Bao Cheng used the morning food nervously, changed into the official uniform of the internal guard, took a few deep breaths, made sufficient mental preparations, and then went to the official room with a heavy face.

Yao Qi and the others were already waiting in the official room, and Bao Cheng walked in, and he paused in surprise. Seeing Yao Qi sitting down and waving to him, he hurriedly pursed his lips and walked over to sit down, and asked in a low voice, "Have you used the morning food?" ”

Yao Qi nodded: "Yes." ”

Bao Cheng glanced at Yao Ji a few times, and said in a low voice: "Then when did you get up, the Han Mansion is still some way away from the Internal Security Division, can you come so early?" ”

Yao Qi glanced at Bao Cheng: "I got up at the beginning of the year." ”

"So early!" Bao Cheng was stunned and shouted: "It was only five o'clock." ”

Yao Qi is accustomed to saying: "The sunrise and sunset are the living habits of the ancients." ”

Bao Cheng pouted: "Pull it down, you obviously did it at sunrise, and the sunset never stops," he glanced at Yao Qi: "You were still catching thieves in the middle of the night last night, and you got up before dawn, did you sleep, and you were not afraid of overwork." ”

"......" Yao was speechless.

The two whispered for a while, and there was a sound of footsteps outside the official room, and everyone turned their heads to see that it was Han Changdui and Leng Linjiang who walked in one after the other.

The crowd hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Han Changdui shouted "Excuse me", sat down on the top, and slowly swept over everyone's faces with a deep gaze, and finally fell on Yao Qi and Bao Cheng, and asked, "Where is Gu Zongqi?" ”

Bao Cheng hurriedly got up and saluted: "Gu Zongqi left the city early in the morning. ”

Han Changwan nodded slightly, coughed lightly, and continued to ask, "Bao Lingtong, has there been any progress in the affairs of the Marquis of Anchang?" ”

Every time Yao Qi heard Han Changdui call Bao Cheng like this, she couldn't help but want to laugh, hurriedly pursed her lips, turned her head and saw Bao Cheng with an embarrassed face, looking at her pitifully, she sighed in her heart, and hurriedly got up and knelt on the ground: "The lowly rank squatted outside the Anchang Marquis Mansion all night last night, and didn't see anyone come out, but when the time came, a black cat ran out of the Anchang Marquis Mansion, and the lowly post chased all the way over," she paused slightly, feeling very embarrassed: "It's just that the lowly post was careless for a while, and I chased it away." ”

"Lost?" Han Changwan repeated and looked at Yao Qi for a moment.

Last night, Gu Chen came to ask Yao Qi for help, Han Changwei knew, but he didn't expect that with Yao Qi's ability, he couldn't catch the loophole of the Marquis of Anchang's mansion.

He lowered his eyes and looked at Yao Qi's slightly pale face, and said lightly: "You have injuries on your body, this time it's over." Get up. ”

Yao Qi breathed a sigh of relief, slowly got up and sat back.

This level is over, Bao Cheng is like being amnestied, and his back is also a little relaxed.

Han Changwan lowered his head and pursed his lips, and the very slight smile on his lips disappeared into invisibility, only then did he raise his head, look at Bao Cheng and ask, "What have you and Gu Zongqi gained in the Anchang Marquis Mansion?" ”

Bao Cheng hurriedly handed a sheet of tissue paper from his sleeve to Han Changdu: "I found that there was something wrong with the incense used in the house in the Anchang Hou Mansion, and asked Gu Zongqi, Gu Zongqi said that this incense was made by the Anchang Hou Mansion and had been used for many years, and his name was Mei Ran, Gu Zongqi asked for the incense recipe from An Changhou, and An Changhou said that this recipe was bought by An Changhou from Lan Yin Pavilion, and it was made by the master of homemade incense, and it cost two hundred taels when he bought it. ”

Han Changwan raised his eyebrows slightly, took the thin paper, read it word by word, his face was gloomy inch by inch, and he looked up and asked Bao Cheng after a while: "How did you notice that this incense is different?" ”

Bao Cheng pondered: "That incense smells exceptionally clear at first, and it seems to be able to refresh the mind, but after a while, it makes people feel that there is chaos in their brains, and if they stay for a while, they will feel groggy and unbearable." ”

Hearing this, Yao Qi's heart jumped.

