Chapter 63: Suspicion of the Case
It has been ten days since the last time Kou Shu went to Dali Temple to listen to the progress of the case, and early in the morning, Kou Shu took Yuan Yun and Mandarin Duck to Dali Temple together.
Yan Xu packed up the front hall early and waited for the arrival of the queen's mother. Seeing Kou Shu and his party, he hurriedly stepped forward to bow and salute.
Kou Shu nodded, stretched out his hand to help him in the air, and said, "Lord Yan doesn't need to be polite, this palace is here this time, or for the case of General Kou, Lord Yan and this palace are straight to the point." β
Yan Xu nodded, and carefully reported the things he had found in recent days to Kou Shu. Many details in the middle are very cumbersome, and Kou Shu has asked about everything. It was almost noon, but the two had only just chatted halfway.
"Concubine Lan is hereβ" A voice came from afar.
Kou Shu and Yan Xu looked at each other, and both of them were a little surprised. Yan Xu frowned, it was expressly forbidden for the palace concubine to discuss the government, not to mention that General Kou's case was very important, and the queen mother could come, firstly, because General Kou was the queen's mother's close relative, and secondly, because Kou Shu used her body to cross the poison and had a different kind of kindness to the queen mother, so she broke it. But why did Concubine Lan come?
Before Yan Xu could react, Lan Ruoxuan had already come to her, and said with a smile: "Senior sister." β
Kou Shu smiled lightly, and said quietly: "Why is the junior sister here?" β
Lan Ruoxuan said with a smile: "I grew up in Kou Mansion since I was a child, General Kou, Mrs. Kou treats me like my own daughter, and I am also uneasy when things are not clear." deliberately told the emperor that he wanted to investigate this matter together. Senior sister won't mind, right? β
Kou Shu looked at Lan Ruoxuan with a smile and said, "Senior sister is so hearted, of course this palace won't mind." Now that you're here, let's listen to it. β
General Kou's violent death was originally ordered by the emperor to investigate, and then there was a queen's mother to supervise, and now there is one more Lan Concubine Niangniang, Yan Xu's heart couldn't help but tighten, and he couldn't help but treat it more decently. He opened the file in his hand and explained it to the two of them in detail.
"I examined the corpses of General Kou and Mrs. Kou before the work, and both corpses had wounds caused by extremely deep and small sharp blades, because this blade is extremely rare, and this is a breakthrough."
Kou Shu and Lan Ruoxuan both nodded, motioning for Yan Xu to continue.
Yan Xu continued: "General Kou has a total of three scars on his body that are quite new, in addition to the one just now, there are two more, one is on his feet, and the other is on his back. Neither of these two wounds is a fatal injury, and it cannot be determined whether it is related to General Kou's death for the time being. β
Kou Shu shook her head and said, "These two injuries were both suffered by my father when he was arrested and trained not long ago, and I think it has nothing to do with my father's killing." β
Hearing this, Yan Xu nodded and continued: "Except for the external injuries, there are no traces of internal injuries or other poisoning on the bodies of General Kou and Mrs. Kou, so it should be concluded that someone infiltrated the prison and killed General Kou and Mrs. Kou unknowingly with a strange blade. β
"This blade is so small and delicate, I can have a refining workshop?" Kou Shu hit the nail on the head and asked.
Yan Xu nodded in approval: "What the queen mother said is extremely true, and the minister also thought of this, there are not many places on the rivers and lakes that can make such light and thin iron, and now there are only three workshops that have the ability to make such thin and sharp blades, namely Jiangnan Xuantie Pavilion, Tiemeng Villa and the iron casting yard specially designed for royal iron smelting." β
Hearing this, Kou Shu seemed to remember something, and a light flashed in her eyes.
"Although there is such a skill in the iron casting yard for the royal smelting of iron, I am afraid that there is no such pouring copper plate." Lan Ruoxuan frowned.
"That's right, so Weichen has sent someone to investigate whether Jiangnan Xuantie Pavilion and Tiemeng Villa have made this type of appliance recently."
The three of them discussed the case carefully for a long time, and when they explained the recent matters one by one, it was already in the waning days, and it was close to the time for dinner.
Kou Shu and Lan Ruoxuan said goodbye to Yan Xu and said goodbye to each other.
"Senior sisterβ" Hearing Lan Ruoxuan's voice, Kou Shu turned around.
"Senior sister is smart, junior sister has something unclear, and I hope senior sister will make it clear." Lan Ruoxuan was smiling, but her smile was bottomless.
Kou Shu's heart was as bright as a mirror, but her face was impassive, and she said lightly: "Senior sister, please speak." β
Lan Ruoxuan slowly approached Kou Shu's ear, and in the eyes of others, it was just two good palace concubines whispering. Lowering her voice, Lan Ruoxuan said word by word: "Kou Yunwu is just a traitor who collaborates with the enemy and treason, senior sister, you and I know it well, why are you still dying, do you still want to reverse black and white and say that old man is a big hero?" β
Kou Shu's eyebrows were raised, a deep chill appeared in her eyes, and her slightly narrowed eyes revealed a dangerous light: "Lan Ruoxuan, don't be too happy." β
Hearing this, Lan Ruoxuan suddenly stepped back, stretched out her hand to Kou Shu, and there was a trace of horror in her eyes: "You really regained your memory?" Or do you not have amnesia at all? β
"Amnesia?" Kou Shu smiled, with infinite sarcasm in her eyes: "Lan Ruoxuan, when did I say that I had amnesia?" β
Lan Ruoxuan frowned, thinking about it carefully, Kou Shu only said that she remembered the events of three years ago, but never said that she didn't remember the events of the past three years, but Kou Shu changed her attitude and didn't mention anything about what happened in the past three years, so she unknowingly fell into this misunderstanding, thinking that she didn't remember what happened in the past three years.
From beginning to end, Kou Shu never said that she had amnesia.
"Kou Shuβ" Lan Ruoxuan could barely find her voice.
"How?" Kou Shu smiled faintly: "Don't pretend?" I'm your sister. β
Lan Ruoxuan waved her sleeves violently, turned around and walked away.
Looking at Lan Ruoxuan's back, Yuan Yun hesitated and said, "Niangniang, why do we want to reveal this?" Wouldn't it be easier to move when the enemy is in the open and we are in the dark? β
Kou Shu glanced at Yuan Yun and smiled slightly: "Yes, it's just that if we are in the dark, the enemy is even darker, it is better for everyone to be in the light." β
Yuan Yun was still frowning, looking puzzled. Kou Shu's eyes rolled, and he no longer explained, but said: "You go and run for me, send a message to Sui Yuanzhou, and ask him to go to the Yanzhou prefect to check carefully, if I remember correctly, the owner of Tiemeng Villa is from Yanzhou, then He Gang is also from Yanzhou." This matter may be relevant. Also, you asked him to take time out to pack his bags in the last few days. β
"Packing?" Yuan Yun was puzzled when he heard this, and subconsciously asked.
Kou Shu looked at the sunset not far away, and said with a light smile: "Lan Ruoxuan was angered by me this time, and during this time, he will definitely think of going to the emperor to expose my pretending amnesia, and when the time comes, it will be his chance." β