A Jixi Hall that no one has cared about for more than ten years, burned and burned, but the palace often caught fire, which was not a normal thing, and King Chuding also wanted to take this opportunity to seize the people behind the scenes, so he launched the palace guards at this time and sealed the entire Jixi Hall!

However, King Chu Ding was still calm in the end, and after many guests came out, King Chu Ding also asked them to stay, and did not allow any of the guests to enter the Jixi Hall.

Because the palace was often on fire, and fire extinguishing equipment such as water pipes were also prepared, the fire was quickly brought under control.

In addition, Jixitang has become a ghost-like existence, and all the surroundings have been emptied, so that the fire will not spread, and there will be no danger in less than half an hour, and the fire will be controlled.

Watching the excitement is more exciting than eating a wine banquet, and these martial artists also stretched their necks, and many people wanted to be able to go inside to have a look.

However, the king of Chu had already ordered, and the guards blocked the way, and everyone was a little disappointed.

It's just that as soon as the fire was suppressed, King Chuding sent the chief of the palace out.

Changshi's deed is also not easy to mix, if you say it well, you are the housekeeper of the palace, and if you don't say it well, you will be carried by the palace.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a long history in the prince's or princess's mansion, and he was in charge of the affairs of the palace.

I don't want to talk about it from afar, just talking about the case of Zhu Yingyi's murder of his father, those who should be punished were punished, and those who should not be punished were punished.

Everyone knows the long history of the Chu Palace, after all, he is the one who meets the left and right at the banquet, and entertains everyone exquisitely, although the king of Chu puts on a posture of enjoying with the people, it is impossible to drink with you and guess the boxing loudly, and the specific entertainment is still to let the long history and the like do it.

After this long history came out, everyone also gathered around, in the end, they wanted to ask about the situation, but the long history ignored it, and walked directly to the front of Li Mi and a few people, and said to Li Mi.

"The prince is invited, please come with me."

Li Mi knew that this would happen, after all, they had been in Jixi Hall before the fire, and if King Chuding didn't look for them, then it would really be called a ghost.

Although Li Mi was very calm, but the guests around him all exploded, Li Mi and Zhao Guangling Xiong Tingbi, these three undoubtedly occupied all the limelight in today's competition, but now they let the prince invite in!

Did the prince ask them to help with the investigation, or did he think they were suspected of arson?

This question hung over everyone's heads like a mysterious cloud, and everyone also started to talk about it.

However, Li Mi didn't have too many ideas, King Chu Ding was not a stupid person, it was impossible not to see it, Li Mi had an official position, Zhao Guangling had a special identity, Zhang Huangting and Zheng Duofu were on good terms, and even the boudoir of the county lord of Guining could enter, how could he set it on fire.

In comparison, Zhao Guangling was a little weak-hearted, not because he was worried that King Chu Ding would wronged them, but because of Fang San'er!

If they didn't know Fang San'er's true identity, they would be able to deal with it as calmly as Li Mi at this time, but after knowing it, they would inevitably feel a little weak-hearted.

Li Mi walked ahead, and saw from a distance that the courtyard was guarded layer by layer, the sergeants were dressed in strong and stubborn clothes, holding torches, and there were also Tsing Yi envoys from the house, etc., carrying lanterns and hurrying to the back, a large number of short and barefoot bitter haha covered in ashes and muddy water, still constantly carrying water and pouring to avoid resurgence.

Zhu Huakui, the king of Chuding, had a gloomy face and stood silently, and in front of him, there were more than a dozen corpses that had been burned and twisted!

When Li Mi saw these corpses, he finally became a little nervous, thinking that he had just seen this group of people tonight, and now they had all turned into twisted and hideous corpses, how could it be relieved!

What's more, Fang San'er has just revealed his identity, and even if someone does such a vicious act, this is really vigilant!

Seeing Li Mi coming, King Chuding said to Li Mi: "Li Mi, I heard that you used to do fast fishing and inspection, come and help me take a look." ”

The county lord of Guining and the others didn't dare to approach, so they looked around from a distance, and saw King Chuding talking to Li Mi, and thought that she was in trouble again, after all, she wanted to play tricks on Li Mi, so she brought outsiders in.

This Xitang has not had an accident for more than ten years, and if she brought Li Mi in tonight, she had to let her brother Wang scold.

But fortunately, it seems that Brother Wang has no intention of questioning, but asked Li Mi to help investigate the scene.

Li Mi just glanced at it, didn't say much, and said to King Chuding: "Lord Wang, I am tired of letting these people go out temporarily, there are many people, and it is inevitable that the traces will be ruined, and besides, before this matter is clear, it is not easy to publicize it, so as not to leak secrets." ”

As soon as Li Mi said this, King Chu Ding was also relieved, and this first measure was enough to show that Li Mi was a veteran, taking into account both the investigation of the case and the reputation of the palace.

King Chu Ding waved his hand and asked these people to retreat, and Li Mi also asked Zhao Guangling, Xiong Tingbi and others to retreat outside, and then they came to the front.

There were a lot of buckets next to him, so Li Mi washed his hands, took out a handkerchief to wipe them clean, walked to these corpses, thought about it, and said to King Chu Ding.

"Lord, there are some unwritten rules for doing things, and there is no need to ask for instructions on burning incense, but there are some taboos that cannot be exempted from vulgarity, and I am also cheeky and ask the prince for money."

King Chu Ding also knows the rules, who is willing to touch the dead corpse among ordinary people, Li Mi is not a fool and does not catch fast now, he is also a Jiupin official, and he is a martial arts scholar, and it is natural to ask for money to wash his hands.

