Neverland

But the day is bright and the mourning hall is still guarded by a large number of people, so it is impossible for Yan Cen to go for another autopsy, so he can only wait at night.

"I've been thinking about one thing just now." Xu Muzhou said.

Yan Cen looked sideways at him.

"I think Xin Yi looks like she knows... but in fact she doesn't necessarily know all about it." Xu Muzhou said: "It's just that she thinks she knows."

After Xu Muzhou finished speaking, he also felt a little confused, he frowned, and was going to sort out his language so that he could speak more clearly to Yan Cen.

"Yeah." Yan Cen said, "Go ahead."

"Xin Yi is Song Xueyao's court lady. On the basis of assuming that she did not rebel, and put aside all the previous speculations without clues, and only look at the actual situation, the clues we have now can lead to two hypotheses-the first one, Song Xueyao knew about the poisoning, but she didn't know why she chose to go with the flow; the second one, Song Xueyao didn't know about it at first, and she was powerless when she found out...In short, she died." Xu Muzhou said: "But this The two possibilities point to the same ending. Whether Xin Yi wants to kill her master or take revenge, she will definitely deal with the poisoner. But I just discovered that the reality is different from my guess. "

"So, why didn't Xin Yi deal with the poisoner." Yan Cen continued.

"Yes." Xu Muzhou said: "Even if you take ten thousand steps back, Xin Yi is wearing the skin of an anti-thief, so she should deal with this person. No matter who it is, this person seems to have no reason to survive." .”

"The little girl said that when the news of Song Xueyao's death spread to Miyagi, Concubine Lu immediately sent someone to kill her, but she was lucky enough to catch up with Wei Wenxuan and come to play a scene of love between husband and wife. , was not succeeded." Yan Cen said: "Later, she has been hiding in the small cellar where the winter snow water is stored, and did not dare to come out for several days. Today, she was really hungry, so she wanted to come out to find something to eat. Don’t want to be caught by us.”

"This can only hide from people outside. If people in the palace attack her, they can be dug out by digging three feet." Xu Muzhou said, "That's why I said, I suspect there is a misunderstanding."

"Then ask her again." Yan Cen made a final decision.

While talking, they had already walked back near Song Xueyao's bedroom, Yan Cen and Xu Muzhou didn't stop walking, they picked a small path to the main hall.

People were coming and going in the main hall, and they wanted to secretly investigate this matter, so it was inconvenient to show up in a big way, so they chose a hidden corner, hid behind a willow tree and stared at the side door of the main hall.

If there are concubines who come and go normally, they should go through the main entrance which is closer to the main gate. Only some people who will come to the Changqiu Palace will go through the side entrance.

The two of them have been watching here for half a morning, and they have also figured out the flow of people inside - the servants of Changqiu Palace will change their shifts every two hours, and there will be occasional people coming and going during these two hours In the palace, they are all rushing to get some joss stick paper products and the like.

Xin Yi did come out twice, but he always brought the little prince with him, once to eat rice cakes in the small kitchen, and once to change clothes.Xu Muzhou saw that she was always accompanied by a child, and was afraid of causing trouble, so he held back and didn't do anything.

It wasn't until the shift change time in the afternoon that Xu Muzhou finally found a chance to block Xin Yi from the palace lady's ear.

Yan Cen followed Song Xueyao's life trajectory to other places in the Changqiu Palace to search for the situation, perhaps because he was not there, or because Xin Yi had already made sufficient psychological preparations.All in all, when Xin Yi faced Xu Muzhou alone, he was not as nervous as before.

"My lord." Xin Yi lowered his eyebrows, bowed his knees and saluted, "I've said everything I could say before, do you have anything else to ask?"

Xu Muzhou didn't answer. He looked at the room behind Xin Yi and asked, "Aren't you going to invite me in?"

"The defense between men and women is serious, so let's talk about it here." Xin Yi said.

"Okay, let's talk about it here." Xu Muzhou didn't care, smiled, and said bluntly: "The girl said earlier, don't disturb the peace of the empress... I don't know, it's not okay to die wronged." Is it peace?"

Xin Yi was taken aback for a moment, and then said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"You think I'm talking nonsense, Your Majesty doesn't think so." Xu Muzhou was merciless when he used the cheap emperor, chuckled lightly, and said, "Young lady doesn't have to believe it, but the murderer has been found out earlier, Now they are being bundled and thrown in the woodshed behind the small kitchen...Young lady can go and check on her own to see if what I said is nonsense."

The expression on Xin Yi's face was startled and angry, and he was speechless for a while.

"Oh, so the girl doesn't know." Xu Muzhou suddenly realized: "Then I don't know why the girl swears so much, saying that the empress is 'peaceful'."

Xin Yi's complexion changed again and again. It was the Grand Palace Maid who knew the seriousness of the matter and wanted to cover it up for her master.She looked around, gritted her teeth and invited Xu Muzhou into the room.

The Grand Lady's room is similar in size to Yan Cen's room, a single room with complete furniture.Xu Muzhou sat down at the table unceremoniously, turned over a clean empty cup and poured himself a cup of tea.

Xin Yi clutched his cuffs and said in a low voice: "My lord said——what does the murderer mean?"

"Literally." Xu Muzhou put down his teacup, and said bluntly, "The empress died of poisoning, we found the poison in her nails, and also found the murderer who poisoned her... Well, it's a little girl, not very old , I heard it’s in charge of this.”

