Cui Baosheng had trained the tiger for many years and was not afraid at all. He hit the whip hard and even scolded him. However, the tiger was not controlled by the sound of the whip and walked towards Cui Baosheng.
Only then did Cui Baosheng panic, and while retreating toward the corner door, he waved the torch in front and shouted: "Open the door quickly, hurry up, something is wrong with this tiger!"
The big man outside hurriedly opened the door. Unexpectedly, a tiger roar suddenly sounded. The tiger ignored the torch and pounced on Cui Baosheng. He slapped the torch with his claws and bit his neck.
"Ahhh!" Cui Baosheng couldn't help but screamed as the tiger was pressing him down.
The crowd suddenly exploded.
"The tiger is killing people!"
"You evil beast, release your claws quickly!"
"This big bug is going crazy!"
"Go and report to the official!"
"Open the door and let me go in and get rid of this evil tiger!"
Wu Chengsi's face darkened, he stood up and said, "Go down and save people!"
Han Cheng responded, crossed the fence, and jumped onto the iron cage on the first floor. Jumping down at the same time as him was the black-faced young man Cheng Boxian.
Princess Taiping turned around and scolded the guards around her: "Didn't you hear what my second cousin said? Go down and save people!"
Luo Zhen, the commander of the Princess Mansion, bowed his hands in response and jumped onto the iron cage. At this time, the two corner doors of the iron cage had already been opened, and several men rushed in with weapons in hand.
When Luo Zhen entered the cage, the tiger had already been pushed away by Cheng Boxian with his spear. However, the tiger counterattacked very fiercely and broke the wooden spear with a swipe of his paw.
Just as Luo Zhen was about to take action, Han Cheng and a man in black moved faster. They stabbed the tiger's abdomen with a long knife and a long sword respectively, and actually pushed the tiger's several hundred kilograms of body against the iron cage.
Several men outside the cage attacked the tiger with their weapons at the same time, and the tiger was immediately killed on the spot. After seeing the ferocity of the humans, the lion squatted in the corner and did not dare to move.
Wu Chengsi went down to the lobby and looked at Cui Baosheng, only to see that most of his neck had been bitten off and he had already died.
Everyone seemed to regard this incident as an accident and discussed it a lot. But Wu Chengsi was different. As a detective fan, he tended to be murder in all deaths.
He immediately ordered people to protect the scene and called two animal trainers forward for questioning.
When he asked, Zhou Xing's eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one. He was another person who felt that the murder was not an accident. This was not because of what he discovered, but because he was accustomed to assuming everything with malice.
The object of his suspicion was Gao Funan. If he had not proposed to replace the animal trainer, Cui Baosheng would not have gone down. When he glanced at Gao Funan, he saw his pale face looking at Cui Baosheng's body. After a while, he turned and left Liyuan. .
At this moment, Zhou Xing heard Wu Chengsi order: "Guard Han, follow Gao Funan."
Zhou Xing's eyes lit up and he thought to himself: "It turns out that Mr. Wu is thinking the same thing as me." He took a step forward and whispered: "Mr. Wu, are you suspicious of Gao Funan?"
Wu Chengsi smiled and said nothing.
Zhou Xing asked for orders: "My lord, the students also feel that Gao Funan is suspicious. This place is very chaotic. Your guards should stay with you to protect you. Gao Funan will let the students go. I hope that the lord will give the students a chance to serve!" "
Wu Chengsi understood that Zhou Xing had just joined his sect and was eager to make meritorious deeds, so it was hard to disappoint him. He nodded and said: "That's fine, then go ahead. Don't alert others. If anything happens, let me know immediately."
Zhou Xing smiled and said: "Students take orders!"
Half an hour later, Chang'an County police officers arrived. Wu Chengsi told them the case in detail, handed it over to them, and then left with Princess Taiping.
After leaving Li Garden, Princess Taiping put the accident behind her and asked Wu Chengsi for a gift.
"Second cousin and fifth cousin's Dawan horses have been brought back to the house. Where is the gift you promised me?"
"In a few days." Wu Chengsi replied while thinking.
"Second cousin, what are you thinking about?" Princess Taiping asked, tilting her head.
"I'm just a little bit curious about what caused that tiger to suddenly attack Cui Baosheng, and even a torch couldn't stop it!"
"The brains of animals are inherently different from those of humans. It would be strange if you figured it out."
Wu Chengsi shook his head with a smile and changed the subject: "I heard that you like poetry, singing and painting. I can recommend a friend of the same age to you. Do you want it?"
Princess Taiping blinked slyly: "You don't mean to say Shangguan Wan'er, do you?"
Wu Chengsi asked curiously: "Do you know her?"
"I heard someone said that you recommended a palace maid from Yeting to your mother, so you invited her to come to the house to ask a few words." Princess Taiping said with a smile.
