The flames burned out, leaving behind a pitch-black ruin.

Chen Yutian entered the ruins alone, carefully observing the clues around him.

However, it is a pity that this fire is too powerful, and the huge cold palace that originally stood here is only a piece of scorched wood and ruins left at this moment.

"Is it burned so thoroughly...... Chen Yutian walked among the ruins, groaning slightly.

Suddenly, his footsteps stopped in one place.

In front of him was a room that had only ashes left, and judging by the level of burning here, it was almost certain that this was the point of fire.

He narrowed his eyes slightly.

Although it was already certain that this was the place where the fire started, the scene was almost completely burned by the flames, and no trace could be found.

Not to mention judging the identity of the arsonist.

Chen Yutian squinted his eyes slightly, and his gaze scanned the room inch by inch.

Then, he saw that Gongsun and Xuan Xi, Ling Miaoyin, and Tang Fengling all walked in, and when they saw the only ashes left, the four of them were slightly surprised.

"It's very clean,......" Gongsun frowned slightly.

Chen Yutian nodded slightly, then looked around, and after confirming that there were no noteworthy clues around, he slowly walked towards the inner room in front of him.

The inner room was not very large, except for a slightly rudimentary bed, which was now burned by the flames, and it was long gone. Only a faint hint of the original shape can be seen.

Chen Yutian's footsteps, the moment he just stepped into the inner room, suddenly stopped.

The next moment, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, a little subtle.

"Now...... It's interesting......" Looking at a corner of the inner room, Chen Yutian sighed slightly.

I saw a corpse lying next to one of the legs of the bed in the inner room.

A charred corpse that has been burned by the flames and does not recognize its face!!

......

......

Looking at the scorched corpse on the ground, Jieli and the barbarian ministers were taken aback.

Their minds swelled with turbulent waves and shock, instantly engulfing everyone's minds.

A trace of doubt welled up on Jieli's face.

"It's ......"

"Your Majesty, this matter has to be asked to those guards guarding the cold palace, presumably the identity of the deceased, they should be clear. Chen Yutian smiled slightly and looked at the injured guards not far away.

Jieli nodded, and Cha Yuanlin called the captain of the guard to come and question.

At this time, Gongsun stood up and spoke, "Don't bother, the deceased should be the chamberlain of the cold palace." ”

Hearing this, Jieli subconsciously wanted to ask, "How did you know", but at the moment when the words came out, he suddenly figured it out, so he didn't speak.

Chen Yutian looked at Gongsun quietly.

He believed that now that the preliminary autopsy had been completed, Gongsun would be able to tell more about the corpse in the future.

Sure enough, I only listened to Gongsun continue: "According to the results of the preliminary autopsy, there is obviously a tear from right to left on the charred neck of the corpse, and it is preliminarily inferred that this should be the cause of his death, and the time of death should be before the fire in the cold palace, it is obvious that the deceased was killed first, and then incinerated, so that it has become what it is now. ”

Chen Yutian nodded slightly.

"Can you tell what kind of sharp weapon that wound was made?"

Gongsun shook his head slightly, "There is no way, the corpse has been burned by the fire for a short time, and the skin has been damaged, and it is impossible to make more detailed inferences from the wounds." ”

Chen Yutian sighed helplessly, "In this way, we have no way to find out......"

Gongsun was about to nod, but suddenly heard a sneer from the side.

"Hmph...... Do you need to look into this kind of thing?"

Chen Yutian and everyone in the Nine Dragons Mansion subconsciously looked at the source of the voice, and saw that the person who spoke was the black-robed national teacher.

Chen Yutian frowned slightly, then looked at the black-robed national teacher and asked, "I don't know what the national teacher has to say?"

The black-robed national teacher smiled coldly and spoke, "Gao Jian, let's not talk about it for the time being, isn't the truth of this matter already clear in front of everyone's eyes, since this cold palace was absconded and burned by the guilty concubine, then the corpse inside was naturally done by the criminal concubine, since she wants to abscond, then the first thing to pass must be the inner servant, and it is not strange to burn the body and burn the evidence of the crime after killing the inner servant......"

"You are talking nonsense......" Before the black-robed national teacher finished speaking, he was interrupted by a slightly shrill voice.

