The sixteenth day of the first month opened, and the annual leave of the first month officially ended, and Mu Yutao was different, and after the opening of the dynasty, he took a vacation.

This year, however, was an exception.

Early in the morning, before dawn, Mu Yutao had just slept for an hour, and a guard came to report the mysterious death of a palace maid in Changle Palace, and she died in the garden outside Changle Palace.

Less than a month after entering the palace, the palace maid died unexpectedly, and the queen attached great importance to this matter. issued an edict to Mu Yu Tao to investigate the case.

When Mu Yutao arrived, the entire garden had been closely guarded by Zeng Zhou, who was left behind in the palace.

The place where the crime occurred is outside the palace wall in the west of Changle Palace, close to the garden, so the trees and flowers here are luxuriant, if it weren't for Yaoyao in Changle Palace playing with the queen's new pet dog in the early morning, and being smelled bloody by this puppy, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find out in a short time.

Mu Yutao only glanced at the corpse and knew that the murderer had used some kind of sharp weapon to cut the victim's throat once, causing the victim's death.

"Anything around?"

Zeng Zhou had already investigated the scene, but did not find any clues, shook his head and said, "No, there are no footprints, no murder weapons, and no traces of dragging, judging from the blood stains on the wall, the victim should have been killed here." ”

Mu Yutao asked, "What do you say?" ”

Zeng Zhou knew his intentions and said, "The case happened when it was ugly, and the murderer was a master, and he was killed with one blow." ”

Looking at Mu Yutao's face, he lowered his voice and said, "You should have come back at that time, right?" ”

Seeing that Mu Yutao didn't answer, Cao Zhou had an answer in his heart, and said, "There are not many people in the palace who know martial arts, you can check it from this direction first." ”

Mu Yutao nodded and said, "Well, not only that, what did this palace maid do when she went to the garden so late, and who she had contact with, she also had to find out." ”

Yu Zhou's face showed a puzzled look, looking at Mu Yutao's face, is there another hidden meaning behind this matter?

Mu Yutao didn't elaborate, and said, "I'll tell you about the details when I ask Yaoyao." ”

After saying that, he looked around and said, "Give the corpse to the servant, carefully examine the surroundings, and if nothing is found, remove the garden guard as soon as possible." What about Yaoyao? ”

"Called away by the queen."

……

Changle Palace, taking the meaning of Changle Weiyang, the residence of the queens of the Chu Kingdom, Mu Yutao came several times when he was a child with his mother to meet the Queen Mother.

I haven't seen it for more than ten years, Changle Palace is no longer what I remember, the courtyard pavilions, the pear trees are around, and the palace maids who come and go are also very lively, smiling and hiding behind the pillars in the distance, guessing the intention of this famous guard commander.

"General, the princess is invited." The person who came was Zhen Zhen, who I only saw last night.

"Wechen doesn't dare to disturb the queen, Wechen just has some things to ask Miss Yaoyao, just ask the girl to let Miss Yaoyao come out."

Zhen Zhen has always been cold, and relayed Luoxi's original words with a glance, "The princess said, this incident happened in the inner palace, the princess, as the lord of the six palaces, should be responsible for investigating the matter thoroughly and finding out the murderer, but the princess has just arrived, so please hand over this matter to the general, and push all these troublesome things to the general, the princess is very unhappy, and is willing to support one or two in the corner, so as to provide convenience for the general in the harem, so please don't shirk the general, and go with the slave to meet the princess." ”

Having said this, Mu Yutao could only follow Zhen Zhen to the apse, at that time, the queen of Luoxi had just risen, she didn't wear powder, didn't comb her hair bun, and was dressed in a homely way to tease the dog, and Yaoyao stood aside.

"Minister, Mu Yutao see the queen." Mu Yutao bowed his head and saluted.

"Why is General Mu so polite, it makes the palace panic." Having said that, Luo Xi did not have a look of panic on her face, but looked at Mu Yutao proudly, and her expression seemed to say, "Let you take care of me, why don't you murder me."

In order to maintain the dignity of the royal family, the news of the murder in the inner palace has always been strictly blocked, and everything is investigated in secret, so at this time, only Ximei, Zhenzhen, Yaoyao and Mu Yutao themselves are in the garden, and Luoxi jokes very casually.

