Zhiqiu stood up and thanked Leng Qinghuan. Then he took a deep breath and plucked up the courage to say: "The princess is so kind, no wonder the prince has a deep affection for you." The slave believed that the prince would definitely not have a second person in his heart. If there is, it must be some kind of unseemly means. Don't believe it, princess. ”

Leng Qinghuan only felt that she was a little inexplicable when she said these words, and looked at her suspiciously: "What are you trying to remind me?" ”

"No, I just think that my young lady and that Jinyu county lord are a bit unscrupulous, so you must be careful, princess."

Leng Qinghuan was relieved: "Thank you for reminding me, I will." ”

Zhiqiu said softly: "Zhiqiu wants to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to find a steward, and ask him if the errand he introduced to me has a quasi-letter, can the princess be gracious?" ”

"It's something. It just so happened that Aunt Xue ordered someone to send an opera excerpt yesterday and asked me to choose two plays, saying that the house would invite the opera troupe into the house in a few days, and I don't understand this, you go back for me, just let Aunt Xue make up her own mind. ”

Zhiqiu's face was obviously a little happy: "Then Zhiqiu will go now." ”

Leng Qinghuan nodded, Zhiqiu turned around and walked to the door, turned around again, and reminded Leng Qinghuan: "This book for the princess Niangniang, you must take a look at it when you are free, although it is ridiculous, but it may not be all nonsense." ”

Leng Qinghuan felt that today's Zhiqiu was a little strange, and what he said seemed to have a deep meaning.

Could it be that Leng Qinglang thought of some tricks to deal with himself? She was sent to Zhuangzi, do you still have to toss? When Zhiqiu came back from the Prime Minister's Mansion, Haosheng talked to her and asked about the tone.

When it was almost time to have dinner, Murong Qi came back, with a sweat, and after bathing, he came to Chaotianque to accompany her for dinner.

Leng Qinghuan told him about Zhiqiu.

Murong Qi nodded: "You can just make up your mind about these things, you don't need to ask me." ”

"Zhiqiu can see through it, I think it's better to be a favor. But ......"

She hesitated slightly: "Zhiqiu came to me today and said something very strange. ”

"What did you say?"

Leng Qing blinked narrowly: "She said, if you do something that can't do anything to me, let me ......"

Murong Qi's hand shook, the chopsticks fell to the ground, and he hurriedly bent over to pick them up.

Leng Qinghuan, who was originally just careless, was picking up vegetables, and his hand stiffened. Murong Qi's hand holds a sword and a bow, the most calm and powerful, how can he be so dignified that he can't hold a pair of chopsticks?

She slowly chopped the rice and chuckled, "Your reaction reminds me of a word." ”

Doudou had already re-handed the clean chopsticks, and Murong Qi took them in his hand: "What word?" ”

Leng Qinghuan slowly spat out his lips: "Be a thief with a weak heart." ”

Murong Qi pursed his thin lips: "What if ......"

Someone outside hurriedly broke into Chaotianque and interrupted him: "Can the prince be here?" ”

Murong Qi coughed lightly: "What's the matter?" ”

The person who came stood outside the door and replied: "Lord, princess, it's not good, someone from the Prime Minister's Mansion said that Miss Zhiqiu had an accident." ”

"What?" The two looked at each other, both a little shocked.

"What's wrong?"

"The person who came said that it was the girl Zhiqiu who accidentally fell into the water, and it turned out to be the time for dinner, so no one found out, and when they were rescued, the person was gone."

The news came as a surprise. The first thought that rose in Leng Qinghuan's heart was that it was definitely not so simple.

Zhiqiu grew up in the Xiangfu since he was a child, and the terrain is familiar, how could he fall into the water for no reason? Moreover, the strange words she said to herself today made people feel that there was something wrong with this matter.

In addition, this incident happened in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Leng Qinghuan couldn't ignore it.

She stood up: "Lord Wang, you have worked hard all day, so stay in the mansion and rest." The concubine went over to take a look. ”

Murong Qi pushed away the rice bowl and got up with him: "You are pregnant, this kind of thing should be handled by this king." ”

Originally, Zhiqiu was just a girl in the room, and Murong Qi couldn't do it himself, so he asked the reason for the matter and found someone to bury him. Both of them felt a little strange because of Zhiqiu's performance today, so they wanted to run in person.

Leng Qinghuan naturally couldn't stay in the palace with peace of mind. Immediately ordered someone to prepare a carriage and go to the Prime Minister's Mansion together.

In the backyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the lights are bright.

When Leng Qinghe saw Leng Qinghuan, he told the results of his investigation.

Today, Zhiqiu came to the Prime Minister's Mansion, met Aunt Xue, and after relaying Leng Qinghuan's instructions, he went to find a few good maids in the mansion and said a few words.

When it was getting late, he said goodbye to the maids and sisters-in-law, saying that he wanted to go back to the palace.

The last person to see Zhiqiu was Leng Qingjiao and the scholar in front of him, who had just come out of Mr.'s study and returned to his yard. I happened to meet Zhiqiu halfway through.

The scholar said that at that time, Zhiqiu looked no different from usual, saluted Leng Qingjiao, and said a few words about Leng Qinglang's recent situation.

Later, Zhiqiu asked Leng Qingjiao for a piece of jade pendant that he had been wearing since he was a child, saying that Leng Qinglang wanted it, and specially sent her to get it. Leng Qingjiao didn't think much about it, took it off and gave it to her, and then the two went back to their yard.

Later, no one saw her again.

The first to find Zhiqiu's body was two little maids who were walking together, because they had company, so they had the courage to go to the water's edge to take a look, but they were so frightened that they are still talking nonsense.

"That pool is not such a remote place, if Zhiqiu falls into the water, he will definitely struggle and call for help, how can no one know?"

"Maybe it was when she fell into the water, it happened to be dinner time in the house, so no one heard it."

"What about the corpses?" Leng Qinghuan asked.

"Still on the edge of the pool."

Leng Qinghuan turned around and walked there. Murong Qi grabbed her hand: "Do you want to go and see it?" Are you afraid? ”

Leng Qinghuan shook his head: "Zhiqiu can't be a suicide, it's a bit far-fetched to fall into the water." I can't let her die in vain. ”

"You don't have to do it yourself, this king can let someone else investigate."

"I'll just take a look first and see if there are any clues."

Murong Qi no longer objected, but he didn't let go of his hand holding her, feeling that his wife was bold.

The three of them came straight to him, and Zhiqiu's body was parked on a door panel, and the list had already been covered.

There are a few miserable white lanterns hanging around, illuminating the surrounding area.

Leng Qinghuan took out a strong flashlight from the nano ring, stepped forward to carefully check the mouth, nose and pupils, and stood up with a determined expression.

"Zhiqiu didn't die from drowning, but after suffocating to death, he was thrown into the water. Observing her mouth, the internal mucosa was broken and bleeding, and there were no strangulation marks on her neck, predicting that someone suddenly attacked her from behind, covering her mouth and nose tightly with a handkerchief. After causing her to suffocate, she was thrown into the water.

It's a pity that because of falling into the water, no other useful traces can be detected from her. Brother, the people in the house should be interrogated and interrogated, and the murderer should be hiding in the prime minister's mansion. ”

Is that worth it?

Lives matter, and that's no joke.