Chapter 109: The Real Murderer Behind the Scenes
An hour later, the sedan chair of Mufu stopped behind the door, and Qingchi personally came to pick up Qin Huai into the mansion.
When Qingchi came, he also deliberately explained that Mu Guanqing was stumped by Concubine Dong, and it was definitely not intentionally not to help, Qin Huai could understand the responsibility on Mu Guanqing's shoulders, so naturally he would not delve into it.
When she arrived at Mu Guanqing's mansion, she was looking at the record submitted by the Dali Temple Si Zhi about Xu Shilang's second wife, Gu's family, and only then did she get up when she saw Qin Huai coming.
"What did Pu Chenming tell you?"
Her official uniform hadn't been changed yet, but when she saw Qin Huai, she asked this first.
Before Qin Huai could react, he blurted out, "He wanted to ask me about your preferences, but I refused." ”
After hearing Pu Chenming's movements, Mu Guanqing's expression changed, but he still came to a conclusion and reminded Qin Huai not to be deceived.
"This person's whereabouts are suspicious and his behavior is strange, he is not a good person, I have no objection to you associating with him, but you must also pay attention to your own safety."
Originally, Qin Huai didn't have a good impression of Pu Chenming, although the news about Xu Jiyuan was handed over by him, but with Mu Guanqing's words, she was even more attentive.
"By the way, what's going on in the palace?"
Putting his own affairs in the past for the time being, Qin Huai began to be curious about what happened in the palace, basically the life and death of the palace people will never let the female officials interfere, but will only be investigated by the queen, but today is really rare.
Mu Guanqing turned out the record of today's events in the palace, and threw it in front of Qin Huai with a raised hand.
"Concubine Dong of Jiaoyue Palace lost a maid, but she had to pester His Majesty to find it back, and said that there were many maids in the harem, so it was not appropriate for the guards to search for it. But almost no one in the palace has seen the maid recently, and even Concubine Shu helped her obstruct it. ”
Lady?
She looked at the records in the booklet and suddenly thought of something.
Concubine Shu is the lord of the Kyaukyue Palace, and Concubine Dong lives with her.
The previous sale of the jewelry by Concubine Shu suddenly came to her eyes, and Qin Huai always felt that Concubine Shu had nothing to do with this matter, so she asked Mu Guanqing for help.
"I remembered that the last time I went to the Wanjin pawnshop, I met a woman in purple pawning jewelry, and it happened that I recognized it as the red agate hairpin of the lady's Baizi pomegranate......"
There must be a reason why Concubine Shu wants so much money, she is not afraid of returning to favor in the future, did her father ask.
"After recognizing it, I designed to take down the pomegranate, and asked the shopkeeper if she pawned other items, I knew that those things belonged to the powerful concubine, and today you said that she was involved in the incident to stop you, and I suspect even more that she is secretly planning something."
Usually Concubine Shu's temperament is wise to protect herself, and she never shows up indiscriminately, she would not have participated in such a thing, but today she followed Concubine Dong's troublesome woman, didn't she want Mu Guanqing to be unable to get out of the palace.
At the same time, Mu Guanqing, who was mentioned, stared at it, thinking that Qin Huai's words were not unreasonable, "Where are the items she pawned?" ”
Qin Huai had already planned before, and replied first: "I brought all of them back to the house, but I think it's not easy. ”
In this way, it is good to have definite evidence to effectively identify it.
"Withhold the evidence first, and then check her well. In fact, it is not unusual for her to pawn jewelry, I am afraid that she has a grudge against Qin Xuanlang. ”
Mentioning this, Qin Huai ignored a mother's attachment to her child in advance,
The second prince Qin Xuanlang was defeated, and the help of Qin Huai and Mu Guanqing was indispensable, but Concubine Shu was an ordinary concubine, with no power or power, how could she compete with the two of them.
Mu Guanqing rubbed his forehead and couldn't help but feel strange.
Recently, there have been a series of incidents, first of all, the prisoner was lost in the cell of Dali Temple, and he couldn't find it after digging three feet into the ground; Then Pu Chenming entered Beijing and begged her for the end; Here Qin Huai is involved in the murder case again, and some people are saying that they want to fill her life.
It seems that there is a hidden force that has already begun to move.
Qin Xuanlang lost the opportunity that time, and they must have riveted enough strength to prepare for the second control of Tianyu at this time, but where will they start.
"You've got a fine work by your side."
After being silent for a long time, Mu Guanqing came to such a conclusion.
"Finesse? Can't ......."
Qin Huai was also blinded, obviously chuckled in his heart, and quickly investigated the people who had appeared beside him recently.
Li Que, Qin Yue, Ruoqian, Caixia, Ruobai, Zhu Qingzhi?
In fact, the people inside basically knew Qin Huai very well, and only Ruoqian was suspicious enough.
It stands to reason that Gu's person will only go to the meeting alone, and it must be a cover for people to go to the Smell and Smile Pavilion, and it is estimated that no one in the house will know about it, so how could she know about it casually.
And that day, the rice paper conclusively said that she was pushed into the lake, except for the suspicious Qin Yue, she should be the only one who dared to do it. Moreover, as soon as Qin Huai returned to the princess's mansion, he encountered an assassin of unknown origin, except for Mu Guanqing and Mu Chongyan, who else would know that she was back.
Slowly going back to it, her whistleblowing is likely to be the greatest.