Such a strange incense, An Changhou has used it for many years, didn't he find anything wrong?

Han Changwan turned his hand and handed the thin paper to Yao Qi: "Look at it." ”

Yao Qi took a closer look, this incense is really a little inappropriate, there are ingredients in the recipe that there is hemp boiling, but the amount is very small, the comparison between this recipe and the mandala incense found in Xiupingfang can be found, most of the ingredients of the mandala incense are the same as this incense, but the weight of each component is heavier, and there is just a more mandala.

She handed the tissue paper back and said contemplatively: "Lord Envoy, since this recipe was bought by Marquis An Chang from Lan Yin Pavilion, it should be rewarding to inquire about Lan Yin Pavilion." ”

Han Changdui nodded, turned to Leng Linjiang and said, "Yungui, can you still draw manpower there?" ”

Leng Linjiang pondered for a moment: "Let's let He Denglou go." ”

As he spoke, he walked to the outside of the office and ordered He Denglou, who had been guarding outside.

Han Changwan folded the thin paper into his sleeve and asked in a deep voice, "Did An Jinyu tell An Changhou about the situation, and what did An Changhou say?" ”

It's okay not to mention this, as soon as he mentioned this, Bao Cheng couldn't help but sigh for a while, and his voice became more and more low: "Asked, An Changhou said that after An Jinyu married into An Ninghou's mansion a year ago, he never returned to his parents' house, he just knew that An Jinyu was pregnant, but when he was pregnant and when he gave birth, he didn't know at all." ”

Although Han Changdui had expected An Changhou's indifference, he was still stunned when he heard this, did An Changhou break off his love.

Yao Ji was also stunned, opened his mouth, and asked, "Didn't An Jinyu even come back for three days?" ”

Bao Cheng nodded: "Yes or not." ”

Han Changdui squinted, feeling that things were a little strange, but he couldn't say what was strange, it was just a faint thought in his heart.

After a moment of silence, Han Changdui asked, "Can An Changhou say that An Jinyu was injured when he was a child?" ”

Bao Cheng nodded heavily: "It's strange here, An Changhou said that not long after the death of the eldest princess Rongzhen, An Jinyu was playful and fell off the Taihu Lake stone, which happened to hurt the left rib, but it was specifically injured on the first few ribs, and he didn't know very well, he only knew that An Jinyu was lying on the bed for a long time and spent a lot of money on him." He paused slightly: "Gu Zongqi has already set out Lang Zhong, who was injured by An Jinyu at that time." ”

Hearing this, he was completely speechless about this person, and he couldn't say a good word about An Changhou, this person's actions really refreshed his unscrupulous father's cognition, but although he didn't say it in detail, it was enough to confirm the identity of the deceased.

Pampered, eight months pregnant, old bone injury, three days missing, even if all are coincidences, but these coincidences are concentrated on the same person, it must not be a coincidence.

Leng Linjiang turned his eyes to look at Bao Cheng a little, and there was still a little hope in his heart: "You told An Changhou about the discovery of a corpse in Xiupingfang?" Did he go and identify the corpse? ”

Bao Cheng grimaced, gritted his teeth and sighed: "Said, Gu Zongqi told Anchanghou An Jinyu that he was missing, and the prince of Anninghou's Mansion asked him to make a few hexagrams, the hexagram was like a big murderer, and also pointed to Xiupingfang, last night, Jingzhao Mansion found a corpse in Xiupingfang, and asked him to go to the scene to exorcise evil spirits, Gu Zongqi said, he saw that the deceased was indeed a little like the seven girls in the house, and asked Anchanghou if he wanted to go with Anninghou Shizi to see. ”

"And what did he say?" Leng Linjiang asked eagerly.

Bao Cheng sighed like the wind: "An Changhou said that the seven girls married to the Hou of An Ning, and they are the people of the Hou of An Ning, and the Hou of An Ning doesn't care, and he can't care about it." ”

"......" coldly Linjiang was angry, but fortunately, An Changhou was not in front of him, otherwise she would have thrown her fists at her.

Han Changdui glanced at Leng Linjiang, who was angry like thunder, and said in a low voice: "Okay, don't be angry, fortunately, this time it's not nothing, An Changhou doesn't want to go, if you don't go, don't go, let An Ninghou recognize it." ”

Leng Linjiang naturally knew this, he just felt cold and cold, he didn't know who An Jinyu was most concerned about when he died, if he was worried about An Changhou, if he learned that after she died, An Changhou would treat him so indifferently, I don't know if he would regret being his daughter.

