Wu Chengsi was shocked. He didn't expect that he had accidentally saved the famous Shangguan Wan'er!
While he was drifting, the words "Fa Pei Lingnan" suddenly came into his mind. He woke up immediately and said goodbye to Shangguan's mother and daughter.
At his urging, the carriage quickly arrived at Dali Temple.
Temple means official office, and Dali Temple is the official office reviewed by the Prime Minister’s National Xing Prison.
The office has a four-entry structure, facing south from the north. After passing through the animal head gate from the south, from front to back, there are the lobby, the second hall, the inner hall and the backyard.
On the east and west sides of the second hall are the Si Cheng Yamen and the Dali Temple Prison.
Wu Chengsi's office is called Shaoqing Yamen, and Zhuge Sanyuan's office is called Siqing Yamen. They are both on the east side of the inner hall, and on the west side of the inner hall are three archives.
The backyard belongs to the official residence, and officials above the ninth rank can move in. Some poorer officials, such as Di Renjie, will choose to live in the yamen in order to save rent.
Wu Chengsi came to see him, but after asking, he found out that Di Renjie had gone to Baiyun Temple outside the city early in the morning.
Wu Chengsi naturally planned to go to Baiyun Temple, but before that, he had to go to the Dali Temple Prison.
When I turned a corridor, I saw two officers escorting a young man from another corridor.
The young man's name is Zhuge Nan. He is the adopted son of Zhuge Sanyuan. He was promoted to the chief minister of Dali Temple just at the beginning of this year.
"My lord." When the two officials saw Wu Chengsi, they hurriedly saluted.
Wu Chengsi glanced at Zhugenan who turned his head to one side and refused to salute him, and asked, "Why did you arrest him?"
One of the officials raised his hands and said: "Reporting to the Lord, during the investigation, Zhuge Si Cheng beat the criminal until he was crippled. The Si Qing ordered him to be locked up in a prison for a month as punishment!"
Wu Chengsi was secretly amused. Zhugenan was very evil and he was young and energetic. He often couldn't control his temper and beat the criminals. This was not the first time that this happened.
He didn't ask any more questions and headed to the prison of Dali Temple first.
Entering the prison, he came to the women's cell area, and after asking the jailer, he came to the door of the cell of Zheng Lingxuan, a woman in red.
Inside the railing, Zheng Lingxuan was seen sitting cross-legged on the ground with her feet and hands shackled.
Her face was originally very delicate, but when she saw Wu Chengsi, her eyes instantly became fierce and her expression became ferocious!
Wu Chengsi considered some words and said seriously: "Miss Zheng, I have something to ask you. As long as you ask clearly, you can find out the real murderer of your whole family!"
Zheng Lingxuan didn't answer and stared at him fiercely with cannibalistic eyes.
"I'll just ask one question before I leave. Why do you think it was me who killed your eldest sister?" Wu Chengsi said persistently.
There was a sound of chattering teeth, and Wu Chengsi couldn't help but take a step back. He saw Zheng Lingxuan standing up, trembling and approaching him, her eyes turned red due to blood congestion!
Wu Chengsi sighed. This woman hated him so much that it would be impossible to get any words out of her.
Just as he turned around, Zheng Lingxuan opened her lips, spit out something from her mouth, and shot it at Wu Chengsi's neck. Han Cheng, the leader of the guards, stretched out his hand and held the thing in his hand.
When she spread it out, she saw that it was the tip of a wooden hairpin, which she bit off and held in her mouth.
"Wu Chengsi, even if I'm a ghost, I won't let you go!" the woman in red said bitterly.
"Master, would you like me to teach her a lesson?" Han Cheng asked for instructions.
Wu Chengsi shook his head and led everyone out of the cell. Anger also rose in his heart, but it was not directed at Zheng Lingxuan, but at the murderer who killed the Zheng family.
Although angry, Wu Chengsi did not lose his calm. From Zheng Lingxuan's attitude, he thought of something that he ignored.
That's Dee Renjie's attitude.
His current identity is Wu Chengsi, and Di Renjie already hates him. Coupled with this tragedy, there is no guarantee that Di Renjie will not be affected by emotions and make mistakes in judgment!
The matter was so important that Wu Chengsi decided to be more cautious and went to Zhuge Sanyuan to ask for a helper to help him investigate the case.
In Si Qing's office, hearing Wu Chengsi's intention, Zhuge Sanyuan smiled and said: "Wu Shaoqing, Nie Si Cheng is investigating a case of theft of the palace. Yao Si Cheng has left the capital and has not returned yet. I really don't have any manpower, so why not
How about you call the Ministry of Justice?"
"Isn't there Zhuge Si Cheng?" Wu Chengsi hummed, not respecting this boss as much as he did Di Renjie.
"This... I'm afraid that his reckless impulsiveness will ruin Wu Shaoqing's important affairs." Zhuge Sanyuan said hesitantly.
