The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

After reading the letter, Xiao Lou felt complicated.

His first impression was indeed correct, this eldest lady is really indifferent and doesn't care about worldly affairs, she has already seen through the world of mortals and decided to become a monk, so she is indifferent to the matter of the young master of the Lin family hanging around the brothel, and is also indifferent to the father's birthday party.

This afternoon, she was still beating the wooden fish and reading scriptures in the Buddhist hall. In her opinion, a lifetime of green lanterns and ancient Buddhas is her best destination.It's a pity that she failed to fulfill her wish - she intended to help others, but others may not necessarily have this kindness.

After reading the letter, Yu Hanjiang frowned: "Princess Jiu, what is your relationship with Miss Yiyao?"

Princess Jiu said: "In terms of seniority, I am her imperial aunt, but I am only four years older than her. She has been in poor health since she was a child, and she fell ill again after being taken home at the age of ten. Brother Huang I sent her to Kyoto for treatment for a period of time, and she lived in my princess mansion that year, so I am familiar with it, but it is the first time for her to write to me."

The princess paused, and then said: "I came to Jiangzhou in a hurry this time because of this incident." Having said that, she couldn't help but look away guiltily.

Yu Hanjiang had interrogated countless prisoners, so it was natural to see that her expression was abnormal.This princess not only has poor acting skills, but also disguises herself as a man. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that she is a woman, and she can't compare with Qu Wanyue's men's clothes.

Yu Hanjiang then asked: "After the princess came to the palace, have you ever met the eldest lady?"

Princess Jiu shook her head: "No, I went directly to the side hall and waited for the dinner to start. I didn't expect that Yi Yao would be murdered." She frowned and said angrily: "Miss Si must have done it! She and Young Master Lin did it together!" If the affair is revealed, maybe she wants to kill A Yao to silence her!"

Seeing that the princess was agitated, Yu Hanjiang immediately interrupted her: "There is no direct evidence that the fourth lady is the murderer, the princess please go back first, this case, I will definitely investigate it."

Ninth Princess earnestly warned: "You must catch the murderer, and you must not let Ayao die in vain!"

Yu Hanjiang said: "Don't worry."

Princess Jiu turned to leave, but Yu Hanjiang suddenly said: "The maid next to the princess, please stay, I have something to ask her."

Princess Nine wondered: "Ask her what to do?! Didn't I give you all the letters? Can I still lie?"

Yu Hanjiang said indifferently: "Interrogating the maid and guards is a necessary step in investigating the case. Please cooperate with the princess."

Ninth Princess nodded, leaned close to Qu Wanyue's ear, and lowered her voice: "Don't say what you shouldn't say."

Qu Wanyue smiled: "Princess, don't worry." I will definitely say it.

The nine princesses left with confidence.

Long Sen closed the door, looked at his wife in men's clothes with a complicated expression, and whispered, "You look handsome in men's clothes, don't you?"

Qu Wanyue looked at him with a smile, and said jokingly, "Then I'll dress up as a man from now on, how about wearing a suit at the wedding?"

Long Sen touched his nose embarrassingly: "It's better not to..."

Qu Wanyue walked up to Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou, and said seriously, "Captain Yu, the ninth princess is lying."

Yu Hanjiang nodded: "I can tell, she came to Jiangzhou this time not just because of the eldest lady, right?"

Qu Wanyue said: "The reason why she fled the capital in a hurry is actually because the emperor wants to marry her."

Xiao Lou said with interest, "Oh? What's the specific situation?"

Qu Wanyue explained in detail: "Princess Nine is the youngest daughter of the late emperor. The late emperor loved her very much and developed her arrogant and domineering character. The late emperor once proposed marriage to her. Master Yu should be clear. After the death of the first emperor and the ascension of the new emperor, His Majesty is very troubled by this little aunt and wants her to marry early. This time he found a general for her. The ninth princess heard the news in advance. Before His Majesty could speak, he dragged me away."

Yu Hanjiang said clearly: "It seems that she escaped from marriage and fled to Jiangzhou?"

Qu Wanyue nodded: "By the way, take care of Missy's affairs."

Xiao Lou pondered for a moment and asked, "Teacher Qu, did you get any clues in the Princess Mansion?"

Qu Wanyue said: "Princess chats with me about gossip in the palace every day. It is said that the most beloved queen of the previous emperor was poisoned to death by Concubine Shu. Later, Concubine Ming killed Concubine Shu. The women in the harem Fighting and fighting, when the first emperor passed away, he issued a Taoist decree to let them be buried together. After all the fighting, it was all in vain. The princess said that she didn't want to be born in the royal family in her next life, and she would rather be a free and easy folk woman, who can live alone. Choose a husband-in-law."

Listening to Qu Wanyue's description, Xiao Lou slightly changed his view of the Ninth Princess.She doesn't really have any feelings for Yu Hanjiang at all, it's just that the first emperor proposed marriage, and Yu Hanjiang declined politely, so she couldn't bear it.