Hearing these words, Yao Qi was also silent for a while.

She has a thin relationship with her parents, her mother died early in her previous life, her father married her stepmother, and she has no feelings for her.

But hearing such an indifferent father, she still couldn't help but feel cold in her teeth.

Han Changdui rolled his eyes and glanced at Yao Qi quietly, only to see that she was silent and her face was gloomy.

I knew in my heart that she was afraid that she remembered those things in the past, and remembered those parents and family who had no chance to see each other.

His heart was so turbulent that he almost wanted to tell her that she would stop being sad about the unworthy.

He endured and endured it again and again, and then swallowed back the words that rushed to his lips, and continued to ask Bao Cheng with a calm face: "An Jinyue's situation, can you inquire clearly?" ”

"Asked," Bao Cheng nodded: "After all, the humble position and Gu Zongqi went to the Anchanghou Mansion in the name of exorcising evil spirits and avoiding disasters for An Jinyue, if you only ask An Jinyu, I am afraid that it will arouse the suspicion of An Changhou, so I also asked a few more words about An Jinyue's situation, and also inquired about all the people in the mansion." He handed over the confession booklet that he had already prepared: "Your Excellency, this is a recorded confession. ”

Han Changdui took it, flipped through it roughly, and asked, "Tell me more about An Jinyue and An Jinyu's situation." ”

Bao Cheng brushed his thoughts: "According to An Changhou, when the eldest princess Rongzhen died, An Jinyu was only seven years old, originally a very lively and cheerful little lady, once lost her mother, it was inevitable to be hit, An Changhou's mansion sold a subordinate eight years ago, and there are not many subordinates who have been in the mansion for more than ten years, according to those people's recollections, An Jinyu's temperament changed greatly at that time, as if she hadn't spoken much for a month or two, she was originally close to the eighth brother of similar age, but after losing her mother, she was slowly estranged. ”

Before Yao Qi crossed over to this place, he also saw a lot of house fights, and there were many concubines in the backyard of An Changhou, so you can imagine how lively the fight was at that time, but I am afraid that the death of the eldest princess Rongzhen is not so simple.

She pursed her lips: "I'm afraid that after the death of the eldest princess Rongzhen, it was rumored in the Hou Mansion that she was killed by the biological mother of this eighth brother, and An Jinyue was estranged from this eighth brother, right?" ”

Bao Cheng was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "You guessed accurately, it is like this, at that time, rumors were everywhere, Gu Zongqi said that ten years ago, he was setting up an altar in the Anchang Marquis Mansion, and he knew a lot about this rumor, but the rumor is a rumor, there is no empirical evidence, many people just listen to it, and no one takes it seriously." ”

Yao Qi smiled disdainfully: "It's not that no one takes it seriously, it's that people who take it seriously can bear it." ”

Han Changdu's eyebrows jumped, and he looked at Yao Qi and said, "What does Yao mean by joining the army?" ”

"Humiliation is just speculation, and it has not been confirmed." Yao Qi hurriedly shook his head: "Let's ask Bao Cheng to say it first." ”

Han Changdui nodded: "You go on." ”

Bao Cheng sorted out his thoughts and continued: "An Changhou said that after the death of the eldest princess Rongzhen, An Jinyue also fell ill for a long time, and the prince of An Ning Hou at that time also sent something over, and said that he would never withdraw from the marriage, and he would wait for her to keep filial piety for his mother for three years. However, An Jinyue loved An Jinyu very much, and later she knew that there was no hope of marrying, so she gave An Jinyu all the dowries left to her by Princess Rongzhen, so when An Jinyu got married, she was still extremely beautiful with red makeup. ”

Han Changwan listened to this, nodded silently, according to An Changhou's words, An Jinyue should be weak and kind, he raised his head and asked, "Now the head of An Changhou's inner courtyard is the concubine who is rumored to have killed Princess Rongzhen?" ”

"Yes, it's Aunt Liu." Bao Cheng nodded: "She is not young, but she is very favored, at the age of twelve she went to An Changhou's side as a maid, and at the age of fourteen she made a room, just half a year after Princess Rongzhen married into the Hou Mansion, Aunt Liu was just fifteen years old, and gave birth to An Changhou's eldest son, and later gave birth to An Changhou's second son and youngest son, that is, An Jinyu's eighth brother, Aunt Liu is now pregnant again, counting the days, she will give birth next month." ”

Han Changdui frowned slightly, his wife had just entered the door for half a year, and the concubine robbed the eldest son of the husband, is this concubine room quite a trick, or is it the marquis of Anchang who spoils the concubine and kills his wife?

