Chapter Eighty-Four: Murder in a Closed Room

Behind him came shouts one after another, especially the voices of green plums and koji wine.

An Ruo and Wei Yan both frowned, and Concubine Ning was the first to stand it, and scolded: "What are you shouting!" After so many years in the harem, haven't you even seen a hanged person? ”

Seeing that Concubine Ning's eyes swept over wherever she could immediately shut up, An Ruo couldn't help but sigh secretly, Concubine Ning really had a lot of power, and it was simply a human-shaped sealing machine.

Seeing that everyone was no longer noisy, Concubine Ning asked Wei Yan: "Could it be that the last time the arson and self-immolation were not enough, this time she deliberately sent the palace maid away and hanged herself?" ”

"Probably not, after the first emperor and concubine were rescued, I made it clear that the current predicament did not need her to commit suicide to solve it, and she also clearly promised me."

"It's really not, no one will think about death while showing off his power with his son's concubines and giving advice to his niece. However, none of this is important, Your Majesty, we should keep an eye on the three divisions to see who will publish the evidence of the so-called former emperor and concubine. ”

Wei Yan looked at Gonggong Yan, and Gonggong Yan immediately ordered to go down.

"Concubine Ning, you are responsible for guarding the personnel of Shoukang Palace and interrogating them one by one. Concubine Ding, you go in with me to see how the first emperor and concubine died. ”

An Ruo was just about to go in with Wei Yan, when Qingmei's mournful shout suddenly sounded behind him.

"It must have been done by Concubine Ding, because Concubine Ding was dissatisfied with my aunt and unwilling to let me and Sister Qujiu enter the palace as concubines, and she was jealous of our sisters, so she sent someone to kill my aunt on the day of today's draft."

An Ruo, Wei Yan, and Concubine Ning glanced at each other, and then looked at Qingmei together.

Concubine Ning stared at Qingmei and said, "It seems that the concubine can start with this show girl named Qingmei." ”

An Ruo added: "You can also add the qujiu next to you, after all, these days, the first emperor and concubine always call these two people to accompany them in Shoukang Palace, presumably if there is anything abnormal, these two people must be able to know." ”

Concubine Ning raised her eyebrows and asked, "Are you not afraid that this palace will ask something unfavorable to you?" After all, this Qingmei girl keeps saying that you hurt the first emperor and concubine! ”

"This kind of brainless words, Sister Ning just listens to it, if it is really the first emperor Shufei who was murdered by this palace, this palace is waiting for this Qingmei girl to provide evidence. Otherwise, if you frame the harem concubines, you can bear whatever responsibility you should bear! ”

Concubine Ning narrowed her eyes and said meaningfully: "Concubine Ding's sister has really been much more ruthless recently than when she entered the palace. ”

An Ruoqiao smiled and replied, "The main thing is that Sister Ning teaches well." ”

Wei Yan furrowed his brows, as if it was a normal conversation between An Ruo and Concubine Ning, but this atmosphere was not quite right with his intuition.

Wei Yan greeted An Ruo: "Don't take care of the poor mouth, don't come in to check it out!" ”

An Ruo snorted softly, if it weren't for this dog man, she would have to fight with Concubine Ning here, and she wouldn't have been able to become a true sister.

Concubine Ning stared at An Ruo and Wei Yan as they entered the hall, and after a long time, she hooked her lips and smiled, and turned to look at Qingmei and Qujiu who were kneeling on the ground.

"Are the two girls going to say it themselves, or will they talk to the palace after the punishment?"

Entering the dormitory of Shoukang Palace, the first emperor and concubine who had been put down from the beam by the eunuch were lying quietly on the ground, and the bruises on her neck were shocking.

An Ruo visually measured the height of the ground and beams, carefully observed the toppled chair on the ground, and wiped the surface of the chair with a white handkerchief, which was still as clean as ever.

An Ruo pursed her lips, and then took out a white handkerchief to wipe the soles of the corpse of the first emperor and concubine, and the handkerchief was immediately dirty.

Sighing softly, An Ruo carefully observed the strangulation marks on the neck of the first emperor and concubine, and found that there was more than one strangulation mark.

An Ruo looked at Wei Yan, who was still looking around, and said, "The first emperor and concubine did not commit suicide, but was murdered. The bench kicked down on the ground was wiped clean by the palace people, and there were no footprints of the first emperor and concubine at all. And the strangulation marks around the neck of the first emperor and concubine are not one, but one, and the preliminary judgment is that the first emperor and concubine were hanged on the beam after being strangled. ”

"If that's the case, I'm afraid it's still a case of murder in a closed room. The doors and windows were locked, and there was no way to open them outside, and the perpetrators were either still in this palace or had some special way to leave this palace. ”

After Wei Yan finished speaking, An Ruo called Xiao Zhan into the hall as soon as possible, there was no other meaning, if he simply felt that the murderer was still there, having Xiao Zhan was there, it meant safety.

The three of them searched the entire palace carefully, not even letting go of the upper beams, and did not find any people.

An Ruo breathed a sigh of relief, she was really afraid that the gangsters were still in the palace, so she directly attacked her and Wei Yan in a hurry.

"To be able to rely on his own strength, without using a chair to hang the first emperor and concubine on the beam, this person should be a man. If there are more, you will have to take a closer look at the corpse of the first emperor and concubine. ”

An Ruo returned to the corpse of the first emperor and concubine again, looked at the hand of the first emperor and concubine, and sure enough, he saw blood and dander between the nails, obviously, the first emperor and concubine had scratched the other party in the struggle before death.

An Ruo carefully observed the ground, and finally found traces of kicking on the ground in front of the bed, and even kicked a piece of wood in the corner of the bed.

So, how did the person who killed the concubine escape from this seemingly closed dormitory?

An Ruo asked: "This Shoukang Palace doesn't have any secret passages, secret rooms and the like?" ”

Wei Yan shook his head and explained: "Since I ascended the throne, I have experienced several assassinations and investigations of the imperial palace, especially the so-called tunnels, I can be sure that there is absolutely none. ”

An Ruonu sighed, a palace without an authentic palace is not a good palace, and she has reason to suspect that the game team is cutting corners.

Spit and complain, work has to be continued, An Ruo looked around the dormitory.

Since there is no tunnel, then you can only find an exit on the ground, An Ruo looked at the door, then at the window, and narrowed his eyes.

The palace inside the palace is cleaned by the palace maids and eunuchs every day, which can be called spotless, and the scene at the door has been destroyed by her and Wei Yan, but An Ruo doesn't think that the other party will be bold enough to leave from the door, after all, the palace maid and eunuch have left the dormitory, and they have not left the Shoukang Palace, if someone enters and exits from the door, they will inevitably be discovered.

As for the windows, An Ruo wiped them one by one with a white handkerchief, and sure enough, he quickly found a slightly dirty window.

"Wei Yan, I seem to have found where this person ran from."

Wei Yan walked over, and An Ruo said: "The palace maids and eunuchs wipe every day, only the windowsill in this place is dusty, and only the villains can walk through the windows." ”

Wei Yan carefully inspected this window and found that the lock inside had wire scratches, and guessed: "Maybe this window can be hooked on the outside with iron wire." ”