"You are worried that the ability of the two dead people will surpass you, get the respect of the church envoy, and climb on your head, so you kill them and cut off their heads cruelly, don't you?"
Shen Zhiyan asked sharply.
The body of the musician named Huang Baozhu was shocked, he glanced at them in panic, then lowered his head in fear, his brows were full of horror, "It's not that slaves didn't kill people, slaves just scolded them"
Murong Ci sneered in disbelief, "I just scolded Zhiyan, she won't cry when she sees the coffin, first put her in the prison of Dali Temple, and do all kinds of torture, she will recruit if she thinks about it."
"Your maidservant recruited your maidservant." Huang Baozhu's face was pale, and she said tremblingly, "My maidservant saw that Lord Mo admired them very much, and I was worried that they would surpass my maidservant in the near future. One night, when they came to eat late, my maidservant deliberately put Hide the remaining buns and steamed buns”
"Then what"
"They saw that the slaves and other musicians had tampered with each other, so they asked the slaves to hand over the steamed buns. The slaves said that as long as they knelt on the ground and slapped each other five times, the slaves would give them the steamed buns," Huang Baozhu said. The lower the voice, the lowered head almost fell to the ground, "They were very angry, especially Lan Ruoxuan, she rushed up to beat the servant girl, but Lan Ruowei held her back, and the servant girl was also very angry at that time, so she joined forces with other musicians to beat them A few times, and threw the buns and steamed buns on the ground and trampled them flat.”
"That's it" Shen Zhiyan asked.
"It's just that. After all, Master Mo values them very much, and the slaves dare not go too far." Huang Baozhu said softly.
Murong Ci's eyes were cold, "From then on, you and them will live in peace, you'd better recruit truthfully, otherwise I will find out, and it will not be so easy to talk about"
Huang Baozhu said in horror: "And the night before they died, the servant got up at night to go to the latrine, and when he came back, he saw two people going out. It was relatively dark. The servant could not see clearly, so he didn't know it was them. So the servant followed behind for a while. Lu Numaid felt more and more that their figures resembled the Lan sisters. At that time, Numaid concluded that they must have a shady secret when they went out in the middle of the night. secretly follow"
Murong Ci looked at Shen Zhiyan in surprise, and then asked: "They went to that small forest, did you see the third person?"
Huang Baozhu shook her head, "I didn't see the third person, but the servant heard them talking, it seemed there was a third person."
"What did they say"
"Lan Ruowei is afraid and doesn't want to go to that small forest. Lan Ruoxuan said she must go, it seems because" Huang Baozhu tilted her head and thought for a while, "their identities are right. Lan Ruoxuan said that if they don't go, they will If their identities are exposed, they will be expelled from the palace and cannot stay in the Jiaofang Division."
"Someone asked them to go to that small forest and threatened them with their identities, so they went to that small forest, is that so?" Murong Ci understood. To choose a palace, one must have a clean background, and a background like Yangzhou Shouma is not acceptable.
"Yes, that's it." Huang Baozhu continued, "At that time, the servant wanted to know their identities, so she followed them secretly, but the servant accidentally stepped on a branch and was discovered by them. They came back to find the servant, and the servant had to quickly flee back to bed Room. The servants will not know what happened after that.”
Shen Zhiyan asked her to go out first, frowned and thought: "Your Highness, Huang Baozhu should not have perjured herself."
Murong Ci nodded, "The Lan sisters went to the small forest around Zishi, because someone threatened them with their identities, so they had to go. Then, the person who knows their identities is the murderer, leading them to that small forest, Then brutally kill them."
He stroked his chin and said, "The murderer knows them quite well, maybe the murderer is an old acquaintance with them, but since they are old acquaintances, why did the murderer kill them?"
She was thinking so hard, this is the most critical part of this case, as long as this puzzle is solved, everything will be solved easily.
Next came in Qian Zi and Bai Xiaorou, musicians who entered the palace at the same time as the Lan sisters, and they ate and lived with them.
Murong Ci asked: "Did you remember anything in the past two days?"
Bai Xiaorou shook her head, bit her lip, her heart still had lingering fear, and there was still a look of fear between her brows.
Qian Zi was calmer, and said softly: "Reporting to His Royal Highness, this servant thought about it carefully, the night before Ruoxuan and Ruowei were found dead in Xiao Linzi, this servant and Xiao Rou lay down to rest, and the two of them followed suit. Every night before going to bed, Ruoxuan would open the wooden box to see if her precious treasure was there. Her wooden box was locked with a small lock, and no one was allowed to see it. Only Ruowei knew what was hidden inside. That night, Ruoxuan opened the wooden box as usual, she let out a sigh, then she let out a soft cry, the servant quickly asked what was the matter, Ruowei also asked what was the matter, Ruoxuan said it was nothing, her tone was a little flustered, then she Lock the wooden box immediately, and lie down."
Shen Zhiyan and His Highness looked at each other and asked, "What next?"
"The servant was a little tired that day, and soon fell asleep, but in a daze, I heard Ruoxuan running over to huddle with Ruowei, muttering for a long time." She said methodically.