But the question is, who exactly is she under her orders?
"There is a strange girl in my house, although it is not conspicuous, but there are many means, I suspect it is her."
Qin Huai explained his conjecture for the first time, but there was no evidence.
Maids?
Mu Guanqing thought well, after Qin Xuanlang lost power, Liu Yanxin had already helped uproot the Shura Sect's people in Xunyang. If someone wants to stir up the situation again, it is easiest to achieve it with the help of the power of powerful people.
And there are iron walls around him, and there are layers of checkpoints in the palace, so there are only gaps around the royal children.
The third prince Qin Xuanming seems simple, but in fact it is unfathomable, so the best way is to find someone to go to Qin Huai's side to facilitate everything.
Therefore, Qin Huai's current situation has become a safe haven for those people.
"Since there is no chance to prove it, then we will create a chance."
Qin Huai didn't understand what Mu Guanqing meant, but he still nodded unconsciously.
Once you suspect a person, it is natural to associate everything that happened with that person.
Why did someone push rice paper into the water to blame the trouble as soon as the eulogy was held, and then transferred the bracelet to let himself fall into the trap, and then killed the Gu family to anger Xu Shilang.
These things can actually put Qin Huai at a disadvantage, and the slightest carelessness will offend a series of high-ranking people.
The rice paper is compared to Lord Xuan and the three emperor brothers, while the Gu family corresponds to the hundred officials of the court, and the people who set up the bureau are step by step, I am afraid that there are hidden piles under these bright chess.
And these two chess games did not work, which also shows that the person who laid out the layout understands the situation in Tianyu, but does not understand himself.
Qin Huai felt so in his heart, but Mu Guanqing thought of other aspects.
If those people are here for the political situation in Tianyu, why do they still want to torture Qin Huai, this is like a camp confrontation, and it is like an unresolved personal grudge.
The two of them had their own ideas, and at the same time they glanced at each other, and Mu Guanqing took the burden first.
"I'm tired all morning, I'm thirsty."
Qin Huai sighed a loud and long sigh, and he was also tired and panicked.
"I've been scared for so long, and I've been hungry for a long time."
"Let's go to the main hall for dinner."
The two of them are always like this, sometimes when they get together, they always think about each other, and they ask each other's opinions if they have something to do, but they may not agree.
Mingyue always felt that these two people were just similar in appearance, but they were completely different from aesthetics to preferences. I really don't know how they have been friends for so long.
Mu Guanqing's posture was elegant, and he easily clamped a small balls with bulging meat, but after Qin Huai tried a few more times, he launched a ruthless attack, pierced his heart with chopsticks, and then elegantly stuffed it into his mouth to chew.
Accustomed to Qin Huai being like this, Mu Guanqing couldn't stand the advance notice.
"By the way, I invited two ceremonial officials from the palace to teach you the etiquette of the wedding day of the third prince, you have to study hard, don't want me to help you if you make a mistake."
"Ah, I still have to learn this!"
Qin Huai's most hated word is learning, she has known that she is twelve years old since she can remember, and she can't understand why people want to study.
The dishes in Mu Wanqing's house are always light, and she eats vegetarian food every seven days and copies scriptures every ten days. Qin Huai would find out the day every time and avoid visiting those days.
In fact, she didn't ask, why did Mu Guanqing not kill people when her hands were covered with blood, and she didn't believe in ghosts and gods but copied scriptures?
Mu Guanqing's answer was that she had taught too many people, and she was not copying the scriptures to seek psychological comfort for herself, but to let those who had been educated by herself ascend to bliss as soon as possible.
Such a person made Qin Huai like it very much, today Pu Chenming asked her about Mu Guanqing because she was not suspicious, knowing that Mu Guanqing's expression was different when Pu Chenming was mentioned just now, which made her guess.
There are different opinions in the court, and to this day it is still not a quarrel over the lifelong events of female officials, and the tone is more pleasing to the eye than Pu Chenming to marry those vulgar people.
I just don't know who will be better if these two play against each other.
"Looking at your eyes, I shouldn't have thought of anything good."
Mu Guanqing's words pierced her heart, and Qin Huai immediately covered it up.
"Isn't that thinking about your life's work?"
"Then you should think about yourself first, this is just a separation, maybe the prince of Nishijin is waiting for this day."
Mu Guanqing was not to be outdone, and ridiculed the recent events.
The two of them had a good run at the table, and they probably left the table after eating for more than half an hour.
Mu Guanqing continued to go back to the study where there was a mountain of official work to do things, while Qin Huai hung his feet on the other table and nibbled on apples, stealing half a day of leisure.
She always felt that sometimes it was safe to be in Mu Mansion, the Princess Mansion was now big and empty without guards, if it weren't for the Wutong Treasure House and Gu Baixiu, she really didn't want to go back.
After reading the three volumes of official documents, Mu Guanqing picked up the pen and identified a person who was most suitable to do this.
"By the way, if you have time, remember to go to the Third Prince's Mansion to have a look, I suspect that someone in his mansion has already been mixed in."
Qin Huai sat upright and put down the apple that she had gnawed into.
"You let me do such a dangerous thing, do you still have compassion."
I wanted to let the person in front of me take back the arrangement, but I didn't expect this woman to explain with a look that understood her very well.
"Only when there is danger can I help you create opportunities, otherwise how can you and your Gu Shaoxia go further?"