"Impossible!" Xin Yi denied it aloud: "When the empress passed away, the imperial physicians had checked her, and there was no trace of poisoning."

"Hedinghong is not the only one called poison." Xu Muzhou glanced at her quietly: "I have answered enough of your doubts, why don't you answer my doubts—you seem to be very afraid of our careful investigation Song Xueyao."

"Why are you afraid or not? I didn't know the reasons for this!" Xin Yi suddenly became confident, her eyes were bloodshot, and she said angrily: "The empress has a body of ten thousand gold. Someone dares to murder the empress in this palace city. Why don't you, sir?" Report to the emperor to know!"

Xu Muzhou didn't expect her to be so excited, so he couldn't help but froze.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Xin Yi sneered: "Who am I? It's just those few people on the left. Your Majesty usually has a good temper, but some people want to see your Majesty as a thorn in their side. Go to the imperial court and ask for an explanation!"

Xu Muzhou frowned fiercely, unfastened the knife at his waist, put his thumb on the scabbard hard, and the blade slipped out of the scabbard instantly, and was placed in front of Xin Yi.

Xin Yi paused slightly, then gave him a contemptuous look, and was about to hit the blade regardless.

Xu Muzhou had never seen such a posture before, so he had to get up and hold her shoulder.Xin Yi struggled hard, but did not break free from his grip.

"I suggest girl to think about it again—maybe there is one thing you are not clear about." Xu Muzhou said: "Just now in the bedroom, not long after you left, another person came."

Xin Yi struggled slowly.

"I saw with my own eyes at that time that the other party was wearing a costume of a foreign race. He entered the empress's dormitory as if there was no one in it. He rummaged through the dormitory—but unfortunately he returned empty-handed." Xu Muzhou smiled: "Girl can go Mian Sheng, if this matter is understood, I will be at ease. But I would like to advise the girl, the empress's death is a major event, if Pingjianying investigates it with great fanfare, everything will be revealed."

Xin Yi stopped earning immediately, she quickly glanced at Xu Muzhou, and said in a blunt tone: "I don't understand what your lord is talking about."

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand." Xu Muzhou put away the knife and said, "If the Holy Majesty asks, I will tell the whole story—including the little girl next to Concubine Shu who doesn't understand Chinese. The sleeping hall is well known, maybe it is also one of the accomplices."

Xin Yi's attitude is different from what he expected, so it is doubtful whether Song Xueyao really knew that she was murdered.Most of the existing speculative evidence disappeared at once, so Xu Muzhou could only look for clues from the actual clues again.

Xu Muzhou was betting on whether there were any abnormal contacts between Concubine Shu and Song Xueyao.Xu Muzhou always felt that the little girl was not only familiar with Song Xueyao, but also respected her very much.This kind of concept does not necessarily come from Song Xueyao's identity, it may be from Ai Wu Ji Wu, from her master.

If this is the case, the servants of the two families should be very familiar with it.

Sure enough, Xin Yi retorted: "—You're talking nonsense!"

"Whether I'm talking nonsense or not is one thing, but what your Majesty thinks is another." Xu Muzhou spread his hands, "Young lady is the queen's dowry, I don't want to really bring you back to Pingjianying. Since If the girl doesn't want to say it, then please go face the saint yourself."

Xin Yi gritted his teeth, and after hesitating for a moment, he fell to his knees with a plop: "... There were rumors in the palace earlier that the empress died in grief because of the death of Concubine Shu."

——So what can't be said about this?Xu Muzhou didn't quite understand.

"The concubine Shu has gone, and the empress is sad. The two empresses have always been friends and are together every day. Suddenly one of them is gone, and sadness is inevitable." Xin Yi was even more angry as he spoke: "But the conscience of heaven and earth, every day Yue Kejian, the empress only feels sorry for Concubine Shu who wants to marry far away at a young age, so she treats her as a younger sister, so she has no other thoughts. Those servants have their own dirty hearts, so there is no need to arrange two empresses."

Xu Muzhou: "..."

Girl, don't talk too much.Xu Muzhou thought silently, there is a contingency in everything.

Xin Yi didn't say anything, but Xu Muzhou didn't think about that at all. At most, he just thought that there was no intuitive conflict of interest between the two of them, and they hugged each other to keep warm.

It's okay if Xin Yi doesn't deny it. After such a denial, Xu Muzhou subconsciously began to think about it, and the pop-up windows in his mind kept popping up. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was not possible.

"It's a serious crime for a concubine to kill herself!" Xin Yi said more and more hate: "If your majesty really listened to the instigation of the villain, so what should you do?

But even though the little gossip radar in Xu Muzhou's mind was ding-ding-ding-ding-ding, but he had sorted out the general ins and outs - when Xin Yi didn't know the cause of Song Xueyao's death, he probably also beat it in his heart, so he subconsciously didn't want to Let him and Yan Cen investigate this matter, for fear of finding out that Song Xueyao committed suicide.But now knowing that Song Xueyao was murdered, she naturally gained confidence.

——It's troublesome, Xu Muzhou sighed in his heart.

Xu Muzhou connected the clues on the string in his mind, and only waited for the results of the second autopsy at night to connect this chain of evidence.

He glanced at Xin Yi, who was kneeling on the ground, and turned his words around three times in his heart. Finally, he couldn't hold back his raging fire of gossip, and asked hesitantly, "...so, actually, has the empress..."

"..." Xin Yi said in grief and indignation: "Nothing!"