Early the next morning, Qin Dong was going to meet Ildik and talk to her in person, to see if he could learn something from her mouth, and whether there were other masterminds behind the two cases that occurred in the palace, but things seemed to have changed, and he was about to go to Ildik's house under house arrest just after eating early, and the chief chamberlain, Hadlin, ran in in panic and reported: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not good, the maids and chamberlains who served Ildik were all poisoned, and even Ildik was killed!" ”

"What?" Qin Dong was taken aback, he stood up involuntarily, he quickly reacted and walked outside the hall: "Let's go, go over and have a look!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Qin Dong led the group, and the group quickly rushed to the place of the accident, which is a remote house located in the northwest corner of the backyard of the palace, the palace was built in the last two years, so every house in the palace is a new house, and this house under house arrest Ildik is no exception.

At the door of the house, two eunuchs fell to the ground, their faces were blue, and their lips were also blue, and they knew at a glance that they were poisoned to death, Qin Dong squatted on the ground and observed that the two corpses did not enter the house, stood up and asked Hadlin: "Have you notified him of Muge?" ”

Hadlin said: "Someone has been sent to inform you, I believe that Lord Qimuge will be here soon!" ”

Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive! As soon as Hadlin's words fell, Qi Muge rushed over with Bogianidos, and before he had time to investigate the scene, he immediately saluted Qin Dong and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are late, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive your sins!" ”

"Excuse me!" Qin Dong waved his hand and pointed to the corpse on the ground and said, "Hurry up and investigate the scene, let the corpse be carried away after the investigation." Give me a conclusion! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" As soon as he agreed, he beckoned Bogianido and a few of his subordinates to start working, while Qin Dong turned and left.

Afternoon. Qi Muge came to the Qinzheng Hall with the results of the on-site investigation and reported to Qin Dong, "Your Majesty, the results of the investigation came out, there were a total of six chamberlains and four maids inside and outside the house, all of whom were poisoned by people, and even more on the corpses, Bocianido judged that the poison in these people should be colorless and odorless mineral poison." The poison was in the food, and the portions were heavy, and the people died soon after eating the food. There was no time to shout, as for the specific poison, Bogianido is personally inspecting, and I believe that it will soon be known what poison it is.

Other than that. Ildik did not die of poisoning. She was killed with a sharp weapon, and the body had four wounds on the chest, almost all of which were fatal wounds, and according to the size of the wounds, it can be inferred that the murder weapon used by the murderer should be a dagger, which means that the murderer stabbed her in the chest four times in a row. It is clear that the murderer knew that Ildik was poisonous, and those who used poison generally discerned poison. Therefore, it was difficult to kill her with poison, so the murderer first poisoned the six chamberlains and four maids. Then break into the house and kill her with a dagger! ”

After listening to Qi Muge's report, Qin Dong nodded and asked, "Did you find any clues at the scene, and where have you investigated?" ”

Qi Muge said: "Your Majesty, we have sent someone to inquire, and no one knows what happened in that courtyard last night, that is, there are no eyewitnesses, but we found something when we investigated Ildik's body, it was found in the corner of the wall, and this is it!" As he spoke, he took out a sachet from his pocket.

Hadlin immediately walked over and showed the sachet to Qin Dong, Qin Dong took the earring, looked at it and asked, "Hadlin, do you know this sachet?" ”

Hadrin bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, this is a sachet that only the inner servant wears on his body, because the inner servant has been purified, so there is often a peculiar smell on his body, and he must use special spices to cover up the peculiar smell on his body, so the average inner servant will wear a sachet like this on his waist!" ”

Qi Muge continued: "Your Majesty, the minister deduced that when the murderer entered the house to kill Ildik, the two had a fight, and during the fight, the murderer's sachet fell, and from Ildik's nails, we found bloodstains, which should have scratched the murderer's skin during the fight!" ”

Qin Dong said with a gloomy face: "Then what are you waiting for?" I'm going to check it out right away, I want to see who is so bold to murder in the palace one after another, too bold, too big! ”

Qi Muge hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the minister heard that the maids in each area of the palace cannot go to other areas casually, so the minister thinks that the murderer is in the western district, and the minister asks His Majesty to issue an order so that the minister has the right to investigate all the chamberlains in the western district." Let each one of them be examined for the wounds of his fingernails."

Qin Dong thought about it for a moment and said, "Accurate! ”

"Thank you!"

Qi Muge received Qin Dong's holy decree and immediately ordered all the inner servants and eunuchs in the western area of the palace to be gathered together for a physical examination, but all those with wounds on their bodies were charged, a total of fifty-three people had wounds on their bodies, and all of them were imprisoned in one place.

Then further screening was carried out, and the person whose wound resembled a nail scratch was the key suspect, and this time forty people were eliminated, and only thirteen people had a wound similar to a nail scratch.

