Shao Ziqing took great pains to verify the identity of this assassin, he is indeed a well-known killer in the rivers and lakes, he has long disappeared from the martial arts, he has not seen news of him for a long time, and he doesn't know how to suddenly appear in the palace and commit such a big case.

Zijin used all the channels on her rivers and lakes to verify his whereabouts over the years and who he finally came into contact with, but nothing was found.

For a while, things did not progress, like a surging flood that was intercepted by a high dam and had to be deadlocked.

Mo Guhan was helpless, and turned his eyes back to the palace to see if there were any new clues and discoveries.

Wynne, as the most suspicious person, was cross-examined. And the words of the subordinates in her palace prove that on the day of the incident, Huai En was frightened the night before, and he had been in the Guan Jiu Palace, and he did not go out, except for Shui You, who was sent by Yuehua to visit, and did not contact any other people.

It was inconclusive for a while.

Mo Guhan was at a loss, and the guards didn't have any clues, and they didn't understand how the assassin in striking white clothes sneaked into the palace without knowing it. Even, Mo Guhan retrieved the register of everyone entering and leaving at the palace gate during those days, wanting to find out what clues could be found from it.

The people who entered the palace all had evidence, and when they were interrogated one by one, they all had errands, and there was nothing suspicious.

Mo Guhan said self-deprecatingly: "That assassin flies the eaves and walks the wall, such a good skill, he will definitely not be so stupid, enter the palace openly, and give people a handle." I was in a hurry to go to the doctor. ”

He was at a loss and discouraged and threw down the register in his hand.

Yuehua didn't want him to worry about state affairs, so he worked hard about this matter, and forced himself to say indifferently: "If you can't find it, the concubine believes that there is no seamless plan in this world, and it will naturally come out when the time comes." ”

Mo Guhan was anxious in his heart: "But I can't bear it, if I don't catch the person behind this curtain for a day, I won't be able to feel at ease for a day." I can't let her get away with it, and then it will be against you. What's more, this matter is clearly the work of one of Concubine Ling and Lan Jieyu, but I am in a hurry, so I have no evidence. ”

"Even if you have credentials, what? Concubine Ling is now pregnant with Liujia, can the emperor cure her sins? ”

"How can't you?!"

Mo Guhan turned around suddenly: "Although I have laws in Chang'an, pregnant women are not punished, but the fetus can protect her for ten months, but not for a lifetime." ”

Yuehua smiled indifferently, picked up the book that Mo Guhan threw in his hand, flipped through it casually, and half-jokingly: "Even if the emperor is reluctant, the queen mother is reluctant!" ”

She was suddenly stunned, thoughtful.

Mo Guhan was keenly aware of her reaction: "What's wrong?" What's wrong? ”

Yuehua frowned: "Let the concubine think about it." ”

She pointed to the date on the book, thought for a long time, and then asked Mo Guhan: "On this day, is it the day when the concubine went out of the palace to visit Ling Xi?" ”

Mo Guhan approached and glanced at it: "Exactly, the time when you leave the palace and enter the palace is registered, you can see it at a glance." ”

Yuehua looked down, her willow eyebrows frowned, twisted into a pimple.

"What's wrong?"

Yuehua raised her face: "I don't know if the concubine is too worried, I always feel that there is something strange in it." ”

"What's weird?" Mo Guhan sat down on the edge of the bed, took the book in Yuehua's hand and flipped through the two pages: "It's clearly recorded, there's nothing wrong with it?" What's more, it was five or six days before the incident. ”

Yuehua turned sideways, pointed to the name of the person on the book, and said, "It's not right here." ”

Mo Guhan fixed his eyes: "Youde? It's the little eunuch in Concubine Ling's palace. When you first returned to the palace, Shen Shi left the palace at the moment, and went to Ruixiang Zhai to buy a cage of salted eggs and bacon dumplings on the order of Concubine Ling, which is nothing wrong? Hey, no, this time of leaving the palace was added later, and it was not recorded in the previous Shen Shi? ”

The palace forbidden place registers the entry and exit of the palace people, all in chronological order, and the people who leave the palace first are naturally ranked in front, and then return to the palace on the same day, just register for an hour below. In front of the position of Youde's registration, there were still a few people who left the palace after a moment of Shen Shi. That is, he made up for it later.

"It's not because of that."

Yuehua shook her head categorically: "When the concubine came back from the Han Mansion that day, it was almost the time of You, and Concubine Ling had just sent Shen Xincai away at that time. Because the concubine and Shen Xincai had just had a grudge near the backyard of the Han Mansion, the concubine was suspicious of his purpose for entering the palace, so she deliberately asked more. Before learning that Shen Xincai left the palace at the right time, the little eunuch Youde was waiting in the Jiaofang Palace. How did he get out of the palace again? ”

"But what does this friend have to do with the killer?" Mo Guhan asked suspiciously.

Yuehua shook her head: "The concubine body can't be determined for the time being, the concubine body needs to know first, what's wrong with this?" At that time, was Youde in the Jiaofang Hall or outside the palace? Are there any discrepancies in this account? Is it that the guards neglected their duties for a while and registered the wrong time. ”

Mo Guhan got up suddenly: "This is easy to do, the book has the signature of the Royal Forest Army who was in charge of registration that day, and I immediately summoned him over and asked him." ”

Suddenly, the peak turned around, Mo Guhan immediately ordered Rong Xiang, first secretly summoned the palace people in the palace of Ling Guifei, under interrogation, the palace people trembled and confessed, Shen Shichu, until Shen Xin left the palace at the end of the day, the little eunuch Youde has been in the Jiaofang Palace, and finally was ordered to enter the dormitory to serve a cup of tea, during which he did not leave the dormitory.

