Faced with Su Wuming's request again, Concubine Xiang still shook her head.

Su Wuming frowned slightly, then looked at Di Bu and said, "Master Di, do you have anything to ask?" ”

Di Bu bowed slightly, but he didn't ask Concubine Xiang, but looked at the old palace maid behind Concubine Xiang and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The old palace maid was a little surprised, but she still hurriedly replied: "Xinxin! ”

This is a very elegant name, but it seems a little inappropriate to match this old palace maid, of course, Su Wuming and Di Bu are very clear that this name has been with the old palace maid for decades, and a few decades ago, when she was young and delicate, and in her prime, this name must be well-deserved to her.

It's just that the years have passed, decades have passed, she is still an old palace maid, all the fantasies of her youth are still just fantasies, and her name can only be this name.

After Di Buwei sighed, he continued to ask, "Have you followed Concubine Xiang for a long time?" ”

Xinxin glanced at Concubine Xiang, and then shook her head: "I am only responsible for the concubines in the cold palace, whoever comes, I will serve whom, and it has only been less than a year since I followed Concubine Xiang." ”

After listening to Xinxin's answer, Di Bu had nothing to ask, and finally left the cold palace with Gonggong Feng.

And when he left the cold palace, Su Wuming suddenly asked, "Can the concubine in this cold palace go outside?" ”

Hearing Su Wuming ask such a question, Gonggong Feng sneered, and said: "According to the regulations, the concubines who enter the cold palace can only move freely in the cold palace, and they must not go outside the cold palace, but this is only a rule, the door of the cold palace has been locked outside, and only a small mouth is sent in by someone to send food, and there is no one to take care of it around, if the concubine Xiang can climb over the wall, it is possible to come out, but every few days someone will go inside to check, and the inner courtyard of the palace is not for anyone to walk around casually." ”

Gonggong Feng's words couldn't be clearer, and after Su Wuming smiled, he asked again: "Are the maids before Concubine Xiang still in the palace now?" ”

"This is natural, the emperor is merciful today, and he will not say that he will send Concubine Xiang into the cold palace, but also those maids into the cold palace."

Su Wuming didn't ask any more, walked out of the cold palace, walked through several palace walls, and finally came to the place where the palace maid lived.

This place is not as splendid as the concubines' bedrooms, but it is much more majestic than the buildings outside, at this time there are many palace maids fluttering butterflies, and some are playing, and they saw that after Duke Feng led two men into the place where they lived, they suddenly became much quieter, and they were also a lot more restrained.

Gonggong Feng glanced at it, and then asked, "Where is Xuemei?" ”

After a shout, a palace maid hurriedly ran out from the crowd, after she saluted the three of them, she stood aside without saying a word, Su Wuming glanced at her, although she was not very beautiful, but she was not a vulgar fan, Su Wuming bowed slightly, and asked, "Are you Xuemei?" ”

The palace maid nodded again and again: "The slave maid is exactly!" ”

"I heard that you live with Xiuxiu, but that's the case?"

When Xuemei heard Xiuxiu's name, she looked a little panicked, but she still nodded her head again and again.

"Now that Xuemei has been killed, the emperor has sent the two of us to investigate, since you live with Xuemei, you want to know her very well!"

Xuemei bowed her head, neither nodding nor shaking her head.

Su Wuming frowned slightly, took out the hairpin, and asked, "Have you seen this hairpin?" ”

Xuemei was suddenly startled when she saw the hairpin, and then nodded: "Yes, Xiuxiu still showed off in front of me, but I asked her where she got it, but she didn't say it." ”

"When was that?"

"Just a month ago, after he showed it off in front of me, I haven't seen her take it out again."

"Where did she come back when she showed you off that day?"

"It was late at night, I was responsible for serving Meng Cairen, when I returned to the room, it was already late, that day Xiuxiu was resting, when I returned to the house, I found that she was not in the house, I thought it was very strange, about half an hour later, she came back from outside, and when she came back, she was excited, showing off the hairpin to me by the firelight!"

"So, you don't know where she came back?"

"I asked, but she didn't say, only smiled!"

"So do you know who Xiuxiu's enemies are in this entire palace?"

"Enemies?" Xuemei's cheeks were slightly red, as if she was hesitating whether to answer the question.

Seeing Xuemei's hesitation, Su Wuming hurriedly said, "You just have to say it, we won't tell outsiders about it." ”

Xuemei nodded and said: "Xiuxiu, this person said okay, it's okay, but the heart is a little higher than the sky, not very peaceful, so the things that offend people are still not less, just now when she was Concubine Sun Xiang's maid, she was very scolding Concubine Sun Xiang, but after the emperor ascended the throne, Concubine Sun Xiang was beaten into the cold palace, Xiuxiu said bad things about Concubine Sun Xiang several times in order to vent the pain when she was enslaved by Concubine Sun Xiang before, and sometimes even took the opportunity to insult Concubine Sun Xiang, so I think Concubine Sun Xiang should hate Xiuxiu very much. ”

After Xuemei finished speaking, everyone was startled at first, and then quickly returned to normal and let Xuemei continue.

