Chapter Seventy-Three: Counterattack
"Why do you suddenly ask this? People have been dead for so long. If she hadn't mentioned it, Xiao Hang would have forgotten that there was such a thing.
"Just say it!" Mu Zhu was so anxious that he couldn't do it. Xiao Hang looked at her as if he really cared, so he had to tell all the suspicious things he found: "Let's talk about my judgment first, I think Meng Cairen didn't drown, but was thrown into the lake after death." My basis is for these suspicions about the corpse: first, if it is drowned, the corpse will have a large amount of water in the chest and abdomen, mud and sand in the mouth and nose, and mushroom-like foam. After the body was brought back, I examined it privately, and there was very little mud and sand in her nose, and there was no mushroom-like foam when I pressed on the deceased's chest; The second is that the foreign body in the fingernails of the deceased is wrong. If you fall into the water, the instinctive reaction of a normal person must be to grab the shore with your hands, so that the nails should be covered with sludge. But Meng Cairen's fingernails only had some moss and dust and no sludge, she must have scratched something in the struggle, but it was definitely not the dirt and stones on the shore of Youyue Lake; There was also a faint purple stain on the heels of the corpse's shoes and socks at the ankles, on which I could see the juice of some plant being crushed. There were no other plants around the lake except weeds, and it was obvious that the color had been picked up from elsewhere. So I'm guessing that Youyue Lake is probably not the real crime scene...... Do you know where purple plants are planted in the harem? ”
"Words of the season...... There is only the purple lotus of Quhe Garden! Mu Zhu thought about it for a while, if Meng Xi died in September last year, it would be the season when the purple lotus was in full bloom.
"Then you can't be wrong, Quhe Garden should be the real place of the incident. Judging from the dyed part, it should have accidentally stepped on the purple lotus petals near the shore, or the corpse was contaminated during the process of being dragged; Looking at the moss and dust in her fingernails, it should be pebbles or rockeries that have been picked at the shore. I guess Meng Cairen was suffocated in Quhe Garden and then thrown to Youyue Lake. Xiao Hang looked at Mu Zhu with some sadness, the lives in the harem are as worthless as mustard, and the talented people have been killed in an unknown way, let alone a little girl?
"What proof do you have for that?" Mu Zhu probably guessed who the murderer was, if Xiao Hang's testimony was valid, then the murderer would be speechless.
"The body has been buried a long time ago, and the most direct evidence is naturally gone. However, I have recorded all these circumstances in private, and as long as I have seen Meng Cairen's corpse at the beginning, I should be able to prove the authenticity of my record. ”
"Great! Xiao Hang, my nightmare is coming to an end! And your good days are just around the corner! You must help me this time......" Mu Zhu was so excited that he held Xiao Hang's hands tightly, Xiao Hang didn't know why, as long as he didn't hurt people, he didn't care about helping her with this.
Mu Zhu ran back to the Jade Pavilion in a hurry, and looked for Bang Xin when he entered the door. Bang Xin, who was cleaning up the main hall, was pulled into the bedroom by Muzhu, and she also closed the doors and windows tightly by the way.
"Bang Xin, sit down, I have something to ask you." Mu Zhu pressed Bang Xin on the stool and sat down, making Bang Xin confused. Mu Zhu stared at Bang Xin's eyes and asked seriously, "Bang Xin, haven't you always suspected that Meng Cairen's death was not an accident?" If I say that Meng Cairen was killed, do you want to avenge her? ”
"Of course! Meng Cairen treats the slave and maid like a sister, and the slave and maid naturally don't want her to die in vain! When Bang Xin heard Mu Zhu ask her this, she must have some clues, and she told the truth as soon as she was excited.
"Okay, let me ask you, last September, a few days before Meng Cairen's accident, where did Concubine Ru go?" Mu Zhu suspected that the murderer of Meng Xiruo was either Shen Xiaoxiang or Shao Feixu, and Meng Xiruo must have accidentally learned their ulterior secrets, so he was killed.
"Slave maid think...... Three days before Meng Cairen was discovered, the slave maid remembered that Ru Concubine had returned to Qiutang Palace angrily, and heard that she had quarreled with Xiang Gui Concubine and caused bad luck. The slave maid was still wondering, before going out, she heard Binghe say that she wanted to accompany her master to Quhe Garden to see the Purple Lotus, how could she go to the vicinity of Yilan Hall and meet a rival? ”
"Wait! You mean...... If the concubine went to the Quhe Garden? She felt that the quarrel between Ru Concubine and Shen Xiaoxiang was a little inexplicable.
"Well, it should be. But the slave and maid did not see it with their own eyes. She was preparing Meng Xiruo's change of clothes at the time, thinking that she would send it to the Fahua Hall in two days.
"Nope! You see it! Mu Zhu categorically interrupted Bang Xin's questioning: "If you don't want Meng Cairen to die in vain, you must see that Concubine Ru has been to Quhe Garden." ”
Why is that? The slave didn't understand. Bang Xin didn't understand why Muzhu asked her to lie.
"Because the murderer who killed Meng Cairen was Ru Concubine, and she was the ...... who killed Meng Cairen in Quhe Garden" Mu Zhu told Xiao Hang's series of proofs to Bang Xin, and the more Bang Xin listened, the more afraid he became, and the more he listened, the more angry he became! In order to return Meng Xiruo's justice, Bang Xin decided to follow Mu Zhu's arrangement at the moment, and she was willing to perjury if necessary.
