The two were talking on the horse, and three girls came to the front not far away, and when Wei Xu saw who the girl in the middle was, he suddenly felt a pain in his brain, and before he could speak, he heard the girl in the plain skirt in the middle say in a soft and delicate voice: "Yueyun has seen His Royal Highness the King of Linchuan." ”

Mu Yuanjing had no impression of the girl who was talking in front of him, so he didn't speak.

Seeing this, Wei Xu hurriedly greeted: "Miss Zhou, Miss Lin, Miss Bai." ”

Among the three, only Bai Juan returned the gift to Wei Xu, her father was a small official with a big sesame in the capital, and this slightly faceless character in Beijing could be embarrassed for her father, she didn't have the confidence of Zhou Yueyun and Lin Xiang'er.

Zhou Yueyun still maintained a posture of greeting, but who knew that Mu Yuanjing only stopped for a moment at the moment when she stopped her, and then ignored her and prepared to fight the horse and continue to move forward.

Seeing that the man in front of her was about to leave, Zhou Yueyun suddenly felt a trace of unwillingness in her heart, and she lowered her voice softer at the moment before the horse walked, "I haven't congratulated the prince on his newlywed, Yueyun wishes the prince and the princess to be in love and grow old together." ”

She stood in front of the horse, with a smile on her face, but tears in her eyes.

Mu Yuanjing looked at the girl in front of her who was inexplicably wet, her heart was a little tired, and her voice was a little cold, "Thank you." ”

After saying that, he beat his horse and bypassed the people who stood in the way and left.

Wei Xu hurriedly said goodbye to the three of them, and sighed in his heart, this week, the prime minister's second daughter is still like this, and she has been holding on to the prince for two years, if the prince did not marry a wife before, the girl on Tuesday may still have a chance.

Now that the prince has married, although he is not a girl who is in love, but the prince's temperament is not known to others Wei Xu still knows a little, since he married the princess, even if it is not the girl that the prince loves, the prince will never look at the woman next to him again, the girl on Tuesday is so obsessed, it is really sympathetic.

The figure of her sweetheart slowly disappeared in front of her eyes, Zhou Yueyun's tears in her eyes became more and more, and Lin Xiang'er on the side handed over the silk handkerchief in a timely manner, with comfort in her words, "Sister Zhou, don't cry, King Linchuan is afraid that he still doesn't know his sister's affection." ”

That's right, everyone in the entire capital knows that the second lady in Prime Minister Zhou's mansion admires King Linchuan, but only King Linchuan himself doesn't know.

Bai Juan silently accompanied her, listening to Lin Xiang'er continue: "I don't know what the princess of Linchuan looks like, how the daughter from a business family is worthy of letting the emperor marry her and the king of Linchuan." ”

Zhou Yueyun was in tears, looking heartbroken, "I know he must be unwilling, but what can he do." ”

The last sentence is like a sigh and nostalgia.

Bai Juan was bored in her heart, in her opinion, the King of Linchuan had never even paid attention to what kind of person Zhou Yueyun was, but now Zhou Yueyun was crying and wiping tears on the street, as if she had a great relationship with the King of Linchuan, which made her feel that Zhou Yueyun was either sick or very sick.

If it weren't for her father forcing her to compliment and please these two today, Bai Juan would not have bothered to watch these two girls stage a sisterhood on the street, she would have to tell her father when she went back, don't let her associate with these two in the future, it really makes her feel that she can vomit out of the overnight meal.

Zhou Yueyun and Lin Xiang'er talked for a while, the theme was just to belittle Princess Linchuan, Bai Juan waited on the side and never made a sound, only hoping that time would pass quickly, so that she could escape from this torture as soon as possible.

Maybe God really heard her heart, and after less than half a cup of tea, Zhou Yueyun collected her tears and said softly: "I won't go to the makeup pavilion with you today, I am a little unwell, so I will go home." ”

The two sent Zhou Yueyun into the carriage, and after seeing the carriage go away, Lin Xiang'er didn't even look at Bai Juan, and said: "Excuse me, Miss Bai, I suddenly remembered that there was something at home and said goodbye." ”

Lin Xiang'er didn't wait for Bai Juan to answer at all, and helped the maid's hand to get into the carriage that had been waiting for a long time, and the maid beside Bai Juan said half-unevenly: "How can this Lin girl snub you so much." ”

Bai Juan smiled, not caring at all, "Her father is a squire, and my father is just a four-door doctor, how can she look down on me, let's go, go home." ”

Others don't look down on her, and she won't move forward in the future, so she won't be bored.

