The morning court was held on the second day. Since the prince was currently guarding the emperor's bedside and could not preside over the morning court, Yin Ziping presided over it.
In the morning meeting, Yin Ziping told all the senior officials about yesterday's assassination of Shen Li, and then handed it over to the Minister of Justice Feng Geng and the commander of the Yulin Army Sima Lang to investigate, with Shen Li supervising.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister! I have something important to report! It's urgent!" A blue-robed official ran into the court hall in a panic.
"What's the matter? But it doesn't matter." Yin Ziping said.
"Just now, just now! Someone wanted to assassinate the prince!" the blue-robed official said breathlessly.
"How bold! Is the prince okay?" Yin Ziping said angrily.
"The prince is fine. He is protected by experts, but the assassin escaped." The blue-robed official said.
"Feng Geng, Sima Lang, the assassination of the prince and the assassination of Shen Li are being handled together. You two should go investigate now! Shen Li will also go together." Yin Ziping said.
The three people whose names were called came out of the procession, bowed and then left the court.
Shen Li and the others hurried to the door of the emperor's palace. Shen Li saw a very familiar figure here and went up to talk to him.
"Fourth Grandpa, why are you here?" Shen Li asked.
"Hey, it's Mr. Shen. I haven't seen you for a long time. I heard that you have become an official?" said the fourth elder of the Xiao family.
"Fourth Grandpa is laughing. The prince has just been assassinated. The Prime Minister sent three of me to investigate the case." Shen Li said.
At this time, Sima Lang and Feng Geng also ran over to greet the fourth elder.
"Someone wanted to kill my cousin's grandson, but I stopped him. I think this person is in the Golden Core realm, but his movement skills are ridiculously fast. I couldn't catch up with him, so he escaped." The fourth elder of the Xiao family said.
"You can't even catch up to Elder Xiao? All the people in the Jindan realm who live in our city are recorded in our Criminal Department. I have never heard of anyone with such fast movement skills." Feng Geng shook his head and said.
"Have you ever heard of a sect that was exterminated by the Qingyun Sect and other sects thirty years ago because of its many evil deeds? The remaining forces have not shown their face in the world for many years." Sima Lang said, holding his chin.
"Sima boy, do you mean the Red Lotus Sect?" the fourth elder asked Sima Lang uncertainly.
"Exactly! When the Red Lotus Sect was encircled and suppressed, not all of them were killed. Many disciples escaped and hid their names for many years to avoid being pursued by the Qingyun Sect. The Red Lotus Sect was good at body and palm skills! Yesterday I checked the horses and The body of the coachman has fatal injuries that look like a red lotus palm!" Sima Lang said.
"That would be difficult to handle. The remnants of the Red Lotus Sect always come and go without a trace. Their physical skills are extraordinary and their palm skills are sharp. I am the only one in the entire punishment department who is at the Golden Core stage. How can we catch them? How about we catch them? Report it to the Prime Minister quickly?" Feng Geng, the Minister of Punishment, said.
"Can you, the Minister of Justice, do it? You are such a coward!" Sima Lang said disdainfully.
"Their assassination mission has not been completed, and there is a high probability that they will have to take action. In addition to the prince, their target is me. If they assassinate the prince, it is obviously related to seizing the throne! But why assassinate me? It may be because I am the envoy sent by Qingyun Sect, and The assassin has a grudge against the Qingyun Sect!" Shen Li analyzed.
"You three, hurry up and investigate. I don't like to use my brain. I am only responsible for protecting my cousin's grandson." After the fourth elder said this, he turned around and entered the hall.
"Shall we go in and ask the prince?" Feng Geng looked at Sima Lang and Shen Lidao.
"Let's go. I'm sure we won't be able to find any clues. You should go back quickly and send your agents from the Criminal Department to the city to investigate the foreigners and suspicious persons." Sima Lang said.
"The life of our agent is not life. If we really encounter the remnants of the Qinglian Sect, wouldn't it be possible to smash our agent into mud with one palm?" Feng Geng asked Sima Lang.
"Is there something wrong with your mind when you step on a horse? You won't let the police put on civilian clothes and go undercover? What cases have you guys solved in the past few years? What a bunch of trash!" Sima Lang said angrily.