The black-robed national teacher and Chen Yutian turned their faces at the same time, and then they saw an angry face, appearing in front of the crowd, staring at the black-robed national teacher, she was the daughter of the spirit concubine, the ninth princess Langyue.

"You are talking nonsense......" The ninth princess was menacing, glaring at the black-robed national teacher.

The barbarian ministers and others on the side frowned slightly when they saw the Nine Princesses appear, and they didn't seem to be very happy to see the Nine Princesses in front of them.

The black-robed national teacher smiled: "Everything the minister said is just based on the situation at the scene. It's just a reasonable deduction and analysis, I don't know the princess, why do you want to talk about ministers, you are talking nonsense?"

"You're just planting a blame, a bunch of nonsense!!" Lang Yue said angrily, "Mother concubine, she won't do such a thing......"

The black-robed national teacher smiled: "How can the princess be sure that the sin concubine would not do such a thing?"

Lang Yue was even more angry, "That's my mother ......"

The black-robed national teacher laughed even harder, "Do you believe it because you are a relative? This kind of rhetoric, no matter what kind of court it is, does it not have any convincing power?

As he spoke, he looked at Chen Yutian.

Chen Yutian groaned slightly.

I have to say. The words of the black-robed national teacher are very reasonable, in the process of investigating and trying the case, the statements of the suspect's relatives have always been not accepted, after all, they are from the same source, and when these relatives testify or provide confessions, they are likely to subconsciously shield the suspect, or speak for the suspect from the suspect's point of view, which are all taboos in the investigation of the case.

But there is a premise for all of this, that is: the suspect can basically be identified as the murderer.

And at the moment, whether Concubine Ling is the murderer of the case remains to be considered, under this premise, even if it is the testimony of the immediate family, there is still the possibility of winning the trust, after all, the other party may not be the real murderer.

Therefore, when she heard the last words of the national teacher, Lang Yue was furious.

She subconsciously urged the internal force in her body, raised her fist, and spoke, "You-"

"Hugh is presumptuous!!" At this time, Jieli finally spoke, and with one sentence, he immediately dispersed the internal force in Lang Yue's fist, causing her to involuntarily take a step or two back.

"Someone!!" As an order fell, several uninjured guards immediately walked over, "Take the Ninth Princess back to the dormitory and let her rest early." ”

So Langyue was taken away by the guards.

Jieli apologized slightly to the Kowloon Mansion, "Let the envoy see the joke." ”

Chen Yutian smiled slightly and spoke, "Your Majesty is serious. If nothing else, I'll quit first. ”

"Since this is the case, then the lonely will not be forced to stay, your envoy will please. After saying that, Jieli left with the civil and military ministers, and when he left, he also ordered the guards guarding the palace to carry the charred corpse to the dormitory where the Jiulong Mansion now lives.

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, when Chen Yutian had just woken up from his dream, a shocking news had spread throughout the palace.

The eighth princess is missing.

And he mysteriously disappeared in his own dormitory.

......

......

The sleeping palace of the eighth princess is not far from the cold palace where the fire broke out last night.

When Chen Yutian and Xue Tian Han Ling Miaoyin, Xuan Xi, and Tang Fengling came here, some people were already panicking because of the disappearance of the eighth princess.

Among them, the most restless are the palace ladies who serve the eight princesses.

The eighth princess disappeared mysteriously under their care, if Jieli is investigated, they will inevitably be the first target to be liquidated, after all, they are all the personal palace maids of the eighth princess, and the princess is missing, and the responsibility is naturally great.

The second target to be liquidated should be the palace guards.

Their existence was originally to protect the safety of the eighth princess, but now, the eighth princess has disappeared under their protection, no matter what you say, it has nothing to do with them.

Therefore, when everyone in the Kowloon Mansion came to the door of the Eighth Princess's dormitory, they saw such a scene: both the palace maids and the guards were hurriedly walking around in front of the door, looking restless.

It wasn't until Xuan Xi made it clear to them what he meant and conveyed the message that Jieli would not bother with them about these things that they calmed down a little.

Then, led by a personal maid, they walked into the dormitory after the disappearance of the eighth princess. Respective investigations began.