Chapter 17: Ants Solve the Case
On the first day of the imperial pharmacy errand, the big medicine girl arranged for Yi Shangyun and the medicine girl cloves: "This is the decoction of Princess Yue of Fenghua Palace, the princess has been coughing for a long time, you all pay attention carefully, and immediately send it to persuade the princess to take it after frying."
The big medicine girl sternly admonished the two of them and turned around and went out, but as soon as she went out, she showed a snickering look of joy and walked away.
It turns out that she didn't have a good intention.
Yi Shangyun and Lilac quickly decocted the medicine and came to the gate of Fenghua Palace, and at this moment they were waiting for the little palace maid to pass on. Suddenly, a stern scolding sound was heard inside. The two looked at each other, not knowing what was happening.
Then I saw the little palace maid timidly come out and said: "Her Royal Highness the princess said that the medicine is too bitter and resolutely refuses to take it, you should think of other ways."
While they were talking, an unusually thin guard hurried into the main hall.
Just when they were still suspicious, a woman who was only fifteen or sixteen years old walked out of the main hall, and she was the most favored daughter of Emperor Jing, Xuanyuan Yue, who was called Princess Yue.
The thin guards led the way, and the princess hurried through the cloister, only to see the two of them hurrying towards the garden behind the arch next to the side hall of the Fenghua Palace.
I don't know what happened, the palace maids and eunuchs all gathered in groups and talked about each other. When they saw their master coming, they all hurriedly dodged out of the way.
Only then did Yi Shangyun see clearly that there was a little palace maid lying on the ground by the flower bed, with a pool of blood stains beside her, and a bloodstained dagger was still inserted in her body.
Yi Shangyun took a closer look, the dagger was covered with blood and ants crawled all over the dagger, and the scene was very scary.
The princess was also shocked and exclaimed, "Zhen'er, who did it?" Then her eyes swept to the people around her.
At this time, the thin guard who had just gone to the main hall of Fenghua Palace to report came forward, pointed to another chubby little eunuch standing on the side and said, "Princess, Zhen'er must have been killed by him, and when Zhen'er's body was found below, he stood beside Zhen'er and acted very strangely."
As soon as the chubby eunuch heard this, he hurriedly ran out and knelt on his knees, kowtowed violently and shouted: "Princess, it's not the slave who did it, Miss Zhen'er has always taken care of the little one, how could the little one kill Miss Zhen'er, the little one happened to pass by, and saw Miss Zhen'er lying on the ground, I don't know what happened, so I came to take a look, who knew that Miss Zhen'er was killed, and the slave really didn't do it." Princess, you have to be the master of the minions."
"You are all so bold, you dare to be presumptuous in this princess's palace, who is the best to come out and admit it quickly, if you let this princess find out, he must be good-looking" Although Xuanyuan Yue is young, he is not ambiguous at all when he starts to be angry, and he is majestic.
At this time, the thin guard who reported the case suddenly glanced at the people next to him, lowered his head and raised his eyes to secretly glance at Xuanyuan Yue.
This move happened to be seen by Yi Shangyun.
Yi Shangyun was thinking about why the ants were crawling all over the daggers, and then looking at the guard in front of her, she was suddenly startled, could it be......
"Your Royal Highness Princess, the slave knows who the murderer is" Yi Shangyun suddenly opened his mouth.
Immediately, the eyes of Xuanyuan Yue and everyone present invariably looked for the direction in which they spoke.
"You, then tell me, if you say it wrong, you have to be careful about your head," Xuanyuan Yue warned solemnly.
At this time, Lilac panicked when she heard this warning, and gently tugged on the sleeve of Yi Shangyun, trying to ask her not to cause trouble.
"The slave is brave, so what if the slave is right" Yi Shangyun not only did not listen to Lilac's persuasion to stop, but asked Xuanyuan Yue instead.
"What a bold man, he dared to make conditions with this princess. That's it, and it depends on your ability, if you say it right, this princess will grant you a request" Xuanyuan Yue also replied boldly.
Yi Shangyun smiled this time and stepped forward, and after carefully examining Zhen'er's corpse and dagger again, he was completely sure that her thoughts just now were correct.
