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Although Yu Ze has not personally investigated cases for many years, when he was the deputy director of the inspection court, he had solved many serious and important cases, and now he is also cautious and subtle, and after taking over, he re-examines all the evidence and testimony.

"Cen Sen found someone to take blood for a test yesterday, and the princess is indeed poisoned by the seven-star grass, and there are red marks on the corpse, and there are black spots on the heart, and now the poisonous characteristics have been shown. ”

"If it's really the middle seven-star grass poison, it's really a lot of work. ”

"Lord Yu is really powerful, and he found the key at a glance. I can't figure it out, since it's poisoned, it's an ordinary poison, colorless, tasteless, or there are many kinds that can be bought on the black market. But the third sister-in-law was a seven-star grass poison. This poison is hard to find in the black market, and it has a strong smell and is easy to detect, so why did the murderer use this poison. ”

"It turns out that the prince has already paid attention to this matter. ”

"Yes, I have already traced the source of this poison, and I hope to get something. ”

"Xia Guan believes that another autopsy is also the key. ”

"You have also seen the appearance of King Rui now, I'm afraid it will be difficult. ”

Yu opened the curtain and looked out, sighing deeply.

On October 19, the news that the new female hall master of the Painting and Calligraphy Academy poisoned the Rui Wang Princess Tian because of jealousy and hatred spread.

For a while, the Yanyang Teahouse was full of people, all speculating about the matter.

Early in the morning, in the Yongde Palace, Tian's father, Tian Puzhen, a first-class scholar of Taixue, was kneeling in the hall with tears in his eyes, crying in the dark.

He had been praying to the Buddha in a foreign place two days ago, and he only learned such bad news when he returned home this morning. The peace charm that I went to the Buddhist temple to ask for this time was planned to be given to her on Tian Qing's birthday two days later, but who knew that it was a white-haired person who sent a black-haired person.

Thinking of this, Tian Puzhen's cry became a little louder.

Emperor Qi was also upset, and the court officials poisoned the princess, which was also unheard of, and now there were rumors in the streets, and he had to order another purge.

Yesterday, even the queen, who had never seen each other, came to him and asked that King Mu be transferred out of the case, and Xingyuan would take over directly to investigate the matter.

At this point, the poisoning case of the princess of Rui Wangfu has been pushed to the forefront.

October 20, in the palace of King Rui.

A sumptuous luncheon was set up in front of the main concubine's mourning hall, Qi Jinghao and his son Qi Hongyuan sat at the table, and a bowl of longevity noodles was placed in front of the empty seat on the other side.

Qi Hongyuan's eyes were red and swollen from crying, and he was still crying silently.

Qi Jinghao's eye sockets were deeply sunken, and he was depressed in his heart for the past two nights, and he couldn't close his eyes.

The dust covers the empty seat, and the lonely tent covers the empty bed.

Everything is endless, and the survivors are hurt in vain.

Seeing things and thinking about people, keeping the empty room alone. The high-spirited general is also difficult to suffer from lovesickness and the pain of losing his wife at this time.

Ye Qiuye's left arm was wrapped in a white veil and hung on his chest, and he walked in from outside the courtyard, followed by Yu Ze, the head of the criminal court, and a female officer.

Yu Ze saw that King Rui was so infatuated and was also infected by it. He bowed and offered the bucket in his hand.

"Third Highness, this was found by the lower official when he searched the residence of the lord of Luotang, and the lower official saw the payment of His Royal Highness the Emperor and Sun, and specially brought the painting. ”

When Qi Hongyuan heard this, he got up and took the scroll, he knew that this was the scroll that Mr. Lady helped him frame, and it was a birthday gift he was going to give to his mother.

However, in a few days, my mother and relatives have been separated forever, and my master has also been imprisoned.

Qi Jinghao opened the scroll, only glanced at it, closed his eyes, and frowned.

"Xia Guan knows that His Royal Highness misses the princess, but today Xia Guan came to ask His Royal Highness for convenience, so that this Imperial Doctor Liu can take a look at the princess......"

"No!"

"Your Highness, the cause of the princess's death is the key, and I ask Your Highness for permission to investigate. ”

"Autumn night, blast them out! The princess has been cleansed and buried, don't offend!"

"But Your Highness, now all the evidence points to the Luo Tang Master, His Majesty ordered me to wait for ten days to find out the real culprit, the lower officials do not think that this matter was done by the Luo Tang Master, but if new evidence is not found, the Luo Tang Master will definitely be severely punished as the real murderer!"

Qi Jinghao was stunned for a moment, and said coldly: "Boom out!

Ye Qiuye bowed his head, and really gave Yu Ze a way out.

Seeing this, Qi Hongyuan begged: "Daddy, don't you care about Master?"

"Eat!"

A maid in the courtyard was holding a plate of incense, and when she heard the low cry of a child in the main hall, she hurriedly withdrew from the courtyard.

Late at night, in the garden of Rui Wangfu, a sneaky shadow looked left and right, and after digging under the withered locust tree for a long time, took out a small burden, and then buried the soil and sprinkled some fallen leaves to cover it.

She whispered into the courtyard where the next person lived, and by this time the candle had been extinguished.

After making sure that there was no one, she walked to the water tank in the courtyard, took out the medicine bottle, opened the bottle seal, and was about to sprinkle the medicine powder in the bottle into the tank, when suddenly the surrounding fire ignited, and her hands trembled, and the medicine bottle fell.

said that it was too late, Pei Huan rushed out of the shadows, rushed up with an arrow, and actually caught the medicine bottle that immediately fell into the water.

The woman exclaimed in surprise when she saw this, and when she came back to her senses, she had been captured by the guards.

Qi Muxiao said coldly: "Take her to the side hall!"

was sitting up, Qi Muxiao and Qi Jinghao were sitting upright, Ye Qiuye and Pei Huan were standing on both sides, and a woman was kneeling on the ground, trembling all over.

"Juan'er, I didn't expect it to be you!" Qi Jinghao's hand clenched the handrail tightly, suppressing the anger in his heart.

"Third brother, don't worry, she was also instructed by someone to do this. ”

"Say, who are you instructed to?!"

The woman's face was terrified, but she kept silent.

"Third brother, the emperor's brother has been investigating a poison recently, called hook-kissed begonia, this flower is a strange poison, the symptoms of the poisoned person are special, the initial stage of poisoning is no different from ordinary people, and in the middle stage, he often loses his mind, spits nonsense, and treat......s people indifferently."

At this point, Qi Jinghao's look of shock flashed over, and Juan'er, who was kneeling on the ground, also trembled significantly.

"In the last stage, that is, the poison period, begonia flower-like erythema appears all over the body, from time to time, and black spots will gradually appear on the chest. ”

"You mean, the princess is a mid-hook begonia, not a seven-star grass?"

"Third brother, listen to me, this toxin not only has a long onset period, it is not easy to be detected, and the poison is also applied for a long time, and it needs to be taken by the poisoned person in a very small amount every day. ”

"You! dare to offend Qingqing's corpse!"

"The third sister-in-law has passed away, do you want to let Luo Li accompany the burial? If you don't find out the cause of death, how can you find out the real murderer! The third sister-in-law was poisoned twice, even if she didn't die on the Seven Star Grass, the hooked begonia in her own place has reached the point where she has no power to return to the sky, but in a month or two, the princess will die of poison. ”

Qi Jinghao slapped the table and stood up, pulled out the Qingfeng Sword, and the momentum of raising his hand had become a killing move, Qi Muxiao also drew his sword, and stepped forward to block this style.

Juan'er was so frightened that she cried.

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PS: The opening poem is taken from Shen Yue's "Mourning Poem".