The ladies were timid, and when they heard that the dead man was dead, they all screamed in fright.

"Don't move!" Shen Bai scolded sharply, "Everyone is standing in place, they are not allowed to go anywhere, if the murderer takes advantage of the chaos to escape, everyone will not be able to escape." ”

Shen Bai's tone was heavy, full of threats and warnings, these ladies and young ladies are held at home on weekdays, where are they willing to listen to her?

Just as he was about to ask Shen Bai what qualifications he had to give orders here, Zhao Mingyi stood up and said loudly: "According to what the Dongfang girl said, everyone stays where they are, and those who violate the order will be punished as the murderer and the same party!" ”

Zhao Mingyi is a princess, and the weight of her words is naturally different from Shen Bai's, and everyone endures their tempers and quiets down.

Shen Bai said to Zhao Mingxi: "The fifth prince is mainly in the town here, and the sixth princess of Lao will go to the front hall and let the prime minister or the general Gu come to visit." ”

Zhao Mingxi nodded and headed towards the front hall, and Shen Bai had time to check on Zhao's body.

Zhao was already exhausted, his eyes widened, his face was full of shock and horror, he didn't expect that he would lose his life when he came to a birthday banquet.

The ladies and ladies who were at the same table with the Zhao family were all far away, for fear of being contaminated with bad luck, and some were even so frightened that they cried.

Shen Bai didn't touch Zhao's body, covered Zhao's face with a handkerchief, and then got up and asked the ladies and ladies at the same table: "Is there anything that Zhao has eaten on this table but no one else has eaten?" ”

The men looked at each other and talked about sweet tea, fish, pastries, and clam soup, but for each one they said, someone said they had eaten it.

After some discussion, the food on the table was the same as that of Zhao.

It stands to reason that there should be no problem with the meal, otherwise it would not be just the Zhao family.

However, Shen Bai did not rush to make this conclusion, after all, people were in trouble at the banquet, and she was not from Dali Temple, so what she said was not convincing.

Everyone waited anxiously, and after a while, Zhou Jue came to the women's guest area with a large group of Praetorian Guards, and said in a deep voice: "Commander Gu was poisoned during the banquet, life and death are uncertain, Your Majesty has an order, everyone stays in place, and no one can leave without an edict!" ”

Originally, the death of the Zhao family was very panicked and scared, but now that Gu Hengzhou has also been poisoned, everyone's hearts are hanging in their throats.

Shen Bai didn't expect this to happen, and couldn't help but ask Zhou Jue: "How is the current situation of Commander Gu?" What kind of poison is in him? Is there an antidote? ”

Zhou Jue looked around and said in a deep voice: "The doctor from the hospital has arrived, and the specific situation depends on the doctor's diagnosis." ”

That's where the situation is unclear.

Shen Bai pursed his lips, a little unsure whether this was a temporary emergency or a play that Gu Hengzhou and Zhao Che discussed and acted into.

When the Praetorian Guards arrived at the banquet, they were all armed with broadswords, guarding every ten steps, and everyone was under their surveillance, and the atmosphere became delicate and tense.

After arranging the sentry, Zhou Jue said to Shen Bai: "Please come with me from the Oriental girl." ”

Shen Bai got up and followed Zhou Jue to the front hall.

In the front hall, Zhao Che and Shen Ruxiu were sitting together, and there were officials from Dali Temple next to them, Gu Hengzhou didn't know where they were.

The good birthday banquet was forced to be interrupted, Shen Ruxiu's face was quite calm, Shen Bai walked into the hall and saluted according to the rules: "Iris, I will meet Your Majesty and the Prime Minister." ”

The officials of Dali Temple began to ask about Shen Bai's recent whereabouts, and Shen Bai answered truthfully, and after answering, the next person moved a chair and asked Shen Bai to sit down next to him.

The second one to come in was Murong Xuan, the officials of Dali Temple still asked those questions, Murong Xuan's movement trajectory was much simpler than Shen Bai's, he didn't leave the palace much, he spent most of his time in Nanchen Palace, and today he also came directly in the carriage arranged by the palace, and some of them were witnesses.

However, when asked who he had met after entering the mansion, Murong Xuan hesitated for a moment.

The birthday banquet of the Prime Minister's Mansion was destroyed, and the grand commander was poisoned and murdered, it was really not a trivial matter, and the people of Dali Temple immediately cheered up and stared at him, and Murong Xuan truthfully said that he met Zhao Mingyi and said a few words to her.

