Yongning Palace, the head of the East Sixth Palace.

Yongning Palace is two courtyards, the main gate is southward, the name is Yongning Gate, and the main hall in the front yard is Yongning Palace.

Although it is the head of the East Six Palaces, it is three points inferior to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

However, the backyard is not bad, there are five main halls, and there are three halls in each of the east and west, and the end is also luxurious and rich.

Feng Rui listened to the little eunuch of the Heart Cultivation Hall chewing the root of his tongue.

After Princess Chang'an got married and moved to the princess's mansion on Qionghua Island in Taiye Pond, Concubine Wan also blew the pillow wind several times in Emperor Zhengjing, and wanted to move into the Palace of Nourishing Heart, but she never got the consent of Emperor Zhengjing.

Sure enough, there are many stories in the palace!

I won't say much about the strange things of the emperor's concubines in the palace, just this graceful concubine.

Concubine Wan is now forty or fifty years old, and in terms of serving the emperor in the harem concubine Ise, she is naturally old and decrepit.

But Concubine Wan didn't know where to learn some room techniques, and she served Emperor Zhengjing very properly, so she was very favored by Emperor Zhengjing when she was older.

Well, it's all gossip above.

But he said that he hadn't seen Concubine Wan yet, and Feng Rui first felt that there was a gloomy cloud and a sad wind wafting in this Yongning Palace.

The palace maids and eunuchs on duty were all worried, as if their father had died.

"Isn't it just a cat dead? As for this? Feng Rui twitched the corner of his mouth.

Could it be that this Wan Guifei still wants to borrow a dead cat and put a few tables to collect money?

Feng Rui touched his waist bag, he only had two taels of silver in his waist, I'm afraid he couldn't take it!

Yu Huatian waved his hand and retreated to meet the little eunuch, explaining, "Brother Feng Xian doesn't know, Wan Niangniang is very fond of the jade-faced civet, and she can't leave for a while, and the jade-faced civet is also very humane. ”

Lu Fang also sighed, "The saint also loves cats, and he used to raise a curly-haired cat called 'Frost Eyebrow', whose coat is slightly green, but his eyebrows are white, so he was given such a name by the saint." However, the frost eyebrows who fell into this honor still died, and the saint was sad for a long time at that time, and ordered the ministers to write a sacrificial text, among which there was only one bachelor named Yuan Wei who wrote the words 'turning a lion into a dragon' in the sacrificial text, which made the saint very satisfied, so he was directly promoted to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and added to the cabinet. ”

Feng Rui pursed his lips.

It turns out that Emperor Zhengjing and Concubine Wan are both cat slaves.

The cat of the rich and powerful is really not an ordinary cat, you listen to this name, it is a jade-faced civet and a frost eyebrow, how tall and tall, even if he dies, he has to order the minister to write a sacrifice, and sure enough, one person has the Taoist chicken dog ascends to heaven!

There is a Bodhisattva Nunnery on the left side of Yongning Palace.

When Feng Rui arrived, there was an offering table in front of the nunnery.

On the offering table was a yellow silk that had been dead for a long time.

But seeing that the cat's fur is black, white and yellow, the fur is shiny, and the meat is rolling and the food is good, and it is a pity to die.

"It turned out to be a three-flower." Feng Rui muttered in a low voice.

This jade-faced civet screamed, and Feng Rui thought it was a rare and precious cat species.

Feng Rui covered his nose and stepped forward to take a closer look.

Yes, although it hasn't been dead for a few days, the weather in autumn is still very hot, so the dead cat is naturally a little smelly.

Although it is covered by incense, the smell is even more unbearable.

Feng Rui poked his hand again.

It was stiff, but there were no external injuries.

Didn't Yuhua Tian unravel and take a look?

"Which one are you, what are you going to do to the raccoon dog of this palace?" A woman walked out of the nunnery and scolded sharply.

"What to do? Naturally, you want to open your stomach? See what poisonous stuff it eats? Feng Rui looked carefully, and he didn't notice the woman, but he just drew his big sword and put it back.

