This matter soon alarmed the Dali Temple.
He personally went to the cell to see the dead people and concluded almost at a glance that they died of poisoning.
Who on earth would be so cruel as to target these playboys who have already been sent to prison?
The Chief Justice of the Dali Temple easily smelled a conspiracy.
He did not dare to delay and immediately mobilized people to surround the entire examination hall. Then he rushed into the palace to ask Kangxi for a solution and, by the way... to apologize!
At the same time, in Prince Zhi’s Mansion.
The brothers Yinzhi and Yinzhi sat opposite each other. Yinzhi took a thin piece of paper, quickly read what was written on it, then slowly folded the paper and threw it into the charcoal basin.
"It seems that old fox Ma Qi can't help it anymore."
A smile appeared on Yinzhi's face, and he picked up the teacup and took a sip.
That's right.
The seven people who died in the cell this time were killed by Fucha Maqi.
As for how he got the news, he had to thank the spies under Yinzhen and Yin'er.
Yinzhi's face was calm, and he raised the corner of his lips when he heard this.
"The Fucha brothers have always had a good relationship. Maska could have been saved, but he died in prison. How could Fucha Maqi be willing to accept this loss?"
"That's true, but what I didn't expect was that old guy Ma Qi was so patient. Maska has been dead for many years, and he is only now thinking of taking revenge."
"It really is true that the saying goes, 'A dog that bites doesn't bark!'"
Yinzhi sighed, with a hint of gloating in his tone.
Yinzhi rolled up his sleeves and poured Yinzhi another cup of tea, teasing,
"You're not bad either. Weren't you the first one to discover the murderer of Maska?"
"Big brother, you are really wronging me. At first, I was just a little suspicious. Who can blame the murderer for being so stupid as to think of framing me? If it was someone else, even if it was the Emperor, I wouldn't have any suspicions."
The second elder brother has offended many people over the years, but he has never used such shady means to take anyone's life. If he wanted to kill Maska and make all the evidence of Maska's crimes public, the pressure from the people in the capital alone would be enough for the emperor to personally order Maska to hang himself.
There's no need to beat around the bush.
Yinzhi rolled his eyes.
"It would be easy for Second Brother to kill Maska. He is not worthy of Second Brother spending so much effort targeting him."
"That's true..."
When Kangxi handed the case over to Yinzhi for investigation, he discovered the trap set by the murderer within a few days of investigation.
At that time, Fucha Maqi was keeping a close eye on the progress of his investigation every day. It was unrealistic to completely cover up those clues under Maqi's nose.
So when he found clues pointing to his second brother, Yinzhi took advantage of the situation and magnified all the clues, allowing Ma Qi to identify his second brother as the murderer within a few days.
But Ma Qi is a suspicious person.
He would never believe a conclusion that was drawn too easily.
So when Yinzhi got all the evidence and was about to go to the emperor to take credit, Ma Qi stopped him.
Ma Qi Leng found a loophole in such a thorough chain of evidence, which directly overturned the conclusion he had drawn.
The case then came to a standstill.
Yinzhi spent another half a year investigating the real murderer. However, every time he got to the key point, there would always be various obstacles, so that everyone gave up the investigation.
But Ma Qi is an exception.
The person who died was his own brother. Others might not care, but he couldn't.
After Kangxi instructed Yinzhi to close the case, the investigation went underground.
Later, Ma Qi spent several years unraveling the case, and it was not until five years ago that he found the real murderer.
Ma Qi thought that he was the only one who knew the identity of the murderer, but he didn't know that all this had fallen into the eyes of the spies sent by Yinzhi.
Yinzhi sent people to keep an eye on Ma Qi just to prevent anyone from throwing dirty water on them again. However, when the real culprit surfaced, he was shocked.
What surprised him even more was that Ma Qi had clearly found out the murderer's true identity, but he did not choose to make it public directly, but chose to lie low.
This made him feel even more incredible.
And five years ago, it happened to be a critical period when the brothers decided to form an alliance.
Without giving it much thought, Yinzhi shared the whole story in the "group chat".
The subsequent task of keeping an eye on people fell into the hands of Yin'er and Yinzhen.
Until Ma Qi chose to take action during this period.
Yinzhi's mind was full of thoughts, his fingers unconsciously stroking the teacup, his eyes looking out the window at the Forbidden City.
"This time... all of the old man's confidants have joined the game. The rest depends on us."
"I hope there won't be any mistakes..."
Yinzhi also followed his gaze, with an inexplicable emotion in his eyes.
"Don't worry, we are in the dark and they are in the light. Even if we fail, the old man has no other choice..."
So no matter what, they are invincible.
The two brothers looked at each other and saw the cold light in each other's eyes.
When Kangxi learned that several of the playboys who were imprisoned in the Dali Temple had died, he was still unable to react.
His first reaction was that Tong Guowei was hypocritical. After he made his position clear, he still killed several of them to vent his anger.
But soon he felt that it was unlikely.
Under his explicit prohibition, no matter how reluctant Tong Guowei was, he would not openly go against him.
After talking with Tong Guowei, Kangxi instructed the Minister of Public Administration and others to stop the investigation. He also instructed the three courts to give lenient punishment to the sons of nobles who had been arrested.
After all, too many people were affected, and Kangxi didn't want to start a war.
In the past, Kangxi wouldn't care at all if it were just a few playboys dying.
But when he had decided to cover up the matter, there were still people who dared to make trouble here, which was challenging his bottom line.
"Investigate this thoroughly!"
Kangxi's face darkened, and he ordered the Ministry of Justice to get involved.
When the Dali Temple Minister went to the Cabinet to ask the Minister of Justice to mobilize manpower with Kangxi's oral order, Tong Guowei also heard a general outline of what had happened.
His heart skipped a beat, and he felt like something was out of his control.
The deaths of those playboys had nothing to do with him, but they were sent to jail because of him after all. It was possible that the families behind them would blame him for this.
He wasn't afraid, but he also didn't want to take the blame for others for nothing.
Fortunately, he was also quite friendly with the Minister of Justice, so Tong Guowei planned to invite the Minister of Justice to his home for a chat after finishing his shift today.
At least he should be informed of the progress of this murder case.
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