(23) The real murderer

"There are generally no palace people allowed to stay there near the Eight Eyes Bridge, after all, it is too easy to meet courtiers. Generally, the sprinkling sweep is what An Jin sent his apprentice to keep an eye on," Shen Zhan touched his chin and thought, "It is unlikely that it is a palace person, after all, an adult palace person with great strength wants to bypass the patrolling guards and go all the way to the Eight Eyes Bridge without being discovered, it is not easy, only the little palace maid, the general guards also know that they are playful when they see it, and they will pass it with one eye open and one eye closed, and they will not catch such a young child if they are fine." ”

"If it's not a palace person, it's a courtier." Meng Xun raised his eyebrows, this is the words of the courtier, but what a big deal, if you kill someone, you have to find a place to throw people stones without being found in the whole process, if it weren't for someone who moved the body of this palace maid to the queen's palace, I'm afraid this corpse is rotten We don't know, the key is that who killed this palace maid and how to deal with the corpse, so that people found out a new situation against the queen's mother......"

"The most important thing is what is it that can make a courtier want to kill this palace maid rather than be found guilty of killing the palace maid." Bo Yin, who had been standing in the shadows and had not spoken, suddenly opened his mouth and slowly added.

Shen Zhan stood by the bookcase and listened to Meng Xun and Bo Yin's analysis of each sentence, his brows furrowed more and more, "The body found by Shen Shi has been dead for less than two hours, then this palace maid may have been killed at noon, and the courtiers who remained in the palace maid around noon have great strength, and they may be left-handed...... 'Wow!' Shen Zhan said as he spoke, and suddenly waved his hand hard, brushing all the things on the bookcase to the ground.

"Your Majesty is angry!" Meng Xun, Bo Yin and An Jin in the room knelt down one after another when they saw the movement, Bo Yin frowned, Meng Xun's expression was respectful and solemn, An Jin's sideburns and nose had already appeared a lot of sweat beads, and the green tendons of his hands lying on the ground rose one by one, and his body was still trembling slightly, obviously he was already very afraid.

Majesty has never been so angry! The miscellaneous family has followed His Majesty since he was still a prince, and for so many years, it is the first time for the miscellaneous family to see His Majesty so angry, so he almost lifted the table.

Not to mention that An Jin knelt on the ground and had palpitations all the time, Shen Zhan stared at the pen wash, inkstones, several brushes, Chengxintang paper, music chapters and the broken Nanyao tea cup scattered on the ground, lifted his right leg, and stepped heavily on the largest piece of porcelain in the tea cup.

I only heard that the porcelain fragment was crushed again under Shen Zhan's feet, and the creaking sound on the green brick caused people to be hairy.

An Jin's heart rose to his throat, and he watched Shen Zhan tossing himself, so he wanted to say "Your Majesty be careful with your feet", but he never dared to open that mouth.

The Ringing Hall was quiet, and as dusk approached, the chirping of homing birds came from outside, taking advantage of the terrifying silence of the Ringan Palace.

After a long time, Shen Zhan spoke again, his tone was indifferent and calm, as if the person who had just become angry was not himself, but there was a little tiredness and deep hatred in this indifferent tone: "I already have a score in my heart about this matter, those courtiers, relying on themselves as the elders of the two dynasties, relying on my youth, no longer take me seriously." The court made it difficult for me in every way, but I didn't expect that after the court, my hand had already reached into my harem, really, very good, very good! ”

The three people kneeling on the ground suddenly changed their expressions when they heard this, especially An Jin, who was already eager to shrink himself into the crack of the ground as if he hadn't heard anything.

"Get up, don't kneel down at every turn, I'm not a tyrant, get me up."

"Thank you." Bo Yin and the three of them stood up as they said, Meng Xun moved his wrist and licked the corners of his dry lips, "Your Majesty, then this case, the murderer is still there." ”

"Now is not the time to startle the snakes, one day, I will pull out all these moths and tumors of the imperial court! Now," Shen Zhan's face sank, clenched his right fist, and slammed it heavily on the bookcase, "An Jin, you, go find a palace person to take this sin in two days, remember to do it cleanly, it's best to find someone who has nothing to worry about." ”

"The slave and maid understand," An Jin bowed, "the slave and maid will find someone who is honest and loyal and has no family." Rest assured. ”

Shen Zhan nodded, stopped talking, paused for a while, and then waved his hand again, "Go, you all retreat, I will stay alone for a while." Thank you. ”。

In the Yilan Palace.

Liu Shuxing waved away the palace people, but uncharacteristically paced anxiously around the dormitory.

"I don't care what rules you have, you'd better contact your master in the fastest way!." Liu Shuxing roared in the hall.

