Shen Shu and Chu Yi followed behind Ying Yi, and walked for about half a pillar of incense before they reached the fork in the secret passage.

To Shen Shu's surprise, the fork of the secret passage was not a secret passage, but a secret room.

There are passages on all sides of the chamber, except for the passage to the north, which is blocked, and the other two sides are guarded by flying fish.

There was a faint sound of talking, coming from the secret passages on the left and right, and it sounded like the servants brought by Zhou Zhi, searching in those secret passages.

In the middle of the chamber stands a sarcophagus made of stone.

The lid of the sarcophagus had been opened, and a hint of chill came out of the lid.

"It's very cold in the secret passage, and there are a lot of ice cubes in the sarcophagus, which can ensure that the corpse does not decay in a short time, and the other party should temporarily store the corpse here." Keichi explained.

When Shen Shu heard this, she suddenly thought of something and raised her eyes to look at Chu Yi.

"Xiao Baiyuan's body is here, where did His Highness get the wrench in the oilcloth bag? I thought His Highness had found Xiao Baiyuan's body. ”

"Nope."

Chu Yi didn't stop, and walked straight to the sarcophagus.

"But the wrench, and the blood on the wrench......"

"It's fake, it's pig's blood." Chu Yi patiently replied: "Soldiers are not tired of cheating, the wrench is Xiao Baiyuan's beloved thing, and he will wear it on his body from time to time, and it is not difficult to find a fake one." I did this to misunderstand that I had found Siu Pak-yuen's body to test his reaction. ”

When Shen Shu heard this, she remembered Xiao Jingcheng's reaction to all kinds of weak hearts after seeing the wrench, and her heart was suddenly relieved.

She took two steps and followed behind Chu Yi.

As soon as I approached the open lid of the sarcophagus, I smelled a strange smell coming to my face.

This smell ...... made Shen Shu's face change slightly.

"Autopsy? How did Siu Pak Yuen die? ”

Chu Yi on the side asked, examining the body in the sarcophagus.

"No wounds were found on the whole body." Keichi replied, "The silver needle can't detect poison, it looks like it's poisoned by the grass." ”

When Shen Shu heard this, she came back to her senses and looked inside the sarcophagus-

Perhaps because he had been dead for too long, Xiao Baiyuan's body was completely stiff, and his whole body was bluish, and it seemed that it was indeed caused by the poison of the grass.

It's just that......

Shen Shu sniffed carefully at the smell that made her face change, and locked her gaze on the sleeve on the right side of the corpse.

"Has his right hand been examined?" Shen Shu asked.

She subconsciously reached out and wanted to lift Xiao Baiyuan's sleeves-

was grabbed by Chu Yi next to him with his backhand.

"What are you going to do?" Chu Yi said in a deep voice: "What are you going to do, tell me, I'll do it." ”

As the words fell, Keichi handed the two of them a white cloth at the right time.

"Don't worry, girl, this arm has naturally been tested, and there is no external injury, but it is indeed a little weird."

When Chu Yi heard this, without waiting for Shen Shu to ask again, he let go of her wrist, wrapped her hand in a white cloth, and lifted Xiao Baiyuan's sleeve.

At the moment when the sleeves were lifted—

A strange stench mixed with bloody gas rushed into the tip of Shen Shu's nose!

Shen Shu hurriedly covered her nose.

What caught my eye was Xiao Baiyuan's hand.

From the fingertips to the wrist part, a thick blood stain somehow sticked.

At this moment, his palm was clutching a black object, like a bird, more like a ......

"This is a bat bird?" Chu Yi said in surprise.

Shen Shu pursed her lips, isn't it the batbird she had seen in the lock forest before!

However, at this moment, it was not the bat bird that attracted Shen Shu's attention.

It was Xiao Baiyuan's bloody hand.

Because Shen Shu could see, he was close enough.

The strange smell kept pouring from the sarcophagus into the tip of Shen Shu's nose.

There is no way to stop, and there is nowhere to retreat.

Because it smells clear enough -

Shen Shu finally remembered when she had smelled this smell!

"I'm going to see his hands." She said to Chu Yi.

Chu Yi saw her look and knew that she was asking for this, so she must have discovered something.

He hesitated for a few moments, then finally nodded.

Shen Shu wrapped the white cloth, stretched into the sarcophagus, and clumsily opened Xiao Baiyuan's bloody hand.

With this movement, the smell that had always made her feel strange hit the tip of her nose even more intensely.

She eagerly looked at Xiao Baiyuan's bloody hand again.

In this way, Shen Shu watched for a quarter of an hour, and finally straightened up.

"What did you find?" Chu Yi asked solemnly.

Shen Shu hesitated for a moment, and said with a solemn expression: "There is a strange smell on his hand, on the day the emperor fell into a coma, I smelled it in the palm of the emperor's hand and on the queen mother." ”

In front of the Taiji Hall that day, she first smelled this strange smell on the Queen Mother, and then on the Emperor.

However, in an instant, the smell disappeared without a trace.

Later, the Queen Mother returned from Renshou Palace, and Shen Shu came to her side to hear,

only to find that the Queen Mother had bathed and changed her clothes, and she could no longer smell it.

This suspicion has always been pressing on Shen Shu's heart.

It's just that the smell of that day was much lighter than the smell now, and because it was mixed with the sandalwood aroma of the Taiji Palace, today's Shen Shu didn't find it for the first time.

Now that she has discovered it, following this clue, she will definitely be able to find the reason why the emperor is in a coma.

When Chu Yi heard Shen Shu's words, his phoenix eyes narrowed slightly.

He walked up to the sarcophagus, leaned over, and sniffed.

Then, he straightened up and looked at Shen Shu: "What kind of smell is it?" All I could smell was the stench of corpses. ”

Shen Shu was slightly stunned.

She thought for a moment and tried to describe the strange smell: "It's a little fishy, it's a little sour, it's a little musty, and there's something else, I can't describe." ”

"Nope." Chu Yi said categorically: "Except for the smell of corpses and blood, there is no smell of what you said." ”

These words made Shen Shu's expression froze.

She remembered that when she was in the Taiji Palace, when she smelled the smell on the emperor's hands, she also turned to Duhe for help.

But at that time, I didn't hear it.

Only she can smell it, no one else can smell it......

Shen Shu looked at the bat bird in Xiao Baiyuan's hand with some feeling.

With her hand tied to the white cloth, she clumsily grabbed the bat bird and handed it to Chu Yi: "Your Highness may smell the smell of this bat bird?" ”

Chu Yijian's eyebrows frowned slightly: "The smell is the same as that of a corpse, and there is no difference." ”

These words made Shen Shu's eyes light up.

She put the body of the batbird in front of her and sniffed it, then took the batbird away, and sniffed Xiao Baiyuan's bloody hand again.

At the bottom of Shen Shu's heart, she finally had an answer.

"Didn't he really find the slightest trauma on his arm?" Shen Shu looked at Ying Yi and hurriedly asked.

Ying nodded: "Because the second son's hand is hidden in the sleeve, and it is this strange appearance, the villain has carefully checked it twice, but no external injuries have been found." ”

These words made Shen Shu's expression relaxed.

She raised her eyes to look at Chu Yi, pointed to Xiao Baiyuan's hand, and said firmly: "He has blood on his hands, but there are no external injuries, which means that this blood is not Xiao Baiyuan's blood." You don't smell the smell of him, and I can, which means ...... The smell must be related to the bat birds. The smell of bat birds, coupled with blood...... may be the key to the emperor's coma. ”

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