Zhou Heng knelt down and said seriously:

"Your Majesty, can you let the minister come closer and take a look, such footprints are really too weird."

The emperor also began to doubt the truth of the facts at this moment, and said with a slight bow:

"Go, but don't break the footprints."

Zhou Heng said yes, walked closer, squatted in front of a footprint without snow traces, filtered all the traces of knowledge he had seen in his mind, and suddenly thought of the snow melting agent sprinkled on the ground in winter for snow removal.

The first time the snow melting agent was made with industrial salt, which attracted the attention of the environmental protection department at that time, because this snow melting agent was sprinkled, and the lawn where the snow was sprinkled the next year was almost nothing.

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng reached out and took out a magnifying glass, carefully observed the stones in the footprints, and found nothing.

There are no traces, how can this be done?

Zhou Heng closed his eyes slightly, letting his heart sink, being anxious and nervous at this time does not help to judge, only by finding evidence can he help Liu Xiuer clear his suspicions.

Seeing that there were some gravel on the surface of the strange stone, Zhou Heng picked up a piece and licked it with his tongue, and in an instant his eyes widened and turned to look at the emperor.

"Your Majesty, salt is sprinkled in these footprints, they are salty!"

Such an exclamation provoked the emperor to hurry up, without the emperor's orders, Fang Jizhong also squatted down, picked up a small pebble in the footprints, followed Zhou Heng's example, and sent it to his lips to lick it, and it was really salty.

He nodded towards the Emperor, "Your Majesty, the stones in these footprints are indeed salty, but what does this mean?" ”

Zhou Heng's mood at this time was extremely complicated, salt can melt snow, such chemical knowledge, could the ancients also know?

This person can't be a traverser too, otherwise how could he have thought of this?

Zhu Yunmo saw that Zhou Heng didn't speak, so he walked closer and poked Zhou Heng with his knee, he raised his head, thought for a while and said:

"Are you talking?"

Zhou Heng raised his head and looked at Fang Jizhong.

"Can Father-in-law Fang prepare some salt, let's try it and see if we can imitate it, so that we will know this person's methods."

Fang Jizhong waved his hand, and a little eunuch ran away, and the emperor looked at Zhou Heng with a puzzled face, but he didn't ask, and after waiting for a while, the little eunuch ran back.

Handing a salt jar to Fang Jizhong, Fang Jizhong hurriedly walked in front of Zhou Heng.

"How is this going to be done?"

Zhou Heng drew the shape of a footprint with a branch, and then pinched the salt and sprinkled it evenly on the surface, and grabbed it several times in a row, and the amount of salt was very large.

Fang Jizhong looked at the place where the salt was sprinkled, and then looked at Zhou Heng.

"And then?"

"Wait."

Fang Jizhong almost wanted to slap Zhou Heng, you said to wait, such a cold weather, let the emperor wait here, isn't it a joke?

"How long do you wait, if it's a long time, please ask Your Majesty to go back to the Dongnuan Pavilion first, it's too cold here."

Zhou Heng shook his head and stared at the position where the salt was sprinkled.

"Don't have to wait long......"

The emperor waved his sleeves, "Fang Companion, don't be impatient, wait a minute, I want to see for myself, what the hell is going on!" ”

After waiting like this for a while, everyone's eyes were focused on the location of Zhou Heng's painting, and suddenly I saw that the snow collapsed, and the speed at first was extremely slow, and gradually the parts where the salt was sprinkled melted one after another, and there was no large amount of water to be seen, but the snow was gone, and the stars were bare on the surface of the color.

Fang Jizhong, who was beside Zhou Heng, widened his eyes and turned to look at the emperor.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, let's see for yourself. ”

When the emperor approached, everyone got out of the way, and without leaning over, they could already see that a new 'footprint' made by Zhou Heng had been completed, and the size and shape were exactly the same as before.

Looking at this footprint, the emperor looked confused, he really didn't know how to judge at this moment, glanced at Zhou Heng, it seemed that the closest thing to the truth at this moment was the Zhou Heng in front of him.

"What do you think, tell me the truth."

Zhou Heng bowed directly in front of the emperor and said:

"Your Majesty, you see, this footprint is not formed by people stepping on it, the stones under the mark are salty, obviously this is arranged in advance."

The emperor frowned slightly, "You mean that the murderer left Sun Zhaoyi here before it snowed?" ”

Zhou Heng nodded, "Of course, this is just speculation, you might as well ask carefully about the sprinkling here and the last time you went to the rockery." ”

As soon as Zhou Heng's words came out, the eunuch who had just helped guide the way fell to his knees on the ground, with a look of fear on his face.

He knew that if he concealed it at this time, he would be looking for his own death, and it would be better to take the initiative when others said it.

