Chapter 220 Jin丨Exclusive release by Jiang Wenxue

In an emergency, Xue Chen took Gong Jiu away from the court without waiting for the end of the morning court, and mobilized people to rush to the murder scene.

The door of the carriage was closed, blocking the outside sound. Xue Chen lowered his eyes and asked softly: "Do you think I am cruel?"

System: [I think you are very pretentious.]

Xue Chen: [What do you know, this is a friendly relationship between us brothers, which is very conducive to our relationship!]

System: [You two are already very close in your relationship, there is no need to push it further. 】

Gong Jiu said: "Brother, you underestimate me. After all, I have been in the martial arts world for many years. A place like the Nameless Island... it's just the death of a person. It's no big deal. Not only do I not think you are cruel, I will also admire your decisiveness. When it comes to judging the situation, no one in the world can compare to you. If you are not in the court, you will surely become a great figure in the martial arts world."

System: [There is really no need to push it anymore...]

Xue Chen smiled and said, "Are you talking about yourself?"

Gong Jiu was stunned for a moment, and after he reacted, he and Xue Chen smiled at each other in understanding.

Xue Chen explained to the system: [This smile means that praising him is praising me, and praising me is praising him. I am as good as my brother, and there is no distinction between you and me. Others are lonely souls. We are each other's companions and have a mutual understanding...]

System: [Let me go!]

Xue Chen sighed: [Tasteless system.]

When the system thought that they would have to spend a long time together, it suddenly collapsed: [Ahhhhhhh!]

The Taiping King's army was stationed in the suburbs, and it would take at least an hour to ride a fast horse back and forth.

Xue Chen ordered the driver to slow down, and sent people to borrow coroners from several other government offices. He waited until the army arrived, and then pretended to go to Cai Jing's house.

Everything was normal outside the Prime Minister's residence. Xue Chen entered the residence with Zhao Ji's handwritten order, only to find that it was in a mess. There were traces of burning everywhere, and the bodies had not been buried yet.

Xue Chen showed reluctance and ordered his officers and soldiers: "Be gentle and don't disturb Prime Minister Cai's family."

Gong Jiu naturally put on a bad face, "Brother, you are kind-hearted and can't bear to see others suffer, but such a big thing has happened, and no one can escape responsibility. Even if they are relatives of the Prime Minister, they still need to be tried. Come on, separate them and lock them up in the backyard separately. No one is allowed to go in or out without your brother's order."

"Yes."

The officers and soldiers gently asked everyone in the mansion to leave, and the courtyard immediately became quiet. Soldiers in armor stood at the door, waiting for the orders of the two young masters.

The coroner borrowed from the government office did not dare to act on his own due to his low status. He stood awkwardly behind the soldiers and was strictly blocked.

Gong Jiu squatted in front of a corpse and observed the injuries: "Burns?"

Xue Chen: "Yes."

Gong Jiu: "Did a thief do it?" Xue Chen looked around.

Most of the grass and trees were dead and black, and there were traces of smoke and fire on the walls, railings, and floors.

Xue Chen said, "Let's go and see Prime Minister Cai's body first."

Gong Jiu immediately understood what he meant. They knew very well who the real murderer was, and this visit was just a formality. Gong Jiu didn't know what happened specifically. The reason he asked this was just to understand the situation so that he could protect his brother and hide the truth for him.

He believed that his brother knew what he meant, but it was not convenient to say it directly in front of so many people. However, Xue Chen's reaction was enough to show that these ordinary guards with burnt bodies were not killed by the assassins sent by Xue Chen.

Although Xue Chen's methods were decisive, he was behind the scenes and never hurt anyone personally.

The eldest brother was weak and sickly, and he was raised in the backyard all year round. How could he have come into such close contact with a dead person?

Gong Jiu had been in the underworld for many years and was accustomed to bloody deaths. Naturally, he would not watch his brother do those unlucky things.

Gong Jiu stood up and said, "I'll take the coroner with me. Big brother, go and have a rest first."

Xue thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll go to the back and ask Xun if there are any witnesses."

Wen Xue'an's hidden weapon "Thousand Suns in Hand" is not a real sun. It will only emit a dazzling light and will not really cause a fire.

Yun Heyan killed Cai Jing and fled quickly, but was blocked by Wen Xue'an. After getting rid of Wen Xue'an, he left immediately. Some guards did die in his hands, but it was impossible for the number we see now.

In the court, Cai You said that it was "a group of people" who broke into the prime minister's residence and committed the crime. It was obvious that they had lost their backbone and were afraid of losing the party struggle. They wanted to escalate the situation further to facilitate the frame-up.

Although Cai You and Cai Jing are father and son, they have always had different political views and did not get along well with their brothers.

In history, he was not a good person either. He set a trap for Cai Jing, colluded with Tong Guan, and attacked his father and brothers crazily. It can be said that he stepped on Cai Jing to get to the top.

It was only because Tong Guan died first that the Ge Zhengwo faction looked down on him. Cai You's rebelliousness had nowhere to display and was firmly suppressed by Cai Jing, so he did not make any waves.

