Li Mi wanted to come forward to comfort Zhu Gaosui, but when he gently pinched Zhu Gaosui's shoulder, he could feel his strangeness!

This is not a manifestation of excessive sadness, this kind of wailing and crying does not cry out for the pain of crying for heaven and earth, but the joy of crying with joy!

Li Mi was already disappointed, but at this time, hope surged up, and Zhu Gaosui's performance finally made Li Mi reassured.

He raised his head, his face was full of tears, and he threw himself into Li Mi's arms and cried: "She is not dead, and my mother is not dead...... Wow woo woo ......"

Li Mi also breathed a sigh of relief, and reassured him: "That's good...... That's ......."

After a while, Li Mi pushed him away again, grabbed his shoulder, and said to Zhu Gaosui: "Since my mother is not dead, let's stop acting like this, according to the roster, the sixteen people in this Xitang are all here, if there is no mother among them, it means that someone has done something in it." ”

Zhu Gaosui is a smart child, he can naturally figure out this problem, this person has deliberately found a corpse to replace Fang San'er, which means that the real Fang San'er has been taken away, although she is not dead, but she is not sure of her safety!

"Yes, Master Li, you are right, since my mother is still alive, we should find her!"

Li Mi couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, and then said to Zhu Gaosui: "I have also seen Shicai, you are very familiar with these people, and you can even identify them one by one, so now you tell me, which one is mixed in from outside?" ”

Zhu Gaosui knew that his ability was limited, and if he wanted to find his mother and save his mother, he could only rely on Li Mi, after all, he grew up in the palace, and he naturally had vision.

King Chuding was able to hand over such a big case to Li Mi to deal with, which shows Li Mi's ability, besides, the children love to be lively, and the palace has a martial tradition, and the children also watched the competition during the day, although there are many children who like Zu Dashou Xiong Tingbi or Zhao Guangling, Zhu Gaosui is no exception, but Li Mi's amazing battle, Zhu Gaosui is also impressed.

At this time, Zhu Gaosui only looked at Li Mima, walked to the middle, and pointed to a shriveled female corpse.

"This is not a person from the Hunting Palace!"

Li Mi also felt a little strange, in order to keep it a secret, Zhu Gaosui said that he couldn't come to visit his mother from time to time, even if he came, he was sneaky, and he didn't have much contact with these palace people, so naturally he wasn't too familiar, how could he identify these palace people?

"Why are you so sure this person isn't from the Hunting Palace?"

Zhu Gaosui didn't dare to hide it, and pointed to the hand of the female corpse and said: "My lord also doesn't know, the people in the Xitang are all guilty of crimes, and they were punished in the early years, in addition to being twisted out of their tongues, everyone's right middle finger will be cut off!" ”

"The middle finger was cut off?" Li Mi was also a little surprised, but he quickly figured it out.

Although these people can't reveal their secrets, it is difficult to ensure that they have a heart of disobedience, and it may be impossible to resist openly, but if they make bows and arrows privately and assassinate the nobles of the palace, it is estimated that they can still do it.

Therefore, when the palace punished them, they cut off their thumbs, and without the middle finger, they could not open the bow and build, and naturally there was no threat at all.

There is also a saying in later generations that the middle finger of others in Western countries is a very humiliating gesture, and the origin of this gesture is related to the bow and arrow.

It is said that at the end of the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France, the British longbowmen made the French army suffer, and the French army swore that if they had a chance to defeat the British army in the future, they would cut off the middle fingers of the British longbowmen.

The result ended in a crushing defeat for the French, and as the French retreated, the British archers raised their right middle fingers to show off that they were still there.

It can also be seen that the middle finger is the most critical finger for drawing a bow and archery, and there is also a kind of punishment in ancient China, that is, to cut off the thumb of the captive, without the thumb, you can't hold the knife, and you are not afraid of them going to the battlefield again.

Thinking of this, Li Mi couldn't help but admire Zhu Gaosui's carefulness, and after careful observation at this time, he found that the fingers of the female corpse were also intact, and the people who wanted to come to Gu Bu's maze were also very secret, and they didn't take this detail into account.

After finding out the female corpse, Li Mi examined the situation of the female corpse in detail, and the facts proved this.

Earlier, Li Mi had already known that Fang San'er and other old palace people, although they were hungry and frozen, they lived a very poor life, most of them were malnourished, and their premature aging was more serious.

But this female corpse is a little fat, under the scorching fire, a lot of yellow-white fat overflowed from the surface of the corpse, and there was no wound on her body, as for whether she was poisoned or suffocated, there was no in-depth investigation, and it is unknown.

But there is one circumstance that can be determined, that is, the woman has not been dead for a long time, and the degree of decay can be reversed.

It is unlikely that the people behind the scenes will use a corpse that has long since decomposed to confuse the public, let alone carry a dead body into the palace from hundreds of miles away.

And King Chuding had already said earlier that for this competition, the palace had already been under martial law, and it was rumored that corpses were not allowed to enter the palace.

This also shows that this woman must be from the palace, and she has just been killed, and sooner or later it will never exceed three days!

Because of the different degrees of decay, the appearance after being burned by the fire is also different, and whether the corpse is alive or not does not dissipate experience, even ordinary people can see it.

With this clue, Li Mi also has a direction.

As speculated earlier, it is unlikely that the person behind the scenes will carry the body in from outside the palace, so he will naturally not eat the grass on the edge of the nest, so as long as the identity of this woman is found, then the people around her who are in contact will be much less suspicious.

