When Tatsu Yutian came out of the room, it was already an hour later.

He spent an hour thinking about the changes he was going to make in the future.

and changes in the measures to be carried out.

And now, everything has been decided.

In the next time, he has to investigate the truth about the mysterious deaths of the two princes.

Perhaps as long as this mystery is solved, we can completely understand what the ultimate goal of the national teacher and the power behind him is.

Although, he already had a little guess.

But he still needs to confirm it.

So he found the source.

As the Taigong who is in charge of the prison of the barbarian country, he should be in control of the case file.

And the results were just as he expected.

In Yuanlin's hands, he did hold the case file.

He was also happy to show the file to Tatsu Yutian.

And Chen Yutian couldn't help frowning after reading these files.

He pointed to one item in the file about the cause of death and asked, "What does the suspected accidental death here mean?"

Yuan Lin said: "It's literal. ”

Chen Yutian frowned, and said strangely: "Don't you even know what the cause of death of the deceased is?"

Yuan Lin shook his head and said, "No, we can be 100% sure that the cause of the eldest prince's death was that he fell off the cliff and died. ”

Chen Yu Tianqi said: "Oh?"

Yuan Lin said again: "And the second prince can also confirm that he was drowned." ”

Chen Yutian said with a smile: "Since the cause of death can already be determined, why do you have to write two words that are suspicious?"

Yuan Lin sighed and said, "At first, after investigating the body and the scene, I also thought that it was an accident that happened at the same time by coincidence. After all, coincidences can still happen under certain circumstances. ”

Chen Yutian nodded.

"But then I accidentally learned something from Concubine Xiang, which completely changed my mind. "The source is in the road.

Chen Yutian was slightly puzzled and asked, "...... is Concubine Xiang?"

Yuan Lin replied: "She is the mother of the second prince and the daughter of the prime minister. ”

A flash of surprise flashed in Chen Yutian's eyes, and he nodded slightly.

"I see, what did Concubine Xiang tell you?"

Yuan Lin slowed down, his voice was slightly solemn, and he spoke, "She told me that the second prince once drowned when he was a child. ”

Chen Yutian's face changed suddenly.

Because he had already understood what Yuan Lin meant.

A person who has drowned since childhood often has a certain psychological shadow for water.

Especially for rivers, lakes and seas.

However, according to the dossier, the second prince was drowned in a lake outside the royal city.

There's obviously something wrong with that.

A person who has had a psychological shadow of rivers, lakes and seas is unlikely to swim in the lake.

In more serious cases, you can't even stand on the shore of a lake.

But such a person died in the lake.

"If that's the case, then what did the second prince do when he left the palace that day?" Chen Yutian thought for a while and asked.

Yuan Lin replied, "I heard from his guards that they were going to hunt in the mountains. ”

Chen Yu Tianqi said: "Hunting?"

It's even weirder.

The barbarians regard birds and beasts as the totems of the beast gods, and it is naturally impossible to do anything to harm them.

So what's going on with this hunting?

Yuan Lin said: "Lord Chen doesn't know, the prey they hunt is the fox clan. ”

Hearing this, Chen Yutian suddenly realized, "I see." ”

If there is any animal that can be harmed in the barbarian country, it is undoubtedly the fox clan.

This is naturally because of the rebellion of the fox clan in the past.

"In the barbarian country, the crown princes' favorite pastime is to play fox hunts. Yuan Lin explained.

"The rules of the competition are very simple, the palace will put a hundred foxes in advance, and the two crown princes will enter the mountain alone at the same time, and in the end, whoever hunts more foxes will be the winner. This was one of the conditions for His Majesty the Khan to select the crown prince. ”

Chen Yutian nodded slightly and said, "In other words, at the time of the crime, the two princes were always alone, and there were no guards to follow. ”

Yuan Lin said: "Yes. ”

Chen Yutian said: "In this way, even if the two princes have an accident halfway, there will be no witnesses. ”

Yuan Lin shook his head and said, "It's impossible. Although the rules say that the prince must enter the mountain alone, the preparation time for a fox hunt is very long, and generally speaking, there are guards in every corner of the mountain during the game, in order to ensure the prince's safety and keep track of their movements. ”

Chen Yutian nodded slightly.