Zhaoling's men and women are quite guarded, Murong Xuan and Zhao Mingyi are the princes and princesses of the two countries, Zhao Mingyi has just separated from the people, and it is normal for the two to meet in private and it is inconvenient to say it.

Murong Xuan also sat down in the front hall after speaking, Zhao Mingyi was quickly invited, and like Murong Xuan, Zhao Mingyi also tried to hide the meeting between the two, but considering that the matter was serious, he finally said it.

The confessions of the two were matched, and the people of Dali Temple summoned their horsemen and the palace people who were waiting with them, and made sure that there was no suspicion, so they asked the Praetorian Guards to escort the two and Zhao Mingxi back to the palace.

The next person to summon is the Sun family, the Sun family's mood today has been up and down, ups and downs, as soon as he entered the door and saw Shen Ruxiu, he cried so badly, he couldn't imagine how a good birthday banquet became like this.

Shen Ruxiu briefly comforted her a few words, and then she answered the questions of these officials in Dali Temple, these days she has been staying at home in Ruoyuan, and there are only a few ladies of the family and Shen Bai who have been in contact today, and they have never stepped into the front hall.

She was still sick, she cried several times today, she was frightened again, and her face didn't look very good, Zhao Che let her go back to Xiruoyuan first.

Next, they will be summoned according to their status, and only if all the relevant people have confessed, they can be temporarily sent home to rest.

The relationship is too important, Zhao Che has been sitting next to him, and everyone has a spirit of 120,000 points, and they dare not slack off.

Gu Hengxiu was summoned in the evening.

Gu Tingge and Gu Huaijin came on the same road, after arriving at the Prime Minister's Mansion, they have been talking to Shen Ruxiu, and they have never contacted anyone else, and they are all close relatives of Gu Hengzhou, at this age, many things are underestimated, there is really no need to do this kind of thing, and when Ye Wanyu also finished answering, Zhao Che asked them to go back to rest first.

The next person who was summoned in was Gu Hengxiu, who was much thinner than the appearance he saw at the Chinese New Year's Eve palace banquet when Shen Bai first returned to Beijing, as thin as a piece of paper, and a random gust of wind could blow him away.

His face was a little pale, and he coughed for a while before he could speak after coming in, and Shen Bai was afraid that he would lose his breath if he coughed.

Seeing that he was really not in good health, Zhao Che gave him a seat, and the officials of Dali Temple still threw out those questions.

Gu Hengxiu's life is also quite monotonous, he is not in good health now, he is a full medicine jar, he can't stand the fatigue, he spends his days reading books and drinking medicine in the Guogong Mansion, and he will only go out when he receives this kind of banquet invitation.

Today he came with the Gu family's carriage, and after arriving at the Prime Minister's Mansion, he sat in the banquet and never went anywhere else.

After answering these questions, Gu Hengxiu couldn't breathe, and his eyes were half-closed, as if he was about to faint.

There is no discrepancy between these answers and what Gu Tingge said before, the officials of Dali Temple made a record and turned their heads to look at Zhao Che, if Zhao Che has no opinion, they will let Gu Hengxiu go first.

Zhao Che didn't speak, and the official of Dali Temple wiped the sweat from his forehead, cheered up and said, "There's no problem, Gu Ershao can go home and rest." ”

Gu Hengxiu thanked him, stood up slowly with his handrail, turned around and was about to leave, Shen Bai said softly: "Two young and slow." ”

Gu Hengxiu stopped, looked back at Shen Bai, and asked gently and gently, "Is there anything else going on with the Oriental girl?" ”

Everyone's eyes fell on Shen Bai, Shen Bai only looked at Gu Hengxiu, and asked calmly: "Since the Lantern Festival Palace banquet, has Er Shao really stayed in the Guogong Mansion and didn't go out until today?" ”

At this time, it was the key to the trial of the case, Shen Bai's words immediately made the atmosphere tense, Gu Hengxiu's expression did not change, and he said calmly: "That's true, although the young master of the Zhou Mansion also invited me to the full moon banquet later, I was in very poor health for the past few days, so I didn't go out." ”

He still insisted that he had not gone out, Shen Bai hooked his lips, smiled slightly, and said: "On the day of the beginning of spring, Lanyue Pavilion held an Oiran Race on the river, and I went on a cruise with Commander Gu, and happened to encounter the assassination of Prince Xiao. ”

The assassination of Oiran Sai and Prince Xiao, these two events were originally very memorable, not to mention that the two things collided together, and Gu Hengxiu didn't even have a reason to say that he had forgotten carelessly.

