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Chapter 397: Who is the corpse, interrogation

Rong Sheng counted the corpses, the bones were complete, he checked them one by one, and quickly said: "This is a female corpse, according to the degree of decay of the bones, it can be concluded that she has been dead for at least sixteen to eighteen years." The cause of death was a stab in the chest, fatally wounded to a fourth rib in the chest, which must have been stabbed diagonally through the rib cage and stabbed into her lung. You see, the murder weapons are still there. Rong Sheng said, using the evergreen branch in his hand to flick the soil in the cloth bag, and sure enough, a small dagger was hidden in the dirt.

The corpse was buried in the ground, and the dagger followed it, always deeply rooted in the corpse. As the years passed, the maggots in the ground continued to arch the corpse, and the flesh and blood on the corpse were completely corrupted, and the dagger could not bear the strength and fell off the corpse.

They didn't notice when they moved, so the dagger fell off in the dirt.

Rong Sheng fiddled with the dagger, the handle had completely changed color, but the dagger still looked shiny, only stained with some dirt stains.

Wei Mingxi lowered his head to the side and looked at it, and said in a low voice: "This dagger is something from the palace. ”

"How can you see it?" Rong Sheng turned his head in surprise, and just glanced at it, Wei Mingxi had no reason to conclude the source of this thing.

Wei Mingxi said softly: "I remember that Anan, the maidservant next to my mother's concubine, has a dagger like this, and I secretly stole it out to play when I was a child, so I recognize it." ”

"Is this person still there?" Rong Sheng hooked the corners of his mouth: "Can you let her come and identify her?"

Wei Mingxi shook his head: "Anan disappeared when I was very young, and the palace almost turned over, and I didn't find Anan, I don't know where she went." ”

"Could it be ......" Rong Sheng's expression was grim, his eyes fell on this skeleton, and the meaning of his words was particularly obvious.

Wei Mingxi's body was also shocked, and he looked at the bones on the ground silently.

He slowly bent down, crouched down in front of the bones, carefully sifted out the contents of the dirt one by one. Soon, Wei Mingxi placed several objects in front of him: a pair of highly decayed pearl earrings, the white pearls had long since faded in color, but the style was exquisite, making people think of how charming it was in the first place, a turquoise bracelet broken into two sections, and a purse that was also so decayed that it was unrecognizable......

Wei Mingxi picked up the purse, the purse was already decaying, and with a slight pull, the contents completely fell out.

It's a small silver medal, but it's still well preserved because it hasn't touched the soil, and you can vaguely see the handwriting on it.

Wei Mingxi wiped it lightly with a handkerchief, and finally recognized that it was a series of small characters written on it, which seemed to be a text of prayer for blessings, and eight other big characters: God bless blessings, peace and joy.

Wei Mingxi's hand shook, and the silver medal suddenly fell into the dirt.

Wei Mingxi said: "I also recognize this thing, this is my mother in the temple for Anan begged, that year, Anan has been in poor health, the mother is very worried about her, for me to go to the temple to incense also for Anan to ask for this peace charm." Anan was very happy and never left his body. ”

With so many clues, all pointing to the person in front of him, there is no doubt that this corpse is Anan!

Rong Sheng stood up: "His Royal Highness King Ling, since this person is an old acquaintance with you, I don't have to continue to interfere, leave it to you." ”

Wei Mingxi nodded, and did not answer Rong Sheng's words, he looked at the corpse quietly for a while, squatted down, sorted out the messy bones of the corpse, and put all the ornaments back in place, then stood up, ordered someone to fetch water to wash their hands, and brought all the people in the outer palace and Fu'an Palace by the way.

After a short time, this Deyang Palace was already crowded with people.

I heard that Anan, who was missing that year, had the news, and soon alarmed Emperor Shou, and Emperor Shou also followed, as soon as he entered the door of Deyang Palace, he asked: "Check a bloody handprint, how did it involve Anan's body?"

Wei Mingxi said the cause and effect, and Emperor Shou was also very shocked: "There is still such a thing?"

Rong Sheng didn't know the cause and effect of this, so he quietly asked Yao Yuan beside him: "Who is Anan?"

"It is a servant girl next to His Royal Highness King Ling's biological mother, Concubine Hui, although it is a maidservant, in fact, she is a sister with Concubine Hui. I heard that it was the little sister of Concubine Hui's own family, who came to seek refuge with Concubine Hui because the elders of the family had passed away and no one took care of her. Since Anan entered the palace, Concubine Hui has cherished her very much, and she also likes our Royal Highness very much, and often plays with His Royal Highness. Yao Yuan said while recalling: "I have also met Aunt Anan, she likes to laugh very much, and she is also very kind to us guards...... We all secretly cried when she disappeared. ”

Rong Sheng bowed his head, it could be seen that the corpse in front of him was Anan who gave Wei Mingxi a great impact, it is conceivable that these people are deeply involved with this corpse, and even Emperor Shou was shocked, and it will be difficult to end this matter today.

Emperor Shou sat down in Deyang Palace, and Shen Guifei had already stood up and knelt in front of Emperor Shou with her head bowed.

