(Maopu Chinese) The inner court of Bianhe Palace is dominated by Qianfang Palace and Cuiwei Palace, and there are also Ningshou Palace, Wanchun Palace, Zhifang Palace, Qianqiu Palace, Penglai Palace, Hehuan Palace, Sanqing Palace, Xuanzhen Temple and other three palaces and six courtyards, and forty or fifty palace courtyards.

In the middle palace Cuiwei, Queen Yingrui did not live in Cuiwei Palace, but in Qianfang Palace.

Qianfang Palace is the residence of the emperor, the front hall is the place where the Son of Heaven approves the administration after the Son of Heaven, the east and west side halls are warm in spring and cool in summer, and the apse is the sleeping hall. The Son of Heaven did not accept concubines, only one queen in the three palaces and six courtyards, the Son of Heaven called the husband and wife the same body, and lived in the palace and lived in the real life, so since the date of the pro-government, the queen was called to live in the apse of the Qianfang Palace, and the emperor and queen ate and slept together, and the palace was divided.

Empress Yingrui raised the world's prisons, and often summoned the criminal Cao team to review the Dabi file together in the Qianfang Palace, and had the intention to teach what she had learned to her courtiers to cultivate professionals for the imperial court to conduct autopsies and solve cases.

For this reason, the saint gave up the Lizheng Hall and moved to the Taiji Hall in the east of the Jinluan Hall in the outer court.

Early in the morning, a rain washed the Bianhe Palace, the vermilion wall was bright and yellow, the jade step was made of blue bricks, and the palace was solemn, so that the eight sedan chairs outside the Xichong Gate all suppressed the sound when they landed.

Although Yi Zhizhong said noon, according to the etiquette law, to meet the queen needs to come early to wait for the drive, so when it was just the hour, the eight nobles arrived in the palace.

There was a big palace maid standing in the palace gate, followed by a few palace people, and when she saw the nobles getting off the sedan chair, she said: "The slave and maid are in charge of the palace maid Cai'e, and they are waiting for all the young ladies." ”

Chengqian Hall is the name of the dormitory of Qianfang Palace, and when I heard that it was the big palace maid of the Son of Heaven's bedroom, the nobles hurriedly returned the gift.

"Miss Cai'e has been waiting for a long time." The noble lady led by smiled and blessed, raised her eyes, her eyebrows took away the smoke and rain, her eyes were soft and graceful, and the beauty was like water.

"This is the slave's errand, and it should be." Cai'e turned to the side and said with a smile, "A few young ladies please follow the slaves into the palace." ”

The palace road is deep and green, a line of pink delicacy walks into the palace gate, the golden glow is sprinkled in the east, and the beauty shadow is reflected on the palace wall, like a marquee.

Xichongmen was close to the concubine's dormitory, and the nobles passed through the Cuiwei Palace without entering, and were led by Cai'e to the east for two or three quarters before stopping. I saw the majestic Emperor Palace sitting in the golden glow, the main hall of the Qiong Palace, and the emperor's spirit was extraordinary.

Seeing that it was the imperial palace, the nobles were both surprised and not tasteful, Cai'e led the way, and everyone was busy arranging their temples and dressing up.

The dormitory is magnificent, the nine-fold pear tent is full of the dragon and phoenix carving case, the palace carpet is magnificent, and the pear is fragrant. Two rows of small cases are placed at the bottom, the plate is fruity and light, and the futon is placed on the ground.

"It's still early, the queen is in the palace to review the file with the adults of the torture Cao, ladies please enter the palace to serve tea, waiting for Feng Jia." Cai'e led the ladies into the hall and ordered the palace ladies to serve spring tea.

The queen's mention of the prison was well known to the world, but the Lizheng Hall was in the front hall, and it was still incredible to hear about it so closely. The ladies didn't know what to feel in their hearts, and they all looked in the direction of the Lizheng Palace.

There were still two hours before noon, and no one knew when Feng Jia would come, so he had to wait while serving tea.

*

The outer court, the Taiji Palace.

A teacup was broken on the ground, Xiao Anzi glanced at Master Fan Tong's eyes, entered the hall to clean up, and when he came out, he closed the door of the hall lightly and retreated aside, not daring to breathe.

The emperor in the palace smiled lazily, but the laughter was cold, "Look at these twists and turns, it's okay for them to jointly invite the concubine to choose, and the queen is from a humble background, and it is difficult to hold the middle palace!" This is the performance of the concubine, this is the abolition of the performance! ”

Chen Youliang, the left minister, led a group of henchmen to kneel in the hall, and no one dared to speak at this time.