Gu Hengxiu pursed his lips and said after a while: "The Oriental girl and I have only met twice, and it is normal for the girl to mistake others for me when the lights are dim at night. ”

"I may admit my mistake, but Commander Gu has been marching and fighting for several years, and his insight is far more comparable, can he also admit his mistake?" Shen Bai retorted methodically.

Gu Hengxiu raised his eyes and looked at her, and insisted: "I really didn't go out that night, and I don't know if there was any misunderstanding in it. ”

Gu Hengxiu is full of confidence, obviously not afraid of people to investigate.

Shen Bai didn't accept this, and said to Zhao Che: "This matter is definitely not a kite's nonsense, when Commander Gu wakes up, His Majesty can ask him for verification, and his testimony will never be false." ”

"Gu Aiqing's words, I am naturally convinced."

Zhao Che replied, and the sweat on the foreheads of the officials of Dali Temple was even worse, and he hurriedly answered: "This matter still needs to be investigated, since there are doubts, please also ask Gu Ershao to stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion for the time being and not leave, and wait for all the investigation to be clear." ”

"Okay." Gu Hengxiu replied without hesitation, "I will definitely cooperate with the adult's investigation and bring the real culprit behind the scenes to justice." ”

Gu Hengxiu was taken to the vacant guest room by the Praetorian Guards to guard it first, Gu Hengjue was summoned in immediately, he was very sloppy, he was eating and drinking with people outside all day long, he went out early on the day of the beginning of spring, and spent a lot of money to buy the position on the Lanyue Pavilion painting boat to watch the Oiran Competition, and he didn't notice that Gu Hengxiu was haunting and going out that day.

Gu Hengjue's activity trajectory is easy to confirm, after all, Prince Xiao was assassinated, and he, as the person who painted the boat in Lanyue Pavilion, was naturally summoned and questioned by Dali Temple for the first time. Number Seven

Gu Hengjue was also let go, and a few more people were asked, and Jiang Qinse was summoned in.

After entering the door, she first knelt down and saluted, answering questions in a soft tone.

She had just come out of confinement, and considering that she was weak, Zhao Che also gave her a seat.

Jiang Qinseseen sat down, it was already dark outside, and the Praetorian Guards came in and lit the lamp.

The dim light illuminated the room, and Shen Bai noticed that Jiang Qinse's toes peeked out a little from under the hem of her skirt.

Royal blue, with golden fragments, a very delicate embroidery style, and the woman's feet that came down from Gu Heng's boat that night seemed to be the same pair.

This realization made Shen Bai feel quite incredible.

No matter how the Jiang family and the royal family fight openly and secretly, the Jiang family is a family with a history of hundreds of years in Zhaoling.

When Jiang De'an was a lieutenant, all the guests recruited were talented students, Jiang Qinse, as a concubine, was even more outstanding in Hanjing, she was already a wife, and she had just given birth to a child for Zhou Jue, how could she secretly have an affair with Gu Heng?

Is she crazy?

Shen Bai couldn't understand this matter at all, Jiang Qinse had already answered most of the questions, and as far as he could see, Zhou Jue in armor was already waiting outside the hall.

In order not to collude with the confession, he stood a little far away, and he couldn't hear what Jiang Qinse was saying here, as long as he came in after a while, and the confession was consistent with Jiang Qinse's, Jiang Qinse could leave.

Today, Zhou Jue did not come to the banquet, but to protect Zhao Che as the commander of the Praetorian Guard, he was wearing armor, with a big knife on his waist, and his back was straight, which was completely different from the young man who raised the bar with Shen Bai in the Tai Academy, and he had the manhood to stand up to the sky.

He had just become a father, no matter what Jiang Qinse was, Shen Bai was still happy for him from the bottom of his heart.

Shen Bai hesitated for a moment, but when the officials of Dali Temple opened their mouths to let Jiang Qinse leave, they still decided to speak.

