When Shen Tingnian got up the next morning, his face was still red and swollen, but the pain was not so painful, it was itchy and itchy, and his scalp was also very itchy, and he couldn't grasp it with his hands, and all the spirit of the whole person was used to endure.

After barely having breakfast, she summoned Fu Lu and Xiao Zuo, the inner attendants of the Qinzheng Palace, in the outer hall, and across a landscape screen, she saw the tall and thin man in the clothes of the imperial guards respectfully saluting her: "I have seen Niangniang, Weichen is Xiao Zuo, the imperial guard of the Qinzheng Palace, and he assisted Yan Xitang on the order of the emperor......"

Shen Tingnian's mood was better than yesterday, she raised her hand, "I have worked hard for the left guard, I don't know if I could distinguish the things used in this palace yesterday afternoon, which one was replaced?" ”

I just asked the emperor for someone yesterday, and in the afternoon, I asked Fu Lu to take Xiao Zuo to check all the things used by Shen Tingnian to wash his hair.

At the same time, the residences of the palace ladies in the Qinzheng Palace were searched, they were usually bound by strict palace rules, and anyone who handed over would be investigated, and those who had contact with outside the palace were supervised and controlled.

"Back to Niangniang, the minister didn't get anything......" When Xiao Zuo replied to this sentence, his heart was a little unnatural, and he was solemnly transferred by the emperor to Shen Tingnian, but nothing was found out.

Shen Tingnian did not show a change in mood because of his answer, and even his tone was flat: "Then it's not because of these things." ”

Xiao Zuo didn't feel that her attitude was cold, and nodded seriously, "All possibilities have been ruled out, then there is only a matter of water, and the minister has already asked people to get the official ...... specially designed for Yan Xitang to transport water."

The water in the palace is a more complicated process than eating, and the water used for different identities is also divided into three, six, nine, etc., Shen Tingnian lives on the side of the emperor, and naturally uses the best mountain spring water, which is specially transported into the palace from the mountain every day, and the people who escort the water source are the forbidden army. After the waterwheel entered the Qinzheng Palace, it was pushed everywhere by the lieutenant who delivered the water.

Fu Lu, who had never spoken since he came in, moved his hand, and he said in a sharp voice: "Someone came in the morning, and the lieutenant who delivered water from Yan Xitang was not on duty this morning, and when he went to the residence to find it, he had already committed suicide by biting his tongue. ”

Xiao Zuo turned his eyes and glanced at Fu Lu, who had already lowered his head and looked at the floor in a restrained manner, he had always had sharp eyes, although it was only a glance, but he also understood.

This person deliberately didn't tell him about it, but now said it in front of Shen Tingnian...... Oh, these chamberlains like to ask for merit in front of their masters, and he doesn't think much about anything else.

Fu Lu, who was a little nervous, waited until Shen Tingnian spoke.

"What is that person's resume? Have you found out why and how you committed the crime? ”

Shen Tingnian asked three times in a row, and he had a difficult mind.

"Back to Niangniang's words, this person's surname is Hu, a single name, an orphan, at the age of twelve, he was put into the palace at the age of twelve, and he was transferred to the Qianqing Palace at the age of seventeen to stay until now." That is to say, I have not made a mistake in the palace for five years before I have the opportunity to be transferred to the Qianqing Palace, and then I can still listen to it after the new emperor stays in the Qinzheng Palace.

Fu Lu obviously knows all about these lieutenants, and he also elaborated on this person's temperament, he is an honest and tado person, "According to the minions, this person has saved his monthly income since last year, and there is no other abnormality. ”

After he finished speaking, he said, "Rong Slave dared to guess that Hu Tong's motive for committing the crime was for money. ”

"He is a person with no relatives, no reason, and no roots, what does he want money for?" Xiao Zuo did not agree with this statement, and his words were stinging.

Fu Lu was also a rootless man, he bent his waist a little lower, so that no one could see his expression, and his voice was as shrill as usual: "The minions have already checked his residence and all the people he has come into contact with, and the money he saved is gone, and it is obvious that he has disposed of the money before he committed suicide." ”

Shen Tingnian finally moved when she heard this, she knocked on the table and motioned for Fu Lu to continue, she also refused twice yesterday that the emperor had arranged for her to assist in the investigation, but today I have to say that Fu Lu is a person who is more familiar with the way of the palace than Chen Luo, and he gave Shen Tingnian a huge sense of discomfort from the moment they met, and this discomfort happened to come from Fu Lu's proficiency in all the affairs of the palace and the spontaneous control.

"As for how Hu Tong committed the crime, the slave also made a bold guess, he only did rough work on weekdays, and he didn't know how to harm people at all, someone must have given him something and taught him to sprinkle it into the waterwheel sent to Yan Xitang, with his illiterate vulgarity, I'm afraid he doesn't even know what he sprinkles."

This time, even Xiao Zuo has no objections, it is already a fact that there is a problem with water, and the person committed suicide again, which has also become a verification, but Yan Xitang does not use a lot of water, why did the waterwheel that happened to have a problem be used?

Without waiting for him to ask again, Shen Tingnian gave the answer, "Of the several palace maids newly assigned by Yan Xitang, one of them also hanged himself last night. ”

Last night, after the emperor returned to the Qinzheng Palace, she passed the question of Suoqiao, and she told her about spending money to buy the quota allocated to Yanxi Hall, and then mentioned that another palace maid who came in with her was also bought, and then, this palace maid was dead.

