According to Yuan Qiu's confession, after she returned to the small dining room last night to tidy up, she never went to the bedroom, and Yuan Fang was always with Concubine Zhao.
Murong Ci and Shen Zhiyan questioned two more court ladies, and their confessions were similar to those of Yuan Qiu and Yuan Fang.
After that, they came to the small dining room.
The small dining room is on the east side of the main hall. There are not many pots, pans and pans, but they are neatly arranged and spotlessly clean.
Just a routine look, they didn't expect to find any clues in the small dining room.
Sure enough, nothing.
Then they went to the side hall, sent the palace servants outside the hall, and Shen Zhiyan conducted a detailed inspection on Concubine Zhao.
Murong Ci watched from the side. Following his inspection process, images of Concubine Zhao's life flashed in her mind, as if she had witnessed the whole process personally.
Yuan Qiu sent almond cheese Yuan Fang sent almond cheese to the bedroom Hall Concubine Zhao ate almond cheese Concubine Zhao took off her clothes and went to bed Concubine Zhao was taken to the scene of the crime Concubine Zhao was hung on a magnolia tree and struggled
Scenes, hazy and blurred.
"Concubine Zhao did hang herself, and there are no other injuries on her body."
Shen Zhiyan inspected it from head to toe, except for the deep purple strangle mark on the neck and the bloodstains from nail clippers, there was nothing else.
The two left the Jingfu Hall, Murong Ci thought while walking: "Why did Concubine Zhao's nails break? If she hanged herself, she wouldn't pull the rope when she was dying."
He nodded in agreement, "This is a doubtful point. The second point is why Concubine Zhao committed suicide and hanged herself. If she really wanted to commit suicide, why did she still eat almond butter last night? The third point is that if Concubine Zhao really wanted to hang herself, she didn't have to run away at all. You can hang yourself in Jingfu Hall."
"If Concubine Zhao was killed by someone else, I think it should be like this: She fell asleep after eating almond cheese last night. The almond cheese may have been tampered with and drugged, so she fell unconscious. Personnel affairs are at the mercy of others. In the middle of the night, the murderer sneaked into the bedroom, first knocked out Yuan Fang, who was on guard at night, and then put the unconscious Concubine Zhao into a palace dress, and then carried her to the scene of the crime. Hanging on a magnolia tree. Perhaps the effect of the drug had expired, and Concubine Zhao woke up at the most uncomfortable moment, so she struggled to the death and grabbed the rope with her hands, but soon she suffocated to death." Murong Ci stammered Analysis, "Concubine Zhao's palace attire is the most gorgeous, and she rarely wears it. Why did the murderer put her on that palace attire?"
"His Royal Highness's speculation is reasonable and should be closer to the truth." Shen Zhiyan frowned, "Only Yuan Fang and Yuan Qiu have come into contact with that almond cheese, and they are both suspicious."
"It couldn't be easier for Yuan Qiu to tamper with the almond cheese. After Yuan Fang took the almond cheese, he sent it to the bedroom. It is not impossible to do it in a short time."
"Has your Highness noticed anything wrong with Yuan Qiu's confession?"
"Although Yuan Qiu is not as grief-stricken as Yuan Fang, Yuan Qiu's confession is not inappropriate. She concluded that Concubine Zhao was murdered and begged us to seek justice for Concubine Zhao." Murong Ci recalled Yuan Qiu's work. I don't think there is any flaw in the appearance of the confession.
"We didn't say whether Concubine Zhao hanged herself or was killed. Why did Yuan Qiu insist that Concubine Zhao was murdered? Also, I always feel that Yuan Qiu's grief is faked, and his words and deeds during the confession are staged. Yes, although it looks completely flawless, the more flawless it is, the more problematic it is, which means that she has prepared her confession in advance and is just waiting for us to ask." Shen Zhiyan's handsome face was shining brightly in the sunlight.
"When you said that, Ben Gong remembered. She is obviously not as sad as Yuan Fang, but she begged us to seek justice for Concubine Zhao. In this way, Yuan Qiu is more suspected. But why did she do this? Concubine Zhao's"
"If Yuanqiu possesses martial arts, one person is enough to kill Concubine Zhao. Otherwise, she doesn't have the strength to carry Concubine Zhao to the scene of the crime and hang Concubine Zhao on a magnolia tree."
"Yuan Qiu doesn't look like a martial artist. Another possibility is that she was bought by someone and is only responsible for administering medicine."
"Yuanqiu and the murderer cooperated with each other and conspired to kill Concubine Zhao. The murderer was able to carry Concubine Zhao out of the Jingfu Hall without disturbing the palace guards and guards. It can be seen that he is quite familiar with the inner garden of the harem. The harem is like entering the land of no one. However, why did the murderer kill Concubine Zhao? Does Your Highness think that Concubine Zhao's death is related to recent events?"
Murong Ci's bright eyes narrowed slightly, "Concubine Zhao died suddenly, it doesn't match the ballad at all."
Shen Zhiyan nodded again, "Judging from the current clues, it seems that Concubine Zhao's death has nothing to do with recent events."
The two walked towards the East Palace while talking. Back in the East Palace, Ruyi and Qin Ruo immediately served ginger tea to dispel cold and dampness. Ruyi also changed clothes for His Highness, because it was still raining when she went out before.
In the study, Ruyi put down two cups of hot tea and went out to wait.
Murong Ci sat in front of the desk and drank half a cup of hot tea, "Yesterday, I went to the Chunwu Courtyard. The two corpses thrown into the mass grave were Bai Shuren and Mo Shuren. They were the concubines of the father. Ten years ago, he was demoted to common people and sent to Chunwu Courtyard."
