"The king's person, who dares!"
With a low, majestic voice, the words were clearly heard in everyone's ears. Following the prestige, an expressionless teenager came into view, slowly pushing a wheelchair.
In the wheelchair sat a young man, wearing a black brocade robe, black hair tied around him, casually draped behind him. He had sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and a thin face.
Even though he was sitting in a wheelchair, his back was straight, which didn't affect him. The heroic posture was glaring for everyone to see. His cold gaze fell directly on Lu Ziqing, and he was obviously raising his head slightly, but it was a condescending aura.
Zhao Ling was stunned for a moment. This cold and lonely man caught her eyes like that, as if everything around her no longer existed, only his black-clothed and black-haired figure was left in her eyes. Her heart suddenly missed a beat.
Who was this? Did he know her? She immediately denied that she was Mo Xin now, a character she had made up. But how could she know such a character who could claim to be "the king"?
Wait a minute, the prince in a wheelchair? Could it be...
Immediately, Lu Ziqing's words confirmed her guess. It was rare for Lu Ziqing to lower his posture, and said to the man in the wheelchair: "I have seen King Xuan."
The palace of Xuan Dynasty defended the province and the country, fought against foreign enemies, and the world admired how many soldiers died on the battlefield. Although Lu Ziqing regarded himself highly, he still respected the palace of Xuan.
Meng Yuan said with a light expression: "The Ministry of Punishment seems to be getting worse and worse, and it will only catch some irrelevant people for the worst."
Lu Ziqing's face was pale when he heard this, but he couldn't have any seizures. Only he himself knew that the current Criminal Department was indeed as the King Xuan said. It was very inefficient and there were few people who could use it. That was why his father would put himself in the Criminal Department because it would be easier to make achievements in such a place.
However, as a servant of the Criminal Ministry, he was ridiculed in the public in this way, and no one would feel comfortable, let alone a strong person like Lu Ziqing. His face was uncertain, and after a while of silence, he said: "This case is not trivial. The officer just doesn't want to let anyone suspicious. It's just that the prince said that Mo Xin is yours. What does this mean?"
"This king said yes, or do you want me to explain it to you?" Meng Yuan's tone remained cold and unchanging.
Lu Ziqing was perplexed for a while and didn't know how to answer the question, but Zhao Ling probably guessed that King Xuan was here to help her.
Although Zhao Ling couldn't understand the reason for this, but with such a great opportunity, she would be a fool if she didn't seize the opportunity. If Lu Ziqing was to take her to the Criminal Ministry, should she tell him her true identity? The consequences would be disastrous.
So she immediately walked to Meng Yuan and bowed respectfully to him and said, "Thank you, Lord, for breaking the siege, otherwise I will be like General Feng and eat the prison food for a few days."
Feng Ze coldly snorted to Lu Ziqing whose facial expression was quite ugly. But he still insisted on asking Zhao Ling: "Mo Xin, since you are from the Xuan Palace, why did you hide your identity in the first place and pretend to be a senior Qin Yuzuo?"
This Lu Ziqing was really persistent. Zhao Ling said helplessly: "Master Lu, don't you think that my pretending identity is beneficial to the Criminal Ministry? Could it be that Lord Lu thinks that the Criminal Ministry even has a job opening? Isn't it a shame to not be able to get it?"
Qin Lin's apprentice could also be said to be part of the Penalty Department. If it was known to outsiders, the Tangtang Penalty Department could't even get a piece of work done. Wouldn't it be even more condemning to ask outsiders for help? Therefore, hearing what Zhao Ling said, Lu Ziqing could not think of a reason to refute.
Zhao Ling also accepted as soon as he saw it, and said to Lu Ziqing, "I have to conceal my identity, Master Lu. Mo Xin hereby apologizes to you all. Don't worry, I will confess everything to you later. But for now, let's take a look at this case."
Lu Ziqing knew that Zhao Ling was right. Due to the fact that Fengze was detained some time ago, Chu Ping Chuan was extremely dissatisfied with the Ministry of Criminal Affairs.
A paper booklet was written to Emperor Ming, and Dong Runnian was impeached, the official document of the Criminal Ministry. Emperor Ming severely scolded Dong Runnian in the morning and restricted him to solve the case within half a month, otherwise he would be punished severely.
Dong Runnian, who had always shown people his image of a smiling fox, had not been able to laugh recently. It was really stressful for him. Now that the number one champion was murdered in the street again, Lu Ziqing couldn't imagine how Emperor Ming and Dong Runnian would react.
So Lu Ziqing quickly ordered the corpses of Li Wenzheng and the murderer to be taken away, and some people on the scene he thought were suspicious. Then he asked her to report the matter level by level. The impact of this matter was so great that he couldn't call the shots by himself alone.
When he returned to the Xing Department, he brought Zhao Ling with him. Of course, he had released her. However, he still trusted Mo Xin's professional skills. And now, he urgently needed this kind of expertise.
However, since King Xuan said that Mo Xin was his own, he would naturally ask King Xuan to ask Mo Xin to do things. So Lu Ziqing respectfully made a request to King Xuan.
Meng Yuan didn't look at him, but directly looked at Zhao Ling, and said calmly: "Mo Xin decides everything, and this king does not interfere."
Hearing this, Zhao Ling raised his eyes unexpectedly and glanced at Meng Yuan. Since Meng Yuan's appearance, she had not dared to look directly at him due to her guilty conscience. Did he know that he was the eldest lady of the Jiang, the one who emperor Ming bestowed him in a marriage? Why did he help her? But when she met Meng Yuan's gaze, she felt that she was thinking too much. His eyes were as cold as before. It was as if nothing had happened.
Zhao Ling shook his head and decided to ignore this problem. No one could stop what she wants to do. Anyway, she had already been divorced from the marriage once, and she was not afraid of the second divorce from the Xuan Palace.
The murder happened under her nose. As a professional judicial officer, she would never stand idly by. So after saying goodbye to Xie Mingyu and Fengze, she went to the Criminal Ministry with Lu Ziqing. Just now, she had conducted a preliminary survey of the scene, and also conducted a preliminary inspection of the two deceased. All that was left was to further inspect the corpses to verify her own guesses.
On the way to the Criminal Ministry, she looked at a small piece of paper in her hand and smiled slightly. The note was stuffed by the guard with a paralyzed face next to Meng Yuan, and it said Mo Xin's origin. Such a background was really suitable for her. Wang Xuan's arrangement was really meticulous, and Zhao Ling admired it secretly.