Fu Lu obviously knew the news, and he said: "That palace maid was originally transferred from Zhen Xiusi, and she has an innocent background and has no collusion with any forces. Another dead move. ”

Same with Hutong.

"Dead chess?"

Listening to Shen Tingnian's extremely puzzled question, Xiao Zuo on the side also pricked up his ears, Fu Lu was a little happy, and his body straightened up slightly, "It's just that when they come here, the clues will be broken, and there will be no way to find out." ”

Shen Tingnian couldn't figure it out, "If you can't find evidence, then why would the two of them who don't know each other at all come to harm me?" If there is an effect, there must be a cause, and if you trace the source, how can you find it out ......"

"Have you ever heard of the Blending Division?"

Without waiting for Shen Tingnian to answer, Fu Lu explained lightly.

"A place where everything can be exchanged, no matter what someone buys, someone will sell it, they have a business that does not talk about profit and loss, that is, exchange kills."

Both people have people who want to kill, and they exchange killing for each other, and after the goal is achieved, both parties are not suspicious. Based on this reasoning, except for the dead Hu Tong and the palace maid Zhen Xiusi herself, no one knows who wants to harm Shen Tingnian, in other words, anyone can, no one is a murderer, because there is no proof of death.

This is called dead chess.

"There are no murderers...... Scold. "Shen Tingnian finally knew why there were so many unsolvable cases in previous years, if it weren't for hearing the truth about Shu Youlian's death in person from Suoqiao, the Shu family had examined so many people at that time, and they had been tossing for so long, but there was no result.

In other words, now she just guessed who the murderer was, and there was no way to take the other party, Shen Tingnian could not move Zhao Jingyi like she did with the Ye family.

She closed her eyes and sighed, just a start, she had already been taught a lesson by the other party.

"The palace knows everything, Father-in-law Fu, you should go out first."

Shen Tingnian suppressed her emotions, she needed to think about how to deal with this matter, and there was still an important matter to be handed over to Xiao Zuo at the moment.

Fu Lu didn't guard against her, she only called herself out, and just now, she had already expressed her meaning very clearly. He didn't dare to say it thoroughly, but Shen Tingnian didn't understand that he didn't have any reservations about his sincere thoughts, what he should have shown, and what he should say.

He bowed deeply to Shen Tingnian, and slowly withdrew backwards.

"This palace has given you a heavy task, if it is not completed well, I am afraid that you will not have a chance to return to the emperor."

Xiao Zuo immediately knelt down on one knee and said solemnly: "The minister remembers the emperor's orders, let the mother send it, and only treat it as a liver and brain——"

"Okay, I didn't say I wanted your life." Shen Tingnian's head hurt when he heard this, probably caused by emotions, "You have been following the emperor in Jianyancheng, but you have seen a person with the fragrance of orchids on his body, which is very light, if ordinary people are not sensitive, they can't smell it." ”

Xiao Zuo was stunned for a moment, not because Shen Tingnian actually mentioned Lin Mo, but because Lin Mo had the detail of orchid fragrance, he thought he had smelled it wrong, after all, the smell of incense in the Qifu Temple in Jianyancheng was too smoky, and even the emperor who was face to face with Lin Mo didn't smell the breath of the other party, at that time he was just hiding on the roof, lifting the tiles to monitor the movement, and occasionally the wind through the window would bring a strong smell of incense.

The faint fragrance of orchids was briefly leaked by Lin Mo when he pretended to be the emperor and changed clothes under his little left eyelid.

"Indeed, there is such a man." He thought about it, in the end, he admitted it, after all, he listened to Shen Tingnian's order now, and when the matter was done, he would return to the emperor's side, and then tell him everything.

"Good." Shen Tingnian showed a relaxed smile for the first time in two days, "Guard Zuo, you only have one task next, which is to catch that person." ”

"......" Xiao Zuo doesn't think this is a task at all, he won't really never be able to return to the emperor's side, right?

When Yue Zhu led the imperial doctor in to ask for a pulse, Shen Tingnian closed her eyes and began to have a splitting headache, she had already confirmed from the waves of pain that she was by no means a simple allergy, her head would hurt more and more when she was restless, and it was the most relaxing time to wake up in the morning.

Shen Tingnian's endurance was extraordinary, and she didn't let the imperial doctor see anything wrong, and after the people left, she tore off the hook and rolled in the bed tent.

Suddenly remembered Min Yunlai, if she was still there, I was afraid that I would not be so easy to be tricked...... Thinking about it like this, I only feel that my mouth is full of surging anger, and it is also sad that is difficult to describe. She already knew it, didn't she, whether it was Min Yun or the branches and buds that were gone at the earliest, they were just chess pieces, and they were willing to do chess, and they never complained......

Every time the person who plots the game chooses the chess pieces, if he can't take her army, he can also eat her soldiers.

When Min Yun shows her ability by her side, it is the beginning of the crisis, she can't turn the danger into a disaster again and again, and this incident is an example.

After thinking about it for a while, Yue Zhu came in with the medicine, and she sat up normally, the medicinal properties in Zhu Yuan's first prescription were heavy, and the analgesic effect was extremely obvious.

By noon, Shen Tingnian was no longer in pain at all.

Suoqiao pushed open the door, and when he saw Yuezhu coming out, he nodded at her, and then said, "The emperor is back, I'll talk to my mother." ”

Yue Zhu didn't have a good face towards her, and she was a little angry, and several of them who had just entered Yan Xitang were all sent away again, except for the lock bridge, which was personally ordered by Shen Tingnian.