Chapter 105: Silencing

"Since you want to investigate, then go ahead and investigate. But let me be frank. If you can't find anything, don't blame me for reporting you to my brother."

After saying this, Prince Changping left in a hurry. He wanted to ask Liu Ru. If it was really her who did it, she would have to clean up the mess immediately.

Shen Shixu looked at his hurriedly leaving back and couldn't help but suspect that he was in a hurry to clean up. It seemed that he had deep feelings for the current princess!

However, he really wanted to know whether Prince Changping was faster or they were faster?

"You should be the housekeeper of the palace. You must know a lot about the palace's affairs. Then please find all the people who served the late princess before. I have something to ask them." Shen Shixu looked at the housekeeper who stayed behind and instructed.

The butler was a little hesitant when he heard this. Xiao Jinyi glanced at him coldly. That look was like a cold pond in the twelfth lunar month, which instantly made all the butler's little thoughts disappear.

"Old, I will go right away."

After the housekeeper left, Jiang Bin gave Xiao Jinyi a thumbs up. He was worthy of being his cold-faced cousin the god of war. Just a fleeting glance from him was enough to make people forget all their thoughts.

As Xiao Ruixuan watched this scene, an idea came to his mind. He wanted to become as powerful as Xiao Jinyi in the future. Even if he was not as powerful, he had to be half as powerful as him.

The housekeeper soon came over with a dozen people. Shen Shixu looked at those people and asked Xiao Ruixuan, "Ruixuan, can you see if they are these people? Are there any missing ones?"

Xiao Ruixuan knew everyone around the late princess. The butler did not do anything wrong. These people were all those who had served the late princess before.

"They are the people around my mother. Except for Chun Tao who has already escaped, they are all here."

Shen Shixu nodded, and then asked those people, "Don't be afraid. I called you here to ask you something. Is there anyone among you who is familiar with Chuntao?"

After waiting for a while, a round-faced maid came out, knelt down and saluted, and replied: "I live in the same room with Chuntao, so I am familiar with her."

"Then do you know where her hometown is?" Shen Shixu already knew where Chuntao's hometown was from 011, but he now needed a reason to send someone there. He couldn't just say a place and send someone there. That would be untenable.

“I know Chuntao doesn’t often talk about her family in the mansion, but one time she was very happy and accidentally told me where her hometown was.

I remember it was in Majiaao, Tianshui County. By the way, Songshi and Chuntao from your mansion are fellow villagers, and it seems that they disappeared together. ”

When Xiao Ruixuan heard the name Song Shi, he said to Shen Shixu, "Sir Shen, this is the servant I told you about before, who usually takes care of my snacks."

Shen Shixu nodded and said to Jiang Bin beside him: "You go back to Dali Temple to find Zhang Ming, and ask him to personally take people to Majiaao in Tianshui County to find Chuntao and Songshi, and bring them back to the capital.

Remember to tell him to bring someone who can fight, and also help me give this to him, telling him that this is the travel expenses and bonus I give him for his business trip, and let him spend it boldly. ”

Shen Shixu took out two silver notes of one hundred taels from his sleeve and handed them to Jiang Bin, asking him to pass them on to Zhang Ming.

Zhang Ming's family situation was not very good. His mother died early and his father was ill for many years. His elder sister was so exhausted from supporting Zhang Ming's studies that her legs became lame and she was still unmarried at the age of 25 or 26. The family's living expenses and medical expenses all depended on Zhang Ming.

After Shen Shixu learned about this from 011, he took good care of Zhang Ming. He was afraid that Zhang Ming would be too proud to accept it, so he often expressed his feelings in a roundabout way.

For example, at noon, I would take him to have lunch together, buy some snacks and eat one myself, and then give the rest to Zhang Ming, asking him to take it home and eat it slowly.

He was given a subsidy on the pretext of taking him out to investigate a case. After the case was solved, he was given a bonus as a celebration. The amount was not particularly much, just one month's salary for Zhang Ming.

Doing so would not only subsidize Zhang Ming, but also prevent him from becoming suspicious.

In fact, Zhang Ming already knew from his heart what Shen Shixu had done to him. He was very grateful for everything Shen Shixu had done for him, and he took his thoughts into consideration and found various excuses to help him.

Also, he was just an ordinary clerk in the Dali Temple, but when Shen Shixu was teaching Jiang Bin, he also asked him to come and listen. Although he and Shen Shixu did not have the title of master and apprentice, they were master and apprentice in reality. He was really grateful to Shen Shixu.

So after Jiang Bin returned to the Dali Temple and handed him the silver note, and relayed Shen Shixu's words to him, he immediately took the four most capable men in the Dali Temple and rode out of the city.

Prince Changping first ran to Fangfei Garden to dismiss other people, and then asked Liu Ru and Hu Lanxin. After finding out that it was indeed her who did it, he had no time to get angry, and quickly asked his confidant to take people to silence the witness.

After making the arrangements, Prince Changping slapped Liu Ru in the face. Liu Ru was already exhausted because of Xiao Jiping's affairs, and now she was slapped by Prince Changping again because of Hu Lanxin's affairs. She could no longer hold back her emotions and broke down.

"You've never touched me before, but today you hit me because of that woman. You really have feelings for her, and you want to avenge her after knowing that I killed her!"

When Prince Changping heard her say this, he wanted to slap her again, but when he saw her crying with tears in her eyes and holding her stomach, he finally put his hand down.

"Idiot! If you did it, why didn't you tell me in advance? I could help you clean up the mess. Do you know that Ruixuan suspected his mother's death and brought people from the Dali Temple here? Do you know who came?"

Liu Ru didn't expect that Prince Changping was angry because of this. She thought Prince Changping had some feelings for Hu Lanxin, so he was angry about this.

It turned out that he was worried about her, which made her feel a little happier. She also listened to what Prince Changping said later, but she did not take the people who came to investigate the case seriously.

"Let them investigate. The prince will definitely protect me! Besides, the people from the Dali Temple may not be able to find the real culprit. We can also use this incident to remove Xiao Ruixuan's title of prince.

He slandered his stepmother, which could be considered unfilial. How could such an unfilial person be worthy of being the crown prince! ”

Prince Changping smiled bitterly when he heard her thoughts, “If it was someone else who came, I wouldn’t be so anxious and worried, but it was Shen Shixu and Xiao Jinyi who came to investigate the case!”

When Liu Ru heard that the two of them were coming, she panicked. She grabbed the hand of Prince Changping and cried, "What should I do now? If they find out, I will definitely die! Prince, Prince, please find a way to save me. I am the person you love the most, and I am pregnant with your child. You can't just watch me die!"

Seeing how scared she was, Prince Changping held her in his arms, patted her back and said to her in a soothing tone, "Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you. I have already arranged for someone to kill the two people who escaped!"