Chapter 185 Entering the Palace

Song Xitang was stunned when he heard this. The first thought in his mind was that Gongsun Zhuoyu was teasing him. He was ashamed and angry. He stamped his feet angrily: "Master Gongsun, please stop teasing me at this time!"

Is it possible that he changes his name today and then beats gongs and drums in the streets tomorrow to announce it to the world?!

Gongsun Zhuoyu touched the tip of his nose and felt that this method might be a bit trick.He just simply thought that the murderer was a perfectionist, maybe even a little obsessive-compulsive, and changing his name might really help.

"I want to see if he dares to come," Du Lingchun sneered, clenching the paper in his hand, and ordered Wu Yue: "Tend all the first-class Xuanyi guards from Jinglu Division to guard here. If thatWhen the murderer comes, capture him if he can; if he can't, he will kill him!"

Cutting the grass and eradicating the roots is his style.

Gongsun Zhuoyu looked at Song Xitang and Leng Wuyan sympathetically when he heard this. Generally speaking, according to the plot in the TV series, it is useless to send more guards. People will definitely be killed in various bizarre ways.In the house.

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Song Xitang was stared at by Gongsun Zhuoyu so much that cold sweat broke out on his back, and his hair stood on end: "Brother Zhuoyu, why are you looking at me like this?"

Leng Wuyan's voice was hoarse: "Does Lord Gongsun think we can't escape this disaster?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu thought that these words were too hateful: "No, no, I'm just worried for you two gentlemen."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Du Lingchun quietly.Then little by little, he took out the crumpled paper from the other party's hand and compared it with the one he brought from the Ministry of Justice.After looking at it for a while, I found that the paper was the same, the trimmings were the same, the fonts were the same, and the ink was in the same condition. They should have been torn from the same book."

In other words, this poem was indeed sent by the murderer.

Gongsun Zhuoyu was deep in thought, as if he had glimpsed something between the lightning and flint. However, before he could think of becoming famous, Du Lingchun suddenly said: "You guys are waiting here for the news. Gongsun Zhuoyu will follow me into the palace.Meet the Holy One."

Gongsun Zhuoyu was shocked: "Ah?!"

Gongsun Zhuoyu probably never entered the palace a few times in his entire life. He didn't expect that he would finally get in under such circumstances.The carriage of the company's mansion galloped into the palace late at night, and finally stopped in front of Chongwu Gate. Upon seeing this, the commander of the Imperial Guards on duty stepped forward and stopped the carriage: "Who is in the carriage?!"

Du Lingchun opened the curtain, his eyes gloomy: "Let us go quickly."

The commander of the imperial army was stunned when he saw this, and quickly retracted his hand: "It turns out to be Du Si."

After saying this, he quickly signaled to his subordinates to let them go, and at the same time said something quickly in a low voice: "Prime Minister Yan brought Tang Feishuang into the palace half an hour ago, and is discussing matters with His Majesty in the Wuji Hall."

Hearing this, Du Lingchun was thoughtful, sneered and lowered the curtain, secretly thinking that Yan Fu was a cunning old man.Bringing Tang Feishuang into the palace at this time was just to take advantage of him.

When he thought about this, he couldn't help but raise his eyes and look to the opposite side.Gongsun Zhuoyu was sitting in his seat studying the two pieces of paper. He turned over them over and over again, but he didn't know what they were about. He was very focused on them.

"Gongsun Zhuoyu." Du Lingchun suddenly said.

"Huh?" The latter immediately raised his head, his eyes bright: "What are your orders from the company?"

Du Lingchun actually had nothing to do, he just wanted to call him, turned his head and looked away: "Nothing."

The palace walls are majestic and majestic, and a long corridor leads straight ahead, making it impossible to see the end.The setting sun burns red in a corner of the horizon and turns it into golden purple clouds, as strong as blood.On the ridge of the palace stands the Suan Ni beast, with its head raised and facing the east, leaving only a black silhouette under the sky.

The wheels of the carriage rolled gently on the bluestone slab. Upon seeing this, the palace maids and eunuchs retreated to both sides. They only resumed walking after the carriage passed by.

Du Lingchun closed his eyes and propped his head, wondering what he was thinking.He spent some of his humblest days here, and also spent his most glorious days here.Step by step, I climbed up the ladder to heaven with my sister.But deep down in my heart, I can't always say that I am happy.

They've gone high, but not high enough...

Du Lingchun slowly opened his eyes, only to find that Gongsun Zhuoyu had been sitting next to him at some point, holding two pieces of paper in his hand, with a hazy halo under the light of the candle, and he was looking at it in rapt attention.

Du Lingchun unconsciously sat up straight, his fingertips slowly smoothed the folds of his sleeves and robe, and glanced sideways at Gongsun Zhuoyu: "Why are you sitting here?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu raised his head when he heard this and smiled at him, with loving eyes and an innocent air of romance: "The light is better here."

