Li Shuci returned to the palace, the sky had already fallen, and the sky that had been clear for most of the month was suddenly filled with dense clouds, and Yue'er desperately wanted to tear a hole in it to drill out of the head, but in vain, she could only flicker behind the clouds wwん.la

Lu Zhi's body was found in the river, and his body was swollen and swollen, but fortunately, he had not been soaked in the water for too long, and he could barely recognize Lu Zhi's appearance before his death. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Xiang Jiu shook his head heavily: "One sword kills, only this wound in the throat, nothing else can be seen." He Quan also said: "There are no packages or anything like that found nearby. And I've checked it in her room before, and the clothes and some broken silver are still there, so it shouldn't be that I'm absconding for fear of crime. ”

Li Shuci looked at Lu Zhi's white and swollen face, shook his head and said, "Lu Zhi must know something, or do something to be killed." Otherwise, what's the use of killing her? In my opinion, if a person wants to do something bad, whether it is for fame or wealth, he will definitely think of a way out. And Lu Zhi, if she wants to escape, of course she will not choose to be a fugitive slave, otherwise, what awaits her can only be the pursuit of Tiannan and Haibei. ”

"What does the princess mean is that she deliberately didn't take those things with her, so that others would think that she didn't have the intention of escaping?" He Quan asked, and slapped Jiuyi on the thigh: "Or, she didn't plan to leave immediately at all, but planned to leave quietly after Gu Min's death subsided." But she didn't expect that the person who bought her to do things would directly kill her. ”

Li Shuci nodded: "I think so, the green lintel also saw her when she poured the night incense, and there was not much time between then and when Gu Min got up to find someone, and the time of death of the corpse was just right." ”

"I'm going to take someone to find Ye Xianglang. He Quan hurriedly got up and said.

"No need. Li Shuci raised her hand to stop it, everyone was stunned, and she said, "You don't have to look for it." I just want to know if Gu Min's death is related to Luzhi. The rest doesn't matter anymore. Even if you find someone, I'm afraid you won't be able to ask anything. ”

"Could it be that the princess already has an eyebrow about Gu Min's death?"

According to Gu Shao, when she went to find Gu Min last night, Lu Zhi pushed Gu Min away from being asleep. And Gu Min has only been taking the medicine for two days, and this matter has also been confirmed by the cook. Anyone with common sense knows that this type of medicine is the slowest to work. So I suspect that this medicine is just a cover used by Luzhi to hide people's ears, and she just wants to make Gu Min sleep without arousing suspicion. ”

Li Shuci's thinking became clearer and clearer, but Xiang Jiu became more and more confused: "What can she do if she stuns Gu Min?"

"Have you forgotten? When people are unconscious, they also swallow subconsciously. ”

"This can't be!" Xiang Jiu's eyes widened, "Gu Min died because of the poison of the donkey!, is there any way for Lu Zhi to make Gu Min take the poison and make it attack the next morning?"

"I don't know yet. But the other side must have figured out something. Otherwise, Gu Min's death would have been impossible to explain. The reason why Li Shuci is so sure is because she is really not a murderer.

Everyone went to work with their doubts. Li Shuci returned to the main courtyard, but Helian Tao was still in the palace and did not come back.

The night was dark, and Li Shuci had been sitting alone for an hour unconsciously, Lan Xin was worried that she was thinking too much, so she said loudly: "Princess Shizi, drink a cup of hot tea." ”

Li Shuci's gaze withdrew from where Gu Min had fallen, and he took the tea and took a sip. The slightly hot tea soup warmed her throat, making her gradually relax, "Shizi can pass the word back?"

