Black Lotus Concubine's Case-solving Notes

The accompanying imperial physician immediately felt Zhao Qing's pulse, and then bowed to Princess Nancheng, "Princess, Miss Zhao just fainted due to shock. I have given her a pill, and I think she will wake up soon."

Princess Nancheng felt relieved and then briefly recounted what had happened. Xie Haoxuan and Feng Jia had similar ideas. They first sent people to look for secret passages in the room, and then checked the windows and the roof, but found nothing.

Everyone was at a deadlock.

Feng Jia was about to open her mouth to give a hint, but suddenly a voice spoke faster than hers: "Is this door really locked from the inside?"

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on the person who was speaking. Feng Jia couldn't help but look over. Xie Shubai stood out in a light yellow Guangdong embroidered skirt and said, "I'm just guessing. What if this isn't a secret room? There are only two possibilities. One is that there is another exit in this room, but my second brother has already sent someone to check, and there is no such possibility. So there is only one possibility left, someone is lying!"

Is someone lying?

Who lied? Everyone thought about it and immediately understood, and they all turned their eyes to the maid Zi Yi beside them.

"The door was not locked at all. It was this girl who did it, or maybe the two of them committed the crime together. The real murderer painted the Buddha statue with oil paint, moved the stone statue to Miss Zhao's room, and then fled the scene. At this time, the little maid pretended to be panicked and knocked on the door, telling everyone in her tone that the door was locked and this was a secret room!"

"In order to prevent people from getting suspicious, they even kicked the door open before us. This way, this fake locked-room case looks flawless!"

Someone was surprised and said, "What Fourth Miss Xie said makes sense!"

Someone else echoed: "As expected of a daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, she can unravel such a complicated case so well! She is worthy of the name of a talented woman!"

The old lady's face was bright and peaceful, the eldest lady also showed a complacent look, and the Princess of Nancheng suddenly understood and looked approving.

Xie Haoxuan fell into deep thought. After a while, his eyes turned to the woman in green clothes beside him: "Ninth sister, what do you think?"

Everyone couldn't help but be curious. It would be fine if Second Master Xie didn't praise his fourth sister, but why did he go and ask Xie Lanzhao for his opinion? It was as if he assumed that Ninth Lady's ideas must be better than Fourth Lady's?

Xie Shubai's face froze slightly.

Others may not know, but Xie Haoxuan knows that in the Wang family massacre in Shicheng, Xie Lanzhao solved the case in less than three hours and caught the real culprit.

So this time he subconsciously felt that his ninth sister must have a better idea!

Feng Jia naturally had other ideas, but that idea was just a guess and there was no evidence to support it, so she shook her head: "I have the same idea as Sister Shubai."

"What do you mean the same? I see that you have no idea at all, but you are being stubborn and hoping to get some benefits by following the fourth girl?" A harsh voice came from the crowd.

The one who spoke was Zhou Muqi, the domineering daughter of the Great Farmer.

Feng Jia's gaze went straight over there. For some reason, when Zhou Muqi met her gaze, he actually felt a little frightened, as if he were a prey being targeted by a hunter.

But her self-esteem did not allow her to lower her head. She opened her eyes wide and stared back.

Here comes another one looking for death.

Feng Jia sighed secretly, but she didn't have time to bother with this little girl right now. She would deal with her when she had more time.

Zi Yi knelt down tremblingly at this time, with great fear in her eyes: "I didn't! I couldn't push the door open when I pushed it, the door was indeed locked from the inside! I dare not lie! It is even more impossible for me to collude with others to harm my young lady! I kicked the door open because I was worried about my young lady, and it was a last resort! Please investigate it, my lord! Please investigate it, sir!"

The little maidservant was in tears as she spoke, and her head was banging on the ground. Someone couldn't bear it and said, "I think this maidservant is very pitiful. She doesn't look like a murderer who would murder her master..."

Someone else said: "Don't judge a person by his appearance. Who knows what kind of evil intentions this girl hides behind her innocent appearance?"

There were different opinions for a while.

Feng Jia said, "Second brother, if Fourth sister's speculation is correct, the bolt of this door should not be broken in the middle."

Xie Haoxuan suddenly realized what was going on and immediately signaled his men to turn over the collapsed door, and everyone gathered together.

However, to everyone's surprise, the door bolt was indeed broken in the middle. Was this maid Zi Yi actually telling a lie?!

"How is it possible..." Xie Shubai's face turned slightly pale.

Feng Jia's eyes flashed slightly, and after a brief moment of surprise, she fell into deep thought.

Xie Haoxuan frowned, and the case returned to the starting point.

Someone in the crowd whispered, "Does this prove that Fourth Miss Xie's speculation was wrong? Is this still a locked room case?"

Xie Shubai's face gradually turned as pale as paper, and her whole body couldn't help but tremble. However, she was not trembling because of shame or anger because her speculation was wrong, but because of fear!

Because this proves that the stone statue really passed through the wall and the Buddha really brought down divine punishment!

This is a fatal blow to someone who never believes in ghosts and gods, and it also destroys the three views of those who believe in ghosts and gods! In their impression, Buddha is compassionate and sympathetic to all living beings, so they pray to the gods and pray to the Buddha, hoping that the Buddha will be effective and can fulfill their wishes. However, the Buddha in Cheng'en Temple is attached to the statue, and it is an evil Buddha that sheds blood and tears and sneaks into the meditation room at night to punish sins!

"I want to go home! I want to go home!" A baby-faced girl in a white dress in the crowd covered her ears and screamed in fear.

Some people were infected by this emotion and broke down crying.

Some even rushed out without caring about anything, packed their bags and went home.

The scene was chaotic for a while.

At this time, the abbot, wearing an eight-treasure Zen robe, came in late and bowed slightly to everyone: "Princess, thank you, sir."

"Abbot, how do you explain such a strange thing that happened within your jurisdiction?" Princess Nancheng had been fuming for the whole morning, and she took it out on the abbot.

The abbot clasped his hands together, his face calm, "When I came here, I also heard from the novice monks that the Buddha statue in the temple walked into Miss Zhao's meditation room."

He lowered his head slightly and said, "I guess it's because Miss Zhao's heart is not sincere that she provoked the Buddha's anger."

"Abbot! Are you serious? But doesn't the Buddhist scripture say that Buddhas are saints who only protect the people?" someone said tremblingly.

The abbot said: "Humans have good and evil, so Buddhas have them too."

“I have never heard of such absurdity!” Princess Nancheng looked at the pale-faced ladies behind her, frowned, and rebuked: “Abbot Jingwu, if you dare to make such alarmist remarks again, I will make you spend the rest of your life in the imperial prison of the capital!”

The abbot smiled but said nothing.

"Princess! Miss Zhao is awake!" Princess Nancheng's maid Bizhu suddenly shouted.

Zhao Qing woke up?