When Sun Shizi wanted to marry Chen Ziling, he was very looked down upon by the same gate lord clan.

Later, Chen Ziling calculated that he was disabled, and it was even more impossible to find a young lady with the same lintel.

Originally, Mrs. Kaiyang Hou was not so anxious to find him a princess.

She was going to wait for the gust of wind to pass.

Then slowly plot.

But her threats forced her to change her mind.

If Kaiyang Hou can still have other heirs.

The only one who can fight against it is the eldest grandson.

"These young ladies now, they are all picking." Seeing her turn her head to look over, Mrs. Kaiyang Hou sighed half-truthfully, "Those with slightly better family backgrounds are afraid of our Hou Mansion. Those whose family backgrounds are not so conspicuous are willing. It's just that people always have to eat a trench and grow wise, so they can only choose slowly. ”

"There's nothing wrong with being careful." Chen Anning said, took out a porcelain vase from his waist and handed it over, "It's a congratulatory gift I gave to Mrs. Hou in advance." On the day of Sun Shizi's marriage, when the candles are spent in the cave room, let Sun Shizi and the princess each take one pill to increase the probability of conception. ”

It can increase the probability of conception!

As soon as she heard these words, Mrs. Kaiyang Hou hurriedly took the porcelain bottle and stuffed it into her sleeve, and repeatedly instructed Mama Zhou to take out her treasured tea.

"Don't bother." Chen Anning got up, "I still have something to do, so I won't delay much." ”

"Then when Miss Chen Er is free, come to the Hou Mansion to sit down." Mrs. Kaiyang Hou followed and said.

Chen Anning should be fine.

After sending her out of the door and watching her go away in the carriage, the smile on Mrs. Kaiyanghou's face suddenly retracted.

Return to Zhengdeok Hall.

Taking out the porcelain bottle in her sleeve, uncorking it, looking at the only two pills inside, her eyes moved vaguely, and then she commanded coldly: "Go and bring that slut to me!" ”

Coming out of the Kaiyang Hou Mansion, Chen Anning softened his body, leaned on the pillow, closed his eyes slightly and said, "Go to Chunhua Pavilion." ”

The carriage stopped in front of Chunhua Pavilion.

Chunhua Pavilion has been fenced off by the government and is no longer open to the public.

But the fire of gossip has been burned.

Far and near, there are many onlookers.

Chen Anning stepped out of the carriage, glanced at the people around him, and ordered lightly: "You two don't have to follow me. ”

Chunrui and Chun Tao stopped and sang in unison.

After watching her enter the Chunhua Pavilion, Chun Tao said: "I'll stay here, you go back to the eldest princess's mansion quickly, and report the emperor's marriage to Mama Li." ”

Chunrui didn't object, stayed for a while, and after making sure that Chen Anning would not come back in a short time, she quickly slipped into the crowd and ran towards the eldest princess's mansion.

The Autumn Hall is also guarded by officials.

But perhaps with Xie Xun's orders, no one came to stop Chen Anning.

Chen Anning walked to the entrance to the hole leading to the dark room, squatted down and looked in a few times, and asked the official next to him, "Is there anyone inside?" ”

The official said, "Yes." ”

Chen Anning jumped into the hole and slid towards the dark room.

The two officials guarding at the entrance of the dark room heard the movement and immediately turned the torches they were holding over.

Seeing that it was her, after waving his hands and saluting, he turned back again.

"Where did that handmaid get killed?" After Chen Anning looked back at the hole, he asked, "Is the corpse still there?" ”

"Right ahead, the body is still there." One of the officials stretched out his hand and pointed ahead, "The subordinates will lead Miss Chen Er over." ”

Chen Anning followed behind him, walked about five zhang away, and then stopped.

The official took two steps back to the side and shone the torch in front of him, "Right here." ”

Chen Anning looked in the direction of the torch.

Seven or eight steps away.

One of Zhao Ying's maidservants was lying on her back on the ground.

The maid's eyes were still open, and she seemed to be in disbelief.

The handmaid had four sharp slashes on her chest.

Judging from the area of the ground soaked in blood, the handmaid may also have a sharp wound on her back.

Judging from the several bloody footprints in front of the corpse's feet, the murderer moved behind the maid's back.

He took the torch from the hand of the servant and shone it in the direction he came.

Darkrooms are ground formed by tamping soil.

It is the most perfect carrier of footprints and other traces.

But the back and forth of the officials had apparently destroyed all the evidence.

"Your Excellency has instructed us to only let us move in this way," the official seemed to see her displeasure, and quickly explained, "None of us have been here. ”

The explanation was really timely, otherwise she would have started to despise Xie Xun's professional ability.

Squatting in front of the blood footprints, after roughly measuring the size of the footprints with his hands, Chen Anning squatted in front of the corpse again, took off the jade hairpin on his head, and probed into the wounds one by one.

After that, let the official turn the body over, check the injuries on the back, and then probe them one by one with a jade hairpin.

There are a total of seven wounds in the front and back.

The fatal wound was in the chest of the anterior chest.

Judging by the depth of the wound and the bleeding, it was a ruptured heart and died.

The seven wounds are all from top to bottom, and the angle is about sixty.

Based on the height of the maidservant, the height of the murderer was probably between five feet two and five feet three.

The foot is about seven inches and a half inches long.

If the murderer is a man.

With his height, his feet are slightly smaller than those of an average man.

This is one of the more striking features.

Judging from the length and width of the wound, the murder weapon should have been a double-edged dagger seven inches two long and one inch two wide.

After wiping the jade hairpin on the corpse, Chen Anning stood up and walked forward along the bloody footprints.

Soon she was in a darkroom.

Perhaps because the air is not very circulating, there is still an obscene fishy smell wafting around the darkroom.

Chen Anning endured the discomfort and stood at the door of the darkroom, raising the torch and looking inside.

The darkroom is less than ten square meters.

There is a simple wooden bed against the wall in the innermost part.

The wooden bed is covered with simple mattresses and quilts.

The mattress and quilt were already messy, and there were still clumps of unknown stains on them.

Chen Anning frowned coldly, raised his feet and walked in.

As soon as the official was about to follow, he heard her say, "Just wait outside." ”

The official stopped and stood obediently at the door.

Chen Anning followed the bloody footprints, walked to the bed, looked at the stains and hair on the mattress and quilt, and sighed with some pity.

In modern times, just these traces can lead to the arrest of the murderer.

It's a pity that this is ancient times.

Take out a handkerchief, wrap your hands, pick up the quilt and throw it aside.

In the corner of the mattress, a piece of jade pendant was left.

In the other corner, there is a golden step shake and two jasper hairpins scattered.

The jade pendant is a women's model, and it is not sure whose thing it is.

But the golden step shake and the two jasper hairpins, Chen Anning had seen on Zhao Ying's head, so it was enough to be sure of hers.

After picking up the jade pendant, Jin Buyan and jasper hairpin, and making sure that there was no other valuable physical evidence on the bed, Chen Anning's eyes fell on the footprints on the ground.

In addition to the blood footprints and the footprints of the same type as the blood footprints, there are four other footprints of different sizes on the ground.

Five people.

Chen Anning's eyes were bursting with murderous intent.

If it weren't for her knowing that Chen Ziling and Zhao Ying had bad intentions, then the person who was abused here was her!

After sneering silently and measuring the other four footprints one by one, she raised her torch again, followed the blood footprints that were no longer obvious, and walked out of the darkroom, and continued to walk forward.