Wu Chengsi was shocked. This sentence sounded like nothing at first, but he had only recommended Shangguan Wan'er for a few days, and he had never mentioned it to anyone else. This girl must have an informant in the palace, otherwise it would be impossible to know. .
Princess Taiping continued: "She looks very attractive, but she is just a palace maid, how can she be friends with me?" She sounded very matter-of-fact.
Wu Chengsi said: "You are a princess. If you want to make friends, you have to put away your status as a princess. Otherwise, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make friends."
Princess Taiping smiled and said: "I have a father, an emperor and a queen, and four imperial brothers, as well as you and my fifth cousin. Why do I have to make friends?"
Wu Chengsi was choked. It seems that not all the princesses in the imperial city are eager to make friends!
It was already mid-afternoon after sending Princess Taiping home.
Wu Chengsi rode his horse on the road to Dali Temple, thinking: "Most of the day has passed, but I don't know how Zhuge Nan and Zheng Lingxuan's investigation went?"
While I was thinking about it, a gust of wind blew and dust flew up.
Han Cheng looked at the sky and suddenly said: "Master, it is estimated that there will be a heavy rain soon. Why don't we go back home directly?"
Wu Chengsi raised his head and looked at the sky. Just a moment ago, the sun was shining brightly, but in the blink of an eye, it was covered with clouds.
He whipped the horse on the butt and said loudly: "Let's hurry up and try to get to Dali Temple before it rains!"
A quarter of an hour later, heavy rain poured down. Wu Chengsi and several guards entered an inner house and took shelter from the rain under the eaves of a wealthy family.
Looking at the heavy rain in front of him, Wu Chengsi was in a daze. Seeing that his clothes were a little wet, Han Cheng asked: "Master, do you want to knock on the door and go in to hide?"
Wu Chengsi shook his head and said nothing.
He didn't know why, but he always had an unreal feeling after arriving in Tang Dynasty for a few days. However, looking at the unexpected heavy rain, he suddenly felt that he had arrived in another era. The restless heart finally calmed down.
In an instant, his thinking became extremely sharp, and he recalled the entire case of the Hanlin Academy. A very crucial but easily overlooked figure caught Wu Chengsi's attention.
Director of the Ministry of Industry, Gao Lan!
As one of the deceased, it would be easy for others to think that he died because of Lu Zhining's involvement, but this assumption was only established when the murderer was Hei Chi Chang.
If the murderer is not Hei Te Changzhi, but all the clues point to Hei Te Changzhi, then the case is obvious and someone has framed Hei Te Changzhi.
Just like when He Lan Minzhi wanted to frame Wu Chengsi, he had to be lured to Baiyun Temple first to achieve his goal. Similarly, if someone wanted to frame Hei Te Changzhi, he had to be lured to the Hanlin Academy!
Furthermore, according to the testimonies of Li Duozuo and Heiji Changzhi, Gao Lan approached Heiji Changzhi!
Obviously, he is the key point.
His death makes it easy for people to overlook this point.
But looking at it from another perspective, if he was that point, would the murder have nothing to do with him? Thinking of this, Wu Chengsi suddenly became enlightened.
At this moment, the sound of rain suddenly disappeared. When I looked up, I saw that the sky turned from cloudy to clear and turned into a deep blue. The heavy rain came and went quickly, as if it was just to clean the sky.
Wu Chengsi took a deep breath and said loudly: "Let's go to the Ministry of Industry!"
Arriving at the Yamen Office of the Ministry of Industry of Shangshu Province, Pei Yan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, personally received Wu Chengsi. After Wu Chengsi asked about Gao Lan, Pei Yan frowned and said, "As for Gao Lan, I have some impressions of him.
Although he doesn’t have any extraordinary talents, he is quite capable in doing things and has a good relationship with his colleagues.”
"Has anything strange happened to him recently? Or something special?" Wu Chengsi asked.
Pei Yan twisted his beard and said, "I haven't heard anything special. By the way, Gao Lan's recent evaluation has been good and he will be promoted to Yuanwailang soon!"
Wu Chengsi's eyes lit up: "Can you tell me in detail?"
Pei Yan said: "I don't know much about this matter. Otherwise, I can call my colleagues Gao Lan over and Mr. Wu can ask them."
Wu Chengsi cupped his hands and said, "Sorry to bother Shangshu Pei. Don't bother. I'll go find them myself."
After leaving Pei Yan's office, Wu Chengsi asked several colleagues of Gao Lan to inquire. An hour later, he left the Ministry of Industry Office and went straight to Dali Temple.
This trip to the Ministry of Industry was a great harvest. He had vaguely grasped the truth of the case, but at the same time there were also some more mysteries, which made him eager to know the investigation results of Zhugenan and the others.