Although Mu Zhu has some evidence that is unfavorable to Shao Feixu, she is afraid that this will not be enough, and the premise of bringing down Shao Feixu must be the fall of Shen Xiaoxiang. In the dangerous situation where there is a tiger in front and a wolf in the back, it is necessary to destroy the tiger and wolf together to be truly safe, if you rashly only care about one, you will be devoured by the beast on the other side without hesitation. Therefore, she needs an opportunity to provoke the war between Shen Xiaoxiang and Shao Feixu first.
It's just that even Mu Zhu didn't expect that this opportunity would come so quickly, and it didn't take any effort for her to do so.
In the bamboo forest in the inner garden of the Horse Mansion, Qin Yan was dressed in white, with his hair scattered, enjoying his rare leisure time comfortably.
"During this time, the projects of the Wanchao Association have been postponed, and you are happy to be free. However, the emperor had a headache because of the assassination of the envoy of the Moon Kingdom—Feng Tianxiang and Fang Tong's views were divergent everywhere; The Immortal brothers continued to spend time and effort tracking down the Ghost Gate...... "Hong walked up to Qin Yan and took away the scroll that covered his face, he glanced at the cover, it turned out to be one of the volumes of "Huai History". Hong couldn't help laughing: "You still have the heart to look at this?" As a citizen of Dahan but looking at the history of the previous dynasty, you are really ...... Scold. Hongzhen didn't know what to say.
"Just say what you want to say, why beat around the bush?" The corners of Qin Yan's mouth lifted and he sat up.
"Liaohai's death caused a storm in the city, and Feng Tianxiang and Fang Tong were even more arguing on this matter, this was a scene that the emperor was happy to see, and the emperor wished that because of Liaohai's affairs, the gap between Feng and Fang would be deeper. I think adults can take advantage of this evil wind in the previous dynasty to add a fire to the harem...... "The previous dynasty was busy, and the backyard caught fire again, and it was during the Ten Thousand Dynasty Meeting, wouldn't the emperor be anxious and lacking skills?"
"That's right. Those two people have almost been raised with me, so let's send them back to the palace. Qin Yan put his hands behind his back, his eyes looked at the distant void, as if he was talking to himself: "The feud between the Feng family and the Fang family has been troubled for a long time, it's time for them to release their previous suspicions......" Duan Yulin wanted to turn the two families against each other, so he wanted them to laugh and enmity.
The next day, Fog Hide and Frost were sent back to the palace. Wu Yin was secretly led to the Qiutang Palace, and Frost was temporarily hidden in Si Zhen's room by Zixiao as a follow-up move.
Shao Feixu didn't expect that Wuyin could still appear, and after a year, she thought that Wuyin and Frost were gone. This is really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it! Of course, Shao Feixu also had doubts, why did Wu Yin suddenly appear in her palace by herself? But when Wu Yin took out the token of the Shao family's cronies, she really believed that Wu Yin was found by her own people. Moreover, Wu Yin also lied to Shao Feixu that the frost had been extinguished, so Shao Feixu would have no worries, and she couldn't wait to put Shen Xiaoxiang to death! She had to choose a day to get together in the palace and expose Shen Xiaoxiang's crimes in front of everyone.
In addition, after last time, Mu Zhu went to find Xiaohang twice. Once happened to be seen by Lin Man, who was on an errand near Yeting Prison, and after returning home, Lin Man told Zixiao what he saw, and Zixiao used his ubiquitous intelligence network to roughly guess Mu Zhu's purpose. After that, Zixiao revealed Shao Feixu's plan to bring down Shen Xiaoxiang to Mu Zhu in an anonymous letter, and "kindly" smuggled the talisman and the trump card of frost fall to the Jade Pavilion in the future. In this way, Mu Zhu mastered Shao Feixu's two incriminating evidence.
At this point, everything is ready only to the east wind, and a good show of praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches is about to be staged.
On the first day of the first month of August, the whole palace will go to Fengwu Palace to ask the queen for peace, and the emperor will come to Fengwu Palace for dinner in the morning. This is a good time, so Shao Feixu took the opportunity to expose Shen Xiaoxiang's evil deeds of killing Fang Yushan in one fell swoop.
"Queen Mother, the concubine has something to do!" Shao Feixu stepped forward and knelt down after the concubines sat down.
"If you are a concubine, get up and say." Feng Wu sat in the first place, looking at the number of people who came to greet him today was much more complete than in the past.
"Empress Xie. The concubine is going to expose a horrific crime in front of her sisters today! As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the room, and all the concubines whispered, guessing her purpose? Thinking that she has always been at odds with Shen Xiaoxiang, could it be that the person exposed today is Shen Xiaoxiang?
"Quiet! If you go on to say, "Whose crimes are you going to expose?" Feng Wu stopped the commotion below and asked Ru Concubine in detail.
"The concubine wants to report that the death of the former Lan Guifei was deliberately murdered, and the murderer is Xiang Guifei!" Shao Feixu's smug attitude made Shen Xiaoxiang shocked and angry.
"Ru Concubine, you are talking nonsense! Although this palace has always had a dislike for you, it can't be slandered like this! The Shen family had been searching for a year and had not found any trace of the fog and frost, and she even thought that they might be dead, and she gradually relaxed her vigilance. Today, Shao Feixu brings up the old matter again, does she have any important evidence? Shen Xiaoxiang's cold sweat slid down his back and down his waist, and sweat soaked his entire vest.