Chapter 191 Brother, do you really think I'm here to investigate a case?
Although Ji Changsheng had not been in Yingguo for long, he soon realized one thing:
Probably because Ying III was not dead, the Ying people did not regard the assassination of the Ying emperor as a particularly important event, but only regarded it as a case of assassination and murder. Even Ying III himself chose to transfer Ying Hongye back to take full charge of the investigation of the case.
Ji Changsheng thought that Emperor Ying III was just an emperor, he didn't know a thing about treason.
Assassinating the emperor is considered treason in any dynasty, and the Ying Kingdom is no exception.
What is needed for treason is to put it down.
What the hell is investigating a case?
Just because the emperor is not dead, treason cannot be turned into attempted murder.
Even if Emperor Ying III had any opinions, he had to keep them to himself.
I, Detective Ji, have the final say.
Looking at the stunned faces around him, even Prime Minister Li and Marshal Zhang were shocked beyond words, Ji Changsheng shook his head helplessly: "It seems that there has been no treason case in Yingguo for a long time, so you have no experience at all. Although I claim to be the number one detective of Xuandu Temple and Tiansheng Sect, I am not here to investigate the case. I came to Yingguo with the jade sword of Fairy Linglong and the entrustment of Sect Leader Yu, at the request of the Emperor of Yingguo and Princess Hongye, to help Princess Hongye deal with the rebellion."
Ji Changsheng held the jade sword of Fairy Linglong in his right hand, and a bright red jade pendant representing the young master of the Tiansheng Sect hung around his waist. In his left hand, he took out the princess seal given to her by Ying Hongye.
"Do you understand the value of these three things?"
Li Xiang finally reacted.
But my scalp still tingles.
"Master Ji... Master Ji, did you really kill the Highness? Was it an illusion?"
He held on to his last hope.
Li Xiang had investigated Ji Changsheng's information and knew that Ji Changsheng was from the Yaoguang lineage of Xuandu Temple and that illusion was his specialty.
Unfortunately, his last hope was dashed.
Ji Changsheng kicked the prince's head into his arms.
"Prime Minister Li, you have to testify for me that it was the eldest prince who asked me to kill him. I have never seen such a request in my life."
At this point, Ji Changsheng was a little curious: "Is the eldest prince a fool? Or has he never collected any intelligence about me? If he knew a little about me, he would not have made such a request to me."
Ji Changsheng was not bragging, the problem was that ever since his debut, he had always been reckless, killing anyone he saw, and never bullying the weak or fearing the strong.
So what about Yu Linglong's husband? So what about the president of Tongtian Chamber of Commerce? So what about Guanyin Temple?
The buddy raised his knife and killed one person after another, and his hands were sore from killing.
The eldest prince is actually capable of such a suicidal provocation.
Warriors, great.
Li Xiang was unable to describe his feelings towards Ji Changsheng in a few words: "Your Highness...it is true that his intelligence information is not as good as that of the other two princes and Princess Hongye. He has been under soft house arrest for many years."
"Soft confinement?"
"Your Majesty has not issued any explicit orders, but Your Highness will not be allowed to show up in public at any official occasion."
Understood.
The difference between stars who have been banned by documents and stars who have not been banned by documents but are banned implicitly.
The former was hammered to death.
The latter cannot be killed legally, but they are killed morally. The authorities do not provide them with any chance to make a comeback, but they also do not admit to banning them.
In this case, the latter have room to maneuver and try to make a comeback, and some people will bet on them, but any activities they participate in will be blocked by the official and will take a month to review. After a long time, others will naturally give up.
The eldest prince is probably the latter.
You can go out, but only for eating, drinking and entertainment.
He can make friends, but the real important officials of the court have given up on him, so he can only make friends with some bad people.
He can retain his ambition, but his strength no longer supports his ambition.
So...it seems like this guy really has nothing to do with the assassination of Emperor Ying III.
Detective Ji confirmed this.
Even his information could not be found, let alone contacting the Assassin League's Absolute Sword Immortal and planning such a big event. The eldest prince's strength did not allow it.
After reaching the conclusion, Detective Ji gave himself a thumbs up - he had cleared a suspect's innocence so quickly, and he truly lived up to the title of detective.
"Master Ji, did you kill the Great Prince?"
The Empress's personal maid had a face as pale as gold paper.
The eyes looking at Ji Changsheng were full of shock, fear and confusion.
"How dare you?"
Ji Changsheng looked at the female official curiously.
After a moment, Detective Ji suddenly realized: "My achievements have not yet spread to Yingguo?"
Yes.
Although he did a lot of things and killed many important people, the big outbreak only happened in the past two days.
And so much has happened in these two days.
