Chapter 35: Solving the Case (2)
Jiang Wan heard Lu Zhixing's call from the other side, walked over, she took the hairpin in Lu Zhixing's hand and looked left and right.
"This hairpin is not Concubine Xi's object at first glance, she doesn't like such a plain thing, and this hairpin is not a concubine's, more like a palace maid's."
Jiang Wan always felt that the style of this hairpin was familiar, but he couldn't remember where it looked. But being able to find ironclad evidence is enough to prove her innocence.
"Your Majesty, since the physical evidence has been found, then you can directly order a search of the Sixth Palace, whoever has scratches on his body and can match this hairpin will be the real murderer behind the scenes."
Jiang Wan handed the hairpin to Lu Zhixing again, Lu Zhixing looked at the hairpin and then at Jiang Wan, and then nodded and said that he would order a search early tomorrow morning.
When Jiang Wan returned to the side courtyard of Luoyun Xuan, he happened to meet Ping'er who came out to get up at night, and Ping'er looked at Jiang Wan in a daze and said, "Master, how did you come back from outside?" ”
"It's okay, I'll go back to the room first."
Early on the second morning, turmoil began in the harem, and Lu Zhixing ordered a search of the six palaces to see who had obvious scratches on their bodies. After searching several palaces and courtyards, he found no one with scratches on his body, and no palace maid's hairpin was the same as the one he found by the pond.
"Your Majesty, how is the search going?"
Jiang Wan came to find Lu Zhixing after learning the news, Lu Zhixing frowned and shook his head at her, telling Jiang Wan that maybe that person was hidden.
After Xia Yahan's residence was searched, he was very inexplicable, so he stopped a guard and asked the reason.
"I heard that it was Guan Nu Xin who found the clue to the real murderer, so His Majesty ordered a thorough investigation."
"Thank you, big brother, guard."
Xia Yahan and Mo'er began to be happy when they heard that it was to track down the real culprit, and Jiang Wan was about to clear his guilt and prove his innocence. It took a morning to search most of the harem, but unfortunately there was still nothing.
Jiang Wan suddenly mentioned to Lu Zhixing, "Did Your Majesty send someone to search the concubine's bedroom?" ”
Lu Zhixing was stunned for a moment, and then said to Jiang Wan, "I don't think Lin Guifei will do this, are you resenting me for sending you to the cold palace because of Lin Guifei before?" ”
Jiang Wan had a feeling of wanting to slap Lu Zhixing in the face at this time, at this time Lu Zhixing still believed in Lin Yao, what kind of ecstasy did Lin Yao pour into Lu Zhixing, so that Lu Zhixing could believe her so desperately.
"Your Majesty's imagination is very rich, since this matter is done by the harem, it is natural to search the entire palace, isn't the concubine Niangniang a part of the harem?"
After hearing this, Lu Zhixing felt that what Jiang Wan said was reasonable, so he asked people to search Lin Yao's bedroom. Lin Yao was a little flustered when she learned about this, and she looked at Yuan Zhu beside her.
Yuan Zhu was naturally a little flustered, but she wasn't the one who did this. Lin Yao asked people to attack Concubine Xi, but she was very smart and did not accept the order, but recommended another palace maid.
"You go and call the palace maid, it seems that Jiang Wan does have some means, and he can even turn the tables against the wind."
Lin Yao grabbed the armrest of the chair viciously, she originally thought that Jiang Wan would definitely die this time, but she didn't expect the palace maid to be so careless, and she also left clues at the scene, so that Jiang Wan grabbed the handle.
Yuan Zhu brought the palace maid into the dormitory, and the palace maid already knew about it, and knelt in front of Lin Yao and trembled like chaff.
She raised her head and begged Lin Yao bitterly, "The concubine must save the slave maid, the slave maid doesn't want to die yet!" ”
Lin Yao leaned over and lifted the palace maid's chin with her slender fingers dyed with Kodan, the scratches on the palace maid's neck were very conspicuous, and the palace maid's frightened eyes reflected her face with pity.
"It's not that Bengong won't save you, it's that you have disappointed Bengong too much by doing things badly, and Bengong can't protect you now."
Lin Yao's bright red Kodan shimmered with a blood-colored shimmer, she gently scratched the palace maid's cheeks, and her sharp nails left a trace of fine blood on the palace maid's face.
"You should know what to say and what not to say in front of Your Majesty."
The palace maid's eyes followed Lin Yao's hand, beads of sweat were already oozing from her forehead at this time, great fear enveloped her, and the situation of the former wolf and the latter made her feel the greatest despair in this life.
The palace maid's trembling voice squeezed out of her throat, "Guifei, Guifei Niangniang, the slave really doesn't want to die." ”
Lin Yao was a little impatient to see that she had not yet had the consciousness of dedicating her life to her, and pinched her chin to make her look at herself forcibly. At this time, Lin Yao is no longer the dignified concubine, she is a terrible ghost who eats human flesh and drinks human bones and blood.
"Remember, you're just an ant in this palace, and it's as easy as an ant to crush you in this palace."
"If you don't honestly take all the blame for the crime, this palace can't guarantee what will happen to your family members."
Lin Yao sneered and withdrew her hand, playing with her nails, and glanced at the palace maid contemptuously, "Do you think this palace is a kind woman, there is a lot of blood on the hands of this palace." ”
"You will be punished!"
The palace maid already knew that Lin Yao would not protect herself, this time she was carried away because of the benefits that Lin Yao had promised before, and she never thought that there would be a day when things would be exposed.
