Chapter 390 Full Fish Feast (3)

Just as the boy was about to speak, a cold snort came from behind him.

Lin Fei was silent, turned around and bowed to Duke Jing to apologize. After standing up, he immediately turned around and gestured to the servant to follow him to the side.

Marquis Jingyun and others present looked at Lin Fei's reaction and sighed almost unanimously. They looked up at Duke Jingguo who was sitting on the main seat: As expected, Duke Jingguo's face was already dark.

Then he turned to look at Lin Fei who was walking aside with the boy. Although the boy's voice was low and could not be heard clearly, he saw that Lin Fei's face was visibly frozen, although he could not see the expression in his eyes clearly. , but looking at his back that flickered for a moment, it seemed like some big case had happened.

Marquis Jingyun and others did not think that Lin Fei, as the young minister of Dali Temple, should not pay attention to this case. After all, the murderer did not choose the right time to commit the crime, and he also knew how to avoid Yuanyue.

But why is this case so important? You don’t even have the time to serve your grandfather a bowl of tea?

Just as he was thinking about this, Lin Fei, who had finished talking to the boy in the other room, turned around. He strode up to Duke Jingguo and said, "Grandpa, there was a murder in Zhaixing Tower..."

Duke Jingguo's face was still dark, looking at him, waiting for his next words.

"The one who died is Zhao Mengzhuo." Lin Fei said, bowed to Duke Jing, turned around and strode away without saying anything.

He left simply and hurriedly, leaving everyone stunned by these words.

It wasn't until a long time after Lin Fei left that Duke Jingguo came back to his senses and coughed. The dark expression on his face just now was gone, replaced by a look of shock: "What did A Fei just say?"

Jing Yunhou, who was awakened by a cough from Duke Jing, came to his senses and said, "Afei said... the person who died was... Zhao Mengzhuo."

As soon as the three words "Zhao Mengzhuo" came out, Duke Jingguo immediately took a breath of cold air. The next moment, he stood up and said: "Something big happened!"

Dali Siqing, the chief of the Dali Temple Yamen who was in charge of human homicide cases in Darong, actually died! If we say that we have grudges and sorrows with others... it would have been possible for Zhao Mengzhuo to be energetic when he was young, but Zhao Mengzhuo, who has been tempered and become more tactful in recent years, has never heard of grudges between the same people!

It wasn't due to hatred, and if it wasn't an accident, there was only one possibility for Zhao Mengzhuo's death.

"Maybe he knows something he shouldn't know." Marquis Jingyun on the side murmured, "Working in the Yamen of Dali Temple is the easiest place to get into trouble that has nothing to do with you."

This was also the reason why he didn't want his second son to go to the Dali Temple Yamen.

Now that something happened to Zhao Mengzhuo, the burden of taking charge of the entire Dali Temple Yamen naturally fell on Lin Fei's head.

Not only did they have to bear the responsibility, but they thought that it was Zhao Mengzhuo who died this time. It seemed that their colleagues who were officials in the court were shocked when they heard this. Not to mention, for Lin Fei, was this the pinnacle of getting along day and night?

Marquis Jingyun boasted that he had developed a state of mind that was not alarmed by changes over the years, but when he heard about this incident, he was still a little overwhelmed, let alone Prince Lin and Madam Hou behind him.

Both of them had a look of shock mixed with sadness: the person they had met not long ago was gone. It was like a lamp going out, just in the blink of an eye.

Duke Jingguo and Marquis Jingyun had no time to feel sad at this time. After they calmed down a little, Duke Jing looked up and looked at the young boy who rushed in rashly to report to Lin Fei.

Although the young man just rushed in regardless, he was a little dissatisfied with him. He felt that this young man did not understand etiquette at all, and he was a stranger he had never seen before, and he did not know where the second grandson was found; but After knowing the whole story, I no longer blamed him. Not only did I not blame him, but I also somewhat recognized the boy's behavior of not being too rigid in etiquette and fear of getting into trouble.