Xuemei hesitated slightly, and only spoke again after a long time: "There are two talented people in the emperor today, one is Meng Cairen, the master of me and Xiuxiu, and the other is Wang Cairen, Wang Cairen has followed the emperor when he was still King Ying, so after the emperor ascended the throne, he was very fond of her, Meng Cairen and some concubines are very jealous of Wang Cairen, and we, the subordinates, sometimes in order to please the master, will inevitably do something harmful to the interests of others, Xiuxiu once secretly humiliated Wang Cairen in order to please Meng Cairen, Later, after Wang Cairen learned that Xiuxiu was a ghost, he once wanted to settle accounts with Xiuxiu, if it weren't for Meng Cairen's protection, I was afraid that Xiuxiu would have been crippled by Wang Cairen. ”

The battle in the harem was no less than the battle in the court, Di Bu and Su Wuming were secretly frightened when they heard it, but they were here to solve the case, so after listening, Su Wuming asked again: "Besides, is there anyone else?" ”

Xuemei shook her head: "No, even if there is, it's just an occasional conversation, and it shouldn't kill anyone." ”

Su Wuming bowed his head and asked, "You live with Xiuxiu, she is no longer a virgin, do you know?" ”

"Not a virgin?" Xuemei was a little surprised, and after being surprised, she suddenly came to her senses, and said again and again: "That's right, one day a month ago, I found Xiuxiu walking with her legs, so I asked her what's wrong, she was very embarrassed at the time, only said that her legs hurt, and it was comfortable to walk like that, I didn't care at the time, and now it seems that she should have just lost herself that day, otherwise how could it be like that." ”

Hearing Xuemei say this, Su Wuming hurriedly asked: "Then do you remember, Xiuxiu went there that day, at that time, did she get a hairpin?" ”

Xuemei thought for a while and said, "I don't know where she went that day, but I remember the hairpin, it was a few days later." ”

After Su Wuming asked, he glanced at Di Bu, Di Bu bowed slightly, and asked, "When was the last time you saw Xiuxiu yesterday?" ”

"Yesterday it was my turn to serve Meng Cairen, so after having lunch together at noon, I didn't see her again until I heard that she had been killed."

After Xuemei finished speaking, Di Bu didn't continue to ask, but glanced at Su Wuming and said, "You checked the body, you should be able to determine when you were killed, right?" ”

Su Wuming shrugged: "It should be around Shen Shi." ”

After getting Su Wuming's answer, Di Bu looked at Xuemei again and asked, "Shen Shi, where are you and who are you with?" ”

Seeing Di Bu ask herself, Xuemei was a little shocked, and hurriedly asked, "Does Master Di suspect that I killed Xuemei?" ”

Di Bu frowned slightly: "Before the murder is investigated, I have reason to suspect anyone, you just have to say where you are at that time!" ”

Xuemei was helpless, and said: "At that time, it was around dusk, the sunset was very good, I accompanied Meng Cairen to enjoy the sunset in the palace, Meng Cairen suddenly became poetic, and ordered me to take paper, ink, pen and inkstone to write poems, I have always stayed by Meng Cairen's side, that is, after learning that Xiuxiu was killed, I was also with Meng Cairen." ”

"How long did it take you to get pen, ink, paper, and inkstone?"

"It's very short, I don't even have a cup of tea, but Meng Cairen and I are watching the sunset outside Meng Cairen's dormitory!"

After listening to Xuemei's answers, Di Bu felt that there was nothing to ask, so he left with Su Wuming and Gonggong Feng.

After leaving, Gonggong Feng asked: "The two corpses have also been examined, and the people have almost asked, do you know who killed the palace maid Xiuxiu?" ”

Seeing Gonggong Feng asking, if they didn't answer, they would be too incompetent, so at this time, Su Wuming arched his hand and said: "I don't know who the murderer is for the time being, but I can already make a preliminary analysis, but Gonggong Feng wants to listen?" ”

"You said come and let the miscellaneous family hear it!"

Su Wuming bowed his head, and then said: "First of all, from the cause of Xiuxiu's death, it can be seen that the person who killed Xiuxiu was someone Xiuxiu knew, otherwise the murderer would not have strangled her from the front; Secondly, Xiuxiu's body was broken, in this palace, there must be a man who had an affair with Xiuxiu, and after this man broke Xiuxiu's body, he also bought hairpins and Xiuxiu; Secondly, Xiuxiu has two enemies in the palace, one of them is Wang Cairen, and the other is Concubine Sun Xiang, as for whether they killed anyone, it remains to be investigated. ”

"So, the murderer must be one of the two of them?"

Su Wuming smiled lightly: "This is not necessarily, it may be the man who broke Xiuxiu's body, in this palace, if someone detects this matter, it will be difficult for the man to live, if the man senses the danger, will he kill Xiuxiu to protect himself?" ”

After Su Wuming finished speaking, Di Bu nodded slightly and said approvingly: "What Master Su said is not bad at all, what we have to do now is to investigate Wang Cairen and Concubine Sun Xiang, and find out the man who had an affair with Xiuxiu." ”