Mu Yutao didn't get up, as if he hadn't heard, Xi Mei looked at his unmessed bun and suddenly felt a little bored, and broke off his joking thoughts, "General, please, Yaoyao, tell the general what you know, 1510"

"Yes"

The dead palace maid is called the crescent moon, but sixteen years old, is the sweeping palace maid in the Changle Palace, originally worked as an errand in the imperial garden, and was transferred to the Changle Palace after marrying at the end of the day. Yaoyao's discovery of the corpse was just an accident, nothing more than the pet smelling and barking, which attracted Yaoyao's attention and did not help the investigation of the case.

"General, in the end it is the people in the palace who died, and she has to give an explanation to her parents and family if she says anything, this palace is incompetent, I really don't know how to start, and I ask the general to bother more."

"The queen is polite, the duty of the minister is incumbent."

"This matter will also be asked by the palace to assist in the investigation, although the general orders her."

……

Luo Xi watched Mu Yutao leave, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

Zhen Zhen fell to her knees with a "plop", startling the contemplative Luoxi.

Luo Xi patted her chest and said to Zhen Zhen, "You did the right thing, get up." ”

"It was the slave and the maid who were careless for a while, and didn't notice that the crescent moon was following the slave and maid, and when they found out, it was too late, so they had to kill her."

"You saved it in time, and you can't let anyone know about your relationship with Aunt Mu, get up."

She sighed deeply and said, "It's only because I didn't have enough understanding of the Mu family's power in the palace that I had today's disaster, if it wasn't for you last night, the rest of us wouldn't have been able to stop the news from leaking out." ”

"But, Your Highness......"

Zhen Zhen was about to say more, but was interrupted by Luo Xi waving her hand, and she said, "The top priority now is to find a way to destroy the corpse." The identity of the crescent moon is already doubtful, and a detailed investigation will definitely involve Mu Xiang, so we just need to be caught during this time to be able to sit back and relax? ”

Yaoyao was puzzled and asked, "Your Highness, haven't you always said that Mu Yutao is not a person who bends the law for personal gain?" …… Then he ......"

"Mu Yutao is indeed not, so he will definitely investigate this matter strictly, but once the Mu family is involved, the king will definitely intervene, and even if Mu Yutao wants to investigate, he will not be able to investigate. For so many years, hasn't the matter involving the Mu family always been like this? ”

Yaoyao shook her head clearly, too, for so many years, Mu Guifei has been able to be unscrupulous in the palace, and the king's arrogance intentionally or unintentionally is indispensable, and most of the things related to Mu Yudai have been lost.

Luoxi saw Zhen Zhen, "You said that Li Li was also there at the scene, what happened?" ”

Zhen Zhen replied, "At that hour, he should have passed by by chance when he was returning to his residence from Qi Yan Palace. The slave and maid were entangled with the crescent moon, and they had no time to worry about anyone coming, so they let him enter the garden. ”

"Has he ever seen Aunt Mu?"

"No, Aunt Mu had already left from the west gate of the garden at that time."

Luo Xi nodded and said, "That's good," thought about it, "After the medicinal properties of Jingjing are removed, let her go and see Li Li's probe." ”

……

Similar to the master and servant of Luoxi, Mu Yutao and Cao Zhou are also discussing the case.

"The crescent moon is your father's man?" Zeng Zhou was very surprised, "Does the queen know?" ”

If the queen knew, it might be to solve the eyeliner around her, but this way is too blatant. She is the queen, and there is an opportunity to dispose of a palace maid, why do you need to take this way, that is, she will lose her prestige and cause a fishy body, if the queen does not know the identity of the crescent moon......

Mu Yutao pondered for a moment, "She shouldn't know, she has been in the palace for too short, but that palace maid has been hidden for a long time, and her kung fu is not under you, not many people know about it."

What Luo Xi didn't expect was that although Mu Yutao and Mu Xiang had not been on good terms over the years, Mu Yutao still knew a little about Mu Xiang.

This crescent moon, Mu Yutao had seen her in the military camp, and even instructed her in kung fu, which was half a master.

Zhou Zhou said tentatively, "Is it possible then, is it murder?" ”

Mu Yu Tao said: "Zhen Zhen is not in the palace. "The implication is that no one else in the Changle Palace is the opponent of the crescent moon.

Cao Zhou felt that his head was big, the assassination case was not over, and there was another palace maid death case...... It's all the same, clueless......