capital.

The Office of the Minister of Civil Affairs.

In the mourning hall, Shangshu Wei Yong sat weakly on a chair, looking at the coffin wrapped in white silk in front of him, his eyes were red, and there were two tears on his cheeks that had not yet dried up.

His son's sudden and tragic death made him look older overnight, and his hair turned gray.

But two days have passed and he doesn't even know who the murderer is.

People from the Five Elements Department had already come, but left after inspecting the scene, claiming that except for the wound on the son's neck, the murderer left no clues.

"Master, please forgive me and don't hurt your body."

The old housekeeper stood aside, calming Wei Yong's emotions with a concerned look on his face.

"My condolences? How do you ask me to express my condolences?! Wende was only twenty-three years old, and he died at home for no reason. Now we don't even know where the murderer is. How can my son rest in peace?!"

Wei Yong stretched out his trembling hand and pointed at the coffin in front of him, almost sobbing.

The old housekeeper was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to comfort him. He could only shake his head and sigh.

"How's the investigation going with what I asked you to investigate?! Who has he offended recently?!"

"How could it lead to such a fatal disaster?!"

Wei Yong calmed down for a long time, turned to look at the old housekeeper, and asked loudly.

"Reporting to the master, we have checked. The young master did not leave home that day because he was drunk the night before. There was no trace of the murderer for a while. We don't know where the murderer came from. The nursing home on duty that night did not find any suspicious people sneaking in."

The old housekeeper explained with a troubled expression.

"What do you mean by this?! No one has sneaked in. Could it be that the people in the mansion did it?!"

"Who?! Who is it?! Which of you killed my son?!"

When Wei Yong heard this, he looked at the servants standing around with a dissatisfied look on his face and asked in a roar.

"Master, please calm down. Master, please calm down."

"I think it can't be someone from our house. Didn't the people from the Five Elements Department say that the murderer is very skilled and comes and goes without a trace? How can anyone in our house have that ability?"

The old housekeeper saw it and hurriedly comforted him.

"Then tell me, it was that unscrupulous maniac who killed my son?!"

Wei Yong asked angrily.

"If you want to talk about the people the young master has offended, let alone the recent past, he has offended almost everyone in the capital, big and small, in recent years. Everyone is suspected."

The old housekeeper muttered helplessly.

"Then kill them all! Bury them with my son!"

Wei Yong gritted his teeth and shouted sternly.

"Master, master, please keep your voice down. If someone hears this and spreads it to the Five Elements Department, I'm afraid it will cause trouble."

When the old housekeeper heard this, he hurriedly comforted him.

"But what should I do with my son's revenge? Should I let him be killed in vain?"

Wei Yong stood up and lay on the coffin with a mournful face, crying all over his face.

"Don't worry, sir. I'm going to check right away to see where the young master has been recently and who he has offended. I will definitely help the master find the murderer and avenge the young master."

The old butler bowed his hands and after speaking, immediately turned around and left.

However, Wei Yong, whose face was filled with sadness, lay on the coffin and could not stop crying for a long time.

...

Li Yanghou Mansion.

The same scene is also taking place in this house, but compared to Shangshu Mansion, the atmosphere here is dead silent, there is no crying, and everyone's face is expressionless.

And because the Yuan family is from the maternal lineage of the empress, the company eldest princess Kou Sirong also came.

On the two chairs in the middle of the mourning hall, on one side sat Kou Sirong, and on the other side sat Xue Muhua, the mother of Yuan Bin, Marquis of Liyang.

"For the record, Madam Qi, the Five Elements Department has responded. So far, the murderer still has no clue."

Qi Hui, the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion, walked slowly into the mourning hall, gave a big salute to Kou Sirong, and then said respectfully to Xue Muhua.

"Two days have passed! Why is there still no progress?! What do these Five Elements Divisions do for food?!"

When Xue Muhua heard this, he immediately showed a look of dissatisfaction and said in a deep voice.

"Sister, it is not a small crime to make irresponsible remarks about the imperial government's secret offices. Be careful what you say."

When Kou Sirong heard this, his expression changed and he stood up to remind him.

Although she is the eldest princess, she is the same generation as Xue Muhua next to her, so they have always been treated as sisters.

Hearing Kou Sirong's reminder, Xue Muhua's expression tightened and he immediately ordered everyone else in the mourning hall to leave.

"Did you find anything?"

After Xue Muhua thought for a moment, he looked at the housekeeper Qi Hui and asked in a deep voice.

Although her son died tragically at home and she was devastated, she still pretended to be decent in front of the eldest princess and did not shed any tears, but the grief in her eyes could not be hidden.

"Reporting to the old lady, after two days of searching, although I couldn't find out who the murderer was, I found out that the Marquis went to Ye Yu Palace before he was killed, and the one who accompanied him was the Wuji Tower of the Nine Nether Realm.

Lord, Young Master Wuji."

"Moreover, Mr. Wuji also took action in Yeyu Palace and forcibly took away a geisha from Yeyu Palace. After that, something happened to the Marquis."

"I suspect that this matter may be related to Mr. Wuji or Tu Jiu, the head of Yeyu Palace, but I haven't found out who is more involved."

Qi Hui thought for a moment and replied respectfully.

"Master Wuji?"

"Tu Jiu?"

After hearing this, Xue Muhua frowned, thoughtfully.

"How can we get involved with two people? These two people are not easy to use. I have long heard that Tu Jiu is called the ninth master of Yindu. He is very powerful in the capital. There is also Mr. Wuji, who has become very famous recently.

Noise, especially in the past two days, I heard that many people were killed in the Nine Nether Realm."

Kou Sirong on the side heard this and said thoughtfully.

"No matter who they are, if they dare to kill my son, they must pay with their lives!"

"We are relatives of the emperor, how dare they even provoke us?!"

"Qi Hui, continue to investigate, no matter which one of them it is, I will not let them go!"

Xue Muhua gritted his teeth and said loudly.

Qi Hui agreed and slowly exited the mourning hall.

Ke Sirong sat on the chair and didn't say anything more. If it weren't for the sake of being of the same clan, she might not have come here today.

Everyone in this capital knows what kind of person Li Yanghou is.

...

Wuji Tower.

There was a rapid knock on the door.

"Come in."

Li Wuji raised his head and said in a deep voice, a flash of doubt between his brows.

As soon as he finished speaking, Di Long walked in quickly.

"What's the matter?"

Li Wuji frowned and asked directly, because Di Long rarely acted so recklessly, something must have happened.

"Sir, news just came from Tianshu that a person who served the late emperor was found."

Di Long lowered his voice and said hurriedly.

"Who?!"

"Where?!"

Upon hearing Di Long's answer, Li Wuji couldn't help but his eyes lit up and he immediately asked.

"The chief eunuch of the Bureau of Ceremonies, Lian Qi!"

"It's in a remote town a hundred miles away from the capital!"

Dillon blurted out.

"Go quickly and ask Lao Cao and Lu Yuan to come in!"

Li Wuji narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice.

Di Long agreed, turned around immediately, and quickly called Cao Zian and Lu Yuan to Li Wuji's room.
To be continued...