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bsp;Shen Zhiyan smiled appreciatively, "What did you find in Chunwu Courtyard?"
"On their bed, I found a gray hair." She put the two hairs trembling on the desk, "One came from the corpse's hand, and the other came from under the quilt on the deceased's bed. I think, These two gray hairs should have been left by the murderer unintentionally."
"If the hair is really left by the murderer, then the murderer is quite old, at least in his fifties." He nodded, thinking, "Could the murderer be someone from the Chunwu Courtyard?"
"The time when Bai Shuren and Mo Shuren died is very close to the incident of the blood jade falling from the sky in Fengtian Palace. I feel that the people behind the scenes should kill Bai Shuren and Mo Shuren first, take their blood, and then arrange heaven in Fengtian Palace. Blood-falling jade." Murong Ci's analysis was clear and logical.
"This solves the problem of where the blood of the blood jade from Fengtian Palace comes from." Shen Zhi said.
"His Royal Highness Qingyuan is raining blood. I think it should be dog blood. I learned that five dogs died in the city a few days ago, and the blood was drained."
"Why don't we deal with the case from the beginning."
Shen Zhiyan sat across from her, put down the teacup, picked up the wolf hair and wrote a short horizontal line on a piece of white paper, "At first it should be the spread of that song, and then it was the blood jade falling from the sky in Fengtian Temple. The blood jade happened at Chenshi, and the blood is human blood, most likely the blood of Bai Shuren and Mo Shuren. The source of the blood jade has not been found yet. The blood jade from the sky coincides with the blood jade in the song."
Murong Ci added a short horizontal line next to the short horizontal line, and continued: "Then came the rain of blood from His Royal Highness Qing Yuan, it rained just at dawn that day, and several servants witnessed the blood flowing down from the eaves of Qing Yuan Hall. It's a blood rain. The blood used is most likely the dog blood obtained from killing five dogs in the city. However, how did the people who planned the layout know that it would rain at dawn that day? This incident coincides with the rain all over the sky in the song."
He added a third short horizontal line, "Followed by fish eating people. Sun Yumei, the deceased in Luohe, had wounds on her face and limbs bitten by insects and beasts. The fatal injury was broken internal organs. The deceased and her husband, Feng Ke, had a very good relationship after marriage. , had a pair of children, and the possibility of being killed by his family has been ruled out. Xiaolu, the deceased in Xiaoyue Pond in the palace, was fatally injured like Sun Yumei. His internal organs ruptured and died. He was thrown into the pool by the murderer and arranged to be fish-eating. Viscera, it can be seen that the murderer has deep internal strength and extraordinary martial arts. However, I still can't think of what kind of insects and beasts bit the faces and limbs of the two deceased."
She then added a short horizontal line, and said coldly: "This morning, the servants found that Concubine Zhao was hanged on a magnolia tree next to the palace road. Concubine Zhao probably ate almond butter with drug in it, and then fell into a coma Killed. The murderer seems to have intentionally arranged for Concubine Zhao to hang herself, but she has exposed obvious flaws. Good. But Zhao Concubine's case doesn't seem to have any obvious connection with Ge Yao."
A spark suddenly flashed in her mind, and she said pleasantly: "The two dead fish-eating people, Sun Yumei and Xiaolu, the murderer who shattered their internal organs had deep internal strength, and the murderer who killed Concubine Zhao was very good at light kung fu, and also had extraordinary martial arts. These three cases Will the murderer be the same person?"
"Concubine Zhao's case should be distinguished. It may be just a coincidence." Shen Zhiyan's eyes darkened, "The murderer pointed to by the blood jade from the sky is older, with gray hair, and he may be someone from Chunwu Courtyard. The murderer is a person from the Chunwu Courtyard, and how did he leave the Chunwu Courtyard to act? Perhaps the people behind the scenes just randomly captured the Bai Shuren and Mo Shuren from the Chunwu Courtyard and killed them for blood. In this way, the murderer who killed the Bai Shuren and Mo Shuren Walking in and out of the Chunwu Courtyard is like walking on flat ground, so it must be an extraordinary light kung fu, as high in martial arts as the murderers who killed Sun Yumei and Xiaolu, so it can match up."
"These things are intricate and complicated, and it is difficult for one person to complete them. I feel that the behind-the-scenes layout is a mastermind or a leader, and there are several subordinates."
"His Highness's analysis is extremely accurate."
"The key points that we haven't cracked yet are as follows: blood jade is extremely rare and precious, and where it came from; how the blood rain was ingeniously arranged by His Royal Highness Qing Yuan; what insects and beasts bit the wounds on Sun Yumei's and Xiaolu's faces and limbs? Yes, who the murderer is; what will happen next."
"In the final analysis, who arranged this whole situation, what's the plan, is it aimed at the royal family, or is it to warn us of that person's ambitions."
Murong Ci and Shen Zhiyan looked away from the short horizontal lines and looked at each other with worried expressions.
There are still so many mysteries that have not been solved, and they don't even know the people behind the scenes hidden in the dark night. They are at a passive disadvantage, anxious, and worried.
However, they are most worried about three words:
Jade steals the country
As long as Murong Yu thinks about it, nothing is impossible.
Yes, the person that the ballad points to is Murong Yu
Murong Ci's heart seemed to be pressed by a huge rock, which made her breathless, her small face turned pale, and her long and thick eyelashes trembled slightly.
Shen Zhiyan understood her mood, and said: "Your Highness, maybe things are not as bad as we imagined. There is no change in Yuwang's side. I think he also guessed the insinuation of this ballad, so he dare not act rashly. Here He is on the cusp, and if he does something, he will be infamous."