Chapter 774: The Way of Promotion.

When I left Xiangfu, it was already noon.

Ye Xing and the others needed to send someone to investigate whether what Xiang Ying said was true, and in order to prevent suspicion of collusion, they had to give up lunch for the time being.

Back at the Zhongshan Palace, Ye Xing immediately sent to investigate what Xiang Ying said, and personally went to question those people.

And as Xiang Ying said, on the day of Princess Yong'an's birthday, after they left the Horse Mansion, they did walk around together because they were bored, and they didn't disperse until dark, and they were not separated from each other during this period.

After getting this result, Ye Xing and the others were really hungry.

So they went to an inn for dinner, and after lunch, they immediately continued their investigation.

Song Chengju, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also has a very high status above the court, and now he is in his fifties, but he still has the strength to strangle a person, as long as he kills someone, and then hides it, and takes advantage of the chaos in the Horse Mansion to leave, it is simply too easy.

Therefore, Ye Xing and the others decided to go to see Song Chengju, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

The Song Mansion is a little bigger than Geng Jia and Xiang Ying's mansions, after all, Song Chengju is one level higher than the two of them, and the difference between this level can be observed from the size of the mansion.

After sending the post, the subordinates of the Song Mansion led Ye Xing and the others into the living room, and without saying much, Song Chengju walked in with a smile and asked, "What kind of wind blew King Daming here?" ”

Ye Xing smiled slightly, and said: "In front of Lord Song, I can't hide it, we are here today for the killing of Geng Jia, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, presumably Lord Song has heard about it!" ”

Song Chengju nodded: "The old man heard about it, it seems that he drank too much wine on Princess Yong'an's birthday, and then was killed, alas, it's really a world trend, and that murderer is so bold that he dares to kill people on Princess Yong'an's birthday." ”

Song Chengju is cunning and cunning, and he will definitely not bring the disaster to himself, so from the point he came in, he will never mention himself, but if he doesn't mention it, it doesn't mean that Ye Xing won't mention it.

After a moment, Ye Xing said, "I heard that Lord Song is very unaccustomed to Geng Jia, is there such a thing?" ”

Song Chengju laughed a few times and said: "King Daming said that, he Geng Jia is just a left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, what if I am used to seeing the book of the Ministry of Rites, everything in the Ministry of Rites is still decided by me, and he Geng Jia can't be the master at all." ”

This is also a fact, Ye Xing saw this, and continued to ask: "Then between Shen Shi and Youshi on Princess Yong'an's birthday, where is Lord Song and who is with whom?" ”

Song Chengju's face changed, and he replied: "The old man is old and can't stand the excitement, so he went back to the house early to rest, and never left his mansion after that. ”

"Can anyone testify?" Ye Xing asked.

"The subordinates in the house and my wife can testify!" When Song Chengju said this, he was almost indignant.

Ye Xing shook his head: "I think Lord Song, as a member of the imperial court, should know that the testimony of his wife and subordinates is difficult to clear your suspicions, I wonder if Lord Song has other evidence to prove that he was at home at the time?" ”

Song Chengju stared at Ye Xing with a pair of eyes and was silent for a long time.

Seeing Song Chengju like this, Ye Xing knew that he had no evidence to prove that he was not at the scene at that time.

So when Ye Xing left, Song Chengju's face was ugly.

After leaving the Song Mansion, Ye Xing and the others went to see Liang Zhongze, Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Rites.

Liang Zhong is a young man under the age of thirty, although Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Rites is only the fifth grade, he is the most likely person to be promoted to the Lang of the Ministry of Rites at that time, so for Liang Zhongze, his future is still very bright, especially after Geng Jia died, his future is even brighter.

Of course, there is a premise for this, that is, he did not kill Geng Jia.

The Liang Mansion has no way to compete with Song Chengju and Geng Jia in their mansions, presumably, a five-grade squire, it is already very good to have a house to live in the capital, and he dares to ask for luxury there.

After knocking on the door, one of the servants opened the door and asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Ye Xing reported his identity, and then the subordinate led Ye Xing and them into the living room of Liang's mansion, in fact, it was the living room, it was better to say that it was the middle hall, because Liang Zhongze's bedroom was on the side of the living room, and as soon as Ye Xing and they walked into the living room, Liang Zhong walked out of his bedroom, followed by a woman, who was plainly dressed, but had an inner temperament, but there was no doubt about Mrs. Liang.

After Liang Zhong sat down, he said to his wife, "Madam, go and make some tea for King Daming and a few of his friends!" ”

Mrs. Liang said good luck and went down.

Seeing this, Ye Xing asked, "Lord Liang, as a five-grade Langzhong, how can he pour tea and do such a thing as Mrs. Zun herself?" ”

Liang Zhong smiled slightly and said: "King Daming doesn't know, the five-grade officials in the capital can only barely maintain the expenses of the family, and I have a good life of wine, so I can't afford to hire a servant, so I have to let my wife take care of it more." ”

The five-grade officials are indeed not much, in a prosperous and high-consumption place like the capital, they can indeed barely get by, if they calculate carefully, it is not as good as going to the field but a county order comes to the light, although the county order is only a small seven-grade official, but the county government has its own final say in all matters, even if it is innocent and honest, there are still a number of officials to catch the head and wait for the call, and the county order is not expensive.

After Ye Xing learned about these situations, he felt a little sympathetic to this Liang Zhongze, the Rite Department Lang Zhong was only a direct subordinate of the Rite Department Lang, but the difference was so big that it was really incomprehensible.

But after Mrs. Liang brought the tea, Liang Zhong said apologetically: "There is no good tea at home, King Daming and a few friends, please take care of it!" ”

Ye Xing smiled slightly and said, "Lord Liang is polite, I am not a person who tastes tea, and I don't care about the quality of tea." ”

Seeing this, Liang Zhong was no longer so restrained, so he asked: "King Daming came to the cold house, I'm afraid there is something to ask!" ”

Ye Xing glanced at Liang Zhongze with great interest and said, "Lord Liang guessed?" ”

Liang Zhong nodded: "Geng Jia was killed in the mansion of Princess Yong'an, this matter has already caused a sensation in the entire capital, although I am only a small Wupin Langzhong, but this kind of news can still be heard, I and Geng Jia have always been at odds in the Ministry of Rites, and now the King of Daming came here for no reason, it must be for the case of Geng Jia being killed." ”

This Liang Zhong did not shy away from it at all, and directly told him about his disagreement with Geng Jia, although Ye Xing and the others felt strange, they also admired Liang Zhongze's refreshment.