Seeing that he had nothing to do, the prince went outside the courtyard and asked about today's process. The guards on the side had already reported Xue Ke's itinerary in detail. The guards who happened to be investigating also returned, saying that the problem was with the wood that connected the carriage to the horse. Yuan wood is not commonly used pine wood, the connection is not welded with rivets, run for a period of time and then encounter the bumps in the mountain road will be scattered, the insidious thing is that the wood is hollow, there are dozens of silver needles in it, after the wood is broken, the silver needles will be diverged, there are dozens of punctures to the horse, so the horse will run forward frantically.

The crown prince nodded, and asked again as if confirmed: "You said that after the girl met the queen of Qin, the king of Qin once stopped the girl from taking the carriage?" ”

"Yes."

"After that, the King of Qin sent guards to follow the girl?"

"Yes."

"When the accident happened, it was King Qin's guards who cut down the carriage?"

The guards wiped their sweat: "Yes, the subordinates were incompetent, the subordinates were all behind the carriage at that time and did not react, it was the guards of the King of Qin who happened to be on both sides of the road section, so the horse did not stumble and ran down the cliff, and later it was also the guards of the King of Qin who cut down the wood with a knife, and the carriage stopped." ”

The prince pondered for a long time: "Your guards are ineffective and derelict in their duties, go to Master Zhang to receive the punishment yourself." ”

After the guards retreated, after a while, the prince said to himself: "King Qin, it seems that Gu has to thank this fifth brother." ”

The prince sat in the courtyard of the Baopu Courtyard, looking at the maids running back and forth, and always felt that something was wrong. Fortunately, the sedative medicine that the imperial doctor saw had been taken, and Xue Ke's painful voice slowly disappeared, and the room inside gradually quieted down.

The prince instructed: "Let's see if Mama Zhang is idle, let her come over when she is free." ”

Mama Zhang had just come to the prince's side, and before she could get down, she saw Xing'er running over and saying, "Steward Lu is asking to see her outside the courtyard." ”

The prince nodded, and said strangely that he felt that there was no connection, it turned out to be on the little guy in the stable.

The road steward trotted all the way over, sweating all the way: "Prince, the old slave should die, the old slave should die." ”

The prince looked at him and asked, "Did Ma San commit suicide?" ”

Steward Lu raised his head sharply and widened his eyes: "How does the master know?" At first, the girl asked me to look at Ma San, and I comforted him, he entered the East Palace at the age of eight or nine, and he was honest, I said that the color of the curtain was wrong, and the girl would not punish him severely, so that he would admit his mistake when the time came."

Seeing him babbling, the prince asked directly, "When did you commit suicide?" How did he die? Who saw him before he died? ”

The road steward didn't dare to say more: "Just now, he bit his tongue and committed suicide." The girl instructed me to guard Ma San personally, and the old slave did not dare to let anyone in. When the old slave heard that the girl was injured, he was about to ask, but as soon as he turned around, Ma San died. ”

"Who told you the girl was hurt?"

"It's the high forest and the old slave who are in charge of the stable."

"He was standing in the doorway and saying it out loud?"

"How does the prince know?" Steward Lu was a little puzzled: "Old man Gao is probably also surprised." ”

The prince nodded and lowered the two shadow guards: "Go and bring Old Man Gao to Master Zhang and ask him carefully, don't let people die again." ”

Master Zhang is in charge of rewards and punishments in the East Palace, but people with a little seniority know that they are actually in charge of torture. When the road steward went down with a puzzled expression, Mama Zhang also looked uncertain.

"Is the girl asleep?"

Mama Zhang bowed down and said, "The girl just drank the medicine and fell asleep." ”

"Is the pain better?"

"The girl just said that it hurts, but the old slave looks at it and his arm is swollen again, but I'm afraid that it will hurt again when I use the splint tomorrow."

Seeing that the prince had a calm face and didn't speak, Mama Zhang asked, "What did the master ask when he called the old slave?" ”

The prince shook his head: "No need to ask, I already know." ”

Suddenly raised his eyes again: "By the way, how did the girl let you leave the carriage?" ”

"The girl said she wanted to sleep and let me go to the carriage behind, and I said I would stay there and serve the girl, and the girl was a little upset and said"

Suddenly, Mama Zhang stopped and looked at the prince incredulously: "Did you mean that the girl already knew that there was something wrong with the carriage?" ”

The prince nodded and said, "Have you ever been so willful this morning since the girl entered the East Palace?" ”

Mama Zhang suddenly said: "Yes, the girl never cares about this, it's just, it's just," Mama Zhang couldn't help choking and said: "The girl even took care of the old slave, knowing that there was a problem with the carriage, why didn't she come down?" ”

The crown prince sighed, now he can string everything together, Xue Wei has long known that there is a problem with the carriage, this trap is obviously aimed at himself, Xue Ke found a reason to change the carriage, and specially asked the King of Qin, showing him all this, just with her intelligence, why worry about not finding a reason to escape this catastrophe?

"It seems that we will only have to wait until the girl wakes up tomorrow."

Mama Zhang retreated in response, she was indeed grateful to Xue Ke in her heart, and then she treated Xue Ke more dedicatedly. This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.