Warm fragrance cloud around

Have a question on site?Cheng Jiangyun's eyes moved slightly, and he stood sideways in front of Lin Junnuan, blocking Madam Fu's gaze: "Say."

Lin Junnuan pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "Based on the blood stains in the house and the crumbling furniture, we can roughly restore the crime scene at that time."

"The maid woke up after being poisoned by the mist, and saw that the murderer was trying to harm the princess, so she quickly tied a hairpin on herself, and then went to stop the murderer after she woke up. After that, the maid kept fighting with the murderer, knocking down the tables and chairs, leaving the whole room full Blood, isn't it?"

Cheng Jiangyun nodded: "It's roughly the same."

"The two fought to the end, the murderer heard someone coming, so he ran away, and the servant girl was stabbed and seriously injured, and died in front of Ba Bu's bed, right?"

"Yes."

"That's weird," Lin Junnuan rubbed his nose, "If I were that maidservant, knowing that my master was in danger, after the murderer escaped, I would definitely rush to my master to see if she was safe and sound, but she But he didn't do that, as if he was sure that the master must be fine."

"How can you be sure that she didn't look at it?"

"The servant girl is bleeding profusely all over her body. If you check it, there will be bloodstains on the bed frame or the sheets, but now, except for the blood on the footsteps, the rest of the Babu bed is very clean, and there is no smell of blood. .”

"It's also possible that she was going to see it, and the princess just woke up and told her that she was fine."

Lin Junnuan stretched out a finger and shook it in front of her eyes a few times: "Cheng Shaoqing is a man, so he probably doesn't know what women are thinking. Girls are very sensitive and fragile. After encountering such a fright, even if they are just nodding acquaintances, they will not be afraid. They will definitely hug each other to comfort and keep warm, not to mention that they are still close masters and servants."

This question was a bit out of line, and Cheng Jiangyun didn't answer.

"Actually, there is another more crucial piece of evidence." Lin Junnuan avoids Nanny Fu's gaze, and pulls Cheng Jiangyun to the window. "There is a small hole under the leftmost window, which should be left by the murderer when he put the incense. down, right?"

Cheng Jiangyun looked at the small hole intently, and his expression suddenly turned cold. Seeing this, Lin Junnuan laughed softly: "It seems that Cheng Shaoqing has also discovered it. That's right, the hole was pierced from the inside out."

"The situation at the scene is illogical, and the hole is pierced from the inside out. What does this mean?"

"There is only one answer." Lin Junnuan narrowed his eyes slightly, "This scene is fake!"

***

The two stayed in Yuxuan Pavilion for less than half an hour, when the eldest princess sent someone to invite them to have dinner, the subtext probably said that it was getting late, you can just look around, don't make things difficult for everyone.

Fortunately, every corner of the room has been checked carefully, Cheng Jiangyun wisely rejected the princess's invitation, and left with Lin Junnuan.

When I came out of Yuxuan Pavilion, the sky suddenly began to drizzle. The spring rain was like smoke and mist, and it was silent when it was stained on the clothes. Amidst the haze and mist, the garden of the princess's mansion was still full of flowers. The mood of the two But they all gradually sank.

At this point in the progress of the case, the outline of the real culprit has begun to emerge. The truth may be more straightforward and unreasonable than they had imagined.

Madam Fu asked the servant girl to bring an oiled paper umbrella, but there was only one umbrella with a small surface, dotted with red plums on the top, obviously a style for women.She also explained that the masters of the eldest princess mansion are all women, and there are very few male guests at ordinary times, and there is no umbrella, and it is impossible for them to use the servants' things, so they have to make do with it.

For the sake of this, what else can they say, so they have to make do with sharing the same umbrella.As "Lord Shaoqing's dogleg", Lin Junnuan of course volunteered to take over the job of holding the umbrella, but Cheng Jiangyun was half a head taller than her, so she had to raise her hand to hold the umbrella high, she was so tired That's enough, but Madam Fu is not far away, so she has to play the perfect role no matter what.

"Princess Jiayi is very likely to be the real murderer, right?" Lin Junnuan leaned against Cheng Jiangyun and whispered.

Cheng Jiangyun nodded silently.

Just now, Lin Junnuan talked to Madam Fu and gave him another 50 taels of "favor fee", and finally made Madam Fu turn a blind eye and let her enter Princess Jiayi's study for a look.

When you enter the door, you will see a carefully framed portrait.The woman in the painting is dressed in red and stands on the top of the cliff with her head held high. If you take a step back, there will be flowers like brocades, and if you step back, there will be an abyss. The whole painting is filled with a sense of tension that makes people palpitate.The person in the painting is Princess Jiayi, and the artist is Mo Shubai.

This portrait is obviously very popular with the owner. It is hung on the screen directly in front of the desk, and it can be seen when sitting at the desk on weekdays.This is nothing, what is surprising and even shocking is that there is a thick stack of copies of this painting on the desk.Lin Junnuan guessed that these copying words should be the handwriting of Princess Jiayi, but none of them seemed to satisfy her, and there were always some parts of the portraits that were blacked out with ink.

Lin Junnuan patiently turned over the copied painting to the end, but she did not expect to find something unexpected.The portraits that Mo Shubai made for the four deceased are all here. Lin Junnuan took a closer look and smelled them. The ink scent of the portraits is the same as Mo Shubai's other paintings, so it is undoubtedly the original painting.However, without exception, the faces of each portrait are blackened, and the smear strokes are scribbled and frantic, as if they were done in anger.