Now Cai You has reached an agreement with other brothers in just a few hours, so they must have a common goal.

Xue Chen curled the corners of his mouth and quickly suppressed it.

He came to Mrs. Cai's courtyard, ordered someone to open the door, and stood guard.

Mrs. Cai is a very kind middle-aged woman. Despite such a big incident at home, she remained extremely calm. However, she did not bother to dress up. She looked a little haggard and not in a very good mood.

Xue Chen: [Wow. 】

He said humbly, "My madam is polite."

Madam Cai put away her handkerchief and looked out of the courtyard. She was not surprised to see Xue Chen and invited him in gently, "I have heard that the two gentlemen of the Taiping King's family are both handsome and virtuous. Today, I see that they are indeed worthy of their reputation. It's just that I am old and my eyesight is not clear. I can't tell the two of you apart. How should I address you?"

"My name is Xue Chen. Madam is your elder, so just call me by my name."

Xue Chen: [After the Jin army broke through the city, Cai Jing was exiled to Lingnan by Emperor Qinzong. It is said that because he did too many evil things, he was hated by the people and starved to death in Tanzhou. When Cai Jing was at the peak of his career, some people fabricated stories about his concubine cheating on him. I can't imagine how miserable his family was after he lost power. I let him die when he was still in his prime. The whole mansion doesn't have to be implicated. Everyone should thank me! 】

System: [……]

Madam Cai said: "The master has been busy with official duties recently and hasn't been to the backyard for many days. When the murder happened, I was not able to be by his side and I don't know what happened. I'm afraid I'll disappoint you."

"I seldom go out, and I don't often visit your mansion, so I don't know what's going on there. But I know that my family's guards are strict. If an outsider doesn't know the inside story of the mansion, it's impossible for him to break into the house quietly. Although the Prime Minister is not in charge of the army, he is in a high position of power, even more powerful than my father. I think such an extremely noble person would never take the safety of the whole mansion as a joke. I think the defense of your mansion is even better than that of the royal palace."

System: [Beep - you and your brother have been in and out so many times, when have you ever been discovered by the people in the royal palace?]

Xue Chen; [Although we were not discovered, we successfully trapped my brother. Isn't this a kind of defense force? 】

System: [……]

Gong Jiu is like a nobody wherever he goes, but unfortunately he is a road idiot. The difference for him is that when there is someone around, he can ask the other person to lead the way, but when there is no one around, he can only rely on himself. He may not be able to find the right way even after two or three days.

Madam Cai: "Mr. Xue means that there is a traitor in the mansion?"

Xue Chen: "What do you think, Madam?"

Madam Cai pondered for a moment: "What you said makes sense. There have been a lot of people coming and going these days, and it is indeed a mixed bag."

In the past few days, Liufenbantang and Jinfengxiyulou have been fighting constantly. The corpses were carried back by their respective gangs, but the blood was left. The yamen runners carried water to clean the road twice a day. It is hard not to know.

Xue Chen: "Madam, do you know the identities of those people?"

Madam Cai said: "I am a woman, how can I know this. But I think there are several officials under the old master, and some are here to ask for favors."

Xue Chen asked in surprise: "Madam, don't you know?"

Some distribution of interests cannot be put on the surface. In order to carry out it secretly, women in the family usually come forward to visit and communicate with each other, which is commonly known as "going through the back door". Some wives of families who have no relationship with their superiors will adopt famous prostitutes as their adopted daughters, or marry them to their wives as sisters, and then give them to their superiors, so that they have a reason to communicate and deal with those things that cannot be put on the table.

If you keep doing things that cannot be put on the table, you will become a person who cannot be put on the table.

Therefore, people who are in officialdom and have not married are easily excluded.

One of the reasons why the Prince of Taiping did not remarry was that he was tired of these things. Without further ado, others would understand his attitude.

Madam Cai said, "I am old and have little energy. I can't take care of so many things. Besides, the children have all started families, and it is the daughters-in-law who are in charge of the household."

"Your eldest daughter-in-law?"

Madam Cai's eyes turned cold.

"It seems that you don't have a good relationship with her." Xue Chen smiled, "But today at the morning court, your sons got along very well."

"What do you mean?"

Madam Cai is a smart person and must understand what he meant.

Cai You and Cai Jing were not on good terms, and he wished that Cai Jing would die early to make way for him. Now that Cai Jing is really dead, the sons who were in the same group with Cai Jing have also reached an agreement with Cai You. No matter whether the brothers will have disagreements in the future, her life will definitely not be easy now.

Xue Chen stopped talking and immediately changed the subject: "Did the young masters stay at the mansion last night?"

Mrs. Cai looked at him for a long time and regained her gentle appearance: "The children have moved out for many years. They are busy with official duties on weekdays and rarely go home except for the New Year gatherings. But they all miss home, so they all come back when something happens. They discuss for a long time in front and it is rare for them to go to the morning court together."

System: [It seems something is wrong...]

Xue Chen ignored the system.