The hand hidden in his sleeve clenched into a fist, Shen Bai looked at Jiang Qinse calmly, and asked gently, "Mrs. Zhou, may I ask where you were on the day of the beginning of spring?" ”

Jiang Qinse glanced at Shen Bai, as if she didn't expect her to ask this question, and said calmly after a while: "At that time, I was not out of confinement, and I was recuperating at home with children, why did the Oriental girl ask like this?" ”

Jiang Qinse's expression did not change, he was very calm, and he couldn't see the slightest abnormality, Shen Bai said truthfully: "Because I and Commander Gu also went on a cruise that night, and happened to see Gu Ershao's boat, but before Gu Ershao insisted that he hadn't gone out that day, I saw the shoes on Mrs. Zhou's feet, and I suddenly remembered that a girl got off Gu Ershao's boat that night, and the girl's whole body was tightly covered by a cloak, but she wore a pair of royal blue shoes like Mrs. on her feet, so I took the liberty to ask." ”

Jiang Qinse's eyes widened in surprise, and then her eyelashes trembled wildly, pointing at Shen Bai and scolding angrily: "I have no grievances with the Oriental girl, how can the Oriental girl be credible to open the river and say such insulting words to my reputation!" ”

"I'm sorry." Shen Bai sincerely apologized, and then said to Zhao Che: "Your Majesty, I think this girl in royal blue shoes is the key to proving Gu Ershao's innocence. ”

The official of Dali Temple asked suspiciously: "What special embroidery pattern does the royal blue shoes that the Oriental girl see?" ”

As soon as the man asked, Jiang Qinse immediately gritted his teeth, and the hand hidden in his sleeve clenched into a fist.

Shen Bai didn't answer immediately, and asked curiously: "Is there anything special about the embroidery pattern that the adult said?" ”

The man replied solemnly: "As far as the lower officials know, the shoes on Mrs. Zhou's feet are specially made by the Internal Affairs Office, and they were given together with the edict and reward given to Mrs. Zhou at His Majesty's Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, and others should not have them." ”

In other words, the shoes on Jiang Qinse's feet are unique.

Shen Bai lowered his eyes, his gaze fell on Jiang Qinse's shoe tip, which was only a little exposed, and after a while, Shen Bai shook his head and said truthfully: "At that time, it was too far away, and the night was dim, I couldn't see it very clearly. ”

According to Shen Bai's previous style, she could be sure that what she saw that night was the shoes on Jiang Qinse's feet, and she deceived Jiang Qinse, but Zhou Jue was standing outside the hall and waiting, Shen Bai really couldn't come up with the means of the previous life to deal with Jiang Qinse.

The officials of Dali Temple finally saw a glimmer of hope, refused to give up, and couldn't help but persuade: "Oriental girl, think about it again, did you see any other special people or things that night." ”

Shen Bai looked down at the embroidery on his sleeve, and said in a muffled voice: "At that time, the assassination of Prince Xiao attracted my attention, and I really didn't have the time to pay attention to the others, if Commander Gu woke up, the adults could ask him, maybe they could gain something." ”

The man was a little disappointed, but soon realized that he had offended Jiang Qinse like this, and hurriedly apologized to Jiang Qinse and asked her to go down to rest first.

Jiang Qinse was taken away by the Praetorian Guards, and Zhou Jue strode into the house.

Before answering the question, Zhou Jue first reported to Zhao Che about today's events.

Sun died of anger, and the body had been examined by the servants of Dali Temple, and she was arsenic, and there was a lot of it.

Arsenic is highly toxic, and Zhaoling has always had a law that stipulates that the stock of arsenic in pharmacies cannot be too much, and no matter how much it is, as long as it is sold, it must be recorded in the account.

Moreover, after Zhao Che succeeded to the throne, the people in the Ministry of Officials further improved the code guidelines, and the pharmacy had to take the initiative to go to Jing Zhaoyin every two months to register the dosage of arsenic and toxic drugs they sold, so that the government could easily access it.

The Praetorian Guards and the people from Dali Temple went to check the records together, but there were hundreds of pharmacies in Hanjing, and there were tens of thousands of records in two months, and it would take a lot of time to find out the eyebrows.

After Zhou Jue finished talking about these situations, he began to answer questions, his daily life is also quite monotonous, most of the time he is on an errand in the palace, dispatching the Praetorian Guards to be responsible for the security of the entire palace, and only going home every month when he is resting.