In the second step, he continued to use the elimination method to eliminate the problem, and he deduced that when the two were fighting, the parts where Ildik was able to scratch the murderer with his fingernails were generally on the arms, face, and neck, and only the skin of these parts was exposed to the clothing and was easy to scratch.

This time ten people were excluded, eight of these ten people had scratches on the back and two in the ribs, it was obvious that these people were not murderers, and it was impossible for Ildik to scratch the back and ribs of the murderer during the fight, both of which were covered by clothing, and it was a problem to be able to scratch the skin.

There were only three people left, and the three attendants, one with a wound on the cheek, the second on the neck, and the third on the back of his left hand, immediately ordered the three men to be separated and detained.

Soon, Qimuge sent people to investigate the identities of the three chamberlains and their current positions, the first suspect was named Cook, one of the eunuchs in charge of the pruning of the West Garden, the second suspect was named Matthew, one of the eunuchs in charge of the cleaning and sanitation of the West District, and the third suspect was Chanin, who was the deputy steward of the West Palace.

After the three men were imprisoned separately, before they could be interrogated, trouble came, and Sula came over with a large number of chamberlains and palace maids.

"See Princess Sulla!" Qimug bowed to Sula.

Sula said angrily: "Qi Muge, you are so bold to arrest me without my permission, do you still take me seriously?" I ask you, why did you arrest the deputy steward of my palace, do you know that you arrested him, no one in my palace takes care of it, and it is already messed up! ”

In the face of this kind of vexatious woman, there is really nothing she can do, and Sulla's identity is extraordinary, she is different from several other imperial concubines, she is the princess of the Skir people, and there is the support of the army and officials below, offending her, even if she does not look for the emperor, she may let the generals and officials below come to find trouble.

Qi Muge said helplessly: "Her Royal Highness the Imperial Princess, Deputy Steward Chaning and the other two people are suspected of committing crimes, the minister knows that arresting them may have a certain impact on the operation of the West Palace, but this is also a matter of no way, now the murderers hidden in the palace are becoming more and more rampant, and more and more people are killed at one time, for the safety of Her Royal Highness the Imperial Princess, the minister must do his best to find out the murderer, so please understand and support the work of the minister!" ”

Sula said with a sinister face: "You said that Channing is seriously suspicious? What evidence do you have? If you can't take it out, it means that you are arresting people indiscriminately, and release them for me immediately."

In fact, the most suspicious of Qi Muge among the three suspects is Chaning, the scratch on Chaning's neck is the most obvious, it is a new injury, and the scratches of the other two have been for a few days, plus all kinds of signs before show that this series of murders are related to Xigong, so he has long suspected Sulla's body, and his Muge understands very well that this series of murders is likely to be related to the right to inherit the throne, after all, Sulla's son Qin Yong is already eight years old, and it is normal for the battle for the throne to start at this time.

Qi Muge believes that Chaning must know the truth of this series of murders, as long as Chaning's mouth is pried open, the true face of the mastermind behind the scenes will surface, and the previous several murders can be closed, so Chaning must not be let go now, Chaning must be controlled in his hands, he said: "Your Royal Highness the Imperial Concubine, after our investigation, Chaning is indeed seriously suspected, but now I don't say it, if Her Royal Highness the Imperial Concubine has nothing else to do, please don't hinder the ministers and others from handling the case, Your Majesty has already issued an order, The minister has the right to investigate everyone in the palace, including the imperial concubine, so Her Royal Highness the imperial concubine, please go back, if Channing is not the murderer, we will release him immediately after we investigate clearly! ”

"You...... Okay, no one listens to my words, you wait, my words don't work, I'll find someone who counts! Sula said angrily and left with the maids and chamberlains.

That night, Qi Muge led people to severely interrogate the three Channing who were suspected of serious dà, but before they could find any results, a major incident happened in the palace again.

"陛xià, 陛xià, it's not good, it's not good!" Hadlin, pale and panting, shouted outside the door of the dormitory.

After a long time, the door of Princess Nicola's bedroom was opened, and after the two maids opened the door, Qin Dong said sternly while putting on his clothes: "What's the matter?" What's the ghost called so late? Is the sky falling? ”

Hadrin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince of Yong suddenly fell ill, and he was very sick, it seems that he is about to die, go and take a look!" ”

"What?" Qin Dong was shocked in his heart, what the hell is going on? Why did there happen one after another in the palace during this time?

Qin Dong immediately said, "Did you call the imperial doctor?" ”

"I have already sent someone to call, and Princess Sula has also sent someone to invite Cao Guoshi!"

"Follow me!" Qin Dong immediately raised his feet and walked towards the outside of the dormitory, and Hadlin followed behind with a few eunuchs. (To be continued......)