Does the murderer have experience in killing people?
As soon as Zhen Shicheng said this, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Emperor Jingming was furious when he heard this: He is still a habitual offender!
“Who could this person be?”
Zhen Shicheng scanned the crowd with a burning gaze, and continued, "This man must be skilled in martial arts and familiar with the vital points of the human body. If he was not near Prince An when the incident happened, then he must have received special training and was able to move normally in the dark..."
As Zhen Shicheng described, everyone's mind gradually formed a picture of that person. Although it was still very vague, it was like a layer of window paper that only required a flash of inspiration to pierce through.
Emperor Jingming also thought seriously: Who could Zhen Shicheng be talking about?
After thinking for a long time without any clue, Emperor Jingming threw the problem to Zhen Shicheng.
Zhen Shicheng cupped his hands and said, "I can make a bold guess, but if I'm wrong, please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Emperor Jingming waved his hands and said, "Go ahead, my dear Zhen. I believe your guess is reasonable."
The ministers shuddered.
It is very irresponsible for Your Majesty to say this. What if Zhen Shicheng speaks nonsense out of personal vengeance?
The ministers began to rack their brains to figure out whether they had offended Zhen Shicheng in the past.
The scene fell into an odd silence for a moment.
Emperor Jingming frowned, taking in everyone's reactions, with a sneer on his face.
Time and again, people are murdered right under his nose. Are they testing his good temper?
This time, I'd rather kill him by mistake than let him go!
Emperor Jingming thought: I also have a temper, and I must let these idiots learn their lesson.
With Emperor Jingming supporting him, Zhen Shicheng shook his beard and pointed his finger: "I think the murderer is most likely among these guards!"
This sentence was earth-shattering and shocked countless people.
Emperor Jingming almost jumped up from the dragon throne at that moment.
There are many guards around him. Could there be a murderer here?
"Lord Zhen, are you kidding? These guards were carefully selected from thousands to serve the emperor." Someone retorted.
In the main hall, Wang Hai, the commander of the Jinwu Guard, and Han Ran, the commander of the Jinlin Guard, both looked extremely unhappy.
In addition to being the emperor's spies, the Jinscale Guards also serve as the emperor's ceremonial guard when he travels. As the imperial guards, the Jinwu Guards will also send a portion of their troops to accompany the emperor when he travels.
At present, there are both Jinwu Guards and Jinlin Guards in the palace. Zhen Shicheng's words undoubtedly pushed the two of them to the forefront.
Seeing that the criticism was not directed at them, the others secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but they also had to admire Zhen Shicheng's courage.
Zhen Shicheng is worthy of being Zhen Shicheng as he dared to offend the commander of the Jinwu Guard and the commander of the Jinlin Guard without any solid evidence.
"I noticed that there were no guards near Prince An's body after the hall was brightened again. I request that the guards in the hall be checked one by one. If blood is found on any of the guards, it means that the blood was stained before Prince An was killed." Zhen Shicheng didn't care whether he offended anyone or not and made the request directly.
The meaning of his words was very clear: since no guards approached Prince An after his death, the guard with blood on his body was almost certainly the murderer.
"What if there is no blood on all the guards' bodies?" asked Wang Hai, the commander of the Jinwu Guards.
"That doesn't rule out the possibility that the guards committed the crime." Zhen Shicheng stroked his beard, as if he thought it was stupid for Wang Hai to ask this question. "If we can completely rule out the guards as suspects, then we can re-estimate the scope. Now of course we have to start with the most likely target."
Wang Hai stopped talking.
Emperor Jingming glanced at Han Ran.
Han Ran immediately gathered the Jinlin guards present and lined them up to facilitate Zhen Shicheng's inspection.
Zhen Shicheng walked past the young guards with upright postures and serious expressions, then returned to the front of the team and began a careful inspection.
At this moment, he couldn't help thinking: If only the Princess of Yan was here, maybe she could smell the blood on someone just by moving her nose. Or if the Prince of Yan was here, it would be OK too. He might be a little bit stupid, but he was serious...
Zhen Shicheng sighed inwardly as he lacked help, then cheered himself up and checked each one.
Under the gazes of the crowd, Zhen Shicheng finally checked the last Jinsca guard and said, "Nothing has been found yet."
Jinlin Guard Commander Han Ran immediately breathed a sigh of relief, while Jinwu Guard Commander Wang Hai became inexplicably nervous.
At this time, the Jinwu Guards also lined up, waiting for Zhen Shicheng to inspect them.
Zhen Shicheng walked over and his eyes couldn't help but fall on a young face.
Jiang Zhan grinned as a greeting.
Zhen Shicheng nodded slightly, retracted his gaze and walked to the front of the team.
The guards checked one by one, and he suddenly stopped in front of Jiang Zhan.
Jiang Ancheng almost jumped up.
Worry makes one confused. Although he believed that his son would not kill anyone, he still couldn't help but feel nervous when seeing this situation.
He believed that Zhan'er would not kill anyone, but this kid had cheated him more than once or twice.
Zhen Shicheng took a step back and said to the guard standing in front of Jiang Zhan: "Please stand up."
Jiang Ancheng's heart, which had been pounding, suddenly calmed down and he wiped the sweat off his face quietly.
Brother Zhen is really good at scaring people. I will definitely make him drink a few glasses of wine when I get back.
Zhen Shicheng walked around the Jinwu Guard who had stepped out and asked expressionlessly, "Why are your clothes different from others?"
The King's Guard who was asked looked down at his blue and black guard uniform, and said in confusion: "I can't tell the difference between my uniform and others'--"
Zhen Shicheng grabbed his wrist and said word by word, "The color of the tie on your sleeve is different from that of others."
Unlike ordinary people who wore wide robes with big sleeves, the guards wore short robes with narrow sleeves for ease of movement.
The main colors of Kinggo Guard's clothing are black and blue, embroidered with gold thread, and the sleeve ties are cyan.
Although the sleeve ties of this Jinwu Guard are also cyan, if you look closely, they are slightly different from those of the others, and the color seems to be a little lighter.
Everyone in the hall was puzzled as to why Zhen Shicheng kept harping on this slight difference.
Zhen Shicheng was sharp-eyed. He let go of the man's wrist and asked a Jinwu Guard who looked strange, "Do you have anything to say?"
The Jinwu Guard was about to speak but stopped.
"Just tell me what Lord Zhen asks you." Wang Hai, the commander of the Jinwu Guard, said coldly.
The Jinwu Guard hesitated for a moment and said, "Look at the color of this belt, it seems to be the same as the clothes from last year..."
Wang Hai seemed to have thought of something. He strode over, grabbed the hem of the Jinwu Guard's clothes and turned it over.
The word "eighteen" was embroidered on the inside of the hem with fine thread.
"The clothes were also made last year." Wang Hai said with a serious face.
Zhen Shicheng looked at the Jinwu Guard and stroked his beard: "Then can you tell me why you would wear old clothes for an occasion like offering sacrifices to the heavens?"
"I accidentally got my clothes dirty before going out, so I hurriedly took out my old clothes and put them on." Jinwuwei said honestly.
Everyone shook their heads secretly.
Zhen Shicheng seems to be thinking too much. Does wearing old clothes mean there is something wrong?
At this time, Zhen Shicheng noticed the secret look that Jiang Zhan was giving him.
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