Lan Xin was worried and amused: "Why did you forget." When the prince came back from the palace, he went to the prince's study, so that you could eat first, and you didn't have to wait for him. ”

Li Shuci also felt that her thoughts were filled with poisonous things, which was not of much use, and would only force her into a dead end. Then he said, "Let's set the table." ”

Because the night was gloomy, Xue Xin deliberately took an extra candlestick and put it in front of her, under the warm candle flame, the four-color dishes were more exquisite and delicious, but Li Shuci didn't know the taste of the food. At this moment, a small moth came in out of nowhere, coiling around the candle flame and refusing to leave. Blue Heart let out an 'oops', "Where did the little worm come from! ”

Li Shuci put down his chopsticks and said, "Don't get in the way, just drive it away." ”

Yuebai hurriedly took down the food in front of Li Shuci and said, "The slave will change the food." ”

"No, I can't eat anymore, so let's go down. Li Shuci's eyes followed the moth, watching it keep flying towards the candle flame, and said with a smile: "What a silly moth, in order to covet the warmth of the moment, I don't know that I am going to die." ”

"It must be a cool autumn night, and when it sees the fire, it comes. Lan Xin took his handkerchief and wanted to catch it, but the moth was too small, and it flew around to dodge, and he was helpless for a while. Li Shuci tugged at her sleeve and said with a smile: "Stop! When it falls in a while, you can catch it again." ”

Lan Xin had no choice but to stop, and the two of them sat and stood and stared at the little moth. The little moth flew for a while, and sure enough, it landed on the candle. Lan Xin was about to make a move, but Li Shuci's eyes lit up, and he reached out and pulled out Lan Xin: "Wait!"

Lan Xin was stunned for a moment, a drop of wax oil clicked and dropped on the moth's body, and it was firmly imprisoned, Lan Xin sneered, shook her head and said: "The princess is still a child, you want amber, there are thousands of exquisite and beautiful things, why bother looking at the little moth's joke?"

Li Shuci's eyes shone brightly under the candlelight, and she murmured, "Amber?"

The next day, the morning light was still lost in the thick clouds.

Gu Min was lying in the coffin, with a huge ice cube around him to prevent the corpse from decomposing. She was still wearing the yellow shirt she wore that day, and the bun on her head was loosely pulled, but her face was blue and purple, and she couldn't see her original brightness and aura at all. The Gu family and the people in the palace were all gathered and stood in the small courtyard together. Li Weiqing also went to King Jing's Mansion and stood beside his daughter, his face gloomy.

Gu Zhenzhong's face was gloomy, and Bao finally recognized the reality, and he didn't dare to dwell on it anymore, but the hatred in his eyes did not diminish at all. Gu Zhentao had to speak out and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, have you already cracked the matter of the poison?"

Everyone's eyes were focused on Li Shuci, her face did not change, she was still calm and abnormal, and said, "That's right, I already know everything." ”

There were inevitably people around who inhaled in disbelief and shock, and Qi Huantian looked at Li Shuci and was surprised. He has solved many strange cases, and his mind is not insignificant, even far beyond ordinary people. He has also been thinking about delaying the possibility of the attack of poison for the past two days, but he has no clue. Could it be that this young princess who has just married a woman really has such an extraordinary mind?

Li Shuci walked up to the corpse, and Gu Min, who was standing in front of him in front of him, cautious but alive, couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Take out the amber prepared in advance, and let Lan Xin show it to everyone. "Do you know what this is?"

Everyone looked inexplicably at the crystal amber pinched by Lan Xin's fingertips, which wrapped this beautiful beetle that died innocently in vain. But what can this mean? Qi Huantian was thoughtful, but the Gu family didn't understand what he meant, Bao snorted even more, and mocked in a weird way: "Your Royal Highness Princess, even if you have a noble status, you can't fool yourself around, there is always a royal law at the feet of the Son of Heaven!"

Gu Zhenzhong didn't speak, he also thought this in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel that Li Shuci was just playing tricks and exonerating himself. I couldn't wait even three days, so I couldn't wait to get rid of my guilt. It's like taking people for fools!

Gu Zhentao looked embarrassed and asked, "I don't know what you mean?"

Li Shuci did not answer Bao's words, but said: "Everyone can see clearly, this amber is the same as the murderer's reason for prolonging the poison of the poison." ”

Qi Huantian said suddenly: "Could it be that the murderer wrapped the poison in the pine resin, so that the poison could not directly poison the deceased, but delayed it for a period of time?"

Bao Shi and the others couldn't help but show a sarcastic look on their faces. Helian Tao and other people close to him couldn't help but show worry, Li Shuci looked around at everyone, didn't care about the suspicious eyes of others, just asked people to bring a candlestick and a pill-like thing.

