Although this side of the charcoal house has always been relatively remote, it is also the safest place compared to the outside of Miyagi, but now there are murder cases.

The guard then examined it and said, "The body is still warm, and there are strangulation marks on the neck!" ”

Feng Manlou reacted suddenly, since the corpse was warm, it means that the time of death is not long, and it should be in a quarter of an hour. And the strangulation marks on the neck should have been strangled to death.

Walking over, the guard turned over the corpse, and Feng Manlou saw that the strangulation marks were very thick, and he should have been strangled by something coarse. Moreover, there are obvious traces of friction behind the chair, because the chair is painted red, but a black mark was found. And the color of the blot is obviously darker.

"The murderer is wearing green!" Feng Manlou said with certainty.

Zhao Yuankan was stunned for a moment and asked, "Teacher, why are you so sure?" ”

"The chair is red paint, but this mark is black. When red and green are mixed together, it's black. This proves that the murderer was wearing green clothes, and they were not of very good quality, because the clothes were discolored! ”

Zhao Yuankan was stunned for a moment, and said this. At the same time, I couldn't help but have a strong confidence in Feng Manlou. He also walked over and looked at it, and found that the eyes of the deceased were open, and he was very surprised, as if he was dead.

Zhao Yuankan said: "This murderer should know the deceased, teacher, you see, the eyes of the deceased are obviously that he didn't expect the murderer to kill him, so he was very surprised, and he didn't blink his eyes!" ”

Feng Manlou smiled: "It was indeed killed by someone I know!" But judging from this look, it can only mean that this is a person who he himself could not have imagined killed him! ”

Zhao Yuankan was stunned for a moment, thought about it, still had no answer, and asked: "But how is the teacher sure that this murderer must be someone he knows?" ”

Feng Manlou smiled and said, "Didn't you notice that the four treasures of the study on this desk, as well as the account books, are all neat and tidy. But the murderer strangled the deceased from behind, what does it mean? ”

Zhao Yuankan smiled embarrassedly and said, "I see! What else did the teacher discover? ”

Feng Manlou said: "The murderer's strength must be greater than him." This eunuch Gu was originally in charge of the charcoal house, and he was also in a pampered position, so naturally he did less physical work, and of course his strength was not great. Therefore, the murderer may be a man, or it may be some woman who often does rough work. ”

Zhao Yuankan thought for a while and said, "Let's find out from the person in green clothes first!" It's just that this range is a bit large, and it's not easy to find and determine! ”

Feng Manlou said: "No, this charcoal room is next to the imperial dining room and the clothes room. Out of the courtyard between these places is relatively small, the patrol of the palace front division guards come less often, other yards, the number of patrols is much more intensive! ”

Zhao Yuankan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized: "What the teacher means is that this guard patrols every quarter of an hour, and in this quarter of an hour, the murderer cannot escape!" ”

Feng Manlou said: "Theoretically, this is the case, but if the murderer really wants to escape, he can still escape, after all, he is a person in the palace!" ”

Zhao Yuankan said: "Then we have to search." It's just that there is no one to help, so I'm afraid it's not appropriate for us to search rashly! ”

Just as he was hesitating, he suddenly said, "Maybe there is someone who can help us!" ”

The person Zhao Yuankan said was the eunuch Guo An who served in the queen's bedroom. At this moment, the queen is in the imperial garden, and Guo An is naturally on the side.

The queen was chatting with Guo An on the gazebo of the imperial garden, and was talking about the brothers Zhao Yuanzuo and Zhao Yuankan. Empress Li said that these two brothers are also miserable, they have no mother since they were children, and now they are only in their teens, and they have to move out of the palace to live alone.

However, these two princes are still very filial, and they often entered the palace to ask for peace in the past, especially in the past two days. Just this morning, Zhao Yuanzuo was still crying and saying that his biological mother died early, and seeing Queen Li was like seeing his mother.

These moving words moved Queen Li's heart to be excited. Empress Li also had a son, but she guessed that she died at the age of four, and when she thought about it, if her son hadn't died, I'm afraid she would have been very tall.

The sincere performance of the two brothers' love made Queen Li very satisfied. Although she is the queen and the mother of a country, compared with other concubines, she seems helpless.

Whenever I saw the second prince enter the palace to greet his mother, I was always very envious. On his side, except for these two princes, no one greeted him, or even greeted him, so gradually, Queen Li also liked these two princes, and she almost treated them as her own sons.

"Guo An, tell me, Yuan Zuo's age is not too young, I want to find a family affair for Yuan Zuo in the future, which daughter do you think is suitable?" Empress Li asked.

