Doctor Amnesiac, but not completely amnesiac

"That night, the number of the criminals who committed the crime in Shopkeeper Wang's house was no more than 20. They were all skilled fighters and must have received professional killer training. They did not leave any unnecessary traces. Therefore, these people must also be good at disguise. However, no matter how their appearance is, their bones and muscles cannot be disguised."

Qiao Yelan nodded.

"Of course it's fine - but there are many eunuchs sent by His Majesty in the Shaofu, so please don't show your contempt when you touch their bones."

Wang Zhi was stunned for a moment, raised his head to look at Qiao Yelan, then lowered his head again without saying a word.

"Eunuchs are also human beings. I am not one of those people who look down on others with dog eyes."

Yu Cheng stood up and pinched Qiao Yelan's tendons.

This Shaofu Supervisor had congested veins and thin bones. It was obvious that he had been bedridden for a long time and had no martial arts skills at all.

Then he pinched Wang Zhi, and then the other people in the Shaofu.

He already had a calculation in his mind.

Except for Zhu Rong Hui, who was assigned to be Qiao Yelan's personal bodyguard, everyone else is an ordinary person and none of them could be the murderer.

And this Zhurong Hui was no unknown person, he was the head of the Zhurong family, his ancestor was given a surname by the Emperor of Dayan, since then, he became one of the famous lackeys of the Dayan royal family - Zhurong was born with the ability to control fire, and his secret technique of [Melting Blood] allowed him to fight against a hundred enemies alone.

But therein lies the problem. Once the Zhu Rong family takes action, the scene will be incredibly large. If Manager Wang's house was burned to the ground, Yu Cheng would still have some doubts, but the other party was killed with swords.

At least in the Shaofu, there was no trace of the murderer.

"Master Qiao, please forgive me. After Shopkeeper Wang was killed, the one who benefited the most was you, the Supervisor of the Imperial Household. I may need Master Qiao to cooperate with the Imperial Household in the future. Please forgive me."

"If you have any requests, please tell me, Mr. Yu. But can you tell me the current progress of the investigation in the Dali Temple? In addition to me, are there any other people you are investigating?"

"I'm sorry, this is confidential and cannot be reported to Master Qiao."

Yu Cheng rejected this request directly.

Watching the people from Dali Temple leave, Qiao Yelan sat on a chair and waved gently.

Zhu Ronghui bent down and listened carefully to Qiao Yelan's next instruction.

"Kill all of Wang Shilang's family - but leave one child behind. This time, leave particularly obvious evidence, and the evidence points to the Royal Guards, the Yulin Guards."

Zhu Ronghui nodded slightly without asking any more questions.

Not only Zhu Ronghui heard this order, but Wang Zhi also heard it. He looked up in shock and looked at Qiao Yelan.

"Master Qiao?"

"Hush—wait a moment."

Qiao Yelan smiled and raised her index finger.

"This fire is not strong enough."

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Chapter 85: Give the Heavenly Masters a Little Shock

Just when people in the streets of the capital were still discussing the case of the chief manager of Wangji Trading Company and his entire family being wiped out, another shocking news came.

The family from which the owner of Wangji Trading Company came, whose head served as Vice Minister in the Ministry of Revenue, was also wiped out, and no clues were left at the scene of the crime.

Of course, this is just a rumor spreading around, but people who are more informed will know one more thing than the common people - something they wish they didn't know.

In fact, the Wang family was not completely wiped out. A child survived. This child identified the symbol of the Yulin Guard and appeared on the bodies of those who slaughtered the Wang family.

The Yulin Guards were the emperor's personal army, stationed in the imperial palace and only obeyed the emperor's military orders.

Everyone who is qualified to know this knows one thing:

The big one is coming!

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The atmosphere at today's court meeting was unusually depressing.

"...The orphan of the Wang family pointed out that this mark appeared on the weapons used by the people who massacred the Wang family. This mark is the mark that is only branded on the weapons of the Yulin Guards."

Yu Cheng said calmly what made all the civil and military officials tremble with fear.

After he finished explaining the findings of the crime scene investigation, there was silence.

"You mean, Shaoqing Yu, that the murderer was one of my personal soldiers?"

The emperor spoke slowly.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out."

Yu Cheng's words almost shocked the Minister of Justice. The people in the Dali Temple may not care how they speak, but he is not a Heavenly Master, and the Dali Temple is at least nominally under the Ministry of Justice.

He quickly stepped forward to interrupt.

