The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

The next day, Xiao Yu lured all the other assassins outside Jiangzhou City as agreed.

Yu Hanjiang prepared an ambush in advance and wiped out these assassins.

During the arrest operation, Xiao Yu was "accidentally" injured by a sharp sword, hit his chest, and died on the spot.

In fact, Xiao Yu was wearing a gold silk armor under his clothes, which could not be pierced by ordinary weapons, and the blood on his chest was made in a blood bag in advance - this younger brother has been able to lurk in Yan Country for four years, and he has indeed cultivated his acting skills like a movie king.After all, he had stayed in the pile of corpses before, and his level of feigning death was top-notch. Not only was blood blooming on his chest, but he was also vomiting blood from his mouth.

Acting so realistically, it made it difficult for him.

Xiao Lou cooperatively stepped forward to do the autopsy, checked his brother's breath, shook his head at Yu Hanjiang and said, "He's dead."

Yu Hanjiang frowned: "All those who are alive will be brought back to the magistrate for interrogation, and those who are dead will also be taken away!"

A group of yamen servants swiftly escorted him back to the magistrate, and also carried Xiao Yu's "corpse" back to the magistrate.

In the dead of night, Xiao Yu really cheated on the corpse.

Xiao Lou secretly took him to the study room and asked him some questions: "On the prince's birthday, the person who went to the backyard of the prince's mansion was Xueyan, right?"

Xiao Yu said: "It's her. She lurks in to find out the environment of the palace, so that she can escape at any time."

In other words, the assassin that Qin Weiwei saw at that time was indeed Xueyan.However, after Xueyan came to the direction of the Buddhist hall, she covered her face with a white gauze, pretending to be Miss Fourth and tricked Qin Rui.

Then, whose guard clothes belonged to Lin Shaobo?

Xiao Yu said that he didn't know about it, and it seems that he has little to do with the Wangfu case.

Yu Hanjiang opened the back door of the magistrate for him, and helped him clear the obstacles in advance, so that he could go to Yan country as soon as possible.

Seeing his younger brother leaving quickly in the night, Xiao Lou couldn't help worrying: "Will it be dangerous for him to meet the Third Prince?"

Yu Hanjiang said: "Don't worry, he has been in Yan Kingdom for four years. His martial arts are strong and he has a way to protect himself. His Highness the Crown Prince is ambitious, cold-blooded and cruel. Once the Crown Prince is enthroned, he will definitely be a tyrant. Our idea of ​​assisting the Third Prince to ascend the throne It should be right."

Xiao Lou nodded and frowned slightly: "The mystery of the Assassin Group has been completely revealed. It was formed by the ambitious Crown Prince of Yan Kingdom. However, there is still no clue about the murder of the eldest lady of the Wangfu."

The two began to re-analyze the case.

Xiao Lou carefully sorted out the timeline of the case——

On the afternoon of the prince's birthday, at around 6 o'clock, one of the assassins, Xueyan, entered the backyard of the palace to investigate. When she flew over the courtyard wall, she was spotted by the passing guard Qin Rui. Qin Rui hurriedly chased after her. The two maids (witnesses), Qin Rui finally chased them to the Buddhist hall, Xueyan covered her face with a white gauze, pretended to be the fourth young lady and left with her head bowed.

At the same time, the Fourth Miss had a private meeting with Lin Shaobo in the backyard, and was bumped into by the Eldest Miss.The third miss also ran into the fourth miss in the rockery.

After the birthday party started, at around 7:30 in the evening, Xueyan assassinated the prince and fled after failing. She checked the terrain of the palace, so it was easier to escape, and the guards of the palace failed to catch up with her.At the same time, Lin Shaobo disappeared under the pretext of "going to the toilet".

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the servant girl rushed to report that she saw the young lady hanged herself in the yard. After Xiao Lou's analysis of the body, the time of death of the young lady was around 6 o'clock.

There are a lot of things happening at 6 o'clock, and the clues are very concentrated.

According to the timeline - Miss Si saw Simei dating Lin Shaobo in the backyard; Miss Si hurriedly escaped with guilt, bumped into Miss San, and went back to Hongmeiyuan under the pretext that she was "unwell".At the same time, Miss San saw Qin Rui chasing someone to the Buddhist hall, where Qin Rui saw an assassin pretending to be Miss Fourth.Afterwards, Lin Shaobo may have gone to the eldest lady for a showdown and an explanation, or he went back to the front yard in a panic; the eldest lady witnessed something she shouldn't know, and was silenced.

The time of Missy's death was around 6:[-] p.m., which is certain.

Lin Shaobo's body was soaked in water all night, Xiao Lou can only infer that his death time was between 19 and 20 o'clock, because Lin Shaobo was still sitting at the same table with Mr. Shao in the front yard watching the performance at 19 o'clock. He was killed after leaving the banquet.