The brothers of the Cai family have separated, and the daughters-in-law have become mothers-in-law. They must be managing their own small families and cannot help their mothers-in-law. Mrs. Cai is the actual ruler of this family.

Xue Chen: "After the gentlemen came back, did you hear any noise?"

Madam Cai: "Such a big thing happened, everyone was in a panic, the crying and wailing never stopped, and all other sounds were covered up. The master is gone, and I am a woman, I don't understand the things in the front yard. I want to control the situation, but my words don't count."

"I understand."

Xue Chen chatted with her for a while, then politely left and walked outside.

The system asked: [Can we really find clues this way?]

Xue Chen: [What clues?]

System: [Aren't you pretending to investigate the case?]

Xue Chen called a few soldiers to follow him: [What do you mean by pretending? I'm serious! It is now certain that Cai You and his men have spies in the mansion. They passed the news immediately after Cai Jing's death. These people quickly came, analyzed the current situation, and formed a temporary alliance headed by Cai You. They should have killed many servants who witnessed the crime scene, expanded the casualties, and created the illusion that there were many murderers. The situation has become worse, and the greater the crime of the murderer, the more difficult it will be to turn over. 】

System: [What should I do? Aren't you going to take the blame for them? 】

Xue Chen: [I am the one investigating the case, how can they take the initiative? I can slander them however I want, and people like Cai You must pay the price for despising me! 】

System: [……] Can't you speak normally?

Xue Chen, along with several soldiers, stopped at the servants' room and said softly, "Separate all the people inside and interrogate them one by one. Don't give them a chance to communicate."

The soldiers had no experience in interrogation and looked confused, "How, how to interrogate?"

Xue Chen: "Ask how many people died yesterday and what happened after the young masters came back. There are at least three hundred servants in such a big prime minister's mansion. Even if more than half of them are dead or injured, there are still a hundred people. After the interrogation, we can compare the confessions and tell which is true and which is false. Tell them that if they say anything false, they will be regarded as accomplices."

"Yes!"

Xue Chen looked around and couldn't find a place to sit, so he went to the front yard.

Gong Jiu had already finished the autopsy and was communicating with the coroner.

"How is it? Any clues?" Xue Chen walked over.

"Almost done. It's too windy here, let's go inside and talk." Gong Jiu was as comfortable as if he were at home, commanding several soldiers to clean the house, tidy up the tables and chairs, and asked two people to boil water for tea, "The house here is almost burned, the one in the back has less traces of smoke, sorry for that, brother."

Xue Chen felt that he didn't know where the main courtyard was, so he was embarrassed to suggest going there, so he could only make do here.

He smiled and said, "It's important to find out the truth."

The coroner wanted to follow, but was dissuaded by Gong Jiu's eyes, and stayed where he was.

After the two brothers entered the room, the dust inside had been wiped clean. Gong Jiu asked everyone to leave, closed the door, came to Xue Chen, and said in a low voice: "Brother, the coroner has verified the cause and time of Cai Jing's death. The others also had wounds caused by sharp weapons, but the burns were severe, the flesh was bloody, and the time was relatively close, so the real cause of death cannot be determined."

Xue Chen: "Don't worry, as long as there are witnesses, everything will be easy."

Gong Jiu was stunned: "How many witnesses are there? If the number is too many, it may not be easy to silence them quietly, and we need to make other plans."

"What are you thinking about." Xue Chen complained, [My brother is too cruel, why is he always thinking about silencing people! 】

System: 【Can you please stop laughing when you talk? It's scary.】

Xue Chen: 【You're not a human.】

The system shouted; 【Can't you just let me be quiet for a few days!】

It regretted it right after it said that. What if Xue Chen locked it up in a small dark room for two days?

Xue Chen: 【Okay.】

He stopped teasing the system and looked at his brother with a stern expression helplessly, "He only killed Cai Jing, and the deaths of the rest had nothing to do with him."

Gong Jiu: "Who is he?"

Xue Chen: "Yun Heyan."

Hearing this name, Gong Jiu's expression changed slightly, looking at Xue Chen's face: "Are you guys in private? Is he still drinking your blood?"

System: 【He doesn't seem to like Da Mian very much.】

Xue Chen: 【He doesn't like anyone who is close to me. You bastard, you will be pissed off to death by me sooner or later. 】

"My father has handed Qingyi Building over to me a long time ago. As the owner of Qingyi Building, it is natural for Yun Heyan to obey my orders. Compared with Yun Heyan's illness, I am more worried about you. There will be a melee soon..."

"I am used to being patient and will never lose my temper regardless of the situation."

Xue Chen sighed slowly: [I really want to tell him the ending in the original book, and then laugh at him to my heart's content.]

System: [You tell me.]

Xue Chen: [You don't even stop me.]

System: [If I am driven crazy by you, will it be considered a work-related injury?]

Xue Chen: [I'm not a system. How should I know. Gong Jiu: "

Since the servants in the mansion were not killed by Yun Heyan, then it must have been Cai You and others who did it...Brother, should we take this opportunity to bring down Zhu Ge Zhengwo?"