"What's going on?" When I arrived, they were cleaning up Qu Jie's body, and I watched as the palace people covered Qu Jie's body with a white cloth, and then commanded to carry her out.

My arrival blocked the door and forced them to stop. Taking advantage of the time when they put Qu Jie's body down, I grabbed in front of everyone and lifted the white cloth covering Qu Jie's body.

It's her, it's really her.

"How so?" I turned around and asked, trying to know what was going on, but before I could explain, I shouted, "Why is this happening?" ”

A group of palace people around him, from busy to still, stood there silently, and no one spoke first.

"Sister." Hou Yue chased after me from behind and grabbed me, afraid that I would have another incident, "Let's go back first." ”

In the crowd, at this time, a figure that I was familiar with came out, and he did not hide or hide after seeing me, but walked over quietly.

"Cheng-sama, why are you here?" I asked.

Cheng Jing bowed down and raised his hand after listening to my questioning in such an unkind tone, "Back to the girl's words, it seems that the girl doesn't know that Cheng Jing inherited the position of the father's supervisor, and now all the big and small things in the palace need to be handled by the ministers and other supervisors." As the girl knows, she is not only responsible for the basic needs of the royal blood who have committed crimes in the prison, but also for supervising the king's wedding and assisting the other departments of the palace to cooperate in the completion of the ceremony. ”

Now that someone is dead here, Cheng Jing can still explain his position to me without changing his face and heartbeat, as if all this is normal for him.

"I see, Lord Cheng." I did hear Yun Chu mention that Cheng Jing's father, Master Cheng Si, was the eunuch in this palace, but I didn't know what the eunuch was at that time. I went back to Qu Jie's matter, "Here, what happened?" ”

"I wonder in what capacity the girl is asking about this?" Cheng Jing was unmoved, "Is it Miss Qu's friend?" The monarch's wife-to-be? Or ......"

"Then for Cheng Daren, what kind of identity can ask about this matter?" I did have some emotions, Qu Jie's sudden death was beyond my plan, after all, I saw the bodies of their father and daughter one after another, which ...... me "No matter what it is, if the identity that Lord Cheng thinks can make you tell me the answer happily, it is that identity." ”

Although Cheng Jing hesitated for a moment, fortunately, he was experienced, and quickly came back to his senses, tepidly, "In this case, if the girl wants to ask, just ask the minister." ”

He called himself a minister to me, how could I not hear the hints in his words, but now is not the time for me to worry about this, "How did Miss Qu die?" ”

Cheng Jing was just about to reply.

I was anxious to ask, "Is it suicide?" ”

"It's not." Cheng Jing couldn't see anything unusual, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, I'm afraid he would really think that he and Qu Jie had never seen a relationship. "Miss Qu was poisoned and murdered, but this kind of poisoner has never been seen, and the answer needs to be given after the autopsy."

Qu Jie was poisoned?

I was vaguely relieved to hear that she wasn't suicidal. Although I know what I have done, but I took her to see Lord Qu during the day today with ulterior motives, I am not surprised that Lord Qu will commit suicide, but I didn't expect him to do it in such a decisive way, I want to do what I want to do to Qu Jie has not been done, and I haven't had time to digest Lord Qu just crashed into my eyes like that, but I didn't expect Qu Jie to die again. If she also committed suicide......

"Niyin Girl?" Cheng Jing couldn't help but scream when he saw me wandering.

"Go on." I say.

"According to what the minister knows, it should have started after Miss Qu returned to her house arrest this afternoon, this abandoned palace." Cheng Jing has sorted out all kinds of information, "The palace people who guarded this palace said that when she was escorted back in the afternoon, she was in a trance, her consciousness was decadent, and she was extremely lost, but at that time they were not aware of Miss Qu's other conditions, according to the condition that she could walk back by herself, the minister thought that when Miss Qu returned here, she should have only been extremely sad after experiencing Lord Qu's suicide, and she was not poisoned. ”

The maid in charge of bringing dinner in the palace at that time also confirmed that when she brought dinner, Miss Qu was still alive, and she was in a very bad mood at that time, scolding her and kicking her out of the room. Later, when the maid came to collect the dishes, she had already seen Miss Qu lying motionless on the bed. ”

"Isn't that maid suspicious? Qu Jie only saw her in the middle, since Qu Jie was poisoned, and she happened to be here to deliver food, then she had the opportunity to poison Qu Jie's food, so that Qu Jie was poisoned and died, and then pretended to be casual to clean up the dishes and find Qu Jie's body. "I instinctively quickly found the first person who was suspicious, and it all happened to be in line with what Cheng Jing said.