In the past, she only knew that Princess Jiayi had high attainments in calligraphy and painting, but she never expected to be so obsessed with it. As an ordinary person without much talent, Lin Junnuan could only express her understanding of her behavior.

However, regardless of Princess Jiayi's state of mind, all the lost portraits of the four deceased were found in her study before their death. This is undeniable evidence.

But the princess is a relative of the emperor after all, his mother is the eldest princess, and his uncle is the current emperor. The so-called "prince breaks the law and the same crime as the common people" has always existed only in the common people's ideals, and now these few faces are blurred Dali Temple can't do anything about Princess Jiayi, and needs more and more direct clues.

Cheng Jiangyun shook his head slightly at Lin Junnuan, preventing her from inquiring about Princess Jiayi from Nanny Fu, and the two went straight out of the Eldest Princess' mansion.

No one was staring at him anymore, and Cheng Jiangyun no longer indulged Lin Junnuan's desire to perform, took the umbrella to support himself, and suggested calmly, "Are you hungry, let's eat first?"

Lin Junnuan frowned very puzzled: "Shouldn't we strike while the iron is hot and go see Princess Jiayi?"

"It's not that simple." Cheng Jiangyun subconsciously pulled out a strand of hair sticking to her face, and asked in a low voice, "In your opinion, the lives of the four deceased are more important than Princess Jiayi's." ?”

"Five, it should be the five deceased." Lin Junnuan corrected.

"I'm not that naive, of course I know Princess Jiayi can't move easily, but Dali Temple isn't up to you, so it doesn't matter if you ask a few words?"

Cheng Jiangyun pursed his lips and smiled lightly: "Don't forget, there is a Zhengqing above me." Although the current Dali Temple Minister is not in charge, he is really overwhelmed when it comes to quality, "Today we checked too much. It's been a long time, and the eldest princess has already been displeased, and if you continue to entangle, it may affect the subsequent investigation."

"Ok."

Lin Junnuan rubbed her nose dissatisfied, until her right hand was blackened, and remembering that the handkerchief was lost, she rolled her eyes twice, and patted Cheng Jiangyun's shoulder with her right hand pretending to be affectionate, pretending to be Tsukuru casually wiped it a few times: "Master Shaoqing, what are we going to eat? Is your treat?"

"What do you want to eat?"

"It's all right, it's raining cold, and I just want to eat something warm." It seemed that his hands hadn't been cleaned, so he wiped them again.

"I know that the mutton soup in a store tastes good, do you want to go?"

"Yeah, mutton soup is good, I like it." After making sure that his right hand was completely wiped clean, Lin Junnuan withdrew his hand in satisfaction, looked at the ink stains on Cheng Jiangyun's shoulder, and nodded with a smile.Who told you to burn my handkerchief, so I have to borrow your clothes.

The two of them had a hot meal of mutton soup and were about to go back to their respective homes when Cheng Jiangyun's servant Guanqi hurried over from nowhere.

"Master, something happened!"

Cheng Jiangyun glanced at Lin Junnuan and didn't let her evade: "What happened?"

Guanqi took a deep breath; "Saved her life to save the maidservant of Princess Jiayi, her mourning hall was on fire, and her body...was not rescued."

"Is anyone hurt?"

"There was no one in the mourning hall when the fire happened, but luckily no one was injured."

"Has the arsonist been caught?"

"No, no one set the fire. It is said that the joss stick was accidentally overturned and started burning."

At this moment, the four characters of "destroying corpses and eradicating traces" appeared in the minds of both Cheng and Lin.

***

Cheng Jiangyun told Guanqi to watch near the princess mansion, and returned to Dali Temple with Lin Junnuan.

"Could it be that there is key evidence left on the maid?" Lin Junnuan asked, "Did you find anything during the autopsy?"

Cheng Jiangyun took out the maid's autopsy report from the pile of papers on the table: "Look for yourself."

The dead maid was named Xueqing, she was seventeen or eighteen years old, and she had served Princess Jiayi for eight years.Including her own wound, Xue Qing had five stab wounds all over her body, one of which was right at the heart vein, which should be her fatal wound.In addition to the stab wounds, she also had several scrapes and bruises on her skin, presumed to be from the struggle with the killer.But what caught Lin Junnuan's attention was another sentence, "The dead man's right hand has a thick callus on the tiger's mouth, which is suspected to be caused by long-term use of the sword."

"The dead know martial arts? Are you sure?"

Cheng Jiangyun shook his head and said, "Everyone in the Princess's Mansion claims to be ignorant, including Princess Jiayi."

"It is absolutely impossible for Princess Jiayi to commit the crime by herself. This maid is most likely her accomplice. If she knows martial arts, it makes sense."

"But now not only is there no evidence of death, but even the body has been burned." Lin Junnuan sat on the chair and sighed.

"Is there any more direct clue? For example——"

Lin Junnuan suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and turned sideways to meet Cheng Jiangyun's gaze: "For example, the origin of the poison."

"It can make people die without pain, as if falling into a dream. This kind of poison must not be obtained casually."

"That's true," Cheng Jiangyun nodded in agreement, "If it can be proved that Princess Jiayi is directly related to the poison, and with the support of those paintings, Dali Temple will be able to arrest people."