The two died one after another, both in a "single" state when they died, without any witnesses.

Xueyan was avoiding Qin Rui's pursuit, so she was definitely not the one who killed Missy.Fourth Miss fled back to Hongmeiyuan in a hurry, and it was impossible for her to be the murderer.Miss San was just a witness at the time when Simei and Qin Rui appeared, and she had no motive for committing the crime.

Judging from the fragments of clothes in Lin Shaobo's hands, there should be someone else who killed Missy and Lin Shaobo—this person was in the backyard of the palace between 6:8 p.m. and [-]:[-] p.m. and pretended to be a guard , or wearing clothes of the same material as the guards.

Who can lurk in the palace for such a long time without being discovered?

Xiao Lou frowned and thought carefully for a moment, then said: "This person, first of all, is someone the eldest lady knew, because the eldest lady was poisoned and had no struggle before death, this person can make the eldest lady eat it unsuspectingly." Poisonous food, if a strange guard appears in the backyard, the eldest lady will definitely be surprised, and even call, to attract attention."

Yu Hanjiang agreed: "She didn't struggle or shout, so she should be very familiar with this person. Moreover, this person knows the layout of the palace, and even the clothes of the guards. He appeared in the backyard of the palace wearing a guard uniform, but he was not caught by any wives or maids." , which means that he specially chooses some blind spots to act, and he is as familiar with the road in the backyard of the palace as he is in his own home."

Home?

When Yu Hanjiang said this, he paused suddenly, and he looked at Xiao Lou, who also happened to look at him with bright eyes.

The two said a name at the same time: "Qi Fenghua?!"

Actually thought of it together!

Xiao Lou only felt that the eyes suddenly became clear, and he analyzed seriously: "I know the eldest lady, I am familiar with the layout of the backyard of the palace and even the clothes of the guards, and I can pretend to be a guard to sneak in and the dean will not be found for a long time. The only person with so many qualifications is Qi Fenghua, the young master of the palace who has been ignored by us!"

Yu Hanjiang nodded: "If the murderer is him, then Qi Yiyao will definitely not feel defensive when seeing her brother, maybe Qi Yiyao will only ask him in doubt, 'Why did brother come back suddenly, still dressed like this?' I guess, Qi Fenghua would prevaricate by saying 'surprise the father's birthday', and then take his sister to a secluded place, giving her poison as an excuse to reminisce about the old days."

Xiao Lou followed the other party's words and analyzed: "After poisoning the eldest lady, he hid the body first, took advantage of the dinner party and when there was no one in the backyard, he hung his sister on a tree with white silk, pretending to commit suicide At about 07:30 in the evening, Lin Shaobo left the dinner and went to the backyard to explain to the young lady, maybe he just witnessed the scene where Qi Fenghua hung his sister to the tree, and was silenced by Qi Fenghua."

Xiao Lou paused, opened his recent transcript, and said in confusion: "But there is one point of testimony that is wrong. I remember two maids said that when they passed by the pond in the afternoon, they heard the sound of something falling into the water, and then saw Qin The guards were chasing people, it should have been 6:7, and Young Master Lin was still alive, because Young Master Lin attended the prince's dinner party and left at [-]:[-] in the middle of the dinner party. How can I explain the sound of the thing falling into the water?"

Yu Hanjiang said: "The sound that the servant girl heard falling into the pond was not Young Master Lin's body. In broad daylight, there would definitely be a lot of noise when the body fell into the pond... Maybe it was Qi Fenghua's carelessness in his actions." Knock over something like a stone, fall into the pond, and make a noise, the eldest lady rushes away after hearing the noise, and sees her brother who shouldn't be in the palace, causing her death."

Xiao Lou suddenly realized: "This makes sense!"

Qi Fenghua was on the front line and hadn't been back to the palace for three years, but suddenly returned to the palace on the prince's birthday, it must be something wrong.

My sister saw him appearing at the wrong time and place. Once the prince knew about it, the prince would definitely investigate and find out that Qi Fenghua might have participated in the rebellion.

What he did back to the palace is still unclear, but his return to the palace must not be known.

Therefore, Qi Fenghua cruelly killed his sister to silence her.

As for Lin Shaobo, he left suddenly during the dinner, probably because he wanted to explain to the young lady, but happened to witness the scene where Qi Fenghua hanged the young lady to the tree. Immediately flew behind and grabbed Lin Shaobo's neck, Young Master Lin struggled frantically, tore off a rag from his sleeve, and was thrown into the pond by him.

It was already dark at that time, and everyone was attracted by the scene where the eldest lady hanged herself, so they didn't realize that—under the cold moonlight, in the pond not far away, there was a strangled man The corpse slowly floated up.