Chapter 558

Xing Shangshu went to the palace to meet the emperor.

The emperor was reading the memorial in the imperial study, listening to Duke Wei's report and having him brought in.

"Weichen, meet your majesty."

Xing Shangshu saluted respectfully.

The emperor sat behind his desk, put down one of the memorials he had read, picked up another and asked, "why did Xing Shangshu suddenly enter the palace?"

Xing Shangshu hesitated for a moment and said, "I have something to play."

The emperor opened the memorial: "why can't we wait until the early dynasty?"

Xing Shangshu's way of thinking is that he can wait until the early Dynasty. I'm afraid that you will not be happy to say it in front of the civil and military officials.

In other words, I just met yuan Shoufu and Lao Jijiu on the way. Should Lao Jijiu not read the contents of the Qing Dynasty literature?

If you only glance at it, you can't see clearly.

Even if I see it clearly, I will not publicize it as an old minister.

Thinking about this, Xing Shangshu put down his mind.

Xing Shangshu said respectfully, "it's a case. I can't make up my mind whether to talk about it in the court."

The emperor asked, "what case?"

Xing Shangshu truthfully replied: "the case of xianleju."

"Xianleju?" The emperor frowned, "is the most famous brothel in the capital?"

"Your Majesty knows." Xing Shangshu was surprised.

No wonder he is so surprised. Xianleju seems to be very famous, but in the end it is just a brothel. The imperial city has a clear class, and it is more difficult to cross the class barrier than to ascend to heaven.

As long as the emperor is not interested in visiting the brothel, he will not pay attention to it.

"I've heard that." The Emperor didn't care much and said, "a brothel case needs to be mentioned in the court?"

Xing Shangshu looked complicated and said, "this case involves a wide range of people, and it has something to do with the royal family."

The emperor said faintly, "which prince went to visit the brothel and had an accident?"

It's just the prince. I'm afraid you won't be so embarrassed.

Xing Shangshu understood that it was a knife to stretch one's head and a knife to shrink one's head. He had to say: "Huakui of xianleju died. It happened on the seventh day of the lunar new year."

On the seventh day of the lunar new year, the emperor had the impression that it was the day when the army returned, and it was also the day when he saw Ning'an again.

What happened on such a good day?

The emperor frowned.

At first, Xing Shangshu thought it was a civil homicide case. There was no need to disturb his majesty, so he did not mention it in the court.

Xing Shangshu then said: "but later, after verification, Wei Chen unexpectedly found that Hua Kui of xianleju was not dead. She pretended to be dead and found a substitute Jin Chan to get rid of her shell. Her real purpose was to get close to doctor Gu of the hospital."

The Emperor didn't have much interest in a brothel flower leader. He said, "which doctor's doctor, doctor Gu?"

"The medical school next door to the female school is called miaozhou hall." Xing Shangshu didn't know the relationship between the emperor and Gu Jiao. In order to attract the emperor's attention, he added, "doctor Gu is Xiao LIULANG's wife."

Xiao LIULANG is the new champion appointed by his majesty. His majesty should take some care of him.

In fact, Gu Jiao is also the daughter of the Marquis of Ding'an, but Gu Jiao never admitted it.

The emperor's eyes with a bit of cold: "a brothel Huakui close to the doctor to do?"

Minister of punishment: "assassinate."

"Assassinate..." little doctor?!

The emperor's expression became confused and dignified: "you just said that the case of xianleju had something to do with the royal family. Could it be that someone from the royal family ordered the Huakui to harm doctor Gu?"

Xing Shangshu did not answer directly, but took out the confession and the case file from the wide sleeves he sewed on the way.

The emperor took the confession and the dossier, and he recognized that these were Xiao LIULANG's handwriting.

Xiao LIULANG is also the Secretary and spokesman of Xing Shangshu. In Gu Jiao's words, he is also the Secretary General of the Ministry of punishment.

It's normal for him to write the file and the confession.

Of course, not all confessions are written by the officials of the Ministry of criminal justice, and some of them are written by criminals themselves.

It is stated in the confession that Bai Kun is illiterate, so Xiao LIULANG was ordered by the Ministry of punishment to write on his behalf.

