The night was quiet, and Mei Xiaoren blew out most of the lights in the room, leaving only a few to barely illuminate the room.

Behind the screen, the mist of Rona and the faint fragrance of flowers scattered throughout the room.

Wrapped in warm water, she leaned against the tub and reached for the petals floating on the water's surface, watching the water trickle through her palms and slip through her fingers.

An hour ago, she and Chu Yu were about to leave the yamen to go home, when they ran into an official from the Criminal Department outside the gate of the government office.

The official came back to report to her and presented two small paper packets, telling her that they were found from Xiuyu's body during the post-mortem examination, and that they had been examined by a doctor, one was poison and the other was sugar powder.

Mei Xiaoren has been pondering since she learned about it, she can't understand why Xiuyu would bring the sugar powder and poison on her body at the same time, but the more inexplicable Xiuyu's actions are, the more it often indicates that there must be a clue behind it.

After bathing and changing, Mei Xiaoren was still wrapped in a quilt and sat on the bed in contemplation.

It's not just the poison and the sugar powder that is worth scrutinizing, Xiuyu tried her best to tell the mastermind before she died, but she couldn't make a sound, but Xiuyu's last move was to grab an empty teacup from the table......

Based on Mei Xiaoren's experience in solving cases, there are many people who will make some actions or leave clues at the moment of death, with the intention of identifying the mastermind.

But what does an empty cup mean?

Mei Xiaoren only felt that there were too many things in his mind and too many things, including Xiuyu's own suspicions, the history of the tea shop murder, and the sudden appearance of this clue in the forbidden army.

She wanted to quiet herself and think about it, but as soon as she closed her eyes, what appeared in front of her was still the picture of Xiuyu before she died, and what impressed her the most was the mouthful of blood and her unblinded eyes, which lingered like a nightmare for her.

It was not the first time she had witnessed a murder scene, but a good person suddenly died of poisoning in front of her, and vomited blood and died in her arms, which shocked her deeply.

In retrospect, Xiuyu's death was more chilling to her than any bloody image.

Mei Xiaoren opened his eyes, and the candlelight in the bedroom was still dim.

It's still early in the morning, and it's hard to stay up all night......

When she felt cramped and a little lonely, there were a few soft knocks at the door.

No need to ask her to know who it is, only the prime minister of the chronic son can even knock on the door so gently.

She sat with her knees folded and shouted outside, "The door is unlocked." ”

After a while, he walked to the bed by the faint candlelight, squatted down, and looked at her sitting on the bed, "Still not sleeping?" ”

Mei Xiaoren let go of the hand holding the quilt, leaned over to hug Chu Yu, lay on his shoulder, and was silent for a while before saying, "Chu Yu, I don't understand who the person who killed Xiuyu is." ”

Just now she wrapped herself tightly in the quilt, and when she let go and threw herself at him, the residual fragrance after bathing came to her nose, lingering on him.

Gu Chuyu hugged her and asked lightly, "Do you have any ideas?" ”

"Xiuyu said before she died that the person was going to kill her, so there should be some grudges between her and the mastermind, but I can't think of who it is based on this clue alone." Mei Xiaoren said again, "However, that person not only wants to kill Xiuyu, but also wants to use Xiuyu's death to get rid of me, even if he doesn't want to take my life, he also wants me to be unable to serve as the Yin of the Beijing Mansion again." ”

Mei Xiaoren rested his chin on his shoulder and sighed: "Thinking about it this way, of course I know who the mastermind is, but he has a lot of people now, and it is difficult for me to determine who he is under him for a while." ”

"If you think it's bothered, let it go, I'll let Liuyue check."

She frowned, stirred his hair with her fingers as if she was bored, and said, "Xiangye, you weren't like this before. ”

"Once upon a time?"

"According to your former nature, you will definitely let me overcome all difficulties to investigate, and I will do it alone, and only help when necessary."

Gu Chuyu let go of her, raised his hand to caress her cheek, and the corners of his lips rose, "In the past, you were a student who wanted to gain a foothold in the court, students are used to teach, what you have to do is to learn; Now that you are the lady I want to marry, you don't have to do anything with me, you just need to make yourself happy. ”

"But I'm still an official, and I want you to help me get ahead in everything, what do I have to stand up in front of my subordinates?" Mei Xiaoren couldn't help laughing, and then said seriously, "Let's investigate this case together, I still remember that you taught me to use the clues you know to assume a mastermind, I have thought about it, but it doesn't make sense." ”

Gu Chuyu got up and sat down beside her and said, "Let's hear it." ”

"Anyway, Gao You won't be the mastermind, even if he takes refuge with someone, it should be the most recent thing, otherwise you will let him hold the power of the forbidden army until now?" Mei Xiaoren took a deep breath and sighed again, "He only knew how to help his master stupidly, ignoring whether he should avoid suspicion." ”

Gu Chuyu remained silent and listened to her quietly.

"Even if Gao You is not the mastermind, he should know that today's incident is a trap, and he is the commander of the forbidden army, and it must not be a small minion who can manipulate him, but it is not Wei Guogong himself, and Wei Guogong does not seem to know about this matter."

"How so?"

Mei Xiaoren explained: "If he had known, he would have given Gao You a handwritten letter, so that he could exonerate himself, so that he would not be labeled as 'bringing troops into the city for no reason' by us, after all, this crime will be killed if it is not done well." She frowned again, thought of something else, looked at Chu Yu and asked, "Can ...... Could it be that Lord Guogong did it on purpose, and he also set a trap for Gao You by the way? ”

"Why did he do it on purpose?"

"Because Gao You has only recently defected to the Guogong Mansion, Wei Guogong should not be sure whether he is really loyal to him, he can take this opportunity to get rid of Gao You and help his own people to be the capital, so that he can be regarded as holding the forbidden army firmly in his hands."

Gu Chuyu shook his head.

"Am I guessing wrong?"

"Gao You is a person who values love and righteousness, if Ji Heng instructs Gao You to lead the troops to the tea shop, he will definitely find an excuse for Gao You, and he will not be imprisoned for this, otherwise once Ji Heng sees death and does not save him, Gao You will suspect Ji Heng's purpose, and you are unkind to me." Gu Chuyu said again, "If Ji Heng does this, he will undoubtedly not make a fool of himself and send the handle to us." ”

"It means that if it weren't for Wei Guogong instructing him, Gao You wouldn't blame Wei Guogong even if he was convicted for this, he would only hate himself for being careless and wouldn't confess to others?" Mei Xiaoren supported his chin with one hand, and his voice became quieter, "Even if he is in your hands, he won't reveal any truth?" ”

This means that her hope that she can get out of the plot will not work......

Mei Xiaoren felt very sad, fell back, collapsed on the bed, and lay down for a long time, with tiredness in his eyes.

"It's not too early, this matter will be discussed tomorrow, go to sleep." After Gu Chuyu finished speaking, he got up and wanted to leave.

Mei Xiaoren sat up with a "rub", and with lightning speed, grabbed the hem of his clothes before he moved away.