Not only him, Yu Linglong, Yu Lao Mo, Li Huanyan... many big guys are making trouble.
In comparison, it is normal that the things he did did not spread to the middle and lower classes of Ying State.
In the Ying Kingdom, perhaps only Ying III, Prime Minister Li, Marshal Zhang, and the Master of the Secret Law Pavilion could obtain his latest intelligence.
Others, such as the Queen's personal maid, if nothing unexpected happens, they still got the information he got two days ago?
Or yesterday's intelligence.
She definitely doesn't know what happened today, otherwise she wouldn't have asked this.
Ji Changsheng thought about it and said that he could understand.
Can't blame them for being out of touch with information.
The main reason is that I am too efficient.
From this perspective, the eldest prince’s death was indeed a bit unjust.
If he had waited two more days, he would definitely not have dared to provoke Old Devil Ji like this.
The Queen's maid did not get the latest information about Ji Changsheng in the past two days.
She knew the value of the Linglong Fairy Sword, but she grew up in the palace and knew the importance of the prince of Ying State.
In her eyes, what Ji Changsheng did was simply treasonous.
The female official emphasized her tone and tried to remind him, "Master Ji, beheading the prince in public is also a crime of treason. You shouldn't do this. The eldest prince is dead, and Princess Hongye can't bear the consequences. And you said it yourself that your purpose of coming to Yingguo was just to find out the truth."
Ji Changsheng smiled: "Sister Lady Official, I said I was an imperial envoy, do you really think I was an imperial envoy?"
Li Xiang and Marshal Zhang were silent.
A boss with a high level and broad knowledge is naturally better than others in handling emergencies.
To be honest, they originally thought that Ji Changsheng was really helping Ying Hongye investigate the case. After all, Ji Changsheng had said in front of them not long ago that he would never wrongly accuse a good person, nor would he use this opportunity to set up a large-scale prison.
Now it seems that Ji Changsheng was talking nonsense.
But they endured it.
Because they know there will always be someone who won't tolerate it.
This is indeed the case.
The purpose of cannon fodder's existence is often to highlight the high rank of the big guys.
Obviously, the rank of the Queen's personal maid is not high enough.
She still doesn't understand the current situation.
"Master Ji, this is Ying State. The person who died is the prince of Ying State, and he has nothing to do with the assassination of Your Majesty."
Ji Changsheng narrowed his eyes and said, "How do you know that the eldest prince has nothing to do with the assassination of His Majesty? Could it be that you are the real murderer, so you know that the eldest prince is innocent?"
Without waiting for the female official to react, Ji Changsheng continued to reason: "No, the real murderer can't be you. You are just a female official beside the queen, there is no point in killing the emperor. You are the queen's person, you know that the eldest prince is innocent, hiss..."
Ji Changsheng took a deep breath and discovered the truth of the matter: "Prime Minister Li, Marshal Zhang, you all heard it with your own ears. This woman testified that the Queen was the culprit who assassinated His Majesty."
Li Xiang and Marshal Zhang continued to remain silent, but looked at the female official with some pity in their eyes.
Neither of us is talking anymore, why are you talking so much?
The eldest prince is already dead, can you bring him back to life?
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The female official finally reacted and said loudly: "I didn't, I didn't, don't talk nonsense, the assassination of His Majesty has nothing to do with the Queen."
"So why do you know that His Highness is not the real murderer?" Ji Changsheng asked sternly.
The female official was about to cry: "I don't know, it was my fault."
"As the Queen's personal maid, your every word and action represents the Queen. Don't speak carelessly or you will suffer the consequences."
The female official nodded vigorously.
Although he was already gnashing with hatred in his heart, he pretended to be grateful on the surface: "Thank you, Young Master Ji, for your guidance."
"Ruzi is teachable. What's the name of this sister?"
"Manrou."
"Sister Manrou, do you still believe that the eldest prince has nothing to do with the assassination of His Majesty?"
“Not sure.”
Manrou immediately took herself off.
Ji Changsheng made a decisive decision: "The Queen's personal maid Miss Manrou pointed out that the Grand Prince might be involved in the assassination of the Emperor. Since Miss Manrou has reported it, I cannot take it lightly. Close the commander, break into the house, and confiscate the property. Miss Manrou will bear all the consequences."
Manrou knelt on the ground instantly.
However, Ji Changsheng ignored her at this time and kicked open the door of the eldest prince's mansion.
Miss Manrou will be fine, because something will definitely be found in the eldest prince's mansion, and then Manrou will be rewarded for her report.
Whenever something goes wrong, it is always the remnants of the eldest prince who are responsible.
Zhang Beimao, Yi Tan Yin and the others followed Ji Changsheng and it felt extremely unreal.