"That's true, and the minister also suspected that Miss Qu's death had something to do with the maid who brought dinner." Cheng Jing only politely denied my speculation, "Later, the minister entered the room to record the situation in the room after the incident, but found that Miss Qu did not eat the dinner sent by the maid before she died. Dinner was well placed on the table, and even the chopsticks were clean. The palace attendants guarding the door confirmed that it was indeed the dinner sent by the maid before, which they had checked, and that when the maid returned here to clean up the dishes, she came empty-handed. There is no possibility of changing dinner later. However, whether Miss Qu had dinner or ate something else will have to wait for an autopsy to be determined. ”

Qu Jie didn't eat dinner?! And how did she get poisoned?!

"By the way, Lord Cheng, I just heard you say that when the maid came to clean up, Miss Qu was lying on the bed? So how can you be sure that she didn't commit suicide? Rather, he was poisoned? "When I think of Cheng Jing's sentence, I can't figure it out.

Cheng Jing turned around, and he pointed to the room behind him, "That's right, the maid who came to clean up the dishes had already told the palace people outside as soon as she noticed that Miss Qu was wrong." When the palace people informed the ministers to arrive, Miss Qu was lying on the bed, but she looked very strange. Not only did she not have the basic characteristics of a person who would normally kill herself by drinking poison, but instead she could see a strange texture on her bare forearm, as well as her own scratches. When the girl came in just now, she should have seen Miss Qu's appearance, her expression was very hideous, as if she didn't expect someone to kill her suddenly. The minister thought that if Miss Qu committed suicide, she would never show such a strange appearance before she died, and since she decided to die, she should be very calm. ”

What Cheng Jing said is also what I doubt. Just like how I felt when I first saw Qu Jie's corpse, since the murderer could have done it in such a short time as the maid had brought dinner and came to the maid to collect the dishes, it was better to poison her. How exactly was the man poisoned? In general, there will be at least a certain reaction, and it is impossible to say that Qu Jie died immediately after being poisoned, without any struggle at all. What's more, Cheng Jing also mentioned that Qu Jie's forearm not only has strange textures, but also her own scratches, which proves that she still felt when Qu Jie was poisoned, is the texture a reaction to poison? What can Qu Jie's scratches indicate? Could it be that there is a very itchy sensation in a poison attack? That's why she's going to catch ...... If she could have been caught at that time, why was there no movement in the room at all? Since they have struggled, it is impossible for the palace people guarding outside not to hear any movement, unless someone is lying.

What makes me very concerned is that since Qu Jie felt it at that time, why didn't she ask for help? Still lying on the bed? Is it deliberately pretending to be self-defeating? It's weird.

"Wait a minute, Lord Cheng will go and report this matter to the monarch." I put aside my thoughts for the time being, this kind of thing happened, it is impossible for Cheng Jing not to tell Yuan He, someone was poisoned in the palace, and Qu Jie's identity is very sensitive now.

"Yes." Cheng Jing responded.

"Well, I'll ask him later." All the clues now are too messy, and Cheng Jing's reaction makes me think that he may have something to say here in front of so many people, so it is better to wait for him to meet Yuan Hyuk, and I will ask again. After thinking about it, I felt that it was time to stop here, so I walked up to Cheng Jing's side, "Master Cheng, since you said just now, all the big and small things in this palace are in your charge, I don't know if I want to find someone......"

"Who is the girl looking for?" Cheng Jing unexpectedly didn't refuse, but this is probably because it's what he should do.

"I don't remember clearly, I only know that his name is Ah Cheng, his surname is Zhao, and he has an old mother at home who opened a hotel in Xiangcheng. The last time I saw him, when he was besieged by the Bodhisattva Wind...... "I can only say these things that I can remember."

"Okay, I'll tell someone to check it later." Cheng Jing even agreed.

Trixie, who had just arrived with me, was about to leave.