"It doesn't matter, that's it, I'll resign." Wu Chengsi didn't have time to talk nonsense. After leaving the temple, he went directly to the Dali Temple prison to release Zhuge Nan.
Zhuge Nan rubbed his wrist and asked Wu Chengsi: "Wu Shaoqing, what case are we going to handle?" The young man's feelings were relatively simple. After Wu Chengsi let him out, his attitude immediately improved a lot.
Wu Chengsi briefly told him about Baiyun Temple and the Zheng family. After hearing this, Zhugenan became furious: "Wu Chengsi, you did all these things, right?"
Wu Chengsi frowned and said nothing, wondering if he had found the wrong person.
Han Cheng said coldly: "If my father-in-law did it, how could he let Di Renjie and you help investigate the case?"
Zhuge Nan snorted and said: "Okay, I believe you for now, but if I find out that you did it, I will definitely catch you and put you in jail!"
Wu Chengsi said calmly: "The three daughters of the Zheng family are in prison now. You can go and question her to learn the details of the case. By the way, just say it was Di Renjie who asked you to assist in the investigation, but don't say it was me."
Zhugenan looked at him suspiciously, nodded, and turned back to the prison.
Wu Chengsi left Dali Temple with his guards, went all the way out of the south gate, and rode south.
Half an hour later, the group arrived outside Baiyun Nunnery.
The murder occurred in the east courtyard. When I came to the courtyard, I saw that the courtyard was full of Dali Temple officials and soldiers. At first glance, I could not see Di Renjie.
"Zhang Sizhi, where is Di Si Cheng?" Wu Chengsi asked a man guarding the scene outside the door.
He is the person who advised Di Renjie not to act rashly yesterday. His name is Zhang Dong, and he serves as the direct official of Dali Temple.
"Reporting to the Lord, Di Sicheng has returned to the city!" Zhang Dong replied respectfully.
Wu Chengsi frowned: "Why did he go back? Have you found any clues?"
"No, we searched the entire Buddhist hall and found nothing, but..."
"But what?"
"Di Si Cheng once asked several masters in the nunnery and asked them if anyone was missing in the nunnery."
Wu Chengsi was surprised. Although he didn't know why Di Renjie did this, he must have discovered something. This was a good sign!
"Then what did they say?"
"Those nuns said that no one was missing in the nunnery." Zhang Dong replied.
Wu Chengsi felt slightly disappointed. After taking another look in the courtyard, he entered the Buddhist hall. The woman's body was gone, and lines were drawn on the ground to show the position where the body died.
Wu Chengsi looked around and asked Zhang Dong: "Has the identity of the dead woman been found out?"
"We found out that the woman's name is Wang Xiuyun. She is a foreigner who came to Chang'an to seek refuge with her relatives. Because her relatives moved away from Chang'an and were exposed on the streets, fortunately, Master Jingyun, the host of Baiyun Temple, took her in." Zhang Dong said cautiously.
Wu Chengsi frowned. For such an ordinary woman, no one would want to kill her. Most likely, someone would use her to frame Wu Chengsi!
But the question is how did the other party kill her?
Or maybe she really committed suicide? But how did she insert the dagger into her back?
Wu Chengsi didn't think any more. He squatted down and searched the temple carefully. He even lay on the ground and looked at it inch by inch. However, after checking around, he found no trace!
"My lord, Master Di Si Cheng and we have already carefully inspected the Buddhist hall, and there is nothing special!" Zhang Dong smiled apologetically.
Wu Chengsi pondered and said nothing. If he committed suicide using a special method, it would definitely leave traces. Since there are no traces, the possibility of suicide can be ruled out!
If it wasn't suicide, there was only one possibility. There was a third person in the temple at that time!
Could it be...
I raised my head and glanced at the ceiling. Unlike modern buildings, ancient ceilings were very high and supported by beams. And because the ceiling was tapered, there was space on the beams to hide people.
Wu Chengsi said: "Guard Han, can you jump up to the ceiling and check?"
"Do you suspect that the murderer was hiding on the rafters?" Han Cheng asked in shock.
Zhang Dong smiled and said: "My lord, Di Si Cheng went up to the beams to check and found no traces. Besides, when we entered the Buddhist hall, Di Si Cheng was also there. If someone was hiding on the beams, he would definitely find it.
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"There's so much nonsense, Han Cheng, go up and take a look! Or are you saying you can't jump up?" Wu Chengsi said angrily in embarrassment.
"Don't worry, sir, even if it's higher than this, my subordinates can still go up."
Han Cheng jumped up, grabbed the beam with his arms, and looked over it. After a while, he jumped down and said calmly: "There is a layer of dust on it, but there is no trace."
Wu Chengsi snorted, and he was sure that there was definitely a third party hiding in the Buddhist hall at that time, otherwise there would be no other explanation.
But if it wasn’t in the rafters, where else could it be?