"I know you've been very busy these days, so I won't blame you," Zhong Zhiheng took a sip of tea, and said with a smile while looking at Zhong Mingwei, "Besides, you're here, aren't you?"
Zhong Mingwei didn't dare to look at Zhong Zhiheng's face at all, and he lowered his head in a hurry, like a child who didn't dare to take responsibility for his mistakes. He was calm and composed when he stepped into the gate of Yangxin Palace just now. He had made up his mind long ago. However, at this moment, facing Zhong Zhiheng's gentle and loving smile, a layer of fine sweat oozed from his whole body. He didn't know what was wrong with him. He was used to Zhong Zhiheng's indifference and disgust, but now he didn't have the courage to face such a Zhong Zhiheng. He knew that he was a loser...
But isn't this what he has been looking forward to since he was a child?
Love and approval from my father.
"Tell me, why did you come to see me in the palace today?" Zhong Zhiheng asked Zhong Mingwei slowly, holding a teacup. "You look worried, so you must not just come to pay your respects to me."
"Yes," Zhong Mingwei finally came back to his senses, and then hurriedly said, "My father sent me to investigate the murder of my fourth brother. Now that the case has come to light, I have come to report to you."
"Oh? Really?" Zhong Zhiheng said slowly, placing the teacup on the small table and looking at Zhong Mingwei. "You are very efficient, but I don't know if the case is as clear as you said."
Zhong Mingwei clasped his fists and said, "Then I will go through the case for you, Father?"
"Okay, then tell me." Zhong Zhiheng nodded, leaning on the soft pillow and looking at Zhong Mingwei.
"Father, please understand. Fourth brother was assassinated in his own palace, and none of the palace servants noticed it. It was only the next morning when the maid entered the bedroom to help fourth brother wash and comb that she found that fourth brother was dead. This son deduced that it must be someone familiar with the situation in fourth brother's palace who committed the crime. So it could be the eunuchs, palace maidens, or patrol guards in fourth brother's palace," Zhong Mingwei said slowly, looking at Zhong Zhiheng nodded, and then continued, "After examining all the eunuchs and palace maidens, there was no gain, so this son determined that the murderer should be among the guards who patrolled that night, so this son interrogated the guards of the Imperial Guards who patrolled that night and found that they were together from beginning to end. No one left alone, let alone the possibility of dozens of people committing the crime together. Then this son could only follow the clues and focus his attention on people who were familiar with fourth brother's daily routine and the situation in the palace, and who knew the patrol situation of the Imperial Guards like the back of his hand. In this way, Ma Zhiming became the main suspect of this son."
"Oh? You actually suspected that Ma Zhiming would attack the Fourth Prince?" Zhong Zhiheng frowned slightly and said, "Ma Zhiming is the leader of the Imperial Guards and a trusted minister of mine. I have always relied on him. How could he attack my prince? Moreover, the Fourth Prince is young and has no contacts with the ministers of the previous dynasty. I just let him enter the Imperial Academy for training. Ma Zhiming and him can be said to have no intersection at all. Why would he attack the Fourth Prince?"
"I couldn't figure it out at first, but for the sake of caution, I sent people to carefully investigate Ma Zhiming's whereabouts before the incident. As a result, I found that Ma Zhiming was an out-and-out gambler. His spending in the gambling house was huge, and his salary could not support it. So Ma Zhiming might take risks to get gambling money. Father, you know that no matter how honest and reliable a person is, once he gets addicted to gambling, he will completely change. As a result, what I expected was not wrong at all," Zhong Mingwei said, clapping his hands and saying to the outside, "Come in."
At that moment, Pang Yi pulled aside the curtain and came in. He bent over to open the bundle in his hand and then handed it to Zhong Zhiheng.
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