After he finished speaking, he folded the two pieces of paper and put them into his sleeves, but didn't read them again.

Gongsun Zhuoyu was actually a little nervous, fearing that Du Lingchun would push him back to sit across from him, but after waiting for a while, he felt slightly relieved when he saw that the other party didn't seem to have such intention.

A gust of evening wind blew through, lifting the carriage curtain.

Gongsun Zhuoyu moved unconsciously, but found that he and Du Lingchun were very close, so he paused again.Their shoulders were next to each other, their legs were next to each other, and the thin layer of clothes could hardly block anything, and they could all feel the body temperature coming from each other.

Du Lingchun clenched his fingertips, wondering why this bastard Gongsun Zhuoyu was sitting closer and closer.He was a little flustered and quietly moved outside a little, but not long after, the latter came closer again.

Du Lingchun stared at him: "What are you doing?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu's voice sounded really stumbling: "Xiaguan...Xiaguan is a little nervous when he meets the saint for the first time..."

As he spoke, he spread out his well-jointed right hand and exposed his white palm to the air: "The company doesn't believe in touching it, and I'm even sweating."

Du Lingchun thought there was nothing to be nervous about, but when he saw Gongsun Zhuoyu looking at him innocently, he accidentally touched his palm lightly.It felt sticky and wet, and he was indeed sweaty. He was about to take it back, but Gongsun Zhuoyu suddenly held his hand and whispered: "Company..."

Du Lingchun was so shocked by his action that his heartbeat suddenly accelerated: "What are you doing?"

It seemed like this was all he could say.

Gongsun Zhuoyu moved his lips and was about to say something. However, before he could speak, a voice suddenly sounded from outside: "Master, we have arrived outside the Tai Chi Hall."

After hearing this, Du Lingchun reluctantly calmed down: "I understand."

After he finished speaking, he didn't even look at Gongsun Zhuoyu. He pulled back his hand and got out of the carriage in a slight panic. Seeing this, Gongsun Zhuoyu had no choice but to follow.

Tai Chi Hall is as big as a square, surrounded by a red wall. Carriages can only stop outside the red wall, and you have to walk the rest of the way inside.

The palace was brightly lit, the emperor was sitting behind the royal desk, calm and dignified, and two men stood under the golden steps.One person has white hair and beard and is wearing a crimson official robe. He is clearly the Prime Minister Yan Fu. The other person is about twenty years old and dressed in blue. He is Tang Feishuang who broke into the Criminal Department today.

Yan Fu entered the palace and first reported to the emperor the final situation of the flood in the south. Then he seemed to accidentally mention the serial murder case: "The murderer is so rampant that the court is in turmoil. Fortunately, Mr. Tang has entered the capital. I want to come."The truth will be found out soon.”

When the matter was mentioned, the emperor also frowned. He looked at Tang Feishuang, always cherishing young talents: "Tang Feishuang, although you have no official status, I have authorized you to investigate this case. Don't let outsidersPeople saw the joke.”

Tang Feishuang cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the common people have gone to the Ministry of Punishment today to see the corpses. All three adults were killed by fast swords. The murderer is probably not weak in martial arts. Although it is difficult, it is not without clues. Now we just wait for himSend the fourth poem and we can ambush him secretly and capture him."

Officials in the court were killed repeatedly, and the emperor also felt the provocation of the murderer, and said in a deep voice: "You must capture this person, otherwise if word spreads, the royal family will become a laughing stock, and this Daye official will also become a laughing stock. In the future, among the peopleHow can you govern a country if you have no authority at all!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the eunuch in charge suddenly trotted in and whispered in the emperor's ear: "Go back to your majesty, Mr. Du Si wants to see you."

The emperor had great trust in Du Lingchun, not to mention that because of his imperial concubine Du Qiuwan, he also loved the whole family a little bit. He smiled and threw the memorial aside: "He really knows how to choose the right time, and he happened to meet Yan Xiang.".”

It seems that he is completely unaware of the overt and covert struggles between Yan and Du.

The eunuch whispered: "There is a young man following Mr. Du."

The emperor thought for a moment and seemed to know who it was. He waved his sleeves and said, "No problem, those are the people I summoned to investigate the case together. Let them in."

Tang Feishuang glanced outside. The emperor caught his little movement and said: "This man's name is Gongsun Zhuoyu. Although he is just a county magistrate, he has the ability to solve cases. In my opinion, his talent is not inferior to yours. II'm quite curious, which one of you two can find out the truth first."

Tang Feishuang is indeed talented, and talented people are more or less arrogant. What's more, he has been sought after by others since he was a child, so he is inevitably arrogant and arrogant.Hearing this, he half-smiled but said, "The common people also want to compete with this Lord Gongsun."