Leng Linjiang's face is not difficult to look at, he is not married, his parents were also Qin Se and Ming when they were alive, there are no messy concubines and children, the situation in An Changhou's mansion is obviously worse than he expected, and the lives of An Jinyue and An Jinyu sisters are obviously more difficult than he expected.

Yao Qi has seen a lot of palace fights, and when she heard Bao Cheng's words, she asked puzzledly: "If that's the case, then this Aunt Liu was pregnant before Princess Rongzhen married into the Hou Mansion, even if Princess Rongzhen didn't know before, but she always knew after she got married, so how could she tolerate it, even if she couldn't do anything to the child, she could keep the child to go to her mother, how could she allow Aunt Liu to make waves in the inner courtyard for so long?" Before you said that the eldest princess Rongzhen married into the Hou Mansion and failed to give birth to a concubine for eight years, if it was to give birth to a son, the concubine should be accepted as a concubine, then the eldest son should be younger than the concubine, but now it seems that this is obviously not the case, the eldest son is nearly a year older than the concubine. ”

Han Changwan didn't know much about this person who had been dead for ten years, so he turned his head to look at Leng Linjiang.

Leng Linjiang coughed lightly, and said in an ominous voice: "This, twenty-five years ago, the eldest princess Rongzhen was twenty-eight years old at that time. ”

Yao Qi suddenly realized, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

No wonder, twenty-eight years old, in the eyes of the ancients, this age is definitely not young, everyone will think that she can't give birth to children, so the concubine of An Changhou has the eldest son first, and no one will criticize anything.

Bao Cheng showed such a look, but it was still difficult to understand, the An Changhou he saw yesterday was definitely handsome, a person in his forties looked like he was in his twenties, and An Changhou, who was in his twenties, must be more handsome, and he could be called a flower in the capital.

Twenty-five years ago, the eldest princess Rongzhen was twenty-eight years old, but An Changhou must be less than twenty.

Bao Cheng thought so, so he asked: "Then, how old was An Changhou at that time?" ”

Leng Linjiang's cheeks twitched, and his voice was harsh: "About, sixteen." ”

With a "flutter", Han Changwan took a sip of tea and came out: "How old?" ”

"Sixteen." Leng Linjiang spoke with difficulty.

As soon as these words came out, Han Changwei and Yao Qi Baocheng glanced at each other.

Everything seems to have a plausible explanation.

Because the eldest princess Rongzhen is twelve years older than An Changhou, An Changhou can blatantly spoil his concubine and kill his wife, and the concubine can blatantly rob Mr. 's eldest son.

And An Changhou's disregard for An Jinyue and An Jinyu sisters is also reasonable.

In this world, there are love houses and blacks, and naturally there are hated houses and blacks.

Han Changwan waved his hand, first put aside the messy things in the inner courtyard of An Changhou's mansion, and continued to ask An Jinyue's matter: "An Jinyue's illness, what's going on?" ”

Bao Cheng methodically and carefully said everything he found in the Hou Mansion of An Chang yesterday, and then took a step forward, took out an oil paper bag from his sleeve, and put it on the bookcase: "My lord, this is the dregs of medicine found by the humble post from the back wall of An Jinyue's courtyard, and the humble and Gu Zongqi were afraid of startling the grass and snakes, so they left the Hou of An Chang last night on the bright side, and secretly kept watch outside the Hou Mansion all night, but An Jinyue did not send anyone out. ”

Han Changwan glanced at Yao Qi thoughtfully: "I didn't send someone, maybe I sent something else." ”

Yao Qi's heart chuckled, this stubble can't get by, right!

