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Greenwood led his men to dig open the area that had been struck by the lightning. After digging half a meter deep, the object that had been intentionally buried by someone was revealed.

They were all iron. Dozens of them had been buried.

It had almost filled up the circle drawn by Luo Chuge. With such density, it would be strange if it did not attract lightning.

”Fourth Miss, is an iron item a lightning weapon?” Qing Mu was slightly confused.

Su Li nodded and squinted his eyes, ”Who is in charge of the defense of the city gate?”

”Yes …” It's General Su. ”

Su Li thought for a while, then said, ”You go to the Ministry of Justice to report this matter. This matter concerns the nation's physique, as well as the life and death of the Fifth Prince, and the Ministry of Justice will come out. It doesn't matter if General Su is willing or not, he can only hand over the list of the people guarding the city gate.”

”Yes.” Qing Mu's heart was filled with admiration for Su Li, and she asked, ”What other orders do you have for me?”

”Do your best to investigate the people within ten days. This place is extremely close to the city gate, and if someone were to bury the iron, it would definitely alarm the people guarding the city gate.”

Unless the guard at the city gate had been bribed, or someone from Bei Yue had planted themselves in the Southern Kingdom. As long as they investigated, they would definitely be able to find out everything.

”Yes.”

Qing Mu and her people left, while Su Li returned to the Duke Palaces.

She thought that after Mo Lianjin sent the diplomatic mission to the relay station, he would immediately return to the mansion.

The next morning, Qing Mu came to report that he had found a few problematic Imperial Guard s.

Su Li had followed him to the Ministry of Justice, so this matter was solely handled by the Ministry of Justice.

The reason he asked Qing Mu to find Su Li to interrogate the criminals was because of the meaning behind the Ministry of Justice. Those who were caught didn't say a single word, but instead shouted their grievances.

The only strange thing was that the Imperial Guard s on guard duty at night pointed out that after these few people had been on guard duty, the color of the ground in that area was somewhat different from the one on the side.

The Ministry of Justice Lord was busy dealing with the security issues in the capital, so it was reasonable that Su Li, a fifth stage female official, should take over this matter from the Ministry of Justice.

There were a total of eight people, all of whom were in charge of guarding against activity outside the city.

Seeing Su Li, some people started to call him wrongly.

”Save me Fourth Miss, I have never done anything that was out of bounds. I really don't know why I was imprisoned here.”

”Me too, I'm really wronged.”

Su Li did not make a sound, he sat in front of the table and looked through the information of the eight people, as well as their interrogation records.

In a sense, their statements were the same, as if they were printed from the same mold.

Putting down the book, she pondered for a moment, then looked at the person who had first cried out injustice.

”After you're on duty, change shifts. When it's close to morning, have you noticed that the color of the soil in that area is different from other places?”

The man hesitated for a moment before shaking his head. ”No.”

”What about you?” Su Li looked at another person.

”Nor.”

In the end, the eight people decided on the same line of reasoning.

”If that's the case, then it would already be broad daylight. Haven't you discovered that the color of the earth is different, so why did the Imperial Guard that replaced you discover it?”

”We don't know.” The few of them spoke up in unison with innocent expressions on their faces.

”While you were on guard duty, someone touched the open space outside the city. Do you admit to this?”

The few of them looked at each other, hesitated for a while, then spoke out, ”Since the other brothers saw that something was amiss, then it should have happened when we were on guard, but we did our duty, not leaving our posts even half a step, Fourth Miss, please investigate.”