The three of them quickly turned around, and a stunning woman with beaded hair and a purple dress appeared in front of them.

Although Su Qingmo had never seen Li Guifei, he already had a faint guess in his heart through the other party's dress.

She confirmed softly, "Are you Concubine Li?" ”

The woman opposite looked terrible, and said in a coquettish voice: "Why don't you kneel when you see this palace?" ”

Li Guifei was already thirty-three when she died, but in Su Qingmo's eyes, the woman opposite was still as coquettish as a double ten girl.

Mu Yuanjing and Emperor Wu An knew Li Guifei quite well, and naturally knew how her unscrupulous character was promoted.

Concubine Li's ghost stood in place, seeing that Su Qingmo did not ask her for guilt, there was a hint of impunity on her face.

She pointed to a room of corpses behind the three of them and asked Su Qingmo, "Do you know why they all died?" ”

Su Qingmo didn't say anything, she couldn't be sure whether the corpses in that room were real or the illusions created by Li Guifei.

Li Guifei didn't care what she thought, she smiled very beautifully and said, "They are all disrespectful people to this palace. ”

There was arrogance and threat in the words.

Su Qingmo really didn't like Concubine Li's personality very much, but he couldn't act rashly at the moment, so he had to say softly: "I've seen Concubine Guifei." ”

Su Qingmo was about to bless himself, but was stopped by Mu Yuanjing beside him.

Li Guifei's expression became hideous again because of Mu Yuanjing's movements, her face was faintly black, staring at Mu Yuanjing, and when her eyes swept over Emperor Wu'an, she became puzzled again.

"Are you the emperor?"

Emperor Wu'an's face was the same, he knew that the person Li Guifei was asking was Emperor Chengde.

Mu Yuanjing saw that Emperor Wu An had no intention of paying attention, so he asked directly, "Do you remember how you died?" ”

Li Guifei's face first crossed a trace of doubt, and then her eyes rolled around, as if she was remembering something, and then she suddenly screamed, and the whole person became manic, the pearls on her head fell off, and her hair fell out.

A scarlet eye peeked through the messy hair that covered her face, and her voice was hoarse, her voice as piercing as if it were scratching sandpaper.

"You know?"

Mu Yuanjing replied lightly, "You hanged yourself in your own dormitory. ”

Li Guifei looked like crazy, and kept muttering, "It's impossible, I can't cut myself." ”

She rushed to Mu Yuanjing, her face was very close to him, her scarlet eyes looked into Mu Yuanjing's eyes, as if to confirm something, and after a while, she slowly left.

"It turns out that Hongu is really dead"

Su Qingmo couldn't figure out why Li Guifei's ghost often had a confused memory, she didn't seem to remember what happened before her death, but she remembered that her identity was Guifei, and she knew that she was dead one moment, and she forgot it the next moment.

Just when she hadn't cleared her mind yet, Li Guifei opened her mouth faintly again.

"I want you to help me find out who killed me."

She didn't call herself Hongu anymore, and it seemed like she had accepted the fact that she was dead.

Su Qingmo hesitated whether to agree, but Concubine Li didn't give her a chance at all, she looked at the three of them fiercely, "If you don't help me, don't want to leave here for the rest of your life." ”

After saying that, before the three of them could react, she disappeared in place.

Emperor Wu An looked at Mu Yuanjing, "What do you think?" ”

Mu Yuanjing didn't answer, his eyes turned to Su Qingmo on the side, and Su Qingmo looked back at him quietly.

Emperor Wu An sighed and said, "That's it, you can check if you want." ”

After obtaining the consent of Emperor Wu An, Su Qingmo raised his voice at the place where Li Guifei disappeared before: "We promised to help you find the murderer. ”

Li Guifei appeared quietly and looked at the three of them for a moment, "Remember what you said." ”

The three of them watched as Li Guifei's ghost disappeared again.

When Mingyue appeared in the night sky again, Su Qingmo knew that the barrier had been broken, she turned around and looked behind her, the room that was full of corpses before was empty at this time.

It was supposed to be a reassuring situation, but I don't know why there was a hint of uneasiness in Su Qingmo's heart.

The three of them walked in the direction of the gate of the Liufang Palace, and as soon as they reached the courtyard, they saw Fu Lu and a group of guards guarding there.

After Fu Lu saw the figure of Emperor Wu'an, he almost cried, "Your Majesty, you can be counted as appearing, and the slave is almost going to die to apologize." ”

Emperor Wu'an glanced at him, "Send the king of Linchuan and the princess out of the palace." ”

Fu Lu happily responded, arranged the sedan chair for Mu Yuanjing and Su Qingmo, and before the two of them got on the sedan chair, Emperor Wu An handed a thing to Mu Yuanjing.

"Take it and make it easier for you."

Mu Yuanjing took it and saw that it was a gold token, and it was the one that Emperor Wu An often carried on his body. He didn't refuse, and neatly put it into his arms, "Thank you, Brother Huang." ”

Emperor Wu An smiled and hurried to the people, "It's not too early, go back to the palace quickly." ”

The sedan chair that left the palace carried Mu Yuanjing and Su Qingmo to the outside of the palace, and Emperor Wu'an also got into his own chariot.

