On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

Mrs. Zhao was originally imprisoned in the palace, and was later taken to Shenyuan Temple. She was originally intended to be a witness to testify against Shen Wenqi.

But later Shen Wenqi was directly exposed and admitted his crime, so there was nothing more to testify.

Yan Ruyu's carriage went ahead, and the people behind slowly returned.

Now, it is no coincidence that Mrs. Zhao hanged herself and her family was slaughtered.

Song Ping's face was filled with shame: "Princess, I have failed to do my job well. Please punish me."

Yan Ruyu waved her hand, it was useless to pursue these issues now.

"Are you sure she committed suicide?"

Song Ping said: "It is confirmed that she died by hanging. As for whether she committed suicide voluntarily, I dare not say anything."

It is certain that she was hanged, and she was not killed first and then hung to make it look like she was being killed. However, it is impossible to tell from the body whether she hanged herself voluntarily.

Yan Ruyu thought for a moment and said, "Take the body to the government morgue. I'll check it out later."

"Yes."

Since the person is dead, there is no need to bring him back to the palace to avoid alarming other people. He should be placed together with the body of his family so that he can be buried later when the matter is clarified.

Governor Cao lowered his head. Huo Changhe said, "You don't have to do this, sir. We'll see the situation later and there will be a result."

Governor Cao knew that he was trying to comfort him, so he forced a smile and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"I just happened to have something to discuss with the governor. Since we have met, let's go back to the government office together."

Governor Cao couldn't ask for it.

The carriage changed its route and went to the government office first. Huo Changhe sent someone back to tell the eldest lady that he had returned safely.

The government office has already received the bodies of Mrs. Zhao's family, and the coroner presented the written autopsy records.

A family of three, Mrs. Zhao’s son, daughter-in-law, and little grandson.

Cui Chong said, "According to the neighbors, the child was not supposed to go home today. He was studying in a private school. The school was very strict. They said that in addition to studying, they also had to teach the children other rules. Therefore, he could only go home once every seven days."

"I asked the teacher at the private school, and it was the child's father who went to pick him up. He said there was an emergency at home, and his mother was seriously ill and wanted to see the child, so he asked him to take the child back."

Who could have thought that bringing the child back would lead to a dead end.

Yan Ruyu looked at the autopsy records. The throat was cut with a knife, clean and neat, with no other wounds.

There were no hidden injuries, poisoning, or hidden weapons.

"The three members of the family were all ordinary people with little resistance. Killing them didn't require any special moves," Huo Changhe glanced at the corpses. "But even such a young child was killed. It's obvious that they wanted to wipe out the roots."

Yan Ruyu returned the record: "But this child, and even Mrs. Zhao's son and daughter-in-law, don't know what she did."

What's up with this?

If one person commits evil, his entire family will perish.

Mrs. Zhao's body was also brought in shortly afterwards and placed side by side. The coroner went forward to perform another autopsy and found that she had indeed died by hanging.

Yan Ruyu had no doubts about how she died; the key was why she died.

It's not for no reason.

Switch the eye state and take a closer look at Mrs. Zhao's body.

Just as he was looking closely, Song Ping came over with a hidden weapon in his hand.

"Your Highness, Princess, this was found in the place where Mrs. Zhao was imprisoned. However, this hidden weapon was far away from her body. Mrs. Zhao did not die from it, and there were no hidden weapon wounds on her body."

Song Ping handed over the hidden weapon: "I asked my brothers, no one uses this kind of hidden weapon."

Huo Changhe took the hidden weapon and examined it: "This is definitely not our hidden weapon."

My fingertips touched a tiny bump and I turned it over to take a closer look.

Song Ping said: "I have carefully examined it and it looks like a petal pattern."

Yan Ruyu was surprised: "Petals? Your Majesty, will it be possible..."

Huo Changhe nodded: "It should be."

It’s the Red Lotus Sect again.

Yan Ruyu asked: "Since the hidden weapon appeared, it would not be without reason, even if it did not hurt Mrs. Zhao. Think about it, what else can hidden weapons be used for besides killing people?"

Song Ping frowned and said nothing, looking puzzled.

Huo Changhe and Yan Ruyu looked at each other: "You mean..."

Yan Ruyu nodded and looked at Mrs. Zhao's body again.

This time, we mainly depend on Mrs. Zhao’s stomach.

Although Mrs. Zhao was not abused when she was imprisoned, she was not a good person and it was impossible to take good care of her three meals a day. Moreover, she herself was frightened and guilty and could not eat anything.

Yan Ruyu saw that there was a lump in her stomach.

"Cut open her stomach."

Coroner: “!!”

Yan Ruyu realized later that today's coroners and forensic doctors are different, especially the ancients, who would not perform autopsies unless it was absolutely necessary.

Yan Ruyu said to Song Ping, "Go and ask for Doctor Cao."

He should love doing this.

"Call Sun Chuchu too."

"Yes."

Huo Changhe said to Governor Cao, "Sir Governor, leave this to Ruyu. I have something to discuss with you."

"Okay, okay, Your Majesty, please come this way."

Doctor Cao and Huo Changhe left, and Yan Ruyu waved her hand, asking the coroner and others to leave.

Not long after, Cao's military doctor came in with Sun Chuchu.

When he heard Song Ping say that someone had died and Yan Ruyu asked them to come, he felt that something must have happened.

When asked again, he was told to let the coroner cut open the deceased's stomach. The coroner did not dare to move, and Doctor Cao's eyes lit up.

Yan Ruyu had prepared the dissecting knives and other supplies and was waiting for them. She asked Song Ping to guard the door and only let the two of them in.

Doctor Cao suppressed his voice, but his voice was full of unbearable excitement: "Do you want to dissect it?"

He even learned to use this new word.

Sun Chuchu was envious and couldn't help asking, "Finally, we are not just looking at pictures anymore. Are we going to see a real person?"

Doctor Cao corrected him: "It's dead, what's alive? Do you dare to cut a living person?"

Sun Chuchu’s eyes widened.

Yan Ruyu: "...It's this dead man. Cut open his stomach. There should be something inside. Hurry."

Doctor Cao rolled up his sleeves: "I'll do it!"

……

In the front hall, Governor Cao ordered someone to serve tea.

"I have heard from the princess about what happened in the past few days. Thanks to your help, everything went smoothly."

"No, I don't deserve it. The princess is doing this for Youcheng. I am ashamed. These are my responsibilities."

Huo Changhe didn't bother to be overly polite with him. He just said a few words and got straight to the point.

"Now that Shen Wenqi is dead, the position of Sima is vacant. I think this position is important and cannot remain vacant."

Governor Cao immediately understood: "Your Highness is right. I have also been troubled by this matter, but I don't have a suitable candidate. Does Your Highness have any recommendations?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. With your recommendation, I will make the appointment and write a letter to the Ministry of Personnel. This is just Your Majesty helping me, and it will never bring any trouble to Your Majesty."

Huo Changhe took a sip of tea and said, "It doesn't matter whether it's a problem or not. I'm in an awkward situation right now and it's not convenient for me to interfere in the appointment of officials. However, it's my duty to recommend talents to you, my Lord."

Governor Cao bowed and said, "In that case, thank you very much, Your Majesty."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Governor Cao certainly understood that Huo Changhe was taking the opportunity to place his own people there.

But what does it matter? For him, it's all good.

Even if Huo Changhe has not placed any people there now, his position is stable and his prestige is extremely high. He will not compete with him at all.

In this case, if they help each other, Huo Changhe will become stronger, and he will naturally follow suit.

Why not?