Emperor Zhou was very angry, but not just because Su Yuanwu died.
Although he felt very sorry for Su Yuanwu's death, what really concerned him was that Su Yuanwu's death was unclear.
More importantly, Su Yuanwu died not far outside the capital.
Emperor Zhou couldn't help but wonder in his heart, who had the courage to kill people outside the capital, and the people they killed were people from the imperial court.
Is he, the emperor, no longer dignified?
These people won't give him face at all?
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. After all, as an emperor, he must hope that he can exercise the most extreme rule over every part of the country and have the most extreme rights.
But now it seems that Emperor Zhou’s face as emperor has clearly been provoked!
"What are you still doing? Go and find out for me!"
Seeing that Eunuch Li next to him was unmoved, Emperor Zhou became furious again in an instant.
"Slave, I obey the order."
Eunuch Li originally wanted to ask Emperor Zhou if there was anything else to arrange, but at this moment he did not dare to wait any longer.
He quickly took people to the place where Su Yuanwu died outside the city to investigate the situation.
Because this place is located outside the capital and is on an official road, there are usually a lot of people walking there.
Logically speaking, there are no bandits outside the capital.
After all, what kind of bandits are so bold and dare to rob outside the capital? Aren't they afraid that the officers and soldiers will come out and arrest them?
Eunuch Li soon thought that this was probably a deliberate murder of Su Yuanwu, disguised as a bandit to kill and steal money.
Besides, Eunuch Li was also there on the day Su Yuanwu was impeached.
So I know the situation in the main hall very well.
He knew that almost all civil and military officials in the dynasty were impeaching Su Yuanwu.
And it can be seen that Su Yuanwu obviously has several obvious political opponents. Now that Su Yuanwu has no official position and has been exiled, these people will naturally take advantage of him and add insult to injury.
Let’s just stop doing nothing and kill Su Yuanwu directly.
The more Eunuch Li thought about it, the more he felt that this was a possibility.
After all, if Su Yuanwu was just removed from his post, but his home was not confiscated.
Then he still has a certain amount of property that can be used to protect his own safety.
But he was exiled and had his house confiscated, so he didn't have any trump cards.
In addition, this is an order issued by His Majesty himself, which proves that Su Yuanwu has lost the emperor's trust.
Under such circumstances, it was natural for everyone to push down the wall...
Eunuch Li couldn't help but shook his head. Now there is no point in continuing to think about the situation above the court. It's useful, Su Yuanwu is dead, just find the murderer.
"How are you guys doing with the investigation? Please report to our family."
Eunuch Li asked in a sharp voice towards the imperial guards who were inspecting the traces ahead.
He did not notice that the faces of these forbidden soldiers were very ugly.
Several Forbidden Soldiers looked at each other, and then they could only cautiously come to Eunuch Li and said cautiously: "Eunuch... this place seems to have been cleaned up."
"We have checked every corner of this place just now, but we did not find any blood or any traces here."
"Yes, even Master Su's blood They have all disappeared. The traces must have been erased. We...were late!”
When Eunuch Li heard these words, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
He also didn't believe in evil, so he checked here himself, but he did not find any blood.
Not only was there no blood, there were not even footprints. Eunuch Li's lips trembled, and he knew very well in his heart that this case was not actually done by bandits at all.
Normal bandits, even if they are killing people and stealing goods, would not be able to remove the traces so carefully.
But he couldn't tell exactly who did it. He only knew that the person behind it had made sure plans in advance and was obviously a master.
"Eunuch Li...what should we do now?"
A forbidden soldier asked cautiously towards Eunuch Li.
They didn't want to take this responsibility, so someone else said: "Eunuch Li, we can't blame us for not being able to find out. We can only blame it for being late."
"If If you come early, you might be able to find some clues.”
Eunuch Li glanced at them, but didn't say much. He just said with a cold face: "Don't worry, our family will explain it clearly to you."
"Thank you very much, Li." Father-in-law!”
The Imperial Guards were relieved when they heard that Eunuch Li had made such a promise.
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After returning to the palace, Eunuch Li went straight to the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, the old slave is back."
After a period of digestion, the anger on Emperor Zhou's face has now faded a lot.
"I'm back. How is the investigation of the case? Who did it? I must punish the nine tribes!"
The calm tone of Emperor Zhou contained a deep meaning. murderous intent.
Eunuch Li can only tell the truth at this moment.
After explaining the incident in detail, he added:
"Your Majesty, this old slave suspects that this case was not done by bandits at all, but by some officials in the court or some aristocratic families. "
Emperor Zhou couldn't help but nodded when he heard this. In fact, he knew from the beginning that this case was definitely not done by bandits.
But who could have done it?
If it is some official in the imperial court, then it may be Donghuang Wenshan or Luo Wenshan...
Emperor Zhou thought about it seriously and found that neither Donghuang Wenshan nor Luo Wenshan was the kind of person who wanted to put people to death.
Besides, Su Yuanwu has no mortal enmity with them.
Then...will it be a noble family?
There is a possibility. After all, what Su Yuanwu has been doing in the court recently is promoting officials from poor families.
And if someone goes up, then someone must come down.
Therefore, Su Yuanwu's move naturally caused dissatisfaction among those aristocratic families.
But who would want to kill Su Yuanwu?
For a while, even Emperor Zhou couldn't help but think about it.
You must know that the rule in the court is that as long as you leave the court, no one will target you again.
Leave a thin line in your life so that we can meet again in the future.
Eunuch Li next to him saw Emperor Zhou frowning and thinking, so he didn't dare to say anything and quietly went to the side to pour a cup of tea for Emperor Zhou.
Just when he put the tea cup in front of Emperor Zhou, he heard Emperor Zhou suddenly ask: "On the day Su Yuanwu was exiled, who was there to see him off?"
< br>Eunuch Li was suddenly stunned when he heard this question.
He raised his eyelids slightly and looked towards Emperor Zhou, as if he was hesitant to speak.
Emperor Zhou noticed his expression and immediately slapped the table and said, "Say quickly! Who is there?"
Eunuch Li was frightened and trembled. At this time, he could only say tentatively: "On that day... the second prince was the only one who went to see Master Su off." (End of Chapter)