Wang Laohu was shocked, just after he left the school, he ushered in disadvantages, but when he went to Jinyi Weiti, he encountered layers of obstacles, and he had to arrest people. Wang Laohu stepped forward and hurriedly smiled and apologized: "My lord, my lord, our Lord Cao didn't mean that. ”

Xiao Lin glanced at him and said, "Who are you?" ”

"I'm just a small secretary of the Criminal Department, and I'm not worth worrying about. Our Lord Cao has just received the emperor's task, and he is a little anxious, this can't help but be a little anxious, don't take it to heart. ”

"You don't take our Jinyi Guard too seriously. How can we Jinyiwei come when we say we come, and leave when we say we go? ”

Wang Laohu took out a generation of bags of coins from his arms and stuffed them into Xiao Lin: "These are small meanings, let the brothers buy some wine to drink." ”

Xiao Lin glanced at the coin and smiled a little, but he still said highly: "These are Cao Hongting's apologies, don't be ignorant." Master Cao wanted to step forward again, but Rong Yu and Pan Tai stopped him later.

"You still know each other, although our Jinyi Wei is not as good as your criminal department, but we are also favored by the emperor. Everybody comes to us to pick up people, and we're not busy yet. ”

"My lord, the emperor did let us cooperate with Jinyiwei to solve this case this morning, this is the emperor's handwriting, you can take a look." Wang Laohu took the edict from Master Cao and handed it to Xiao Lin. Xiao Lin glanced at it, but he couldn't take it: "Forgive me, you don't dare to forge this edict." As I have already said, this person must be ordered by the commander, otherwise no one can take anyone away. ”

"My lord, we are all here, and we really don't understand the rules of this brocade guard, you see that we do this, we don't mention it, you let us see this slave, let's ask a few questions and leave."

"Okay, count your kid as interested, come here, and take them to meet that cheap girl." Xiao Lin said.

Wang Laohu followed Jinyiwei's people to the cell, and sure enough, as Wang Laohu expected, Mingyue, the girl who was tortured by Jinyiwei, was not human, her hands were handcuffed to a horizontal log, her hair was very messy, her head was draped in front of her face, her whole face was covered by hair, she couldn't see her facial features, and her white clothes had traces of whipping and bloodstains.

Wang Laohu and the others walked into the cell, "Miss Mingyue, can you hear me?" ”

Mingyue moved, but did not raise her head.

"Miss Mingyue, we are from the Criminal Department, this is Lord Cao Hongting Cao of the Criminal Department, and we were sent by the emperor to investigate the case of Concubine Hui's violent death. You are Concubine Hui's personal slave, and you will tell us about Concubine Hui's situation that day. ”

Mingyue didn't say anything.

"Concubine Hui died violently, it must not be simple behind this, now you are the breakthrough in this case, if you don't speak, how can we find the murderer of Concubine Hui?"

Mingyue was like a piece of wood, still silent.

"I know you're suspicious of us, whether we were sent by the emperor, and whether we would help Concubine Hui find the murderer. Miss Mingyue, this is the emperor's edict. Just above this morning, the emperor ordered the Criminal Department and Jinyiwei to jointly investigate the case, in order to really give Concubine Hui an explanation. Wang Laohu put the emperor's edict under Mingyue's messy hair and gave her a look.

"Concubine Hui died violently, and the emperor was very sad. Jinyiwei's investigation has made no progress, the longer the time is delayed, the more difficult this investigation will be, and the more difficult it will be to correct the murderer, Miss Mingyue, you don't want your master to die like this. ”

Mingyue still didn't say anything.

"You still don't believe us. To tell you the truth, the emperor doesn't believe in Jinyiwei, so he asked us to investigate, and ask Miss Mingyue to tell us what you know. ”

Mingyue was a little moved, raised her head, and a few tufts of hair on the side of her head dispersed, half of her face was still blocked by hair, and only one eye was exposed.

"Miss Mingyue, please believe me." Wang Laohu pleaded again.

"Big ...... People, Concubine Hui has already ...... Five months ...... 's pregnant......" Mingyue said softly.

Wang Laohu was shocked, isn't this one corpse with two lives? The person behind this is really hateful, not only harmed Concubine Hui, but also killed the child in her womb.

"Chinese New Year's Eve...... In the evening, we had dinner ...... and had a snack, Concubine Hui felt a little tired, saying that she was a little dizzy and wanted to vomit, and the slave thought it was a normal morning sickness reaction...... Only...... Arrange for the mother to go to bed. Suddenly...... I've seen white light...... A flash...... Shem, it's a spirit fox. Spirit Fox in ...... There was a mark on Niangniang's face, and then she was uncomfortable all over, convulsions, convulsions, and before the doctor arrived, she soon stopped breathing. ”

It was the spirit fox again, and he couldn't imagine that what he had made would be used by others to participate in the killing.

