Chapter 226
Emperor Zhou smiled and said, "I didn't nod, just promise the royal Xuanji inner guard to do his own things?"
"Father Emperor..." Shao Shuhuan deliberately dismissed the words "Father Emperor" to a long time. To be honest, he was really afraid that Emperor Zhou would disagree.
"Dede!" Emperor Zhou waved his hand and smiled, "When did I object to what you want to do? Don't show off this aggrieved look. I have made progress recently. Have you learned to take action first and then report?"
Shao Shuhuan smiled awkwardly, but he just didn't say anything. Emperor Zhou sighed and said, "Shuhuan, I'm upset."
"What annoyed by Your Majesty?" Shao Shuhuan asked in confusion.
Emperor Zhou walked to the desk, flipped through the thick memorial, took out a copy and handed it to him, "No one in the capital knows it now, but I'm afraid I can't hide it anymore. I heard you just now, I'm afraid they've stretched their claws to the capital."
"What?" Shao Shuhuan was puzzled. He looked through the memorial and glanced at it, and couldn't help but change his face. Naturally, this memorial did not, like those censors, Zhongshuling and other civil officials, and made a pile of gorgeous words to pile up, but instead concisely described the whole thing.
"The sign of the golden dragon and moon has appeared long ago?" Shao Shuhuan held the memorial in his hand and could hardly speak for a moment.
Emperor Zhou nodded and said, "First of all, a murder case occurred in Qingzhou. The deceased was beheaded by someone. There was nothing else on the scene, so the Golden Dragon Panyue logo was left... Originally, a mere murder case would not have been sent to me, but the identity of the deceased had a great origin."
"Oh?" Shao Shuhuan asked in confusion.
"This is the information and case files collected by Xuan Ji's inner guard recently. You can read it yourself!" Emperor Zhou said, picking out the case files from the drawer next to him and handing them to him.
Shao Shuhuan took it and looked over carefully. He couldn't help but frown again. The sacrifice was nine murders. Each murder method was different. Some people were directly chopped off their heads. Some were poisoned and died of death. Some were even pierced by a sword...
The only place in the same place is that the Golden Dragon Pan Yue Land logo was left at all the murder scenes.
Shao Shuhuan calculated with his fingers. In addition, the disappearance of the princess of Prince An’s mansion half a month ago was exactly ten cases. The difference is that the other nine cases were directly killed. However, Prince An’s mansion was missing...
Missing and death are completely different things.
In addition to the Golden Dragon Pan Moon Land logo, another similarity is that these people are a little related to the former Yin Kingdom.
After reading it, Shao Shuhuan put down the case file and frowned and asked, "What should you do when your Majesty is going to do?"
"Gu Shaoshang has been checking. But... he still has no clue." Emperor Zhou sighed.
"Your Majesty, it has been almost half a year since the Qingzhou case." Shao Shuhuan frowned. "Has Gu Shaoshang found out anything?"
Shao Shuhuan looked at the case file and said that Qingzhou was the first sign of "Golden Dragon Pan Yue", and a murder case was left behind. With Gu Shaoshang's ability, it was impossible for half a year to find out nothing?
"The dead are all Xuanji Inner Guards lurking everywhere." Emperor Zhou said again.
Shao Shuhuan was shocked when he heard this. These people had some clues to the former Yin Kingdom, and they were all Xuan Ji's inner guards? Could it be that the murderer's purpose was to trouble Xuan Ji's inner guards?
"Your Majesty. This..." Shao Shuhuan no longer knew what to say.
"Ji Ming is also making trouble. He didn't even say such a big deal. Could it be that he would carry it on his own if there is something wrong?" Emperor Zhou sneered.
Shao Shuhuan did not answer, and King An was also very concerned and did not know what to say, so he simply concealed it until now. Moreover, Prince An probably didn't know. In addition to his Prince An's mansion, the "Golden Dragon Pan Yue" logo also appeared elsewhere.
"What do you say about Duanzhi?" asked Emperor Zhou.
"He didn't say anything!" Shao Shuhuan frowned, "Your Majesty, how do you plan to deal with this matter?" Since this case has happened for half a year, Emperor Zhou hid it from the Ministry of Justice and the people of the world, Shao Shuhuan naturally did not make any decision to pull the Ministry of Justice in arbitrarily.
Emperor Zhou slowly walked around the room. He really didn't know that Princess An was missing, and... this strange sign was left on the scene.
"What are you going to do?" asked Emperor Zhou. Since Shao Shuhuan promised to help Prince An find someone, he should have some tricks in his mind.
"I'm going to ask the masters of the Ministry of Justice to investigate the scene and discuss it," Shao Shuhuan did not hide it. He said directly.
Emperor Zhou nodded and said, "Zhang Liang is confused about other things, but it will be possible to solve the case. You can go to the Ministry of Justice to find him. Gu Shaoshang will not be able to come back in the afternoon. I will let him leave Beijing for some reason."
Shao Shuhuan nodded and said, "Will I pay my respects to Your Majesty in the afternoon?"
"Okay!" said Emperor Zhou.
Shao Shuhuan said goodbye and went out, took a carriage and headed straight to the Ministry of Justice. Zhang Liang, the Ministry of Justice, heard that he was coming, and hurriedly came out.
"Shao... Master, why do you have time to come to my Ministry of Justice?" Zhang Liang smiled and bowed inward to let him go.
