"That's, snow...... Oh no, Sister Makuei, where do we start?" asked Yege.

"Hey Nightsong, you almost scared me to death just now. Xing Yuxiang hurriedly tugged on Yege's sleeve and whispered in her ear.

"Oh, brother, I didn't mean to...... Accidentally said the wrong thing. ”

"Stop making a fuss, let me think about it...... Since it was the official of the imperial court who was killed, we must find a way to enter the palace to investigate. ”

"The Royal Palace...... If you ask the third prince who helped us before, maybe there should be a way......" Xing Yuxiang also fell into deep thought.

"Oh, look at your headache, don't you have me, a teleportation will go directly to the palace. ”

"No, this method is too unsafe, it's a palace, a place guarded by heavy soldiers......"

Xing Yuxiang said.

Mu Ying, who was pretending to be Qiu Yuanxue, looked up at the sky and thought in his heart: "Alas...... Mother, my daughter can't use your name now, she can only borrow your name temporarily, I hope you will bless me in the spirit of heaven to solve this case safely......"

Xing Yuxiang walked up to Qiu Yuanxue and said to her: "It's better to be like this, let's go and ask the previous third prince to allow us to enter the palace to investigate the case." ”

At the same time, in the palace, the three princes were sitting on a chair in the house, and he was angry and angry, and Lord Liu stood there with cold sweat on his forehead inadvertently, and his eyes were rolling......

"I said, Lord Liu, why are you doing things so sloppily?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is also impartial in enforcing the law. ”

"Hmph! You dare to quibble, what kind of justice do you have? Ignoring people's lives, you cut off people's heads before they can find out, if the government is all irresponsible ministers like you, wouldn't the world be chaotic! There is still a law to speak of in the world?" The angry third prince slammed the table with his hands, and a loud noise frightened Lord Liu to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy...... The minister deserves to die, it's just that Qiu Yuanxue deserves death for killing four officials......"

"You keep saying that people kill people, but there is evidence? Yes, someone proves that she saw her kill that night. ”

"What nonsense, I have reported to my father, and now my father has issued a decree approving me to manage this matter when he is out of business, and a minister like you should be put in prison!

Then two soldiers came in from outside the door, and directly set up the minister and forcibly dragged him out of the door, and Lord Liu was still there chanting: "Your Majesty, Weichen has been wronged! Weichen is really impartial in enforcing the law! What a mistake!"

"Alas...... I didn't expect there to be such a corrupt minister in the DPRK and China. ”

At this time, a eunuch walked in with his waist arched and said to the third prince: "Your Majesty, you are angry, and it is not good to be angry and hurt your body." ”

"I want to prepare clothes and go out for a walk, Ah Gao, you ask the maid to help me take good care of the potted plants in the house. ”

"Your Majesty, I will command it. ”

Then after the third prince changed his clothes, he led a group of entourage out of the palace to take a walk, and as he walked, he suddenly came to the pond, and saw a wisp of peony flowers growing in the dry soil on the shore, and the third prince said to the eunuch beside him: "Ah Gao, go and send someone to fetch me a bowl of water." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

Immediately afterwards, the third prince took a bowl of water, walked to the flowers, squatted down, and poured water on the flowers.

After seeing it, the eunuch hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, just let the little one do this kind of thing." ”

"No, don't be careless about taking care of flowers and plants, sometimes people have to pay attention to calmness, only meditating on everything will always be solved. ”

After the third prince finished watering, he got up and continued to walk forward, when Qiu Yuanxue pretended to be Mu Ying and Xing Yuxiang, Ye Ge, He Jing and others came over.

"Ah, brother, you see that His Majesty the Third Prince is here!"

"Your Majesty, please wait!"

"Hey...... Where did the poor boy come from, and he also blocked the way of His Majesty the Third Prince. The eunuch next to him glared at Xing Yuxiang with a fierce look on his face and said.

"Ah Gao, don't be rude. The third prince said to the eunuch beside him.

"Huh, it's your brother and sister...... Alas, I am ashamed of the execution ground. ”

"Your Majesty the Third Prince, I just want to investigate this matter, don't be impatient. ”

"Who are these two girls?"

"Oh...... She is Qiu Yuanxue's mother, Qiu Yuan Muying, and that one is He Jing. Xing Yuxiang explained.

"Makuei has seen His Majesty the Third Prince. Qiu Yuanxue said with a smile.

"He Jing meets His Majesty the Third Prince......"

He Jing bowed and said.

"This Makuei girl, I'm sorry I couldn't save your daughter on the execution ground......"

"Your Majesty the Third Prince, these are not your fault, you don't have to blame yourself......"

"You said you were going to investigate the murder of the commander...... I'll find someone to investigate this matter, so I don't need to trouble you. ”

"Don't bother, may I ask Your Majesty, did you just go to water the peony flowers on the side of the road?"

"How do you know?"

The third prince was just about to turn around and leave, but when he heard Mu Ying say this, he couldn't help but feel a little interested in this person, and he turned around and asked.