Emperor Shou looked at the sorted bones for a while, and pondered for a while before saying, "This skeleton is Anan, are you sure?"

"Nine times out of ten. Wei Mingxi nodded, pointing to the ornaments, as well as the wrist on the bones: "Anan's left hand doesn't have a little finger, and there is no corpse either." ”

That's Anan, no doubt.

Emperor Shou sighed: "The day Anan disappeared in an accident was the day you fell into the water, do you remember what happened?"

"Erchen already remembered it at that time, of course he remembered. At that time, Anan took me to the Imperial Garden to play, and I clamored to go to the middle of the lake to row a boat to pick lotus flowers, but Anan couldn't resist me, so he took me there. When I got to the middle of the lake, I said that there was no refreshment to eat, and asked Anan to go back and get it. Anan refused, so I cried and fussed, she said to take me with her to get it, and I said that I didn't want to move, urging her to go alone. Anan didn't come back, and I was alone in the lake for a while, when I was pushed and fell into the lake. Wei Mingxi carefully recalled what happened at that time, seemed to be very painful in his heart, and closed his eyes: "When Erchen has intuition again, it is Aunt Su who accompanies Erchen." ”

"Hmm. Emperor Shou sighed again: "If it weren't for your Aunt Su risking death to save her, you would be like Anan now." ”

Both father and son were silent.

When the two were talking, Shen Guifei kept silent, but when she heard this, she gently lifted her eyelids and glanced at Wei Mingxi as if she had unintentionally.

Suddenly, her back loosened, and a helpless smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

It turns out that Providence is so!

Wei Mingxi's eyes also happened to see her, and when he saw her look like this, he was suddenly awe-struck: "It seems that the concubine is not surprised by this?"

If it's an accident, you should have expressed it when you heard about it, right?

Shen Guifei snorted: "Does His Royal Highness the King of Ling want to put this pot on my head at will?"

"Not really. Wei Mingxi glanced at her: "I don't want to believe that this matter has anything to do with the concubine." However, in general, Anan was found in your palace, and if I don't check out the water that fell into the water, I won't be able to take care of Anan with all his strength at the beginning. Guifei Niangniang, you have been coming to Deyang Palace for more than 20 years, right?"

"Yes. Shen Guifei nodded: "So what?"

"In the past twenty years, you have never moved the palace, and there is no such thing as this corpse that you lived in, right?" Wei Mingxi continued to ask.

Shen Guifei chuckled in her heart, and had to answer: "Yes." ”

Wei Mingxi asked again: "Because your rank is the highest, the number of palace maids in Deyang Palace was originally the largest, but since I fell into the water, the maids in your palace have gradually become better and fewer, and the new palace maids have not stayed for long, and there are only seven or eight people by your side, is this the case?"

"I'm not used to so many people serving in front of me, is this also wrong?" Shen Guifei sneered: "Speaking of the number of people, there are only three or four people in the palace of the queen mother's mother, and even the palace of Concubine Hui's sister! If I am wrong, aren't they very wrong?"

"Don't be in a hurry to argue, concubine. Wei Mingxi said: "I have already asked people to find all the palace maids who were dismissed and are still alive, and all the palace maids of Deyang Palace who are now in the palace, if you want to explain anything, it will not be too late to talk later." ”

Emperor Shou nodded when he heard this, but Wei Mingxi moved quickly.

He narrowed his eyes, and his heart suddenly settled, and at the same time, Xie Anyang behind him exchanged colors: It seems that it is the right thing to hand over the list to Wei Mingxi, he used it very well!

Shen Guifei was robbed of such a sentence by him, her face was even more ugly, she closed her eyes, and forced herself to hold back the breath in her chest.

There was silence in the Deyang Palace, only the shovels of the forbidden army were still flying up and down, constantly groping within the flowerbed.

Seeing deeper underground, and finally finding nothing, Wei Mingxi ordered the flower garden to be restored, the soil was filled back into the ground, and the holly dug up was planted back as it was. Except for a skeleton on the ground, and the dampness from the scattered dirt, there was hardly anything wrong here.

During the two incense sticks, the people brought by the forbidden army came one after another, filling Deyang Palace to the brim.

The palace maids from the outer palace, the Fu'an Palace, and the palace maids who have been released and settled in the capital have all knelt in front of Emperor Shou and others.

Wei Mingxi looked at Emperor Shou, Emperor Shou nodded, he sat down, and left the rest to Emperor Shou to deal with it himself.

Emperor Shou's complexion was not good, the gray bags under his eyes were extremely heavy, he was half-propped up, the poison in his body was gradually consuming his physical strength and energy, he difficult and carefully identified the kneeling people for a long time, and then pointed to one of them and said, "You are Hui'an, right?"

"Slave Hui'an, see Your Majesty!" The name he named was a woman, about thirty-five or sixteen years old, with her hair coiled and ordinary clothes, her eyes were wet when she heard his summons, and she kowtowed flatteredly: "The slave and maid are cheap, Your Majesty Lao remembers, and the slave and maid are not very afraid!"

"Well, Hui'an ......" Emperor Shou nodded: "Although you are older, your appearance has not changed much." I remember that you were the only palace maid who was released to marry before she was an old age. ”