Seeing that Yao Qi was uncomfortable, Han Changwan pursed his lips, laughed secretly in his heart, and said to Leng Linjiang: "I still have to ask Doctor Han to identify this medicine residue again." ”

Leng Linjiang nodded: "After all, it is about An Jinyue's reputation." ”

In fact, he still has something to say, he still can't believe that a girl who is so weak that she can barely get out of bed and lives in a simple place all the year round can do such a shocking thing, is she forced to be helpless or wants to fend for herself?

However, An Jinyue and An Jinyu are sisters of the same mother, and she will never attack her sister no matter what, she can rule out this suspicion.

Thinking of An Jinyue, who was weak and couldn't take care of herself, but was scheming, Bao Cheng squinted his eyes and asked hesitantly: "Lord Envoy, I am thinking about one thing, I don't know if An Changhou will tell An Jinyue about An Jinyu, if An Jinyue knows that her sister is missing, she may die, I don't know what she will do." ”

Without waiting for Han Changdui to speak, Leng Linjiang shook his head first: "No, according to what you just said, An Changhou has long been as hard as iron, and other idle things can't shake his mind at all, how can he say anything to An Jinyue." ”

Thinking of An Changhou's appearance, Bao Cheng was angry, and his heart sank with a heavy "um": "What Lord Shaoyin said is very true." He paused slightly, didn't know what he thought, and said in embarrassment: "Yesterday, An Changhou also talked about one thing, saying that this time the holy car went to Yuhua Mountain to escape the summer, and he also planned to take his three sons with him, and wanted to ask for a few talismans from Gu Zongqi, and Gu Zongqi should go." ”

"All going?" Han Changdui was surprised: "Didn't he want to take advantage of this summer vacation to choose one of these sons to invite him to be the son of the world?" ”

Bao Cheng couldn't figure out why An Changhou wanted to bring his son with him at first, but when he heard Han Changdui say this, he wanted to understand this matter.

It turned out to be to invite the son of the world.

Yao Qi took a sip of tea and said slowly: "An Changhou has no sons-in-law, and the three sons are all concubines, and he thinks about it, it is estimated that he thinks that since everyone in the world is the same, then simply set up the most intimate one, and although these three sons are all born to the same mother, it is estimated that there must be a lot of open and secret battles between them. ”

Han Changwan nodded approvingly.

Bao Cheng raised his eyebrows slightly, there are more sons and more troubles about sons.

Leng Linjiang sneered and sneered: "He deserves it, let him give birth to so many sons, just give birth to one, how worry-free." ”

Bao Cheng sighed, and said another thing: "Lord Envoy, An Changhou also told Gu Zongqi yesterday that Aunt Liu will give birth next month, and it is estimated that she is also a son, and he wants to bring Aunt Liu to Yuhua Mountain, and give birth to the child in Yuhua Mountain, so that he can be angry." ”

"......" Yao Qi was speechless, it is impossible to go to the palace to give birth to a child, so retreat to the second place to go to the royal summer resort to give birth to a child, but no matter how much royal anger there is, that child is also a concubine of the down-and-out Hou Mansion, and he will not become a dragon son and a phoenix grandson.

Han Changdui was silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "That's fine, there must be hidden things in the Anchang Marquis Mansion, they all go together, it's best for them to go as a family, it's convenient to inquire and search." ”

Bao Cheng nodded heavily: "Gu Zongqi also plans to do so, Gu Zongqi said that this case will obviously not be solved in three or five days, it is better to put all these people under your nose, so that you can see if it is a person or a ghost as soon as possible." ”

Han Changwan nodded appreciatively: "You have done a good job, after this case is concluded, this official will give you credit." ”

Bao Cheng hurriedly saluted, thanked him, and continued: "What the envoy said is very true, Gu Zongqi also persuaded An Changhou, he has decided to take An Jinyue to Yuhua Mountain together. ”

Hearing this, Yao Qi frowned: "According to what you said, An Jinyue is very weak, and she has half a life left, how can she travel a long way to Yuhua Mountain?" ”

Bao Cheng smiled narrowly: "This is Gu Zhenren's tongue lotus." ”

Yao Qi smiled dumbly: "That's right, Gu Chen is the best at abduction." ”

Hearing this, Han Changdu's originally gloomy face also improved, and he said in a deep voice: "It's so good, putting people under your nose makes it easier to catch their heads and tails." He turned his eyes to look at Yao Qi: "This time, don't lose people and cats anymore." ”

"......" Yao Qi's face was pale, do you really have to remember this for a lifetime?