The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

The relationship in the palace is really a mess.

Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou stood beside them, feeling a little headache seeing this.

Mrs. Han and Qin Huwei are siblings, and Qin Huwei's "adulterate" is actually the third lady!

In fact, thinking about it carefully, the third lady did go to the backyard at Youshi yesterday. She said that she saw the fourth sister hurriedly walking towards Hongmeiyuan in the backyard, and went to ask the fourth sister.Yu Hanjiang regarded Miss San as a witness, but ignored—what did Miss San go to the backyard for?

When the prince heard his daughter admit that he had a "skin relationship" with Qin Rui, he was so angry that his head ached, and he pointed at Qin Rui and said, "Well, you Qin Rui, how dare you have a private meeting with Miss San behind my king's back! Come on!" , drag him down and fight for a hundred!"

The third lady immediately rushed over and said: "Father, my daughter has been pestering him to teach me martial arts every day since two years ago. My martial arts are all taught by Brother Qin. It is my daughter who likes him first. Father wants to beat him." Just hit me!"

This girl has a strong temperament and is very brave, so she stops Qin Rui from letting anyone touch her.

Hearing this, Qin Rui finally coughed lightly, looked at Miss San and said, "Miss San's friendship with her subordinates is always in my heart, but please don't ruin my innocence because of my subordinates."

Qi Yiru blushed a little, and said: "Father, my daughter really likes Brother Qin!"

Mrs. Han just woke up. When she heard this, she looked at the prince and said, "My lord...Rui'er has no parents since he was a child, and our siblings depend on each other. I brought him up. It's better for him to marry me. This elder sister is in charge. Miss San has deep affection for him, and she is willing to sacrifice her innocence in order to save him, Ruier, you don't even know how to cherish such a woman, can you find another one?"

Qin Rui looked at Miss San with a complicated look, and finally said with reddened ears: "My sister decides everything."

This third daughter is not arrogant and domineering for a day or two, just like a wild horse that is difficult to tame, the person she believes will not change easily, if she disagrees, she will cry, make trouble and hang herself again, and the palace will be too ugly... Thinking of this, the prince had no choice but to nod: "According to Madam, this king promised your marriage."

Miss San's excited look, if there were no outsiders present, she would probably jump up and run around outside.

The prince followed closely and said: "Your elder sister has just passed away, and you are still young now. Your marriage will be discussed in two years, and you will discuss it with your mother when you go back."

Third Miss obediently nodded and said, "Yes, Father."

The girl rushed over vigorously. It turned out that she heard that her sweetheart was sent for questioning, so she rushed to give false testimony, but it was a pity that the upright Qin Rui exposed her face to face.However, Mrs. Han and Qin Rui are actually siblings, and they are willing to help them, which is a surprise.

It seems that Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang acted as matchmakers indirectly?

The third lady looked at Yu Hanjiang and said with a blushing face, "My lord, I lied just now. I was wandering in the yard yesterday afternoon and saw Qin Huwei rushing towards the Buddhist hall, as if he was chasing someone! His lightness kung fu Too powerful, I didn't catch up. Just now, I was worried that you would misunderstand him, so I said nonsense."

This testimony is consistent with Qin Rui's.

Yu Hanjiang thought about it carefully, Qin Rui looked upright and serious, so he probably wasn't lying.From this point of view, yesterday afternoon he did see a person jump over the wall and enter the palace, and chased him to investigate. That person was the key to the case.

Yu Hanjiang looked at Qin Rui, and said in a low voice, "Qin Guard, please tell me about the situation yesterday afternoon in detail."

Qin Rui nodded and said: "Yesterday afternoon, when I was patrolling the palace, I suddenly saw a figure flying into the backyard from a corner. That person was very sneaky and sneaky. I was worried that he was an assassin, so I immediately chased him. It's a pity that the subordinate's skills are not as good as the man's, after chasing him for a while, the man disappeared in the palace, and the last place where he disappeared was near the Buddhist hall."

Yu Hanjiang frowned: "Disappeared out of thin air?"

Qin Rui said: "It doesn't count as disappearing out of thin air. My subordinates chased after the Buddhist hall and saw Miss Fourth passing by. My subordinates asked her if she had seen the assassin before. Miss Fourth shook her head and said that she had never seen a stranger."

