Kuai Chuan starts from saving Daiyu

It took less than half a quarter of an hour from the time when the little prince of the Jin Kingdom fell into the water to drowning. Now the weather is cold. Once a person who cannot swim drowns, if he is not rescued in time, he will soon drown in the water.

Obviously, the little prince of Jin could not swim, otherwise he would not have drowned in the water.

Zhou Chen doesn't know what others are like, but Zhou Chen has heard about the fact that Princess Qingyang went on a hunger strike in Prince Shun's mansion and refused to get married. If she really wants to die, King Shun will not stop her. The emperor's edict of marriage has been issued and will never be taken back. In this case, either the princess will marry her, or...she dies suddenly, then There is no need to marry.

Zhou Chen didn't pay much attention to what happened after that. The emperor's imperial decree for bestowing a marriage is there. As long as King Shun still wants to inherit the throne, it is impossible to do anything about this bestowing marriage.

Princess Qingyang is indeed deeply favored, but the premise is that the great cause of King Shun is not threatened.

Zhou Chen suspected that Princess Qingyang had a reason. It was because Princess Qingyang made a fuss about refusing to marry the little prince of Jin, but she was treated indifferently by King Shun. It is hard to say that she would not harbor resentment.

Since the imperial decree cannot be withdrawn, wouldn't she not have to marry if the marriage partner died?

Of course, Zhou Chen is not someone who has no doubts except Princess Qingyang.

The maid next to the little prince of Jin is also very suspicious.

If Jia Baoyu hadn't murdered the little prince of Jin, then the maid who insisted that Jia Baoyu pushed the little prince of Jin into the water would be very suspicious.

Either this maid pushed the little prince of Jin down, or... besides this maid and Jia Baoyu, there was another person beside them who pushed the little prince of Jin into the water, and this maid was an accomplice of this person, After confirming that the little prince of Jin was really dead, he pinned the black pot on Jia Baoyu's head.

Who made Jia Baoyu so unlucky that he was with the little prince of Jin at that time?

The people from the government quickly rushed over, no matter how Jia Baoyu argued that he did not push the little prince of Jin, but because the personal servant girl next to the little prince of Jin insisted that Jia Baoyu pushed the little prince of Jin, the people from the government still pushed Jia Baoyu away. Baoyu took it back to the Yamen.

Although Jia Baoyu was also from a family, his uncle had a high official position and protected his shortcomings, and the government was willing to show face in ordinary times, but the identity of the person who died today was too special. It's useless, a prince died in the capital when he came to pay tribute, and Jia Baoyu was insisted by the victim's maid that he was the murderer. In this case, no matter whether Jia Baoyu was wronged or not, he can only be taken away Go to the Yamen to take care of it.

It was a good Shangyuan Festival, and such an unlucky thing happened, Zhou Zichen was also afraid that Lin Daiyu would have nightmares at night, so he sent her back to Lin's mansion.

And before leaving, he also told the people in the Lin family to make Daiyu a bowl of calming soup, so as not to sleep well at night.

The next day, Zhou Chen got up early and went to the Hanlin Academy to study. Unexpectedly, the eunuch came to invite him to the imperial study not long after.

Ever since Zhou Chen was selected as Tanhua, he was appointed as an editor according to the old practice, and since then he has been editing books in the Imperial Academy in obscurity, and he has lived a leisurely life.

After nearly a year, Zhou Chen was inexplicably nervous when he was suddenly summoned to the imperial study.

But the emperor summoned him, obviously it wasn't something he couldn't see if he didn't want to.

He followed the inner eunuch to the imperial study room, and after the inner eunuch notified him, he opened the door to let him in.

After entering the imperial study room, Zhou Chen realized that there were quite a few people in the study room, besides the emperor, there were also several princes and ministers.

"My humble minister joins the emperor." Zhou Chen's heart was pounding, and he forced his composure on his face, bowing down to the emperor.

The emperor laughed and called out, "Zichen, you don't need to be polite, just get up and talk."

Because of his father's relationship, Yuanchen had met the emperor since he was a child, so he was not a stranger.

"Yes."

Zhou Chen stood up with lowered eyebrows.

"Zichen, do you know why I called you here?"

Zhou Chen cursed in his heart, why did you call me over, how could I know?

The slander is the slander, Zhou Chen still didn't dare to reply like this, he just lowered his head and respectfully said, "I don't know."

"You know about the murder of the little prince of Jin last night, right? I heard from Shuntian Fu Yin that you happened to be there at that time?"

Zhou Chen's heart skipped a beat, feeling inexplicably uneasy, "Back to the emperor, my minister was indeed there, but when the little prince of Jin fell into the water, I was still in the restaurant by the river. How did the little prince of Jin fall into the water, my minister Didn't see it either."

Hearing this, the emperor pondered for a moment, and then asked, "I know you went out with your fiancée to release the river lanterns last night. After the little prince of Jin fell into the water last night, you went to check, did you find anything unusual?"

Hearing this, Zhou Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not that he suspects that he has harmed the little prince of Jin.

Zhou Chen originally wanted to say that he didn't find any abnormality, but when he thought about yesterday's incident, it seemed that there was no abnormality at all. He paused, frowned and thought for a moment, and said with a little hesitation, "I think there is something strange, but ...It's just a guess, don't dare to speak nonsense."

