Chapter 802 Shen Zhonglei Comes To See You (1 More)
Early the next morning, as soon as Li Zian woke up, he heard a servant coming to report: "Your Majesty, Master Shen Zhonglei has sent a message asking for an audience."
Li Zian was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly felt a little headache and a little guilty.
So early, could Shen Zhonglei be here to ask for someone?
Li Zian stood up and said, "Master Shen, please wait in the flower hall. I will be there soon."
He briefly freshened up, changed into clothes suitable for meeting guests, and then went straight to the flower hall.
After reaching the door, he suddenly stood still, turned to Mo Ze who was following behind him and said, "Go to Zihan and tell her that Miss Shen is at the house now.
"If she doesn't find out the news until the person I'm looking for has left, she'll have to make trouble with me again."
"Yes, little one, let's go right away."
After Mo Ze left in response, Li Zian raised his hand to straighten his clothes before stepping into the flower hall.
Shen Zhonglei was sitting drinking tea when he saw Li Zian standing up and saluting: "I have met the Crown Prince and came so early. I am really disturbing. I hope the Crown Prince will forgive me."
"Master Shen, you're welcome." Li Zian smiled and waved his hand, "It's all because my roommate likes to cling to Miss Shen so much that she causes you trouble."
Unexpectedly, Shen Zhonglei was stunned when he heard this, and then showed a slightly embarrassed look, as if he had just remembered that his daughter was currently in the palace.
When Li Zian saw this, he asked, "Isn't Mr. Shen here to pick up your daughter?"
"I'm here to pick her up." Shen Zhonglei coughed and said, "There's another thing I want to ask the prince, that is, I wonder how the previous investigation of the reincarnation drug case is going now?"
"Reborn drug? That case has been handed over to Mr. Qian to take full responsibility." Li Zian raised his eyebrows and said, "Why did Mr. Shen suddenly think of asking this?"
"My official doesn't want to inquire about the progress of the case, but someone under my command has just found some clues.
"Previously, the investigation of the reincarnation drug case was led by the royal palace. Later, although I heard that Governor Qian took over the investigation, my subordinates did not know about it, so I thought it would be better to report it to the prince first."
In fact, this clue came so much that Shen Zhonglei didn't even expect it.
When Qiao Shuoming said that there was a problem at the brothel, Shen Zhonglei didn't pay much attention to it, but he didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm, so he asked him to lead people to continue the investigation.
Unexpectedly, Qiao Shuoming actually discovered the problem.
Li Zian was quite relieved to see that Shen Zhonglei thought of him first instead of Qian Poxin after he found out the clues.
But he still felt a little strange, why was the Yamen still investigating this case?
Since the palace and the Yamen teamed up to conduct a high-profile investigation and found nothing, Li Zian ordered the Yamen to stop, and the investigating manpower on the Palace side also switched from the bright side to the dark side.
Firstly, the yamen is responsible for the entire Wuchang Mansion and does not have so many manpower and energy to focus on this one case;
Secondly, I also hope that by tightening it internally and loosening it externally, maybe the people behind the scenes can relax their vigilance and expose their flaws.
"Is the Yamen still checking for reincarnation medicine?"
Shen Zhonglei quickly explained: "Since the last order from the Crown Prince, the lower official has handed over all the files on the reincarnation drug case to the palace.
"It's just that I have a police officer under my command. When I was patrolling the streets a few days ago, I accidentally discovered some strange places.
"He reported it when he came back from his inspection, but there was no evidence at the time, only his own suspicion, and he didn't even know if it had anything to do with the rebirth drug.
"Xiaguan didn't think too much at the time. He just said that since he felt something was wrong, it didn't matter if he continued to investigate.
"Who knew that if we didn't investigate, we wouldn't be able to find out, but after careful investigation, we found that something was really abnormal, and it seemed to be related to the rebirth drug.
"With such an important clue, I didn't dare to neglect it, so I hurriedly came to ask for the prince's instructions."
"Oh? What clues? Master Shen can tell you in detail."
"To find this clue, we have to start from when the government office cooperated with the prince's city-wide search.
"There was a government official named Qiao Shuoming. While checking house to house, he discovered something strange about a house.
"That household is an independent female household. There is only one mistress, but there are many servants, all of whom are young maids of similar age.
"Qiao Shuoming vaguely felt that something was wrong at the time, but the family register and the deed of sale were all in place, so he didn't see any problems.
“There were still many houses that needed to be searched, so he let them go for the time being.
"But afterwards, Qiao Shuoming always felt uneasy, so he took the time to visit that house again.
"Who knew it wouldn't matter if you didn't look, but when you looked, you found that the house was already empty.
"As a result, Qiao Shuoming felt more and more that there must be something shady about this family.
"But everyone left at that time, and there was nowhere to check for a while, so I had to put it on hold for the time being."
Hearing this, Li Zian interjected and praised: "Master Shen is really capable. He has already trained such capable subordinates less than a year after taking office in Wuchang Mansion.