After the emperor finished reading it, he patted the confession book on the desk with a slap: "how unreasonable! Who tried the prisoner! "

In order to avoid extraneous events, Xing Shangshu simply said to the emperor, "it was Wei Chen who interrogated him personally. Xiao LIULANG was writing for the emperor."

Generally speaking, the official of the Ministry of punishment is appointed by the litigation master of the yamen, but when the litigation master is not in the yamen, he can also be appointed by the Minister of the Ministry of punishment.

Xiao LIULANG was born in the Imperial Academy, so he didn't even have the qualification to be a swordsman.

If the case is tried by others, the emperor is afraid to try it again. However, Xing Shangshu and Xiao LIULANG are officials promoted by the emperor, and the emperor still trusts them.

The Emperor didn't know much about the emperor's ability in solving cases. If Xiao LIULANG was the only one to hear the case, the emperor would doubt whether he had been deceived. But Xing Shangshu is an expert in solving cases. He would never let a thief fool him.

Did the princess of the royal family really do it?

But it's ridiculous, isn't it?

In other words, the little master behind the scenes of xianleju is his sister.

He has only three sisters - Ning'an, Xinyang and Huaiqing.

None of the three seems to be suspect.

Ning An doesn't have to mention that she is so kind and simple. How can she be associated with brothel forces and do harm to the little doctor?

Huaiqing is a fool, even less capable.

It won't be Xinyang.

Xinyang is really a powerful role. Among so many princesses, there is neither mother's protection nor father's special favor, but she has never suffered from anyone.

She also got a good marriage prepared for her by her father before he died.

She's really a woman with a wrist.

But she has no reason to set up the little doctor!

Xing Shangshu boldly asked, "does your majesty have something in mind?"

The emperor said angrily, "what do I have? Are you sure you're not fooled by the murderer? "

Although the emperor believed in Xing Shangshu's ability, if he wanted to doubt his sister, he would rather question Xing Shangshu's misjudgment.

At this point, Xing Shangshu had a guess in his mind, but there was no conclusive evidence at the moment.

Xiao LIULANG can tell him that his son-in-law was killed by Gu's brother and sister. This is because the officials in the Ministry of punishment are doing case reasoning - providing effective clues to infer the motive of the real murderer behind the scenes.

But he couldn't tell the emperor that.

Just as Xing Shangshu was thinking about how to speak to the emperor, the voice of Duke Wei came from outside the imperial study.

"Princess Ning'an, why are you here?"

"I stewed some ginseng soup and brought it to the emperor. Is the emperor in it?"

"Er..."

Yes, it is. I don't know if it's convenient.

"Ning An, come in." Said the emperor.

Wei Gonggong smile to get out of the way: "Princess please."

Princess Ning'an, with her food box in one hand and her skirt in the other hand, stepped into the imperial study.

Xing Shangshu turned his head and saluted Princess Ning'an.

"This is..." Princess Ning'an looked at Xing Shangshu in amazement.

The emperor said, "this is the Minister of punishment, surnamed Xing."

"It's Mr. Xing." Princess Ning'an nodded, "it's impolite."

Xing Shangshu bows his hand: "I dare not."

Princess Ning'an said in embarrassment: "it seems that I didn't come at the right time. If I knew that my brother was discussing business with the minister, I would come back later."

The emperor said, "it's all right. It's just a case of shadow hunting. You can have a look at it when you come."

The emperor said and handed the confession and the dossier to Princess Ning'an.

Princess Ning'an put the food box on the table, and the document came out.

While she was reading the documents, Xing Shangshu was looking at her without any trace.

The more Princess Ning'an looked, the more surprised she was. At last, Liu Mei frowned: "is it the royal family who killed Dr. Gu? But why? "

The bottom of Xing Shangshu's heart flashed a doubt. There was no guilty feeling on Princess Ning'an's face. Did they guess wrong?

It is reasonable to say that it is not enough only to have the motive of the crime, but also to have the opportunity and evidence of the crime, commonly known as human evidence and material evidence.