"Miss Mingyue, what is this Concubine Hui eating for dinner?"

"It's Imperial Kitchen Yaki...... Before eating, use silver needles...... Try...... Probed. ”

"What is Concubine Hui's dim sum? When was it eaten? Who brought it? ”

"Dim Sum is...... Cassia...... Flower cake is called autumn energy after an hour after dinner...... of the slaves and maidservants took the cakes...... point, after holding it, Concubine Hui will ...... it right away. She also rewarded the slaves after eating...... A piece of maid, the slave and maid were reluctant to eat, wrapped the pastry in cloth, put it on the side of the cabinet, and prepared to wait for the mother to go to bed before eating, but I didn't expect the mother to have an accident soon after eating. ”

"When did Concubine Hui go to bed? What else had she done before? Who have you seen? ”

"Concubine Hui ate a snack...... One...... Before a quarter of an hour came, she felt uncomfortable, and I immediately let her ...... Sleep. In this Chinese New Year's Eve, Concubine Hui didn't do anything, and no one came to visit the door. ”

"What is wrong with Concubine Hui during the day, and who have you come into contact with?"

"Concubine Hui Chinese New Year's Eve...... There are a lot of people in contact, and they are those noble concubines...... Mother, she doesn't ...... during the day There is nothing out of the ordinary. Mingyue answered Wang Laohu's more than a dozen questions in a row, obviously unable to keep up. Wang Laohu knew that Mingyue was treated inhumanely, and it was not easy to insist on answering until now.

Wang Laohu asked the last question: "Concubine Hui is pregnant, who knows about it?" ”

"In this palace...... West Guifei, Qi Guifei, Side Guifei...... Rong Guifei...... Many mothers know it, and the queen mother also knows it. ”

"Miss Mingyue, thank you for the information, you can recuperate with peace of mind."

Mingyue raised her head again with difficulty and said, "These things ...... I'm ...... Didn't ...... with others Say, I'm afraid that if I don't say it now, I won't have a chance to say it. ”

"I understand, Miss Mingyue, you take good care of your injuries, you wait for our good news."

Mingyue smiled, reluctantly, and soon, her head lowered again.

Mingyue didn't say these words to others, including Jinyiwei, did she not believe Jinyiwei? Did she tell us because she believed in us? Not necessarily, her last sentence is very clear, if she doesn't say it now, I'm afraid that there will be no chance, not because I believe in Wang Laohu, but because I'm afraid that I won't have a chance to say it again, between Jinyiwei and Wang Laohu, she chose Wang Laohu, not because she believes in Wang Laohu, but because of the helpless choice between the two.

For the sake of this trust, Wang Laohu also has to find out the real culprit.

According to the experience of film and television dramas and court dramas, Wang Laohu felt that Concubine Hui's death was likely to be killed by the jealousy of other concubines. Concubine Hui is happy, those concubines who are not angry are naturally jealous, if Concubine Hui gives birth to a dragon son, the mother is expensive by virtue of the son, the status of this concubine will rise, which is the last thing other concubines want to see, so this possibility is the greatest. But if that were the case, there was no need to kill her, as long as she was medicated and her child was killed.

Is there any other possibility?

This Concubine Hui only felt unwell after eating a snack sent by a slave named Qiu Neng, is there something wrong with this osmanthus cake? Now there are two steps, one is whether there is a problem with the osmanthus cake itself; Second, if there is a problem, start to investigate the origin of Qiu Neng's little girl and osmanthus cake;

Wang Laohu and Lord Cao returned to the palace, because of the violent death of Concubine Hui, so Concubine Hui's room remained the same, not only the facilities were not moved, but even the things she had eaten were still there. Is there a problem with these osmanthus cakes?

Lord Cao took out the silver needle and tested it on the osmanthus cake, but the silver needle did not change color. The fact that there is no problem with the silver needle does not mean that there is no problem with the osmanthus cake, and there is any way to try again. Wang Laohu thought of using a chicken for a test, Pan Tai brought a chicken, Wang Laohu put the osmanthus cake on the ground, the chicken happily ate it, and after a while the whole rice cake was eaten.

Wang Laohu and Master Cao watched the chicken feel uncomfortable, and nothing unusual happened after half an hour. Could it be that this osmanthus cake is not the real cause of Concubine Hui's death, so what is the real cause of Concubine Hui's death?