He didn't quite believe that such a game would really leave the prince alone.

"At the time of the crime, did anyone see the two princes?"

Yuan Lin replied: "Yes, their specific testimonies are recorded in the file. ”

Chen Yutian opened the file and looked at it, and sure enough, he saw the corresponding content in the eyewitness testimony.

The testimony of the two eyewitnesses was similar.

They all saw the prince suddenly running away from their unscheduled outpost.

Then the unexpected happened.

Chen Yutian's gaze stayed on the content of the previous sentence.

"Suddenly running towards a place where there is no dark whistle?" he muttered.

There is a very strange thing in this sentence.

That's why did the two princes know where there was no secret post?

It stands to reason that the location of the secret sentry is not likely to be revealed to them.

After all, they are participants.

Once the participants are aware of the existence of these dark whistles.

Then the game will undoubtedly be a lot less fun.

This is the least favorite thing for everyone who participates in the game.

And, according to this testimony, the second prince must have run to a lake and drowned in it. ”

"But a person who is afraid of water and has a shadow in his heart, under normal circumstances, will he take the initiative to approach the water?"

"It's obviously impossible......"

Chen Yutian shook his head slightly in his heart.

A flash of light flashed through his mind.

"Wait...... Under normal circumstances......"

"Do you mean ......?"

He thought of a possibility.

It's just that this possibility is not very easy to achieve.

And it also requires specific conditions.

Yuan Lin said: "Lord Chen must have seen it. ”

Chen Yutian nodded and said, "Not bad." Based on the eyewitness testimony, plus what you just said, a very obvious question arises. ”

Yuan Lin nodded and said, "Yes, I can't understand why His Royal Highness the Second Prince, who drowned when he was a child, would take the initiative to approach the big lake at the scene of death." ”

Chen Yutian nodded slightly and said, "This is indeed very incomprehensible. I think that the national teacher should have seen this problem, so he would make up that set of heresies that confuse the mind of the fox demon. After all, the second prince's behavior is indeed similar to the evil spirit. ”

Yuan Lin sighed and nodded slightly.

Tatsu Yutian closed the file.

"I already know the basic situation of the case, I don't know if the bodies of the two princes are still there?"

Yuan Lin nodded and said, "It's still there." However, they are crown princes after all, and no one can give them an autopsy without His Majesty's permission. ”

Chen Yutian smiled: "I understand. There is another thing to ask the Taigong for. ”

"My lord, but it doesn't hurt to hear it. Yuan Lin said with a smile.

Chen Yutian asked: "Can you please describe the scene of the crime scene, this dossier is not exhaustive." ”

Yuan Lin smiled: "It's easy to talk about this matter." ”

When the words fell, he frowned lightly and thought for a while, and said, "Let's talk about His Royal Highness the Second Prince first, I'll go there first." ”

"I remember that when I arrived at the scene, the second prince had already been salvaged to the shore, and his whole body was no different from the person who fell into the water and died, and his body was wet and ......."

He described the original scene to Chen Yutian.

......

......

The drowned body of the second prince lay on the ground.

He was soaking wet.

His face was very pale, without a hint of human color, and slightly puffy.

Apparently soaked in the water for a while.

Yuan Lin just glanced at it lightly, and handed over the autopsy to the accompanying servants.

He began to wander around the scene.

It is not accurate to say that it is "wandering".

Things like on-site evidence collection are done by others.

And as a Taigong, he only needs to inspect everywhere at such a scene.

Anyway, this information will still be summarized in his hands by then.

But at this moment......

A pungent aroma irritated the end of his nose.

It was a smell he had never smelled before, and it smelled so good.

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Chen Yutian couldn't help frowning.

"It's ...... again. Strange smell......"

He couldn't help but think of what the eighth princess's personal maid said.

and the two women they met on the promenade.

Is there a connection between the strange fragrance in the mouth of the palace maid and the strange fragrance she smelled when the two women passed by, and the strange fragrance at the scene of the crime?

Or is it just a scent?

Chen Yutian fell into deep thought.