There is always a crossing that suits you

"Your Highness, I am innocent, I don't know anything..." The woman wept endlessly, coupled with her beautiful appearance, and her pearl-colored bare skin had a fragile beauty.However, none of the people present were in the mood to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade.The death of the second prince of Xitai cast a shadow on everyone's minds. The guards in charge of guarding the second prince knew that they were not good enough to guard, so they would definitely die. Now they can only beg His Highness to be kind and save their families' lives for the sake of their efforts to find the murderer.

The head of the guard who was in charge of the second prince's safety looked at the woman who kept crying and trying to survive with a gray face. Sarcasm flashed in his eyes. They could only expect their family members to survive, let alone this woman who was alone with His Royal Highness at that time?I really can't figure it out.Thinking of this contempt mingled with hatred, if this woman hadn't hooked up with the Second Highness, His Highness would not have favored her in the palace tonight, maybe the assassination would not be so easy to succeed.

The guards who escorted her obviously thought of this, and they hated this woman so much that they attacked her even harder.

So when Qiao Mu entered the room, he saw the woman he had left behind with her hands tied behind her, kneeling on the ground, her body trembling slightly as if she had been violently interrupted while crying, and there was a twitch in her throat. Hiccup.

Qiao Mu frowned, he didn't care about the behavior of these dying people trying to vent their anger, he just didn't like someone who appointed someone for him before he interrogated him.It seems that even with deep scheming, his second brother's way of controlling people is still very problematic, but if the other party is good at controlling people, he will not fall into such an end.

Although Rocky has not been with Qiao Mu for long, he is Teddy's successor after all, and he is also used to watching his words.Seeing Qiao Mu's displeasure, he strode forward and approached the woman, violently pulled her hair, exposing her tear-stained face, and slapped her hard!

Xu Shi was stunned by the beating, but the slave girl was relieved from her panic.Although the method is rough, I have to say that it is very useful.

"Did you kill the second brother?" Qiao Mu asked even though he knew that the possibility was almost impossible.Sure enough, the woman didn't accomplish anything except to say with horror, 'It's not me, I don't know anything'.

"Whether it's you or not, it's an indisputable fact that Brother Erhuang died while pampering you." Qiao Mu said lightly, "And you better know something, so that you can be more useful to me. People who don't know anything are It's not worth living."

"..." Being treated so coldly by Qiao Mu, the woman seemed to understand something.She gradually calmed down, her brain was running wildly, she didn't want to die, she was only 15 years old, young and beautiful, she had to remember.

"I have been by His Highness's side tonight. When His Highness pampered me, he was very brave. Then I passed out halfway, and when I woke up, I found His Highness was out of breath..." Recalling the scene at that time, the woman trembled, but she Try to calm down, "I didn't find anything special. Your Highness behaved normally. But I just remember smelling a flower fragrance before I passed out."

"There are roses all over the garden." If that's what she meant, it wouldn't be interesting.

"No, it's not a rose." The woman recalled, her face was confused at first, and then she showed a confident expression, "It must not be a rose, I don't know what it is, the fragrance is very weak."

Qiao Mu nodded, "Brother Wang, do you have any weapons? Or other metal products?"

"gold……"

"Except gold." Gold is too soft to cause the kind of bone-severing wound.

"Your Highness has a dagger, but I don't know what material it is made of."

"Sword?" Qiao Mu remembered the sword that Kailu likes to keep beside his bed when he sleeps.In fact, it's not just Kailu, he himself has this habit. Weapons must be kept within reach, even if you are sleeping, you must be able to pick them up immediately.However, he and Kailu are considered generals, so it's not surprising that he did so. It's strange that Royce, a small and transparent prince, also has such agility.

Recalling the big bed with only two people, Qiao Mu looked at Rocky.

"No sword, Your Highness." Rocky found no weapon.

"Is there any more?" After getting the important clue, Qiao Mu became more patient.So even if the woman didn't have any constructive clues next, he didn't kill her immediately.Waving his hand to indicate to Rocky to deal with him, Qiao Mu fell into deep thought.

Royce is not an easy character, since he even carries a sword with Huan Ai, it shows that his vigilance is definitely not low.But judging from the body, he was stabbed through the back with a sword without any defense, so either the assassin was superior in strength, or something paralyzed him and weakened his judgment.Recalling the fragrance of flowers mentioned by the female slave, he could vaguely remember them.But he wouldn't listen to that female slave's one-sided words. He had a hunch that this matter was not easy.Save the woman's life first, maybe it will be used at any time.

