Wei Lian returned to Zhongling Palace, still feeling out of breath, sitting on the toffee chair with a cold expression.
Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Changshou carefully offered a cup of tea: "Young Master, do you have something to worry about?"
Wei Lian lowered his eyes: "No."
He had been in a peaceful state of mind for so many years, but was disturbed several times by a Ji Yue.
Not like him at all.
"You go down." Wei Lian supported his temple, closed his eyes and said, "Call Changsheng."
"… No."
Changshou went out to call Changsheng, Wei Lian rubbed his temples twice with two fingers, opened his eyes suddenly, and entered the bedroom.
On the wall opposite the head of the bed, there is that lovely bunny lamp hanging.
Wei Lian stared at the lamp for a long time.
"Master." Changsheng appeared beside him.
Wei Lian retracted his gaze and said indifferently, "Go and check the whereabouts of the envoys from various countries today."
Ji Yue took the plan and dispatched Chen Guo, but it did not mean that the real culprit was let go. It doesn't matter whether there will be other actions on his side, Wei Lian needs to check it out anyway.
Wei Lian is not a chess piece.
At a critical moment, you have to use Changsheng. Longevity is highly skilled in martial arts, and his ability to inquire about news is also top-notch.
Longevity leads the way.
Wei Lianfu raised his eyes again, looked at the rabbit lamp again, and remembered Ji Yue's face again.
He stopped for a while, then walked out.
Out of sight out of mind.
After not staying in the hall for a while, Changshou came to report again, saying that it was the medical officer who asked to see him.
Wei Lian said: "Pass."
It was one of the female medical officers who had examined Princess Chonghua's body today who followed the palace servants in.
When the medical officer entered the hall, he first knelt down and bowed before giving a big salute: "I'm here to meet the son."
"Yes." Wei Lian felt a little bit, and without waiting for the medical officer to say what he meant, he took the lead to back away and said, "Can the matter you want to report have something to do with Princess Chonghua?"
The doctor was startled. What she wants to report is really not suitable for others to hear, and I don't want the young master to be so sensitive that he can guess it.
"Young master is wise." The medical officer got up and lowered his head. "Your Majesty ordered me to bury Princess Chonghua's body. During the process of tidying up, I found that there were burning letterheads in the incense burner in Princess Chonghua's bedroom. Two pieces remained unburned."
She presented two fragments: "Xiaguan dare not deceive, and report to the son once he finds out."
Wei Lian took it and took a closer look. The good piece of letterhead was almost burned to the ground. Only the word "Yue" and the word "See" were left in the middle, which could not make up a sentence, and a half-burned "ear" at the sign. Character.
"Got it." Wei Lian looked at the words and said slowly, "You step back, don't mention this to others."
The medical officer saluted again: "No."
Wei Lian sat alone in the hall, looking at the only three words left on the letterhead, and after a while, he said softly, "I love you, I'll see you sometime... Yeludan."
What he said may not be accurate, but he roughly judged that this was a love letter.
If it was an ordinary letter, why would Princess Chonghua burn it
And the word "ear" in the inscription is extremely small, which is obviously just a radical. Looking at this palace, the name with "ear" in it, isn't it Yeludan
Wei Lian was still thinking, Changsheng came back to resume his life, and got the following news—
Wei Yan has been lying in the house all day. His injuries have not healed, and he has had to be in public these days and has been in unbearable pain. Whenever there is no activity, Wei Yan will lie quietly on the couch.
Qiao Hongfei counts as half of his own, so he will rule it out first.
Prince Xia also stayed in the house and did not go out. Xia Kingdom was the weakest and weakest. All the cities except the royal capital belonged to Qin, and they never dared to cause trouble. Since Prince Xia arrived in Qin, he has not stepped out of the door except for the necessary banquet.
The envoys from the Xia Kingdom did not move, and they all stayed in the room to protect their lives.
Huyan Kemu went to the imperial kitchen at noon and asked the imperial chef to deliver a glass of kumiss to Ningyuelou. As for Wei Lian before the horse, that is, during the period when Princess Chonghua lost her virginity, Changsheng did not find any trace of Huyan Kemu, and he could only confirm that Huyan Kemu was not in Tanxiang Pavilion.
However, Huyan Kemu is not a free-spirited person. He has been running around every day for the past few days, and he has never spent a good time in the sandalwood pavilion.