"Dare to go to Gushui County, they pondered the aftermath of the abolition in the court, and they also tried their best to install a protégé in the teahouse, preaching that the queen would favor the country. Guess who's the protégé? ”

Chen Youliang said: "He Lao Du is sleek in the world, and there is no one among the people who jointly invited him this time, but he is just very close to him." Weichen thought that the people in the teahouse must not be his protégés, but the Jiangnan Shi clan was headed by him, and he couldn't get rid of it. ”

"Well, there's growth." After Bu Xihuan sat on the dragon case, there was a bunch of open folds on the Minghuang case, he picked up the top one and threw it down, "Lin Youxue!" ”

Chen Youliang frowned, soldier Cao Shangshu?

"When he mentioned Lingnan last night, he was still embarrassed, and told me that there are many strange soldiers in the Lingnan army, and the Jiangnan garrison has not been in war for a long time, so I am afraid that it will be difficult to calm Lingnan, and persuade me to negotiate peace with Lingnan." Bu Xihuan sneered, "Listen! I and my own courtiers have to make peace. When the court hired people, everyone retracted their heads, but they put enough thought into my harem! What is the use of this soldier Cao Shangshu! Do they really think that I have just become pro-government, and I can't move them before the cold door becomes a trend? ”

Bu Xihuan raised his hand, and the twists and turns on the dragon case swept to the ground with a clatter.

A group of confidants leaned over and said: "Your Majesty is a close friend, they are staring at the harem, far away they say that it is for the glory of a long time, and when they are closer, they say that it is to obstruct the reform of the government." When the reform policy is implemented in the future, if the former dynasty and the harem work together, the resistance to the implementation of the new policy will be much greater. ”

Chen Youliang asked, "Your Majesty wants to move now?" ”

Bu Xihuan was noncommittal, "I have my own way of governing them, so I don't need to worry about it, I just need to focus on the strategy." Otherwise, I will govern them, and there will be no one to fill the vacancy in the DPRK for a while. ”

The ministers chuckled in their hearts!

Lin Youxue was originally the chief soldier of Huainan Province, and His Majesty transferred him to the court to seal the soldier Cao Shangshu, which seemed to be an official and a knight, but in fact, he was put under his nose, and he was separated from the soldiers and horses of his lineage in order to stifle his military power.

How can Your Majesty not know the weight of military power? There are also good ministers among the scholars, over the years, His Majesty has made friends with the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River in the name of the Wei family, Huainan Road, Qianxi Road, and Guanzhong Road have been infiltrated for more than ten years, and the people who have been planted and cultivated in the army have become powerful, and the deputy envoys of Huainan Road are already His Majesty's people, and now they are just waiting for a holy decree, and the holy decree will be returned to the imperial court. The will has not been made because once the big move, there will be dogs who jump off the wall in a hurry, and then to remove the small remnants, Huainan, Qianxi, and Guanzhong will definitely be in chaos for a while.

Pingling Lingnan is the top priority, Your Majesty knows better than anyone else, but listening to his meaning, it seems that he wants to move now?

Move now...... Isn't it in a hurry? Anyway, most of the military power in Jiangnan is already in hand, so don't you just ignore the excerpt of choosing a concubine after the abolition? Otherwise, wouldn't it be a surprise to the snake?

The ministers secretly raised their eyes, and there seemed to be an undercurrent surging in the hall. The morning light sprinkled into the hall, and the young emperor seemed to melt into a cloud of red clouds, sleeping and not waking up, and the waves between his eyebrows were unpleasant, but the ministers couldn't help but tremble in their hearts, and hurriedly said in unison: "The ministers obey the order!" ”

His Majesty has a lot of scheming and talent, and this contest with the Jiangnan Shi clan is killing or forbearance, and he must have a balance in his heart.

Chen Youliang picked up the fold and presented it neatly back to the dragon case, and then withdrew from the hall with the ministers.

Xiao Anzi aimed at Chen Youliang, Chen Youliang shook his head, Xiao Anzi immediately bowed his head and handed the spring tea to the palace maid, the palace maid took the warm tea, and after a while, it was replaced with a hot one, Xiao Anzi took the tea at the door of the main hall and did not dare to say a word and continued to wait.

When the tea was warmed again, Bu Xihuan's voice came from the hall, "What about Li Chaorong?" ”

"The minister is here!" Li Chaorong answered outside the hall, and then entered the Taiji Hall.