After ordering his subordinates to continue the investigation, Qiao Mu began to think about countermeasures.The death of the second prince was beyond his expectation, and he didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse in today's rapidly changing political situation.What is the purpose of the people behind the scenes?Countless life-and-death intuitions told Qiao Mu that the black hand hidden behind was targeting him, but he didn't feel much malice, and he really didn't know whether it was an enemy or a friend.The only plan for now is to quickly find out the cause of Royce's death and find out the murderer.It doesn't matter whether the other party is an enemy or a friend, as long as the person is dead, it doesn't matter.Even if he is a helper, he has already established his foundation now, and he doesn't need any unrelated people to intervene.

Qiao Mu carefully recalled the details of tonight, to see if there was anything he had missed.Royce died quietly, but Qiao Mu didn't believe that there was nothing in this world without flaws.Go through everyone in your mind, think about who will benefit after the death of the second prince, list the suspicious characters, and deliberate one by one.

Royce's death broke his plan and made the situation even more chaotic.Royce is very self-aware, has no extravagant hopes for the throne, and everyone does not take this stallion seriously, basically ruling out a battle for the throne.After his death, the biggest beneficiary should be Qiao Mu himself.But this can be ruled out, Kailu will not kill him, the princess is still safe.Even if such an uncompetitive prince died, it would not have a big impact, but his death was too coincidental!Leaving aside the throne and influence, what remains is the twists and turns brought about by Royce's own identity.If something like this happens tonight, all the guests will be grounded. Even if so many people are under house arrest, they will be dissatisfied even if they know the seriousness of the situation. So the behind-the-scenes is just to make these princes and nobles dissatisfied?No... If you want to stay, the one who wants to stay in Xitai the most and has the ability to do this kind of thing is... him!

A wave of anger of being teased surged up, did this man think he was a steamed stuffed bun?

Before Qiao Mu could figure out a way to settle the accounts, he suddenly noticed something.

"Who?!" Qiao Mu asked sharply.

"You are still so sharp." With a mocking tone, the tall man with wheat-colored skin.The black prince's black eyes looked radiant under the moonlight.

"Why are you here?" Qiao Mu gave an angry look.

"I'll solve your troubles." The black prince was shameless, with an expression that he appeared only because of Zhumu.

"Fart your fart!" He rolled his eyes viciously.

"My people found this." After saying that, he threw a long strip wrapped in cloth.

Qiao Mu took it easily, opened it and saw it was a sword!There was still traces of dark red on the sword, although it was very faint, but with Qiao Mu's eyesight, he could see that it was blood.

Qiao Mu's eyes brightened.

"You take it out so recklessly, aren't you afraid of my suspicion?"

"Since I took it out, I'm not afraid." The black prince smiled brightly, as if he must not be affected by Qiao Mu. "Besides, if I'm not mistaken, your expression has already told me that you have found the murderer."

"It's just a little speculation, it can be overturned at any time."

"So you also admit that I am innocent." The black prince's tone didn't look like that of an innocent poor man, he was still so arrogant that it made Qiao Mu's teeth itch, "If I did something, I would naturally admit it openly."

"Hehe...it's really hard to see."

"That's because you don't know me well enough." The Black Prince's eyes suddenly became serious, and he said obscene words in a serious tone, "For example, if something happens to you, I will definitely be responsible."

Qiao Mu narrowed his eyes. Before today, he had never thought that the big man in front of him would have such thoughts for him.Although the other party looks good, at first he regarded him as an enemy and a friend, and later he needed to test his loyal subordinates.From Qiao Mu's point of view, the two of them will at most call each other "partners", and never thought of going one step closer.

Qiao Mu's gaze was like the sharpest knife cutting on the skin, the Black Prince did not dodge or avoid, and let him watch calmly.Qiao Mu suddenly felt that this person was a bit of a fool_(:з」∠)_

"Let's talk about where you got this sword first." Looking at it like this, Qiao Mu decided to get down to business first.

"The small pond next to the palace." Thinking of this, the black prince smiled strangely, as if he had thought of something extremely ridiculous, "That little mouse is actually escaping to my territory. When my people found him, he was throwing something. into the water."

"It seems that you really live in a good place." The Black Prince's residence was only settled yesterday, and the southeast corner outside the palace, Qiao Mu secretly arranged for him near the Leng Palace, and he only moved in today.Prince Hei only brought himself and a few confidants with him, there was no extra salute, and it was the first day of moving, so he couldn't tell that there were people living inside.The assassin thought he had a deep understanding of the Xitai Palace, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to get there. It's a pity that people are not as good as God, and he missed Qiao Mu's imagination...

"Did anyone catch it?" Qiao Mu asked.

"Caught him, but he's dead." Speaking of the death, Prince Hei didn't feel guilty about making Qiao Mu's work more difficult, "That's a dead man, but with so many people under your command, even a corpse should be fine." asked a lot of things."

"Hmph! My ability is not the reason for your fish lips." Qiao Mu was noncommittal to Prince Hei's words. "I will send someone there, and you have a task too."

"Extremely happy." Without asking what the mission was, the Black Prince readily agreed.