On the other hand, Zhou An brought a few high-ranking officials from the East Branch and rushed to the crime scene. From afar, he saw Xu Zhongjin, the Minister of Justice, and the people from the Ministry of Justice.
"Governor Zhou, greetings."
Xu Zhongjin cupped his fists and asked,"Governor Zhou, are you here on the orders of His Majesty?"”
Zhou An shook his head." That's not it. My men told me that there was a murder here. I came by to see if there's anything I can help with."”
"Supervisor Zhou, I've heard a lot about you! However, I don't need you here! The investigation is the business of the three judicial departments! Please leave quickly!"
At this moment, a rather impolite voice sounded.
He raised his head and saw Wu Meng, the chief constable of Six Fan School. He was nine feet tall, had a curly beard, and had a phoenix-patterned saber on his waist.
Wu Meng strode over.
He was a loyal and fierce warrior. Although he never participated in the affairs of the palace, he had no good feelings for the East Chamber and the Brocade Guard.
"Chief Arrester Wu, Supervisor Zhou of the East Chamber is very clever and resourceful. Three months ago, the West Chamber's henchmen were uprooted by him.”
Xu Zhongjin, the elder of the three dynasties who was nearly 90 years old, had always had a good impression of this young factory duke who had extraordinary means but was elegant and polite. He said,
"Chief Wu, please change the rules for this old man's sake.”
Xu Zhongjin, as the head of the Supreme Court, was Wu Meng's immediate superior. When he stepped forward, Wu Meng could only make way for him."Please, I respectfully welcome Supervisor Zhou's discerning eyes!”
"Thank you, Elder Xu."
Zhou An bowed as a junior and led a few of his subordinates into the Zhang residence where the crime scene was.
He walked into the study.
He saw a short and fat middle-aged man lying on the table in a clean and elegant room filled with files. He looked calm and peaceful.
If it wasn't for the huge wound on his abdomen, his internal organs flowing all over the ground, he would have looked no different from sleeping.
His right hand held a short knife tightly, and his entire arm was completely soaked in blood. It was unknown if he wanted to pull out the blade before he died or if he wanted to commit suicide.
Wu Meng, Xu Zhongjin, and the others also walked in.
At this moment, a silver-robed constable came forward and reported,""Chief, we've checked the windows and the facilities outside the house. We didn't find any suspicious traces.”
"Are you sure?" Wu Meng frowned.
"I'm sure." The constable said with certainty and continued,"In addition, we have checked the weapon. This saber is an imperial saber in the palace. It is used for daily life and is not rare.“
"We can't rule out the possibility of suicide." Wu Meng said thoughtfully as he rested his chin on his hand.
"Elder Xu, what do you think?" He then looked at Xu Zhongjin, who was at the side, with a hint of asking for instructions.
After all, in a sense, the Court of Judicial Review could be considered as a superior department of the Ministry of Justice. For murder cases involving court officials, they had great control and reporting rights.
"Judging from the various traces at the crime scene, the possibility of suicide is extremely high. However, Minister of War Zhang is an open-minded person. In recent years, he has been promoted by the empress and his career has been smooth sailing.”
Xu Zhongjin said with a solemn expression.
"Of course you didn't expect it."
At this moment, a faint voice sounded,""Not to mention you guys, even the Japanese probably didn't expect Lord Zhang to commit suicide.”
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
here. What did this have to do with those Japanese people?？
Xu Zhongjin and the others looked in the direction of the voice and saw a handsome young man wearing a cloud pattern brocade robe under the parasol tree outside the courtyard. He held a golden leaf in his hand and was deep in thought.
"Eunuch Zhou, this concerns the relationship between the two countries. You can't speak without evidence!”Wu Meng said coldly. In his heart, he despised this little eunuch who relied on the empress to get to his position and spouted nonsense to the extreme!
"Take it, open your eyes wide for this governor.”
Zhou An's eyes turned cold as he shot out the golden leaf in his hand!
Wu Meng pulled out his steel blade and used all his True Qi to resist. He was forced back a few steps before he finally stopped and caught the golden leaf.
