"What?" Zhang Zong shouted in disbelief when he heard the news that the Wu brothers were dead. He originally entered the palace to discuss the matter of growing cowpox with Li Hong, but he didn't expect to hear such shocking news.

"What happened last night, the Wu brothers committed suicide in the heavenly prison of Dali Temple!" Li Hong said with a frustration at this time. He didn't care whether the Wu brothers died or not, but the line was broken. It was impossible to climb from them to Ming Chongyan.

"How is it possible? Even if you want to protect Ming Chongyan, the Wu brothers don't have to commit suicide, right?" Zhang Zong asked again with disbelief.

Strictly speaking, the status of the Wu brothers is higher than that of Ming Chongyan, especially for Wu Meiniang, the Wu brothers are her nephews after all, and they are also people she can trust. In contrast, Ming Chongyan is just an outsider, and Wu Meiniang cannot kill both of her nephews in order to protect Ming Chongyan. This is not reasonable.

"Whether to commit suicide is not yet determined, but when the jailer discovered the Wu brothers, they were indeed hanging in the cell, which looked like they had committed suicide by hanging themselves." Li Hong said again.

"I still don't believe that the Wu Brotherhood hanged himself to protect Ming Chongyan. Instead, they might have been silenced!" Zhang Zong inferred again at this time, which was also his first reaction.

"I think so too. I've sent someone to check now, but I'm worried..."

When Li Hong said this, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from the gate of the palace. Then an eunuch rushed over to report: "Report to the prince, Doctor Di is asking for a meeting!"

"Please come in!" Li Hong heard Di Renjie asking for advice and immediately sat upright and said, after he received news of the death of the Wu brothers in the middle of the night yesterday, he immediately sent someone to notify Di Renjie, asking him to investigate the case, hoping that he could find out whether the Wu brothers committed suicide?

After a while, Di Renjie also walked in quickly. When he saw Zhang Zong also here, he nodded slightly at him, and then saluted Li Hong and said, "Die Renjie pays homage to the Crown Prince!"

"No need to be polite. Did the Wu brothers really commit suicide?" Li Hong asked anxiously at this time.

"Your Highness, the cause of death of the Wu brothers has been found out. They were definitely not suicide, but were strangled from behind and hung to the prison, thus creating the illusion of suicide!" Di Renjie replied with great affirmation at this time.

"As it turns out, Brother Di, did you find these on the strangles on their necks?" Zhang Zong was shocked when he heard this, and at the same time guessed that Di Renjie concluded that the Wu brothers were not suicide, because suicide was completely different from the scars left by being strangled. Experienced people can see it at a glance, and this was also written by him in "Xiwen Lu".

"Yes, there are two marks on the neck of the Wu brothers. They were obviously strangled and hung up after being strangled. In addition, I also found blood and a small amount of flesh in Wu Sansi's fingernails. Obviously, I struggled desperately when I was strangled and scratched the perpetrator. Now the perpetrator has been found." Di Renjie nodded again and explained.

"That's great. Since the murderer has been caught, will he interrogate who the real commander is?" Li Hong also asked excitedly when he heard this.

However, compared to Li Hong's excitement, Zhang Zong next to him frowned slightly because he found that when Di Renjie talked about finding the assailant, he did not show a happy expression on his face, but instead felt a little depressed.

Sure enough, Di Renjie sighed and said helplessly: "Your Highness, the person who committed the crime has indeed been found. He was a prison guard in the prison. But when we found him, he had already committed suicide by taking poison. On the back of his hand, we also found the scratches. The wound was very consistent with the flesh and flesh that Wu Sansi grabbed."

"Dead?" Li Hong showed a shocked look when he heard this. He didn't expect that the other party would take such a decisive action, and he didn't even leave any of his hands. All the clues were cut off.

"Brother Di has checked whether the prisoner had contacted someone before his death?" Zhang Zong asked again at this time. The prisoner obviously did not kill the Wu brothers out of personal anger, but was ordered by someone. Even if he was dead, he could still find a person of suspicion through the people he had contacted before.

"I have asked, but according to those who know this prisoner, this prisoner usually lives in simplicity and rarely comes into contact with outsiders, and even has no family members, so I can't find anything now." Di Renjie explained helplessly again. The prisoner had very few clues, which was also the reason why he came to Li Hong so quickly to report.

"So cruel, I actually sent a dead soldier!" Li Hong angrily slapped the table and said.

Zhang Zong was also shocked when he heard this. The deceased soldier is not something that ordinary people can cultivate, and those who are capable of sending the deceased soldier may be the ones Wu Meiniang took action.

"Your Highness, I suspect that this matter is probably caused by Ming Chongyan!" At this moment, Di Renjie hesitated for a moment, and suddenly stepped forward and spoke again.

Li Hong was also stunned when he heard this, then pondered for a moment before speaking: "What do you mean... Ming Chongyan guessed that we were going to cling to him through the Wu brothers, so he took the initiative to kill the Wu brothers?"

"Yes, Ming Chongyan has great energy in his hand, and it is not difficult to use a dead soldier!" Di Renjie nodded and said.

"But... Ming Chongyan really has the courage to kill the Wu brothers?" Zhang Zong frowned and said. He always felt that this kind of thing did not look like Ming Chongyan's style, and the Wu brothers were Wu Meiniang's nephews. Ming Chongyan killed them in order to protect himself. Are you not afraid that Wu Meiniang would blame him?

"Brother Zhang, you have also said that the reason why Ming Chongyan did not destroy crops such as corn and potatoes is probably because he disagrees with the real murderer behind the scenes, so he gave up at the last moment. From this we can see that there is a difference between him and the person behind him, and even has great independence, so he may not have received the consent of that person this time." Di Renjie hesitated for a moment before saying again, but he did not dare to say Wu Meiniang's name in his words.

"Yes, if he had taken the initiative without authorization, it would be very likely!" Li Hong nodded in agreement when he heard Di Renjie's words.
Chapter completed!