"Your Majesty, Yu Shaoqing only said that there is such a possibility. It does not rule out the possibility of frame-up. Although the Imperial Guards are stationed in the palace, it is not impossible that the weapons have leaked out. It is also possible that he saw it wrongly. After all, it was late at night, and the orphan of the Wang family also hid in a secret place and spied on it. These are all possible."

Yu Cheng did not refute these words. After all, what the Shangshu said was indeed correct, and the examples he cited were all possible. This was just the result of preliminary investigation.

"Based on Yu Shaoqing's experience in investigating cases, do you have any direction for the next step?"

The emperor ignored the minister's words of excuse and continued to stare at Yu Cheng.

"I will investigate further. If the Imperial Guards are indeed involved, I wonder if Your Majesty can give me the authority to thoroughly investigate who among the Imperial Guards went out that day, and whether any weapons used by the Imperial Guards were lost."

Yu Cheng still maintained his absolutely neutral attitude towards investigating the case.

"I agree. From today on, I will order all the Yulin Guards not to go out until the results are found."

The emperor stood up and swept his gloomy eyes over the ministers, finally falling on Chen Shang and Cai Yan.

"When the Wangji Commercial Bank was wiped out, I said that the Dali Temple could act at its own discretion before the case was fully investigated. This time, it was my assistant minister who was wiped out, so we must investigate it thoroughly!"

"Yu Shaoqing, I will order you to take charge of these two cases of extermination. Regardless of whether these two cases are related or not, I want to see the most realistic result! Before that, the Dali Temple can execute anyone who investigates, even if they are from the Yulin Guards, without reporting to the emperor later - I will back you up!"

His voice was cold and majestic, and the anger in it made everyone feel his will.

Cai Yan lowered his head, as if he was afraid of the majesty of the royal family.

Although Chen Fan also lowered his head, his heart was in turmoil at this moment.

The reason why the Heavenly Masters are so special is that they do not get involved in government affairs or party disputes, and obey the laws of the Great Yan more than the orders of the emperor.

They never care about any unspoken rules and never make any deals. Therefore, they are a sharp sword in investigating cases - even this sharp sword has hurt the royal family before.

Therefore, if the emperor used the Dali Temple, it meant that the emperor must see the results.

In other words, the emperor must have wanted the truth of this matter to be made public - otherwise he would never have used the Dali Temple, let alone given them such power to investigate the case!

If you want to kill the family of Wang, there are indeed many people who can do it, but to kill the whole family of a minister...

Minister Chen no longer dared to think about it.

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"Is this what you meant by the use of a double-edged sword?"

"Your Majesty has a sharp eye."

Qiao Yelan bowed respectfully.

"People who have been in the officialdom for too long are always good at compromise. In their view, everything and interests can be negotiated, so they will regard the Dali Temple as an alien, because in the eyes of the Heavenly Master, there is no compromise, no interests, only laws."

"Therefore, they would think that Your Majesty must be absolutely sure that the Dali Temple cannot harm you, which is why you chose to let the Dali Temple investigate the case and gave them so many privileges."

The emperor nodded slightly, but this was not what he wanted to ask.

"I understand this principle, but I am curious about how you can be so sure that the Dali Temple will not be able to find out the truth?"

"Your Majesty, the reason is simple - because human power is limited."

The man chuckled.

"Your Majesty's secret guards will not leave any additional clues unless they are witnessed - so the murder case becomes an unsolved case. To solve an unsolved case, the most important thing is to find the direction of the investigation."

"Why does the murderer want to kill? This is the most fundamental question, and it is also the only basis for finding a direction to solve a headless case - because no one would kill for no reason. Killing can be a purpose or a means, but there is definitely a reason."

The emperor listened very carefully, and Wang Zhi listened even more carefully.

"Seeking wealth, sex, power, these are killings for profit; some people kill in the heat of the moment, killing is not their purpose, but a means of venting their emotions; even the most horrific murderers kill for their own pleasure - these are what the murderers seek."

"Therefore, if you want to deceive the person investigating the case, the most important thing is to hide the purpose of your murder."

Qiao Yelan picked up two cups and put them down upright.

"The fact that Shopkeeper Wang's body was not desecrated shows that the murderer was not bent on revenge. The fact that he did not take money shows that he was not obsessed with money. The fact that he did not leave anyone alive shows that he did not kill on impulse. That is why Yu Shaoqing came to see me the next day, because I am the biggest beneficiary of Shopkeeper Wang's death."

He picked up the third cup and leveled it with the cup representing Shopkeeper Wang.