Shao Shuhuan just smiled. The two of them went in and sat in the second hall. The servant brought tea. Zhang Liang first smiled and said, "Do you guys come here to sit today, or is there something wrong?"
Shao Shuhuan laughed secretly in his heart. Zhang Liang was really cheerful and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, who would like to come here if you have nothing to do?"
Zhang Liang was stunned. Because of the last incident, there was always a big mess in his heart, fearing that Shao Shuhuan would come to find fault again as before, but seeing that he was smiling, he didn't seem to be malicious. He stood up and bowed and asked, "Young Master, tell me clearly."
Shao Shuhuan looked at the servant who was serving him. Zhang Liang knew what he wanted and was busy ordering them to go out.
Shao Shuhuan then said, "Mr. Zhang, I am not here for myself, but a strange case has been launched in Prince An's mansion, and I ask for help." As he said that, he stood up and bowed to Zhang Liang. No matter what, Zhang Liang was appointed as the Minister of Justice and was also a first-rank minister, so he dared not neglect it.
Zhang Liang was busy returning the gift and frowned and asked, "What case has happened in Prince An's mansion?" But he muttered in his heart that Prince An's mansion had a case, and Prince An had to come to report the case. Why was he here?
Shao Shuhuan immediately said the disappearance of the princess immediately and in detail. Zhang Liang was stunned and could not come back for a long time. After a long time, he asked, "Young Master, do you think this is serious?"
Shao Shuhuan smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Zhang, you know, I just came back from Nanxia yesterday. I thought I would have a good rest these days, but I was so busy that I hadn't had time to take a breath! I went to Prince An's Mansion early this morning. Do you think I'm fine and come to spend your time with you?"
"It's okay for the young master to have fun and enjoy the fun, but this matter is really a bit tricky." Zhang Liang frowned, "It's been half a month. I'm afraid there's no name on the scene."
Zhang Liang was really in a difficult situation. It was not easy for him to climb to the position of Minister of Justice. Of course, he had some real talents and knowledge, but this case in Prince An's Mansion is not easy to investigate!
"Mr. Zhang, the prince means he doesn't want to speak out." Shao Shuhuan slowly drank tea.
"The official understands." Zhang Liang hurriedly said, Prince An was naturally unwilling to speak out. Prince An's mansion lost the princess. It was reported that he asked his old face to put it?
"Then I'll have to do it for Lord Zhang!" Shao Shuhuan said with a smile.
"Young Master!" Zhang Liang hurriedly said, "Young Master, tell me the truth. You are going to kill me..."
Shao Shuhuan smiled and said, "What did Lord Zhang say? I don't understand it very much."
"Young Master, Prince An's princess is the former princess of the Southern Yin Kingdom, who married her in the past." Obviously, Zhang Liang also knew something about the An's mansion. When he said this, he deliberately paused. Seeing that there was no expression of surprise on Shao Shuhuan's face, he thought he had known it for a long time, so he could only continue to say. "As the young master said just now, a golden dragon and moon sign was found on the wall of the princess' bedroom. This logo should be a symbol of the former Yin Kingdom... The young master now asked the lower officials to investigate the case, which really made the lower officials feel a little embarrassed."
He was really in a dilemma. First, Prince An couldn't afford to offend him, and second, if it was found out, what would he do if Prince An's princess really had problems?
Shao Shuhuan understood his meaning. The current case of Prince An’s mansion is a hot potato. He is not willing to accept it very much. It would be best if Prince An didn’t report the case.
However, Shao Shuhuan didn't want him to shirke him. He stood up and said, "Mr. Zhang, if I remember correctly, you are the first rank of the Ministry of Justice. Is it right?"
Zhang Liang nodded with a bitter face, the Minister of Justice... It sounds quite majestic, but compared with the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue, although they have different ranks and positions, they always seem to be shorter than that. Even the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel are much more majestic than him. This Ministry of Justice is thankless.
For example, last year, under pressure from several families, he offended the noble man in front of him.
"As the Minister of Justice, he is in charge of the laws and prisons of the world, safeguards the laws of our Great Zhou Kingdom, and ensures that the people of our Great Zhou Kingdom live and work in peace and contentment..." Shao Shuhuan couldn't help but murmur in his heart, it seems that this is not the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice? But no matter what, he was fooled by Zhang Liang, the confused Minister of Justice, and said, "Now that such a big thing happened in Prince An's mansion, how can you shirk responsibility?"
Cold sweat on Zhang Liang's head began to emerge again.
"Young Master, the official..." Zhang Liang sighed, "Young Master said what to do, what should you do!" Anyway, just do as he wants.
"Mr. Zhang is really joking!" Shao Shuhuan deliberately beat him up and said, "Mr. Zhang, your strength is your strength. If I know what to do, what do you want, the Minister of Justice, to do?"
"This..." Zhang Liang said helplessly, "The prince did not report the case, and I was not inconvenient to go to his mansion to ask without authorization. If the young master wants to file a case, you must accompany me." He said, but thought in his heart, if you have something to do or not, you will pull him into the water first.
Shao Shuhuan was confused. He was not ready to stay outside anyway, so he might as well give him a favor and smiled and said, "I naturally understand what Lord Zhang means. Don't worry, you are ready to prepare. Afternoon, let's go there together."
Chapter completed!