Chapter 187 The Sixth Case of the Corpse Hidden in the Camphor Wood Box

Grand Tutor Su Yu had both a son and a daughter.

The person in the carriage was his eldest son, Su Hang, who was twenty years old.

Seeing that the carriage was not moving, he lifted the curtain and peeked out: "What's going on ahead?"

After she finished speaking, she saw a woman standing in front of the carriage, dressed in a light yellow robe, with a beautiful profile.

"Your Highness Prince Jing?" He was taken aback for a moment, then quickly lifted the carriage curtain, jumped down from the carriage, strode forward, and bowed with his hands clasped in greeting.

"This humble official, Su Hang, greets Your Highness Prince Jing."

She wore a dark brown outer robe, carried a folding fan, and had a moon-white gemstone embedded in her hairpin.

He was the young master of the Su family, who "made friends with heroes from all over the world," had many retainers, and was praised by everyone.

A close friend of the Crown Prince, the youngest official in the Secretariat, holding the rank of Attendant Censor, a fifth-rank official.

Unlike Jin Shu, a fifth-rank official, the Supervising Secretary of the Secretariat held a lowly but powerful position. His duties included reading and signing memorials and correcting any errors. In other words, almost all government orders had to pass through Su Hang's hands before being issued to local authorities for implementation, provided there were no objections.

It is a trump card in the Crown Prince's hand.

Even Prince Jing, Li Jin, had to give him some face.

Li Jin stepped forward and raised his hand to help him up, saying, "Lord Su, there's no need for such a grand gesture. Please rise."

He laughed, deliberately lowering his voice, and showed Su Hang the official document in his hand.

"It just so happens that Lord Su is here. Has he signed this document?"

Su Hang was taken aback at first.

This wasn't the first time he had met Li Jin, but his impression of Li Jin remained that of a spoiled brat.

Although his father, Su Yu, had repeatedly reminded him recently that Prince Jing's playboy lifestyle and idleness were mostly a smokescreen, he still found it difficult to come to his senses.

At this moment, looking at Li Jin's smiling face, he became suspicious and dared not be negligent, so he peeked over.

“This…” Su Hang looked up in confusion, “This handwriting is very similar to mine, but I really have no idea what the content is.”

He pointed to the words "camphor wood chest" on the official document: "This item is even more peculiar. It's a daughter's chest that a woman uses when she gets married. How could someone like me, who is not yet married, have such a thing?"

After saying that, he looked around at the people gathered around him and surveyed the scene before him with great confusion.

He looked at the half-covered camphor wood box on the ground, took two steps forward, and asked, "Is this the item Your Highness is referring to?" As he spoke, he lifted the lid and took a look.

Inside, a woman lay curled up, her eyes open, but she was no longer breathing.

Su Hang gasped and jumped back a step, his heart pounding, his face turning pale with fright.

He held up his fan, which was trembling, and pointed at the box: "Please, Your Highness Prince Jing, investigate thoroughly! This item is definitely not mine! I have never seen this woman before!"

Looking at his pale face, Li Jin felt that it didn't seem like a lie.

He pondered for a moment, then suddenly chuckled: "Lord Su, there's no need for that. The Six Doors will surely clear your name."

“You are the Crown Prince’s close friend, the son of the Grand Tutor, and the most promising official in the Secretariat. In front of so many people, I will certainly not let you be wronged.”

His words were loaded with meaning, and Su Hang understood them immediately.

He frowned, forced a dry laugh, and said, "With Your Highness Prince Jing's words, I am relieved."

“However…” Li Jin added, “In any case, Lord Su’s name is indeed on this official document, so I will still trouble Lord Su to make the trip with me.”

Su Hang glanced at his smiling face, pursed his lips, swallowed his resentment, and nodded helplessly.

He never imagined that the struggle between Prince Jing and the Crown Prince would one day involve him.

Just now, in front of the people, he made a sincere judgment, seemingly to exonerate Su Hang, but in fact, he was announcing to the world that this matter was related to the Crown Prince.

Once the words were spoken, Su Hang could no longer expect the Crown Prince or the Ministry of Justice to help him.

He chuckled dryly, looked at Li Jin who had gotten into the carriage with him, and bowed admiringly, saying, "Your Highness has excellent skills."

Li Jin raised his eyebrows and rambled on, "I do have some methods for solving cases and reasoning."

Seeing his evasive answer, Su Hang helplessly spread his hands: "I'm just a scholar, and my father was a scholar too..."

"I am the same," he said, then flicked his fan away and said no more.

Su Hang, left alone, gave an awkward laugh and complained, "Your Highness has truly redefined the 'scholar'."

How could there be a scholar like him, who could charge in and out of the enemy camp three times, making the enemy tremble at the mere mention of his name!

Jin Shu and Bai Yu lifted the box onto the cargo cart, and when Zhou Zheng arrived, he and the cart driver were taken back to the Six Doors.

"I thought you and the prince had gone out for drinks." Zhou Zheng walked at the back of the group, looking at Jin Shu with admiration. "I didn't expect you to be so magnanimous as to go with the prince to solve cases on your day off."

The Great Wei Dynasty implemented a ten-day rest policy for officials, known as the "ten-day rest."

Feeling his respectful gaze, Jin Shu gave an awkward laugh and walked away quickly with her head down.

Even she herself was now wondering if she belonged to the King of Hell.

Following this line of thought, and thinking about Li Jin's pale yellow outer robe, together they resembled the Black and White Impermanence walking figures. Jin Shu looked up at the sky and sighed deeply.

Things didn't go quite as Li Jin had anticipated.

Such a big case occurred in the West Market under the watchful eyes of everyone, and he even dragged the Crown Prince's tutor into the fray.

Logically, the Ministry of Justice and the Crown Prince, under pressure from the public, are unlikely to intervene in this case.

But as soon as he arrived in front of the Six Doors, he and Su Hang got out of the car one after the other and immediately saw Eunuch Lin waiting there.

He strode forward, nodded in greeting, glanced at Su Hang, and whispered, "Your Highness, may I have a word with you in private?"

Whenever Eunuch Lin came to see Li Jin, it was almost always because the emperor had summoned him.

Su Hang watched their retreating figures, his expression darkening. He turned to look at the carriage not far behind him, being escorted by the head constable of the Six Doors.

His expression was solemn, and he had some guesses about the corpse in the box.

The emperor would not summon the "idle" Li Jin without reason. His recent visits to the palace were actually orchestrated by the crown prince.

so……

"Lord Su," Li Jin called him back from his thoughts, "His Majesty has summoned me to the palace. Lord Su, would you like to wait here first, or return to the Grand Tutor's residence?"

Su Hang didn't hesitate: "Wait here." He cupped his hands and glanced at Li Jin, "It's safer here."

Li Jin did not respond, neither confirming nor denying. With a smile, she turned and followed Eunuch Lin into another carriage.

Inside the carriage, he fanned himself, closed his eyes to rest, and mentally reviewed the unexpected case.

There's something strange about this case, it's almost as if it was intentional.

Thinking of this, Li Jin suddenly opened his eyes.

The case of the body hidden in the camphor wood box is very likely the so-called "sixth" case.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and took a deep breath.

Who exactly went to such lengths to connect these cases and lead him step by step forward?

Step by step, we glimpse more and more of the truth behind the case from six years ago.

Is the road ahead a precipice of life and death, or will it be a ray of light breaking through the clouds?

Li Jin had no idea.