Guo An thought for a while and said: "The villain thinks that this prince Wei has always liked martial arts, and after choosing a general for him, he should be a good match!" ”

Empress Li frowned slightly, and said: "It's okay to match the female of the gate with the prince, but now the daughters of the generals of the court, are there those who are the same age as Yuan Zuo?" ”

Guo An said: "The villain thinks that this privy envoy Cao Xiang has a little daughter, who is fourteen years old this year, who is also dignified and virtuous, and is proficient in writing and ink. There is also the second daughter of Shi Baoxing, the eldest son of Wei Guogong Shi Shouxin, who is also fourteen years old this year, but this woman is knowledgeable, but she is also proficient in martial arts, and she is a tiger girl! ”

The privy envoy Cao Xiang is the famous general Cao Bin, because the Privy Council is in charge of the military, and the political hall under the Zhongshu Gate, it is also called the prime minister, but this prime minister only manages the military, not government affairs, so the power is relatively small. By the mid-to-late Song Dynasty, privy envoys were even civil servants.

Empress Li thought for a while and said: "I remember that at the winter solstice last year, the Duchess of Daiguo brought her seventh daughter Pan Weiqing into the palace to celebrate the festival in Benhou, and she was deeply impressed. The woman was not only knowledgeable, but also clever and alert. I love it deeply. Besides, he is only fifteen years old this year. It's just that I don't know if there is a match! ”

Guo An said: "Queen, this villain knows that this generation of Guogong has always loved his little daughter very much, and he was going to choose a family last year, but he couldn't find a suitable family for a while, so he delayed it until now." After the queen said this, the villain felt that he was a good match for King Wei! ”

Empress Li smiled and said: "Since this is the case, then go to the Wende Hall and talk to the officials." After speaking, he was about to get up, but he saw a small guy outside running over and said, "Queen, Lord Han asks to see you!" ”

Empress Li smiled and said, "This kid must be a good ear, when he heard that he was discussing Yuan Zuo's marriage, he began to be anxious here!" ”

Guo An also laughed, but this smile was purely pandering to the queen.

Zhao Yuankan walked over, saw that the queen was very happy, asked for peace, and asked: "Niangniang, the son just came, and he was so happy to see Niangniang, but what is the joy!" "This is the name of the prince to the queen, or the name of his biological mother, which is the same.

This title of the Great Song Dynasty is indeed a bit strange, and the sister-in-law calls her man's brother uncle. But it turned out that the woman put herself in the same generation as her son. In this emperor, the prince and the princess called the biological mother who was a concubine her sister, which was not abrupt at the time.

Empress Li said: "It is indeed a happy event, but you don't need to worry, you will know the result soon." By the way, why is it noon today, and I want to say hello to this queen? ”

Zhao Yuankan hurriedly said: "The son of the emperor was ordered by his father to enter the palace on an errand, and the road was too much, and he saw that his mother was here, so he came." By the way, ask for a mother! ”

Empress Li smiled: "Yuan Kan is sweet-mouthed, and he came to make me happy when he had something!" Whatever you need to say, it's okay to just talk about it! ”

"Erchen is investigating the case in the charcoal room, but it is inconvenient to walk, remembering that Guo An is dispatched by the mother's side, Guo An is also a steward in the palace, and the charcoal house and the like are also under its jurisdiction, so Erchen wants to ask Guo An for help!" Zhao Yuankan didn't go around in circles, and said directly.

When the queen heard this, it turned out to be so. said: "Guo An is going by himself, what is the right to listen to King Han's orders!" ”

Guo An hurriedly knelt down and said that he obeyed the order. went with Zhao Yuankan.

Guo An did not follow Zhao Yuankan alone, but also followed a person next to him. It was this guy who came in just now to report. Zhao Yuankan asked Guo An: "Guo An, this little eunuch is also clever, but he doesn't know what his name is?" ”

Where did Guo An dare to be lazy, and hurriedly said: "Lord Qiyu, this is the villain's slave, called Guo Huai." Because the family suffered a disaster a few years ago, he entered the palace with the villain and became a eunuch! ”

Zhao Yuankan didn't answer, but said: "There is a clever eunuch in this palace, and he wants to transfer this Guo Huai." But I don't know if the queen agrees or not! ”

Soon, he went to the charcoal house. Feng Man stepped upstairs and greeted Guo An. Zhao Yuankan can call Guo An's name directly, but Feng Manlou doesn't dare, although he is a eunuch, but he is also an official of the inner court, isn't it? And eunuchs also have a title, called eunuchs. And this Guo An is a real eunuch.

Feng Manlou explained the original story of the matter in detail. After Guo An listened, he just said lightly to Guo Huai: "Go and inform the imperial dining room, the director of the Huanyi Bureau, and the idle people here in the charcoal room, all gather together, and say that my father-in-law wants to give a lecture!" ”

This Guo An's signboard is good, and soon all the people in green clothes will be gathered. On the side of the charcoal house, there are only three eunuchs, and the others are the imperial dining room and the Huanyi Bureau.

There were no less than thirty people in total. Facing this row of black pressure, Zhao Yuankan had a headache when he saw it, but he just threw this problem to Feng Manlou.