"As for the death of Minister Wang, the methods and styles were exactly the same, except that a child was missed, and this child happened to see the identity mark of the murderer - this will make the Dali Temple suspicious and dare not immediately investigate the two cases together."

"This means that the Dali Temple must temporarily separate the two cases, which requires more manpower and energy. In addition, since the Yulin Guards are involved, they will have to investigate tens of thousands of Yulin Guards and weapons with Yulin Guard marks. The energy and manpower required will be an astronomical figure."

At this point, Qiao Yelan picked up three more cups and placed them under the cup representing Minister Wang.

"When they investigated Shopkeeper Wang, they found the Shaofu, and when they investigated Minister Wang, in addition to the Yulin Guards, they would also find out where Minister Wang went after the court meeting that day - he went to Minister Chen's house, and then came out from the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"Now, the people and departments they want to investigate are: Shopkeeper Wang, me, the Minister of the Treasury, Minister Wang, the Imperial Guards, Minister Chen, Prime Minister Cai, and they will definitely investigate from Minister Wang all the way to the Ministry of Revenue."

Just placing these cups on the table is dazzling enough, not to mention what each cup represents.

"The so-called great hidden in the city is just like this - if the Dali Temple wants to find out the truth, it must find clues from this vast sea of ​​people and events. And among these people being investigated, there must be someone who conceals and misleads the Heavenly Masters for their own dirty deeds, which will continue to give them more useless suspects and directions for investigation."

Qiao Yelan bowed to the emperor again.

"This is why I hope that Your Majesty will delegate power to the Dali Temple without adding any more staff to it - Your Majesty can prove your attitude through the former, and I can conceal my actions through the latter."

The emperor nodded, and his evaluation of Qiao Yelan was raised to a higher level again.

"You did a great job on this matter. What are you going to do next?"

"Your Majesty, the Dali Temple's attention has been diverted. Now, we should strike while the iron is hot and completely lock the suspects of this matter out of the palace."

"Oh?"

Qiao Yelan's smile is still as refreshing as ever.

"Let your servant bleed a little more, and it will seem more real."

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【A month ago, rumors suddenly spread in Longmen, saying that the orphans of the former Victorian royal family appeared in Longmen. Now it has been verified that these are all false rumors. However, this matter is related to the diplomacy of the two countries after all, and an envoy must be sent to officially announce it. Therefore, I ordered Zhu Ronghui, the commander of the palace, to be appointed as the junior minister of the Honglu Temple and go to Victoria to take charge of diplomatic affairs. He should take his family with him immediately.】

"I wish Rong Hui to accept the order."

After taking the imperial edict, the man stood up, read it once and confirmed that it was correct, then looked at Qiao Yelan with a little doubt.

"Your Excellency, the Emperor has ordered that I can no longer protect you."

"I know that the reason why His Majesty asked me to come here is because he has something to tell you."

Zhu Ronghui bent down and almost knelt down.

"The plan to suppress the Prime Minister and the civil servant group has reached the most critical moment, and you are the third family to be wiped out - the purpose is to make your Majesty suffer losses as well, so that people will think that this group of bandits must have nothing to do with your Majesty."

When Qiao Yelan's voice reached Zhu Ronghui's ears, it sounded like a death warrant from the King of Hell.

"...I understand that Zhu Rong has received the emperor's grace for many years, and today I will repay your majesty with my life."

He gritted his teeth and said.

"It's just that my little daughter, Huang, is only five years old, and is my legitimate daughter. I wonder if I can be engaged to the Junior Supervisor of the Household and stay in his residence. When I come of age, I can marry you, my Lord. Whether I become your wife or concubine, I just ask you to be merciful to me."

Qiao Yelan was stunned for a moment. He hadn't even finished his words yet, so how come this guy was almost at the stage of entrusting his daughter to his parents?

Also, whether it's Adams or you, why are you guys so excited about marrying a five-year-old girl like me?

Do I look like that kind of person?

"Ahem, Commander Zhurong, I haven't finished what I was saying yet - Your Majesty is a man who cherishes old friendships and will not be so harsh to an old minister."

"Therefore, this imperial decree was issued. The purpose is to get you out of Da Yan as soon as possible during the few days when Minister Wang's murder case fermented. I have a business called Babel Tower, and I have some influence outside of Da Yan, so it is convenient to arrange it."

"At that time, the scene will be made to look like a bandit massacre. There will also be a batch of bodies of executed prisoners dumped there, as well as your and your family's identification documents. This will be enough to prove that your family has been wiped out. Of course, you will never be able to return to Dayan again, so you will stay in my company and continue to expand overseas trade routes for the Shaofu."