The emperor snorted, "you think it's ridiculous, don't you?"

Ning'an suddenly dropped her eyes and gave a bitter smile: "Your Majesty's sister has only three people. Among these three people, only I have the most contact with doctor Gu. My husband-in-law died in the hands of her and Gu Shizi. So, my suspicion is the biggest."

The emperor's face sank: "nonsense! How could you do that! In my opinion, it's clear that someone has a bad heart and wants to pour dirty water on the royal family! "

Princess Ning'an sighed, "but didn't the murderer plead guilty?"

The emperor said coldly, "it's not necessary that the murderer is lying. Or, he didn't lie, but someone pretended to be a Royal Princess and contacted him."

Princess Ning'an turned her head slowly and looked at Xing Shangshu: "do you think there are two possibilities?"

Xing Shangshu opened his mouth, breathed a cool breath, arched his hand and said: "before the truth is revealed, all assumptions are possible."

"By the way, there are two other witnesses mentioned above, one is Huakui of xianleju who feigns death, the other is a girl who is also xianleju. Her name is..." Princess Ning'an didn't seem to remember the name. She looked at the document and said, "ah, huaxiyao."

She said, her eyes fell on Xing Shangshu's face again: "excuse me, Mr. Xing, where are these two witnesses now? Can they testify in court? It's arbitrary to conclude that xianleju has colluded with the royal family just by the one-sided words of a killer. What does Mr. Xing think? "

Ningan princess's eyes are very gentle, but somehow, Xing Shangshu's forehead is a little chilly.

He calmed down and said, "what Princess Ning'an said is very true, but these two witnesses can't testify in court now."

"Why?" Princess Ning'an asked softly.

Xing Shang wrote: "Hua Xiyao took medicine and had to wake up six or seven days later. Another girl named Mo Qianxue was seriously injured and was being treated in the hospital. According to Xiao Shuling, her condition is not good either."

Otherwise, according to the normal process, Mo Qianxue will be taken back to the Yamen of the Ministry of punishment for custody.

Princess Ning'an sighed thoughtfully: "one is poisoned, the other is injured. It's really unfortunate. Mr. Xing, they are all important witnesses in this case. You must protect them and don't let them be killed. The truth of this case will never be known. "

Xing Shangshu took a subconscious look at Princess Ning'an.

Princess Ning'an gave him a broad smile.

Xing Shangshu lowered his eyes, frowned, and arched his hand: "what the princess said is very true. Weichen... Will certainly add more people to protect them!"

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After coming out of the palace, Xing Shangshu went back to the Yamen of the Ministry of punishment.

Xiao Heng's room is just after Xing Shangshu's room. Hearing the news, Xiao Heng puts down his pen and goes to Xing Shangshu's room: "my Lord."

Xing Shangshu sat down on the chair wearily and said to Xiao Heng what happened in the imperial study: "it's really flawless. Is it possible to suspect the wrong person? Is the killer Princess Huaiqing or princess Xinyang

Xiao Heng is not at all surprised by this development. If the other party doesn't even have this means, how can he get to the present stage?

Xiao Heng said, "it's not princess Xinyang."

Xing Shangshu gave him a strange look: "do you know?"

"I often go to the hospital." Xiao Heng said, "Princess Xinyang contracted a heart disease a few years ago. Only doctor Gu can cure her. She is still taking the medicine that doctor Gu gave her. She won't kill doctor Gu at this time."

Xing Shangshu has heard a little about Xinyang Princess suffering from heart disease due to the loss of her beloved son. At the beginning, he heard that she would follow the advice of the imperial doctor just for the sake of recuperation. She was far away from the capital and went to Fengdu mountain for recuperation.

"Princess Huaiqing?" Xing Shangshu shakes his head decisively, "can't someone really borrow the name of Royal Princess?"

Xiao Heng suddenly said: "in fact, it's nothing if she doesn't remind adults."

Xing Shangshu did not understand: "what does this mean?"

Xiao Heng said with a faint smile: "my Lord, Princess Ning'an is right. You should send more people to keep a close eye on the hospital and the prison of the Ministry of punishment. Don't let people have a chance to kill people."