Mrs. Gao bit her lower lip, obviously ignorant of the inside story, and looked at Li Qi, as if waiting for him to give an explanation.

Li Qi had already known that Xilingyue and Li Chengxuan were "having an affair", and he personally decided to release Xilingyue, so he was still calm, and only asked: "The prince wants to bring this...... Woman of unknown origin walking together? ”

Li Chengxuan smiled at the corner of his mouth, and looked at Xilingyue with a little tenderness: "Where love goes, it doesn't matter where you come from." ”

Xiling Yue also lowered her head and made a little shy.

Li Qi was obviously very surprised, and secretly said in his heart that Xiling Yue's good means actually made her turn things around and take down Li Chengxuan, a prodigal son.

Mrs. Gao was naturally very dissatisfied, and immediately vetoed: "No, the prince can take whoever he wants, but she can't!" ”

Everyone in the room was also shocked, especially Pei Xingli, whose face was already very ugly.

Li Qi saw that Mrs. Gao reacted greatly, so he had to reply to Li Chengxuan: "Don't hide it from the prince, this woman is indeed the suspect who killed my son, and the Jiang family's mansion burned down overnight, and she has nothing to do with it." Until these cases are clarified, the lower officials cannot let her leave Zhenhai. ”

Li Chengxuan looked surprised when he heard this, and turned his head to ask Xi Lingyue: "Didn't you tell this king that you have cleared your suspicion?" ”

Xiling Yue immediately replied: "Yes, the servant said that as long as I find out the real murderer of the son, he will make the decision for me." You know that, too! She looked at Li Qi as she spoke, "Don't you remember?" ”

"This official did say that." How could Li Qi not admit it, after all, Li Chengxuan was also present at that time.

Mrs. Gao has been eating fast and reciting Buddha in Jinshan Temple since Li Heng's accident, and she has never known about it, so she can't help but blame Li Qi: "Servant, how can you promise her?" She is clearly the biggest suspect! ”

"Madam, don't worry," Li Qi comforted his wife, and then looked at Xiling Yue, "This official made a promise to you to let you catch the real murderer of my son, and now that the twentieth has arrived, what about the real murderer?" If you don't find out, you don't need to talk about it. ”

Xilingyue was waiting for this sentence, and when she kowtowed to him, her face was happy: "Don't hide it from the servant, the folk girl finally lived up to your trust to find out the truth, so she dared to come to see you!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room stared at Xiling Yue with bated breath, wanting to hear the truth, but also wondering if she was talking big. Mrs. Gao was anxious, and was the first to ask, "What did you say you found out?" ”

"All. The death of the son, the death of A Luo, the burning of Jiang's mansion, and the tampering of the golden screen...... Even the death of the shopkeeper of Rong Bao Ping Zhai has been investigated. ”

"All cleared?" Li Qi was skeptical.

Mrs. Gao immediately stood up: "Quick, tell me who killed Heng'er!" ”

"Madam, don't worry, let the people and girls come one by one." Xi Lingyue took out a slender small brocade box from her sleeve and solemnly presented it, "The answer is in this brocade box, and the servant and his wife will know it at a glance." ”

Li Qi was even more puzzled when he heard this, so he asked Pei Xingli to take the brocade box in her hand, open it and take a look, only to see that it was a dagger with a gold and copper color, and there was nothing special about it.

Mrs. Gao also stretched out her head to look at it, and asked puzzledly, "......What is this dagger?"

"This dagger is the murder weapon, and both Shizi and Fake Ah Luo died under this dagger. A few days ago, the murderer also intended to assassinate the prince, and he also used this dagger. Xiling Yue replied truthfully.

Li Qi was shocked: "What did you say?!" Assassinate the prince?! ”

Li Chengxuan nodded slightly: "There is indeed such a thing, and this king can escape by luck." ”

Mrs. Gao was also indignant: "What kind of thief is so bold? Kill my son, don't you dare to assassinate the prince? She questioned Xiling Yue as she spoke, with a chilling murderous intent in her eyes, "Where did you get this dagger?" ”

Xilingyue hurriedly defended: "Don't get me wrong, madam, this dagger was given to the people's daughter by the prince." ”

Li Chengxuan also took a sip of tea and confirmed: "It was indeed given to her by this king." ”

Li Qi picked up the dagger in the box, held it in his hand and looked at it carefully, and hit the nail on the head: "Who is the owner of this dagger?" ”

"The folk girl doesn't know."

Li Qi snorted coldly: "Since you don't know, dare you say that you have found the murderer?" ”

"Returning to the servant, the folk girl did not find the murderer, but," Xiling Yue solemnly raised her head, "The folk girl has found the mastermind behind the scenes." ”

"Who is it?" Mr. and Mrs. Li Qi asked together.

Xiling Yue sighed: "This is a very long story, the inside story is too complicated, please let the people talk slowly." She rubbed her knees as she spoke, and after kneeling for a long time, it felt really sore.

Li Chengxuan's eyes were sharp, and he immediately said with pity: "You are heavy, so let's get up and talk." ”

"Body?" This time it was Li Qi's concubine Li Hui who spoke, and he immediately realized that he had lost his words and immediately stopped talking.

Everyone in the room was also surprised, but they didn't dare to ask. Xilingyue herself was even more surprised, I don't know why Li Chengxuan suddenly made up such a reason, which made her extremely embarrassed, denying it, and admitting it is not.

Li Chengxuan was very calm, and glanced at the sheng hooves next to him: "Sit down." ”

Rao is Li Qi and Mrs. Gao were dissatisfied, and they didn't dare to snub King Fu's heir, so they had to acquiesce to her getting up from the ground and sitting next to Li Chengxuan.

Xilingyue didn't wait for everyone to speak again, and talked directly about the case: "Servant shooting, madam, this case starts from the night of the hairpin banquet." Dare to ask Madame, do you remember that night when I quit the table? ”

Mrs. Gao nodded: "Yes, you were called away by Heng'er." ”

"That night, the prince called me to the inner courtyard, and we didn't talk for too long, so the prince let me go back." Xilingyue paused, "You also know that I am an impostor, and I can't cope with the scene of the hairpin banquet at all, so I excused myself to be tired and said that I wanted to go back to rest, and asked Shizi to block this matter for me, and he agreed." ”

Mrs. Gao's face was sad: "Heng'er is so stupid, she is sincere to you, but her life has been affected." ”

Xiling Yue just pretended not to hear it, and said to herself: "When I was talking to the prince, I broke Ah Luo away, but I didn't see her after I returned to the guest house. Later, I learned that she heard that the prince was a guest in the mansion, so she quietly went to find the prince. ”

Li Chengxuan also admitted in a timely manner: "Yes, there is indeed such a thing. But the king had something important to do at the time, so he asked the guards to send her away. ”

Mrs. Gao sneered when she heard this, and her face showed a little disdain, as if she regarded the fake Ah Luo as a greedy and vain woman.

Xi Lingyue looked at her expression in her eyes, and didn't defend anything, and then said: "I think Shizi and A Luo were killed at that time." The murderer first lurked in the secret room and waited for an opportunity to kill the prince, and then went to the guest house to kill Ah Luo. ”

"According to your meaning, the murderer of Heng'er and the fake maidservant girl are the same person, but the guards did not see anyone entering or leaving the inner courtyard." Li Qi questioned.

(End of chapter)