Bu Xihuan stood by the window with his hands in his hands, "What I ordered you to investigate before I went to Gushui County, how did you find out?" ”

Li Chaorong said: "Back to Your Majesty, it has been found." ”

Bu Xi raised the corners of her lips happily, "You don't have to show it to me, just send it to the queen." ”

Li Chaorong obeyed the order, and was just about to withdraw, when he asked, "Your Majesty's intention is to send it now?" ”

"Sooner rather than later."

"But Her Royal Highness summoned the courtiers in the Qianfang Palace, and now she ......"

"Huh?" Bu Xihuan turned his head, his eyes full of surprise.

Li Chaorong remembered this matter and forgot to play, "Your Majesty forgives me, when you returned to the palace last night, it was already the fourth watch, and the fifth watch was to be early, so Weichen did not return." Yesterday afternoon, after Her Royal Highness came out of the Fu Ji, she ordered the hidden guard to check the people in the Seattle, and the hidden guard presented the secret music into the palace last night, and Her Royal Highness the Queen issued an edict to summon the courtiers overnight, and also gave lunch. ”

Li Chaorong took out a secret letter from his sleeve and presented it, and the things in it were exactly the same as the one that Twilight Qing read last night.

Bu Xihuan's eyes fell on the name of the lady of the Eight Mansions, and he paused on the word "He" at the head, slowly held his palm, and the secret music turned into a handful of powder in an instant.

"What time is it?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Yuzhong."

Bu Xi raised his eyebrows, his eyes overflowed with laughter, and he turned out of the dragon case and walked outside the hall, "Such a rare thing should not be missed, go, take a look!" ”

*

The ladies waited in the Chengqian Hall for most of the hour and did not see Feng Jia, in order to avoid frequent compliments, they didn't even dare to drink more tea.

Sitting and waiting was very tiring, and several noble ladies kept looking at the Lizheng Hall through the courtyard, looking a little impatient.

Cai'e smiled: "It's a good day, you ladies might as well move outside the hall to enjoy the garden." ”

Although it is boring to enjoy the scenery in the garden, it is better than sitting and waiting, and the noble girl enters the palace for the first time, but also wants to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the imperial court, so they have moved outside the palace.

It is the season of a hundred flowers, but there is not a famous flower in the imperial court, only the fine grass and small bamboo clusters, the flowers are like stars, the stream and stone are elegant, the artistic conception is tranquil, but it does not line the style of the imperial palace.

"Look at the scenery of the imperial court is so chic, I think it should have been planted by the queen's mother's palace craftsman, right?" One noble woman sneered, and the rest laughed silently, not knowing the mockery in these words.

In the end, even if you are a middle palace, you can't hide the childishness of a small family.

The noble girl who spoke and the year of the flute, the peacock skirt, the pomegranate flowers swayed, and the corners of the eyebrows and eyes were flying with a breath of the sun. Cai'e remembered that in front of the palace gate, the sign handed by her maidservant girl said the word Lin, so she guessed that this should be Lin Yue, the daughter of Bing Cao Shangshu Lin's kindergarten.

"Miss Lin's words are wrong." Cai'e couldn't hear the ridicule in Lin Yue's words, so she only replied with a smile, "The queen loves the people like a son, and her mind is on the important affairs of the prison, and she never pays attention to the trivial matters in the palace. ”

Lin Yue was stunned for a moment, and the rest of the nobles were suspicious.

Empress Yingrui ignores the trivial matters in the palace, could it be that the palace craftsman has the courage to plant the imperial court like this after eating the bear's heart and leopard?

Cai'e said with a smile: "The scene you see in front of your young ladies is the palace craftsman's observance of the holy will. ”

"......" Divine Will?!

The nobles opened their apricot eyes, and when they saw Cai'e's smile full of fascination, they couldn't help but feel weird.

I heard that the Holy One is a person of amazing talent, how could he ......

Poof!

At this time, one person laughed and joked to Lin Yue: "You! Tell you to gather more with sisters from various provinces on weekdays to enjoy the garden, you are bored, and you are going to see it today, right? In this imperial court, a stone and a tree are mountains, a sand and a leaf are water, and the complex is simplified, and the realm is extremely high, which can be described as a square and round land. This side of the emperor's court has exhausted thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and if the famous flowers and trees are in this court, they are vulgar things. ”

These words not only raised the eyesight of other noble ladies to appreciate the garden, but also found a reason for Lin Yue's loss of talent, and even praised the scenery of the imperial court, which can be described as exquisite.

