The candles in the Zhenguo Mansion were bright.

It has been a day since the death of the ancestor was discovered.

Flags have already been hung inside and outside the house.

Although the Zhenguo Mansion in Yunbian City is just an ornament that even the owner does not live in.

But after all, the identity of the Duke of Zhenguo is there, and there are many people from the major families in Yunbian City who are rushing to slap him.

Even if it was already night, the people sent by the various prefectures of Yunbian City to help the Guogong Mansion were busy inside and outside, and it was much more lively than when Shen Lingxi came yesterday.

Shen Lingxi followed behind Chu Yan and followed the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion into the courtyard of the old ancestor.

The courtyard was lit with white lanterns, and on the cleanly washed bluestone tiles, there were many servants in sackcloth kneeling.

At the door of the east wing stood two soldiers in armor and fierce gods.

Looking at it like this, it looks like the personal guard of the Zhenguo Gong.

In the room, the candle flame was cast on the white paper of the window lattice, and several busy figures were seen.

Shen Lingxi recognized it at a glance, it was the imperial doctor, Xu Huan and Xu Ziyao, two brothers and sisters.

Those who have died do not need a doctor.

The people in the room were probably the Duchess of the Kingdom who had "attempted suicide".

Shen Lingxi's gaze swept over the east wing, and then followed Chu Yan and the housekeeper who led the way to the upper room.

As soon as she walked up the steps, she heard a young, clear voice coming from the main hall.

"Aunt, this matter is not proper, since the ancestor is a horizontal death, according to the "Great Zhou Law", the nephew must have an autopsy according to the "Great Zhou Law", the nephew this time as the emperor sent the prince to Yunjiang Dali Temple Shaoqing, must take responsibility, and also ask my aunt to persuade the grandfather of the country, let him allow the autopsy, so that the ancestor can be buried for ......peace."

"What can I do!" A woman's voice came from inside, "Grandpa Guo has not eaten or drunk all day, I am just a widowed widow, how can I persuade him?" ”

She said, with a hint of disgust in her tone, "Besides, the murderers are all lying in the east wing, it is she who poisoned her, the facts are clear, the evidence is conclusive, you just re-examine, and you can't find anything new, the people in the government didn't say anything, just you rushed here and shouted, if you weren't my nephew, you would have been blasted out by the personal guards of the grandfather of the country." Don't mess with me anymore! Go and go, find a place to play on your own. ”

As soon as Shen Lingxi heard the conversation between the two people, he remembered that this time they came to Yunjiang, and there was one more person in the entourage-he replaced Mu Huai'an as the young man of Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

The son of Li Xiangyang, Marquis of Yiyang, Li Huai.

Now Li Huai's sister-in-law Li Yuejiao, after entering the palace, was named a beauty by the emperor and was extremely favored.

The Li family, Marquis of Yiyang, wanted to follow the path of his relatives in the Mu family, so he naturally racked his brains and sent Li Huai, his son, to the emperor.

The late Xu Yuanshan, the second master of the Xu family, married Li Xiaoqing, the sister of Li Xiangyang, the Marquis of Yiyang, after reconciling with the Ji family.

Coincidentally, it was the aunt of this son.

is also the only remaining hostess in this huge mansion.

Such a coincidence, Shen Lingxi had to think about it more.

Chu Yan raised his hand to stop the housekeeper's action of entering the house, and glanced at Shen Lingxi, and the two stood under the porch, listening to the conversation between the aunt and nephew.

"Auntie, that's a bad word." The young man said solemnly: "The government has not conducted an autopsy, and it has not yet reached a conclusion, and it is too early to say who the murderer is." You might as well persuade Grandpa Guo...... It's okay, it's better for my nephew to persuade him. ”

As he spoke, he went into the bedroom.

Suddenly, I heard a deep shout from inside: "Get out!" ”

After all, he is the grandfather of the country who is in charge of the army of 400,000, and the deep drink naturally carries a little bit of killing energy, coupled with the thunder and anger in it, people can't help but chill when they hear it.

The butler, who still looked calm, immediately lowered his head, and his legs trembled.

The servants and maids who knelt on the ground in the courtyard also lowered their bodies one by one.

Shen Lingxi raised his eyebrows, walked past the housekeeper, and walked in.

She thought that the young man would be frightened by Zhen Guogong's deep cry and retreat.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Shen Lingxi entered, he saw that he took out an official card from his sleeve without changing his face, and said to the Zhenguo Gong inside through the brocade curtain: "Grandpa Guo, Xia Guan is Shaoqing of Dali Temple, this time he came to Yunjiang, and he was responsible for inspecting the case. ”

The young woman in filial piety on the side, with charming and bright facial features, was obviously frightened by his behavior.

She was stretching out her hand, planning to personally pull this eyeless nephew out of the door, and she couldn't help but see Shen Lingxi and Chu Yan.