"Just say it boldly." Seeing that Zhou Chen seemed to have really discovered it, the emperor lifted his spirits and urged him.

Zhou Chen took a breath, seeing several princes and ministers in the royal study staring at him, he was inexplicably nervous, but obviously he couldn't care less now.

"When the little prince of Jin fell into the water, I was still in the restaurant. I heard someone shouting that he had fallen into the water, so I went downstairs. I originally planned to save people, but the Shangyuan Festival was when there were the most people. There were many people around, and when I approached, the little prince of Jin had already been rescued, but...he was already out of breath."

The emperor frowned slightly, "I know this."

"At that time..." Zhou Chen thought for a while, and said, "The situation was a bit chaotic at that time. The little prince of Jin didn't bring any guards with him, but only a maidservant. Apart from this maidservant, only Second Master Bao from the Rongguo Mansion was by his side. The servant girl next to the prince cried twice, and suddenly asked Jia Baoyu why he pushed the prince into the water. I looked at it carefully, and Jia Baoyu's expression was very surprised. She denied that he pushed the prince, and asked the maid why she wanted to frame him. When the two are arguing..." Zhou Chen's voice froze.

Seeing that he stopped suddenly, the emperor said displeasedly, "Why didn't you say anything?"

Zhou Chen wasn't worried about the emperor being angry at the moment, he glanced at King Shun at the side, then quickly retracted his gaze, and said with downcast eyes, "At that time, Princess Qingyang also came."

King Shun glanced at Zhou Chen, his expression remained unchanged.

The emperor was not surprised, he already knew about it, "So you mean that there is something wrong with Princess Qingyang?"

"Your Majesty misunderstood," Zhou Chen said even if he doubted Princess Qingyang in his heart, he couldn't say it in front of King Shun. He shook his head and said, "What I suspect is the maidservant next to the little prince of Jin."

"Oh?" The emperor raised his eyebrows, "How do you say that?"

"There are a lot of doubts," Zhou Chen continued after a pause, "First, the little prince of Jin is my distinguished guest. Although I have never met him, I have heard a lot about the little prince of Jin these days. After arriving in the capital, he wandered around the capital almost every day to make friends, always accompanied by a crowd of people, but last night besides Jia Baoyu, there was only one servant girl accompanying him, isn't that strange?"

Of course it's strange, even if Zhou Chen didn't mention it, Shun Tian Fu Yin could think of this question, and Shun Tian Fu Yin had already raised this question to the emperor.

But the emperor didn't say anything, "Continue."

"Secondly, Jia Baoyu was beaten last year, so the emperor must know about the quarrel between Jia Baoyu and me. I have met Jia Baoyu before, and he gave me the impression that he is a naive son of an aristocratic family who has no plans. If he really murdered the little prince of Jin, he would not be so surprised when he was questioned by the servant girl next to the prince of Jin, I think he was wronged."

The emperor nodded and did not speak.

"Thirdly, although the maidservant next to the little prince of Jin insisted that Jia Baoyu pushed the little prince of Jin intentionally to murder her. But in my opinion, this maidservant was not completely clean. The only maidservant around the little prince of Jin was at that time. and Jia Baoyu, the person who pushed the little prince of Jin is either Jia Baoyu or this maid."

The emperor's expression was calm, "You think Jia Baoyu was wronged and suspected the maidservant of Prince Jin's side, but this maidservant is someone close to the little prince of Jin State, why would she want to harm her master?"

"Although this maid is close to the little prince of Jin, she may not be from the prince of Jin." Zhou Chen looked up into the emperor's eyes and replied calmly.

The emperor suddenly laughed, "Old Five is right, you are a talent, I am very relieved to entrust this case to you."

Zhou Chen was stunned and didn't react, "Your Majesty..."

"Zhou Chen listens to the order."

Zhou Chen knelt down and listened in a daze as the emperor personally sealed him as the young minister of Dali Temple and ordered him to have full authority to hear the case of the murder of the prince of Jin.

"My humble minister... accept the decree, thank you, Your Majesty."

When he came out of the imperial study, Zhou Chen still felt a little top-heavy.

What is this called?

What a disaster!

Zhou Chen rubbed his forehead, what is this all about.

Judging from the emperor's tone, it seems that he was recommended by King Shun?

Isn't the fifth son mentioned by the emperor the fifth prince Shun Wang?

Does he have any grudge against King Shun?

Zhou Chen took a breath and went directly to the Yamen of Dali Temple.

The people in Dali Temple had obviously received the news in advance. As soon as Zhou Chen came, he presented all the information about the case of the murder of the little prince of Jin to his case.

"Master Zhou, these are all the current materials, please read them over."

Seeing the documents on the entire table piled up in front of him, Zhou Chen had a splitting headache, "Why are there so many?"

"All the information about the people who served the little prince of Jin, the people who accompanied him, and the people the little prince of Jin has been in contact with since he entered Beijing are all here."

Although it was said that only the maidservant next to the little prince of Jin and Jia Baoyu were present at the time, Dali Temple obviously did not only investigate the case based on the testimony of the witnesses at the scene.

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The author has something to say:

what--

I'm so tired today

I didn't sleep well in the morning, and my aunt was bleeding like a river again (the whole person was out of spirit)

I'm so tired, I don't know what I wrote, and my mind is confused.

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