"What powerful internal strength."
Everyone was shocked.
Wu Meng's face was also pale. He really believed the rumors in the palace!
A peerless Martial Saint had really appeared in the eunuch's nest!
He hurriedly opened his palm and saw that the front of the golden leaf was engraved with a chrysanthemum pattern, as if it symbolized something.
"There's one here too! Lord Zhang has it too!"
At this moment, a bailiff noticed something and shouted.
Only then did the crowd notice that Zhang Wenlong was also holding a golden leaf with the same chrysanthemum pattern in his palm!
"This chrysanthemum badge is the family emblem of the Japanese Shogunate's Genji family. If you don't believe me, you can go to the hotel and take a look at the pattern on the sword of the Japanese Young General Genji Yoshio!”
"Lord Zhang, your death has provided us with clues!”
Zhou An said coldly," If you continue to dawdle here and raise suspicions, I'm afraid the Japanese will turn the world upside down!"”
As soon as he said this, the constables of Six Fan School and the officials of the Supreme Court all looked ashamed.
We've been busy here for half a day and have no clue. In the end, we still have to ask the East Chamber's Director to personally come over and guide us in solving the case!
"But…Why would this Japanese kill Lord Zhang?”"Supervisor Zhou, forgive me for being blunt, but we can only prove that the Japanese have been here. If they refuse to admit it, we can't do anything about it."”
"Good question."
Zhou An said with a deep expression," I have two guesses at the moment, but it's not too good to say for the time being. Don't make it public first to avoid alerting the enemy. Allow me to meet the empress and make a plan to catch the culprit in one fell swoop!"”
"I found it! He had long suspected that there was something wrong with this group of Japanese!”
At this moment, a young and tender voice sounded.
Everyone looked up and saw a handsome and clever boy of eleven or twelve years old climbing down from the roof.
In his hand was a Japanese tachi!
"I just sneaked into the Ministry of Revenue's secret archives to check!”
"Zhang Wenlong, Minister Zhang is Japanese! His real name was Ryusuke Kishimoto! The superintendent is right! This matter definitely had something to do with the Japanese!”
" This little friend is…" Zhou An sized up the young man with interest.
"Di Renjie! These lords are here to handle a case, what are you doing here! Do you want to die? Hurry up and get lost!"
Chief Arrester Wu Meng of the Six Fan School shouted and then said apologetically to the crowd,""I'm sorry, everyone. This child is the son of one of my constables. His father died in the line of duty five years ago, so he has been doing odd jobs at Six Fan School.”
When he heard Di Renjie admit that he had sneaked into the secret room, Wu Zhen panicked. He quickly covered Di Renjie's mouth and dragged him back.
"Supervisor Zhou, Brother Zhou! They were all fools! Only you are smart! Listen to me!" Di Renjie kept struggling.
"Arrester Wu, wait."
Zhou An leaped up and arrived beside Wu Meng.
In front of this powerful eunuch, Wu Meng finally gritted his teeth and stopped.
Zhou An stroked Little Di Renjie's head and said with a smile,""Tell me, do you want to be an official, a high official?”
"I don't want to! Lord Supervisor! I just want to investigate!" Di Renjie said decisively.
"Sure."
Zhou An smiled and held the young man's hand.""Come with me to see His Majesty. The East Chamber needs talents like you. It's not a bad idea to take in a disciple like you.”
"Good! However, wouldn't he have to cut off the land if he went to the East Chamber? Cut!"
Di Renjie, on the other hand, seemed to have understood something. He swallowed his saliva and smiled guiltily."Brother, I think it's better to forget it. I still have to get married in the future.”
"Eunuchs can also marry wives. If they are bold enough, they can even marry the most powerful wives in the world.”
Zhou An leaned close to the youth's ear and said meaningfully.
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In case everyone didn't understand what was going on in the next few chapters, I'll give you a bit of a spoiler. The Japanese wanted to steal a blueprint and a secret treasure, so they used the Minister of War Zhang Wenlong's undercover identity to get the key. As for Zhang Wenlong's suicide, it was out of guilt.
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