Mingshi

Chapter 983 Punishment
"There must always be a murderer who killed the eighth concubine. If there is no obvious murderer, maybe I will be found in the end. Therefore, I killed the fourth concubine and buried her secretly, creating the appearance that she disappeared , so that you will all think that the fourth aunt killed the eighth aunt, and then escaped. In this way, you will only track down the fourth aunt, and will not focus on me. "

"Whoosh..."

Lu Lun's figure rushed in front of the butler, grabbed the butler's collar with one hand, swung the other hand round and slapped the butler's face continuously.

"Why did you kill my father? How can our Lu family feel sorry for you?"

"Clap clap clap..."

After a while, the butler was slapped into a pig's head by Lu Lun.Liu Shouyou stood beside him without moving, knowing that he would not stop him unless he was beaten to death.This favor must be given to the Lu family.It wasn't until Lu Lun got tired from beating that Liu Shouyou said:

"take away!"

Luofu.

Luo Xin and Liu Shouyou sat facing each other, with four dishes on the table, the two chatted while drinking.After Liu Shouyou drank a glass of wine, he said with a relaxed look on his face:

"The case is finally closed! You can report to His Majesty."

Luo Xin shook his head and said, "Your Majesty may not agree with it!"

"Why?" Liu Shouyou said in astonishment, "The other party has already admitted it."

"It is admitted. But what is his purpose? He can't kill the governor for no reason, and he still has a plan to act. At present, we have three people, the housekeeper, the eighth wife, and the person he came into contact with later. .So, the housekeeper may not be the mastermind. Did we catch the real culprit if we didn’t catch the mastermind? Will Your Majesty agree?”

Liu Shouyou was silent for a while, Luo Xin looked at Liu Shouyou who was facing him and sighed:

"It's not that you can't think of these things, but you don't want to think about them."

Liu Shouyou also sighed, picked up a glass of wine and drank it down:
"Yeah! The mastermind behind this was able to kill the governor, and he was able to install people into the Lu residence, and finally served as a housekeeper. He was an old man who had served in the Lu family for decades. The real murderer would be simple. Is it? I'm just afraid of getting into trouble."

"However, if you don't check, you will not be able to pay the job with His Majesty."

The relief on Liu Shouyou's face was gone, and he said in frustration, "Then let's check."

"Have you reported to His Majesty?"

"Not yet. Don't you want to tidy up and report to His Majesty?"

Luo Xin just laughed: "You are trying to fool His Majesty."

"Hehehe..." Liu Shouyou laughed.

"It's also a skill to be able to fool the past, I hope you can fool the past."

Liu Shouyou nodded and lost his mind to drink, so he said goodbye to Luo Xin and returned to Jinyiwei.After a busy night, the next day, he headed towards Yuxi Palace.

Emperor Jiajing's body was very weak. He was already old. He had experienced Lu Bing's death, especially the coma last time, which delayed Chen Hong's time. Although he was rescued by Li Shizhen, he never recovered.Therefore, he was still lying on the bed at this time, looking at Liu Shouyou who was standing in front of him and said:
"Is it found out?"

"Yes!"

Emperor Jiajing's eyes were fixed, and a murderous look appeared on his face: "Who is it?"

"The housekeeper of the Lu residence."

"The butler of the Lu Mansion?" Emperor Jiajing looked astonished for a while, and then said: "Tell me about it in detail."

"According to the order."

Therefore, Liu Shouyou recounted the ins and outs of the matter.After listening to Emperor Jiajing, he frowned slightly and said:
"This is a planned and organized murder, and the mastermind must not be the housekeeper of the Lu family."

Liu Shouyou felt bitter in his heart, but said with admiration on his face: "Your Majesty is wise."

"Check it out! Catch me the mastermind behind it."

"According to the order!"

"Liu Shouyou."

"The minister is here."

"Catch the mastermind behind it, and your seat will be secure. If you can't catch it, you know what the result will be."

"I understand."

"Go."

"My minister retire."

After walking out of Yuxi Palace, Liu Shouyou stood blankly for a while, but finally heaved a long sigh, and walked out of the palace, his back looked desolate.

Returning to Jinyiwei, he looked at his subordinates and said:

"What did you find from Hu San?"

Hu San is the young man that the housekeeper of Lu's house went looking for. A Jin Yiwei stood up and said:

"Nothing was found. The other party is a veteran, and everything was handled very cleanly."

Liu Shouyou was not surprised, nodded and said, "Go to the prison."

In the deepest part of the big prison, two people were imprisoned in two cells, namely Lu's housekeeper and Hu San.Hu San is fine, because you have an interrogation, and there is no injury on your body, but the face of the housekeeper of Lu's house was turned into a pig's head by Lu Lun.

"No trial yet?" Liu Shouyou asked.

"Waiting for your order, my lord, the subordinates dare not act recklessly." A Jin Yiwei said.

Liu Shouyou nodded, looked at Hu San and said, "Hu San, who is your master?"

"A villain has no master!" Hu San hurriedly shouted: "The villain just took some money from the elder brother. He asked me to prepare a horse and some clothes and utensils for him. The villain doesn't know anything."

Liu Shouyou looked at the housekeeper of Lu's house again and said, "Who told you to kill the governor?"

"No one but myself."

"reason?"

"The eighth aunt is my woman. I was about to redeem her, but Lu Bing snatched her away. So my eighth aunt and I wanted to kill him."

Liu Shouyou said with a sinister smile, "You say that, do you believe it yourself?"

The housekeeper of the Lu family bowed his head and remained silent.

"Is it an honor to be made a scapegoat?"

The butler of the Lu residence bowed his head and remained silent.Liu Shouyou couldn't see his expression clearly, so he said, "Raise your head."

The housekeeper of the Lu family raised his head, and Liu Shouyou asked flatly, "Do you think the master behind you can still rescue you? He wishes you could die in the prison right now."

The muscles on Lu's housekeeper's face twitched, and suddenly he laughed wildly again:

"Liu Shouyou, so what if I die? I will wait for you on Huangquan Road, and you will die badly."

Liu Shouyou waved his hand indifferently, and a Jin Yiwei rushed over, swung his whip and lashed at the housekeeper of the Lu residence.

"Clap clap clap..."

The clothes on the butler of the Lu House were torn, and blood seeped out, but he still laughed wildly:

"Hit, kill me."

"Clap clap clap..."

Jin Yiwei's whip kept whipping down, and soon his clothes were smashed to pieces.

Liu Shouyou waved his hand, the Jinyi guard stopped, looked at Liu Shouyou, Liu Shouyou said coldly:

"It's interesting in this way. If you say it all at once, the man will lose interest. Come, give him a punishment."

The butler of Lu's house trembled, and the crazy laughter stopped abruptly.At this time, he realized that Liu Shouyou didn't even think about him confessing immediately.This group of Jin Yiwei had already sat down and fell ill, and if they didn't make a fuss, they would feel uncomfortable.

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