Shen Bai asked Gu Hengxiu and Jiang Qinse about the itinerary of Lichun that day, and the officials of Dali Temple asked a few regular questions, and specially asked Zhou Jue about the itinerary of Lichun that day.

Coincidentally, on the day of the beginning of spring, it happened to be the tenth day of the second month, and Zhou Jue was resting.

Zhou Jue was at home that day, after getting up in the morning, he first accompanied Zhou Deshan to practice stakes and horses in the backyard, accompanied Jiang Qinse to eat at noon, and accompanied the children for a while.

Zhou Deshan's leg is an old injury, after retiring from the battlefield, he has been insisting on training in the lieutenant battalion, the bones are seriously worn, and it will be painful and itchy every time the season changes.

After dinner in the evening, it didn't take long to hear that Prince Xiao had been assassinated, Zhou Jue went out of the house, and went to the scene to check the situation with the people of the night patrol division, and then he was busy until the second half of the night before going home.

Zhou Jue has a very deep memory of the events of that day, and there is no problem in answering them, and these are all witnesses, as long as you send someone to check, you can know.

The people in Dali Temple wrote them down, thought about it and asked: "After having dinner on the day of Commander Zhou Lichun, have you seen Mrs. Zhou when you heard about the assassination of Prince Xiao?" ”

This question was inexplicable, Zhou Jue's brows furrowed, and he instinctively felt strange, but he didn't hide it, thought about it carefully, and said the detailed process.

"That night, my father had an old disease, acupuncture for an afternoon, his spirit was not good, I used dinner in his room, after eating, I talked to him for a while, and when I saw that he was still not very well, I wanted to go to my wife's yard to take the child over to him to see, so that he could be relieved."

The officials of Dali Temple keenly grasped the details and asked, "Commander Zhou and Mrs. Zhou slept in the branch?" ”

This is all a matter of my own house, and it is not good to say it in front of so many people.

Zhou Jue's face was unnatural, and she said in a muffled voice: "She gave birth to a child and didn't sleep well, she always had to get up at night, and it was inconvenient for me to sleep in the hospital." ”

This is also normal, there are many families, and the wife sleeps in separate rooms after the diagnosis of the happy pulse.

"Did Commander Zhou see Mrs. Zhou that night?"

Zhou Jue shook his head and said, "Before I could see the child, I heard that Prince Xiao had been assassinated. ”

"That'...... When Commander Zhou went to see his wife that day, did he encounter anything strange? ”

This problem is a bit to the bottom of the matter, no matter how slow Zhou Jue is, he should know that there is a big problem here, he looked up at Shen Bai and Zhao Che, thought for a moment and said: "If you say no strange thing, it's just that I wanted to go in to see the child that day, and the maid who was waiting in the yard was a little prevaricating and obstructing." ”

After being a husband and wife for three years, even if Zhou Jue and Jiang Qinse disagree many times and have many contradictions, Zhou Jue doesn't want her to have an accident at this time, and immediately added: "On the day the child was born, I didn't rush back from an errand in the palace, and she was probably angry with me, so she refused to see me." ”

It is common for husband and wife to lose their temper, but choosing to lose their temper on that day will inevitably make people think about it.

The people from Dali Temple asked some more details and asked Zhou Jue to leave first, Jiang Qinse and Gu Hengxiu didn't seem to have anything to do with the poisoning incident at today's banquet, and the people in Dali Temple were a little unsure of how to deal with it.

Shen Bai opened his mouth and said: "Arsenic is a highly poisonous thing, and the Zhao family died of poison during the banquet, which means that the poison was only poisoned after she entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the interval between poisoning and poisoning will not exceed a quarter of an hour at most. ”

"Arsenic has a peculiar smell, if it is mixed in the food, it can barely hide people's ears and eyes, but if it does not affect other people, only poison Zhao, it is still a bit difficult, Weichen guessed that the person who poisoned should be familiar with Zhao, and let Zhao eat something before Zhao entered the table."

There was no difference between saying this and not saying it, and the other person immediately added: "The Zhao family is just an inner house woman, and generally speaking, no one will deliberately murder her, after all, if she is dead, it will not be of any benefit to others." ”

The person who spoke was a man in his early twenties, with a goatee on his chin, looking suave, Shen Bai tilted his head to look at him, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

Finally, I didn't hold my breath and jumped out.