The pill was tiny, the size of a sesame seed, and she lit the candle, and soon, a layer of shiny wax oil melted around the wick, and she tilted the candle slightly, dripping it on top of the pill. The wax oil instantly condenses, encapsulating the pill inside. Everyone looked at the general in front of them, and they all looked at each other as if they were enlightened.

Li Shuci said: "If there is a layer of beeswax or other similar things wrapped in the poison, as long as the thickness of the wax layer is slightly adjusted, not only can you control the time of the poison, but also the dose of the drug." After the wax pill is swallowed in the abdomen, it will slowly become soft and rupture over time, which is the time when the deceased dies of poison. ”

She looked at everyone's stunned expressions, her voice was helpless and calm, and said: "This pill is a little drug, and the person who takes it will be unconscious for a stick of incense." I wonder if anyone would like to give it a try?"

"The villain is willing to give it a try. ”

Li Shuci looked at the person who spoke up, but it turned out to be Liu Hua. Qi Huantian looked at him in surprise, Liu Hua smiled and said: "Princess Fujia is a meritorious person in my Chongnan, and has done countless good things for the people of Chongnan. ”

Li Shuci nodded at him and said with a smile: "Thank you." ”

Lan Xin showed the beeswax-wrapped pill to everyone, and then processed it slightly, so that the surrounding beeswax was smoothed and smooth, and made into a ball. gave Liu Hua and swallowed it with warm water. After only half a cup of tea, Liu Hua's eyes were blurred, and he was planted on the stone table in the courtyard, unconscious.

Everyone present was in an uproar and whispered. The Gu family also froze in place, but at this time, Gu Zihao asked: "But such a thing, no matter how you look at it, it is very suspicious, how could Cousin Gu Min eat such a thing?"

Li Shuci asked He Quan to explain the matter of Luzhi in detail. Bao's tears poured out of his eyes in an instant: "Who instructed this Lu Zhi who killed a thousand knives to do such a conscientious thing! My daughter! Who is it? You have been an innocent ghost!"

After about a stick of incense, Liu Hua slowly woke up from a coma, Qi Huantian sighed and said, "Since this is the case, let's conduct an autopsy immediately, I think, you two don't want to die in vain, right?"

Gu Zhenzhong waved his hand in a depressed mood and followed everyone out of the courtyard.

Half an hour passed, Liu Hua and the two helpers replied to everyone with tired faces: "It stands to reason that if the poison enters the body from the throat, the blackened places around the throat must be heavier than elsewhere, but it is found that the toxin is indeed as Her Royal Highness the princess said, and it gradually spreads from the abdomen to other places." ”

Li Shuci silently watched as a group of people cleaned up Gu Min's body, and everyone was silent. Gu Zhenzhong suddenly said: "In the end, it's my daughter, let's take Hui home." Helian Ting was silent for a moment and said: "Min'er's afterlife, everything has been prepared, I will ask the housekeeper to go back with you to handle it." ”

Gu Zhenzhong was in a depressed mood, although Gu Min was his daughter's family, he liked him very much on weekdays, and he was his only child, so he was not in the mood to say much at this time, so he said: "Thank you, Lord Wang." ”

Gu Min's matter came to an end, and Li Shuci finally got rid of the stigma of the murderer, so he took Qingge and others back to the Li Mansion to handle Mu Yun's funeral.

Helian Tao rode all the way to follow Li Shuci's carriage. There were constant whispers on the road. It seems that Helian Tao should have turned against Li Shuci at this time. Li Shuci listened to the sound of talking outside, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "The three of them became tigers, and the rumors hurt people, and they are true." ”

Lan Xin said: "The other party can spread rumors, and we can also break through it." The prince has already arranged it, so don't worry about this time. Today, on the basis of the previous rumors, a small stream of clear water has been mixed in, and the truth has gradually been interspersed into the rumors, Li Shuci's pressure has suddenly decreased, and he has put all his thoughts on the Confucian King and the Yang family and others.

However, before they could breathe a sigh of relief, a message came from the palace to let Helian Tao enter the palace.

