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Chapter 401 Identification of the Corpse

"Your Highness Prince Yi, please..." Peng Liang bowed and made a "please" gesture politely.

"Oh, I'm here to see His Royal Highness Prince Yi. Why is His Royal Highness Prince Yi here too?" At this moment, Tang Mao, the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards, received the news and quickly came with his men.

Liu Dexia is really a ghost that lingers around. He still causes trouble even after his death.

"Since Deputy Commander Tang is here, let's go take a look together." Zhou Chang didn't show it on his face, but he suddenly thought of someone and turned around to tell Shou Hou, "Go and ask the chief steward Fang She to come over. Liu Dexia is one of his subordinates, so if they want to identify him, it would be better for the chief steward Fang to come forward."

"Yes, I'll go and invite you right away." The skinny monkey responded and left.

In order to avoid revealing his guilty conscience, Zhou Chang took Gao Yuan with him and followed Tang Mao and Peng Liang.

Beside the dry well, a group of people stood in a circle around Liu Dexia's body.

"How can you recognize this is Eunuch Liu's?" Tang Mao stared at the blackened corpse, most of the face was burnt.

Or maybe the handling last night was too sloppy, Zhou Chang thought to himself. If he had known about it in advance, he would have known at a glance that it was Liu Dexia herself. But at this moment, she just stood behind Tang Mao, hiding the farthest away, and didn't say a word.

A young eunuch pointed at Liu Dexia's neck, where a gold lock hanging from a gold chain fell out: "That gold lock is Deputy Chief Manager Liu's personal belongings."

"Then search again. Maybe he must have more personal items on him." Peng Liang said this, but he did not do anything himself.

Everyone looked at each other, but no one stepped forward.

Peng Liang brought with him runners from the Ministry of War and eunuchs assigned to him by the Imperial Household Department.

Since there was no coroner at the scene, no one was willing to do it.

Tang Mao, on the other hand, stepped forward and leaned over to take a closer look. "It looks like it was Eunuch Liu, but why did he die in the dry well for no reason? We can only wait for the coroner to come and find out."

"Lord Tang, I have sent someone to notify the Dali Temple, and their people will be here soon." Peng Liang seemed prepared.

Tang Mao nodded and said nothing more.

Peng Liang stared at the gold lock on Liu Dexia's neck and analyzed: "However, it seems that Deputy Manager Liu's death was indeed strange. His gold lock is still there, and the person who killed him must not be after money. There seems to be strangulation marks on his neck, which makes it seem like he was strangled to death and then thrown into the well."

Tang Mao nodded in agreement, but then proposed another possibility: "However, seeing that his clothes have signs of being burned, it is possible that he accidentally fell into the well after being burned by the fire."

"There are no signs of fire around this place. How come Eunuch Liu was burned by fire and fell into such a remote dry well?" Peng Liang seemed to be familiar with the terrain.

Zhou Chang, who was listening from the side, also felt that there were many loopholes. They really didn't handle it carefully enough last night.

What was even more surprising was that Peng Liang, who seemed like a good-for-nothing before, unexpectedly could analyze things in a very clear and organized manner.

In the corner of his eye, Gao Yuan was staring at Peng Liang, his eyes wide open like a lion.

Zhou Chang calmly moved to block Gao Yuan's sight and added, "Perhaps he met an assassin and was killed by the assassin. Since we have called the people from the Dali Temple, let's wait until they arrive."

"Your Highness Prince Yi is right. It is very likely that the assassins set fire and committed murder last night and many people in the inner palace died." Tang Mao agreed.

Peng Liang circled around Liu Dexia's body twice more, seemingly casually: "It doesn't look like it, it doesn't look like it... It looks more like someone deliberately murdered him and dumped his body here."

Before Zhou Chang could say anything, he felt a chill on the back of his neck.

Gao Yuan was breathing heavily and his right arm was clenched tightly.

Zhou Chang had no choice but to turn around and help him.

Gao Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief after being reminded.

The situation is unclear and the other party has no evidence, so why panic?

When Zhou Chang looked up again, the two fat bodies of Fang She and Shouhou were "rolling" down from the upper stairs.

If Fang She really didn't get along with Liu Dexia on a daily basis, it would be very useful for him to come here at this time.

Zhou Chang became more confident: "Mr. Peng seems to have seen it with his own eyes. Could it be that you killed this person?"

"Your Highness Prince Yi, although you are a prince, you cannot rely on your status to speak carelessly." Peng Liang also said slowly.

Tang Mao then saw Fang She and said, "Oh, Chief Steward Fang is here too. He came just in time."

"Yes, after all, Lord Fang is the chief eunuch of the inner court, so we should inform him first." Zhou Chang stood with his hands behind his back, waiting for Fang She to come closer.

Fang She was not as skinny as a monkey, and although he seemed to be within reach, it actually took him a while to get there.

Everyone saluted each other.

After some polite remarks, Fang She stared at Liu Dexia's body with his goldfish eyes, and said with a look of pity: "Alas, Liu Dexia, Liu Dexia, I didn't expect that after so many years of being comrades in arms, you were killed by an assassin. What a pity, what a pity..."

"General Manager Fang, how do you know that Eunuch Liu was killed by an assassin?" Peng Liang was not afraid of being rude.

Fang She took two steps back from Liu Dexia's body and turned his goldfish eyes to the top of his head, seemingly not recognizing Peng Liang: "Who is this...?"

"I'm afraid you don't know Mr. Fang. He is the son of Lord Peng, the Minister of War." Zhou Chang kindly introduced him.

"Oh..." Fang She said with an expression of understanding, "So it was Master Peng. Last night, an assassin committed arson and I heard that you and Master Peng went to the imperial study to rescue him, but came up empty-handed?"

Peng Liang knew that this was the most popular person in front of the emperor, and he was definitely not to be messed with. He said respectfully, "General Manager Fang is too polite. You can just call me Peng Liang. My father and I did go to the imperial study to rescue the emperor last night. I didn't expect that the emperor was so lucky that he was not in the most dangerous place of the fire. It's a pity for Deputy General Manager Liu, who lost his life for no reason, and I don't know why."

Fang She half-closed his goldfish eyes and smiled slightly, but he turned to Zhou Chang and said, "Your Highness Prince Yi, how could you set foot in such a gloomy and unlucky place?"

"Alas, I was planning to go see Brother Duan, but when I got here, Master Peng dragged me here to identify him." Zhou Chang said calmly, "Since Master Fang can confirm that it is Eunuch Liu, that's good. I'm fine, but why haven't the people from the Dali Temple arrived yet?"

"Dali Temple? His Royal Highness Prince Yi also invited people from the Dali Temple to come?" Fang She's tone seemed to think that it was too much of an effort to mobilize a large force.

Zhou Chang spread his hands and said, "Yes, it was Master Peng who invited us. After all, the cause of death of Eunuch Liu is such an important eunuch, so we should find out the cause of death. Then Master Fang can give an explanation to His Majesty."

Fang She glanced at Liu Dexia's body again: "Isn't this caused by the assassins who set fire to the palace? What else is there to investigate? Last night, a maid from Concubine Xu's place also died because of this."

"Oh, really? Are Concubine Xu and the Eleventh Imperial Sister okay?" Zhou Chang asked hurriedly.

Fang She raised his hands and bowed: "Thanks to your majesty's blessing, everything is fine."