Rules are dead, people are alive. Etiquette and other matters also depend on the priority of the matter. In the case of Zhao Mengzhuo, he should obey the authority urgently and not delay.

Thinking like this, looking at the dark-faced young man in front of him, who spoke with a slight accent, Duke Jing's impression became much better. He raised his hand and motioned for him to come closer.

When the young man calling for peace came closer, Duke Jing asked: "What happened to the person who came to report the news? How could Mr. Zhao be assassinated in Zhaixing Tower?"

Lin Fei left in a hurry and did not elaborate on what happened. However, upon hearing that something happened to Zhao Mengzhuo, Duke Jing and others subconsciously thought of the most common unexpected death of an official - assassination.

"Reporting to the Duke," Pingan shook his head and said, "Mr. Zhao was not assassinated, but fell from the roof of the building."

As soon as these words came out, Duke Jingguo and others looked shocked: "What?"

Marquis Jingyun was also startled. When he came to his senses, he quickly asked Ping An: "Did he slip and fall from the building?"

"This kid doesn't know." Ping An said, paused, and then added, "But the policeman who came to report the news said that fireworks were set off on the top of the Star Reaching Tower at that time, which illuminated the top floor brightly. The people below saw it as if someone had stretched out his arms. Your Excellency fell down the building, in full view of everyone."

From what it sounds like, there must be many witnesses to the specific story of the whole incident, so there should be no objection. Duke Jingguo sighed and said: "The case itself is not difficult. After all, there are so many witnesses present! Only A Fei has to deal with Shang Feng's death with his own hands. I'm afraid it will be very difficult for me!"

As he said that, he couldn't help but shook his head, but after shaking his head, he said "Huh" again and said: "Chang Shi and the others seemed to have gone to Zhaixing Tower today..." After saying this, he shook his head again, He shook his head several times today. Duke Jingguo rubbed his sore neck and said, "But they and Zhao Mengzhuo have nothing to do with each other in the past, so we don't think they have much to do with each other."

In response, Marquis Jingyun frowned and said nothing.

The "Chang Shi and the others" mentioned by Duke Jingguo are old friends of Duke Jingguo. Because of Duke Jingguo's relationship, we usually exchange greetings when we meet them.

Marquis Jingyun glanced at Prince Lin opposite him who was also frowning and about to speak. He gave him a look and signaled him not to speak. He stepped forward and asked Duke Jing: "How did father know that Lord Chang and the others were there today?" Star Reaching Tower?"

"Originally, I was going to go today," Duke Jing said. He rolled his eyes at Marquis Jingyun and cursed, "If you, father and son, hadn't vented their anger with me, how could I have sat here and drank from you three today?" This apology tea?"

At present, I have drank two cups of apology tea, but I have not yet drank the remaining one.

Marquis Jingyun naturally understood the look in his son's eyes. He picked up the apology tea that Lin Fei had just put there and apologized on his behalf: "It's my fault. I didn't teach A Fei well. Now my life is at stake." Oh my God, it was Zhao Mengzhuo who got into trouble again. Once the matter is over, I will tie him up in front of his father and ask him to show his kindness to his father."

Duke Jingguo snorted, although he snorted coldly, he took the tea handed to him by Marquis Jingyun.

After taking a few sips and putting the tea cup aside, he heard Marquis Jingyun sigh and speak: "Master Chang and the others are also not lucky. Why did they choose today? What happened to Zhao Mengzhuo today, according to the rules of Dali Temple According to the rules, anyone who is in the Zhaixing Tower will be taken to Dali Temple for questioning, and will not be able to go back until midnight."

"It's fair to say that they were greedy and wanted to drink one or two sips of tea!" Duke Jingguo didn't take it seriously when he heard this. Apparently he didn't think much about Marquis Jingyun's words and said simply: "It's just a matter of dividing the shares. Let the people below take a trip. , who knows that they must drink that sip of tea?"