Chapter 240: Nanyuan
"This kid seems to be loyal at the moment - he is not on good terms with his parents and elders at home, and I am afraid that there is no other way to go except to be loyal."
"I'm afraid that he will learn from his own master......"
Gonggong Zhang didn't know whether he was sharing his worries for the emperor or taking eye medicine for Guangsheng.
Zhu Di suddenly glanced at him lightly, "I heard that you have a good relationship with his father Shen Yuan?" ”
Gonggong Zhang was also frightened, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Emperor Mingjian, when the slave and the maid were in the Yanwang Mansion before, they often worked together and were familiar with each other, but the slave and maid knew that colluding with foreign ministers was a capital crime, and they would never dare to commit it!" ”
"It's just a joke, why are you so alarmed, get up."
Zhu Di didn't seem to care, but Grandpa Zhang didn't dare to wipe the cold sweat on his face, but he just watched the movement below with Zhu Di, and didn't dare to say more.
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Guangsheng took each rubbing, compared it with the one in his hand, and squinted his eyes to look at the subtle differences.
Even if it is the same batch of firing and casting, after many years of use, because of the movement of water lines, sun and rain, the pattern of the bottom of the cylinder will be slightly different, and no two are exactly the same.
After Guangsheng compared, he finally found the exact same pattern, and when he asked the location, it turned out to be from Nanyuan!
He was shocked in his heart - Nanyuan was the most remote corner of the palace, and it was inhabited by palace people who had been convicted as slaves, or palace concubines who were degraded and neglected, and no one usually wanted to go there.
However, another coincidence and suspicion is that Xihuamen, where the accident occurred that night, only needs to pass through a corner of the road from Nanyuan, and you can reach it from a bamboo forest and a low hill.
Guangsheng rushed away like a whirlwind with people.
Although Nanyuan is located in the middle of nowhere, it is not very desolate.
The deep and winding alleys are like a labyrinth, the pink walls are slightly peeling and discolored, but the green bricks are still heavy and dignified, and the glazed tiles glitter in the daylight, making the surroundings more and more silent.
Guangsheng and his group drove straight in, and no one came to receive and interrogate. Only a few old eunuchs sat on the platform, lazily basking in the sun, and glanced at them from afar.
Guangsheng and everyone came to the door of the instrument a few steps, and sure enough, two gilded copper cylinders were safely separated on both sides, and a captain of Jinyiwei climbed up and used ink to extend it again, and Guangsheng confirmed that it was exactly right!
Sure enough, the corpse had been placed in this vat!
In other words, there is a good chance that the person who stole the corpse will be haunting the neighborhood!
Guangsheng motioned for everyone to disperse and search, but the large area in front of the main hall was empty, and someone cleaned it every day. If there were any clues, they would have been cleaned up long ago.
He frowned slightly, and walked along the back road, but in front of him was a small courtyard that was still intact, and he was about to step forward, but a female official in her forties appeared in the courtyard, she was dressed in palace clothes, and she was a little surprised to see the shining flying fish suits of the brocade guards, but she still stepped forward to stop her. "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the residence of the palace maids, and it is inconvenient for you to enter."
These words made all the sons and daughters stop, a little embarrassed. Guangsheng smiled slightly, and the grace between his eyebrows made the female official stunned for a moment, "The residence of the ladies in the palace." Of course, it is inconvenient for us to search at will, so it is better for my aunt to accompany me in to have a look, which can be regarded as doing our duty. ”
The female officer reluctantly agreed-probably because there were really no powerful people on Nanyuan's side. I can't afford to provoke this group of brocade guards, if I change the palace of the two concubines Zhang and Wang, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.
The courtyard overlapped and set, and the people living in it were all young girls in green palace clothes, and suddenly saw a man entering, and they all hid behind the curtains and pillars to watch secretly, but no one dared to whisper, obviously the rules were taught well.
Guangsheng led his Jinyi guard officers to search around without squinting, and found nothing suspicious, and wanted to ask them separately, but the female officer looked embarrassed and pushed back, Guangsheng glanced at her, and suddenly the wolf-like captain of the Jinyi guard stepped forward to drag her away, and the rest of the people ordered the palace maids to line up in six columns and enter six rooms for interrogation alone.
The palace maids had never seen this battle, some of them shook into chaff, some of them cried out of nowhere, and some of them wanted to run into the room to dodge, and suddenly the entire atrium was in chaos.
"If there is any more dodging and crying, you can only be regarded as accomplices of the chaotic party."
Guangsheng's sentence was said with a high spirit, and the palace maids around him heard it clearly, seeing that this group of brocade guards were so reckless and there were no chamberlains to stop them, they suddenly felt desperate, sobbing quietly and obediently obeying orders.
Li Sheng was a little apprehensive, and lowered his voice beside Guangsheng: "Although it is to investigate the case, this is always the inner palace of the imperial city, and some of it is too public, and it is transmitted to the ears of Banzai, which is quite unfavorable to you." ”
Guangsheng's face was indifferent, and he didn't even move his eyebrows, "We don't have much time, if we can't solve the case, even if we are praised for flowers, Jinyiwei will have to close the door and be dismissed, if we can solve the case smoothly, even if we are more domineering, the saint will not be guilty." ”
"But if you offend these people in the palace, I'm afraid that someone with a heart will add two more sentences of right and wrong, and the courtiers are afraid that they will impeach us for ......"
"If the Jinyi Guard is as respectful and humble as Wenchen, the Holy Lord will be truly displeased--which eagle dog have you ever seen with this temperament?"
Guangsheng's face showed a look of sarcasm, but this sentence made Li Sheng speechless. He turned and was about to go around the apse to take a look, when suddenly he snorted - turned and looked back, frowning at the palace maids in six neat rows, as if he were searching for something among them.
"My lord, what's wrong?"
In the face of Li Sheng's inquiry, Guangsheng's brows furrowed even tighter, his eyes were crystal clear but awe-inspiring, and he forced his eyes to patrol in the crowd, and the palace maids let out a burst of exclamation, and they all wanted to dodge but were afraid of angering him, and suddenly the team was a little chaotic.
The moment he turned around, there was obviously a cold and dark gaze, peeking at him from the palace maid team, forming a strange feeling behind him, like a thorn in his back, which immediately alerted him!
Who the hell?!
He looked around, but he couldn't find anything unusual, and he took a few steps forward to see it clearly, but it caused the sobbing to become louder.
Li Sheng saw that this was about to make trouble again, and he felt confused, and he was surprised to look around to see if there was anything abnormal, but under the eyes of the two of them, they were all slender girls who were like flowers and jade, and they didn't find anything wrong under the dazzle.
Guangsheng pursed his lips slightly, and finally left, but that shocking glance made him definitely not an illusion - among the palace maids, there must be someone hiding!
The interrogation was long and tedious, until the sun went down and the sky was completely dark, and the eaves, cloisters, and courtyards were lit with lights, and the procession in the courtyard was still slowly creeping forward. (To be continued......)