The letter brought by Qu Wanyue and Princess Nine pointed the finger at Fourth Miss and Lin Shaobo.

After careful analysis, Yu Hanjiang called the servants of the palace over for questioning.

The maids, servants, and cooks, none of them were missed.

Yu Hanjiang asked in detail, and Xiao Lou's notes were also very detailed.

Mrs. Yu and his wife cooperated tacitly and handled the case together, which opened the eyes of the servants of the palace. After going out, they talked one after another: "I have never seen a woman follow her husband to handle a case!" "This Mrs. Yu is not simple. Can autopsy!" "She is not afraid of corpses at all, she is such a strange woman, no wonder Master Yu dotes on her so much."

Hearing the gossip of the servants, Long Sen really couldn't laugh or cry.

Our Professor Xiao's major is forensic medicine, so what is a corpse?He is not afraid of setting up a morgue.

Inside the house, Xiao Lou took the compiled transcripts to Yu Hanjiang for analysis.

The following people mentioned two points:

First, Mrs. Qing, Mrs. Han, and Mrs. Yun are at odds with each other. Due to the vacancy of the position of Concubine, the three usually fight a lot.

Mrs. Yun has the oldest seniority in the palace, and she also gave birth to the young master Qi Fenghua and the eldest lady Qi Yiyao, so she is the most likely candidate to become the princess.Mrs. Qing and Mrs. Han have always been unconvinced. Mrs. Qing speaks quickly and has conflicts with Mrs. Yun many times in the backyard;

Second, the eldest lady is reticent and reticent. She usually stays in the Buddhist hall and has never had any conflicts with anyone in the palace.

From this point of view, Mrs. Qing and Mrs. Han both have alibi. Although they have deep grievances with Mrs. Yun, they have no conflict with the eldest lady. If it is for the position of princess, they will kill Mrs. Yun, not the eldest lady. , the suspicion of the two ladies should be ruled out.

Second Miss, Third Miss and Fourth Miss have not been interrogated yet.

Yu Hanjiang first invited the second lady over.

Qi Yi'an, the daughter of the royal family, the princess of Shu'an who was conferred by the emperor himself.

Among the four girls, she was the only one worthy of the word "everyone's lady". The first time Xiao Lou saw her, he felt that this girl had bright eyes and bright teeth, dignified appearance, elegant demeanor, and full of aura.Marrying a princess like her to Zhao Guo can indeed hold up the scene.

Qi Yi'an was very polite to Yu Hanjiang. She said: "My marriage with the second prince of Zhao Guo is scheduled for the end of the year. Today is my father's birthday. To show his sincerity, the prince of Zhao Guo sent an envoy to congratulate his father on his birthday. An official from the Ministry of Rituals explained to me some customs that need to be paid attention to on the day of the wedding banquet, and I followed them to study in the post house where they were received, and returned to the palace at Xushi."

She paused, and said: "After returning to the house, I wrote a letter with a pen. Before I finished writing the letter, I heard someone screaming outside. The third sister came to tell me that something happened to the elder sister and let me go over."

Yu Hanjiang looked at Long Sen: "Is there an envoy from the State of Zhao visiting today?"

Long Sen nodded: "Yes, I came here in the afternoon to give the prince a congratulatory gift, but it's not convenient for them to attend the dinner party. The second lady did follow them to the post house that specially receives Zhao guests."

The second lady is a princess conferred by the emperor himself. The customs of Zhao State and Qi State are different. If she wants to marry Zhao State, there are many details that need to be paid attention to. She said that she will return to the palace at around 20 o'clock in Xushi. If she is a murderer, the time is right too late.Moreover, she has no grievances with the eldest lady, and she, who is about to marry Zhao Guo's second prince as the concubine, has no motive for committing the crime.

Yu Hanjiang said: "Princess, do you have a lot of contact with the eldest lady?"

Qi Yi'an smiled slightly, and said: "My sister often stays in the Buddhist hall to copy scriptures, and I don't like to go out. I usually like to practice piano in Xiushuixuan, and I don't see her a few times a month."

Yu Hanjiang then asked: "Do you know the relationship between the young lady and the other sisters?"

Qi Yi'an shook his head: "I don't know. I don't have much contact with the third and fourth sisters. The third sister likes to practice martial arts. She carries a sword every day and likes to run out of the palace to play. She is not close to me. The fourth sister always uses She covered her face with a white gauze, and every time she saw me, she would only call out to me as the Princess, and she was very polite and alienated to me." She paused, and then said calmly, "I don't know about the relationship between the three of them, and I'm not interested in knowing."

She is about to be sent to the Zhao country to get married. In the future, she may not have the chance to return to her hometown. In addition, several sisters were not born to the same mother. These sisters are dispensable to her.

As the first daughter, she only needs to take care of herself.It is the smartest way not to get involved in the fights between the wives of the palace.

Second Miss couldn't ask anything here, but Third Miss gave Yu Hanjiang a clue——

Qi Yiru said: "When I went to the bathroom in the evening, I saw my fourth sister hurriedly passing by the rockery, turned around and walked towards Hongmeiyuan, I ran over to ask her what's wrong, but she kept avoiding her eyes, saying that she was not feeling well and wanted to Go back and take your medicine."