She hurriedly lowered her hand and asked them in a loud voice, "The concubine has seen the prince and the princess, the two came to the mansion late at night, the concubine missed the welcome, and asked the prince and the princess to forgive their sins." ”

As soon as she shouted like this, the young man who was about to break into the bedroom hurriedly stopped, turned around and saluted the two.

At the same time, footsteps could be heard in the bedroom.

But within a few breaths, Zhen Guogong opened the brocade curtain and strode out.

He wore a crumpled plain white bedgown, a scruffy beard on his chin, and his hair was messy.

Obviously, as the people in the house said, from the discovery of the body of the ancestor last night to the present, he has been staying in front of the bed and has never left.

Anyone who sees such a town and country prince is afraid that he will sigh from the bottom of his heart "mother and son are deeply loved".

But Shen Lingxi is obviously not the one who came to cheer.

Without waiting for the Zhenguo Gong to confess his guilt, Shen Lingxi took the first step to speak, "Grandpa Guo guards the body of the ancestor like this, and if you know, you naturally understand that the grandpa Guo is overgrieving because of the death of the ancestor. ”

"But if you don't know...... I'm afraid that I will think that Grandpa Guo has a grudge against his ancestors, and he stops him from giving an autopsy, does not avenge her old man's grievances, and does not take care of her ancestors, so that her old man can't go on the road decently, which is 'unfilial'. ”

That's not a good thing to hear.

Zhenguo Gong has been guarding Yunjiang for six years, and after Chu Yan returned to Beijing, on the territory of Yunjiang, even the king of Yunjiang was polite to him, and no one dared to speak to him like this.

His eyes sank.

But on the face, he bowed his head obediently and said solemnly: "What Niangniang taught me is that the minister has always been unwilling to believe that his mother suddenly died. It's the minister who is too emotional, breaks the rules, and loses etiquette. ”

Able to bend and stretch.

Sure enough, people who can achieve "big things".

A hint of mockery flashed in Shen Lingxi's eyes, but his voice was intentionally softened a lot, "Since Zhenguo Gong knows that it is wrong, why don't you go to change your clothes quickly, the body of the old ancestor can no longer be delayed, and if you ask for a corpse examination earlier, you can clean her old man's body earlier." ”

Zhen Guogong raised his eyes to look at Chu Yan, and saw that Chu Yan looked like he was following the arrangement of the crown princess, and his eyes sank again.

He waved his hand: "The minister obeys." ”

With that, he walked out.

Seeing this, Second Mrs. Li tightened the handkerchief in her hand a little nervously.

Shen Lingxi glanced at her, "There should be a lot of things to be busy in this mansion, so my wife might as well be busy." The palace and the ancestors have a relationship, and His Royal Highness has always been good friends with the grandfather of the country, and now the ancestor died suddenly, the palace should personally bury the body of the ancestor for the old ancestor, and it can be regarded as sending the ancestor a ride. ”

"How dare there be a princess Lao...... Second Mrs. Li said flatteredly, "The ancestor loved cleanliness the most during his lifetime, and her old man's living was taken care of by the concubine herself, so she didn't bother the princess." ”

Shen Lingxi looked at her with a smile, nodded and said, "Since the second wife wants to personally bury the old ancestor, it is naturally better." ”

As she spoke, she raised her eyes and looked at Li Huai, "Isn't Shaoqing going to perform an autopsy?" Grandpa Guo is gone, and Shaoqing can start. ”

Shen Lingxi deliberately said this, but he was a little tempted in his heart.

Unexpectedly, Li Huai responded very respectfully, picked up a wooden box from the side, and walked directly to the inner room.

This move attracted Shen Lingxi's curiosity.

The Shaoqing of Dali Temple, who will conduct an autopsy, is rare.

She followed Li Huai and walked into the inner room.

The body of the ancestor was lying quietly on the bed, his face covered with yellow mounted paper, and he could not see the death.

It's no wonder that Zhen Guogong can sit next to him for a day and a night.

If he didn't have this layer of yellow paper, I don't know if he would have nightmares and a difficult conscience.

Shen Lingxi had already seen the soul of the old ancestor last night, so he naturally knew the death of the old ancestor's body, as well as ......

I heard the ancestor tell her own story about the cause of her death.

Shen Lingxi walked to the bed, and did not rush to reach out to lift the yellow mounted paper, but looked at Li Huai silently.

I saw Li Huai on the table next to the bed, opening the wooden box.

In the upper, middle and lower layers of the box, there is a pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the top, and the middle and lower layers are Shen Lingxi's very familiar autopsy tools.

Li Huai's slender fingers skillfully picked up the tool and examined it flexibly and meticulously on the corpse of the old ancestor.

The technique is actually much more clever than most of the works that Shen Lingxi has seen.

I thought it was a pretending flower shelf, but I didn't expect there to be two brushes.

But his identity ......

