Although the little palace maid didn't have to wait for Mama Zhang when she was taking a medicinal bath in Xianglan Pool, she prepared all the things that Mama Zhang needed for the medicinal bath.

Therefore, the little palace maid quickly replied timidly: "Mama is not like us girls, whether it is a medicinal bath or a bath, there is no habit of sprinkling flower petals in the water. ”

"Are you sure Mama Zhang never adds flower petals to the water of a medicinal bath?" Wei Qingqing confirmed to the little palace maid.

Seeing that Wei Qingqing didn't believe her, the little palace maid suddenly became anxious, "Mama really doesn't like to add petals to the water!" Once, I took it upon myself to add flower petals to the water, and I was scolded by her! ”

After Wei Qingqing got a definite answer, she quickly made an inference in her heart, and said directly to Chen Jinbao: "The person who examined the corpse before was correct in his judgment, and the cause of Mama Zhang's death was indeed drowning. ”

Chen Jinbao's face was full of disappointment when he heard this, and he whispered to himself in disbelief, "Could it be that no one harmed Mama Zhang, everything is really just a coincidence?" ”

"No, all this is not a coincidence!" Wei Qingqing spoke out to deny Chen Jinbao's speculation, "Although Mama Zhang drowned, she didn't drown in Xianglan Pond!" ”

"Mama Zhang was drowned in other places, and then moved her body to Xianglan Pond to fake the illusion of falling into the pool and drowning!"

Wei Qingqing paused as she spoke, and then came to a conclusion loudly, "In other words, Mama Zhang's death was not an accident, but man-made!" ”

Chen Jinbao's heart sank when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked: "Does the princess know who killed Mama Zhang?" ”

"Father-in-law Chen, don't be in a hurry, let's take it step by step, find out the real location of the crime first!" Wei Qingqing said and gently flicked the incomplete petals on the white cloth with tweezers, and asked Chen Jinbao thoughtfully, "Is there any place in the palace where there is water where purple and white flowers are planted?" ”

"Purple and white flowers......" Chen Jinbao has been in the palace for many years and is very familiar with all parts of the palace, and quickly gave the answer, "There are some water hyacinths planted in the pool near Changyin Pavilion, and the petals of those water hyacinths are purple and white!" ”

"That's it!" Wei Qingqing's face was overjoyed, and he pointed to the little insect on the white cloth and said, "Boxing Gonggong Chen ordered someone to find the palace person who took care of the pool, and asked him to carefully identify this little insect to see if it was a common small insect in the pool." ”

Chen Jinbao didn't know what kind of medicine Wei Qingqing was selling in his gourd, but he quickly ordered someone to follow Wei Qingqing's words.

Wei Qingqing took out a special knife from the box she carried, and lifted it neatly and slashed the abdomen of Mama Zhang's corpse.

She accurately found the lungs in the abdominal cavity, and without saying a word, she raised her knife and slashed open, and a large amount of fluid immediately flowed out......

Wei Qingqing took a closer look and found that these liquids were mixed with some aquatic plants and broken purple and white petals!

"Sure enough!" Wei Qingqing pointed to the things that poured out of the lungs of the deceased and explained: "If a person drowns, he will choke on a large amount of water from his mouth, and most of this water will eventually accumulate in the lungs of the deceased. ”

"If Mama Zhang drowns in Xianglan Pond, the water that chokes on her lungs will naturally be the hot spring water in Xianglan Pond. As far as I know, the hot spring water of Xianglan Pond is deliberately drained in with bamboo pipes, and it is filtered through layers before falling into the pool. ”

"The hot spring water in the pandan pond has been filtered layer by layer, so there are no flower petals, aquatic plants, small insects and so on...... In other words, the water that Mama Zhang choked on her lungs was not the hot spring water in the pandan pool! ”

Chen Jinbao suddenly realized after listening to Wei Qingqing's explanation, and slapped his hands and said, "The princess understands the miscellaneous family as soon as she explains this!" It's a person who drowns wherever he rests, and what he drinks in his stomach is where he drinks! ”

For example, if some water hyacinth is planted in the pool next to Changyin Pavilion, there will be water hyacinth petals in the water; The pond in the Imperial Garden is planted with water lilies, and there are only water lily petals in the water! ”

"My father-in-law is right, that's exactly what he said." Wei Qingqing first affirmed Chen Jinbao's statement, and then proposed to go to the real crime site to investigate, "Let's go to the pool next to Changyin Pavilion to take a look, maybe we can find key clues!" ”

Chen Jinbao answered "yes" again and again, and then led Wei Qingqing in front, and the group soon came to the pool where Mama Zhang was drowned.

Wei Qingqing circled around the pool, and quickly squatted down to a cobblestone path lined with flowers and plants.

The flowers on the right side of the trail are a little jagged, sparsely scattered, as if some have been plucked out.

Wei Qingqing stared thoughtfully at the flowers, and then pointed to the little palace maid who served Mama Zhang, "Come, your head is facing the direction of the pool, lean over here!" ”

The little palace maid obediently lay on the ground, leaned over and lay down in the position designated by Wei Qingqing, "Princess, are you lying on your stomach like this?" ”

"Hmm." Wei Qingqing responded lightly, slowly approached the little palace maid, squatted and knelt beside her, and then suddenly made a surprise move and pressed the little palace maid's head into the water!

"Hmmmm......" The little palace maid was suddenly pressed her head into the water, and immediately struggled with both hands and feet.

Wei Qingqing stared intently at her movements, and sure enough, she saw that her right hand was fluttering wildly and happened to scratch the flowers, and many flowers were crushed because of the strength of her hand!

Wei Qingqing's eyes quickly moved to the little palace maid's feet, and when she saw her pushing back with instinct, she immediately let go and leaned over.

She fell to the ground, her whole face almost touching the pebbles on the path!

She took the fire and carefully observed each pebble, and soon excitedly shouted, "Found it!" ”

She took out the tweezers and carefully pinched a dark red piece of silk cloth from a slightly protruding pebble.

She immediately commanded in a loud voice: "Quickly take Mama Zhang's embroidered shoes off in Xianglan Pavilion!" ”

Soon someone was ordered to leave, and after a short time, Mama Zhang's embroidered shoes were brought in.

Wei Qingqing took a closer look at the embroidered shoes, and sure enough, he found a small piece of damage in the upper of the shoes, and then pasted the small piece of silk cloth he found before, and found that it was just right!

"Mama Zhang was drowned here!" Wei Qingqing pointed to the place where the little palace maid was lying on her stomach, "The murderer first put Mama Zhang down, and then pressed her head into the pool and drowned, Mama Zhang struggled hard, during which her hand crushed the flowers of the flower bush on the right, and her foot was damaged by staring too hard......

Wei Qingqing said that he ordered people to focus on searching near the place where Mama Zhang was drowned, so that every corner of them could not be missed!

Soon, someone came with an object to report, "Return to the princess, find a string of Buddhist beads among the flowers!" ”

"Buddha beads?" Wei Qingqing took the Buddha beads and looked at them carefully, but only smelled a faint sandalwood incense, and did not find anything unusual.