On the way back to the dormitory, Emperor Wu'an said to Fu Lu: "In the future, the news of King Linchuan's entry into the palace has been concealed from me, especially the queen. ”

Fu Lu's heart was excited, and he said respectfully: "The slave obeys the order." ”

The bright moonlight shrouded Emperor Wu'an's body, and also hit the carriage of the clinical palace who was also walking on the way home.

Su Qingmo leaned on the wall of the car a little sleepily, thought about it, and asked Mu Yuanjing: "Lord, do you say that King Yongding and Princess Anping know about Concubine Li?" ”

Li Guifei is the biological mother of the two, how did she die, are the two really unclear?

Su Qingmo's question Mu Yuanjing couldn't answer, everything might not be known until the real cause of Li Guifei's death was found.

He took Su Qingmo into his arms, "Just sleep for a while." ”

Su Qingmo was indeed a little sleepy, and closed her eyes obediently at the moment, thinking that Mu Yuanjing would wake her up after arriving at the palace, but who knew that this sleep would be the next morning.

When the morning sun hit her face through the window, she still couldn't come back to her senses.

Qinghe stepped forward lightly to help Su Qingmo and said with a smile: "The princess thought she was very tired last night. ”

"How did I get back?"

Qingrui walked in from the outside, "It was the prince who brought you back." ”

The prince is good to his master, and Qingrui and Qinghe couldn't be happier.

Su Qingmo got down from the bed, washed and eaten, and then asked where Mu Yuanjing went, "Where is the prince?" ”

Qinghe replied: "The prince is in the study, let you go back to the study after eating." ”

Su Qingmo whispered 'um', got up and left Moxiangju and walked towards the study.

When she arrived at the study, there was not only Mu Yuanjing in the study, but also Wei Xu, Fang Mubei and Pei Lin.

Wei Xu and Fang Mubei naturally got up and saluted her, Pei Lin sat on the chair and said with a smile: "Are you willing to get up?" ”

Su Qingmo glanced at him, ignored it, and walked to the desk that belonged to her in the study and sat down.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Mu Yuanjing said: "Do you have a solution to Concubine Li's matter?" ”

Pei Lin looked at Su Qingmo and said, "The prince has already told us about last night's incident, Qingmo, what do you think?" ”

Su Qingmo thought about it, but decided to stick to his previous guess.

"I don't think Concubine Li's death is normal."

Pei Lin nodded thoughtfully, "Tell me what you think." ”

Su Qingmo looked at Pei Lin, "Cousin, do you remember, in the past, the master told us that the soul of a person who voluntarily hanged himself would be trapped in place, but with the passage of time, the ghost's resentment will be slowly wiped out until it is finally put into reincarnation, but Li Guifei's situation is different." ”

She paused, and after someone other than Pei Lin digested her words, she continued: "Concubine Li Guifei has been dead for two years, and it stands to reason that her resentment should have disappeared and entered reincarnation, but she is still trapped in the Liufang Palace, and her resentment has increased unabated, and even the state of her soul is a little abnormal. ”

Pei Lin asked, "How is it abnormal?" ”

"Her soul is very unstable, and I can't say the specifics."

Pei Lin had never seen Concubine Li's ghost, so it was difficult to draw conclusions, he looked at Mu Yuanjing and asked, "Where does the prince plan to start investigating?" ”

Mu Yuanjing's fingertips clicked on the booklet on the case, "This is the autopsy list of Li Guifei's body after hanging herself and the detailed description of the scene, and nothing unusual can be seen from it, except for one place." ”

He opened the booklet, spread out one of the pages on the table, and Pei Lin stepped forward from his seat.

Mu Yuanjing said: "There is a scar on Li Guifei's fingertips, which is a trace of a sharp weapon, according to the maid next to her, the wound was accidentally stabbed by scissors when Li Guifei made intimate clothes for the emperor, but the unfinished clothes were not found at the scene. ”

Fang Mubei continued: "There are no external injuries on the corpse, poisonous wounds, and the wounds on the neck are also consistent with the traces of struggle when he hanged himself. ”

Pei Lin groaned: "In other words, Li Guifei has no other cause of death except for hanging herself?" ”

Fang Mubei nodded silently.

He carefully studied the autopsy list, and there was no fraud, Li Guifei did hang herself.

Several people in the study fell silent, and Su Qingmo suddenly thought of a way.

She looked at Mu Yuanjing and said hesitantly: "Lord Wang, I have a way, but I don't know if it's feasible." ”

Mu Yuanjing looked at her and encouraged her to speak up with his eyes.

Su Qingmo gritted his teeth and asked, "The surface of the corpse can't see the problem, so what about the bones?" ”

Everyone looked at her, and she stubbornly said, "I want to open the coffin for an autopsy." ”

Su Qingmo knew that his idea was too bold, and he might even cause trouble for Mu Yuanjing.

