Warm fragrance cloud around

Holding the fragrant and soft fiancée for a while, she seemed to leave him exhausted, Mr. Cheng looked forward to the beautiful days after marriage.It's a pity that there are still several months, which is cruel.

"It's over, hurry up and drive away." Hearing someone's voice from outside, Lin Junnuan hurriedly pushed away the person on her body. She didn't want to be ruined by her colleagues in the workplace because of rumors that her relationship with her boss had been ruined. rumor(_).

Cheng Jiangyun let go of his hand reluctantly. He was obviously much more energetic, but he deliberately put on a tired posture and often let out a sigh of relief.

Lin Junnuan saw that his eyes were slightly blue, and the corners of his eyes were still bloodshot, and his heart softened again, and his voice softened unconsciously, "Did you stay up late again last night?"

"Well," Cheng Jiangyun immediately corrected his expression when he mentioned the business of investigating the case, "a maid in the palace died last night."

Once you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea, even if you enjoy endless glory and wealth, it is also a dirty place full of conspiracy. In fact, it is not a big deal for one or two people to die in the palace, especially if it is an insignificant maid.

But if this court lady served the little princess personally and died just after the little princess disappeared, it would be a bit intriguing.

So after the body was found last night, the emperor immediately sent someone to notify Dali Temple, and Cheng Jiangyun had no choice but to investigate overnight.

The dead maid was named Mingrui. Her body was found in a remote corner of the imperial garden. She died of a fatal blow to the back of her head. The murder weapon was a stone that fell from a nearby rockery. After the murder, the stone was stained with blood and was discarded beside the body.

Judging from the results of the autopsy and the testimonies of the people who saw Mingrui last, her death time should be around [-] o'clock last night.

Because of the disappearance of the little princess, Mingrui, who was serving her, and the other maids in the palace were beaten up for not serving her well. Mingrui should be resting and recuperating, but somehow she died in the imperial garden.

Yesterday afternoon, two court ladies who had been friends with her visited her. At that time, she didn't seem to have any abnormalities, but she was very worried about the little princess, and she kept frowning and absent-minded.

Mingrui still has face in front of the little princess, and she lives alone, so no one notices when she goes out.

According to the testimonies of other court ladies and eunuchs, Mingrui has a generous personality and is very good at life. The princess she serves is also favored.

The mouth and nose of the corpse had traces of being squeezed, and some unknown residues were embedded between the fingers. The wound on the back of the head was not hit in one hit, but repeated several times. The wound was small and messy, and at the same time, a piece of Messy footprints.

It can be speculated that the murderer committed the crime while covering the mouth and nose of the deceased. The murderer's strength may not be too great. The deceased was still conscious at the time, so he was struggling all the time. The residue in his fingers most likely belonged to the murderer.

And after a night of constant cross-examination, Cheng Jiangyun has grasped some seemingly critical information.

"Mingrui likes to tell the little princess about the prosperity and excitement of the capital, and sometimes she will bring in some strange little things from outside, which make the princess happy and longing. She can't leave the palace at will, and the way to get it is temporarily unknown."

"Her behavior looks very much like... deliberately tempting the princess out of the palace."

"On the day the little princess disappeared, Mingrui originally wanted to accompany her out of the palace, but she accidentally ate badly in the morning, and the little princess thought it was boring to bring other people. In the end, only Zhu Qi, who was good at martial arts, followed."

"In addition, Mingrui and Zhu Qi have never been on good terms. Everyone in the palace said that Zhu Qi is too rigid, thinking that Mingrui can only trick the princess with sweet words, so they always like to find fault with Mingrui, but Zhu Qi's status is higher than them. , other people dare not speak out even if they complain about Mingrui."

Lin Junnuan heard him explain the case in detail, something seemed to flash through his mind, but unfortunately he didn't catch it, "Are there no other clues about the murderer?"

Cheng Jiangyun shook his head regretfully, "The murderer was very careful. It was already dark when he committed the crime, and he was in a secluded corner. No one came across him. Apart from the corpse and the murder weapon, there was no other abnormality at the scene."

"Did Mingrui not be found on the way to the Royal Garden?" Lin Junnuan frowned.

It stands to reason that Mingrui has just been boarded and is still not well, so it should be inconvenient to move around, and there are people coming and going in the harem, but no one finds out that she has gone to the Imperial Garden, there are only two possibilities.

Either she was kidnapped by someone with strong kung fu, but the murderer was not strong enough, and this possibility seems to be ruled out; or she was planning to do something unseen, or to meet someone who could not be seen, so she deliberately Avoiding everyone's sight.

In this way, they can roughly piece together a conjecture that Mingrui has long been in contact with the prisoner who kidnapped the little princess, constantly tempted the princess out of the palace, and created opportunities for the prisoner to commit crimes. In the end, the prisoner's plot succeeded, and Mingrui was killed after losing her use value. .

It's easy to guess, but you have to talk about evidence in handling a case.

"The murderer who killed Mingrui may be a very crucial link, and," Lin Junnuan had a bad feeling, "according to the murderer's decisiveness in dealing with Mingrui, the little princess is likely to be in danger."

