Looking at the young lady with a somewhat stunned expression, Chun Xing happily approached in front of Chu Xingyue and said, "Miss, now everyone in the capital knows that Lord Zhou has been assassinated, although his life has been saved, he can't be a man in the future, but the truth of the matter is so simple." ”

"Fortunately, we sent someone to keep an eye on the Zhou family's every move, so our people found out the first-hand news; The murderer last night didn't think about Zhou's life at all, he just wanted to castrate him; It's just that the Zhou family was worried that the truth would be ridiculed by others if it spread, so they made a little beautification of the assassination. ”

After hearing Chun Xing's words, Chu Xingyue completely understood; She had long heard that this week's family had been rampant and domineering in the capital with Zhou Yanran, the noble concubine, and had done a lot of angry and resentful things.

Not to mention that there are few serious children of the Zhou family's generation, even Zhou Gao's old thing is not a good thing, I heard that Zhou Gao is very lustful, and there are not ten or eight famous concubines in the house, not to mention Zhou Gao's outer room outside.

She also heard that Zhou Gao has a quirk, that is, he likes to flirt*; In the past, when the Zhou family was in power, Zhou Gao relied on Zhou Yanran's daughter to do a lot of unfortunate things, and he did not do much to tease him; Right now, Zhou Yanran has just died on the front foot, and Zhou Gao on the back foot has been made into a eunuch, maybe someone is waiting for him to take revenge.

Thinking that Zhou Gao would not raise it from now on, Chu Xingyue's face showed a gloating smile, and said: "As the saying goes, it's not that the time has not come, the Zhou family has also been in the limelight over the years, and bad things have been done, as the so-called thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi; The Zhou family lost Zhou Yanran, just like a mouse with broken wings, and now there is only everyone shouting and beating, who can sympathize with them? ”

"Speaking of which, I really want to thank this righteous man who castrated Zhou Gao, let's make trouble! Let's make a fuss! It is best to make the Zhou family jump, and take this opportunity to save the eldest brother from the prison. ”

Chun Xing felt that Miss's words were very reasonable, as long as the Zhou family's doppelganger lacked skills, so that they could not make a big fuss about Zhou Guifei's death, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Miss would be able to think of a way to get the prince out.

Speaking of which, the Zhou family has done a lot of evil over the years, if it weren't for Zhou Yanran's identity as a concubine, I'm afraid that even if she died 10,000 times, no one would really take her death to heart.

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Just when the Zhou family was whimpering and mourning, Zhao Ling personally brought Luo Cheng to the Zhou Mansion.

Now that Zhou Gao is injured, he can't even get out of bed, so naturally he can't entertain Zhao Ling, but fortunately, Zhou Gao has two cousins, although they are also unsuccessful, but they can barely support the façade.

But when he heard that the noble prince came to the Zhou Mansion to inspect the body of Concubine Zhou, Zhou Lang, who was in charge of entertaining Zhao Ling, was a little hesitant; It's not that he wants to disobey the prince, but that Concubine Zhou's body is in the Zhou Mansion and not in the palace is also very secret to the Zhou family.

Zhou Yanran, as a noble concubine, should be buried in the imperial mausoleum from the Quewei Palace after her death, and be worshiped by the incense of the royal family, but she did not expect that after Zhou Yanran's accident, Emperor Showa returned Zhou Yanran's body to the Zhou family, and also took back Zhou Yanran's title.

This is undoubtedly a great blow to the Zhou family, and the title is withdrawn, which means that Zhou Yanran is no longer a concubine, but an ordinary daughter of the Zhou family; The Zhou family has been complacent about the fact that there is a noble concubine in the palace all these years, and now if others know that Zhou Yanran is no longer a noble concubine, and she has been retired by the Son of Heaven, then the face of the Zhou family can be regarded as completely lost.

Therefore, even if the Zhou family set up a mourning hall for Zhou Yanran in the mansion, they did not dare to operate it on a large scale, except for the subordinates of their henchmen who knew about it, they did not dare to let other superfluous people know.

Now the Zhou family is looking forward to the time passing quickly, and after Zhou Yanran's body is placed in the mourning hall for three days, this person will be buried in the Zhou family cemetery, which can be regarded as an explanation for her life.

Unexpectedly, before Zhou Yanran was buried, the news that her body was rested in the Zhou family had already been known by the prince, how could the Zhou family, who was a good face, not be shocked and ashamed?

Seeing that Zhou Lang was hesitant, Zhao Ling was not polite, and said directly: "His Royal Highness came to investigate Zhou Yanran's murder by order, what?" Are you not cooperating? ”

How dare Zhou Lang not cooperate, but he just felt that Zhou Yanran was returned by the Son of Heaven was really a bit embarrassing, in fact, if it weren't for Zhou Yanran's contribution to the Zhou family over the years, the Zhou family would not have let a woman like her who was not wanted by the Son of Heaven enter the cemetery of the Zhou family.

Seeing the prince's strong attitude at the moment, Zhou Lang knew that this arm could not reach his thighs, so he could only lead the way in front of his fate, and took Zhao Ling and Luo Cheng to the small courtyard in the northern corner of the Zhou Mansion; And this small courtyard has always been a deserted courtyard, and it was only hurriedly cleaned up yesterday to park Zhou Yanran's body.