"Your Majesty, when you came just now, I noticed that your shoes were full of moist soil, and along the direction of the shoe prints, there was a small flower on the side of the road, and the soil on the roadside near here was very dry, and it was not easy to grow a peony flower there, and it must have grown vigorously after a lot of wind and rain, and from the wetness of the soil, it can be seen that you have just watered it, plus Your Majesty's sleeve was accidentally stained with some pollen when watering. ”

"Ha, I didn't expect Miss Muying's mind to be so smart. The third prince looked down and saw that his shoes were indeed stained with mud, and he raised his sleeve again and sniffed it, indeed smelling pollen.

"Your Majesty, my daughter has suffered a lot of grievances, I must stand up and investigate the ins and outs of the incident in exchange for my daughter's innocence, and ask His Majesty the Third Prince for permission. ”

“...... This ......"

Xing Yuxiang saw that His Majesty the Third Prince was a little moved, and he also stepped forward and pretended to cry and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please give us permission, let us enter the palace to investigate, and restore the innocence of Miss Qiu." ”

Ye Ge also looked at His Majesty the Third Prince with a pitiful expression and said, "Please, Your Majesty the Third Prince." ”

"Your Majesty the Third Prince, please, let's go in. He Jing said.

"Okay, since Miss Muying and you are persuading, then I will allow a few of you to enter the palace to investigate the case!"

Then, Qiu Yuanxue's pretended to be Qiu Yuan Muying, Xing Yuxiang, Xingyu Yege, and He Jing were successfully invited by the three princes to the palace to investigate the case......

Qiu Yuanxue and the others, led by the court personnel, went to the place where the first murdered government personnel lived, opened the door, and there was a dust inside as if it had not been taken care of for a long time.

"Ahem...... How long has it been since this place has been uncared for?" Nightsong said, driving away the dust with her hands.

"It's been about a month, and at that time, Lord Liu said that he wouldn't let him take care of it for fear of destroying important clues, so he didn't move. The government official explained.

"Lord Liu?...... It's only strange that he can find ...... clue," Xing Yuxiang said in surprise.

"Brother, keep your voice down so that others don't hear you. Night Song hurriedly leaned into her ear and said.

"Oh, you're not here to play...... You have to look for clues. He Jing walked over and said.

"Okay guys, be quiet, and tell me what you find. ”

Qiu Yuanxue went into the house to check, she came to the writing desk, and found that there were a large number of books on the shelves about the five elements of gossip and Qimen Dunjia, and each page was crumpled, as if the owner of the house liked to study these books every day and night.

After Qiu Yuanxue looked through them, she took these books and asked the official beside her, "Does this murdered Master Li usually like to study these books?"

"Miss Muying, you're right, what kind of gossip does Lord Li like to study the most, Qimen Dunjia, Sun Tzu's Art of War and other books, in addition, he has a friendly relationship with other adults who were killed later, and often goes out of the palace to eat and drink together, discuss the five elements gossip, Qimen Dunjia and other topics, this chat can sometimes be chatted from noon to late at night. ”

"So, the other adults who were killed also like the Five Elements Gossip, Qimen Dunjia's hobby in this regard?"

"Yes, the other three adults are also very fond of books on this subject. ”

"Sister Muying, look, the calligraphy and paintings on this wall look so special?"

Qiu Yuanxue heard it and walked to the night song and saw a calligraphy and painting with big gold characters hanging on the wall, Qiu Yuanxue stepped forward and knocked on the wall, and found that the wall with calligraphy and painting made a "Knock Dong!" sound, it seemed that there was a dark space inside.

After Qiu Yuanxue took off the calligraphy and painting, she opened the dark grid on the wall and found that there was a gossip compass inside, and the word Kun was missing from the compass.

Qiu Yuanxue thought about it, she came to the official and asked, "I want to ask, how did every adult get killed?"

"Okay, first of all, Lord Li, I heard that he was killed by the murderer who pierced his chest, the second is Lord Chen, he was tied to a chair by the murderer and put a rag in his mouth, and was knocked to death with a stone, the third was Lord Zhang, who was drowned in the bathtub, and the fourth was Lord Zhao, his death is very strange......"

"What's strange?"

After Lord Zhao returned to the house, his body caught fire and ran out after a while, and he was finally burned to death. ”

“...... It seems that these four cases are indeed very strange deaths. ”

"What's the matter, did Miss Muying find anything?"

Xing Yuxiang walked up to him and asked.

"I feel that these four adults killed people in the order of the five elements. ”

"Is the Five Elements really fake? In that case, wouldn't there be a person who hasn't been killed?"

"You see, first of all, Lord Li, the calligraphy and painting in his room are written in gold, and the compass is also missing the dry character, in Qimen Dunjia, the dry belongs to the same gold character, according to the five elements of the restraint, Jin Kemu, so, Lord Li is the first to be stabbed to death with a sword, ......and so on."

"Huh...... Isn't that right?" said the official, as if he felt something was wrong.

"What's wrong?"

"Lord Li's birthday, I heard that he belongs to water and is not gold, and he once said that water is good luck, and he doesn't like people who are greedy for money, so he doesn't like gold ......"

“...... Wait, let me think about it......"

Qiu Yuanxue carefully pondered every detail in the room, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind and said: "No, this is misleading! The murderer killed people according to the five elements, and then replaced a certain object, which makes us think that the five elements kill people in the order of mutual restraint......"