"Niangniang, there is nothing you can do about it," the tone of the man in the dark was still unhurried, "Niangniang, you also know that only the master has always sent people to contact us, and we can't take the initiative to contact the master, the master has laid so many eyeliners in this palace, if he is accidentally discovered, ruining one is likely to ruin the master's entire layout." ”

"So what are you going to do now? You sue me, did the little palace maid who died kill your master's people? When Liu Shuxing said this, he was not in a hurry, and leaned on the wenge wood gold and red carving interstitial screen with a mocking face, "You don't report this matter to your master, if Your Majesty checks it out and finds out your master's head, do you think your master's layout will not be discovered?" Even if it wasn't done by your master, now that Your Majesty is moving, it is clear that you want to check the harem, do you think that you can't find your master no matter what, or you are not worried if you find it? Are you a fool to be your majesty? ”

The man in the dark heard this, and finally moved a little, as if he was uneasy, and moved slightly, "Then, Niangniang, what should I do?" The master's rules, the slave and the maid really dare not break it, the slave and the maid can only try, but whether this can be reported or not, when it can be reported, is also unknown, perhaps, the master has other plans? Let's rush to report it, what if it disturbs the master's plan? “

"Hmph," Liu Shuxing snorted coldly, "I don't know if your master has any plans that you haven't told me, what I only know is that if you let that Yuan Wanyou investigate, maybe you can really find out something that your people don't have time to cover up, and I won't help you when the time comes." ”

"So, what are we going to do now?"

"The only way to do this is to find someone," the afterglow of the setting sun slowly shone on Liu Shuxing's half-side cheek through the window, and her eyelashes fell slightly, hiding the thoughts in her eyes, "One for the dead ghost, one can kill two birds with one stone, for the dead ghost." ”

"But before that, I have to go and listen carefully, what His Majesty means." ……

Yin and Yang Triad, He Ben He Hua, Sunrise and Sunset, Thousands of Weather, Harem Wind and Cloud Sophistry, Just Like the ups and downs of the sun is too yin, the hot summer is coming, these days, in the visible or invisible places, the pattern in the palace has unconsciously undergone indescribable changes......

"Niangniang, Your Majesty went to Concubine Liu again yesterday, this is the fifth time this month, and it has only been a few days since the beginning of this month." In the Qianchu Palace, Chukong stood behind Song Mi'er, whispering while holding her hair.

"Concubine Liu has been busy investigating the case recently, and it has been very hard, so it is right for Your Majesty to go and see her more."

Chukong pouted, "Didn't the lady lose weight for this case, and I didn't see your majesty go to see the lady a few more times." ”

"The First Sky!" Song Mier put down the horn comb heavily, "Is this palace too good to you?" You are getting bolder and bolder, you dare to say anything, and now you even dare to talk about it! ”

"Niangniang is angry," Chukong was still smiling, "Isn't the slave just holding grievances for Niangniang, that concubine Niangniang is now a big battle." I heard that several nobles in the palace avoided others and quietly went to the Yilan Palace, and they stayed for a long time before coming out, hum, the days are still long, and now I can't wait to sell it to her, obviously the master is sitting in the Xuande Palace! ”

"Okay, the first sky, everyone has avoided the Yilan Palace, and you can also hear it, and you are good at it," Song Mier looked at himself and Chukong in the lacquer-painted dragon and phoenix inlaid glass mirror, "Okay, it's time to save in the morning, everyone has arrived, let's also go and take a look at the concubine's mastery." ”

When they arrived at the Liangyi Palace, they were almost there.

Because of the talent above the sixth grade to come to the Liangyi Hall to meet the queen, so there are not too many people who come to the morning province every day, except for the first few times of the morning province of the concubine Liu Shuxing, the concubine Yuan Wanyou, the virtuous concubine Lou Hengbo, the Zhuang concubine Wei Chi Yanran, the Xue concubine Xue Zhiyi and the Rougui Ji Wen Qingwan, Qian Guiji Luo Xi, Lan Guiji Jiang Yuelan, He Zhaoyi He Mengjie and Duan Zhaoyi Duan Miao, Sun Wanyi Sun Xuan, now there are more concubines from the six products Jiang Fangyi Jiang Yuexi, Qin Shuya, who has risen from the sixth-grade full-fledged to the sixth-grade Fanghua, and Yu Xi, who has risen from the seventh-grade Jieyu to the fifth-grade graceful Yu, and there is also a Wang Fanghua, but he stopped the holy car shortly after entering the palace, and now he is still grounded, and everyone guesses that this Wang Fanghua is afraid that it will come to an end. To say that among the new concubines, the graceful Yuxi of the fifth grade is the most eye-catching, in just one month, she has achieved the grace of the fifth grade from Jieyu of the seventh grade, and she is also in the limelight, more or less robbed of a lot of Liu Shuxing's loopholes, and now Liu Shuxing is also looking down on this Yu Xi inside and out, but it makes Song Mier and Yuan Wanyou look at her a lot. In addition to this Yu Wanrong, there is also Rou Gui Ji, since that dressing change incident, I don't know if it is because the mastermind behind the scenes has never been found out, Shen Zhan feels guilty about her, or this Rou Gui Ji Wen Qingwan really has a few skills, in short, Shen Zhan is also the person who often summons to the Taiyuan Palace, Shen Zhan has gone to her Jinghong Hall a lot of times, and he is also one of the objects of the concubines in the palace.