Mo Guhan asked about Youde's whereabouts after Shen Xincai left the palace at the beginning of Youshi. The palace people recalled that the palace door was closed that day, and the palace people were not allowed to enter or leave, and she always thought that Youde stayed in the palace to serve, so when he suddenly came back from outside the palace, he went straight into the dormitory without saying a word, and he was still strange.

After verification, the Royal Guards will be summoned. Without dissipating the tea effort, he summoned the guards who were guarding the city gate that day. Mo Guhan interrogated in the outer hall, and Yuehua listened quietly behind the curtain.

As soon as the guard entered, he fell to his knees in trepidation and greeted him.

Mo Guhan made a calm face, went straight to the point, and threw the book in his hand to the man.

"What's going on with the registration of the little eunuch Youde in the Jiaofang Palace?"

The man picked up the book from the ground, looked at it suspiciously, and pondered again and again, not understanding what it meant.

"Little daring, please ask the emperor, what's wrong?"

"Is there a difference in the time of entering and leaving the palace?" Mo Guhan asked patiently.

The man's gaze flickered, obviously a little weak-hearted: "Father-in-law Youde is indeed the first to enter the palace when he was in You, it is true. ”

"What about leaving the palace?"

The man wiped a cold sweat and said tremblingly: "This, this is a momentary dereliction of duty by the villain, when Father-in-law Youde left the palace, it happened that Shen Gongzi entered the palace, and he was busy at that time, so he was not registered immediately." Later, Father-in-law Youde returned to the palace, and this was made up. ”

"You mean to say that Youde's did leave the palace at the moment of Shen, right?"

Mo Gu asked in a cold voice.

The man couldn't resist Mo Guhan's coercion, and immediately buried his head lower: "Yes...... Yes. ”

Mo Guhan snorted coldly: "Then you explain to me, why is Youde still in the Jiaofang Hall after a moment of Shen Shi?" ”

The man was suddenly silent, and begged for mercy: "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life, it is a small momentary negligence, maybe he saw the wrong time." ”

"Bang!"

Mo Guhan took the case: "I let you be on an errand, is this how confused?" You are still deceiving your superiors and subordinates in front of me, do you know that you are deceiving the king! ”

The man was almost drowning in fright. The crime of deceitful king, that is to be killed.

"The Emperor...... Your Majesty, a small full move, confess truthfully. In fact, on that day, in fact, when did Father-in-law Youde leave the palace, and the little one didn't know. When I saw him return to the palace, I found that there was no name on it when I was in the small register. He said that when he left the palace, Shen Gongzi came in, and after he handed me the waist card for inspection, I was busy with Zhang Luo and ignored him. The little one also thought that he had forgotten because he was busy, so he re-registered the time for him. Actually, in fact, the small ones really didn't see it. ”

"Really?"

"The little ones don't dare to have half a lie."

Mo Guhan pondered for a moment, and then he had a plan in his heart, and ordered Rong Xiang on the side: "Go back with him and interrogate the Imperial Forest Army who was on duty at the palace gate that day, did anyone see Youde leaving the palace?" ”

The man was worried for a long time, and when he saw that Mo Guhan didn't blame himself, he was immediately relieved.

"If there are extenuating circumstances after the inquiry, it's fine, otherwise you are negligent, lie and cover up, and try to get by, you still have to be severely punished!" Mo Gu said coldly, and his luck was instantly knocked down.

Rong Xiang stepped forward, walked out of the Qingqiu Palace with that person, and trotted back all the way back in a moment, reporting to Mo Guhan, all the royal forest troops on duty at the gate that day did not see Youde out of the palace, let alone the hour of Shen Shi.

Everything confirmed Yuehua's conjecture, Mo Guhan turned his head and asked Yuehua: "What do you think?" ”

Yuehua smiled slightly, and said categorically: "The concubine has an extremely bold guess. Youde's time out of the palace is not the moment of Shenshi, but the beginning of Youchu. ”

Mo Guhan didn't know the details, so he couldn't guess: "Even if it's at the beginning of the unitary period, someone should see it, right?" ”

"The gate of the palace is heavily guarded, and it is impossible for Youde to leave the palace without anyone seeing, he just changed his costume, and took advantage of these careless loopholes of the Royal Forest Army. He should have been out of the palace with Shen Xincai at the beginning of Youshi. When Shen Xincai entered the palace at that time, he brought someone with him. ”

Mo Guhan felt a pang in his heart: "What do you mean to say that the person Shen Xincai was carrying by his side was the assassin, and when he left the palace, the assassin and Youde switched identities, and Youde pretended to be an assassin and left the palace." Then he came back after a false shot, and the assassin hid himself, in fact, he stayed in the Jiaofang Palace, and did not leave the palace. ”

Yuehua nodded firmly: "That day, Concubine Ling and Shen Xincai were talking in the Jiaofang Palace, and that person was guarding the door, and no one was allowed to enter." At the last moment, Concubine Ling called Youde in for tea, and then Shen Xincai left with the man. Your Majesty, you said, is this possible? ”