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On the way back to the palace, Wei Xu carefully peeked at his master's emotions, and said coldly: "If you have something to say, you can say it directly." ”

Wei Xu thought about it, but still couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart, "The prince really doesn't remember Miss Zhou?" ”

Mu Yuanjing frowned, "Which Zhou girl." ”

After a strange silence, Wei Xu couldn't hold back the sigh that was about to blurt out, "It's the girl who greeted the prince on the road just now, Zhou Chengxiang's second daughter, Zhou Yueyun." ”

"This king remembers that the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Zhou married the eighth emperor brother of this king last year." Mu Yuanjing recalled and said.

"Zhou Yueyun is the sister of Princess Yongding."

Thinking of the woman who suddenly wet her eyes, Mu Yuanjing frowned with a little disgust, "Why does this king remember her, what does she have to do with this king." ”

Wei Xu was embarrassed in his heart, Lord Wang, you are right, only the princess has something to do with you, why should the messy people next to you let you remember.

When the two of them reached the palace, Mu Yuanjing turned over and dismounted, the guard at the door took the reins of the horse, and Wei Xu followed him into the palace, and saw Yong'an walking a few steps away.

Without Mu Yuanjing opening his mouth, Yongan said: "Lord, after the princess returned home, she first had a meal, and then read a book for a while, and now she has just finished taking a nap and is taking a walk in the garden." ”

Mu Yuanjing thought that she was leisurely, and instructed Yong'an: "Tell the princess that the king still has official affairs to deal with, and then take her to visit the palace when he has time, and call Lin Ning to come to the study after sending a letter to the princess." ”

Yong'an was ordered to leave, Mu Yuanjing took Wei Xu into the study, and after the little servant in the study served tea to the two, he silently withdrew from the study, Mu Yuanjing looked at the rising tea, and said softly, "What do you think of the case in the south of the city." ”

Wei Xu straightened his body and replied: "My subordinates feel that judging from the situation at the scene, it is more like an acquaintance committing a crime. ”

"How to draw conclusions." Mu Yuanjing took a sip of tea and asked.

Wei Xu replied: "The door of the victim's house was not destroyed by brute force, and the subordinates felt more like the people inside opened the door to let the murderer in, and there is also a possibility that the murderer entered over the wall, and after the killing, he opened the door and escaped." ”

Mu Yuanjing denied the second statement, "The deceased and the murderer must have known each other, and there were no traces of struggle on the stump at the scene, indicating that the deceased was unknowingly fascinated by the murderer with soul incense, so that he did not feel any pain when he was dismembered, and he did not cry for help." ”

Wei Xu asked: "Is there a third possibility, the deceased was fascinated by the Soul Leaving Incense while he was asleep?" ”

"No, there are no signs of damage or damage to the door of the house where the deceased rested and the door of the deceased's house, and it can be determined that the door and the door were opened by the deceased himself."

Mu Yuanjing thought for a moment, and then said: "Only the nails of the deceased were torn off when they were alive, we need to find out who is the person who can be so cruel to torture the killer and who is familiar with the deceased. ”

Wei Xu nodded knowingly.

Mu Yuanjing relaxed and leaned back in the chair, "According to the deceased's mother-in-law, their family has no enemies, and they are usually honest, and the deceased's husband is even more cowardly and timid, but a few months ago, the deceased's husband dared to abandon his pregnant wife and elope with a widow, this matter may be the key to this case." ”

Wei Xu followed into deep thought, and suddenly there was a knock on the door of the study, and Yong'an's voice came from outside the door, "Lord Wang, Commander Lin has arrived." ”

Mu Yuanjing glanced at Wei Xu, Wei Xu got up to open the door, and a man in black hair walked in from the outside, the man's facial features were tough, his eyebrows were like swords, and his whole body was full of momentum, he clasped his fists and saluted: "Subordinate Lin Ning, see the prince." ”

"There's something you need to do right now."