The cat already stinks, but Feng Rui doesn't want to defile his big sword.

Seeing Feng Rui holding a big sword, the woman was about to get angry, but it was Lu Fang and Yu Huatian who took a few steps forward.

"The concubine must not be rude!" Lu Fang first persuaded Concubine Wan in a low voice.

If it is someone else, it is natural to put Concubine Wan first, but now Feng Rui is an ordinary person, and the emperor has to take care of three points.

Yu Huatian also hurriedly attached his ear to Concubine Wan and muttered a few words.

Feng Rui was trying to ask Yu Huatian to do it, so he looked at the woman.

Well, he looks like he's in his thirties, and his appearance is good-class, and he dresses gorgeously but not showy.

It's just that his eyes are slightly red, and his face can't hide the sadness, which looks like he has cried.

"This?" Feng Rui knew in his heart that the woman in front of him was probably Concubine Wan, but Fang Cai seemed to have offended her, so it was better to pretend not to know.

It is said that those who don't know are not to blame!

"Feng Shaoxia, this is Wan Guifei Niangniang!" Lu Fang introduced.

Feng Rui hurriedly arched and said, "Boy Feng Rui, I've seen the concubine!" ”

Although Fang Cai was sharp and wanted to make a move on the jade-faced civet, which made Concubine Wan unhappy, but with Lu Fang and Yu Huatian's words, Concubine Wan Guifei didn't dare to get angry.

"Don't blame Feng Shaoxia, this palace lost this raccoon dog and his heart was in a mess for a while!"

"The kid understands, such a thing close to human nature is really like a relative, if anyone dares to touch the kid's relatives, the kid is not as stable as the mother, the kid will go crazy directly." Feng Rui had an empathetic expression.

Feng Rui's words turned again, "But please also ask the mother to mourn, since the jade-faced civet is gone, what we can do now is to find out the murderer as soon as possible, catch the poisoner, and take revenge on the jade-faced civet!" ”

Concubine Wan Guifei didn't feel like it, and touched the dead cat with red eyes, "Bengong also knows, but the raccoon dog has been poisoned, and Bengong really doesn't want it to suffer from caesarean section, so Feng Shaoxia can think about it?" ”

In Fengrui's heart, 10,000 grass and mud horses rushed by.

It's just a dead cat, all of them are dead, where can you still feel the pain of disembowelment.

Feng Rui glanced at Lu Fang and Yu Huatian.

It's just that neither of them looks at each other sharply, and it seems that they don't want to offend Concubine Wan.

But if you don't dissect it, how do you know if the jade-faced civet was poisoned to death, what it ate and what poison it was poisoned to?

"Brother Yu, can you find out what the jade-faced civet has eaten and what poison it has been poisoned?" Feng Rui asked directly about Yuhuatian.

I want to tell him to charge forward with Feng Shaoxia, but there is no door.

Yu Huatian's face stiffened, because Concubine Wan was not allowed to unravel, so he didn't find out anything.

"Our family has asked the priest to check with the imperial doctor, the jade-faced civet has no external injuries around his body, and there is no obvious change in the corners of his mouth, nose and mouth, the imperial doctor said that it seems that the heart is suddenly sick, but this jade-faced raccoon dog has been fine in the past, how can there be a heart disease. And he faintly smelled a peculiar smell from the mouth of the jade-faced raccoon, but he didn't respond when he used a silver needle to probe it, but it was speculated that he might have been poisoned by a strange poison. . . Yu Huatian explained the details of the previous tests.

"Silver needle poison test?" Feng Rui pursed his lips.

Although he Feng Shaoxia is uneducated, he also knows that the silver needle poison test is not reliable at all, and the test of arsenic containing sulfur is okay, but he is afraid that his poison is useless.

Of course, the ancients poisoned, and arsenic was the most commonly used poison.

"Looks like we still have to check it out?" Feng Rui looked at Wan Guifei in embarrassment.

Just as he didn't know how to speak, a soft but decisive voice came from a distance.