Cheng Jing stopped me out loud, "Niyin girl......"

I stopped and turned my head to look at him, not knowing what he was trying to say. Cheng Jing hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't say what he originally wanted to say, just said, "Be careful on the road." ”

Two days have passed, and I don't see Cheng Jing coming here to talk to Yuan He, but these two yen He seems to be a little too busy, and he only comes back after I fall asleep every night, and leaves before I wake up, I know that he came back because of the ink in the inkstone on the bookcase.

I don't know if it's because of the Qu family, but it's just that the palace has been surprisingly calm for the past two days, and I haven't heard any strange gossip. It's just that I have too many doubts about Qu Jie's death, so I decided to go to Yuan He in person today, and calculated the time for him to go to the early court, and I asked Hou Yue to inquire about where Yuan He is now.

Before Hou Yue came back, Cui Xi came in and said, "Girl, Lord Cheng has brought someone to ask to see." ”

Cheng Jing? He's finally here! With a person? Will it be Ah Cheng?

"Please." I said hurriedly.

After a while, Cui Xi led Cheng Jing in, and Ah Cheng followed behind Cheng Jing, looking much sloppy, not like he had seen in Xiangcheng before.

"Niyin Girl?" When Ah Cheng saw me, he immediately recognized me.

"Niyin girl, the person you asked the minister to find, the minister brought it to you." Cheng Jing bowed and instructed Ah Cheng behind him, "This Niyin girl is the lady who is about to marry the monarch, so she must not be rude." ”

When Ah Cheng heard this, he lowered his head and trembled.

"Ah Cheng, it's only been a month since Xiangcheng was separated, why are you so embarrassed? I wonder how Aunt Zhao is now? I said hello.

Ah Cheng gritted his teeth, "I went half a month ago." ”

I was stunned, I almost didn't come back to my senses, and I suddenly felt very uncomfortable, I went half a month ago? "What's going on? Is it related to the siege of Xiangcheng in the first place, tell me about it......"

"Neon Girl." Cheng Jing interrupted us, "The minister still has important matters to discuss with His Majesty, so I won't bother the girl and her old friends to catch up." ”

Cheng Jing said that he was leaving, and I was just about to ask.

I heard Hou Yue shouting as he ran back, "Sister, I inquired, His Majesty the monarch has already played the early dynasty, and now he is playing chess with Lord Meng in the Chaoxia garden." ”

"In that case, it's just right. Master Cheng, let's go together, it just so happens that you are also here, I was thinking of asking you about Qu Jie's killing. I looked at Ah Cheng and thought for a while, "You come with me, I'll take you to meet the monarch." Since Aunt Zhao is gone, it is better for you to stay in the palace, the palace is so big, it shouldn't be difficult to find a job for you, and it can be regarded as a reward for keeping me in the hotel when I was down. ”

Ah Cheng clenched his fists, thought for a moment, and nodded.

"Sister, what about me?" Hou Yue looked at Ah Cheng carefully several times, as if he had an impression of Ah Cheng, but looking at his eyes, he knew that he was just confused. Hearing that I told Ah Cheng to let him stay and take him to see the monarch, Hou Yue asked impatiently.

"You can stay here, so that someone breaks in while I'm away." I said, appeased Hou Yue, and then took Ah Cheng and walked towards the garden with Cheng Jing.

Along the way, Ah Cheng walked with his head down and didn't say a word.

I asked him curiously, "Since you were separated in Xiangcheng, you must have had a hard time this month, right?" ”

Ah Cheng didn't answer, and he already knew the answer by looking at him. I walked in front of Cheng Jing and I side by side a little behind, and Ah Cheng followed directly behind me, when I was talking to him, I accidentally noticed that he looked at Cheng Jing very carefully several times, as if he minded Cheng Jing very much.

I said nothing more to him. I had to ask Cheng Jing again, "Lord Cheng, you went to see the monarch, but did you have a new clue because of Qu Jie's matter?" ”

"Back to the girl, it's really because of Miss Qu's matter, but there are no new clues now." Cheng Jing replied politely, respectfully, calmly.

I lost my temper, but fortunately, the dormitory was far away from Chaoxia, and before I got close, I had already seen Yuan He playing against Master Meng in the garden. (To be continued.) )