Chapter 179: Death Case (I)
"There are six words written on the note, it's Daddy, I'm here to accompany you." After that, Yuan Xinye presented the note to Li Jianguo's hand, and when he opened it, he looked more and more confused: "Strange, could it be that he committed suicide!"
Yuan Xinye resolutely shook his head, "Obviously not, Wei Chen asked the imperial doctor to find the ingredients of a laxative in his body, and it is not an ordinary laxative." ”
"Let's be more specific." Li Jianguo was both very anxious and serious.
Yuan Xinye fanned his fan and said softly: "In other words, this laxative will only attack when you sleep at night, and the perpetrator used this to cause this accidental death, of course, the note is also fabricated!"
"It's disgusting!" Li Jianguo clenched his dragon fist and ordered: "Start driving the Tong Palace!"
When he came to the Tongwang Palace, he was already anxious, and he only heard the solemn order: "In addition to Xian'er's mother, invite everyone who was close to him before Xian'er's death, including palace maids, eunuchs, imperial chefs, and even the prince, no one can be left behind."
"Yes!" The eunuch was just about to retreat, but he stopped again, only to see him trembling slightly, and said in a resting voice: "Emperor Chao, yes, do you want to invite the Holy Empress Niangniang?"
Li Jianguo suddenly gave a vicious look, this look was unprecedented for him, "By the way, except for Xian'er's mother, the rest of the people who approached him before Xian'er's death must all be called, didn't you hear?" ”
"Yes, yes!" The eunuch was so frightened that he hurried away.
Li Jianguo estimated that he was already angry in his heart, and when he thought of Xian'er's corpse, he was so angry that he gasped, and his chest was even more uncomfortable.
The eunuch came to the Qianyi Palace and brought a report: "Qiyu Dynasty Empress Niangniang, there is a decree from the Holy Saint to let you go to the Tongwang Palace to try the case of His Royal Highness King De!"
"This palace knows, you step back first." Gao Yang Yanxin's tone of reply seemed very casual.
"Then please hurry up, the saint is in a hurry." After the eunuch kindly proposed, he went in a panic.
"Emperor Niang!" Luo Hua's own master with a sad face, I don't know what to say.
However, Gao Yang Yanxin did not have the slightest fear, only to stand up straight, and snorted coldly: "This palace wants to see what kind of famous hall the saint can make!" With that, he walked away with his sleeves.
At the end of the afternoon, everyone who had been close to Xian'er had already gathered at the Tong King, without exception.
After Li Jianguo counted the number of people, he immediately took out the note and said sharply: "Everyone, this is deliberately left by the perpetrator before committing the crime, and the note you have prepared now has Daddy, I have come to accompany you These words, not one of them can be missing."
"Yes!"
At this time, including Gao Yang Yanxin, they all started to use the brush, and the words were written after a while, and Li Jianguo immediately let the handwriting of the appraisal wait for the result.
A while.
"Emperor Qi, none of these people's notes have a single person and the words on it!"
Li Jianguo, who had been rising, fell into despair again, and he felt that his whole person was going crazy: "This, who did this?"
Yuan Xinye saw that the saint was so anxious, and hurriedly comforted: "The emperor asks you to be calm and not impatient, since there is no consistent handwriting, it means that the perpetrator must have an internal response, but there are no longer a few people in the palace who are close to His Royal Highness King De, so it is not easy to try from this aspect, so Weichen suggests that it should start with medicine!"
Li Jianguoqiang held his chest by mistake and swallowed bitterly: "Okay! The order was to let the imperial chef and the palace maid who delivered the food stay, and the rest of the people were all given to Shun to retreat! Li Jianguo impatiently waved his dragon sleeves and drove everyone away.
After everyone left, Li Jianguo took the lead in pointing the finger at the imperial chef: "Tell me the details of yesterday's meal in the imperial dining room yesterday afternoon!"
"Yes!" The imperial chef trembled in fear, and his words were very difficult to answer: "Yesterday afternoon, the servants began to burn firewood and cook for the Tongwang Palace, until more than an hour later, the palace maid of the Tongwang Palace came." After that, he cried with the grievances on his face: "The emperor, the minion, the minion has definitely not done anything bad."
Li Jianguo stared at him, his questioning face was really frightening: "Is it that simple?"
"Slave ......" The imperial chef was so choked that he couldn't speak, and Yuan Xinye on the side saw it, and then stepped forward and said in a harmonious voice: "As long as this matter has nothing to do with you, then you don't need to be so alarmed, remember the details of yesterday!"
"Minions understand!" The Imperial Chef took a few breaths of relief, gradually calmed down, and then began his careful reminiscences.
The people around him were all looking at him intently, waiting for him, and after a while, I saw him suddenly open his mouth excitedly: "The slave remembered." Yesterday, when the slave was cooking, he found that there was not enough water, so he went to fetch water, but when he came back, he found that there were few dishes on the table. ”
"Didn't you ask the other chefs what was going on?" Li Jianguo became more and more surprised.
