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Dongfang Ze snorted lightly and said to the king who was frowning, "Big Brother, in my opinion, the person who killed Ruan Niang must be one of the prison guards who was responsible for watching over the scene last night."

A jailer kept bowing and groaning before Wei Jingcheng spoke, "My lords, although this subordinate of mine may be a bit lazy occasionally, my character is not bad. I can vouch for them on this point."

Dongfang Ze coldly said, "You don't know the face, and you don't know the heart. Mr. Wei, you shouldn't be too certain." He said: "Brother, why don't you send a coroner to examine Ruan Niang's body."

"Sure." Under the directions of the messenger, the corpse was brought to the coroner's office for examination. During the examination, the messenger king ordered people to bring over the account books or letters written by Ruan Niang, and then called over the master in his house. After careful examination, he confirmed that it was undoubtedly Ruan Niang's work.

The messenger tapped his fingers on the thin piece of paper and said with a puzzled face, "This is strange, if Ruan Niang was killed by someone, why would she write such a letter in advance? It doesn't make sense. "

Dongfang Ze also couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he thought. He thought that it was someone else impersonating him, but unexpectedly, it was actually the real thing. "I hope the coroner can find some clues."

After King Xin nodded, he remembered what happened in the cell just now. He picked up his tea and smiled. "I always thought that you were careless, Ninth Brother. I didn't think that you would have such a meticulous side to you."

Dongfang Ze chuckled. "Big brother, don't joke with me, you know that I usually have nothing better to do and like to read all sorts of random books. One of them is called 'Accumulating Grievances', and it contains many methods to catch criminals, and one of them is very similar to Ruan Niang's situation. That's why I was able to find out about it in time." After speaking, he probed, "Big brother, in your opinion, could this matter be related to Wei Jingcheng?" There were only the two of them in the room, so there was no need to hide anything.

The king paused in his movements as he touched the tea leaves, saying indifferently, "Why do you say that?"

"I can't say, but I feel like Wei Jingcheng knows something. There's also that jailer. Big Brother, why don't we bring him up for questioning first?"

"You and I are neither the Three Divisions nor the Ministry of Justice. In what name should we go to the prison to interrogate the jailer?"

Dongfang Ze straightened his neck and said, "Now that there is a human life in the Jing Zhao Prefecture's prison, even if it isn't the Three Division's Ministry of Justice, you can still ask. Or do you want to watch the murderer get away scot-free?"

"Of course not." He put down his tea cup and coldly said, "Ruan Niang's death is strange, we must investigate it thoroughly. As you said, Wei Jingcheng might be involved in this matter, after all, he has always been close to the Pavilion of Emerald. If we rashly investigate, Wei Jingcheng could easily take the blame."

Dongfang Ze scratched his head and said in a daze, "Then, what should we do?"

"I was so smart in prison, but now I'm confused again." With a slight rebuke, the king replied, "The Minister of the Board of Justice is on good terms with me. I've already sent someone to call him over, and he died at the Capital Prefecture yamen. Wei Jingcheng is suspected of being involved, so it's only logical that this matter should be handled by the Board of Justice."

Dongfang Ze was suddenly enlightened and said with a smile, "Big Brother has a way."

The messenger glanced at him out of the mist. "No matter what happens, think about it first. Don't always get your hair dry. Otherwise, you'll suffer easily."

Dongfang Ze said in embarrassment, "I will, thank you, Big Brother."

"This lowly one pays his respect to the two princes." It was a skinny old man who came in. It was the coroner of the Jing Zhao Prefecture.

When Dongfang Ze saw him, he impatiently asked, "How is it, did you find anything?"

"In reply to Your Highness' words, Ruan Niang …"

"Before you answer, I will remind you that this case is not only related to Ruan Niang's life. If you lie or hide something, not only will you have a head fall off, even your family and friends will be affected."

The coroner broke out in a cold sweat at his words. His small body trembled in fear as he said, "This little one doesn't dare, I don't dare!"

The king was very satisfied with his reaction. He raised his chin and said, "Alright, go ahead."

The coroner quickly sorted out his thoughts, and said in detail, "King Mu is right, Ruan Niang died in his hands and hung herself in a disguise. The coroner quickly sorted out his thoughts, and said in detail," King Mu is right, Ruan Niang died in his hands and hung herself in a disguise.

Dongfang Ze's spirit was lifted when he heard this. He immediately said, "I'll go capture those prison guards."

After he left, the king asked, "When Mother Ruan was alive, was she drugged?"

The coroner didn't know why he asked. He thought for a moment and shook his head, "There is no trace of poison in Mother Ruan's body. Other than her hands, there are no other injuries."

In other words, Ruan Niang had written the calligraphy book while she was still conscious. In other words … What happened in between?

While the king was deep in thought, Yu Mang, the president of the Ministry of Justice, arrived. After listening to the king and reading the letter, he clasped his hands and said: "May I ask, where is Wei Jingcheng now?"

After signaling for the coroner to leave, the king said, "I will have him stay in the study room." With that, he said in a low voice, "In the middle of it all, I want you to carefully investigate this matter. Wei Jingcheng, the Royal Mansion, and the Emerald Pavilion. Not a single one of them should be left out."

Yu Songzhong nodded his head and said cryptically, "Your highness, do you really think this Pavilion of Emerald belongs to that person?"

"If it wasn't for him, why would Wang Liang and Wei Jingcheng appear one by one and even pretend to be Ruan Niang's suicide?" the messenger king coldly said.

Yu Sanzhong said with difficulty, "But even if we do find out, there's nothing we can do. We can't go against that person openly, can we?"

The king looked at him. "Scared?"

Yu Songzhong's expression changed and he quickly said, "Your highness has done me a favor. As long as Your highness asks, even if it's Blade Mountain Flame Sea Guild, I will not hesitate at all. I am only worried for Your highness. If that person discovers me, I'm afraid he will harm Your highness."

The letter king lowered his eyes and caressed the fine embroidery of her dress. "This King knows what to do. Just follow up on what This King says and do your best."

Seeing that the king had made up his mind, Yu Songzhong could only nod in agreement. After a while, Dongfang Ze walked in with a weird expression on his face, followed by the jailer behind him.

The king thought for a bit and understood. He raised his eyebrows and said, "It's him?"

Dongfang Ze turned around and fiercely glared at the cowering jailer. He snappily sat down in his chair and said, "Big brother, ask him yourself."