Chapter 87 Investigation and Evidence Collection
Yinzhen received the assignment and had an idea on his way back home. He immediately took people to seal Wen Yunxuan. Their leader was named Liu.

Manager Liu was dressed like a poor scholar, but the material had a faint luster, which looked very different from his personality. He was waving a fan in his hand, which made him look a little out of place.

Seeing that Yinzhen had come with bad intentions, he was not afraid. Instead, he twisted his waist, came closer and said in a hoarse voice: "My Lord, this is a legitimate shop. Don't bring weapons with you. It will scare my customers."

Yinzhen had been here for a long time. He was upset when he asked the steward about this and got rejected by him. He said, "Scare your guests? If someone dies, your guests won't be scared!"

"Oh, how can you say such things in public? Gentlemen, follow me." Steward Liu had done a lot of reception and seeing off chores, so he could tell that these were two yellow belts. He led them to Master Rong's room.

"This is the residence of Master Rong. He calls himself Rong Zuping. I don't know if it's true or not. People here call him Master Rong, and those who are close to him call him Rong'er." Manager Liu gestured to Yinzhen and others to look around. "Since Master Rong committed suicide, I haven't let anyone else touch this place. After all, it involves the Tenth Master."

"You just said that the one you have a good relationship with is called Rong'er, but you keep calling him Rong Gongzi. Don't you have a bad relationship?" Yinzhen looked at the messy bed and motioned Yin'er to turn it over.

Manager Liu sighed, "The dead are the greatest. I shouldn't say much, but Master Shi's innocence is more important, so I have to say it."

"Mr. Rong is good at reciting poems and writing couplets, playing the zither, chess, calligraphy and painting. Although he is not proficient in any of them, he is more than capable of coaxing the young masters in the capital. Once this person is admired by others, he will easily become arrogant. Mr. Rong was also a shy and humble person at the beginning, but later he turned into an arrogant person. Ordinary people are not in his eyes."

Manager Liu glanced at Yinzhen and said, "Later, the two gentlemen came to see something new. The Tenth Master was fascinated by Young Master Rong and spent a lot of money on him. During that period, Young Master Rong did not receive guests. It was equivalent to being kept here by the Tenth Master."

"After the Tenth Prince got married, he hadn't visited Master Rong for a long time. He just started to do business gradually, and during this period there were indeed some customers with special hobbies. But you two gentlemen should understand that when we open a door for business, there is no reason to chase away customers." Steward Liu told the story between the Tenth Prince and Master Rong in a disjointed manner.

"Just at this time, the Tenth Master actually came back again. Master Rong was very happy. Who knew that happiness would lead to sorrow and such a thing would happen."

Yinzhen looked around the room carefully and said, "The Tenth Master was a frequent visitor of yours before."

"Yes."

"Then, as far as you know, would he be so cruel as to abuse your... subordinates?"

Manager Liu hesitated for a while and said, "To answer your question, there are quite a few guests who come to play here, and some of them are ruthless. Master Shi is not one of them."

"But after all, such a long time has passed, and Master Shi has returned again. I can't guarantee whether something unexpected has happened in the meantime, causing a drastic change in his character."

"Yes." Yinzhen nodded after hearing this: "No one is allowed to enter this room until the truth is revealed. Laojiu, move the things in the room out."

"Yes." Manager Liu replied.

"By the way, has anyone come to see Mr. Rong alone recently?"

Manager Liu scratched his head and said, "Sir, we have a membership system here. You pay a certain amount of money every month and you can come and play at any time. All the rewards given to you belong to you. I really didn't know this until you told me."

“Is your house soundproof?”

Manager Liu was a little embarrassed: "The soundproofing effect is very good. After all, this is a place for entertainment. It would be quite disappointing if others heard it or heard others'."

"Who is the person who lives close to Master Rong? Call him over."

Manager Liu thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Rong's room is against the wall, and Mr. Yue is next to him. Please wait a moment."

After a while, Master Yue came slowly towards them. He was thin, dressed in moon-white clothes, with his hair half-covered and a small white flower pinned on top. He spoke softly, and if you didn't look carefully at his Adam's apple and ignore his height, it would be easy to mistake him for a woman.

"Yue'er is here to greet the Fourth Prince and the Ninth Master."