Lin Ning replied in a deep voice: "But the prince wants to go down to investigate the case of corpse fragmentation in the south of the city?" ”

Mu Yuanjing shook his head, "This king wants you to find out the whereabouts of the deceased's husband and where he is now." ”

Lin Ning received the order, without a single superfluous word, and neatly exited the study.

After Lin Ning left, Mu Yuanjing rubbed his temples that were a little swollen and painful, and suddenly his heart throbbed, and then the cold qi spread rapidly to his limbs and hundreds of bones with his heart as the starting point, and after a while, even his fingers were a little stiff.

Wei Xu didn't expect Mu Yuanjing's poison to occur so quickly, and he was already out of medicine, so he hurriedly called for Yong'an, who was outside, to come in.

Yongan hurriedly ran into the study, and tripped over the threshold in the middle, but he hurriedly got up regardless of the pain in his knees, took out the medicine and fed it to his master's mouth.

Not long after drinking the medicine, the pale Mu Yuanjing gradually recovered, and Wei Xu was very worried, "Yong'an, is the time interval between the prince's poison getting smaller and smaller?" ”

Yong'an had a bitter face, "At the beginning, a bottle of medicine could last two days, and half a year ago it was only enough to last for one day, but now it is better at night, and I have to drink medicine once every two hours during the day." ”

Wei Xu's heart froze, "Hasn't Doctor Li found out what kind of poison is in the prince?" ”

Mu Yuanjing's body felt much better after taking the medicine, he played with the jade bottle in his hand, there was no joy or sorrow on his face, and his words did not contain any emotion.

"This poison is called Red Face Dry Bone, the body is frozen inch by inch when the poison is made, and it maintains the appearance of death, so it is called Red Face, seven days after death, it instantly turns into white bones, so it is called Red Face Dry Bone."

Wei Xu's eager voice carried a hint of joy in it, "Lord Wang, now that you know the name, when can you detoxify?" ”

Mu Yuanjing tugged at the corners of his mouth, and gave up after realizing that it was in vain, "There is no solution, Dr. Li has checked all the medical books, and there is no precedent for detoxification." ”

If so, why have we waited so far?

Wei Xu gritted his teeth, clenched his fists and stood aside without saying anything.

Yongan suddenly knelt down in front of Mu Yuanjing, "Lord Wang, the slave begs you, let Commander Lin follow you, what if you are poisoned when no one is by your side, and there is no Commander Lin to follow." ”

Yes, when the red face and dry bones were poisonous, Mu Yuanjing's whole person seemed to be frozen, and he couldn't drink the medicine that temporarily suppressed the poison on his own.

Mu Yuanjing's gaze was scattered in the air, as if he was thinking about something, and after a while, he rubbed his fingertips, put the jade bottle in his other hand on the table, and finally relented after being silent for a long time, "Go and inform Lin Ning." ”

With the permission of his master, Yongan quickly stood up and ran outside the study, Mu Yuanjing looked out the window and said to Wei Xu: "You also go out, go to Fang Mubei and see what else can be found from the stump." ”

Wei Xu shook his lips again and again, but in the end he didn't say anything, he left the study in silence.

A large area of warm sunlight outside the window entered through the window, Mu Yuanjing got up and walked to the window, the sun hit the person's body should be warm, but since the autumn hunt five years ago, he blocked a sword for the imperial brother and was poisoned by the red face and dry bones, his heart has not felt warm for a long time, even if the sun has warmed the body, but it has never been able to dispel the cold poison that has entered the heart.

In the past, he didn't like to let people follow in the dark because he still had a glimmer of hope for detoxification in his heart, and besides, poison had never been so frequent in the past, and now he was a little afraid, afraid that one day he would die quietly.

A trace of almost invisible decadence shrouded Mu Yuanjing's body, he closed his eyes and raised his head slightly in front of the warm sun, his bony right hand was attached to his eyes that rarely showed emotion, and the breath of despair slowly dispersed.