"You heard what they said
Yet"
"They said it while hiding under the quilt, and deliberately lowered their voices, the servants only heard rustling."
"What else do you remember?" Murong Ci asked calmly.
"Other than that, there is nothing wrong with it." Qian Zi said.
"When Qianzi mentioned this, the maidservant also remembered it." Bai Xiaorou continued, "Ruoxuan and Ruowei muttered for a long time in the bed, but the maidservant listened carefully, as if they were talking about a note suddenly appearing in the wooden box , there are still words written in the note."
"What else did you hear?" Murong Ci asked.
"They spoke too softly, this is all the servants can hear." Bai Xiaorou panicked.
Murong Ci let them go out, closed his eyes and thought for a while, and said: "I think it should be like this, Lan Ruoxuan's wooden box has always been locked, the murderer used some method to put a note in the wooden box The note should be the murderer who asked them to go to Xiaolinzi. Because the wooden box was locked, Ruoxuan was shocked when she saw the note, but the words on the note made her calm down quickly, and she couldn't let her colleagues The people in the house know."
Shen Zhiyan agreed with her speculation, "When we searched the bunks and belongings of the Lan sisters that day, there was indeed a wooden box, and there were several gold and jade ornaments in the wooden box, but no note was found."
She nodded, "The note was either carried by Ruoxuan and taken away by the murderer in the small forest, or the murderer sneaked into Tong's room afterwards and took the note away."
Although they figured out why the Lan sisters went to Xiaolinzi at Zishi, they still didn't find any clues about the murderer.
Then they asked many palace people, but there was no clue.
It was getting late, and they returned to the East Palace discouraged, and sorted out the case.
The murderer is male or female, with martial arts skills and internal strength, he can cut off a person's head with a single sword. The murderer and the two deceased should be old acquaintances. Knowing that the deceased is a Yangzhou skinny horse, there may be a grudge between the murderer and the deceased. It is more likely that the murderer was someone from the palace, but it is not ruled out that people from outside the palace entered the palace to commit crimes
That's all they can speculate about the murderer so far. The murderer was clever and smart, leaving no clues, so there was no way to investigate him, and the clues of the case were once again broken.
Murong Ci and Shen Zhiyan sighed together, and Ruyi and the palace servants reported later, "His Royal Highness, it's time to eat."
Qin Ruo smiled and said: "Your Highness, Mr. Shen, investigate the murder case slowly, and don't treat Wu Zang Temple badly."
They smiled at each other and went to eat.
There are too many people in the palace, there are tens of thousands of guards and palace people alone, and there is no way to find out.
I searched for two days in a row and found nothing. Murong Ci was at a loss for what to do about this murder case, and became more and more anxious.
Today, she was staring at Lan Ruoxuan and Lan Ruowei's belongings in a daze. Qin Ruo and Ruyi had been staring at His Highness in a daze for half an hour, but they didn't dare to disturb them.
Suddenly, Murong Ci picked up a silk handkerchief of Lan Ruowei and looked at it carefully.
Shen Zhiyan brought a person to visit in a hurry, she left the study in a hurry, and saw that Lan Mengse was haggard a lot, her almond eyes were so red and swollen that she lost her vitality.
"What's wrong with her?" Murong Ci asked puzzled, because Lan Mengse's tears kept falling since she came in.
"Grandma Cao is missing." His face was serious. "This morning, she rushed to Dali Temple to report the crime, saying that Grandma Cao hadn't returned all night."
"My lords, I beg you, you must find Cao Mama" Lan Mengse cried hoarsely and begged, her face pale like a sick person, she knelt down, pulled Murong Ci's robe, and begged sadly, "My lord, I beg you to find Cao Mama"
"Get up first." Murong Ci motioned to Qin Ruo, "I will do my best, don't worry."
Qin Ruo and Ruyi came over and pulled Lan Mengsa up, let her sit on a chair, and let her have a sip of tea first.
Shen Zhiyan told the story again, after they went to bed at the inn last night, at around 1:00, she saw Cao Mama get up in a daze, she should have settled it in the room, and then for some reason, she immediately fell into a deep sleep until it was mid-sun Just woke up. Grandma Cao, who shared the room with her, was nowhere to be seen.
She asked the clerk and shopkeeper of the inn, and they all said that they hadn't seen Madam Cao this morning.
She felt that what happened in the middle of the night was very strange, and hurried to Dali Temple to report the crime.
Murong Ci knew what had happened, "Will Madam Cao go out to do some errands or have sex with Concubine Lan?"
"I sent someone to ask at Master Jiang's house. Madam Cao has never been there. I also asked the shopkeeper at the inn, but no one has seen Madam Cao." Shen Zhiyan said in a low voice, "I think Madam Cao There are many bad luck and bad luck for Mammy."
"Did anyone get up at the inn in the middle of the night and did anyone see anything unusual?"
"I've asked all of them, and no one has seen anything wrong happen."
Her feeling is getting worse and worse, as he said, Madam Cao disappeared strangely, there are many dangers.