Myerna slept on the tree in Yimei Garden in the morning, and there was basically no time to commit crimes. This saintess of the Liang Kingdom never liked to sleep peacefully on the couch, and the maids could find her on any tree in the palace every day.
Aslan had been looking for her all morning and probably didn't have time to do anything else.
Yeludan... The whereabouts are unknown.
Wei Lian asked, "What is unknown?"
Changsheng replied: "Prince Yelu is not in Yulong Pavilion today, but his subordinates have not found out his whereabouts. But..."
"But what?"
"But Prince Yelu returned to Yulong Pavilion at noon and called someone to get hot water, probably for bathing."
Bathing at noon
Noon is also just when... Princess Chonghua lost her innocence.
The time was just right.
Wei Lian once again recalled Yeludan's expression when the palace maid of Yan State reported the news of Princess Chonghua's death.
Surprise and regret.
Very normal reaction.
But that doesn't say anything. To be able to serve as an envoy, it is enough to have Wei Yan and Huyan Kemu. There must be someone with decent acting skills.
Wei Lian slowly sorted out the clues.
At present, Yeludan's suspicion is the biggest.
With Chi Yanzhi's poison, he led the water to the east, pulled Liang Guo into the water, and reversed it through the matter of kumiss, and nailed Chen Guo to the name of the murderer.
Little do they know that the mantis catches the cicada, the oriole is behind, and the real murderer hides deeper...
"Master." Longevity appeared again.
Wei Lian, whose train of thought was suddenly interrupted, said, "... What's the matter?"
"The chef Wang in the imperial kitchen wants to see you."
Wei Lian still remembered Wang Shou.
After all, teach him to cook for an afternoon.
Although it did not teach successfully.
"Let him in."
Wang Shou dragged a seven- or eight-year-old boy in, and when he saw Wei Lian, he knelt down: "Slave please sir."
The little boy was still standing still, but was pulled by Wang Shou and knelt down.
"Pray for your son." The little boy said in a stern voice.
Wei Lian raised his eyebrows: "This is?"
Wang Shou immediately told the matter.
It turned out that this boy was the son of a cook in the imperial kitchen, and he would usually help out in the imperial kitchen. The cooks saw him as cute and usually gave him some good dishes to eat.
This time, when the child saw the cold scraps that Ningyuelou sent back, the kumiss was only sipped by Chonghua. He hadn't had kumiss before, thinking that it would be a waste to pour it out anyway, so he secretly took a sip out of curiosity.
He didn't think it tasted good, so he just took a sip and put it back.
When Wang Shou was summoned back from Ningyue Building, the boy complained to Wang Shou, "Uncle Wang, that kumiss is not good at all."
Wang Shou was so frightened: "How do you know it's not good?!"
The child said innocently, "I secretly tasted it!"
"...That's the way it is." Wang Shou was heartbroken, "It was a slave who neglected his duty and didn't take good care of Yangyang, but Yangyang is only eight years old, so he can't die! That wine was poisoned, I heard that drinking a sip would not kill him immediately. , but sooner or later you will die! Young Master, you are kind-hearted, please save Yangyang!"
He also took a big risk. How can an ordinary noble care about the life of a servant's child, but he believes that the son is different.
The boy has always been a good man.
Wei Lian's eyes flashed: "Yangyang, come here."
Yang Yang was young and grew up in the marketplace, so he didn't know that the nobles in the palace were not allowed to collide. Seeing this good-looking immortal brother calling him over, he didn't care about his interests, he was wrapped in dirty clothes, and he burrowed into someone's arms.
Wang Shou was even more frightened.
How can a person as clean as the son be so arrogant!
Wei Lian didn't care at all, he held the child on his lap, grabbed Yang Yang's wrist calmly, and checked his pulse.
… The child is not poisoned.
This is fun.
Princess Chonghua died in Chi Yan, but not Chi Yan in kumiss.
Yang Yang stole it after the leftovers from Ningyue Building were sent back to the imperial kitchen for disposal. The kumiss at that time was not poisonous, so when Princess Chonghua drank it, it was even less likely to be poisonous.
Chen Guo's suspicion was completely ruled out.
"You really helped me a lot." Wei Lian put the child down and spoke very gently to Wang Shou.
Wang Shou: "Huh?"
