"How do you know?" The emperor frowned and looked at me.

"The handkerchief that Liang Ci uses on weekdays is often stuffed in the cuffs, so it will smell like him, but on this handkerchief is another very strange smell. Obviously, after the cold words were discarded, others took the opportunity to frame them. ”

The mad stone took it in his hand and sniffed it, nodded and said, "That's true, it's a bit like the ...... in the temple."

"Also, although the person who died is the real Mama Yu, he is not the person who serves Qingqing on weekdays. It can also be said that it is Mo Yue'er who serves in the palace on weekdays who pretends to be. "I'm absolutely sure of it.

The emperor glanced at me, noncommittal, and only motioned for me to continue.

I cleared my throat: "Although the murderer has been trying his best to help her hide her identity and change into Mama Yu's outfit, you can see that her hands are rough, her hair is dry and yellow, and she is obviously malnourished for a long time. ”

Crazy Shi nodded approvingly: "The grandmother in the palace is usually extremely attentive to her appearance and posture, as the person who serves the master, her hands are well maintained, especially the bun, she will take some hair oil and comb her hair to the slightest." ”

"Strong words, do you plan to use these doubts as evidence to accuse Zijin Zhaoyi and Mo Key'er of collusion? There is no evidence, and there is a faction of random suspicions. The emperor closed his eyes slightly, slightly impatient.

"But ......"

"Enough!" The emperor coldly interrupted me: "I don't have the time to continue to listen to you make up stories, today's matter is over, no one is allowed to continue to investigate, violators will be killed!" ”

However, Liang Ci was still wronged, how could he end it hastily and let him bear the name of a careless disregard for human life? I stepped forward angrily, and gave me a sneaky glance to stop my words: "So, my brother retires." ”

After saying that, he turned around and walked out silently. The mad stone pulled me up, who was still angry, and followed.

"How so? Could it be that someone leaked the news? Qingqing, they have precautions in advance? As soon as I got into the carriage, I couldn't help but chatter indignantly: "Even I have been kept in the dark about today's events, how does the Bodhi Sect know about it?" ”

Liang Ci and Crazy Stone both looked solemn and silent.

"I have already seen Mo Yue'er's hand with my heart, it is smooth and delicate, like a new life, which shows that our guess is not wrong. But where did Mama Yu come from? Even if the Bodhi Sect did not kill people at the beginning, and the palace was full of dangers, Qingqing categorically did not dare to let Mama Yu stay in the palace, how could she appear in such a timely manner? ”

Liang Ci and Crazy Stone glanced at each other, and then slowly spoke: "It's true that I was in a hurry and didn't think it through. However, through today's turmoil, the power of the Bodhi Sect can be seen, I am afraid that even the palace will not be spared, and they have already reached the sky, otherwise they would not be able to avoid the heavy guards in the palace so easily and bring a big living person into the palace. ”

After a moment of silence, the mad stone suddenly said faintly, "That person has appeared again." ”

"Who?" Liang Ci and I asked in unison.

"Five poisonous palms."

"Five poisonous palms? Do you mean the one who killed the third and sixth aunts? I couldn't wait to ask.

Crazy Stone nodded: "When he killed Mama Yu today, he may have been in a hurry, and he used a hundred percent of the internal force in his hand, and the handprint on Mama's neck was particularly light in color, but the tip of his throat was poisonous. ”

Liang Ci leaned against the wall of the car and frowned slightly: "What is the status of this person in the Bodhi Sect?" He is good at Miao Jiang's Five Poisonous Palms, and he can be in charge of the Candle Dragon Order, and he has been in the Candle Dragon Sect for at least eighteen years, and his status is definitely not low. ”

Crazy Stone stretched out his hand and rubbed his temples, looking depressed: "When I was interrogating the Bodhi Sect captives, I heard such news, saying that more than half a month ago, a mysterious figure with a silver mask suddenly came to the altar, and the helmsman was respectful to him, and he was also afraid. They all privately said that this man was the head of the Bodhi sect. But no one in the sect has seen the true face of the sect leader, so no one can be sure. Do you say it has anything to do with this person? ”

"Silver Mask?" Liang Ci asked suspiciously: "When I was in Yangzhou City, I investigated the case, fought with such a person, and then disappeared when I tracked him to the Fuhua Nunnery." Unexpectedly, there was a great future, but it was a pity that the opportunity was missed. ”

Crazy Shi nodded: "There is one more thing, Lord Qi, my mother said that the old man Tianyuan has not set foot in the capital for more than 20 years, and when he was in the capital, he was also a divine dragon who saw the head but did not see the end, and there are still people in this Bodhi Sect who know his appearance and know the foundation of your martial arts." It shows that there are people in this Bodhi Sect who know the old man Tianyuan, and I am afraid that he is still a powerful person in the court. ”

Liang Ci and Crazy Stone's faces became more and more solemn, knowing that the power of this Bodhi Sect was becoming more and more unfathomable, and it seemed that it would not be easy to uproot it. The three of us were all silent for a moment, each with our own thoughts.

The carriage returned to the Qiwang Mansion, and before it stopped, a guard immediately stepped forward to report, saying that Qingwei had an urgent matter and had been waiting in the mansion for a long time.

Liang Ci looked at me suspiciously: "Could it be that there is something going on at your house?" ”

My heart also suddenly rose, my father has been back to Jiangnan for more than ten days, he has been walking all the way, inspecting the Su family's business all the way, and he should be about to arrive in Yangzhou City. Could something have happened? I hurriedly jumped out of the carriage, took three steps and made two steps, rushed through the gate, and hurried towards the main hall of the house.