Yu Hanjiang said: "Is your relationship with Fourth Miss very good?"

Qi Yiru nodded: "Yes, these sisters in the palace, the eldest sister hides in the Buddhist hall and knocks wooden fish every day, and the second sister sits in the attic of Xiushuixuan and plays the piano every day. I have nothing to talk to them. I usually like to practice martial arts, and accidentally fell , bruise, it would be too troublesome to go to the hospital to see it, the fourth sister is good at medicine, so I will see her, she will help me bandage the wound."

She paused, then added: "The murderer can't be Fourth Sister! She is usually weak, how could she have the guts to kill someone?! I think she might have seen the murderer, so she ran away from the rockery in a hurry! "

Yu Hanjiang called the key suspect Qi Yiwei over.

She still covered her face with white gauze, lowered her eyes timidly, not daring to look at them.

Yu Hanjiang asked directly: "Miss Si, did your elder sister already know about your affair with Young Master Lin?"

Qi Yiwei: "..."

Xiao Lou looked at Dui Yu helplessly from the side.

This straight ball habit still hasn't changed, and the fourth girl probably didn't expect the other party to ask such a question, and her whole body trembled in fright.

A layer of cold sweat immediately appeared on her uncovered forehead, she clenched her fingers tightly on her side, and said, "I, I don't know what Master Yu is talking about, please don't slander a woman's innocence."

Yu Hanjiang simply handed her the letter from Princess Nine: "Miss Si, please read this."

Qi Yiwei widened her eyes, and when she saw the part of "I want to fulfill them and become a nun", her eyes immediately turned red.

Covering her face, she cried intermittently, "Sister... She wanted to fulfill us... I'm sorry for her... Woooooo... I'm sorry for Sister..."

Seeing that she couldn't stop crying, Xiao Lou Wen said: "Miss Si, why do you use white gauze to cover your face?"

Qi Yiwei was silent for a long time before gently taking off her veil.

This face of hers, the face on the right looks beautiful and refined, with fair and smooth skin, she can definitely be called a big beauty.However, there was a long birthmark the size of a thumb on her left cheek, which ruined her appearance.

It's like a piece of crystal clear jade with obvious cracks, which makes people feel sorry.

Qi Yiwei put on the veil tremblingly, and said: "My face is born like this. I don't want to be criticized, so I cover my face with a white veil. In fact, I don't have an affair with Mr. Lin. As early as he Before we made a marriage contract with my sister, we knew each other..."

Xiao Lou wrote down this key point in his notes, and then said, "You and Mr. Lin have already promised each other for life?"

Qi Yiwei nodded: "A year ago, Mr. Lin accidentally broke his leg on the mountain outside Jiangzhou City. I happened to save him when I passed by. He saw me, didn't mind my ugly appearance, and said he wanted to marry me... ...He treated me sincerely, and I fell in love with him at first sight. We...often used excuses to go outside the city and meet privately."

"A few months later, the Lin family brought the dowry to come as a matchmaker. I was overjoyed at the time and thought he was here to propose marriage to me. In the end, the marriage between him and the elder sister was finally settled!"

Speaking of this, Qi Yiwei's nails pierced deeply into the palm of her hand, and the shock and grievance at that time were beyond words.

Yu Hanjiang said coldly: "After making the marriage contract, you dare not resist the orders of your parents, so you keep meeting privately? Today you met secretly in the backyard, did you happen to be bumped into by the eldest lady?"

Qi Yiwei's body trembled slightly, but she didn't reply, obviously being hit by Yu Hanjiang.

Yu Hanjiang's sharp eyes swept straight to the piece of jade around her waist: "Jade pendant, is it from Mr. Lin?"

Qi Yiwei didn't expect that even this matter would be hit, she was stunned, and her face instantly became extremely pale.

Yu Hanjiang said lightly: "Tell me, how did you and Young Master Lin conspire to kill Missy?"

Qi Yiwei widened her eyes and shook her head hastily: "It wasn't me... I didn't kill Eldest Sister! After being seen by Eldest Sister, I ran away in a hurry. I really don't know what happened to her!"

Yu Hanjiang asked sharply: "You ran away in a hurry, what about Young Master Lin?"

"Master Lin?" Qi Yiwei was stunned suddenly. Obviously, she fled back to Hongmeiyuan in a hurry and bumped into Miss San on the way. She used the excuse that she was not healthy and wanted to go back to take medicine. She didn't know where Master Lin had gone.

Yu Hanjiang asked Long Sen: "Did you find Master Lin?"

Long Sen shook his head: "I asked all the guards, and there was no trace of Young Master Lin in the courtyard of the Wangfu, and he was not found among the guests who went out from the front door of the Wangfu, but there were some broken tiles on the wall at the back door. He slipped through the wall through the back door."

Yu Hanjiang said coldly: "Arrest Lin Shaobo immediately!"