Seeing the empty brocade box, Mu Lan's scalp tingled for a while, and the box of magnolia pieces that had just been retrieved from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the afternoon was gone!

Open guns are easy to dodge, but hidden arrows are difficult to defend.

This hidden hand, the cold arrow that was shot at her unconsciously, obviously took the time, and it was inevitable to be impartial, and he wanted to hit her with a single blow.

Tomorrow is the day of the Queen Mother's banquet, no accident in the morning and no accident in the evening, but something happened at this juncture.

The magnolia flower piece was brought back from the Internal Affairs Office by her and Lianxin, and in the dining room at that time, it was Min Sishan and Chunhua who had been waiting for them. Because she came back late, Min Sishan inspected it in person, assigned her to make the dish, and asked her to go to the dining room early to simmer the soup. When she left with her front foot, Min Sishan locked the brocade box containing magnolia flowers in the dining room and handed the key to Lotus Core.

What is the fatal difference?

It should be said that the magnolia flower pieces were taken back from the Internal Affairs Office, and there were no problems until Min Sishan inspected them. The question may arise in two key points, one is whether Min Sishan locked the chest of drawers on the spot and handed over the key directly to Lotus Core, and whether anyone did anything during this period. The second is that after Lianxin received the key, the key did not leave the body.

Thinking of this, Mu Lan said with a solemn face: "Lianxin, I just went through it in my mind, and I thought of two important things, you should also think about it together, and then answer me carefully." ”

Lianxin suddenly thought that the key had always been kept by herself, and she felt very aggrieved in her heart, but she couldn't argue, and only hoped that Mu Lan would not misunderstand her. At this time, hearing that there was no condemnation in Mu Lan's tone, he said weakly with mixed feelings: "Mu Lan, you believe me." I haven't touched the magnolia pieces in this brocade box. ”

Mu Lan saw that Lianxin looked like Ai Ai, and said calmly: "Lianxin, how can you think so, how can I doubt you?" The top priority is that the two of us must carefully sort out our thoughts and carefully recall all the details before and after, so that it is possible to track down the real culprit of the crime. ”

Lotus Xin heard Mu Lan's calm tone without hurry, and his mind was frightened for a while, as if he was driven together by a pair of invisible hands, gathered and kneaded into a ball and was stuffed back into his head, and the six gods of the ownerless slowly settled down, and let out a soft sigh in his mouth.

Mu Lan saw that Lianxin's gaze calmed down, so she continued: "The first thing is, after I leave today, will this key Min Sishan be handed over to you in front of Chunhua, or will it be given to you when no one is around?" ”

Lian Xin remembered this clearly, there were only three people left in the meal at that time, so the answer was very conclusive and effortless: "In the afternoon, after you were ordered to leave the dining room, Min Sishan briefly asked me, let's go to the Internal Affairs Office to get the magnolia flowers, I said it briefly according to your instructions, I didn't dare to mention half of the matter of Gonggong Li, only that we took a fork in the road when we came back, so we came back late." ”

Min Sishan listened, and didn't ask much, but just scolded me a little, saying that I have been in the palace longer than you, so how can I be confused. However, maybe Min Sishan knew that I was not a shrewd person by nature, so he didn't say anything else. Later, I mentioned some details that Sister Chunhua and I needed to pay attention to in tomorrow's banquet, and in front of Sister Chunhua, I handed over the key to me, told us to go back early to rest, and left. ”

Mu Lan sighed softly in her heart, she didn't want to doubt her master. However, the incident happened suddenly, and the suspects must be eliminated link by link. The law is unforgiving, even if it is Min Sishan, it should also stand up to scrutiny, so that the clues of the murderer can be found in the clues that are difficult to clarify.

"Okay, Lotus Core. Let's sort out the second one, after Min Sishan handed over the key to you, have you always worn the key on your body, have you ever left it? ”

After hearing this, Lianxin immediately replied with great certainty: "Min Sishan removed this one and handed it to me from the bunch of keys in his hands in front of Xia Qing...... After handing it to me, I carried it with me, and no one ever asked me for it, and I never entrusted it to anyone for safekeeping...... The key has always been with me, and it has never been with me. ”

These two answers were not what Mu Lan wanted to hear, they always sounded weird and gloomy.

The multi-treasure chest of drawers in the dining room stands there well, without a trace of prying.

Could it be that the one who can open this cabinet, in addition to the one he just used, has another in the hands of someone who doesn't know?

Who the hell is calculating her? Or are they calculating the Min Si Shan behind her, or the entire Catering Division behind them?

If she didn't come to the dining room at night to check it twice, and didn't find out in time that the magnolia flower pieces had been stolen, after this night and tomorrow, even if she came early, it would be extremely difficult to think of a feasible way to cover it up.

It is said that the Queen Mother has been very low-key for so many years, and I don't know why this time, she suddenly remembered that she was going to hold a chrysanthemum banquet.

And once this news is released, I don't know how many silent waves have been secretly set off in this seemingly calm harem on all sides.

Some people whispered that the legendary queen and concubine De, who had always been discordant, had each assigned capable cadres after learning the news, searching for rare treasures everywhere, and looking forward to being rewarded at the queen mother's banquet. The other concubines were the same, pouring out their pockets, secretly hoping that their gifts would be favored by the queen mother, which indirectly enveloped the emperor's heart.

All this painstaking effort is not because everyone in the harem of the former dynasty knows that the current emperor thinks that he has always treated the queen mother with kindness and care.

For this reason, some people have already sworn that even the menu on this banquet has been approved by the emperor Zhu, no matter how busy the government affairs of the previous dynasty were, the emperor will definitely come tomorrow, even if it is only for a quarter of an hour.

And on top of this much-watched feast, if there is an errand of a head dish, it is smashed in public or a little perfunctory, isn't it tantamount to having the courage to go to the Son of Heaven in public?

Or even if you are temporarily confused, and suddenly someone punctures it at a certain festival, and the golden duck paw, which originally used magnolia flower slices as an important ingredient, is the only one lacking this flavor ingredient, so what kind of crime should you be guilty of?

......

I'm afraid that as the person in charge of the meal, and the lotus core that keeps the key, in a moment, the head will fall to the ground!

Even if they don't want to involve Min Sishan and take the blame on themselves, Min Sishan is probably a capital crime, and it is inevitable to escape the living crime!

At that time, what she has worked hard all her life in exchange for is afraid that it will end up being slowly tortured to death under the torture of Shen Xingsi.

What insidious means! What a vicious intention!

And when he and Min Sishan behind him, in this artificially created chaos, finally died violently......

Who? Will they become the inconspicuous winners, the biggest beneficiaries of their deprivation of life?!

When Mu Lan thought of this, a pair of bright eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of frost as misty as iron.

Silently, quietly surging in my heart, it was as if a lion was rambling around, wanting to pounce on the hidden executioner at any time, tearing its flesh and tearing its flesh and biting its bones!

However, the anger of renunciation, apart from the loss of one's mind, does nothing to help the predicament in front of us.

Mu Lan took a deep breath, trying to press down the power that had risen from the bottom of Fang Cai's heart little by little, and when she raised her eyes again, she was already the calm self again.

"Lianxin, if you have never left this key, then, from the time Min Sishan handed the key to you, until you handed over the key to me, have you ever left the dining room and gone to other places in between?"

When a person is in a desperate situation, only by peeling off the cocoon little by little can it be possible to seek a dawn of life from a dead end!