It's good weather again, and the red flag is flying on the training ground.
The Imperial Guards, who had always been solemn and heroic, now strangely formed a long queue.
At the end of the long queue, a cute round-faced guard with a serious face, holding a pen and paper, interrogated everyone.
"Name, age, height."
"Li San, twenty-eight, seven feet six tall."
"What were you doing at the moment of application two days ago? Who can prove it?"
"I, I, I was on vacation that day... I went to Yihong Courtyard to find Xiao Taohong. At that time, we were..."
"explain!"
"Hehehehe...it cost me three taels of silver, and I even went to the toilet once..."
The guard was an honest man, with a dark face and a red face, and he didn't dare to be careless in the slightest.
Jiang Tang wrote quickly and kept recording.
"Okay, next one."
Li San breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked at the round-faced guard with lingering fear.
At first, when the prince said that he wanted to thoroughly investigate the Imperial Guards, there were still several thorns in the side who were dissatisfied and refused to cooperate.
However, that cute round-faced guard with a bright smile beat several people until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen, and they screamed in agony without even taking out the scabbard...
The imperial guards at the foot of the imperial city have always been ambitious and arrogant. How have they ever seen such a formation before!
At this moment, they are all as well-behaved as little sheep.
After half a day of this, Jiang Tang finally finished recording.
"Master! The only ones who were near the Zhenghua Gate around Shenshi: 15:00 that day were the patrolling Imperial Guards. They are all here."
Jiang Tang reported in a low voice.
Xia Lishuang looked at a patrol team in front of her.
"Has everyone checked?"
"Everything has been checked. No problems were found in body searches and room searches. I have sent people to follow the patrol route at that time to see if they can find any clues."
Xia Lishuang nodded slightly, looked at the ten people in front of her, and remembered the way Wen Ranran was struck by lightning that day, and her heart moved.
"Your Majesty, why do we need to investigate these people?"
Jiang Tang came over, his hands were sore from remembering things.
Xia Lishuang put her hands behind her back and said mysteriously, "Because it thundered that day."
"Thunder? How can there be thunder when the sky is clear and the sun is shining brightly?"
"You don't understand this. It is said in ancient books that thunder from the sky falls at the right moment because heaven wants to punish murderers. Within three days of seeing a person, first his parents become seriously ill, then brothers kill each other, and finally he himself explodes.
And death is a bad omen."
Xia Lishuang shook her head and sighed, as if she didn't want to see such a scene.
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, one of the ten imperial guards swayed on the spot.
A glimmer of light flashed in Xia Lishuang's eyes.
Jiang Tang on the side also noticed it and immediately whispered a few words to Xia Lishuang.
Xia Lishuang walked forward and stood in front of the man.
"Is your name Zhang Yuan?"
The man's lips turned white with fear and he nodded reluctantly.
"Oh, you were shaking so hard. Did you also see thunder that day?"
Xia Lishuang is trying to be mysterious.
Zhang Yuan trembled and shook his head.
"It doesn't matter if you don't admit it."
Xia Lishuang walked up to the other party's eyes, staring at Zhang Yuan with a pair of glazed eyes, looking a bit sinister.
"I just want to ask you, at that time, did you feel that there was someone behind you who was always staring at you? It seemed that... he was still calling you?"
Zhang Yuan's face turned pale, and then he collapsed on the ground.
Xia Lishuang sneered.
At this time, Qian Yu came to report: "My lord! I found the scabbard that matches the dagger on Mr. Jiang!"
"Oh? Submit it!"
Qianyu lowered his head and presented the evidence.
The deputy general Qiu Feng on the side was immediately shocked and looked at Zhang Yuan who was lying limply on the ground.
"Zhang Yuan! Isn't this the knife you carry with you?!"