"Then disembowel the dead cat and check it out!"

A woman in her thirties walked in, and the words came from her mouth.

"Who dare... Concubine Wan was about to get angry again, but it could be seen that the people who came were also wilting.

"See Her Royal Highness the Princess!" Lu Fang, Yu Huatian and the others had already bent down and saluted.

"Humph! It's just a dead cat, what's the use of protecting it, it's all dead after all, it's a big deal to disembowel and find out the poison in it. Princess Chang'an glanced at Concubine Wan, and then looked at Yuhuatian, "Yuhuatian, don't do it yet!" ”

Yu Huatian glanced at his godfather Lu Fang in embarrassment, and then at Concubine Wan.

Although this concubine Wan is favored, she is not as important as Princess Chang'an in the heart of Emperor Zhengjing.

When Yukada was at a loss, Feng Rui spoke.

"What the princess said is very true, this is a big deal to find out the poison in the place, but since it is the pet of Concubine Wan, you can't use the knife indiscriminately, find a good craft, and after testing, it is good to sew it on the silk." Feng Rui is not offended on both sides, and built a bridge of peace.

"What Feng Shaoxia said is very true, Gonggong Yu, don't go and find a skilled man." Lu Fang got off the donkey down the slope and showed a smile to Feng Rui very gratefully.

Feng Rui smiled back, and secretly said in his heart, this 'slope' should be worth one hundred and eighty taels of silver.

As soon as it happens, the rest of the matter is simple.

Carefully shaved open the cat's belly, and the blood was already black and smelly.

Feng Rui looked closer.

As a chef, he Feng Shaoxia didn't dare to look at it, but it was okay to planer a chicken, duck, fish and cat.

"The blood is black and smelly, it must be caused by lack of oxygen, is it really a heart attack?"

The blood of suffocated chickens and ducks is black, and the blood of living bloodletting is bright red and translucent.

He also nodded and replied, "The blackening of the blood is the cause of suffocation, but it is faintly fishy, and the lower official speculates that it is still poisoning." The poison of arsenic is like this, suffocating and causing blood to be black, but it is not clear why the silver needle is not reflected in the lower officials. ”

He dug out his heart again and handed it to the imperial doctor on the side.

The imperial doctor looked around and shook his head, "The heart muscle is thick and powerful, it doesn't look like a sign of urgency." ”

"Appetizing, let's see what this jade-faced raccoon dog has eaten?" Sharp frowned.

It must not have been covered with his mouth and nose, or choked and suffocated to death, otherwise Yuhuatian should have found it in the first inspection, and he didn't die of illness, maybe he really died of poisoning.

He cut open his esophagus and stomach, and a foul smell came.

Naturally, the digestive organs are the first to spoil.

"Huh? The jade-faced civet looks like it eats birds, right? He pulled out some undigested flesh from the cat's stomach, as well as some feathers.

"Birds? Could it be that this bird is poisonous? Or did the birds and finches eat poisonous things and die, and they were eaten by this jade-faced civet again! Feng Rui covered his nose and speculated.

The silver needle poked the carrion, but there was no reaction.

Feng Rui pursed his lips, the silver needle was useless, and he didn't know how to think of any other way.

"Grab a chicken or a dog and feed this carrion to the test."

Taking advantage of the efforts to catch chickens and dogs, Feng Rui asked Yu Huatian again, "Where did you find the corpse of this jade-faced civet?" ”

Yuhuatian pointed to the southeast, "In the waterway in the southeast corner of Yongning Palace, in the past, jade-faced raccoons also liked to wander around the palace along the waterway." ”

"Is it coming back or leaving?" Feng Rui asked again.

Yu poison, sharp has no clue.

Let's find out if it's poison in Yongning Palace first.

If it can be determined, it is the poison in the Yongning Palace, it is much simpler.

Yu Huatian summoned the little eunuch and asked him carefully.

The jade-faced raccoon dog is back.

Feng Rui sighed.

In this way, it seems that this cat is poisoned outside the Yongning Palace, and that place is too big!