Qi Yiru blurted out: "That's not right!"

Qin Rui looked back at her: "What's wrong with Miss San?"

Qi Yiru said: "I first saw you flying towards the direction of the Buddhist hall with Qinggong, but I didn't catch up with you, and you ignored me when I called you, so I turned around and went to the rockery for a stroll, and saw Fourth Sister hurrying over from the rockery... How could she appear in the Buddhist hall at the same time?"

Qin Rui: "But I did see Miss Fourth in the Buddhist hall."

The two looked at each other.

According to the timeline, Third Miss first saw Qin Rui going to the Buddhist hall, and then saw Fourth Miss near the rockery, and Qin Rui saw Fourth Miss in the Buddhist hall at the same time...how could there be two Fourth Misses?

Yu Hanjiang immediately sensed that something was wrong, and he whispered: "The Fourth Miss that Qin Huwei saw was probably a fake."

Miss San and Miss Si's confessions are correct, they did meet near the rockery yesterday afternoon.Therefore, the Fourth Young Lady that Qin Rui met after chasing after going to the Buddhist hall was definitely not her own.

Miss Si usually likes to cover her face with a white gauze, and the guards rarely come to the backyard, so she is not very clear about Miss Si's specific appearance.

In fact, the person Qin Rui saw was the real murderer!

She has light kung fu skills and strong martial arts skills. Qin Rui accidentally saw her when she climbed over the wall to go to the backyard. Qin Rui was very vigilant and immediately chased after her. Tang, and then covered his face with a white gauze, and pretended to be Miss Fourth to get away with it.

In order to confirm this speculation, Yu Hanjiang invited Fourth Miss over, Qin Rui took a closer look, his face turned pale, and said: "It really doesn't look like the person I saw."

Realizing that he was cheated, Qin Rui also regretted it: "No wonder, I searched all over the temple and couldn't find any trace of the assassin. It turned out that she was dressed as Miss Fourth and walked past me swaggeringly!"

Speaking of this, Qin Rui immediately cupped his fists guiltily at the prince and said: "This subordinate is incompetent, let the assassin go, please punish the prince!"

The prince frowned and waved his hands: "Forget it, you haven't met Miss Fourth, so it's normal to admit the wrong person. From this point of view, that masked woman is probably the assassin who assassinated the king at the dinner party yesterday?"

Yu Hanjiang also felt that this possibility was very high.

Miss Si has been in a low mood today. She has already heard about the death of Young Master Lin. After all, she had given her heart to this man. When Young Master Lin died so suddenly, she was very sad, and she couldn't cry in front of her parents. When he made a sound, his eyes were red, and he said in a trembling voice: "Master Yu, please catch the murderer who killed Young Master Lin, and don't let him die in vain!"

Yu Hanjiang nodded: "Miss Si, don't worry, I will do my best."

Mrs. Han was weak, with cold sweat on her forehead. The prince hugged her distressedly and said: "I will take my wife back to rest first, Yiwei, you also come over to accompany your mother. Master Yu, I will ask you to continue investigating this case. "

Yu Hanjiang said politely: "Respectfully send off the prince."

The prince withdrew Mrs. Han and the fourth miss, and the third miss also dragged Qin Rui away.

The body of Young Master Lin was sent to the Lin family by the guards. Due to the status of the palace, the Lin family did not dare to tear their faces face to face. They would definitely put pressure on Yu Hanjiang, the magistrate of Jiangzhou, to solve the case as soon as possible.

Yu Hanjiang was under a lot of pressure.

Several people quickly returned to the magistrate, Shao Qingge and Liu Qiao were waiting for them, and everyone sorted out today's clues together.

Xiao Loudao: "I think Qin Rui's testimony can be trusted. Since he and Miss San are a couple, the possibility of these two being the murderer is very low. With Miss San's fiery temper, even if the affair is discovered, at worst, she will kneel in front of the prince. Let the prince be fulfilled, there is no need to kill people at all."

Yu Hanjiang nodded: "Well, and these two people don't seem to be colluding in advance."

