"Fifth brother, what do you think this is?" Cui Ning handed over the leaf.

Wei Qian was looking up at the leaves, and when he heard this, he lowered his head and took it, "It's blood." ”

"Why is there only one in the middle?" Cui Ning wondered.

Wei Qian raised his hand and pulled a branch low, Cui Ning stood on tiptoe, and saw that there were also blood stains on it, and all of them were on the front of the leaf, and there were almost no on the back.

"Huh. Wei Qian let go of the branch, "Do you know the habits of the acacia?"

Cui Ning shook her head.

"This flower blooms day and night, hence the name of the night acacia. At night, not only will the flowers close, but even the leaves will roll up, and the blood will fall before it rolls up, which means that the Emperor's wife is dead before dark. Last night, there was a torrential rain, which washed away the blood on the back, and only the blood stains held in it by the leaves were preserved. ”

When the body of Mrs. Huangfu was found yesterday, the clothes of the body were only slightly damp, but the ground under the body was wet, and several adults who were mainly investigating the case at that time concluded that Mrs. Huangfu had been killed after the rain stopped in the middle of the night, because the blood stains on the trunk of the tree had not been washed by the rain at all.

According to the confession of the maid in the courtyard, nothing unusual was found, and it is very likely that the Huangfu wife secretly ran into the forest alone while everyone was asleep, and then was killed.

Several adults tend to suspect that the Emperor's wife had a night party with her lover, and then was killed by her lover for unknown reasons.

However, these acacia trees silently recorded a qiē that happened here.

If the blood was splashed before nightfall, then the blood that was not washed away by the rain was a later forgery.

The blood of the second time definitely did not come from the Huangfu Lady, so could it be that someone else was killed? But I asked yesterday, and there were no other people missing from the courtyard out of thin air.

The case got complicated.

Wei Qian once again summoned all the maids. When I asked him when I saw Mrs. Huangfu for the last time, I sure enough, none of them were after the evening.

"Why did your lady plant so many acacia flowers?" Wei Qian asked.

One of the maids said, "Madame suffers from depression and often suffers from insomnia, and the doctor said that the use of acacia medicine can alleviate the condition. ”

Wei Qian knew that the "Shennong Materia Medica" said. Acacia can calm the five internal organs and the mind. It's joyful and carefree, so there's no doubt that what he cares is. "The relationship between the prince and the lady is very good?"

"Yes. The maid replied, "Since the death of the prince, the lady's condition has deteriorated......

Wei Qian interrupted her, "You mean. When the prince was alive, his wife had depression?"

"Yes. The maid said.

This maid's name is Edaka, and she is the personal maid of the emperor's wife. Wei Qian had already understood the identity of everyone in this courtyard. Generally, the married girl will bring a few people from her mother's family to marry, but there is no one around Mrs. Huangfu, Wei Qian asked Zhixiang, Mrs. Huangfu turned out that the two personal maids were already married. There is also a nurse who passed away a year ago.

There doesn't seem to be any doubt.

Yesterday's routine questioning has already asked a lot, such as whether the emperor's wife usually has a grudge against others. Or whether the prince left a huge fortune to his wife, etc., but the answer is no.

Since the death of Hua Guogong. Mrs. Huangfu moved directly to live in this mansion, where the mansion is located between Yongchangfang and the East Palace, there is a street between it, and the surrounding mansions are all powerful mansions, although the family only has two female nurses who know martial arts, and there is basically no danger.

Mrs. Huangfu is the stepfamily of Hua Guogong, and has no heirs, Hua Guogong left this mansion, a Zhuangzi outside the city, and a shop in the east and west markets, even if you add those luxurious jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, in the eyes of the rest of the Jujia Huangfu family, I am afraid it is not worth mentioning, right?

As a widow, Mrs. Huangfu has always lived in a simple house, and she has very few people in contact with on weekdays, let alone making enemies with others?

The biggest difficulty in this case is that there will not even be a single suspect for a while.

On the night of the accident, it was Koreka-e-ka's vigil, but Kore-eda said that she slept until dawn and never heard any movement, which was unprecedented.

"You're a smart person, you should understand that the current situation is not good for you, right?" Wei Qian said lightly, "So be sure to think about what was special before the accident." ”

Zhixiang's face was slightly pale, and she hung her head and was silent for a long time before she said, "Madame went to incense once a month ago, and after coming back, her condition seems to be more serious......"

Wei Qian said, "If you lie to exonerate yourself, once it is verified, it will be even more unfavorable to yourself." ”

"It's true, the slave really didn't lie. Zhixiang hurriedly said.

Wei Qian bowed slightly, and ordered the official to take everyone down. He took Cui Ning to check in Mrs. Huangfu's room.

Wei Qian's inspection is not to flip around, just look quietly, occasionally see something before turning it over and then put it in its place, Cui Ning didn't dare to move casually, just followed him, what he looked, she looked at.

After looking around, he turned around and asked the little tail behind him, "See what?"

Cui Ning shook her head.

"If you think about it, you must see something. Wei Qian said.

Cui Ning seriously recalled what she had seen with him just now, and said slowly, "Mrs. Huangfu likes to paint, but she is a little different from others, she seems to only paint all kinds of flowers and strange stones, she can also embroider, embroider very well, there are many acacia flowers on her clothes, but the flowers are all white, this is because of the widowhood?"

"Good. Although he only said one percent of what Wei Qian saw, she was just getting started, and he praised it.

"But what's the use of knowing this?" Cui Ning asked.

Wei Qian said, "Mrs. Huangfu is very talented, she participated in the poetry club when she was not out of the cabinet, and she once left many words and sentences, in the way she writes poems, she is most accustomed to using scenery as a metaphor for love, and is a very sentimental woman, but she has not written any poems for a long time after marriage, and the only few poems are still with Hua Guogong six years ago, why is this? She painted many plants and trees that can be used medicinally, and the brushwork is so expressive, presumably she often speculates and observes, and these herbs are also planted in the yard, so it is very likely that she is familiar with the medicinal properties. There were many acacia flowers in her old embroidery, but they were also colorless, and it must not have been because of her widowhood......"

He spoke very quickly and said many, many details, as if he had always known the Imperial Lady very well.

Then he changed the subject, "When that Zhixiang Fang answered the last question, she kept saying 'true', repeatedly emphasizing that she was not lying, and wanted to gain my trust, but there was a trace of uncertainty hidden in her eyes. It is certain that Mrs. Huangfu went to incense to be true, because it is easy to find out, and she does not dare to lie, but whether Mrs. Huangfu began to worsen depression from that time, she can't be sure, because no one can verify this matter, she just tries to get rid of her suspicion as much as possible. ”

"What results do you get from these things?" Wei Qian asked her. (To be continued)

ps: I'm sick.,I was going to finish a chapter and go to bed early.,But I'm insomnia again~~~ So I played a chapter and passed it up.,Now I can't sleep anymore.