Princess Changshan was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and only when she came back to her senses did she turn her head and say, "Lord Gu sit down first, Zehui, go and pour tea for Lord Gu!" ”

After Gu Changqing sat down, Zehui also served tea, and the princess continued, "Have you heard that it is rumored outside that these five dead people were eaten by the palace night banquet!" ”

Gu Changqing replied, "I heard about it, besides, there has been this monster sucking human blood since ancient times, it's not a new thing?!" ”

"What's new? Is that funny? When others heard this, they only felt terrified! The princess quipped.

"Now that we know that this is not the case, what is the fear!" Gu Changqing paused, "According to the ancients, monsters have the ability to go to the heavens and enter the earth and transform into human form!" It's easy to get this dead man into a picture! But compared to monsters, wouldn't it be easier for people to do such things!

"How?"

Gu Changqing said, "Monsters suck people's essence and blood to make people into paintings, but people can draw them directly with a pen, and with a gentle movement, they are a person, and even their strength is saved!" ”

"Interesting!" Princess Changshan couldn't help but admire, "It seems that Lord Gu has decided that someone is doing something wrong with this!" ”

"That's natural, when has Her Royal Highness the princess ever seen such a tedious and abnormal monster that kills people?!"

"Yes, Princess Ben doesn't believe those rumors either. It's just that I've checked some of this matter, but in the end, it all ended in nothing! ”

Princess Changshan said a little helplessly, "When the third case appeared, I already felt that something was wrong, but at that time, the royal brother and sister-in-law didn't care, after all, things in the palace were not so clean, and it didn't matter if one or two people died!" But I always had a bad premonition, so I sent someone to check the details of these three subordinates! ”

"How?" Gu Changqing said.

"All three of them did some unclean things, but they did them in great secrecy, so they have been safe and sound, and I began to wonder if their things were known and they wanted to take revenge. But after investigation, there is no overlap between these three people, that is, the person who has been framed by the three of them is not the same person. I think that if the murderer is not committed by one person, then the starting point is wrong, maybe the murderer's motive is not revenge or something, but something else! Princess Changshan said.

Gu Changqing nodded appreciatively, as a pampered princess, it was not easy to have such insight into the case.

"What the princess said is right, the murderer's motive is indeed the key to the whole case, but I think that our main purpose at present is to sort out all the doubts and find the common and special points."

Princess Changshan squinted her eyes and looked like she was listening carefully, Gu Changqing continued, "To put it simply, the five dead are all in the painting, this is the common denominator, and that Xu Meiren committed suicide, and everyone else was killed by him, this Xu Meiren is the special point, so we must find out the special point, but at the same time, we must also start from the common point!" ”

Princess Changshan nodded, "Sounds really good!" But how did I hear that you were speaking to me? ”

Gu Changqing smiled, "I heard that the palace night banquet map is in the princess's hand?" ”

Princess Changshan nodded, "It's indeed me, after this painting was completed, the royal brother dedicated it to the queen mother, and after the queen mother went, it has been kept with me." ”

"Then princess, can you allow the courtier to take a look?"

"That's the second thing you've come to me for today?"

Gu Changqing nodded and said, "It's also the most important thing!" ”

Princess Changshan looked at Gu Changqing, who looked calm, and muttered, "Although this painting is rumored to be a cannibal, I have kept this painting all the time, and I haven't seen anything strange happen, let alone eat people." ”

"Did the princess give this painting to someone else?"

Princess Changshan shook her head, "How can I give the queen mother's things to others casually?" Absolutely no one has touched it since I kept it! ”

"Is it true that there are five dead people in that painting?"

Changshan nodded, "Yes, after the rumors came out, I took a closer look at the painting!" ”

"Before the accident, the princess could see these five people in this painting?"

Princess Changshan smiled uncontrollably, "You think this palace night banquet picture is the painting of Mr. Wu Mengliang, and you can't see a single person in the whole picture!" ”

Seeing Gu Changqing's eyebrows with hesitation, Changshan continued, "This palace night banquet picture was specially made by the imperial brother to find a painter, in order to show the scene of the palace night banquet, and the most important thing in this palace night banquet is people, so many people are in one painting, who will pay attention to which person's situation is wrong?!" ”

Princess Changshan was talking, and several little eunuchs came up with a large rosewood box, the rosewood box was carved with flower branches, which looked extremely delicate and elegant, but this wooden box was very large, and it was immovable with the strength of one person.