In the imperial study, Jin Yao frowned, staring at the fold in his hand.

Seeing his expression, Helian Tao couldn't help but churn in his heart: "I've seen the king!"

Jin Yao pinched the fold in his hand and walked around to him from behind the imperial case, and his voice was as calm as ice: "Look at it." ”

He Liantao took it and looked at it one by one, and couldn't help but look suspicious: "Your Majesty, what does this Zheng Xu mean?"

Zheng Xu is the heir of General Zhenxi and the child of General Zhenxi's wife, Guan Shi, after his death. He is a good person, and he does not have the bravery of General Zhenxi, and now he only has an empty son and no real power. The Zheng family has long been hidden in the torrent of the court.

"What else can it mean, it's literal......" Jin Yao looked at Helian Tao, his face was very embarrassed. If he was asked to choose between Duanmin's happiness and Helian Tao's happiness, what should he do?

Helian Tao read the fold again: "Your Majesty, this, this must not be." ”

Jin Yao put his hand on Helian Tao's shoulder and said, "Brother Tao...... I know that you have a deep affection for Fu Jia, and you will never change it in this life. But you also have to think about it, think about it for Duan Min, we both grew up together, can you watch Duan Min abandon what he loves and marry a swinger?"

"But ......" Helian Tao heard Jin Yao call him 'Brother Tao'er, and he already understood his decision. He looked at the emperor high in front of him, and a sense of powerlessness rose from the bottom of his heart. He couldn't help but feel ridiculous. Duan Min was about to conclude a good relationship with Jin Ting soon, and he even racked his brains to think about congratulatory gifts. But at this time, this family affair forced him to retreat!

Jin Yao said: "Duan Min is a woman after all, and there is no choice when she marries. But you are different, you married Zheng Ting, you can ignore her. It won't make any difference between you and Fuka, will it?"

Helian Tao only felt a buzz in his head, and when he came out of the imperial study until he entered King Jing's mansion, he was still in a storm, thunder and lightning. Not only because the positive fruit that he and Li Shuci had gone through hardships to achieve was crushed by someone, but also because of the choice made by Jin Yao...... After all, there is intimacy and estrangement between them, and Uncle Hong is right, the monarch and the ministers, the subjects and the people, cannot be measured and distinguished by affection.

It turned out that the Helian family had never really gained half a cent of comfort, and was still in the midst of a whirlpool, and could be crushed by the imperial power at any time and disappear.

In the main room, Li Shuci was dressed in a plain soft smoke, like a dream like fog, kneeling on the velvet blanket and not knowing what he was looking at, when he heard the movement, he turned his head, bent his knees like that, and looked at him with his hand, and a pair of dew-like eyes penetrated into his heart. Bursts of pain spread across his body, why was there always so much unavoidable between him and her......?

Li Shuci felt that something was wrong with Helian Tao, stood up and walked towards him, frowning and looking at him suspiciously: "What's wrong?

Helian Tao clenched the fold in his hand tightly, and his throat was dry.

Li Shuci noticed the fold in his hand and took it in his hand suspiciously. The handwriting on it caught my eye, and it fell to the ground with a snap! The next moment, she was included in a warm embrace, and Helian Tao said firmly and resolutely in her ear: "Xiao Wu, let's get out of here, this place can't let us get our wish after all." I don't believe that there is no place in this world where we are at ease!"

After General Zhenxi sacrificed his life for the country, the emperor made a promise to his wife, Guan. In the future, Zheng Ting will grow up, and she will be a wishful husband to ensure that she has no worries for life. And the Guan family once proposed that Zheng Ting could not marry into the royal family, and could only choose a husband among the family, and Zheng Ting had to take a fancy to her.

And Zheng Ting actually indicated that she wanted to marry Helian Tao after his wedding.

Is this the second trick of the Confucian king?

Do you want Helian Tao to marry Zheng Ting as a flat wife, otherwise you have to let Princess Duanmin marry Zheng Xu?

This is the promise of the former emperor, and even the current monarch Jin Yao cannot be changed.

Tears flowed silently from the corners of Li Shuci's eyes: "We have too many worries, where can we go?"