"Compared with the situation inside and outside the government office now compared with before you came here, it's like heaven and earth!"
"The prince is so complimentary, I don't dare to be an official!" Shen Zhonglei didn't expect that Li Zian would suddenly praise him, and he was a little flattered, but he couldn't help but say good things for Qiao Shuoming, "But Xiao Qiao, a young man, is indeed a malleable talent.
, he is careful in his work and willing to use his brain. Although he is a little inexperienced, he is very sharp. In time, he will definitely become a master in his own right."
"That depends on Mr. Shen's keen eye for talent." Li Zian said with a smile, "I interrupted you just now, please continue talking about the case."
"Yes." Shen Zhonglei nodded, "Although I don't know where that family has gone, Xiao Qiao has always been thinking about it.
"A few days ago, he took people to patrol the streets, and happened to see a maid whom he had met in that house at Pinyi House.
"After Xiao Qiao inquired with the madam, she found out that this maid often brings different young women to Pinyi House to place orders in the past two or three years."
When Shen Zhonglei said this, he seemed to be afraid that Li Zian would not understand, and explained specifically: "Some people don't have the money to open a brothel on their own, so they take the girls they have and go to the city to find a larger brothel to live in.
Picking up customers and sharing the money earned with the madam...
"These people are not serious. They call this kind of ordering in private, and they are not afraid of insulting Buddhism!"
"Ahem!" Li Zian cleared his throat and said, "Master Shen, I understand, please continue."
"Oh, okay." Shen Zhonglei was also a little embarrassed, and touched the tip of his nose and continued, "After Xiao Qiao found out about that person, he felt that there was something fishy about it. She was obviously a maid who signed a contract of prostitution, how could she suddenly transform into a maid with a prostitution contract?
Is the girl looking for a bustard everywhere?
"So Xiao Qiao returned to the Yamen and reported the matter to his subordinates.
"The official thought that this was indeed a suspicious point, so he wanted to find out what was going on first. Even if it has nothing to do with the reincarnation drug, it might be involved in other illegal things!
"Unexpectedly, after Xiao Qiao's secret investigation these days, this group of people is actually closely related to the reincarnation drug.
"The reason why this maid brought several young women to the city's brothel to place orders is actually because the drunkard doesn't care about drinking!"
At this point, Li Zian couldn't understand. Aren't those people selling rebirth medicine? Why are they related to Qinglou? Do they want to sell medicine to men who go to brothels?
Shen Zhonglei unconsciously lowered his voice and said: "Those women were actually taken to the brothel to borrow seeds!"
"Borrowing seeds?" Li Zian was so surprised that he even raised his voice.
"That's right, and according to the brothel's madam, this is not the first time.
“But because she is quick to share accounts, the girls under her are also honest and do their duty, never causing trouble.
"So the Madam had a very good impression of her and usually didn't care much about what she was doing.
"But this time Xiao Qiao went to investigate, and after careful recall, the Madam also felt that there were many doubts about these people.
"The maid brings people here every year, and every time she brings people there are familiar faces and new faces.
"But during the two or three months they lived in the city, except for picking up guests, they basically never left the front door.
"I don't interact with outsiders, and I don't even talk to the other girls in the brothel. I just close the door and hug each other."
"And these people stay in the city for two or three months at a time, but the later they go, the fewer girls there are to hang out to pick up customers..."
At this point, Li Zian also understood that in the later stages, those who succeeded in getting pregnant by borrowing seeds would naturally stop coming out to receive customers.
"It's really not easy to find out such hidden clues!" Li Zian's previous words were mostly polite, but now he sincerely praised Qiao Shuoming's acumen and confidence.
But when he thought of the information that Qiao Shuoming found, he couldn't help but frown and said: "If it is true as the old bustard said, these people come to borrow seeds every year, doesn't it mean that there are people among the people who have been controlling these girls to make money for themselves?
To use their pregnancy to test drugs?"
"Yes! This is what I'm worried about, so I didn't dare to delay and came to report to the Crown Prince quickly." Shen Zhonglei sighed and said, "Now, several of these girls have removed their signs and no longer accept customers.
, presumably already pregnant.
Shen Zhonglei asked tentatively: "Now Xiao Qiao is leading people to watch their every move all day long. I wonder if this case should continue to be investigated or handed over directly to Mr. Qian?"
To be honest, although he didn't take Qiao Shuoming's suspicion seriously at first.
But now that the people under his command have found out the clues, he is still more or less unwilling to give it up to others.
Li Zian naturally knew what Shen Zhonglei was thinking, but he knew the inside story well, so he understood that although this case seemed to be a great achievement, whether the Sacred Heart could be obtained after committing the crime was really elusive.
Otherwise, he would not have assigned the case to Qian Poxin before.
But with such a good clue right in front of him, Li Zian felt it was a pity to let it go in vain.
He thought for a moment and suddenly thought of Han Changran.
"Master Shen, please ask people to keep a close eye on this matter first. I will discuss it with someone first and give you the news as soon as possible."