Zhang Bei almost missed a step and muttered to herself, "I suddenly remembered something."
"What's the matter?" Mao Yi asked.
"The afterimage was able to escape from the jade sword of Fairy Linglong. I'm afraid his strength is far inferior to that of Fairy Juejian."
So Mao Yi and Tan Yinxia also missed their step.
Things happened so quickly that they didn't have time to think about many details.
I have to say that Zhang Bei, the capital's number one detective, has some talent and is indeed better at grasping details than ordinary people.
Bang! Marshal Zhang chopped Zhang Bei on the back of the head with his knife, knocking her unconscious.
Marshal Zhang then handed Zhang Bei to a guard beside him.
"Take her back and confine her to her room for seven days. If she takes one step out of the room..."
Marshal Zhang hesitated for a second, but still said coldly: "Behead!"
The guard asked in a low voice, "What about the master and the lady's request for mercy?"
Zhang Bei is Marshal Zhang's granddaughter and the eldest daughter of the eldest son.
That’s why I have the personality I have now.
Marshal Zhang said coldly: "Master, please depose him as the head of the family. Madam, please give her a letter of divorce. There are hundreds of people in the Zhang family, and we cannot hand them over to useless people, even if they are from the eldest branch."
Originally, he had selfish motives.
Of course, the eldest son should be favored a little. In fact, if a large family wants to maintain harmony, it is absolutely necessary to insist on appointing the eldest son instead of the most virtuous one. The reason is very simple. There is no clear standard for virtue or not. The right of interpretation belongs to the fist, which can easily cause disputes. But for the issue of whether the eldest son is the eldest, the clear standard is there, which can reduce a lot of internal troubles.
A clear standard is very important for a large family.
There are many things in the world that give bad people room to operate behind the scenes because the standards are not clear enough.
But the premise of all this is that the eldest branch of the family does not commit suicide.
In Marshal Zhang's opinion, what Zhang Bei said just now was suicidal.
After dealing with Zhang Bei, Marshal Zhang nodded slightly to Mao Yi, and said in a murderous tone: "From today on, Zhang Bei will leave the Princess's Mansion. If Princess Hongye needs any help, please come find Pengju. Tomorrow, I will ask Pengju to be on standby and serve Princess Hongye."
Mao Yi and Tan Yin were both awed.
Zhang Pengju, the real talent of the Zhang family, has been kept by Marshal Zhang since he started to show his talent at the age of eight.
He had spent eighteen years of his adult life in the military. What was even more valuable was that he had spent seven years undercover in the Wan Yao Kingdom gathering intelligence, and four years as a pioneer in the border areas where wars were most frequent.
Marshal Zhang can control everything in Ying State, but he cannot control things outside Ying State, and cannot control the ever-changing situation on the real battlefield.
Zhang Pengju made great contributions on the front line of the Wan Yao Kingdom. He escaped death countless times in the four-year border war. He gradually inherited the Zhang family's connections and prestige in the army in the most indisputable way and with military merit.
After five years of military service, Zhang Bei was transferred out of the army.
It is not difficult to see who the big family is cultivating with all their heart and who they have the highest expectations for.
Marshal Zhang once asked Zhang Bei to work for Ying Hongye, but in fact no one in Ying State took it seriously.
Even Ying Hongye didn't think that he could win over the Zhang family through Zhang Bei, otherwise Ying Hongye would not have voluntarily given up his inheritance rights and joined Xuandu Temple.
But Zhang Pengju is different.
Marshal Zhang's actions revealed an important signal.
"Old Zhang, are you on the same side?"
Li Xiang took all of this in, and was amazed at the decisiveness of his "old friend".
Marshal Zhang shook his head and said, "It's not about taking sides, it's about apologizing. By placing Zhang Bei next to Princess Hongye, the Zhang family has offended Princess Hongye. If they continue to stay, they will also offend Young Master Ji."
After a pause, Marshal Zhang shook his head helplessly again: "Smart people will pretend to be stupid, and only stupid people want to appear smart. Zhang Bei went from the army to the Ministry of Justice, and from the Ministry of Justice to the Secret Law Pavilion. More than ten years have passed, but she is still like a teenager. She can only do things, but not be a human being. She can only pretend to be smart, but not stupid."
Li Xiang chuckled: "Young people always think they can discover things that others can't, and they always think they are the only ones who can see the truth."
The Ying Kingdom has no shortage of truly smart people.
However, the truly smart people in Ying State did not work for Ying Hongye, the princess who had the least hope of succeeding to the throne in the past.
When Ji Changsheng came, everything began to change.
"Report, a dragon robe was found under the second tree in the eldest prince's backyard!"
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