The man who was enshrined in his sixties, with goosebumps and crane hair, no beard under his chin, slender eyes, many white eyes and few black eyes, and he was a ruthless man by looking at his face. The headband is folded with black yarn and a scarf, and he wears a brocade robe.

After entering the door, he bowed and saluted: "Slave Yuan Dacheng, I have seen the third son." ”

Li Le smiled, raised his hand slightly, and said: "Father-in-law Yuan is polite, it is my son-in-law who should thank you, thank you father-in-law for helping." If there is no father-in-law to help, I don't know when this case will be investigated. ”

Yuan Dacheng smiled slightly, and his good impression of Li Le increased. I thought that this peerless prince would be arrogant and arrogant to himself, a crippled and lowly person, just like other courtiers and nobles. Unexpectedly, his attitude was so good, and there was no discrimination in his eyes.

For Yuan Dacheng, who was accustomed to white eyes, he really felt a warm feeling, so he said with a smile: "The third prince is polite, they are all for the court, and how can he afford this thank you from the third prince." ”

Li Le smiled and shook his head, asked Yuan Dacheng to sit down and talk, and asked the servant to bring in tea and snacks. Only then did he ask: "But I don't know what Gonggong Yuan is worth in the palace?"

Yuan Dacheng said: "Before the enshrinement, I was on an errand in the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and I received the order of Chief Xiao Da. ”

Li Le nodded and said, "Listening to the small table, Gonggong Yuan has a pair of magic eyes and is the best at understanding human faces, but I don't know where he learned this stunt. ”

Yuan Dacheng smiled, squinted at Dongfang Zhuo, obviously very satisfied with Dongfang Zhuo's introduction to Li Le, and said: "It was the slave and maid who summed it up by themselves, in the beginning, the slave and maid followed the godfather to learn the method of recognizing the disguise technique, because there are often thieves sneaking into the palace and changing their disguises, in order not to be tricky, the duty of the slave and maid is to see through the hiding of this kind of person." ”

"Transfiguration has a lot to do with people's physiognomy, so since it became an offering, the slave has studied some characteristics of the human face, as well as the skull and skull, etc., and summed up a set of methods little by little. ”

"So that when I teach the other little eunuchs in the palace, I can help them. Hehe, it is also a small means created by slaves and maids when they are idle and bored, and they should not be called the three sons' stunts, and the three sons praised them falsely. ”

Li Le shook his head and said, "Even if it is a small means, it can already be regarded as a very remarkable means. Presumably, if someone sneaks into the palace and plots to commit the assassination, these people will definitely not be able to escape the eyes of their father-in-law. With the father-in-law here, the Supreme Lord and His Royal Highness the Prince Guild will have more security. ”

Yuan Dacheng hurriedly screamed and said, "Where can you afford such praise from the third prince, I can't help it, I can't help it." ”

Although he said it politely, his heart was beautiful. has always been called an inferior means that does not enter the stream, but it has made the third prince so supportive, and he will say it in the future, and see who dares to underestimate him Yuan Dacheng.

Eunuchs, people with physical disabilities, will inevitably have a strong sense of inferiority in their hearts, and characters who have never been able to lift their heads in front of outsiders are treated with such courtesy at this moment, and some fluttering feelings are inevitable.

The reason why Li Le praised Yuan Dacheng like this was to buy people's hearts. It's convenient to put his skills over in the future, and then use it to teach other Xuanyi teenagers, in short, Li Le will not let go of Xuanyi's growth at all.

smiled slightly, and said: "Father-in-law doesn't have to be humble, let's not say polite words, but I want to ask my father-in-law, what do you gain from today's visit?"

Yuan Dacheng nodded and said, "Don't dare to live up to the entrustment of the third prince, the slave still has some gains." ”

Li Le's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Oh? ”

Yuan Dacheng snorted and said, "Those victimized women, whether they are crazy or dead, have one thing in common. That is, their eyes are large, their eyelashes are long, and their cheekbones are slightly high, but the high bottom is different. ”

Li Le frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Then what is the difference between the dead and the living?"

Yuan Dacheng nodded and said: "There is also a difference, the living girls and women, the lower half of the face is smaller, belonging to the shape of the melon seed face, and the eyebrows are relatively light, the bridge of the nose is slightly straight, and it belongs to the more charming shape." Moreover, they have no blemishes on their faces, such as freckles or black moles or anything. ”

"As for the dead ones, they are more or less different from the ones mentioned above, either the face shape does not match, or there are flaws, such as Meng Houye's wife Ai Shi, there is a small black mole under the corner of the eye, this kind of face is called tears in the photo book, which means short-lived Kefu. I didn't expect to fail to Kefu, but it was a short-lived. ”

Li Le didn't care about his later words, but felt that this eunuch was still a little superstitious. Then he spoke: "I didn't expect this plum blossom thief to be a perfectionist, there must have been a woman who made him unforgettable." It is even possible that he has a very good relationship with this woman. This woman is somewhat similar to those victims, and those who are alive are closer to the woman. ”