Then he said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, look at the strength of the depth of this dagger, the murderer is indeed a man."
"Nonsense, now the person who is being accused is a man, do you still need you, a minion, to tell this princess" Xuanyuan Yue scolded sharply.
Yi Shangyun chuckled and continued, "Princess, the murderer is a man, but he is not the little eunuch in front of him."
"Oh? Then according to what you see, who is the real murderer," Xuanyuan Yue asked with a surprised expression.
At this time, Yi Shangyun saw that the thin guard who reported the crime was sneaking in the crowd and quietly retreating, so he hurriedly said: "The real murderer is the person who reported the crime."
As he spoke, Yi Shangyun's hand pointed to the thin guard who was about to slip away.
Xuanyuan Yue saw that he wanted to slip away, so he immediately ordered, "Don't hurry up and take him down for this princess", and several other guards on the side who were watching the excitement easily caught the thin guard with three punches and two kicks.
The thin guard was caught and crushed to the ground, but he still insisted on defending, "Your Royal Highness the princess, please be clear, the slave is definitely not a murderer, it is...... It was this slave who spewed blood, framed the slave, and the slave was wronged."
The thin guard's hand was grabbed and couldn't move, so he glared at the clouds on his clothes: "What evidence do you have to prove that I killed the person?" ”。
Yi Shangyun was not flustered and said calmly, "Seeing that you are so different from ordinary emaciation, do you suffer from the disease of lower elimination?" ”。
"Yes, everyone here knows that I have suffered from the disease for many years, so everyone has taken a lot of care of me, how can I have bad intentions towards them," said the thin guard glaring at Yi Shangyun fiercely.
Yi Shangyun chuckled, and muttered to himself, "That's all right."
Then I saw her straighten her thin body and say, "People who are suffering from the disease of hypoxia urinate frequently and heavily, and their stools are cloudy like grease, and they often have dry mouth, dizziness, and soreness in their waist and legs. Looking at its tongue, it can be seen that it is red and scarce, and the pulse is fine. Excuse me, what I said is all symptomatic to your illness."
The thin guard suddenly felt a little surprised that this slave maid actually knew medical skills, because what Yi Shangyun said was completely in line with his illness, and it was exactly the same. Everyone also looked at him in shock, but Xuanyuan Yue didn't know what she wanted to say, and what it had to do with the murderer.
Seeing that he was silent, he had already acquiesced. Yi Shangyun spoke again: "Don't you still admit that you are a murderer?" ”。
The guard still quibbled inexplicably, "I didn't do it, why should I admit it".
"Do you know why all the ants around this dagger are gathered on it?" Yi Shangyun asked, pointing to the dagger crawling with ants.
"I'm not an ant, how would I know," the thin guard quibbled while still provocatively clothed with clouds.
"Hmph, because ants like sweetness. And the most obvious symptom of hypoxia syndrome I deliberately didn't say just now, I just want to see how long you have to quibble, there is one of the most obvious symptoms of hypoxia patients, that is, the sweet smell of urine. Human sweat and feces are similar in composition, but the composition is somewhat different."
Yi Shangyun suddenly leaned down and said, "Presumably, you were so nervous when you held the dagger in your hand that the dagger was covered with sweat, do you want us to take a new dagger and let everyone present hold it to prove it" She snorted coldly and looked at the thin guard with contempt after saying this, and then everyone present cast a surprised look at him.
"The princess spares her life, the princess spares her life" When the thin guard heard this, he could no longer say anything but kowtow desperately and beg for mercy.
"Pull him down and kill him with a cane for Princess Ben, and Zhen'er will bury him well," Princess Yue said angrily, and then motioned for everyone to disperse.
Only then did he look at Yishangyun and said, "Are you new here?" This princess hasn't seen you before", Xuanyuan Yue said as she walked back towards the main hall, followed by Yishangyun and Lilac with their heads bowed.
"The slave maid is the new medicine girl who only reported today, the princess promised the slave, if the slave maid said right, she would agree to the slave's request", Yi Shangyun did not forget her errand, Lilac has been scared stupidly, and only then did she wake up.
I saw Xuanyuan Yue suddenly stop and turn to look at Yi Shangyun.
This girl......