"Your Majesty, the little eunuch who is in charge of sprinkling and sweeping the Cangyu Pavilion has just found the slave and maid to confess that he did not come up to stand here at noon yesterday to inspect, so he stood under the pavilion and looked up, but he didn't see anything, so he went back to the room, as for here, it was when there was no snow the morning before yesterday, he came up, and there was really nothing at that time."

Fang Jizhong's face was gloomy, this was his own interrogation, and he quickly knelt in front of the emperor.

"Your Majesty is a slave and maid who has neglected to supervise, please punish Your Majesty heavily."

The emperor waved his hand, "Get up, you just have to watch and dispose of it, what else do you want to know about the Zhou court's judgment?" ”

Zhou Heng clenched his fists and greeted the emperor's ancestors in his heart, and then said.

"We tried to reconstruct it with all the conditions we already know, and the day before yesterday and before the snow began early yesterday morning, this person transported the body to this place, and then sprinkled the shape of shoe prints with salt on the ground, so that the snow completely concealed the traces of the murderer."

The emperor narrowed his eyes, although this idea was too novel, but it seemed to be completely explainable, and at this moment, Fang Jizhong hurriedly interrupted Zhou Heng's words.

"But Sun Zhaoyi's corpse, Liu Yuan judged that her corpse was still very soft and not stiff, and she also extracted poison from Sun Zhaoyi's mouth."

Zhou Heng smiled and looked towards Fang Jizhong.

Not to mention that he really asked the question, although he almost hurt Liu Xiu'er for this Fang Gong, but he is a close confidant of the emperor, and no matter how dissatisfied he is, he has to endure it.

"This autopsy matter, or handed over to the staff to be more proficient, I heard Zhang Shaoqing of Dali Temple said, he knew a very powerful man, Tongzhou Zhizhou Liu Renli Lord went to office, there was a case, it was this to do the examination."

The emperor glanced at Liu Xiu'er, who was Liu Renli in Zhou Heng's mouth, and asked casually, what is the case.

Fang Jizhong whispered in the emperor's ear, and the emperor's eyes widened, it was the first time he had heard of such a terrifying incident.

The Emperor frowned and hesitated.

Zhou Heng knew that even if Zhaoyi died, she was also the emperor's woman, and she could not be innocent, but she must not lose her temperament, after all, they were different from the women outside.

Zhou Heng didn't urge, so he knelt straight and straight.

Fang Jizhong also bowed down and stood beside the emperor, secretly glanced at Zhou Heng, and glared at him fiercely.

This Zhou Heng is really a broom star, he is here and everywhere, and at this moment, he actually asked Dali Temple to manage what happened in the palace, where is this going to put him?

After waiting for a moment, the emperor looked up at Zhou Heng.

"Fang Banban went to pass on Zhang Fuling, explained this matter to him clearly, and then asked the palace maid Su'e to interrogate him, and sealed off this place, no one was allowed to approach, and he was responsible for the case."

Speaking of this, he raised his eyes to look at Zhou Heng and Zhu Yunmo, sighed slightly, and said:

"I'm tired, go back."

Zhu Yunmo looked at Zhou Heng, and Zhou Heng hurriedly bowed down.

"Thank you Your Majesty for your trust, and the ministers will retire."

Zhou Hengyi said that they also followed the gourd painting scoop and hurriedly bowed, and then withdrew from the West Garden first.

The emperor saw that a few people were gone, and looked around, Fang Jizhong instantly understood, and hurriedly waved his hand, and the little eunuchs and guards around him were all open.

The emperor stared at the footprints on the ground for a while before asking:

"Fang Banban, you said that the Zhou court's judgment was to clear Miss Liu's suspicion, so he used strong quibbles, or is it really as he judged, this Sun Zhaoyi has already died, but was just thrown here?"

Fang Jizhong hurriedly knelt on the ground, his face panicked.

"It's all to blame for the slave maid's disadvantage, the factory guards investigated, and did not find that there were people in and out of the West Garden before and after the palace banquet, at this time I heard someone come to report, saying that it was the palace maid of Chuxiu Palace Su'e who saw Miss Liu seemed to come out of the West Garden, eager for quick success, but found someone else's way.

Now think about it carefully, this Miss Liu is just an official girl who lives in Qingping County, this is just the first time to enter the palace, and who does she know who Sun Zhaoyi is? To put it mildly, even if someone instructs him to throw Sun Zhaoyi's body into a well or other hidden place, the slave and maid will not be able to find out, right? ”

The emperor sighed, "Then let's investigate, let Zhang Fuling investigate carefully, find the fake work that Zhou Heng said, and allow the autopsy, I want to know who dares to touch me." ”