Cheng Jiangyun's face was gloomy, which was exactly what the emperor and he were worried about.

Although the status of the royal princess is noble, taking her away will not yield any practical benefits.It will not change the situation in the court, nor will it affect the candidates for the crown prince. Trying to use the princess as bait to negotiate terms with the emperor is a dead end. What is the purpose of the prisoner?

Could it be that it was just to humiliate the royal family and anger the Holy One?It would be too much.Or, in fact, it has nothing to do with identity, but he is targeting the princess herself?But who can a little princess living in the palace offend?

Now they hope that the princess, like other children, was captured by a group of lawless human traffickers. This may be safer, but according to the clues that have been discovered so far, this possibility can almost be ruled out.

"You explained that there was an unknown residue in Rui's finger, did you find out what it was?" Lin Junnuan asked suddenly.

"Not yet," Cheng Jiangyun looked at her with a guilty expression on his face, "Maybe I have to trouble Ah Nuan this time."

Her prodigious nose could play a huge role at this time.

Lin Junnuan nodded briskly, "Let's go and see the corpse."

**

Mingrui's body has been moved to Dali Temple. In fact, even if she didn't take the initiative to come here today, Cheng Jiangyun planned to invite someone.If the murderer had been found earlier, the princess's chances of survival might have been improved.

Because the wound was on the back of the head, the body was placed face down on the wooden board, which did not look very elegant. Lin Junnuan secretly offended her, and turned her over with the help of Cheng Jiangyun.

The wound and other details have been checked by professional experts, Lin Junnuan only needs to pay attention to the nails of the corpse.

Now the corpse was stiff, and he couldn't lift his arms easily, so Lin Junnuan had to bend down to look at it.Fortunately, the corpse hadn't been placed for long, and the smell of the corpse was still very light. Although the smell of blood was a bit stronger, it was still within the tolerable range.

"Has her hand always been like this?"

Lin Junnuan found that only the index finger of the corpse's right hand was stretched upwards, the tip of the index finger was covered with some dirt, and the other four fingers were slightly curved inwards, as if they were pointing at something.

"That's right, that's how it was when the body was found," Cheng Jiangyun nodded, "Her index finger was inserted into the soil forcefully, but we also searched around, and there was nothing special."

Lin Junnuan put this strange gesture aside for the time being, and took out a thin bamboo stick to poke a few handfuls of residue from the dead man's fingers.

The residue is in the form of a paste, yellow and white with a hint of pink, smelling faintly of blood, mixed with the smell of some kind of ointment, it is likely that it was picked from the murderer's skin during the struggle, and the skin was scratched a little, but Judging from the amount of bleeding, the wound was so small that it was impossible to identify the murderer.

She was not familiar with the smell of the ointment, but if she smelled it next time, she would definitely not admit it.

"What direction was the body facing when it was found?" she asked again.

"Lie down facing the ground."

Facing the ground, the index finger of his right hand was poking down into the soil, and a word suddenly flashed before Lin Junnuan's eyes.

Sinking and submerging means sinking.

Could Mingrui want to convey some information about the murderer?But this guess is too subjective, she did not say it.

**

Since there was a smell of ointment, Cheng Jiangyun took Lin Junnuan to the imperial hospital to find out all the ointments commonly used by the court and check them one by one.

The Tai Hospital has gathered famous doctors and prescriptions from all over the world. There are so many types of ointments. It is a very rigid method to check one by one, but it is also a good method if no other clues can be found.

Cheng Jiangyun came here at the emperor's order, and the people in the Tai Hospital did not dare to neglect them, so Lingling collected nearly forty kinds of ointments and piled them up in front of them.Many of the ointments have only a slight difference in smell, Cheng Jiangyun can't smell it anyway, so he can only count on his fiancée.

Lin Junnuan was dizzy from the smell, his nose was about to fail, and he was about to go on strike. Finally, he smelled the familiar smell again and checked it several times before nodding, "That's right, that's the smell."

"What kind of ointment is this?" Cheng Jiangyun asked the imperial physician beside Hou.

The imperial doctor respectfully replied: "This medicine is called Shenying Baiyu Ointment, it can eliminate swelling and poison, reduce decay and strengthen muscle." "Which palace has it been used recently, do you have any records?"

"Yes, my lord, please follow me."

The medicine is three-point poisonous, and the medicine is no more than ordinary things. Every time the medicine is prescribed and taken in the Tai Hospital, there is a corresponding record. However, Shenying Baiyu Ointment is a patented medicine, which can be stored for a long time, and the time to take the medicine is not necessarily recent, Cheng Jiangyun View all records within half a year.

Fortunately, the price of Shenying Baiyu Ointment is relatively high, not everyone can afford it, and there are not many records.But there are not many, half of the palaces in the inner court have access records within half a year, so they have to be checked palace by palace.

Hearing this news, Lin Junnuan only felt his eyes darken.

But after all, human life is at stake, and she can't do anything lazy and playful, so she just gave Cheng Jiangyun a few hard glances, which can be regarded as venting her anger.

Master Cheng accepted her anger with a smile, and even felt a little happy, such a fresh and innocent Ah Nuan is really cute.