A murder had occurred in the Office of the Chamberlain of Dependencies and it involved the death of an envoy from the Qi Kingdom. This was a serious matter and all unrelated personnel, including the envoys of the various countries, were barred from entering the building. Aside from the personnel handling the case, no one was allowed to enter or leave.
They could only poke their heads out and peek into the building from afar. They saw the envoys of the Qi Kingdom standing in the courtyard. The men from the Supreme Court and the Ministry of Justice stood before them, seemingly questioning them about something.
"When did you find the deceased? Who was the one who found him?" A supervisor from the Ministry of Justice asked as he held a record book in his hand.
"It was me, an hour ago." One of the envoys from the Qi Kingdom looked gloomy. He gritted his teeth and said, "After leaving the palace, Lord Han was in a bad mood because he had lost the competition. He shut himself in his room and did not come out even when it was time to eat. When I went to his room to call for him, there was no response for a long time. So I had the men from the Office of the Chamberlain of Dependencies break open the door and found that Lord Han had been murdered."
After he said this, he could no longer keep his calm. He said fiercely, "I don't care who killed Lord Han. Three days. Within three days, the Jing Kingdom must hand over the murderer. Otherwise, we will immediately return to our country. The Qi Kingdom will wash away Lord Han's injustice with blood sooner or later!"
The Chancellor's expression changed slightly. An envoy from a country had been assassinated in the Office of the Chamberlain of Dependencies. This was an extremely serious matter. If the envoy from the Jing Kingdom had died in the Qi Kingdom, not only His Majesty and the officials, but also the people of the Jing Kingdom would not let the matter rest. This time, they were really in trouble.
"Lord Gu and Lord Han were close friends. I was a little agitated just now. Please forgive me." The envoy in blue from the Qi Kingdom looked sorrowful. After saying this, his tone changed as he looked at the Chancellor of the Supreme Court and said, "However, the Jing Kingdom must give us an explanation for this matter. Otherwise, this explanation will have to be demanded by us personally!"
"Not even your Third Prince has the right to say such words!" A sinister voice rang out from behind the crowd. Chang De strode out from the door and asked, "Where is the woman who participated in the competition in the palace?"
The blue-robed envoy's expression changed slightly upon hearing this.
"The envoy of our Qi Kingdom has died in your Jing Kingdom. Why don't we have the right to speak up?" At this moment, Lord Gu took a step forward and asked angrily.
"I'll ask you one last time. Where is the woman who participated in the competition in the imperial palace?" Chang De glanced at him indifferently and his tone became cold.
Ambassador Gu shuddered and stared at Chang De, unable to utter a single word.
The rest of the envoys all looked at the leader in blue. He was the one who had been in contact with the two of them. Speaking of which, it was strange. Why weren't they here when such a big thing had happened?
"Let's go." The envoy in blue said calmly, "They are but the young talents of our Qi Kingdom. They are acting on the orders of the Third Prince and are not part of the envoy. Naturally, they could not stay in the Office of the Chamberlain of Dependencies for long. They left after returning from the palace."
"Left?" Chang De's expression darkened. It was not convenient for him to question the envoy in the palace. When he chased after the envoy, he encountered the death of the envoy of the Qi Kingdom. He had no choice but to return and report this to His Majesty. He did not expect that after a short delay, the unidentified grandmaster had already left …
"Greetings, Seneschal Chang."
A voice came from the side. Chang De turned his head and looked at the skinny young man who had just walked past. He nodded slightly. Even the Chancellor of the Supreme Court had not received such treatment.
"Did you discover anything?" he asked the skinny young man.
The young man smiled and said, "Let me ask them a few questions first."
He walked up to the envoys of the Qi Kingdom and asked, "Where were all of you from the moment you returned to the Office of the Chamberlain of Dependencies to the moment you discovered Lord Han's death?"
"After returning here, of course, we all returned to our rooms," one of the envoys immediately replied.
"Everyone was in their rooms?" the young man asked again.
"Everyone," the envoy replied after some thought.
"They had lost both the written and military examinations. The Third Prince's many days of planning had been destroyed in a single day. If they did not return to their rooms to reflect on themselves, were they supposed to celebrate like the emperor and ministers of the Jing Kingdom?
The young man looked at the blue-robed envoy in charge and asked, "Are you sure?"
The blue-robed envoy felt that the young man's eyes were so sharp that they seemed to be able to see through one's heart. He could not help feeling a little diffident, but he still nodded and said, gritting his teeth, "I'm sure."
The young man nodded and waved his hand, saying, "Take all the envoys of the Qi Kingdom away and temporarily detain them in the Supreme Court."
The Chancellor of the Supreme Court and the Minister of Justice were stunned. What had happened just now? Why had all the envoys of the Qi Kingdom been detained?
Weren't the ones who died from the Qi Kingdom?
The officials of the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Court were puzzled. When the envoy of the Qi Kingdom came to his senses, he was left with nothing but anger.
"Why? What are you trying to do? "
"Do you really want to completely fall out with the Qi Kingdom? The envoys of the other countries are watching from outside. Do you really think you can shut everyone's mouths?"
"I know, I know. Lord Han's death must have been your doing. Is it finally our turn now?"
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The skinny young man ignored the envoys of the Qi Kingdom and said calmly, "Lord Han did not die in his room. His body was moved in later. The murderer did leave through the window, but the sequence was wrong. He did not come in from outside. After killing Lord Han, he closed the door and left through the window."
The young man looked at the crowd and said slowly, "He killed Lord Han somewhere else, then moved Lord Han's body into the room through the window through the back corridor, and then came out from the room … After passing through the back corridor between the two rooms, he would pass through the garden. This is why there is soil under the window and why the footprints in the garden are deeper than the surroundings … If all of you are in your own rooms, then it is obvious that one of you is the murderer who killed Lord Han."
"I will explain the specific details to all of you when we arrive at the Supreme Court." He waved his hand and said, "Take them all away!"
When the young man finished speaking, the expression of the envoy in blue finally changed slightly. The young man glanced at him and strode outside.
"This …" Watching the men of the Intelligence Office take away all the envoys of the Qi Kingdom, the Chancellor of the Supreme Court looked at the Minister of Justice speechlessly.
"Don't look at me, I don't know anything …" The Minister of Justice shook his head and said, "It's no wonder His Majesty would promote him so much. I've been handling cases all my life and I've never seen such a genius. This person was born to solve cases!"
When the envoys waiting outside the Office of the Grand Herald saw the investigators from the Jing Kingdom coming out so quickly, they hurriedly made way for them.
When they saw all the envoys of the Qi Kingdom being taken away, the expressions on their faces became somewhat indescribable.
Was it not enough to kill one? Were they planning to kill all the envoys of the Qi Kingdom in one fell swoop?
How were they going to shut everyone's mouths after today? How were they going to face the accusations of other countries? Killing envoys — was the Jing Kingdom not afraid of becoming the target of public criticism?
Even the most powerful Qi Kingdom would not dare to do such a thing, would it?
Even if they were to kill all the envoys of the Qi Kingdom, there was still them. The Jing Kingdom's actions this time had really left everyone dumbfounded. They had risked universal condemnation. They had to report this matter to their own countries and expose the evil deeds of the Jing Kingdom to the world …
If they wanted to deceive the world, they would have to kill everyone who knew about this. But was that even possible?
As the envoys were thinking about this, they suddenly felt that something was not quite right.
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