The prince of the dignified mansion, how could he learn these ninth-rate crafts.

"You...... Learned? Shen Lingxi asked curiously.

The bed was just a little bit of a place, and the two of them naturally stood closer than usual.

Shen Lingxi's gaze fell on Li Huai's slender and white neck.

Suddenly, she seemed to have discovered something, her eyes moved slightly, and a hint of clarity flashed in her eyes.

Li Huai didn't notice Shen Lingxi's gaze.

He paid all his attention to the corpse, and it took a long time to reply, "Hui Niangniang, when he was a child, he was in Jiangnan, separated from his family, and was taken in by a servant for a few years, and learned some crafts. ”

Shen Lingxi swept over the top layer of the box, pressed the autopsy and examination slips with a paperweight, and nodded secretly.

No wonder the emperor made an exception to stuff him into Dali Temple, filled the vacancy of Mu Huai'an, and asked him to follow him to Yunjiang.

At least this autopsy technique, within three or five years, can not be practiced to this extent.

It seems that the saying "bad bamboo shoots make good bamboo shoots" is not necessarily false.

At least, Li Xiangyang, the Marquis of Yiyang, who has an empty head and only thinks about flattery, can have such a down-to-earth son, which can be regarded as an ancestor who burned high incense.

Shen Lingxi naturally has a good impression of young people who can conduct autopsies.

After all, even if the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty are re-civilized, the funeral industry she is engaged in, especially the profession of servant, has always been the place where people look down on her.

Shen Lingxi was not stingy to point out one or two on the side, Li Huai was originally a person who was eager to learn, while conducting an autopsy, he humbly asked for advice, but the two of them had questions and answers, and after a while, there were fewer points of life between each other, and more closeness.

Chu Yan originally followed Shen Lingxi into the room.

Worried that it would disturb the souls of the dead, he sat down on the couch next to the window, but his eyes always followed Shen Lingxi's figure.

Seeing Shen Lingxi and Li Huai, they stood closer and closer, and the whispers between the two gradually became more familiar with like-minded people......

Chu Yan's phoenix eyes unconsciously filled with a cloud of thick ink.

And the second Mrs. Li, who walked into the room behind him, saw Li Huai's focused look, knew what he was best at, and unconsciously tightened the Jinpa in her hand.

Her bright face, in addition to secret hatred, also faintly revealed apprehension.

About half an hour, the two finally examined the body of the ancestor.

Shen Lingxi and Li Huai came to the conclusion at the same time: "The cause of death of the ancestor was not poisoning, but death from suffocation. ”

"Ah......" Second Mrs. Li seemed to be frightened, covered her lips and exclaimed, "I didn't expect my sister-in-law to hate the old ancestor so much, it's not enough to suffocate her old man, but also poison her old man?" ”

At the same time, Zhen Guogong, who had changed into a sackcloth and filial piety clothes, opened the brocade curtain and walked into the inner room.

Coming in with him were the son Xu Huan and his daughter Xu Ziyao.

Not only them, but in Shen Lingxi's sight, Liu Meiren also surrounded the old ancestor, followed behind the brother and sister, and floated in.

They found a place farthest from Chu Yan to stand.

It couldn't have come at a better time.

Zhen Guogong, Xu Huan and Xu Ziyao stepped into the inner room, and just heard the words of Second Mrs. Li, their faces changed.

"Second aunt Hugh wants to spew blood." Xu Ziyao was the first to react and said angrily: "There are so many maids and wives guarding the ancestral house, how can my mother not alarm them and suffocate my grandmother to death?" Shaoqing of Dali Temple hasn't said that his mother is a murderer, what kind of heart does the second aunt have......

"Zi Yao!" Zhen Guogong interrupted his daughter's words in a deep voice, "Don't be rude to the elders, you don't have the right to speak here, step back!" ”

Xu Ziyao didn't expect that her biological father would not only protect A-Niang's reputation at such a time, but also help outsiders and drive her out.

"Daddy!" Xu Ziyao looked at him in disbelief with red eyes, "Do you also think that what the second aunt said is right, do you also think that A-Niang killed her grandmother?" ”

Zhenguo Gong's eyebrows frowned.

He didn't answer Xu Ziyao's words, but saluted Chu Yan, "The little girl has nothing to say or do, and I ask Your Highness for forgiveness." ”

Chu Yan looked at him with a faint expression, "If Miss Xu asked, she also wanted to ask." Zhen Guogong really thinks that Mrs. Ling killed the old feudal monarch? ”

Zhenguogong's eyes were slightly dark, and he lowered his head and replied: "The minister doesn't believe in anyone, the minister only believes that His Royal Highness will have a judgment, and the minister listens to His Highness." ”

Instead, he kicked the ball back.

Chu Yan seemed to have expected it, and raised his eyes to look at Li Huai, "You said that the old ancestor was suffocated to death, is there any evidence?" ”