The nobles said yes with a smile, Lin Yue's cheeks turned red, and she said angrily: "Your Majesty has hills and valleys in her chest, my sister has poems and books in her belly, and my sister is willing to bow to the wind, right?" I will definitely walk around with you sisters more in the future. ”

Lin Yue looked in the direction of the Lizheng Hall while snorting, He Chuxin sighed, and hurriedly told her to stop, but she couldn't help but glance in the direction of the Lizheng Palace.

Cai'e looked at the looks of the two of them in her eyes and said with a smile: "The hills and valleys in Your Majesty's chest don't dare to guess, but you only know that the flowers and plants in the imperial court are not extraordinary. ”

"Oh?" Lin Yue looked at it.

"Every flower and tree in this imperial court is all from His Majesty to ask Prince Jin for advice, and the woman has lived here for a long time, soothing her qi and driving away the cold, and the most important thing is to nourish her body."

What the?

The nobles were stunned.

"The flowers in the Lizheng Hall and the dormitory are all selected and pruned by His Majesty personally from the court, and His Majesty treats his mother considerately, as it was many years ago." Cai'e looked at the West Temple.

In that year, His Majesty gave the West Hall as the dormitory of Zhou Meiren, and after Zhou Meiren left a book and ran away, the palace people who served her were ordered to stay in the West Side Palace, and the furnishings in the palace have been maintained as they have been for many years.

His Majesty misses Zhou Meiren, because she is Zhou Meiren's personal palace maid, she was fortunate to be transferred to the Chengqian Palace, and now she has become the palace maid in the Qianfang Palace.

She can have today's creation because of the blessing of Zhou Meiren, but I didn't expect Zhou Meiren to be a daughter, and I didn't expect that there would be the blessing of serving her again in this life.

Everyone in the world thought that Her Royal Highness the Queen was in charge of the Middle Palace for the first time, but in fact, she was the heroine of Bianhe Palace many years ago.

Little is known about what happened many years ago, but the mere matter of the garden grass is enough to make the nobles smell it.

What kind of land is full of thousands of ravines, and what kind of emperor has all the rivers and mountains, this is actually a medicine garden!

No one dared to look at He Chuxin's face, only to see a pair of spring fingers twisting a brocade handkerchief under his sleeve, and the fingertips were whiter than the handkerchief.

Although Miss Sun in the Jiangnan Navy Governor's Mansion was born in the military general's court, she is more noble than the young lady in the scholarly family, especially good at poetry and piano, and can be described as a talented woman. Today's guidance to the imperial court's attainments, spreading it should have been a good story, but I didn't expect it to become a joke in the blink of an eye, what could be more painful than this?

Lin Yue's face was blue and red, and there was a puzzled look in his eyes.

The ladies also looked at the Lizheng Hall in unison.

Isn't it rumored that Empress Yingrui is as thick as Hanqi and ugly? The Holy Lord treated her like this, are the rumors really credible?

At this moment, I only heard a squeak, and the back door of the Lizheng Hall opened!

There was silence in the imperial court for a moment, and the nobles held their breath, thinking that the phoenix was coming, but they saw a little eunuch hurriedly walking out of the palace. The little eunuch opened the door of the palace and erected the open window, and his hands and feet were very nimble.

Cai'e walked over and asked, "It's not lunch yet, this is ......"

The little eunuch said: "The well on the other side of the cold palace has just come up with white bones, and Her Royal Highness the Queen is inspecting the palace with several adults of Xing Cao, saying that they have opened the doors and windows of the main hall to disperse the corpse gas. ”

The two of them spoke in a low voice, but in the silence of the court, they were like cranes, and the nobles thought that they had heard it wrong.

At this moment, a human voice came from inside the temple.

“…… The duty of the criminal Cao is to examine and approve the law, review the criminal cases of various states, review the cases of Dabi in conjunction with Jiuqing, and deal directly with the criminal cases under the jurisdiction of Biandu. The autopsy is a matter of absence, not the duty of the ministers, please forgive the ministers and others for not understanding the meaning of Her Royal Highness the Queen. "Listen to the voice, the person who speaks is an old minister, and I think it should be the old man of the criminal Cao Shangshufu.

The torturers are all imperial parties, and thinking of the grace of God, the torturers put up with a woman to mention the world's prison. But when the power is gone, how can a group of criminal Cao members really be happy? It is not easy to endure to this day, the queen still has to conduct an autopsy in the Lizheng Palace, the Lizheng Hall is the place where the Son of Heaven governs, and the queen's questioning of politics is no longer unorthodox, and the autopsy in the palace will not add to the bad luck?

Seeing that a group of close ministers of the Son of Heaven were dissatisfied with the queen, the nobles stared directly at the front hall and straightened their ears.

- Listen.