In today's morning province, when Song Mier was on the spot, except for Liu Shuxing and Luo Xi, they all sat together.

"What's the matter, the concubine can't come back to her health today? There is nothing good to reward her in this palace. Song Mier stroked the step shake in his ear and said with a smile.

"Poof", "Haha", "Hee-hee-hee"

There was a low laugh at the bottom, and some lonely concubines were whispering about what was happening to the other concubines.

"What are you talking about, so lively?" A deep male voice suddenly sounded outside the temple gate.

"Meet Your Majesty." When the concubines looked up, it was Shen Zhan who walked from outside, and almost all the concubines present showed happy smiles, and there were also those who were silent, taking advantage of the prostrate to go down, quietly opening their collars a little more and pulling their clothes down a little more.

"Your Majesty, why are you here?" Song Mier stood up from the red sandalwood throne with carved treasures inlaid with five bats and four pillars carved with entwined peonies, and stretched out his hand towards Shen Zhan, with joy in his eyes that could not be hidden.

Shen Zhan walked quickly to Song Mi'er, took her hand, and sat on the throne with her.

didn't answer her question as soon as possible, but asked Song Mier in detail what she did yesterday and how she was feeling, no matter how hopeful and helpless the concubines were under her eyes.

Song Mier's eyebrows and eyes were crooked, very useful, but he had to support his queen's shelf, forced a smile, stretched out his hand, and quietly twisted Shen Zhan's thigh with the cover of his wide sleeves.

"Sss Shen Zhan couldn't help but hiss, and also used his sleeves to block the side of Song Mier's face, pretending to help Song Mier adjust the position of the head of the step, covering the sight of the concubines, and then in Song Mier's ears, he used the voice that the concubines below couldn't hear to fight with him, "Mi'er, you are so heavy, are you really not afraid that I will retaliate back at night?" ”

Song Mier's eyes widened, and he was about to speak, but he heard the voice of the young attendant outside: "The concubine has arrived." ”

"Ahem." Shen Zhan listened to the report, took Song Mi'er's hand and sat up straight, "Mi'er sit down, let's talk slowly at night, I came here today because the concubine gave me a gift, saying yes, I found out the murderer who killed Ah Ran that day." ”

"Really?!" As soon as Shen Zhan's words fell, Song Mier immediately shook off Shen Zhan's hand and sat upright, his eyes wide as he watched Liu Shuxing step into the hall.

Shen Zhan looked at his own hand that had been thrown away, helplessly lowered his head and doted on it, and also looked towards the palace door.

The concubines below were still immersed in the jealousy and anticipation brought by the emperor's affection and couldn't extricate themselves, but when they saw that the emperor and queen heard the news, they suddenly sat upright and looked straight outside the hall with a look of expectation.

I saw Liu Shuxing wearing a double-layered long tail robe with rose-red painted gold threads, shaking a fan with a familiar silk painted Epiphany mahogany edging Shi Shiran walked closer, and the light outside the hall hit her body, as if she had been plated with a layer of gold edges, and it was even more flattering to Liu Shuxing.

Song Mier subconsciously looked at Shen Zhan beside him, but saw that Shen Zhan didn't seem to notice Liu Shuxing's brilliant color at all, he still had a solemn expression, and looked at Liu Shuxing who walked in calmly in his eyes.

Song Mier breathed a sigh of relief, and also turned his head to look at Liu Shuxing again. She didn't notice that after she turned her head, Shen Zhan turned her head slightly, swept her with the corner of her eyes, and the expression in her eyes was unpredictable.

The concubines below were also stunned by Liu Shuxing's posture, and even gasped in the corner. Yuan Wanyou then drank tea in the interval, and quietly deviated towards the horizontal wave of the building, his tone was unknown, "People say that Yan kills the Quartet, Yan kills Yan and kills, I grew so big but I heard it and never saw it, but I didn't expect that today, it can be regarded as seeing." ”

Lou Hengbo covered his eyelashes and hooked his lips, "Not really." ”

"Meet Your Majesty, meet the Queen."

Liu Shuxing finally walked to the center of the hall and bowed down to Shen Zhan and Song Mi'er gracefully.

"I've seen the concubine."

The concubines also bowed to Liu Shuxing.

"Let's all get up."

Shen Zhan raised his hand.

"Xie Majesty, Queen Xià."

Liu Shuxing, together with the concubines, raised his body.

"Guifei, I heard An Jin say that you have found out the murderer of the palace maid case, what is the result?" Shen Zhan asked Liu Shuxing in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty, this murderer," Liu Shuxing smiled and clapped his hands below, but saw two older attendants pressing a woman with messy hair to go up to the hall.

"Your Majesty, you have been wronged!"

As soon as the woman went to the hall, she cried, and raised her head vigorously to look at Shen Zhan, "Your Majesty, the concubine didn't kill anyone, Your Majesty, you have to believe me, I was wronged by the concubine!" "The voice is miserable, so not intense.

"Rosie!"

"How could it be her?!"