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Zhou Yanfeng and Li Yang nodded and smiled: "If this is true, then it would be the best."

"Now, let's see what the eldest prince's reaction is." Qi Kai said.

"Although the eldest prince has left the imperial capital, he must have been paying attention to the situation in the imperial capital. I believe that what happened tonight will soon reach his ears." Zhou Yanfeng said.

"Let's not forget that the eldest prince's father-in-law is not a good person." Li Yang said: "Before the eldest prince was attacked, he directly pushed the crime to the second prince without catching the murderer. Obviously, that person is not a person willing to be lonely."

Zhou Yanfeng and Qi Kai nodded in agreement.

They all remembered the attack on Zhao Xuan before. Although they all guessed that the person who assassinated Zhao Xuan was Hou Zhong, Duan Wanming had not caught Duan Wanming after all. Therefore, the guess was just a guess, but Duan Wanming said with certainty that the murderer was Hou Zhong, and even pointed directly at the second prince Zhao Ke.

From this incident, it can be seen that Duan Wanming is definitely not a good person. It is precisely because of his actions that Zhou Yanfeng and the other two believe that the eldest prince has not given up the idea of ​​the throne, is still eyeing the throne, and even wants to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

Since Duan Wanming and the eldest prince have such ideas, they will naturally not miss this opportunity.

At this time, the third prince Zhao Lun was waiting for news in his mansion, and his mood was a little impatient.

Soon, the housekeeper came in trotting and said to Zhao Lun: "Your Highness, just now, the second prince suddenly died at the dinner."

Zhao Lun was refreshed when he heard this and asked: "Is the news true?"

"True."

"Great!"

Zhao Lun was happy, without any sadness for the death of his brother. Zhou Yanfeng and the other two were right. Zhao Ke's death was indeed related to Zhao Lun. He arranged for someone to assassinate Zhao Ke. Of course, the housekeeper didn't know about this, and Zhao Lun had been waiting for news from Zhao Ke.

Now, he finally waited for the news he wanted to hear.

Zhao Lun walked around excitedly. Now that the eldest prince was not in the imperial capital and the second prince was dead, he would have no enemies in the entire imperial capital.

The throne was within his reach!

"Lord Guan Zhuo, the Minister of Justice, has taken over the second prince's mansion and does not allow anyone to leave. He is investigating the murderer." The housekeeper continued.

"Huh?" Zhao Ke, who was originally very excited, was slightly stunned.

This is not good news!

Zhao Lun knew that Zhao Ke's death would definitely cause a big sensation, and it was inevitable that the Ministry of Justice would look for the murderer, but Zhao Lun did not expect that Guan Zhuo would act so quickly and react so quickly.

This is not a good thing.

Zhao Lun still recognized Guan Zhuo's ability. If he really investigated something, it would be troublesome.

"You go and inform Guan Zhuo, and tell him that the investigation can be done slowly. It is not appropriate to put so many officials under house arrest." Zhao Lun thought for a while and said, "He has no right to put so many officials under house arrest without any evidence."

"Yes, Your Highness, I'll go now."

Zhao Lun looked at the butler's back as he left, thinking a little.

The situation is very favorable to him now. He asked someone to bring a message to Guan Zhuo, just to let Guan Zhuo think about it. Zhao Lun believes that Guan Zhuo is a smart man. Guan Zhuo should know what the situation is in the imperial capital now. The second prince is dead, and Guan Zhuo should think about his future.

"Come here, go and invite Lord Zhao, Lord Li, General Wang and others, and tell them that I have something important to discuss!"

The civil officials and military generals that Zhao Lun asked people to invite were all people he had won over during this period, and they were also officials who did not attend Zhao Ke's dinner tonight. Now that Zhao Ke is dead, he should plan to ascend the throne.

The night is long and dreams are many!

The throne has been vacant for a long time, and it is time to welcome its new owner.

While Zhao Lun was busy asking people to discuss the matter of enthronement, the second prince's mansion became more lively. The officials of the Ministry of Justice that Guan Zhuo had people call also rushed to the scene and were investigating the scene.

The first thing to investigate was the cause of death of the second prince Zhao Ke.

This was not difficult to investigate, and the results were soon obtained.

The second prince Zhao Ke was poisoned to death!

Moreover, the poison was extremely toxic. Once taken, there was no medicine to save him. It can be seen that the person who poisoned Zhao Ke was determined to poison Zhao Ke.

However, this poison was not difficult to detect. In theory, with the degree of protection that Yuan Ji and others had for Zhao Ke, the murderer should not have succeeded so easily, but this happened, which was obviously unusual.

The first thing Guan Zhuo thought of was:

This case was committed by an acquaintance!

Because only acquaintances, only people trusted by the second prince Zhao Ke, had the opportunity to poison Zhao Ke's wine and food.

Of course, this is just a guess, and Guan Zhuo dare not conclude, so it is still necessary to investigate the officials who came to the dinner.

The investigation of the officials of the Ministry of Justice made the officials on the scene quite unhappy. They were all officials in the court, with high status and position, but now they had to accept the investigation, especially when they did not do anything wrong, which made them very uncomfortable.

You know, many of them are not from the Ministry of Justice. Although Guan Zhuo is the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, he is not their direct superior after all, and they don’t have much fear of Guan Zhuo.

"Guan Zhuo, you'd better find the murderer, otherwise, this matter is not over!"

"Guan Zhuo, we will remember this matter today!"

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Several high-ranking and bold officials criticized Guan Zhuo without any hesitation.

Guan Zhuo had no expression on his face. He had handled countless cases since he became the Minister of Justice. During this period, he had received countless threats and intimidation. He had long been accustomed to it.

All officials were searched by the Ministry of Justice, but nothing was found. At the same time, the Ministry of Justice was also investigating whether they had been to other places after coming to this mansion.

In short, the investigation work cannot be completed in a short time.

"Two ministers, please accept the investigation as well." Guan Zhuo said to Yuan Ji and Hou Yi.

Yuan Ji and Hou Yi were startled, and then angrily said: "Minister Guan, what do you mean? Do you suspect that we killed the Second Prince? Is that possible?"

"Yes, you should know who we are, Minister Guan, how dare you suspect us?"

Yuan Ji and Hou Yi were very angry. Zhao Ke's death had already made them very angry, and now seeing Guan Zhuo suspected that they were the murderer, they were even more angry. Guan Zhuo knew that they were all Zhao Ke's people, so how could they do anything that was not good for Zhao Ke.

It was simply inexplicable!