A voice came out of the hall, "If you can have half of your eloquence in reviewing criminal cases, this palace will not have to pick up the burden of prison." ”

The voice was unhurried and unhurried, like spring thunder, like snow and cold, which startled the emperor's coquettish.

Good voice!

Is a woman with such a voice really ugly?

The nobles had no bottom in their hearts, and they twisted their veils one after another.

In the palace, the queen said: "The criminal case files submitted by the states in the first half of the year are here, and the palace has been out of the palace for ten days, and the Qing and others have reviewed it, and only picked out these five criminal cases that need to be remanded for retrial, and the rest are undoubtedly punished?" ”

"Back to Her Royal Highness the Queen, these cases were reviewed by the ministers and others, in addition to the conclusive and undoubted evidence, there are still some headless public cases, and the bodies have been flooded, covered in earth, burned, and cut off, and there is no evidence to examine them! The autopsy is a job of the deceased, and the cause of death cannot be found, and the local county government cannot find out the identity of the deceased. "Fu Lao Shangshu has a heartbeat.

The queen sneered, "How does Lao Shangshu know that the cause of death cannot be detected, and the county government can't find out the identity of the deceased, and there is no other reason?" ”

Fu Laoshangshu choked, and a paper sound came, and there was a loud bang, and the queen's face hurt from afar as the paper wind of the dossier was cut.

"In March this year, the case of the mountain behind Daliuzi Village, Qu County, Huaizhou: When the hunters went to the back mountains to hunt, they found a corpse, with a swollen head and face, skin and hair falling out, lips turned open, eyes protruding, maggots smacking and eating, and it was rotten. The yamen sent someone to ask the villagers, and the villagers all said that no one was missing in the village, and no one had ever seen the living go up the mountain. If you look at the confessions in the file, the handwriting is neat, and then think about the place where the crime occurred, Daliuzi Village, Qu County, a little investigation of the map can show that this village is in a land of poor mountains and bad waters, and the villagers may be illiterate, and these confessions are very likely to be written by officials. So, how do you know that the officials have not been bribed and have given false witnesses? How dare you conclude that there was no collusion between the guards and the officials who were drawn on these confessions? Without careful investigation, based on the statements of one or two people, and three or two confessions, it was concluded that a murder case was a headless public case? Trifling! ”

Syllable!

The dossier was thrown to the ground, and the jade bricks were smashed with a clang, and the sound was like ice shattering.

The queen then opened another file and said, "There is also this case in Yongjiang County, which is also said to be bad and rotten, and there is no way to start, so the file will be submitted to the criminal Cao." What's so bad about rotten? Whether there are blade wounds or wounds on the corpse, whether there is a void in the wounds, whether there are broken bones on the corpse, and whether the cause of death can be inferred? I didn't see these in the autopsy, so I dared to file and report to my superiors on the grounds that there was no evidence for the examination? Are you so bold and lazy, or are you torturers too easy to fool? ”

"This case outside Linzhou City is also the case, three knife wounds can be seen on the body, one of which stabbed the central vein, and it was tested as a fatal injury. However, the body has decomposed, and the wounds have been empty, and it is difficult to verify the shape of the murder weapon by the wounds, so although there are suspected murderers, it is difficult to close the case because it is difficult to determine the murder weapon. Since it is a knife wound and the body has decomposed, it should be examined on the bones, and whether there is a blade wound on the bone has not yet been examined, how can it be said that it is difficult to determine the murder weapon? ”

"Lao Shangshu's review of the criminal case back then was just to flip through the file, and to the confession and evidence? If this errand is only like this, the scribe can do it, why does the imperial court need high-ranking officials to raise a group of criminal officers? ”

"Qing and the others mentioned the world's prisons, but they don't know anything about the reason for the death and injury, who will fool you if the officials don't fool you? You are all from the noble family, how many of you have been county officials? Do you know what kind of cases the county government tries on weekdays? Stealing chickens and dogs, fighting, and neighborhood disputes, such small cases like sesame mung beans can be tried several times a day, and the cases that are hastily concluded by the county magistrate are troublesome every day. If you wait to review the criminal case and want to see the suspicions from the files submitted by these people, you can only be fooled if you don't have the true ability to conduct an autopsy and determine the case! ”

The dossier was thrown to the ground one after another, and Fu Laoshangshu couldn't insert a word, which made an old face red, and the rest of the people had nothing to refute, so they had to listen to the posthumous training silently.

