Unfortunately, they just wouldn't walk the right path!

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Chen instructed again, "Jing Yue, once the Ministry of Justice's interrogation results are out, get a copy of the portrait and compare it with the people who have died recently."

Jing Yue was surprised, "Does Your Majesty mean that the contact person has already been killed?"

Jiang Chen nodded, "If the other party isn't stupid, that person is already dead."

Jing Yue nodded, "Understood."

Half a month passed in a flash. After the Ministry of Justice interrogated the son of the wealthy merchant and obtained the appearance and height of the person who instigated him, they still couldn't find anyone similar.

"Your Majesty, your subject is incompetent. Please punish me."

During the morning court, Wu Zuo was filled with shame.

His Majesty trusted him so much, but he couldn't even find a single person. He was truly incompetent.

Jiang Chen knew that in this era, it was indeed difficult to find someone based solely on verbal descriptions, so he didn't make things difficult.

"It's fine. Continue to question other details."

Jiang Chen was clear in his heart that this matter would probably only go this far.

Because just yesterday, Jing Yue had reported the results of the Dark Guards' investigation.

There was no one among the recently deceased who matched the description, but there was a headless corpse.

Jiang Chen was certain that this headless corpse was the contact person.

However, now that the clues had been cut off, it could only end here.

Letting Wu Zuo continue to interrogate was just doing his best and leaving the rest to fate.

However, what Jiang Chen didn't expect was that after changing the direction of the interrogation, Wu Zuo actually managed to find something.

In order to ensure that the person behind the scenes didn't find out and act in advance, Wu Zuo didn't report it during the morning court, but instead followed Jiang Chen to the Hall of Diligent Governance after the court session.

"Your Majesty, these are the latest interrogation results from the prisoner." Wu Zuo took out a written record.

Jiang Chen took it and glanced at it, and his eyes lit up.

This Wu Zuo was indeed a talented individual.

In order not to miss any detail, he actually had the wealthy merchant's son describe all the scenes where he met with the contact person.

And among them, several sentences circled in red caught Jiang Chen's attention.

These sentences were what the wealthy merchant's son had said to the other party at the banquet. According to the wealthy merchant's son, the contact person had said that he had a concubine secretly kept in the south of the capital, and even her name was known.

Jiang Chen slammed the table, "Good! This is extremely important news!"

Wu Zuo was waiting for Jiang Chen's instructions.

His purpose in presenting this report was to have Jiang Chen order him to take people to bring back this concubine for interrogation.

But after thinking for a moment, Jiang Chen didn't do so, but instead said, "Wu Zuo, report this matter during the morning court tomorrow."

Wu Zuo was greatly surprised and said, "Your Majesty, if this matter is made public, his concubine will probably be in danger."

"I know."

Jiang Chen nodded, but then smiled, "You don't have to say her name."

Wu Zuo was stunned, then suddenly understood, "Your Majesty wants to lure the snake out of its hole!"

Jiang Chen nodded, "If the other party knows that there is such a knowledgeable person, they will definitely take action."

Wu Zuo nodded repeatedly, "Then this subject might as well change the location from the south of the city, so that the other party has to make a big detour!"

Jiang Chen waved his hand, "No."

"The other party is able to take the initiative step by step, obviously they are also a thoughtful person. They will definitely investigate this person's usual movements."

"If he finds out that this contact person usually went to the south of the city instead of the north, he will definitely know it's fake."

Wu Zuo was greatly impressed, "Your Majesty's move of mixing truth and falsehood is extremely brilliant!"

So, according to Jiang Chen's plan, during the morning court the next day, Wu Zuo directly reported the matter, stirring up waves again in the matter that had originally calmed down.

Jiang Chen immediately ordered the Prefect of the Capital to cooperate with the Ministry of Justice's actions.

This news quickly reached the ears of the Qiao family father and son.

The heir of the Qiao family couldn't sit still immediately, his face pale, and he cursed, "That dog actually kept a concubine outside!"

"Father, I will send someone to find that concubine and kill her along with him!"

The head of the Qiao family was also a little flustered, but he quickly calmed down and shook his head.

"Don't rush!"

"Don't rush?"

The heir of the Qiao family was very surprised, "Father, His Majesty has already let the Prefect of the Capital cooperate with the Ministry of Justice to start acting! If Wu Zuo finds that concubine first, it is likely to trace back to us!"

"Of course I know!"

The head of the Qiao family was able to manage the Qiao family to such an extent, and also cultivated a person like Noble Consort Hui, so naturally he was not a reckless person.

He said in a deep voice, "Have you ever thought about why this news came out after so long?"

The heir of the Qiao family looked blank, "Why?"

The head of the Qiao family was a little disappointed, "Have you never thought that this is simply fake news? Is the other party trying to muddy the waters again, to lure us into showing our flaws?"

The heir of the Qiao family was shocked when he heard this, "Father, is there such a possibility?"

Then, he frowned again, "But Father, what if this news is true?"

The head of the Qiao family narrowed his old eyes and said, "So we must first determine the truth of this news! Find reliable people to investigate, to see if that person goes to the south of the city often?"

Soon there was a result, and the heir of the Qiao family quickly found the head of the Qiao family, "Father, according to others' recollections, that dog spent at least half of the month in the south of the city! And he also asked them to help hide it from his original wife!"

Hearing this news, the head of the Qiao family couldn't sit still either.

This showed that the news Wu Zuo interrogated was true!

"Did you find out the name of that concubine?" the head of the Qiao family asked.

The heir of the Qiao family nodded, "It just so happens that someone has heard of it, called Hong Lian!"

The head of the Qiao family immediately ordered, "Immediately send people to the south of the city to talk about business! At the same time, secretly send people to find Hong Lian! Be sure to find her before Wu Zuo and the others find her! At the same time, be careful not to attract attention!"

"Understood!"

The heir of the Qiao family immediately went to make arrangements.

The head of the Qiao family always felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Doing so was also a last resort.

But if he didn't do so, if Wu Zuo found Hong Lian, then she would inevitably reveal the clue that the contact person was a servant of the Qiao family!

At that time, not to mention that the Qiao family would not be able to protect themselves, even Noble Consort Hui would probably not be able to protect herself!

Although the Qiao family's actions were secretive, in the eyes of the Dark Guards who were good at disguise, they were no different from being blatant.

After Jiang Chen received Jing Yue's report, he sighed.

To be honest, he still didn't want this matter to be done by the Qiao family.

After all, Noble Consort Hui was already four months pregnant.

Unfortunately, the Qiao family was too greedy.

"Catch them red-handed." Jiang Chen said indifferently.

Soon after, an explosive piece of news exploded throughout the entire capital.

Noble Consort Hui, who had recently been promoted to Imperial Noble Consort, her father and brother were suspected of instructing someone to poison a wealthy merchant!

The common people didn't know what this matter meant, but the ministers of the capital understood the real purpose of this matter in an instant.