Emperor Zhou was very angry, but not just because Su Yuanwu died.

Although he felt very sorry for Su Yuanwu's death, what really concerned him was that Su Yuanwu's death was unclear.

More importantly, Su Yuanwu died not far outside the capital.

Emperor Zhou couldn't help but wonder in his heart who had the guts to kill someone outside the capital, and the person they killed was someone from the imperial court.

Has he lost his dignity as an emperor?

These people won't give him any face at all?

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. After all, as an emperor, he must have hoped to have the most extreme rule and power in every part of the country.

But now it seems that Emperor Zhou’s dignity as an emperor has clearly been challenged!

"What are you still standing there for? Go and check it out for me!"

When Emperor Zhou saw that Eunuch Li beside him was unmoved, he instantly became furious again.

"Slave, slave obeys your command."

Eunuch Li originally wanted to ask Emperor Zhou if there was anything else that needed to be arranged, but now he didn't dare to wait any longer.

He quickly took people to the place where Su Yuanwu died outside the city to investigate the situation.

Because this place is located outside the capital and is an official road, many people usually walk here.

Logically speaking, there would be no bandits outside the capital.

After all, what bandits would be so bold as to rob outside the capital? Aren’t they afraid that the government soldiers would come out and arrest them?

Eunuch Li quickly realized that this was most likely a deliberate murder of Su Yuanwu by someone, disguised as a bandit killing people and robbing money.

Besides, Eunuch Li was also there on the day Su Yuanwu was impeached.

So he is very familiar with the situation in the hall.

He knew that almost all the civil and military officials in the court were impeaching Su Yuanwu.

It can also be seen that Su Yuanwu obviously has several obvious political enemies. Now that Su Yuanwu has lost his official position and has been exiled, these people will naturally take advantage of the situation and add insult to injury.

Just go all out and kill Su Yuanwu directly.

The more Eunuch Li thought about it, the more he felt that this was a possibility.

After all, if Su Yuanwu was only dismissed from his position but his property was not confiscated.

Then he still has a certain amount of property that can be used to protect his own safety.

But he was exiled and his property was confiscated, so he had no trump cards left.

In addition, this was an order issued by His Majesty himself, which proved that Su Yuanwu had lost the emperor's trust.

Under such circumstances, it is natural that everyone will push down when the wall falls...

Eunuch Li couldn't help but shook his head. It was no use continuing to think about the situation in the court. Su Yuanwu was dead, so all he had to do was find out the murderer.

"How are you guys doing with the investigation? Report to our family."

Eunuch Li asked in a shrill voice to the imperial guards who were checking for traces in the front.

He did not notice that the faces of these imperial guards were very ugly.

Several imperial guards looked at each other, and then they could only cautiously come to Eunuch Li and said cautiously: "Eunuch... this place seems to have been cleared by someone."

"We have checked every corner of this place just now, but we didn't find any blood or any traces here."

"That's right. Even the bloodstains of Lord Su have disappeared. Someone must have erased the traces. We... are too late!"

When Eunuch Li heard these words, he was stunned for a moment.

He was a little skeptical, so he checked here himself, but he did not find any bloodstains.

Not only was there no blood, there were not even footprints. Eunuch Li's lips trembled, and he knew in his heart that this case was not actually done by bandits at all.

Normal bandits, even if they were killing people and robbing goods, would not be able to clear all traces so carefully.

But he couldn't tell who did it. He only knew that the person behind it had made a perfect plan in advance and was obviously an expert.

"Eunuch Li...what should we do now?"

An imperial guard asked Eunuch Li cautiously.

They didn't want to take this responsibility, so someone else said, "Eunuch Li, if we can't find out the truth, it's not our fault. We can only blame ourselves for coming too late."

"If we come earlier, we might be able to find some clues."

Eunuch Li glanced at them, but didn't say much. He just said with a cold face: "Don't worry, our family will naturally explain it to you."

"Thank you very much, Eunuch Li!"

Several imperial guards heaved a sigh of relief when they heard Eunuch Li make such a promise.

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After returning to the palace, Eunuch Li went straight to the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, the old slave is back."

After a period of digestion, the anger on Emperor Zhou's face has faded a lot.

"You're back. How's the investigation going? Who did it? I'll kill all his clans!"

Emperor Zhou's calm tone contained a strong murderous intent.

Eunuch Li could only tell the truth at this moment.

After explaining the incident in detail, he added:

"Your Majesty, I suspect that this case was not committed by bandits at all, but by some officials or some noble families in the court."

When Emperor Zhou heard this, he nodded. In fact, he had known from the beginning that this case was definitely not done by bandits.

But who could have done it?
If it was some official in the imperial court, then it could be Donghuang Wenshan or Luo Wenshan...

Emperor Zhou thought about it seriously and realized that neither Donghuang Wenshan nor Luo Wenshan were the kind of people who would put others to death.

Besides, Su Yuanwu had no mortal hatred against them.

So... could it be a noble family?
This is a possibility. After all, what Su Yuanwu has been doing in the court recently is promoting officials from humble backgrounds.

If someone goes up, someone must come down.

Therefore, Su Yuanwu's move naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of those aristocratic families.

But who would want to kill Su Yuanwu?
For a moment, even Emperor Zhou couldn't help but rack his brains.

You have to know that the rule in the court is that once you leave the court, no one will target you anymore.

Be a man to stay on the line and meet each other in the future.

Eunuch Li, who was standing next to him, saw that Emperor Zhou was frowning in thought, so he did not dare to say anything. He quietly went to the side and poured a cup of tea for Emperor Zhou.

Just as he placed the teacup in front of Emperor Zhou, he heard Emperor Zhou suddenly ask, "On the day Su Yuanwu was exiled, who went to see him off?"

When Eunuch Li heard this question, he was suddenly stunned.

He raised his eyelids slightly and looked towards Emperor Zhou, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Emperor Zhou noticed his expression and immediately slammed the table and said, "Tell me! Who are they?"

Eunuch Li was frightened and could only say tentatively: "Only... the Second Prince went to see Lord Su off that day." (End of this chapter)