The concubine of the royal family had already been buried in the ground, but she wanted to open the coffin, even if Mu Yuanjing could agree, Emperor Wu'an would definitely not agree.

But Mu Yuanjing's words erased her worries.

"Yes."

Su Qingmo looked at him in surprise, and Mu Yuanjing replied affirmatively, "You can open the coffin and re-examine the autopsy." ”

Without waiting for Su Qingmo to ask, Mu Yuanjing explained: "It is a big crime for a concubine to commit suicide, and after death, she will be exposed to the wilderness, stripped of her title, and will not be buried in the imperial mausoleum, and her parents and relatives will also be affected, so Li Guifei's body was not buried in the imperial mausoleum." ”

The first sentence gave Su Qingmo hope, and the latter sentence made her worried, "Does the prince mean that Concubine Li's body has been exposed to the wilderness?" ”

"No, the Emperor Taishang asked someone to find a place to bury her."

After Li Guifei's death, many people privately thought that Emperor Chengde was ruthless, and those who had been favored for more than ten years would abandon it, but Mu Yuanjing knew that it was precisely because of Emperor Chengde's last words that Li Guifei was able to enter the earth.

Fang Mubei's expression was overjoyed, "If you can re-examine the autopsy, you may be able to find new clues." ”

Now that there is a new direction for verification, Mu Yuanjing did not delay at the moment, and instructed Wei Xu: "Let the hidden guards find out where Li Guifei's bones are buried as soon as possible." ”

Wei Xu was ordered to leave, and several people were waiting for news from him in the study.

Although Concubine Li Guifei could not be buried in the imperial mausoleum, after having the order of Emperor Chengde, it was impossible to be hastily buried elsewhere, so Wei Xu did not waste much time to find out.

When he returned to his study again, it was just over half an hour.

After saluting Mu Yuanjing, Wei Xu said: "Lord Wang, it has been found out, and Concubine Li's body is buried under the plum tree in the courtyard of Liufang Palace. ”

Su Qingmo remembered the tree she saw last night, which was surrounded by yin qi, and at that time she thought it was an illusion created by Concubine Li, so she didn't care.

Now that they knew where Li Guifei's body was buried, several people packed up and left the palace, and when they arrived at the palace gate, Mu Yuanjing took out the token given by Emperor Wu'an, and the guards saw it and led the two carriages of the Linchuan palace to another road.

Liufang Hall was originally located in the middle of nowhere, and there was an order from Emperor Wu'an, so there was no rumor about Mu Yuanjing's entry into the palace.

Several people entered the palace gate in a carriage, and after walking a short distance, they changed to the sedan chair that Emperor Wu'an had already prepared.

When the three sedan chairs stopped in front of the Liufang Palace, it had taken a lot of time, and several people got off the sedan chair one after another.

The guards who led the way saluted Mu Yuanjing and said: "Lord, the emperor has already ordered that there are secret guards around here, and the people in the palace will not know that the prince has been here." ”

Mu Yuanjing nodded, and roughly estimated the time, "The sedan chair will be withdrawn first, and then I will come to pick up the king in an hour." ”

The head of the guard ordered him to leave along the way he came.

Wei Xu pushed open the somewhat heavy door of the Liufang Palace.

Liufangdian has been inhabited for a long time, but it still feels calmer during the day than at night.

Wei Xu, Pei Lin and Fang Mubei took the tools that Emperor Wu'an had prepared in advance, came to the plum tree, and began to dig.

After two years, the soil became unusually strong, and it was not easy for the three of them to dig it, and it took nearly half an hour to dig up a plank.

Wei Xu used a shovel to lift the wooden plank, and a pair of white bones appeared under the wooden plank, the body of the white bones was loosely covered with gorgeous clothes, and there were no ornaments on the position of the head, which may have been secretly taken away by the eunuch or palace maid who buried Li Guifei at the beginning.

Fang Mubei put on gloves and jumped into the pit, brushed off the cloth covering the bones, and after seeing the white bones under the cloth, the entire scalp exploded.

I saw that countless large and small holes appeared on the white bones, densely packed, and they were too many to count.

Fang Mubei endured the discomfort and was about to make a move, when he heard Su Qingmo say, "Wait a minute." ”

Fang Mubei looked at her suspiciously.

Su Qingmo frowned, and asked Pei Lindao, "Cousin, could it be a Heart Devouring Gu?" ”

When she said this, Pei Lin began to compare the situation on the white bones with the situation of the Heart Devouring Gu written in the book.

Pei Lin said to Mu Bei: "Get two bones up." ”

Fang Mubei took a hand bone and leg bone, and then was pulled out of the pit by Wei Xu.

Pei Lin took the two white bones, took out an extremely sharp dagger from his waist, easily cut off the white bones, and after taking a look, he affirmed to Su Qingmo: "It is indeed a Heart Devouring Gu." ”

He showed the severed side to a few people, the cut surface was covered with uniform small holes, if you looked closely, the corpse of a Gu worm would be found in each hole, and there were too many Gu worms in a hand bone alone to count.

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