Qingwei was sitting on the Taishi chair in the main hall, frowning slightly, not knowing what he was thinking, he didn't even notice that I was going in.

"Third brother!" I shouted anxiously, "What's going on at home?" ”

Qingwei was stunned suddenly, stood up "Teng", and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was me: "It's you." ”

It looks calm and relaxed, and there is no anxiety, on the contrary, there is some hesitation.

"Is there something going on at home?" I asked worriedly.

Qingwei shook his head: "The family is fine, there is no letter, what's wrong?" ”

I breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm scared to death, the guard said you were in a hurry, I thought something was wrong." ”

My heart was beating non-stop.

Qingwei's face froze: "There is indeed a very important matter, what about the Qi Wangye?" ”

"I'm here." Liang Ci and Crazy Stone also followed behind me, and hurried over: "But I let you investigate the matter of the eyebrows?" ”

Qingwei shook his head and said solemnly: "It's not that thing, but there are other important things." ”

"Sit down and talk." Liang Ci nodded, and sat down on the Taishi chair with Crazy Stone.

Qingwei stood in front of me, but hesitated, as if he was thinking about whether to say it or not. Liang Ci was not in a hurry to urge, and waited patiently.

Qingwei pondered for a long time before he made up his mind: "When I was sorting out some old files today, I accidentally found a household registration file from eighteen years ago, which was a record of several senior members of the court and the central government who were raided in collusion with the Bodhi Sect and the slaves of the family who were sold by the government!" ”

Liang Ci and Crazy Stone were startled, and said in unison, "What did you find?" ”

Qingwei pursed his lips, obviously extremely entangled, and said word by word from between his teeth: "I found the name of the fourth aunt on it. ”

Although we had a vague conjecture in our hearts, we still couldn't help but be surprised when we heard the words: "Sure enough, it's her!" ”

Crazy Stone excitedly leaned over to Qingwei and patted him on the shoulder: "Have you brought out that file?" ”

Qingwei shook his head: "There is a law in the household department that stipulates that archives cannot be taken out of the household department. ”

Crazy Stone glanced at Qingwei with frustration, and was quite annoyed that iron could not become steel: "Why are you so pedantic, can't you be flexible?" You think, if we suddenly become interested in your household files, we will definitely attract the attention of the Bodhi Sect in the past. ”

Qingwei secretly glanced at Liang Ci, took out a few neatly folded pieces of paper from his arms, and muttered in a low voice: "How can I know the law and break the law?" However, I have transcribed the list of several ministers who were questioned that year, as well as the entire list of the fourth aunt's family. Lord Qi, do I count this as using the public for personal gain and leaking secrets? ”

Crazy Stone excitedly punched Qingwei and snatched the paper in Qingwei's hand: "It's not too woody, but the son can be taught." ”

After speaking, he couldn't wait to open it, turned to the front of Liang Ci, spread it on the desk, and the two of them lowered their heads to study the list.

Qingwei asked me in a strange whisper, "Why do you seem to know it a long time ago?" ”

I was afraid that Qingwei would be used by Qingqing as an official in the court, so I informed Qingwei of all the inferences we had inferred that day.

Qingwei was extremely shocked when he heard this, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, and only after a while did he smile bitterly: "I just think that the fourth aunt has hidden her origin in the mansion, which is a little suspicious, but I didn't expect that there would be such a terrible background and conspiracy." ”

I smiled at Qingwei: "Third brother, I know that when you told us about this matter, you must have struggled for a long time, Qingqing and I are both your sisters, and Qingqing and you must have a deeper relationship." I am grateful to you for being willing to tell me honestly about this discovery. ”

Qingwei was a little unhappy when he heard this, and said solemnly: "On personal matters, when I was leaving, my mother specially told me to take more care of you after coming to Beijing. On the public, the Bodhi Sect is intolerable, and everyone will be punished, which is also my duty as a court official. I, Su Qingwei, am not a person who does not distinguish between black and white. ”

"Qingwu, where is the pen and ink?" Liang Ci suddenly asked.

I turned around and took the pen and ink and handed it over, took the cool words in my hand, closed my eyes and thought for a while, lowered my head and sketched with a fine pen, and a portrait jumped on the paper, vivid, it turned out to be the fourth aunt.

He dried the ink on it and handed it to the mad stone: "You take this portrait now, go back to the Zhongyong Marquis's mansion, and show it to your aunt, do you know the woman in the painting?" ”

"The fourth aunt was just a girl back then, how could the stepmother know her?" I said casually.

Crazy Shi immediately understood: "You see that the fourth aunt is literate and hyphenated, and she can raise a daughter like Qingqing, where is she like a rough girl." What's more, if the fourth aunt was just a girl, how could the Bodhi Sect spend so much effort to find her whereabouts, and besides, it was the mysterious person who contacted her personally? ”

After being reminded by the crazy stone, I suddenly became alert, since more than ten years ago, the mysterious person sneaked into the Su family to collude with the fourth aunt, and must have known each other for a long time, how could he be an unknown person in Beijing. I can't help but secretly admire the wit of the cool words and the crazy stone.

Crazy Stone took the portrait, took the list into his arms, arched his hand to Qingwei, and praised with a smile: "Good job." He turned and walked away.