The queen continued to look through the file, "The criminal Cao can not do the autopsy, but he must not be ignorant of the reason for the autopsy, physical evidence, the handwriting logic of the confession, and even the bloodstains, hand and foot prints, beards, etc., must be clear, so as to be able to undertake the heavy task of reviewing the criminal case and find suspicious points in the thousands of files." ”

The criminal officials are still silent—how arrogant are the nobles of the noble clan? If you don't make a sound, you bow your head.

"From today onwards, before noon after the early dynasty, the criminal Cao is still working in the Lizheng Palace, and if there is a difficult case, the palace will judge it, and you will listen to it carefully."

"The minister will obey the decree." Lao Shangshu obeyed the order, and he was weak, like a defeated chicken.

"The ministers will obey the decree." The rest of the people also hurried to respond.

"Then let's talk about the corpse shredding case in Huaizhou today, you all know the facts of the case, right?" The queen picked out a dossier and was still looking at it, but the torturers felt that their faces were tight, and they said in their hearts, miserable!

At the beginning of last month, fishermen in the upper reaches of the Huai Jiang River fished out a corpse while fishing, and five days later, another fisherman in the lower reaches fished out a corpse piece, because the upper and lower reaches of the Huai River are separated by 100 miles, and the place where the corpse pieces were fished out belonged to two counties, and the county government reported to the state government, but they said that the parts of the corpses found were not connected, and the corpses were eaten by fish and crabs, so it was difficult to determine the time of death, and it was not even easy to say whether it was on the same corpse, and this case became a difficult case.

The most troublesome thing for the government is the corpse fragmentation case, especially the corpse fragmentation case that is far away from the two places, because the states and counties are far away, it takes time and effort to transmit official documents and exchange cases, and the corpse pieces are often rotten during transportation, and often the yamen is still searching for the corpse parts, and the rumors have already caused panic in the people. If the yamen could not solve the case, the people scolded the government for being incompetent, and the imperial court also reprimanded the local state government for its ineffective handling of the case.

So, Huaizhou Assassin Shi found an excuse, saying that the place where the body was found at the beginning was in the upper reaches of the Huaijiang River, and the Huaijiang River was connected to the Bianhe River, and the body pieces were likely to be washed down from the Bianhe River, so the deceased and the murderer were in Bianzhou, and the case should be investigated by Bianzhou. Of course, Bianzhou refused to accept it, saying that the body parts were found within the jurisdiction of Huaizhou and should be inspected by Huaizhou.

This case was kicked around like this, and finally the torture Cao was kicked in.

Who is the queen today? Although the prison officials have not been in the palace for a long time, the queen's likes and dislikes are still known. In this case, the government's troublesome behavior must have made her hateful, and she brought this case out today, and I am afraid that a reprimand is inevitable.

So, no one dared to answer for a while, just shrunk their necks and waited to be scolded.

The queen asked, "What do you think about this case?" ”

Yes?

The prisoners' mouths were wide open, and their faces looked as if they had been pardoned.

Fu Laoshangshu was the first to react, and coughed: "Back to Her Royal Highness the Queen, the old minister has inquired, before and after the incident, there was no rain at the junction of the two states, but there were many rapids in the Huaijiang River, and the corpse meat was eaten by fish and crabs, and only the skeleton remained, and it was possible that it would be washed out for more than 100 miles in four or five days." According to the autopsy reports submitted by the two counties, the corpse meat was eaten by fish and crabs, but the upstream piece was eaten less to a lesser extent than the downstream one, so Lao Chen believes that it cannot be ruled out that the corpse parts fished out from the two counties are from the same corpse, but whether the corpse was dumped in the Bianhe River or the Huaijiang River, this ...... It's hard to say. ”

The waiter said: "Weichen thinks that no matter where the corpse is thrown, the river will wash the corpse downstream. Yiyang Zhixian had ordered people to salvage in the river, but it was the rainy season before it was found, and several rains in the past few months rushed so much, and the corpses in the river did not know where they went. At the moment, there are too few clues in this case. ”

The queen listened quietly, and after listening to it, asked, "Is there anything else you want to add?" ”

The torturers looked at each other, and finally said in unison: "The ministers all think that there are too few clues in this case. ”

In other words, there is a chance that the best will not be broken.

The torturers lowered their heads, not daring to look at the queen's face.

The hall was silent, and the queen's tone was as usual when she gave her instructions, not so much as an instruction, but a teaching, "When there are too few clues in a case and there is a bottleneck in solving the case, what should be done is not to look outside, but to return to the beginning - take back your gaze, re-investigate the scene, and re-examine the body, and new clues are often hidden in the old clues." ”

This is the first time I have heard this, Fu Laoshangshu carefully tasted the words "return to the original", and the bright color in his eyes showed a difficult color as soon as he was born, "However, the corpse was found by fishermen on the river, and the corpse is incomplete, what else can be detected after re-examination?" ”

"Bone examination! The murder weapon, the location of the corpse, and what the murderer did for a living may all be rewarded. ”

“…… Is what the mother said true? Fu Laoshangshu hissed, and he didn't notice the disrespectful words in surprise.