Seeing this, Gu Changqing also understood what Princess Changshan meant by what she said just now? With such a large painting, no one would have noticed the strange place here until they knew that there would be murder inside.

"This is the palace banquet map!" The princess stretched out her hand and stroked the box, "How the queen mother loved it back then, but she didn't want it to involve so many things!" ”

Princess Changshan was about to open the box as she spoke, but Gu Changqing quickly reached out and stopped her, "Don't worry, princess, it's windy here, and it's not good to hurt this painting!" ”

The princess sat back in her chair and took a sip of herbal tea, and then kept looking at Gu Changqing, who was staring at the rosewood box.

After a long time, Gu Changqing moved his gaze from the rosewood box to Princess Changshan's body, he felt that things were a little strange, and had to ask, "Does the princess have any doubts?" About the murderer? ”

Changshan put down the cup and shook his head, "There are so many people in the palace, eunuchs, palace maids, guards, masters, where can I have the object of suspicion!" ”

"The painter, the princess, was you suspicious?"

Changshan's hand holding the cup paused, "Do you suspect that the painter Dansheng is the murderer?" ”

Gu Changqing nodded, "I suddenly had a doubt just now, no one has touched this painting after the princess kept it, and the deceased died after the princess got the painting, so after reasoning, I can only say that the people in this painting were there a long time ago, that is to say, before the five dead appeared, there were already dead people in this painting!" ”

Gu Changqing glanced at Changshan, who had been listening carefully, and simply continued, "This picture of the palace night banquet has never seen its true face below. But judging from its current weight, whether it is the princess or the queen mother, or even the emperor is extremely precious, so the emperor dedicated this painting to the queen mother after it was completed, so under such a precious preservation, it is not easy to be able to draw five dead people into the painting, so the biggest possibility is that the painter has already painted these five people when he painted! ”

Princess Changshan frowned and thought for a while, and nodded, "What you said makes a lot of sense, but after the accident, I have looked at this painting many times, and what is certain is that these five people and the whole painting are by no means from one person, they are completely different handwriting!" ”

At this time, it was Gu Changqing's turn to be stunned, and Changshan asked tentatively, "Is there a possibility that the artist was manipulated by the murderer while painting!" ”

"It's not impossible!" Gu Changqing muttered!

"By the way, I suddenly remembered something, that Dansheng disappeared?"

Princess Changshan nodded, "It's gone, without a trace!" ”

"What do you mean?"

"When I started to investigate this case, I also sent someone to check his traces, but nothing was found, I wondered if he slipped away after finishing painting, after all, life in this palace city is all about carrying his head. But if Lord Gu says this now, it is also possible that he killed the person and ran away, but this doesn't make sense, if he runs away and is not in the palace, how can he kill people! ”

Changzen's words are not unreasonable, how can a person who has disappeared, a person who may have left Miyagi, kill someone?

But he always felt that something was wrong, something flashed in his mind, and then disappeared.

Gu Changqing opened his mouth, and wanted to say something, but he saw a white shadow flickering in the distance......

"Maybe I'm overthinking!"

After saying that, Gu Changqing turned around and glanced at the rosewood box again, and then said to Princess Changshan, "There is still a reluctant invitation below!" ”

The princess nodded, "You say! ”

I don't know if this "palace night banquet map" can be brought back by the minister to take it back and observe it carefully! ”

Princess Changshan seemed to be a little embarrassed and said, "This painting is the queen mother's favorite painting, but in order to find out the case as soon as possible, it is not impossible for you to take it back, and I can also let you take it away, but before that, I want you to promise me one thing?" ”

Gu Changqing didn't expect Princess Changshan to suddenly make a request, but she also wanted to know what this princess wanted to do, so she said, "Princess, please speak!" ”

"I want to know all the progress of your case!" Princess Changshan said lightly, but the slightly trembling hand still betrayed her composure.

"The princess is curious about who the murderer is?"

"Who doesn't want to know who the murderer is in such a big case!" Princess Changshan asked rhetorically, "If you promise me, I will naturally grant you a request, after all, my identity can help you a lot!" ”

Gu Changqing was silent for a moment, he knew that if he wanted to go to Yong'an City, he might really need the help of this princess, so he said, "I promise the princess, and I hope the princess can remember today's agreement!" ”

"That's nature!" Changshan nodded.

"But Her Royal Highness the princess went to the palace criminal department to look at the case file and investigate the case, is it really just curious?"

Princess Changshan looked into the distance and smiled silently.