Xiling Yue then looked at Li Heng's body. It was probably because the secret room was too cold, and his body did not decompose, but stiffened, and his death was exactly the same as that of Arlo. This should be done by the same murderer, he also died on the night of the hairpin banquet, the only difference is that Ah Luo died when the bed was covered with blood, while Li Heng had no blood marks around except for the placket on his chest.

It can be seen that this secret room is not the scene of the first crime, but someone killed Li Heng in the inner room, dragged his body into this secret room, and then cleaned up the blood stains in the inner room, faking the illusion that he was missing. To be able to do this without knowing it, the murderer must be very close to Li Heng, otherwise the stranger would definitely arouse suspicion if he stayed in the inner room for so long.

Thinking about it this way, someone is really suspicious, not only because of the motive for killing, but also because of the convenience of killing.

Xi Lingyue's eyes immediately fell on Li Heng's chest, wanting to see the injury, but accidentally found that something was exposed in the placket of his clothes, which was a letter. She pulled out the envelope and opened it, and among it was a piece of letterhead, yellowed and torn, with illegible handwriting, and an age that was old.

This is an extremely ordinary family letter, but the handwriting is very familiar to Xilingyue, and it is the handwriting of Di Renjie, the Duke of Di Liang.

A scene suddenly appeared in her mind-

"If the authentic works of Gaozu and Di Gong are placed in front of you at the same time, which one do you choose?"

"Naturally, I want both, but unfortunately I don't have both."

This was the first time she went to Li Qi's study to look for the assassin, and she had a conversation with Li Heng in front of the study. I didn't expect him to really find a handwritten book from Di Lianggong! Seeing this scene, Rao is Xilingyue had no intention of Li Heng, and she couldn't help but wet her eyes.

Li Qi also saw the handwritten book at this moment, and sighed bitterly: "Since you found the assassin, Heng'er sent someone to Suzhou to buy this item from a collector...... I thought he had given it to you. ”

Xilingyue silently clutched the handwritten letter, forcibly held back her tears, and continued to look for something on Li Heng. She didn't look for too long, and found a white silk in Li Heng's stiff palm, which was the same texture as the silk cloth left at the scene by the murderer when A Luo died, with very rough corners and written in blood: The stars are divided into wings, and the ground is connected to Henglu.

It's another sentence in the Preface to King Teng's Pavilion! Xilingyue showed the white silk to Li Qi, who was a little confused when he first saw the words, and then slowly turned into suspicion.

Xiling Yue originally wanted to take out another white silk, but when she saw Li Qi's expression, she suddenly felt that the other party had something to hide, so she didn't mention it again.

And Li Qi also clutched the white silk in his hand tightly and didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Pei Xingli took the initiative to mention: "Uncle, this secret room is too strange, let's go out first." ”

Li Qi nodded, Pei Xingli helped him out, and asked the guards to lift Li Heng's body, and several people left the secret room before and after.

Xiling Yue came out first, her face was slightly pale and her expression was low. Mrs. Gao hurriedly greeted her and asked, "How is the situation in the secret room?" Is Heng'er here? ”

Xilingyue bit her lower lip, couldn't bear to tell the truth, and only said, "Let the servant tell you." ”

Before her words fell, there was already a sound of heavy footsteps at the entrance, and it was Li Qi and Pei Xingli walking out of the secret room. Behind the two, the guards carried Li Heng's stiff body, all with sad faces.

Seeing this, Mrs. Gao jumped up and cried loudly, holding Li Heng's body and refusing to let go, maybe she was too old to withstand the blow, and she cried a few times and fainted to the ground.

Everyone was shocked, but Li Qi was still calm, knowing that his wife was too sad, so he said to Li Wangzhen: "Go to the doctor and show your aunt, accompany her well these days, and don't let her be stimulated anymore." ”

Li Wangzhen was also frightened when he saw Li Heng's body, his face was pale, he reluctantly nodded yes, and helped Mrs. Gao to leave with Liu.

Li Qi turned to Pei Xingli again, and then ordered: "Carefully settle Heng'er's body, and let him be examined." After a pause, he ordered, "You should do this matter in person, and you are not allowed to make a noise." ”

Pei Xingli glanced at Xilingyue worriedly, but finally didn't say anything more, and sent someone to carry Li Heng's body and retreat.

At this point, only Xilingyue, Li Qi, Li Chengxuan, and Guo Weiwei were left in the house. Li Qi walked to Li Chengxuan's side and bowed to him to apologize: "Xiaguan was suddenly hit by this blow, and he was in pain, and I am afraid that the matter of rushing to Chang'an will have to be discussed separately." ”

Li Chengxuan hurriedly helped him up: "Servant shooting, now finding the murderer and burying the son is the most important thing." ”

Li Qi nodded, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and looked at Xilingyue: "How do you know that there is a secret room in this house?" ”

General Xiling Yue speculated truthfully: "Back to the servant, the folk girl didn't know that there was a secret room here, she just went to Mrs. Gao's Treasure Pavilion, and when she saw her secret room, she suddenly thought, since the prince has entered the inner room, has he never gone out, is there also a secret room in the house?" And also...... There is also the first golden screen, and the murderer changed the Phoenix Terrace into a room; The second screen is to make Yu take a dagger and stab Xiao Shi...... If the murderer really wanted to frame the folk girl, then the scene on the screen must be true, and the folk girl only came to the inner courtyard of the son that night, so she dared to have this guess. ”

When Xiling Yue replied, Li Qi kept looking out of the door, his eyes were sad, but he was quite sensible. He stroked his beard and asked, "How did you determine the location of the secret room?" ”

Xiling Yue saw that he kept asking, for fear that he would still doubt himself, so he couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at Li Chengxuan. The latter said very calmly: "The servant is not an unreasonable person, you just tell the truth." ”

For some reason, this sentence was like a reassuring pill for Xilingyue, she put her mind at ease for the time being, and continued truthfully: "Actually, it's very simple, this house is the door to the south, the ear room to the east and west, and the backyard to the north. If there is a secret room, it can only be built underground. You can dig a big hole in the ground, and the house lacks support, and over time, the foundation will surely sink, and the house will tilt to the side of the secret room. The folk girl only tried twice, and the beads rolled down to the southwest corner, which shows that the ground here has sunken, and the secret room must be under here. ”

Well-reasoned and impeccable. Li Qi finally set his eyes on Xiling Yue, squinting his eyes slightly and examining her. It was an indescribable gaze, murderous, calculating, thoughtful, ......

Xilingyue was horrified in her heart, and hurriedly looked at Li Chengxuan, but the other party did not react, and did not seem to be worried about anything.

Just as she wanted to hint at Li Chengxuan to save her, Li Qi suddenly spoke: "No matter who you are, what is the purpose of coming to Zhenhai, if you want to leave safely, you must find the murderer for this official!" ”

(End of chapter)