The queen didn't think it was angry, but said: "Pass." ”

The torturers didn't know what to say, but they saw that the palace people heard the decree and retreated.

In the imperial court, the nobles saw that the palace people came out of the Lizheng Palace, and entered the east side hall along the corridor behind the main hall, and when they came out, they held a tray in their hands, which were full of livestock and poultry flesh and bones, some large pieces, some small pieces, although they had been slaughtered, they were all raw, and the flesh and blood were fresh. The palace people passed through the corridor in an orderly manner with plates, and the nobles smelled the fishy wind wafting in, thinking about the corpse crushing case that was being discussed in the hall, and felt that their stomachs were churning, and they hurriedly covered their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs, not daring to look more.

In the hall, the queen's words came out.

"These are the animals that have been requisitioned from the imperial dining room, and the cattle, sheep, pigs, and chickens have all been slaughtered and slaughtered. Let's start with the leg bones. ”

There was a low and earnest voice in the hall, and then a prisoner replied.

"Back to the queen's mother, there are two corbel bones in the plate, the section on the left is collapsed, there is a state of cracking, and the right side also has a state of bone cracking, but the section is much smoother."

"What does that mean?"

"Description...... The murder weapon is different. ”

"That's right, the left leg bone was broken, and the right leg bone was cut off." The queen paused, "Look at that plate of pork bones again." ”

"Back to the queen's mother, the pork bones also seem to have been broken, but ...... The one on the left looks similar to a broken cow bone, but the one on the right has several round sockets. ”

"What does that mean?"

"Description...... Or is the murder weapon different! ”

"That's right, the same was broken, the left bone was broken by the back of the axe, and the right bone was broken by a round hammer."

The ministers made a sudden sound.

"Look at the lamb bones again."

"Back to the queen's mother, the two sheep bones were cut off, but one can be seen to be cracked, and the other is not, obviously the murder weapon is different!" When the torturer replied, excitement could be heard in his tone.

"Hmm. The left bone was cut off by the blade of an axe, and the right bone was cut off with a kitchen knife. ”

"The meaning of the queen is that although the corpse is gone, the murder weapon can still be detected through the bones?"

"Not only that, but look at those two plates of chickens and ducks."

"This ...... Shu Chen and the others could not see what the two plates of chickens and ducks were cut off, but they could only see that one plate was cut cleanly, and the other plate was broken and the skin was broken, and the bone residue was pierced. ”

The queen hummed lightly and said, "These two plates of chickens and ducks are cut with kitchen knives in the imperial dining room, but the people who use knives are different." The person who chops the chicken leg is the imperial chef, so he chops it neatly. The person who cut the duck's leg was a palace maid, and she was not good at using a knife because of her unfamiliarity with cooking, so she had broken bones and stabbed her hands. ”

The queen's voice was faint, but a word stirred up a thousand waves, and the palace suddenly sighed.

The queen said: "Axes, hammers, knives, scissors, sticks and sawing stones, and different murder weapons must have different forms left on the bones." How long the knife is, how thick the axe is, how thick the club, how dense the serrations are - what are the characteristics of the murder weapon, the corpse will speak! ”

In the same way, the murderer's temperament, habits, and even what he did to make a living, the corpse will also tell us - if the wound of the corpse is clean and neat, the murderer may be ruthless, and may be doing slaughtering, stealing and other activities related to killing. On the other hand, the murderers may be ordinary people, or they may have nothing to do with the business of killing. ”

"In dismemberment cases, the usual murder weapons are knives, axes and saws. There are kitchen knives, wood knives, knives, and knives; The axe has a long blade, a thick blade, a round back and a square back; Saws also have the difference of serrated tips round and dense. It is worth mentioning that it is not easy to divide the body, the knife and axe may curl the blade, the saw may break the tooth, be sure to order a careful examination of the body, and pay attention to the cross-sectional characteristics of the corpse, so as to determine the murder weapon and narrow the scope of the investigation. ”

"Also, I want the Huaizhou Prefecture Yacha to check the tools for throwing corpses. At present, the place where the crime occurred and the place where the body was dismembered are not yet known, but the body pieces were thrown in the middle of the river, and the murderer must have been on a boat. Judging from the fact that no cloth bag was found in the two body parts, the body pieces may have been thrown directly into the river, and there is a possibility that the body will be divided on the boat, although it is only possible, but it also needs to be carefully investigated! What kind of ship can dismember bodies on board without being easily found? Order Huaizhou and Bianzhou to investigate suspicious ships within a radius of two hundred miles from Jiangkou County! ”

The queen said, and there was no sound in the palace for a long time, until the eunuch in charge coughed, and the torturers reacted.

