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On October 17, it rained in Yanyang early in the morning, and the weather was a little cool after a while in winter.

Luo Li held an umbrella and carried a bamboo painting bucket on his back, shuttling through the crowd on Donglin Street.

I haven't seen Leng Yan this month, and my heart is empty.

It's been four months.

There has never been one in previous years.

Did something happen to him in the Nine Heavens Immortal Domain?

She remembered what Linglong said last night, maybe it was her previous indiscriminate use of spiritual techniques, which caused her Yuan Shen to be damaged, and she couldn't condense her soul out of her body for the time being.

And his own primordial spirit, I don't know when I will be able to recover.

Thinking of Xiao Yan's frowning, her mood sank a little more.

Thinking about it?, before I knew it, the rain had stopped, and I walked to the Rui Wang's Mansion, and raised my eyes to see the white cloth hanging on the house, and the rain was falling dripping.

She was stunned first, walked quickly, and asked the guard at the door, "Who died in the house?"

The guard said with a sad face: "Lord Luo, the princess died this morning......"

When he saw Qi Jinghao again, he was dressed in linen white, holding Qi Hongyuan's little hand and standing in front of the main hall, with his back to her.

In the main hall, the subordinates were busy arranging the mourning hall in and out, and his father and son stood there quietly, out of place with the busy figures around.

Luo Li stopped, looking at the big and small figures, and felt sad.

I think when she saw the princess yesterday, she was so dignified, and she specially sent snacks after class, why did she die today?

At this time, a group of female dependents walked from behind, more than a dozen people, dressed in white, crying miserably and with sharp voices.

Several people walked up to King Rui and knelt down one after another, babbling something in their mouths, which was muffled by crying.

Luo Li looked at the painting bucket in his hand, not knowing what to do.

The picture scroll in his hand is the portrait of the princess depicted by Xiao Maruko, which has just been framed today, and she will send it after she gets it.

King Rui indifferently commanded the group of female dependents, and almost at the same time, the cry was much quieter.

At this time, he noticed Luo Li who was stopping in the distance and shook his head gently.

Luo Li understood, turned to leave, and met Cen Shen who was in a hurry to participate in a few guards.

Cen Shen bowed his head and hurried over.

My heart sank, and this matter was different.

......

......

Late at night, Luo Li infiltrated the Rui Palace.

With two jars of wine in his hand, he sat on the eaves of the princess Tian's courtyard, sitting quietly, and there were whimpering in the room.

The boy doesn't flick when he has tears, but he hasn't reached the sad place.

She really wanted to go in and get drunk with her eldest brother so that he could forget about it for a while.

That's the only thing she can do now.

After getting along for a period of time, she knew that King Rui and the princess were deeply in love, and they were harmonious.

At this time, he must be sad alone.

"Let's go—" The sound of porcelain breaking came from the room.

"Qingqing ......," Qi Jinghao called in a low voice.

She used a stolen note, and the call was heard very clearly.

Her heart screwed together.

Suddenly, there was a sound of metal colliding on the roof in the distance.

She got up and looked, two black shadows flashed, and then she chased after her, standing in the place where the voice had just come from, looking around, but there was no one in sight.

Suddenly, there was a heavy blow to the back of the neck, his eyes were dark, and his body softened.

When you wake up again.

Cold, moldy smell.

At this moment, Luo Li was in the prison of the Royal Capital Patrol Courtyard.

She looked at the clean quilt on her body and the mattress across the meadow under her, and looked dazed.

The skylight blew in a cold wind, and it was already noon outside, and the rain was still falling.

She quickly checked the things on her body, the brocade cloth bag containing the elixir and charms on her waist was gone, she suddenly became nervous, and when she touched the Linglong mirror in her arms, she calmed down a little.

When the patrol guard saw that she was awake, he hurriedly ordered someone to report the news.

After a while, Mu Wei, the deputy director, came over with two guards.

Luo Li got up and went over, "Lord Mu, why am I here?"

"Lord Luo, don't you remember?" she saw Luo Li shake her head and continued: "I'm afraid you're in trouble this time, but don't worry, the prince is personally investigating this matter." ”

"What am I guilty of, and why am I being held here?"

"Last night, the Rui Wangfu was attacked, and you were arrested by the guards of the Rui Wangfu...... And from you...... The seven-star grass poison that killed the princess was discovered. ”

"What?!, why should I kill the princess?"

"We all believe that it was not you who did it, but the situation forced you to break into the Rui Wang's Mansion at night...... Lord Cen can only take you into custody temporarily. But he told me to take care of you, and if you are hungry or not, I will go and get you something to eat. ”

"You said that the princess died of poisoning, and the poison was found on me?" Luo Li paced around the cell twice, and continued: "I did sneak into the palace last night, but I wanted to find King Rui to drink and help him borrow wine to relieve his sorrows. I did see someone fighting last night, and after I followed, I was suddenly attacked and woke up here......"

"Last night, King Rui's personal guard Ye Qiuye was indeed injured, but he is still in a coma. What other evidence do you have?"

"I brought two jars of wine and left them on the roof of the side house in Tian's courtyard. ”

Mu Wei shook his head and said, "These were not found at the scene. ”

"Since I can make people stunned and planted with poison, can a few jars of wine on the roof still stump that person? Can you tell me about my arrest yesterday?"

"I don't know about this, Lord Cen brought it back to you last night. ”

She waved her hand, "That's it, you go and check, anyway, it's not me who harms people, I'm not afraid." ”

Then she went back to the grass nest, tidied up the bedding, and went in to rest.

Mu Wei looked helplessly at the heartless man in the prison and sighed deeply.

For a moment, she also wished that she was in prison so that she would not have to work overtime to solve the case.

Recently, the year-end trial has been very busy, this morning Mu Wang made a face, came to the Wangdu Inspection Institute and made another fire, blaming Cen Shen for not investigating clearly and taking people into prison.

Cen Sen is indeed to blame for this, last night a maid in the princess's courtyard found the delirious Luo Li, and hurriedly called someone, saying that there was an assassin, King Rui was drunk and fell in the house, and the usual personal guards did not know where to go, and a group of people lost their backbone.

There are sharp-eyed people who say that this is the little emperor's grandson's calligraphy and painting gentleman, not an assassin, but this midnight three watches are really suspicious, and they dare not say it again.

Just when everyone didn't know what to do, Luo Li suddenly got up and struggled, as if he wanted to escape, so they tied people up and sent them to the inspection yard.

Cen Sen was on duty, and when he saw that the person who sent her was Luo Li, he didn't plan to take her into prison, but the guards at the head said that she was an assassin, and handed over daggers, charms, medicine bottles and other things.

In this medicine bottle, it happened that Seven Star Grass Powder was found.

Cen Sen has just seen this poisonous powder today, the Seven Star Grass, the herbs that only exist in the coastal land, the smell is heavy, and it smells of stinky fish and rotten shrimp.