Before coming to the small courtyard, Zhao Ling raised his head and looked at this ugly courtyard a few times, when he saw Zhou Yanran's coffin standing alone in the courtyard, Rao was very disliked by Zhou Yanran, and he also felt that the Zhou family had gone too far this time.

Luo Cheng is a person with an upright temperament, after seeing that Zhou Lang brought them, he stood outside the courtyard and refused to come in, and couldn't help but let out a cold sneer, and said: "Anyway, this Zhou Guifei also cared about her family very much before she was alive, and now she is dead, and she was sent home by the emperor, as a relative at home, you can't treat a deceased person like this; Look at this courtyard and arrangement, where is it a mourning hall, and besides, there is not even a person who guards the spirit, let alone incense; Although I have known for a long time that the Zhou family always loves some wolf-hearted and dog-hearted people, I didn't expect them to be so excessive. ”

Listening to Luo Cheng's grievances, Zhao Ling could somewhat understand why he said this; After all, the dead are the greatest, even if she did many heinous things in her life, she is dead now, and many things should be put down.

Zhao Lingchang sighed and said to Luo Cheng beside him, "Go and take a look." ”

As he spoke, Zhao Ling was about to walk towards the mourning hall where the coffin was parked.

Luo Cheng thought of Zhao Ling's identity, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him, "Your Highness, your status is noble, why don't you let Weichen take a look, you just wait here." ”

Zhao Ling looked at Luo Cheng, who was a little old-fashioned, and said with a smile: "Lord Luo's kindness, His Royal Highness understands it, rest assured, His Royal Highness doesn't have so many taboos, and His Royal Highness has seen the bloody scenes on the battlefield, and he has also learned the scene of piling up corpses, will he still be taboo about the situation in front of him?" ”

Saying that, Zhao Ling walked to the mourning hall without hesitation, Luo Cheng saw this scene, his eyes flashed with appreciation, and he quickly caught up and came to the coffin.

In the not very large camphor coffin, Zhou Yanran was lying quietly in a white plain dress, and her pale face seemed to have the pain before death, causing her face to be a little hideous.

Luo Cheng paid a little more attention to Zhou Yanran's fatal wound, and then stretched out his hand to measure it, and subconsciously let out a small doubtful sound.

Hearing Luo Cheng's voice, Zhao Ling walked up to him, looked at the gesture in his hand, and asked, "What's wrong?" Is there anything strange about it? ”

Luo Cheng was not very sure: "Your Highness, Wechen has found a strange thing, but at the moment Wechen has no evidence, and he doesn't know much about this, so Wechen needs to invite him to check it." ”

"Foolishness? Do you suspect the cause of Zhou Yanran's death? Didn't she die of being shattered by Chu He? ”

Luo Cheng shook his head lightly and said, "Your Highness, according to the judgment of the Imperial Doctor, Niangniang was indeed shocked to death by the heart, and Wei Chen believes that the Imperial Doctor will not make such a simple question wrong; It's just that when Wechen was examining Niangniang's wounds, he suddenly thought of a case that Wechen had handled. ”

"That case is very mysterious, the victim is the son of a merchant family, because he participated in the fight for family property at home, he was stabbed in the chest by his brother, and he was killed alive In order to conceal the fact that he had killed someone, the brother who committed the murder threw the victim into a dry well in the house; he thought he was doing something unaware, but half a month later, the victim who was killed appeared in front of his brother and testified that he was a murderer in front of many people; the brother was frightened to death in the face of the brother who suddenly came to life, and finally refused to admit the crime he had committed. ”

In the end, the Criminal Department took over the case, and after a detailed investigation, it finally found conclusive evidence to arrest the perpetrators; And the victim was able to survive only because his heart was slightly to the right, so he was lucky enough to escape the fatal blow; The subordinates looked at the death of the concubine and thought it was very interesting. ”

Luo Cheng stretched out his hand to Zhou Yanran's face, pointed and explained: "With Chu Shizi's kung fu, if you do your best and hit the heart of the noble concubine Niangniang with one palm, you can immediately make Niangniang die due to a broken heart, and there will definitely be no such hideous and painful death on her face, but Your Highness, you see, Niangniang's facial expression seems to have been greatly pained and tortured before she died, and it is this expression that should not have revealed too much information, which made Weichen very suspicious." ”

Zhao Ling is not good at this field, but when he heard Luo Cheng say this, he really felt that there was some truth.

Immediately, his spirit perked up, and he said: "Okay, Your Highness will ask someone to come to the best work in the capital to conduct an autopsy, let's just see if Zhou Yanran's heart is long and right, and we can know if the person who caused her direct death is Chu He." ”

Luo Cheng took Zhao Ling's words and said, "Yes, if we can confirm that Niangniang's heart is slightly to the right, we can be sure that Niangniang was only seriously injured by Chu Shizi, not directly killed by Chu Shizi; There is a big difference between hurting and killing, and with this evidence, we can save Chu Shizi from the prison. ”