"Lao Chen will send a document to Huaizhou, and order Jiangkou County and Yiyang County to do it quickly!" Fu Lao Shangshu's voice trembled slightly, changed his initial annoyance, and excitedly received Yi's will.

"Then by the way, I will issue one more official document, ordering Guanzhou to search for the remains along the lower reaches of the Huaijiang River, and send them to Huaizhou immediately after they are found." The queen said again.

"Guanzhou?"

Guanzhou is in the lower reaches of the Huai River, four or five hundred miles away from Yiyang County.

Lao Shangshu asked: "The meaning of the queen is that the heavy rain in the past month may have washed the bones out of three or four hundred miles and entered the river in Guanzhou?" ”

The waiter said: "It's not impossible! It's just that the river in Guanzhou is wide, and it is now in the season of rising water, so I am afraid that it will not be easy to sail. Even if you can sail, salvaging a few broken corpses in the middle of a large river is no different from looking for a needle in a haystack, and you may not be able to find anything. ”

The queen said: "You don't need to go to the center of the river to fish, just search by the river." ”

"By the river? This...... The old minister is stupid, and he hopes that the queen mother will make it clear. ”

"You know that rivers will wash bones downstream, but you also need to know that the smaller and lighter the bones, the farther they will be swept by the current. And the further the bones go downstream, the more they drift to both sides of the river, and if you draw a diagram to show this, you will see that the bones move in the shape of a droplet, the wider the river, the faster the flow of water, and the greater the range of the droplets, as for the calculation of the range, it depends on experience. ”

While the queen was talking, a palace man walked down with a basin of water, and poured a plate of duck meat crackling on the jade bricks.

The prisoners took a breath, thinking of the river washing away the bones, and immediately understood why the queen said that the bones were by the river.

"Actually, the situation under the river is much more complicated than what you can see in this temple, and it is possible that the mud, hidden passages, and boulders can intercept the corpses under the water, but some of them must have been washed up to the river. Ordered Guanzhou to search carefully along the riverside, and there will be something to be found! ”

"Wait for the ministers to do it immediately!" The torturers were so excited that their voices trembled, and when they were about to leave, everyone couldn't help but look at the bones that came out of the well of the cold palace.

This corpse has been placed on the palace since it was moved, and the queen has not said what it will be used for.

"This corpse is today's homework, someone will send it to the torture Cao later, after you go back, you need to order to verify whether the bone damage is injured before or after death, what kind of murder weapon was done, tomorrow."

As soon as he heard that there was still homework, the official Cao couldn't help but smile bitterly. When an official reaches this level, he still has to do the homework left by his master, and I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate.

"The ministers will obey the decree!"

"That's all for today, kneel down." When the words fell, the queen had already risen from the phoenix chair.

The ministers hurriedly knelt down to see off the phoenix, and did not exit the hall until the queen left.

After the establishment of the palace, the eunuch's singing and announcing woke up the long-waiting nobles of the eight mansions.

"The phoenix is here—kneeling—"

The ladies gritted their teeth and knelt down, their handkerchiefs secretly wringing out flowers under their sleeves, their eyes flying out of their eyes, staring closely as far as they could see.

It was nearly noon, there was no wind in the court, but a piece of clothing was carried by the summer breeze.

The dress was as white as Qiong, and the corners of the skirt were embroidered with light-colored magnolias. Magnolia is a single branch, the branches are hanging flowers, the road is like a cloud of flowers, the flower branches are covered with snow, the snow comes with people, and the court is full.

At this time, the flowers are vibrant, and the magnolia is not lined with the solar terms, but it is like a wonder in the world, which amazes the delicate guests in the court.

The guests involuntarily raised their heads, only to see a slight cloud covering the east of the palace, the queen came from the political palace, the jade was wearing a magnolia skirt at the beginning, the ice bone was cold and the only branch, the sun and the moon were shining, and the bright stream was shadowed.

The guests were dumbfounded, and when they woke up, the queen had entered the Chengqian Palace.

"Biography - the noble daughter of the Eight Mansions enters the palace to meet ——" Maopu Chinese