On the 26th of the lunar month, Yao Lin, who had been busy for a few days, rushed back to Shen Guogong's mansion to report his investigation results to Shen Zhiyan.

"Grandpa, all the things of the sixth princess are here, and I have sent people to search four times within a radius of two kilometers from the bottom of the valley, so there should be nothing missing." Yao Lin waved his hand, motioned for his entourage to bring a large box, and opened it for Shen Zhiyan to see.

Shen Zhiyan bent down to check the contents of the box and asked, "Have you checked the specific situation?" ”

"Checked. As you instructed, all the people involved were questioned. The cause and the result of the incident are all understood. The sixth princess went to Hezhou this time on temporary instigation, and walked with Lord Zhu......"

"Which Lord Zhu?" Shen Zhiyan has not been in politics for a long time, and he is not clear about the corresponding people under these titles.

"It's Lord Zhu Dongxu who was reviewed by the Hanlin Academy, the one who came up with the question in the Northern Night Kingdom. I used to be classmates with the second son, and I also lived in the Guogong Mansion for a while, you should have seen it. Yao Lin explained.

mentioned Zhu Dongxu, Shen Zhiyan understood: "It turned out to be him, you go on." ”

"The princess went on this trip, everything was simple and unassuming, and she only brought a carriage with her. The companions are the personal palace maid Xiaohuan, the palace maid Xia Aya, and the second son's small servant, boiled beans. Yao Lin bent down to help Shen Zhiyan look through things, and continued: "Lord Zhu brought two carriages, and they went to Hezhou together for the sake of an aluminum mine. However, the return trip of the two was not the same, and there was no companion. Now Master Zhu is on his way back to Beijing. Grandpa, that's probably how it happened. ”

"Why did they suddenly go to Hezhou?" Shen Zhiyan asked suspiciously.

"According to Chunjuan, before going to Hezhou, the princess and the concubine had a quarrel." Yao Lin was a little embarrassed and said: "This is not a deliberate inquiry from a humble position, it was the Spring Silk girl who took the initiative to mention it." After that, the princess met Lord Zhu, who happened to go to Hezhou to discuss business, and the princess just stopped by to relax. The second prince knew about this matter and agreed, and the princess also informed Concubine Jing and the eldest lady before leaving, but did not mention the aluminum mining business. ”

"Hmm." Shen Zhiyan closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then nodded: "I know the matter, let's talk about the scene." ”

"It was not only us who went to the scene to investigate, but it is estimated that there were three or four groups of people, all of whom were ordered to act, and the scene was extremely chaotic." Speaking of this, Yao Lin lowered his voice and said, "The Criminal Department was the first to come, and the princess's body came the day after it was found. Then there were people sent by the emperor, and this morning, the crown prince also sent people. However, we started early and took the lead in reining in the remains. After seeing the scene, I took it. No matter how hard they are backstage, they can't stop it. However, the princess's relics were also shown to them......"

"It's okay to see, it's okay if the thing hasn't been touched too much." Shen Zhiyan turned around and sat on the chair panting slightly, and continued to ask, "What else?" ”

"The general situation at the scene is the same as it was said at the beginning. The horse is in the front, the coachman is second, and the last is ......" Yao Lin paused in embarrassment: "The last is the princess and Xia Aya." It was supposed that the horse was frightened, the rut broke, the horse and the carriage separated, and then fell to the bottom. ”

"Still haven't seen the bodies of Xiaohuan and Boiled Bean?"

"Nope." Yao Lin shook his head.

"Keep looking, if you don't see the body, then you may still be alive." Shen Zhiyan coughed lightly, and continued to advise without hesitation: "Go to the villa next to you and inquire, the hunters in the woods...... Inquire into all the places where people live. If you find Xiaohuan and Douqi, bring them back with the recipient immediately, and you can't let any of them go. ”

"This ......" Yao Lin was puzzled: "Why is this?" ”

"As the New Year approaches, there is heavy snowfall, and the villagers' hunters must have enough New Year's goods at home, and they generally don't go out, so the possibility of picking them up is extremely small, which is one of them. Second, if you pick them up, you will inevitably see fallen objects, carriages, and corpses. There will be no one who only picks up the living and goes back without reporting to the officials. Shen Zhiyan sneered and said: "The take-in in this case, say that he has nothing to do with the murderer, do you believe it?" ”

"Then according to what Grandpa said, the sixth princess must have died of murder?" Yao Lin was taken aback: "But...... Can ......"