And it is not difficult to find out her identity, in order to cooperate with the investigation, King Chuding has blocked the palace, mobilized the palace guards to nod around, and is screening and checking, if anyone is missing or dead, I believe it will be reported to Li Mi soon.

Thinking of this, Li Mi also temporarily felt at ease, and said to Zhu Gaosui: "Your mother's identity, besides you, is there anyone else in the palace who knows?" ”

Zhu Gaosui didn't hesitate too much, and after thinking about it, he said to Li Mi: "The prince naturally knows, and the prince has actually acquiesced over the years, otherwise I wouldn't be able to come in to visit my mother......"

King Chuding's personality, Li Mi also gradually has some understanding, although he looks generous and tolerant on the face, but in fact, he is also ruthless in his heart, otherwise how can he defeat Zhu Xianhuai and regain the suzerainty from Zhu Xianhua?

And Li Mi lives in this palace, and has heard a lot of gossip, Li Mi is the best at collecting information, and he will not let go of these rumors.

It is said that after King Chuding inherited the prince, he set off a bloody purge in the Wuchang royal city, and Zhu Xianhuai and Zhu Xianqi were not spared, and even Zhu Xianxiu's line was not escaped.

It is said that King Chu Ding cannot tolerate the recurrence of the palace scandal, after all, this scandal is very likely to cause a chain reaction, and it will involve his bloodline and life.

At this juncture, King Chu Ding can be said to be unscrupulous to eliminate all threats that question the background of him and his younger brother Xuanhua King Zhu Huabi, and it should be unlikely that Fang San'er will be spared.

But he was so tolerant of Fang San'er and Zhu Gaosui, and even acquiesced in their recognition, which is a bit unreasonable.

You must know that King Chuding is questioned, and it is the most taboo to say that there are hybrids and wild species, and if Zhu Gaosui was really born by Zhu Xianqi and Fang San'er, it is also a bad seed that violates human ethics, how could King Chuding let Zhu Gaosui continue to stay in the palace of Anton?

If it is said that Zhu Gaosui is not Zhu Xianqi's species, but the species of Zhu Huakui, the king of Chuding, it is also unlikely, because Zhu Huakui's age is not right at all, when Zhu Gaosui was born, Zhu Huakui had not been in charge of the government, and it is impossible for the other party San'er to have any evil thoughts.

So what's hidden here? What is the reason why King Chu Ding can tolerate Fang San'er?

Could it be that it was only because Fang San'er knew Zhu Huakui's identity and secrets that Zhu Huakui threw a mouse trap to leave Fang San'er's life and acquiesced to the mother and son to recognize each other privately?

If this is the case, Zhu Huakui, the king of Chuding, also has the motive to kill Fang San'er, but why don't he kill sooner or later, but at this time, when many martial artists are present?

Is it to let these martial artists testify against him, so as to eliminate his suspicion?

From this aspect, Zhu Huakui, the king of Chuding, does have great possibilities, but Jixi Hall was originally a forbidden place in the palace, and Fang San'er was hidden, so not too many people knew about her existence.

King Chu Ding could have killed Fang San'er quietly, it was enough sanitize to kill her alone, so why poison everyone, and go to great lengths to set fire to it?

Besides, King Chu Ding can completely cut off their usefulness, let them starve to death and freeze to death, and let these people slowly wither and decay, and there is no need for such an extreme and blatant big move.

Li Mi thought so in his heart, so he said to Zhu Gaosui: "In addition to the prince, is there anyone else?" ”

Zhu Gaosui didn't hide it, and said with some indignation: "King Wugang's house should know, the eldest grandson Zhu Huazeng should be the future head of the family, the person who inherited the prince, but the prince suppressed them too much, their elders bullied their mother, and they were afraid that their mother would retaliate, but now they are also difficult to protect themselves, and they should not be able to harm my mother." ”

"Because the prince warned the king of Wugang to let them be people with their tails between their legs, if the prince finds any bad intentions, with the means of the prince, I am afraid that they will not be able to keep one, so they have no intention and no power to do this."

Zhu Gaosui analyzed it well, but it also saved Li Mi a lot of brainpower, and it seemed that he had to say it, so Zhu Gaosui didn't want Li Mi to ask again, and continued.

"In addition, the only one who knows the identity of his mother is Junma Wang Ruoquan......"

Li Mi knew that the county horse in Zhu Gaosui's mouth was the husband of the county lord, also called Yibin, but he just said that the county horse, even the horse also eats soft rice, everything depends on the face of his wife, there is no difference between him and the people's son-in-law, there is no family status at all, and he can't enter the ancestral hall after death, where is this Wang Ruoquan sacred, and he can actually know such a big old secret?

Li Mi couldn't help but say to Zhu Gaosui: "Who is this Wang Ruoquan, why does he know your mother's identity?" ”

Zhu Gaosui sighed lightly and said to Li Mi: "Don't say anything about this county horse Wang Ruoquan, because in the early years, before the prince was about to attack the lord, it was this county horse who complained to the imperial court, saying that the prince was not born to the old prince, and as a result, after the prince was in power, this county horse was ......."

When Zhu Gaosui said this, Li Mi could already imagine the fate of this county horse, so that only Zhu Huakui, the king of Chuding, was left in the know, and Zhu Huazeng, the eldest grandson of the king of Wugang, was left.

Zhu Huazeng, who is in the line of King Wugang, is not very old, and his family is in danger, so it seems that King Chuding is more suspicious!

Could it be that King Chu Ding is really a thief shouting that he can't catch a thief?