"That's what makes you smart, ma'am." Xilingyue coped with it freely, "At the same time that Rongbao Pingzhai cast the golden screen, you asked the shopkeeper Liu to make two other screens out of porcelain clay, using the original painting of Xiao Shi Rongyu. The porcelain industry is prosperous, and the porcelain clay can imitate the texture of gold, silver and bronze, plus a layer of gold paint, which is enough to be fake and real from a distance. On the night of the hairpin feast, there were many ladies and girls, all of whom were courteous people, and the candles were dim, so no one would come forward to take a closer look. You used this method to make people think that the picture of the golden screen has changed. ”

"You must wonder how I found out about this," Xiling Yue ignored Madam Gao's increasingly strange face and continued, "It was that night that I escaped by jumping into the lake after the robbery, and swam back to Penglai Island, trying to take the opportunity to escape by blending in with the maidservants. Unexpectedly, as soon as I came ashore, I saw two servants of your house holding a sack and sneakily throwing it into the lake. At the time, I thought it was someone's body, but then I realized that it was two screens made of porcelain clay that you had broken and thrown into a sack and thrown into the lake. ”

At this point, Xiling Yue sighed: "That night, in addition to me, a servant girl also saw it, but I hid among the flowers and was not discovered, but she was killed by your people." I had no choice but to borrow her clothes, and then I fished in troubled waters and fled back to the guest house. At that time, I swore that I would catch the murderer for her, and now I have got what I wanted. ”

What Xiling Yue said just now, even Li Chengxuan heard it for the first time, so she understood why she knew that there were those porcelain clay fragments in the lake, and she could also imagine the hardships and dangers she experienced that night. The rest of the people were even more thrilled when they heard it, and they unconsciously wanted to believe it.

Xiling Yue saw that Mrs. Gao no longer spoke, and Li Qi showed murderous intent to her again, she simply said nothing: "This matter is all my personal experience, if you don't believe it, you can go to the lake near Penglai Island to search, your house is stagnant, and you can still find fragments of porcelain clay screens." ”

Her voice fell, and no one spoke in the hall for a long time, and she didn't know what to say.

It was Mrs. Gao who laughed first: "Okay, good, I really underestimate you." ”

Xiling Yue only regarded this as a compliment.

Mrs. Gao raised her hand to wipe the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes and asked, "When did you suspect me?" ”

"It's after the disappearance of the son that a few things have come to light in you." Xilingyue said calmly, "First, you have always believed in Buddhism, but I was looking for a secret room in the prince's room and borrowed a string of beads from you, but you dismantled the Buddha beads to me. It is important to know that people who believe in Buddhism treat Buddha beads with great awe, how can they be demolished at will? Therefore, I guess that your belief in Buddhism is false. ”

"Second, it has only been a day since the son disappeared, and you panicked, as if you had a premonition that he was not alive. As a mother, shouldn't you be full of hope, right? You also burned a heavy sandalwood incense in his house, which is not like praying to the Buddha, but more like worrying that the corpse will decompose and emit the smell, so you cover it up with the smell of sandalwood. ”

"And I accidentally learned an old story, twenty years ago, when you were pregnant with a child, there was a noble concubine in the house who was pregnant at the same time, so you invited a Taoist priest to do it, saying that her fetal gas would hit you, and executed her under this pretext...... Isn't it strange that you used to be a Taoist priest, but now you have converted to Buddhism? ”

Xiling Yue looked at Mrs. Gao as she spoke, and finally said, "But the most important point, Madam, you have a flaw that is too obvious, so that people can see through the age at a glance." ”

After she said this, everyone woke up to the fact that Li Qi is sixty and seven this year, and Mrs. Gao should be around sixty. But the appearance of this Mrs. Gao in front of her is only in her early forties, and she is twenty years younger than her actual age!

"I always thought it was my mother who was well-maintained." Li Hui lamented that he was too naïve.

Mrs. Gao laughed when she heard this. In fact, not only Li Hui is innocent, but the entire Zhenhai Six Prefectures, from officials to the common people, all of whom have seen her have sighed that she has a beautiful appearance and proper maintenance, and even more so, many officials' families have come to her to ask her for secret recipes. But how could they know that she didn't have any secret recipes at all, she was originally a forty-year-old woman!

At this moment, Mrs. Gao had nothing to say to defend herself.

Li Hui has the most to say. He is Li Qi's concubine, and he has always been worried that after the death of his son Li Heng, he will be the murderer's next target. And Li Qi has been in power for many years, and he has offended countless powerful people, and it is not easy to find out who is behind the scenes. Now that the truth has come out, and the murderer is the most unguardable person, he naturally feels extremely lucky. Therefore, he was the most grateful person to Xiling Yue tonight, and couldn't help but sigh: "Xiling lady is really talented, no wonder the prince ...... you" Before he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that Li Chengxuan was also present, and he felt speechless, and hurriedly opened his mouth to remedy,

"The prince forgives the sin, the villain just thinks ...... Just wanted to say...... Xiling lady she ......"

Li Chengxuan glanced at him coldly: "It's okay, it's also the truth." ”

Xiling Yue didn't think too much, she heard Li Hui mention Li Heng, her heart was sad, and she couldn't help but sigh: "Actually, I really want to know, is the son of the world your biological son?" ”

Madame Gao opened her mouth.

"Yes!" Li Qi answered first, immediately walked in front of Li Chengxuan, knelt down and kowtowed to him, "The prince forgives me, this matter is all the fault of the lower officials, and it is the lower officials who have hidden something from you." ”

Li Chengxuan's face remained unchanged: "Please also ask the servant to speak carefully." ”

Li Qi then made a sad expression: "This matter is all the fault of the lower officials, twenty years ago, the lower officials were promoted to the assassin of Runzhou, and the family moved south from Chang'an, unfortunately encountered wind and waves, and the clumsy Jing fell into the water and was frightened. Since then, her consciousness has not been very clear, sometimes she will pretend that she is a descendant of the Qi family, and sometimes she will pretend that she is the talented girl Xue Tao...... Xia Guan felt too embarrassed and kept it secret, so he could only quietly seek medical advice, but he didn't know that his clumsy illness was so serious that he had made a big mistake! The official deserves death, and I ask you to forgive your sin! ”

These words are full of loopholes, and no one will believe it, but Li Qi is giving it a go, and King Bofu will still leave a little face for himself and will not mention it.

Li Chengxuan really didn't answer, as if he was thinking about how to respond.

Seeing this, Li Qi further said: "Clumsy Jing made a big mistake, causing the Jiang Mansion to suffer this disaster, and the lower officials also felt guilty in their hearts, but they didn't confess because of their thoughts...... Please also ask the prince to see ......"

"Not necessarily!" Mrs. Gao suddenly got up from her seat and interrupted Li Qi indifferently, "You don't have to cover it up anymore, it was the real Gao Xinbo who fell into the water twenty years ago, not me!" ”

(End of chapter)