As inferred by King Chu Ding, the person who set the fire should be an insider in the palace, firstly, for this competition, the palace has already been under martial law, and outsiders are not allowed to enter and exit at will, and secondly, this person can be poisoned, and he must be familiar with the way, if it is an outsider, I am afraid that he will not even be able to find the Xitang, after all, this place has been neglected for more than ten years, and the young people in the palace only regard this place as a childhood nightmare, and dare not get too close.

Li Mi also thought about this problem, the palace is so big, if it is just an impulsive and passionate crime, the arsonist will definitely choose a more splendid palace to start, there is no need to deliberately find such a dilapidated place.

Because arsonists have the psychological characteristics of destroying beautiful things, the more beautiful things are, the more they want to burn them, so as to satisfy their psychological imbalance.

The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty received unprecedented preferential treatment, whether these eunuchs were in the palace of the capital division, or the mansions of the feudal kings in various places, they were accustomed to taking the sheep by the hand, after all, they served in the inner palace, and there would be more mobile phones, and it was relatively easy, and they were worried about the east window incident, once the deficit was too big, to the point that it could not be filled, they would deliberately set fire, which is not uncommon in historical records.

Before a specific investigation, Li Mi was not easy to make judgments, and he could also take the opportunity to investigate the life experience of King Chu Ding, which killed two birds with one stone.

Although it was an invitation made by King Chu Ding, Li Mi still had to say the ugly things to the front, and if something happened, he could also endorse it in advance.

So Li Mi said to King Chuding: "What the prince said is very true, and he also said a disrespectful word, although the prince is wise and martial, but the palace is full of people, since the guards did not find the outsiders, it is very likely that it was the thief inside......"

"It's just that in the end it is an outsider, sometimes you need to consult the nobles in the house, it is inevitable that some people will speak lightly, and when the time comes, it is estimated that you will have to trouble the prince, this back and forth, but you have to miss the opportunity, since you should undertake this deed, you can't live up to the prince's trust, so dare to ask the prince for a token, and save these many lips and tongues, let alone have to make extraneous branches......"

King Chu Ding had already recognized Li Mi's ability, and when he heard the words, he also felt that Li Mi's proposal was understandable, and he did not suspect that he would not use it, so King Chu Ding took off a jade pendant the size of a pigeon's egg from the jade belt and handed it to Li Mi.

"This jade pendant is the king's belongings, this palace is recognized, hold this thing, you can go unimpeded, later the king will explain it, but if it is difficult for you, it is to disobey the king, see who dares to come!"

Li Mi Shicai also agreed with King Chu Ding's statement that the murderer was very likely to be a thief, King Chu Ding was angry, if the murderer could be caught, he should be severely punished, and the authority to investigate the case was very simply handed over to Li Mi.

After all, this fire is not clean, these old palace people are ominous people, and now the corpses are everywhere, King Chu Ding found a suitable investigator like Li Mi, and he didn't have to wait long, and left from time to time, but left three or five people for Li Mi to be sent.

Li Mi first let Xiong Tingbi and a few people in, they all knew about Fang San'er, and hurriedly asked Li Mi at this time, "That Fang San'er is dead?" ”

Li Mi glanced at the five Chu King guards, and replied in a low voice: "I checked the corpses just now, most of these sixteen people are women, but they are burned beyond recognition, their bodies are curled, it is really difficult to identify, and they can't find the phoenix-like ring, what is going on with this Fang San'er, I don't have a clue yet......

Xiong Tingbi is a thick man on the outside and thin on the inside, and at this time he mentioned to Li Mi: "Although these palace people are all guilty, the palace must register and make a register, just take the list to compare, and it will be clear." ”

Li Mi shook his head, and said to Xiong Tingbi: "The prince has already let people compare, there are only sixteen people in total, and now there are sixteen corpses, if they are according to the roster, they should be dead......

When Zhao Guangling heard this, he was also a little puzzled: "Since this is the case, it is clear that he is dead, why don't you have a clue?" ”

Li Mi was about to answer, but at this time, Zhang Huangting answered from the side: "Because he was able to find out Fang San'er's identity, it all relied on Fang San'er's ring, but I am afraid that when I checked the corpse, I didn't find the ring, am I right?" ”

This Huang Ting has been following Li Mi for a long time, and gradually he knows the roots, and he is full of tacit understanding, and he has also made a lot of progress in Li Mi's investigation ideas.

Li Mi nodded, and said to Zhang Huangting: "That's right, these people were poisoned to death, and it is not long before the meal time, the murderer should have poisoned people and started arson, these palace people have no valuables, but in the end, there are some idle items, but when the body was examined, no traces of body search were found......

"In other words, unless the murderer came straight to Fang San'er, he wouldn't take her ring away so coincidentally."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help nodding, and Xiong Tingbi asked again at this time: "Is it possible that the flames are burning, the fingers are atrophied, and the ring is lost in the fire?" ”

Li Mi also thought about this possibility, but these people were poisoned first, so they were burned by the fire, and they didn't struggle at all, and there was no need to lose the ring when struggling, and after the fire burned, although the skin was open, the knuckles would also bend, and it could be concluded from the body curled up by the corpse that after the knuckles were bent, the rings would fall off automatically, even if someone was hard and vivid, they might not be able to take it off.

Fang San'er is the clue for Li Mi to investigate the life of King Chu Ding, and it is the only clue so far, confirming Fang San'er's life and death has naturally become the first priority.

