Is there any progress?"

"I came to the palace to ask, ten years ago, Chen Zhong was already the commander of the Imperial City Department. Did you let him investigate this kind of case secretly? For example, Hao Kui, the rich businessman who married bigamy, he His hometown is in Kangshui County, because the distance is too far, his children never showed up, did Chen Zhong check?"

Li Heng snorted and said:

"I did ask him to assist the Kyoto Prefecture in investigating the case, but nothing was found. He also complained to me that the investigators of the Investigation Department are mostly used on supervisory officials, and they pay little attention to the people in daily life. Sudden involvement is inevitable. It caused the people to panic, so he could only order the police to investigate secretly."

Wu Chen snorted and said, "That is to say, he just ordered the policemen from Kangshui County to look into Hao's house, but found nothing... On the surface, he doesn't like this kind of case."

"Chen Zhong's house was destroyed by you, but you also found a lot of gold and silver from it. All relatives of his family have been arrested. The amount of gold and silver he hid in his hometown is astonishing."

"Then congratulations to Your Majesty."

Li Heng cast a glance at Wu Chen, and said, "He is corrupt but still dissatisfied, and he is so powerful that he has to look at Shu. Do you know why?"

Wu Chen said: "For the offspring of the Chen family..."

"Just look at my trust in him. He really said he wanted to arrange his nephew's way out, how could I stop him? It's just because of the old things, and there was undue resentment in my heart! Originally, he didn't have to enter the palace. Although his family Poor, but not to the point where he needs to sell his sons and daughters, he was abducted to the capital, and he was planning to be sold to someone’s family to be a servant. Entering the palace, I was still young at the time, so I don't remember this incident, anyway, Chen Zhong was purged and entered the palace by accident."

"What he hated was the late emperor's will, and he even hated you."

"Hmph! A grass-roots person, who does not take pride in serving the emperor, but secretly harbors resentment. He thinks he can do something, and is delusional! Killing his three clans can also serve as a warning to the world..."

Wu Chen raised his eyebrows and asked, "Warning the world not to enter the palace as a eunuch?"

Li Heng looked at Wu Chen with sharp eyes.

Wu Chen waved his hands, stood up and said:
"You pretend that I didn't say that I can't change anything, so let's go investigate the case. I want to use the investigation department, and I need to investigate in Kangshui County. The journey is too far. Let's see the situation first before deciding whether to go there or not." Man, today Song Tixing will perform an autopsy first, and I will go over to help."

"Your autopsy today, the noise is not small." Li Heng said with a serious face: "If you can't find out the case in a short time and catch the culprit, the people will panic for a while, and then they will be used by those who want to..."

"I ASAP!"

After Wu Chen finished speaking, he turned and left the hall.

……

Along the way, Wu Chen was thinking about the case. He went to the investigation department first, but Gu Shiming was not there. He asked the police to look for him. After he found it, he asked Gu Shiming to go to the government office to look for him.

Then they hurried to the government office, it happened that Song Gu and the others had just returned to the government office, Shang Gong was accompanying Song Gu, Senior Two and Xu Da were having lunch in the back hall.

Wu Chen quickly ordered someone to lead the way.

After entering the house, Wu Chen asked, "Have you found out the cause of the old man's death?"

Song Gu put down his chopsticks and shook his head, "It wasn't poisoned or strangled. There were no cracks on the bones, let alone chisel marks on the skull."

Wu Chen nodded and sat down at the table.

Shang Gong hurriedly ordered another pair of bowls and chopsticks.

"Where are the people from Ying's family buried? Can you find out? Is it far away?" Wu Chen asked again.

Shang Gong hurriedly said:

"Originally, I knew it. The previous governors of this case did not dare to take it lightly. Although Yingniang's family did not report the case when the victim died, the government still sent officials to conduct an autopsy. After the autopsy, it was clear where they were buried outside the city. Today, I ordered people to go out of the city early to prepare for the autopsy. When the government officials went out of the city and arrived at the cemetery, they found that the graves where the Li family was originally buried were all empty. I asked the nearby villagers and found out that the bones of Yingniang's family were dug up two days ago. It was taken."

"The first two days? What day exactly?" Wu Chen frowned and asked.

"The yamen servants visited the surrounding villages. The villages are not close to the cemetery. Fortunately, on the day Chen Zhong was tortured, he saw a few people walking out of the cemetery carrying bags..."

"Can you see a person's face clearly?"

(End of this chapter)