"It's not that Bengong didn't agree to your request, Bengong said that you did things for Bengong, and after the matter was completed, I secretly sent you out of the palace and back to your hometown."
Lin Yao's words changed, "It's a pity that Jiang Wan's slut should have died in the prison, but because of your carelessness, he lost everything, how do you let this palace fulfill its promise." ”
"Moreover, will this palace be afraid of such a thing as retribution, no one has been able to get this palace head with retribution!"
Lin Yao stood up and walked past the palace maid who was kneeling on the ground, "If you resist this palace, the price is that you and your family will not die well, in other words, if you sacrifice you, your whole family can live a good life with the help of this palace." ”
"It's time for your brother to go to school, right?"
"Concubine Niangniang, I beg you to spare the slave's family, the slave will do what you say, please don't hurt them!"
The palace maid's bottom line was completely shattered by Lin Yao at this moment, her original intention when she first entered the palace was to let her family live a good life, she couldn't watch her family die with her.
"That's right."
Lin Yao smiled, gestured to Yuan Zhu, and walked to the inner room by himself. Yuanzhu, who had been watching coldly and not saying a word, looked at the palace maid on the ground who was lost and depressed.
The palace maid raised her head and looked at Yuan Zhu, "Yuan Zhu, are you following her, aren't you afraid of going to hell together?" ”
Yuan Zhu turned his head to look in the direction where Lin Yao left, and then said, "I was born in hell, so why not be afraid of hell after death." ”
The palace maid laughed miserably, "It turns out that you are the same kind of people. ”
After a while, the searching guards arrived at the palace of the concubine, and all the palace maids stood up and were checked for injuries by a grandmother.
The palace maid was already dead at this time, and seeing that Mama was about to walk in front of her, the appearance of her younger brother suddenly appeared in her mind.
"Sister, when I grow up, I won't need my sister to support the family, and my sister will be able to marry a good family."
"It's a pity that my sister can't see you grow up."
Mama had already walked up to her, looked at her face, and motioned for her to pull her collar. Her hands trembled a little, and she pulled open her collar horizontally, and the scratches on her neck were impressive.
Mama pulled her out of the team with a startled look, and said to Lu Zhixing, who came over, "Your Majesty, this person has a scratch on his neck. ”
Jiang Wan stepped forward when she heard this, and she looked at it to see that it was indeed consistent with Concubine Xi's fingernails. He took out the hairpin and said to her, "This is yours?" ”
"It's the slave's."
The hairpin is a hairpin that only a second-class palace maid has, and she knows that the hairpin is lost but she doesn't dare to look for it.
The guards suppressed the palace maid, and Lu Zhi walked over and asked her why she wanted to kill Concubine Xi. The palace maid glanced at Lin Yao and Yuan Zhu not far away, and said coldly, "Because the slave maid was once the palace maid of Luoyun Xuan and was later transferred to the Guifei Palace, Concubine Xi used to treat me harshly, so I will kill the killer." ”
"Then why are you blaming me?"
"Because the Xin official girl murdered the child of the concubine Niangniang, the concubine Niangniang was kind to the slave maid, and the slave maid wanted to let the Xin official girl pay for the life of the mother's child."
Lu Zhixing frowned after hearing this, and did not speak for a long time. Jiang Wan also had the same expression, she knew that the palace maid was definitely lying, so she asked again.
"You're telling the truth?"
"Yes."
The palace goddess is indifferent and godless, she just needs to repeat what Yuan Zhu told her. She was originally guilty because Jiang Wan took the blame for herself, but now it seems that the way of heaven is good for reincarnation, she did it, and the punishment will fall on her.
"You have really disappointed this palace, why does this palace need you to do such a hurtful thing for this palace."
Lin Yao walked over at this time, her face full of pain, "You want to repay the kindness of this palace, this palace knows, but you shouldn't blame Xin Guannu, she is innocent in this matter." ”
Then Lin Yao said to the landing trip, "It is the concubine who did not educate the palace maids under her command well, so she will cause this catastrophe, and I hope that Your Majesty will punish her." ”
Lu Zhixing didn't choose to embrace her in the face of Lin Yao, who was raining pear blossoms, but just said lightly, "It's not your fault in this matter, you don't need to blame yourself." ”
Jiang Wan, who was standing on the side, almost applauded Lin Yao, it was worthy of crossing over, so good at acting.
"Suppress this palace maid in prison, and when she tells all the crimes, she will be executed."
"Yes."
When the palace maid passed by Jiang Wan, she whispered, "Be careful of Concubine Lin." After that, he looked at it as if nothing had happened, and calmly went to his death.
Jiang Wan looked at the back of the palace maid being escorted away by the guards, and her mood was very complicated. Lu Zhi walked to her side, "The truth is revealed, why don't you see Xin Guannu stretching her brows?" ”
Jiang Wan ignored him, turned around and sighed, "Poor man." ”
"Why should the murderer be pitied, I'm afraid that the mercy of the Xin Guannu is in the wrong place."
Jiang Wan glanced at Lu Zhixing, this emperor really didn't know anything about the harem's tricks, why could he look so relaxed.
Jiang Wan only felt physically and mentally exhausted, "Your Majesty, since the murderer has been arrested, the slave and maid have retired." ”
Lu Zhixing looked at Jiang Wan's departing figure, stood in place and did not make a sound, only his eyes revealed that he was unhappy at this time.