He brought the child to ask the son to pass on the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat Yangyang. Wasn't he causing trouble for the son
How could it be so helpful
"This is the detoxification pill given to me by Your Majesty. Most poisons can be cured." Wei Lian stuffed a ball into Yangyang's mouth, "He will be fine, take him back. Longevity, go to the storeroom to give a few taels of silver, Put new clothes on this child."
Wang Shou was stunned for a moment, seeing that Wei Lian had even taken out the detoxification pill given by His Majesty, and even made clothes for Yinzi, he was immediately grateful and felt that Wei Lian was a good person.
"Thank you, Young Master!" Wang Shou kowtowed excitedly, "Young Master is really a kind man!"
Wei Lian: "... um."
The so-called detoxification pills are just ordinary sugar pills, so he won't talk about it.
Wang Shou and Yang Yang happily left, Wei Lian sat in the same place, and suddenly asked Changsheng, "Is the night clothes in the box still there?"
Changsheng was stunned: "Yes."
Wei Lian nodded.
Thank goodness, when Chu State asked him to assassinate King Qin, he even thoughtfully prepared night clothes.
For some things, he had to investigate it himself.
That night.
A figure quietly sneaked into the Ningyue Building.
Wei Lian stood by the side of the coffin, a mass of internal force condensed in his palm, and with a slight shock, the heavy coffin lid was pushed open, revealing Princess Chonghua's stiff and white face.
Really infiltrating in the dark night.
Wei Lian's face did not change his color, he lightly used a fire stick to light a candle.
Holding the candlestick in one hand, he observed Princess Chonghua's corpse, and in the other hand turned her eyes to make a careful examination.
Eye…
Wei Lian's face, which was covered with a black face towel, did not change, but revealed a pair of dark eyes with a reserved light.
"Huh? Why is there a fire there?" The palace patrol suddenly saw the dim candlelight in the Ningyue Building, and a guard asked a question.
"Go and have a look."
Wei Lian reacted very quickly, blew out the candle, put the candle holder back in place, quickly closed the coffin, jumped from the window on the other side, and climbed to the roof with a few jumps.
When the patrol came over, the leader said, "There's nothing. Are your eyes dazzled?"
The original questioner was also uncertain: "Uh... Maybe."
"Come on, go on, go over there and have a look."
A line of patrols went in the other direction.
Right above their heads, Wei Lian squatted on the roof tile and quietly retracted the knife in his hand.
He stood up, looked far into the distance, and then disappeared into the night very quickly.
He has to hurry back to Zhongling Palace.
Otherwise, this dress is discovered, but the explanation is unclear.
the other side.
Ji Yue held the blue-and-white porcelain vase in his hand, thinking about how to give the antidote to Wei Lian later.
Speaking of this, he was sorry for Wei Lian, and he didn't know that he would fall in love with Wei Lian.
I'm very nervous now, and I feel like I'm not doing anything human.
Ji Yue was walking when he suddenly heard a slight noise from the roof.
The voice was very soft, and if it was an ordinary person, or a martial arts practitioner with poor martial arts, he probably wouldn't be able to detect it.
But Ji Yue is neither.
He could hear it clearly, the sound of footsteps across the roof.
Who dares to run on the roof of the royal city at night
Ji Yue's first reaction was that there was an assassin.
And the direction the assassin is going is... Zhongling Palace.
Did Chong Wei grab it? !
Never let anyone approach Wei Lian.
Panic and anger instantly filled his heart, Ji Yue immediately took the porcelain bottle back into his arms and ordered someone to take a bow and arrow.
Wei Lian was in a hurry to return to Zhongling Palace, but a sharp arrow suddenly flew behind him.
He avoided it extremely nimbly, and pulled out a short knife to cut off the second arrow that was shot sharply.
He looked in the direction where the arrow was shot, but saw King Xuanyi standing on the ground, aiming at him with a cold face.
It was discovered by Ji Yue.
Wei Lian frowned and decided to run in the other direction, so fast that only an afterimage remained.
Ji Yue saw that the person was running away, and immediately flew up to the roof with a light effort, catching up with the assassin in front.
The two ran one by one on the roof of the palace and chased one another, and shuttled between the eaves and tiles.
After all, Wei Lian lost to Ji Yue's familiarity with the terrain, and the distance between the two kept getting closer.
When he ran to a remote building, Wei Lian saw that no one was chasing him, and was secretly vigilant when an icy long sword touched his neck behind him.
Wei Lian's hand clenched the knife tightly.
Ji Yue's tone was cold and cruel.
"Run enough and leave your life behind."