"Did you hear any noise the night Master Rong committed suicide?"

Yue'er's face suddenly turned red. "That day, Rong'er shouted very loudly, and I could hear a little bit from my room. The Tenth Master has been braver than before since he came for many days."

Yinzhen looked over coldly, he really couldn't understand what was so good about liking such a feminine man.

"Old Nine, you go with me to see the results of the autopsy. I'll go and compare the handwriting of the suicide note." Yinzhen didn't want to stay here for even a quarter of an hour. "Manager Liu, and this Master Yue, if you think of anything unusual, tell the guards and ask them to go to the Prince's Mansion to look for me."

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Yinzhen returned to the mansion and took a shower. He lowered his head and smelled it. After making sure that the strong and inferior fragrance was gone, he went to the main courtyard. "Father!" Liuliu rushed over like a small cannonball. Fortunately, Yinzhen had predicted it in advance, otherwise he might have been knocked over.

"What did Liuliu do today?"

"Father, Liuliu learned five big characters today. Mother taught me." Liuliu took out a wooden plaque with big characters engraved on it as if showing off his treasure. The plaque looked quite old, and the edges and corners were polished very smoothly, so there was no need to worry about pricking the child.

Yinzhen valued this enlightenment tool for the underworld and nodded. This was made by Yihuan when Honghui was a child, and it was well preserved.

Honghui also came back and was busy making a swing for Liuliu. The little girl saw that other families had one and wanted one too, so she couldn't wait even a quarter of an hour when she came back.

When Honghui came back from school, he saw the carpenter busy at work and joined in the fun.

After dinner, Yinzhen took Honghui to the study in the front yard.

Honghui asked curiously, "Father, is it true that the court is impeaching Uncle Ten?"

"What do you think."

Honghui thought for a moment and said, "It's half true and half false. My mother said that the highest level of lying is that nine out of ten sentences are half true, and only half blurs out important information."

"My son thinks that it is true that Uncle Shi is a frequent visitor to Wenyunxuan, and it is also true that he was with the scholar named Rong, but the cause of death is false."

Yinzhen was satisfied, but his expression remained calm: "It's up to you how to break the impasse."

"First, compare the suicide note with the handwriting of the scholar surnamed Rong to see if it is forged; second, find witnesses to the death of the scholar surnamed Rong; third, search the scholar surnamed Rong's belongings to see if there are any clues."

Honghui thought of several things, all of which were within Yinzhen's expectations. He looked up at Yinzhen and continued, "And the most important thing is, this matter depends on whether the emperor believes it. The emperor's final decision has nothing to do with my uncle, and the civil and military officials in the court dare not discuss it. The people's attention can easily be attracted by other things, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

"How can I make you believe it?"

Honghui said with great certainty: "This matter has damaged the reputation of the Aisin-Gioro family. As long as the evidence you provide is convincing, the royal family will definitely back down and maintain the royal family's reputation."

Yinzhen nodded: "Yes, it is not difficult to protect your uncle now, but the difficulty lies in not knowing why the person behind the scenes is targeting him."

Honghui said boldly: "Perhaps the target is not Uncle Ten, but you, Ama. Now everyone knows that you are good friends with Uncle Nine and Uncle Ten. If Uncle Ten's reputation is attached to you, it will be hard to clear it up."

"You have learned a lot in the study." Yinzhen raised his eyebrows when he saw that Honghui dared to talk about the princes' factions.

"Son only says this in front of my father." Honghui smiled modestly, and seemed a little embarrassed.

"Speaking of which, my son also wants to do his part for Uncle Ten. Can you take your son with you tomorrow when you go to investigate the case? It happens to be a day off."

"You want to go to Wenyunxuan?"

"My son wants to clear his uncle's name."

Yinzhen smiled and said, "Does your mother know?"

Honghui's face froze: "Father, there's no need to let Mother know about this."

He was just curious about what the Nanfeng Pavilion described in the book looked like. If his mother knew about it, he would be spanked even at this age.

Thinking of this, Honghui gave up directly.

Yinzhen said with a smile: "Change your clothes tomorrow and dress up as a servant, so that your mother won't find out."

Honghui's eyes lit up: "Thank you, Father, for your help, son!"