It's just that as they discussed in time, they didn't know the physical characteristics of Fang San'er in advance, so naturally they couldn't compare, if they were excluded according to relevant information such as gender and age, Li Mi had also thought about it early.

However, when he inspected the corpse, he also deliberately observed that most of the sixteen palace people were women, but the women were all very old, and three of them were like Fang San'er, and they were in their early fifties.

But they have been confined here for a long time, although they will not starve to death and freeze to death, but their lives are also miserable, one by one malnourished, plus they are frightened all day long, no one is a ghost, no one is a ghost, the phenomenon of premature aging is extremely serious, and they have been burned by fire, where can they be judged according to these.

I thought that the case was not complicated, but after such a discussion, everyone fell into a mystery cloud, and it was really difficult to see the truth.

Li Mi had already thought of a rough investigation plan, and at this time, he said to a few of his companions: "Fang San'er is indeed the key, but it is by no means the only breakthrough, in addition to confirming Fang San'er's life and death, we can actually do three things first." ”

Zhao Guangling, Xiong Tingbi, Zhang Huangting and even Suo Changsheng all boasted that they were not stupid people, but they were at a loss when they heard the facts of this case, but at this time, they heard Li Mi say that there were still three breakthroughs, and they came to the spirit all of a sudden.

Li Mi said to everyone: "First, let's investigate the fire, find out the fire point, and see if there are any ignition things left at the fire point, and through those ignition things, maybe we can find new clues." ”

"It is not clear who the murderer is, but no matter who the murderer is, since he wants to set the fire, he must have stayed at the fire point, and maybe he will leave more or less traces as a thief."

"Secondly, we can investigate what kind of poison these people have, and it is also a breakthrough to speculate about this person through poison."

When Li Mi said this, everyone nodded frequently, but Li Mi continued: "This third, the workload is too great." ”

"Everyone must remember that when we came to knock on the door, these old palace people trembled and feared one by one, as if they had never seen a living person."

"But this person was able to go straight to the Xitang and calmly poison and set fire, which shows that the murderer is very likely to stay in the palace, and even the people in the palace may be familiar with these palace people!"

"As long as we investigate one by one and guarantee them in two, then those who don't have an alibi should be the ones who are likely to enter the Jixi Hall, and through a lot of investigation and cross-comparison, I can't say that we will be able to find some clues."

When Li Mi said this, everyone was also excited, they all boasted of being smart, when encountering this kind of unsolved case, Li Mi did not shy away from them, and even spoke openly and honestly to them, obviously they needed their help, so why not?

At this time, Xiong Tingbi took the initiative to ask Li Mi and said: "The investigation of this fire point, maybe I can give it a try......

Li Mi also smiled, and said to Xiong Tingbi: "Brother Shibaoka must have Zhizhu in his chest, and since this is the case, he will hand it over to Brother Shibaoka to do." ”

Zhao Guangling was stalked and beaten by Xiong Tingbi on the school field, and always felt that Xiong Tingbi was cheating, where would he be willing to fall at this time, so he said to Li Mi: "I am familiar with the people in the palace, so I will go and inquire everywhere to see who has done something unseemly!" ”

Xiong Tingbi chose the first breakthrough, and Zhao Guangling chose the third breakthrough, Li Mi was naturally happy to see it, and said with a smile: "It's okay, this matter will be handed over to Brother Guangling, the investigation is not as hard as hard work, if you lose, you can't say another trick!" ”

Li Mi teased casually, in fact, it was also because Zhao Guangling was lazy, Li Mi was afraid that he would investigate and be a fool, so he didn't do his best, so he used the method of agitation appropriately.

Zhao Guangling glared at Xiong Tingbi, and the two looked at each other, as if their eyes were about to burst into lightning and collide in mid-air, and they said unconvincingly at the same time: "Let's see!" ”

Seeing that they were full of energy, Li Mi also nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Suo Changsheng: "This second breakthrough needs to find out what kind of poison they have been hit, and what is the method of poisoning, and this matter will be handed over to Changsheng to do." ”

Suo Changsheng is a Gu cultivator, and he is familiar with the way of using poison, but Suo Changsheng seems to be a little unhappy, but he didn't speak at this time.

However, Zhang Huangting couldn't sit still, everyone had something to do, so he had nothing to do, and it seemed that he was useless, so he said to Li Mi: "Brother Li, then what should I do?" ”

Li Mi smiled at him and said: "We are all out, only the autumn and winter girl is left, it is not appropriate, you take the autumn and winter girl to the county lord of Guining to find out the situation, and dig out the inside story about these palace people, this is the most important thing, and only you can take on this great responsibility!" ”

When Zhang Huangting heard this, he also raised his head, and he was also disappointed by Li Mi to say this, if he said it differently, I was afraid that Zhang Huangting would not be happy.

At this time, Suo Changsheng finally had a chance to speak, pursed his lips, and complained to Li Mi: "Let's all do things separately, what are you doing, the investigator appointed by the prince?" ”

Li Mi smiled, stretched his waist, pulled over the chairs that Shicai had prepared for King Chu Ding, sat down on it with a big grin, and said with a long sigh of relief.

"I, sitting in the Chinese army, checking and filling in the gaps, I will go wherever I need to!"

Suo Changsheng was inevitably a little dissatisfied: "You are idle!" ”

Li Mi smiled and said, "I'm not idle, I still have to wait for someone!" ”