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Guanzhuo looked at Zhao Lun's leaving figure and frowned secretly.

Seven days is not long or short. It is not impossible to find the real culprit who poisoned the old emperor within these seven days, but the pressure is not small. Guanzhuo will naturally do his best to find the murderer. It was not because of Zhao Lun's persecution, but to give an explanation to the late emperor and the people of the world.

Guanzhuo sat back in his seat, frowning slightly, thinking about the details of this special case.

Although less than a day has passed, Guanzhuo has already investigated many things.

The old emperor died of poisoning, and if you want to poison the old emperor, you must get close to the old emperor. Therefore, anyone who has the opportunity to get close to the old emperor may in principle be the murderer, and these people include the second prince Zhao Ke , including the eunuchs, palace maids, and even the imperial doctors around the old emperor, Guanzhuo regarded these people as suspicious targets.

The first thing Guanzhuo investigated was Eunuch Zhao, the old emperor's personal eunuch.

As an old man who has followed the old emperor for many years, Eunuch Zhao is deeply trusted by the old emperor. He can even intervene in the old emperor's food and daily life. If this Eunuch Zhao wants to poison the old emperor, he will have many opportunities.

However, Eunuch Zhao, who was deeply trusted by the old emperor, was suddenly killed before the old emperor died. The reason for his death was unknown. This made Guanzhuo doubt whether the eunuch's death was related to the old emperor's poisoning. However, the person was dead, which he could not confirm for the time being.

In addition to Eunuch Zhao, Guanzhuo investigated the maids around the old emperor. He did not let go of any of the maids who took care of the old emperor when he was seriously ill. However, according to Guanzhuo's investigation, there were not many of these maids. question.

On the contrary, during the process of investigating these palace maids, Guanzhuo accidentally discovered that a palace maid responsible for decoction for the old emperor had disappeared. This attracted Guanzhuo's attention. Guanzhuo sent many people to investigate the missing palace maid. No trace of it has been found yet.

In addition to the eunuchs and maids, Guanzhuo also interrogated the imperial doctors who were responsible for treating the old emperor one by one. These imperial doctors were directly responsible for treating the old emperor and prescribing medicines. They were the easiest to attack the old emperor. Among those who In the prescription, as long as there is a problem with one medicine, it will kill people.

However, during the interrogation process, Guanzhuo found no doubts. He also read the prescriptions and saw no problems.

Finally, there is the second prince Zhao Ke. As the only person who met the old emperor alone before his death, he is indeed the most suspicious. In prison, Guan Zhuo asked Zhao Ke many times and also asked if he wanted to. Zhao Ke's suspicion has not been cleared, but there is no evidence to prove that he was the one who planted the poison.

Guanzhuo sat in his seat and replayed the interrogation process of everyone in his mind one by one, trying to find flaws or clues.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door again, and another official from the Ministry of Justice walked in.

"Sir, Lord Hou Chonghou would like to see you."

Guanzhuo frowned deeply after hearing his subordinate's words.

Through yesterday's verbal confrontation, Guanzhuo has understood that Hou Zhong, Yuan Ji and Hou Yi are the die-hard followers of the second prince. Now that the second prince is in prison, he has become the biggest suspect in poisoning the old emperor. Needless to think I also knew that these three people must not have had a good night's sleep. Hou Yi had come here many times before, wanting to help solve the case. This time it was Hou Zhong who came. I guess his purpose and Hou Yi's were not that big. the difference.

Guanzhuo wanted to refuse directly, but he didn't see Hou Zhong. This case was very special. He knew that many people were paying attention to it. He didn't want to be interfered by the outside world during the investigation of the case. This was why he had refused Hou Yi and even Zhao Lun before. Reasons to help.

But when he was about to leave his mouth, Guanzhuo took it back. He thought of Hou Zhong's special identity. Perhaps, he could provide him with some useful clues.

Thinking of this, Guanzhuo said to the subordinate: "Let him come in."

Not long after, Hou Zhong walked in.

"I've met Lord Shangshu." Hou Zhong said politely.

Ordinarily, with Hou Zhong's special status, he does not need to be too low-profile even when meeting several ministers. However, his privileges come from the emperor. Now that the old emperor has passed away and the new emperor has not yet succeeded, he has no backer. , whose status is naturally far inferior to that of a Minister of Justice.

"Master Hou is here, but what information do you want to tell me?" Guanzhuo asked.

"Not bad!" Hou Zhong said, "My people found Xiaoqin's body."

The Xiaoqin in Hou Zhong's mouth was the missing palace maid.

"Corpse?" Guanzhuo frowned, but there was not much surprise. It seemed that he had expected that the palace maid would die.

"That's right." Hou Zhong said, "She is dead."

"Where was the body found?" Guanzhuo asked.

"Outside the city." Hou Zhong said: "I know that Lord Shangshu is investigating the poisoning of the late emperor. I am also secretly investigating. I have investigated everyone around the late emperor. It's not that I look down on the Ministry of Punishment. In this aspect of investigation, my They are much better than your people.”

Hou Zhong's words were somewhat complacent, but Guanzhuo did not refute.

Indeed, Hou Zhong's people monitor everything inside and outside the imperial capital. They know better than anyone else what is happening inside and outside the imperial capital. They can naturally investigate things more quickly.

This was also the reason why Guanzhuo decided to meet Hou Zhong just now. Now it seems that his decision was right.

"When investigating this matter, I found Xiaoqin's strange disappearance, so I checked the approximate time of her disappearance. Later, I investigated all the carriages that left the palace during that period, and finally found Xiaoqin's body outside the city." Hou Zhong said.

Hou Zhong did not hide these things at all, because they were on the same front in this matter, and they all wanted to find the real murderer and clear Zhao Ke's suspicion. At this time, both parties should cooperate sincerely. Only in this way can the real murderer be found as quickly as possible.

Hou Zhong's people are good at such under-the-table things. They are not surprised by such murders and corpses. When they knew that Xiaoqin was missing, Hou Zhong had already suspected that the other party was killed. Later, based on experience, he found clues.

In fact, Guan Zhuo also thought of this situation, but his people were a little slower than Hou Zhong's people. What's more, Hou Zhong and his people have privileges and can investigate such things more quickly.

"Do you know who sent her out of the palace?" Guan Zhuo asked.

"It's not certain yet." Hou Zhong said, "But there weren't many carriages that left the palace and headed out of the city that day. I have already investigated the owners of these carriages. The Shangshu will never guess who is among them."

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