"Of course the slave asked, but they all said they didn't find it, and at that time, the slave was thinking that there had been a situation where a child went to the imperial dining room to steal food without permission, and it didn't have much impact, so the slave didn't ask much, but who knows......"
With that, the imperial chef slapped himself frantically. Full of grievances: "The slave should die, the slave should die!"
Li Jianguo took a breath and said slowly: "Shun doesn't blame you for this, but Shun wants to know what dishes have been stolen!"
The imperial chef breathed a sigh of relief, and in order to prove his innocence, he replied confidently: "The minions found out that tomatoes, cabbage, and goose meat were stolen, yes!" That's all. ”
As soon as the imperial chef's voice fell, Li Jianguo turned his gaze to King Zhou, "Xiang'er, did Xian'er eat these things on the day of death!" ”
Li Xiang shook his head resolutely, "Back to my father's words, Xian'er didn't eat these dishes on the day she died!" ”
"Strange!" Things became more and more surprised, for a while Li Jianguo couldn't grasp his head, and after he turned his senses, he immediately turned his serious eyes to the several palace maids who delivered the food that day, "What about you, tell me all about the situation of your food delivery the day before yesterday!" ”
"Slave maid ......" Before the palace maids could admit it, a familiar voice came from outside: "No need to ask, they must have nothing to do with this case!"
Everyone was captivated by the steady footsteps.
"Hurry up!"
The eunuch brought it into the hall, and saw, "Dancing Moon!" Li Jianguo suddenly felt extremely excited.
Wuyue calmed down the pain in her heart for the time being, calmed down, and replied truthfully: "Emperor Qiyu, these palace maids were taken over by the courtiers as soon as they left the imperial dining room that day, so they had no chance to commit crimes."
Li Xiang on the side also nodded hurriedly, "Yes, the dishes he eats are indeed sent by his mother herself." ”
"Dancing Moon, Shun, Shun, I'm sorry for you!" Li Jianguo was ashamed and self-reproach again, in the face of this case, he racked his brains, but he didn't notice anything, in desperation, he could only ask Yuan Xinye, "Yuan Aiqing, what should we do now?" ”
"Emperor Chao, please don't worry, according to Weichen, let's go to the imperial dining room first to check and see what we find?"
"Good!" Li Jianguo nodded stiffly, and soon came to the imperial dining room with Yuan Xinye!
As soon as they arrived at the imperial dining room, they did not rest at all, and immediately began to search every corner, and within a while, Li Jianguo noticed that there was a small hosta, but the moment he picked it up, Li Jianguo was instantly surprised: "This, isn't this Xue'er's?"
When Yuan Xinye heard this, he immediately ran over and exclaimed: "Emperor Chao, you said, this, this is the little princess's!"
"Yes!" Li Jianguo took a few breaths, then looked at the hosta in his hand, and replied with a firm voice: "Xue'er, she is innocent, young and ignorant, she will never be the murderer of this case."
"What the emperor said is very true, but Weichen feels that this case is not so simple, so Weichen still thinks that he should go to Ruwanggong (where the young princess lives) and ask!"
"Good!" Then they hurried to the palace of the king of you.
"Father!" The princess was very happy to see her father coming, and even her face was smiling.
Li Jianguo was also very happy, he put down his unbearable heart for the time being, and excitedly took the hands of his daughters: "How is it, have you been happy lately?"
"I'm happy, and Sister Xue'er went to the imperial dining room to steal the meal, but it's exciting!"
"You talk a lot!" Li Lianxue tugged at Li Lianzhu's clothes, showing a very unhappy look.
Li Jianguo smiled sweetly: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!"
The princesses' frank confession relieved Li Jianguo a lot of embarrassment, and after Xue'er calmed down, he posted a little doubt on that kind face: "It's just Xue'er, if you want to eat something delicious, just report it directly to the palace maid and eunuch, why do you have to go to the imperial dining room privately?"
"Hmm......" Li Lianxue let out a pity and shook her head: "Xue'er went to the imperial dining room to steal vegetables from the imperial dining room, not for herself."
"Who is Cher for?" Behind the smile, Li Jianguo couldn't wait.
"For the sake of the prince's brother!"
In just one word, at that moment, Li Jianguo's heart was shocked.
"Although he didn't tell me why he stole it, Xue'er must have needed it very much when she saw him, so Xue'er helped him, after all, brother and sister." After saying that, Li Lianxue's eyes lit up and showed an innocent and lovely smile.
"I see!" Li Jianguo smiled sweetly happily, and afterward: "You guys have fun, my father still has something to do, so I'll leave first, and I'll come back to accompany you another day." After speaking, Li Jianguo took Yuan Xinye to the East Palace again.
"Son-in-law, see father!"
"Cong'er, why did you ask Sister Xue'er to go to the imperial dining room to steal food without permission, is it to eat for yourself?" Facing the older prince, Li Jianguo was not so amiable, and his face showed incomparable seriousness and seriousness.
"Erchen ......"
Just when the crown prince was embarrassed, the daughter-in-law on the side took the initiative to stand up: "Father, let the daughter-in-law tell you!"