"It's hard to tell." Shen Zhizhang shook his head and sighed: "It stands to reason that murder will not leave two alive." Leaving one is an accident, leaving two should not be. The crux of the matter is still in the rings and boiled beans. Remember, if you find them, you'll have to get them back. ”

"Don't worry, grandpa." Yao Lin nodded vigorously, and after saying goodbye to Shen Zhiyan, he walked out quickly.

Not long after he left, Shen Zhizhang, who came back from packing up his things in Mingyuan, took Dou Qi over and took the things of the six princesses, turned around and went straight to the mourning hall.

Hearing that Shen Zhizhang finally dared to go to the mourning hall, Shen Zhiyan watched his younger brother go away to Xiao Se's back, and he didn't know whether to be sad or worried for a while.

In the past few days, Shen Zhizhang has not believed that Jinshu has had an accident, and he has never dared to go to the mourning hall to see her. He plunged himself into endless busyness, irritable emotional indulgence, and incessant and directionless investigations, forcing himself to keep moving, as a way to escape the grief that would make him feel restless and lost when he stopped.

As long as he doesn't think of her and keeps moving, he will have the illusion that she is still alive and everything is fine. But after all, the emotions collapsed while packing up the relics for her, and he had to face this fact. After three or four days, he dared to go and couldn't bear to go to see her. Because he knew that in the coffin lay a mutilated and unrecognizable corpse, a strange and familiar wife that he had never seen.

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No one would have thought that on the second day after Yao Lin and Shen Zhiyan finished reporting, the people sent by the emperor to investigate her death brought back good news: in a nearby Orion's house, an unconscious Xiaohuan was found.

According to the hunter, the girl was brought back by his stupid son, saying that he had picked up a "living daughter-in-law" for himself. They saw that Xiaohuan's clothes were bright and good, and they still had a breath, so they stayed behind as a live horse doctor to take care of it.

The emperor's men took away Xiaohuan, who was still unconscious, and Yao Lin tried several times to keep Xiaohuan unsuccessfully. But after all, the person who investigated the case was the biological father of the sixth princess, and he is now a saint. He didn't dare to be disobedient on the key person certificate, so he had to walk on the front foot, and he followed Shen Zhiyan's instructions to detain the Orion family back to the Shen Mansion.

As soon as the news of finding Xiaohuan came, the emperor felt both relieved and worried.

Fortunately for him, the sixth princess's personal maid was still alive, and when she woke up, she would be able to learn the truth about the events of that day. But if what this maid said was related to the prince, should he believe it, and how should he deal with it?

Now the matter is not simply a question of the murder of the sixth princess, but a question of whether the heir of Daliang, the crown prince, is qualified and whether he can continue to inherit the unification. Even more seriously, it becomes a question of whether the girder will have an heir in the future.

So after Xiaohuan was brought back to the palace, the emperor forbade everyone to visit, and even Shen Zhizhang's request was refused. He personally supervised and ordered the doctors of the Tai Hospital to diagnose and treat the disease, and boiled the medicine and poured it down. That night, the man woke up.

The first person Xiaohuan saw when he woke up was the emperor who rushed to hear the news.

But before he could open his mouth to ask, the thin little girl in front of him was probably overly frightened, forgetting all the respectful etiquette at the moment, regardless of the emperor she was facing, she opened her mouth and wept bitterly, trembling and pulling the hem of the emperor's clothes and crying: "Your Majesty, save the princess, save the princess, someone wants to kill her!" Someone killed her! ”

"Bold!" Li Zongquan, the chief eunuch beside the emperor, snorted lightly: "This is the emperor, how can you be so presumptuous!" ”

Even though Li Zongquan had already restrained his aura and just made a hint, he still scared Xiaohuan to tremble. She immediately withdrew her hand, only knelt on the bed with her head down and whimpered, not daring to speak anymore.

The emperor frowned, glanced at Li Zongquan unhappily, and reprimanded: "At this time, you don't have to care so much, you go out." ”

Li Zongquan knew that he was in the wrong, so he didn't dare to say anything, bowed and took a few steps back, and hurriedly walked out of the room.

At this time, only the emperor and Xiaohuan were left in the house.

Looking at Xiao Huan who was kneeling on the bed, the emperor seemed to see the tragic death of the sixth princess through her thin body, so a burst of love and pity surged in his heart, and he asked in a calm tone as much as possible: "Who do you say wants to kill her?" ”