However, he was a dignified vassal king, and he had no habit of carrying gold and silver property, and the people around him were dismissed by him, so he attended the banquet tonight, and his clothes were quite bright, so he immediately took off a ring from his tail finger and handed it to Li Mi.

"Good work."

Li Mi took the ring, didn't look at it, stuffed it into his pocket at will, and said to King Chuding: "Thank you for the reward." ”

With this, Li Mi came to the corpses, and with a cursory sweep, there were about sixteen corpses, their clothes were burned to pieces, their skin was open and the flesh was open, and there was a smell of barbecue, their hair was burned out, and their scalps were bare, some of them had been burned to the point of cracking, and some of them had even burst out of the cracks.

These people have ruined their faces, and they are all elderly, so burned, curled up like a hairless monkey, grinning teeth, and burning eyes, it really makes people's scalp numb and stomach cold.

When Li Mi first arrived, he had seen these old palace people, but he didn't count them at that time, let alone how many palace people there were, so he didn't know if there were survivors, let alone whether Fang San'er was dead or alive.

These people were burned beyond recognition, even if Fang San'er was among them, he couldn't identify them.

King Chu Ding's meaning was very clear, and Li Mi's idea was also very simple, when he came to the front, he broke the mouth of the deceased, wanting to see if there were ashes in his mouth.

If these people are burned to death, they will have to run in all directions in the process, and although they cannot shout, they will subconsciously open their mouths to breathe, and in this way, they will naturally inhale soot and ashes.

However, this Xitang is very spacious, and it is unlikely that these palace people will be burned to death in a confined space, even so, they should be able to escape, since they can't escape, it means that it is very likely that they were killed by someone before setting fire to destroy the corpses.

If there are no ashes in their mouths, it means that they were not burned alive before they died, but that their bodies were set on fire after they were killed.

Li Mi wanted to open his mouth, but he didn't know that the deceased's teeth were clenched, and he couldn't break them for a while, but his lips and chin were cooked, and Li Mi even tore off a large piece of belt meat, revealing the red and white tooth roots, and the yellow water flowed, King Chu Ding couldn't help but retch, but Li Mi was calm as usual.

After King Chuding stopped retching, Li Micai said to King Chuding: "Lord, these people were burned after death, and there are no wounds on their bodies, so I think they should have been put down* or poison......

When King Chu Ding heard this, he was also very angry, not only did he set fire to it this time, but he even started killing people!

If he hadn't kept an eye on it and asked Li Mi to investigate, he would have really thought that these abandoned palace people had been burned to death!

"Li Mi, are you sure? If you eat*, how can you not be awakened by the heat? I guess it's poison......"

Li Mi shook his head and said to King Chu Ding: "Lord Wang, this is not necessarily, in this fire, the most harmful to people may not be the open flame, before the fire reaches the body, the smoke has already dispersed, these smoke will make people unconscious or even directly poisoned, and they can't wait for the open flame to burn themselves." ”

Li Mi actually wants to talk about carbon monoxide poisoning, in many fire cases, carbon monoxide poisoning is more than being burned to death by open flames, but the words carbon monoxide do not have to be said, and they have to be explained, Li Mi said that these smoke are poisonous, and King Chu Ding understands.

King Chuding heard Li Mi's explanation, and nodded frequently, and Li Mi immediately said to King Chuding.

"Lord Wang, can survivors be found in this fire?"

King Chu Ding also shook his head and said to Li Mi: "This search and rescue, the palace people are here, these people are concentrated in the dining room, so it is not difficult to find ......"

"They are all the first elderly palace people in the palace, and they don't eat so late on weekdays, but tonight they eat for more than half an hour......

Speaking of this, King Chuding inevitably glanced at Li Mi, and Li Mi's heart was also a little blocked, if it weren't for the Guining County Lord playing tricks on Li Mi and throwing them here, these palace people would not greet Li Mi and the others in fear, and miss their own meals.

Xu saw that Li Mi was a little heavy, and King Chuding also said to Li Mi: "These don't care, since they are victimized, this king must catch the murderer behind the scenes, Li Mi, you are an expert, can you help this king this time?" ”

Li Mi was worried that there was no legitimate reason to investigate the affairs in the palace, and now that the king of Chu said this, he couldn't ask for it, but Li Mi didn't agree immediately, so as to avoid arousing the suspicion of King Chu Ding, he said to King Chu Ding.

"There are countless capable people under the command of the prince, how dare Li Mi get an axe."

King Chu Ding waved his hand and said to Li Mi: "I won't tell you anything, this king has already inquired about you, and you are indeed an expert in investigation. ”

When King Chu Ding said this, he set the direction for this case, and according to his guess, this should be a crime committed by people inside the palace!

However, Li Mi did not agree, and said to King Chuding: "It is still too early for the prince to say this, before the investigation is clear, everyone is suspected, but everyone is still innocent, and you must not have a preconceived idea." ”

When King Chu Ding saw Li Mi say this, he could also feel Li Mi's dedication and professionalism in investigating the case, so he said to Li Mi.

"What you said is true, but this king's speculation is not unreasonable, and it is precisely because it is very likely that it is an internal crime, so the people under this king can't believe it, Hengzhu has blocked the palace, and it is most appropriate for you to investigate."

Li Mi said to King Chuding at this time: "Since this is the case, I can only try hard, if I can't find out why, I hope the prince will forgive me." ”