Dongfang Zhuo listened to what he said, nodded and said, "The third prince is right, it is very likely that this is the case." In this way, whether the plum blossom steals or kills should have nothing to do with his mood at the time. ”

Li Le nodded, turned his eyes to Yuan Dacheng and said, "There is still something to bother my father-in-law, I want my father-in-law to stay in the eldest princess's mansion for the time being, and I will refer to the case." I hope that my father-in-law will never shirk. For the affairs of the palace, the small table will be dragged away for the father-in-law, and the father-in-law does not have to worry. ”

Yuan Dacheng said with a smile: "The third prince is benevolent and righteous, he can help the third prince handle the case, and the miscellaneous family is not in a hurry to be happy, so where will he refuse." The palace is busy, and I can't get a little rest, and our family also borrowed the light of the third son, so I took a two-day holiday for myself as a rest. ”

Li Le smiled and said: "It's the best, things here are not very busy, my father-in-law can take the time to go out for a walk and relax." ”

Then he turned his eyes to Dongfang Zhuo and said, "Now there is another question, is the time of each time the plum blossom thief commits a crime?

Dongfang Zhuo nodded and said, "I already had eyebrows last night, but because it was too late, it was not good to disturb the rest of the third son." Today, because there are many things, the slave forgot for a while, and asked the third son to forgive his sins. ”

Li Le nodded and said, "It doesn't matter, it's good to have eyebrows, you can talk about it." ”

Dongfang Zhuo said: "The information handed over by his subordinate Xuanyi said that the plum blossom thief committed the crime every time he committed the crime was from the end of the second watch to the third watch, and the maximum ruler would not exceed the third watch. The slave pondered, is there any special significance for the plum blossom thief at this point in time?"

Li Le thought for a while and said, "It is very likely that he and the woman who fell in love met at this point in time." So here's the problem, at this point in time, the women in the other boudoirs have basically rested and will not go out again. How did the plum thief meet that woman?"

Dongfang Zhuo thought of a possibility, and immediately said, "Could it be a Qinglou woman?" This time is when the Qinglou Chu Pavilion is lively. ”

Li Le said: "I can't rule out this possibility, but these things don't matter." As long as you know the time when he committed the crime, as well as the characteristics of the target. In this way, we can set it up. I believe that after so many days, the plum blossom thief is almost unbearable. ”

……

Early in the morning on the sixth day of the fourth lunar month, the servants in the eldest princess's mansion began to arrange the banquet hall in full swing.

Because His Majesty the Supreme Majesty's birthday is approaching, the eldest princess of Yong'an plans to invite the ladies and ladies who are on the stage in Beijing to the mansion for a banquet today.

At this time, Li Le had already gotten up, and Yongan and Mei Xiangzhu were waiting for him to get dressed.

Yong'an smiled and asked, "Haven't we already picked out our gifts? Xiao Saburo is playing some bad idea again, using my name to invite those idle and boring noblewomen?"

Mei Xiangzhu followed closely and said: "Sister Yong'an doesn't know anything, this little wolf dog's anxious temperament has been committed again." It's not enough to have the two of us, and I plan to take this opportunity to see which lady of a noble family and the lady of the official family have a close eye and are ready to do it secretly. ”

Li Le shook his head and said with a smile: "Okay, I'm not a plum blossom thief, but also secretly doing it, what do you think? Haven't you said it all? Invite these ladies and ladies to come over, just to analyze the plum blossom thief's next crime can do it." ”

Yongan snorted lightly and said: "What about the deceitful ghosts? Even if you want to narrow the scope of the plum blossom robbery, you don't need to invite so many people over, just invite the designated ones to come, and they also make a big splash, except for those victims' families who can't come because of the funeral, the officials and nobles in the capital who can get on the table have all been invited." Say, what the hell is Saburo up in mind?"

Mei Xiangzhu also teased: "That's it, I actually came up with such a clumsy excuse, not to mention using more effort to fool the two of us." But today, even Zhao Donglai's daughter was invited, so that the slave family could see, Xiaolanggou took this opportunity to have a private meeting with Miss Zhao. ”

Li Le sighed helplessly, he couldn't tell them that the reason why he was making such a big deal was just out of prudence. If you only invite the dozen or so locked noble doors, it may make the plum blossom thieves vigilant, so that they dare not make a move. More likely to disappear after that.

Although this is very unlikely, it is always good to be careful.

didn't want to argue with these two jealous women, so he chose to be silent.

Mei Xiangzhu didn't intend to let him go, and said directly: "Why don't you speak? Let the slave guess your bad intentions, so your heart is empty?"

Yongan chuckled and said: "Okay, okay, my sister is really, let San Lang think that the two of us are ignorant women, if you provoke him at that time, and abandon the two of us from the beginning, there will be time for you to cry, sister." ”

Mei Xiangzhu snorted angrily and said: "Who is rare about him, if he dumps the slave family, the slave family may not be happy." There are a lot of good men waiting for the slave family outside. ”