Lao Mo's head was about to explode, and he couldn't help but said: "This palace is really complicated! If Qin Huwei's testimony is true, then the masked woman he saw yesterday afternoon is probably the murderer?!"

Yu Hanjiang shook his head: "No."

Both Lao Mo and Long Sen were puzzled: "Isn't she?"

Yu Hanjiang pointedly said: "If this woman is the assassin who assassinated the prince, then she will not be the murderer who killed the eldest lady and Lin Shaobo. Because the scene where the eldest lady was killed was disguised as suicide, and she was first poisoned and then killed. He was hung on a tree; Master Lin was strangled to death from behind, and then thrown into a pond. Why is it so troublesome for an assassin to kill someone? Can't it be solved with a single sword?"

Thinking of the assassin who stabbed Yu Hanjiang with a sword that night, the two of them suddenly realized: "Yes, if it was an assassin who did the murder, why would she hang the eldest lady on a tree?" "Sealing the throat with a sword is more in line with the style of an assassin!"

Yu Hanjiang added: "This case has to be split up and investigated. At present, the masked woman Qin Rui saw is probably the assassin who assassinated the prince. Through this line, we can find the assassin organization. The young lady and Master Lin were killed , the real culprit is still uncertain.”

Xiao Loudao: "Can the prince's suspicion be ruled out?"

Yu Hanjiang shook his head: "It's still not possible. Missy and Young Master Lin were killed. I still prefer them to know things they shouldn't know, and be silenced by acquaintances in the palace."

Yu Hanjiang looked at Xiao Lou, who nodded and took out the map of the four countries brought from Kyoto.

Xiao Lou unfolded the map on the table, and Yu Hanjiang pointed to the map and said: "Da Qi has been at war with the Yan State in the west all year round, does not interfere with the Chu State in the north, and is friendly with the Zhao State in the east. The prince is engaged, if the prince uses Zhao Guo's power to conspire against him, he will indeed have a high success rate. It should not be that simple for Zhao Guo's envoys to come to Jiangzhou suddenly."

Mo Xuemin agreed and said: "The timing of the appearance of the Zhao Guo envoy group is indeed a bit coincidental."

Long Sen said: "But I'm sure that the envoys from Zhao Kingdom who entered the palace that day were all in the front yard. The prince invited two envoys to have a secret talk in the study. They should not be caught by the young lady in the backyard."

Yu Hanjiang said lightly: "The envoys you saw were all men?"

Long Sen nodded: "Both are men, wearing Zhao Guo's clothes, very recognizable."

Yu Hanjiang said: "The envoy of the State of Zhao may still have a woman. Some things don't have to be discussed with the prince in secret. Don't forget, there is another person in the palace."

Xiao Lou immediately reacted: "Second Miss, Princess Shu'an?"

Mo Xuemin thought about it carefully, and agreed: "This second lady is not an ordinary woman. Facing the murder case, the third lady panicked, the fourth lady looked pale, and only the second lady was calm and composed when answering questions. Conversation and demeanor are all ladylike."

Xiao Loudao: "The key is that she wants to make peace with Zhao Guo. If the prince really wants to use Zhao Guo's power to rebel, she can only help her father. I have a guess, maybe the prince and Zhao Guo reached some agreement... I don't remember. If it's wrong, the princess's marriage partner is the second prince of Zhao country? The second prince is not the prince of Zhao country, right?"

Mo Xuemin said: "That's right, the prince of Zhao is the eldest prince."

Yu Hanjiang touched his chin and said, "If the prince helps the second prince and makes the second prince the king of Zhao, then his daughter will become the queen of Zhao, and Zhao will help him usurp the throne and make him the emperor of Qi—— Mutual benefit, how about such an agreement?"

Everyone gasped when they heard this.

Unexpectedly, a murder case in the palace would involve so many clues, and even involve the alternation of power between two countries. No wonder the name of the 8 secret room of hearts is "Flag Smoke in Troubled Times". Character.

Yu Hanjiang's reasoning seems to be getting closer and closer to the truth, but there is still a mystery that still cannot be solved - are the assassins sent to assassinate him and the assassins who assassinated the prince the same group of people?And who is planning behind the scenes?