"Hmph! Are your Yulin army useless? Assassins dare to run into the imperial city to carry out assassinations! Are you going to slap me in the face?" Feng Geng didn't suffer any loss and retorted.
"Believe it or not, I'll beat you up if you step on a horse!" Sima Lang pointed at Feng Geng's nose and said.
Shen Li looked at Feng Geng. Even though he was not as tall as Sima Lang, he was still very strong. Since he dared to challenge Sima Lang, his cultivation level should be comparable to Sima Lang.
"Hmph, keep your mouth clean! Do you think I'm afraid of you? Is anyone from Tiangang Sect any better?" Feng Geng didn't show any weakness.
Shen Li hurriedly stood between the two of them, separated them, and said: "Okay, okay, His Majesty's palace is over there. Stop arguing. Let's find a place to sit down and discuss it later."
"I listen to Yushi Shen." Feng Geng lowered his head and said.
Sima Lang glared at Feng Geng again and said, "Humph, what the hell!"
The three of them first went to the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment to search for the records of those who were cultivating immortals in the Golden Elixir Stage.
"There are only a dozen or so people living there permanently, and the records are all here." Feng Geng took out a stack of documents and said.
"Then let's take a look at each one first." Shen Li said while flipping through the documents.
"There are a total of six people who have not recorded their discipleship or sect. Is it possible that someone from the Qinglian Sect is among these six people?" Shen Li said after reading through these records.
"It's possible." Sima Lang said.
"Shilang Feng, could you please lead me and Commander Sima to visit these six people one by one?" Shen Li said to Feng Geng.
"Censor Shen is very polite, no trouble, let's go right away." Feng Geng greeted Shen Li with a smile.
In Feng Geng's view, although he and Shen Li are both third-rank officials, the relationship between Shen Li and Prime Minister Yin is unusual. Naturally, he has to handle the relationship well and even lower his profile. As for Sima Lang, even if he is a second-rank official, in the In his eyes, he is just a martial artist who thinks highly of himself based on his own abilities.
Feng Geng took Shen Li and Sima Lang to the places where these six golden elixir cultivators lived in the city, and investigated the six people one by one.
Among the six casual cultivators in the Jindan period, one is from the Xiao family, which can basically be ruled out; the other is a guest of the Yan family, like Sima Lang, a pure physical arts school, not like an assassin; the two have been out of the city for a long time, He has not returned yet; one of them is the bodyguard of the second prince. Although it is possible that he is, because there is no evidence, he can only leave it alone; until he saw this Jindanqi bodyguard hired by the Chamber of Commerce, Shen Li realized that something was wrong. Shen Li first I glanced at this person, and it was obvious that this person's eyes were dodging.
Shen Li thought to himself: "This person is very similar in size and height to the person who assassinated me that day. If we can determine whether this person's left shoulder or back is injured, we can basically make a conclusion."
"What do you want to do? I still have to be busy." said the bodyguard of the Chamber of Commerce.
"Oh, I'm sorry to interrupt your time. Actually, it's nothing. I'm just doing a statistical survey on the health of the Golden Core Immortal cultivators in the city." Shen Li said.
"I am in good health. If you have nothing else to do, you can leave now." The bodyguards of the Chamber of Commerce have already begun to chase people away.
Shen Li winked at Sima Lang at this time.
Sima Lang immediately understood and quickly stepped forward to grab the left shoulder of the Chamber of Commerce bodyguard with his big hand.
"What are you doing! Let go." The bodyguard of the Chamber of Commerce looked at Sima Lang and said in surprise.
Sima Lang saw that the man did not show any pain expression, but was just slightly frightened, so he let go of his hand.
"I'm sorry to bother you." Shen Li bowed to the bodyguard of the chamber of commerce and then said goodbye.
"It's okay, you should cooperate with the yamen." The bodyguard of the Chamber of Commerce said politely.
After it was confirmed that Shen Li and the others had left, the Chamber of Commerce bodyguard showed a very sad and painful expression on his face. He half-knelt on the ground with a "pop" and put his hands on the ground. The wound on his left shoulder suddenly opened and blood flowed out. Half of his clothes were gradually dyed red. At this moment, he took out a pill and put it into his mouth, then stood up with difficulty while holding on to the wall.