His demeanor was nonchalant.

Outside, Gongsun Zhuoyu followed Du Lingchun into the inner hall. Adhering to the idea that doing more is worse than doing less, he honestly lowered his eyes and stared at the floral carpet on the ground, not daring to look at the surrounding furnishings.

Du Lingchun walked to the threshold and looked back at him: "Follow me, don't be nervous."

Gongsun Zhuoyu was stunned for a moment before realizing that he was talking to himself, and whispered: "With the company here, I am sure you are not afraid."

Du Lingchun shook his sleeves and robe and walked into the hall.When he saw Yan Fu, he smiled coldly, then withdrew his gaze, bowed his hands and saluted the emperor: "I have seen your majesty."

Gongsun Zhuoyu followed suit: "I have seen your majesty."

The emperor waved his hand: "I don't want to be polite, but I'm asking for you late at night. What's the important thing?"

Du Lingchun said: "Today, the staff of the Weichen Mansion were gathering in the teahouse, but they accidentally received the fourth letter from the murderer. I expected that the other party would attack again, so I did not dare to delay, so I came here to inform Your Majesty."

After saying this, he handed the fourth piece of paper to the person in front of the emperor and presented it to him.

Everyone was a little surprised when they heard the news. The emperor frowned and took the piece of paper, then handed it to Yan Fu and Tang Feishuang to see, and said with a gloomy face: "This person has a lot of murderous intentions."

Three have been killed, and now it's the fourth. I don't know how many the opponent has to kill before he stops.

Tang Feishuang also took a piece of paper from the Ministry of Justice. He took it out from his arms, compared the two, and said after a moment: "The paper is the same, the handwriting is the same, it is indeed from the same murderer."

Du Lingchun said to the emperor: "We have sent people from the Jinglu Department to keep a close watch. If the criminal dares to come, he will be unable to fly."

Gongsun Zhuoyu thought to the company, let’s not be so absolute in what we say, otherwise it will be bad if we get slapped in the face.Finally, he couldn't help but look up, only to see the emperor sitting on the dragon throne, staring at him with interest.

The emperor had a deep impression of Gongsun Zhuoyu, and suddenly asked: "Gongsun Zhuoyu, do you still remember me?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu: "..."

Isn't this the old man who was talking loudly outside when he was trying Yu's case?

Gongsun Zhuoyu never expected that he was actually the emperor. After being shocked, he realized what he was doing and laughed awkwardly: "We may have met him once before. I see how kind-hearted your Majesty is."

The emperor said: "When I went out to patrol Jiangzhou incognito, I saw you solving a case, which was quite brilliant. What do you think of this case?"

Du Lingchun glanced at Gongsun Zhuoyu, raised his chin slightly, and signaled him to speak frankly, as this was a good opportunity to show his face.

Gongsun Zhuoyu took a step forward, cupped his hands and said: "Wei Chen went to the Ministry of Punishment to see the corpses and found that they all had dense sword marks on their bodies. The wounds were of the same shape and size, indicating that the murderer had extremely high martial arts skills, was good at using long swords, and had a deep affection for the deceased.The hatred..."

The emperor frowned: "Hate? How to tell?"

Gongsun Zhuoyu said: "The murderer is extremely skilled in martial arts. He could have stabbed them to death with a sword, but instead tortured them to death by cutting their faces, cutting them in half, and hanging them. If they don't have grudges, they are cruel by nature."

Yan Fu glanced at him from the side, nodded slightly, and showed approval. He obviously didn't expect that Du Lingchun's disciples were not only corrupt officials, but also capable people.

Gongsun Zhuoyu continued: "Before the murder, the murderer will send a poem with the name of the deceased, which shows that there is a set of rules for doing things, and the people he kills must have the same characteristics to be targeted by him. It's just that the humble minister is stupid.I still haven’t figured out what the similarity is.”

Tang Feishuang suddenly said pointedly: "Isn't it easy to find this? Dong Qianli and the other three are notorious among the people. They are all people who bully the people. It is not uncommon for them to be targeted by murderers. As for why the disciples of Du Company are...After receiving the poems, I have to ask them.”

The implication is that Song Xitang and Leng Wuyan are colluding with others. Their hands are not clean, and they have dragged Du Lingchun into the water.

When Du Lingchun heard this, he calmly narrowed his eyes and already had murderous intentions towards Tang Feishuang. He sneered and said, "What do you mean, Mr. Tang?"

Tang Feishuang curled her lips: "It's not interesting."

Gongsun Zhuoyu frowned slightly beside him. He always felt that the murderer's target should not be two cautious counselors, but for a moment he couldn't figure out the reason.

The author has something to say: Gongsun Zhuoyu: This old man has a small mouth and talks too much.

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