Chapter 221 – Princess Qing Li’s Death (Second Shift) (1 / 2)

King Qing sits with the main seat, Mu Zi Yan and Mu Ling Rui sit with the lower head, after the subordinate serves tea, since the left and right are dismissed.

Jun Qian Mei was seated with her hands holding a tea cup, her eyes were downcast as she lightly sniffed the aroma of the tea, sipped lightly and reassured the tea cup before she raised her eyes to look at her, “The county princess has come to visit late at night, I think she must have already had a clue.”

“Exactly.” Mu Zi Yan responded with a light smile.

Mu Ling Rui only felt that the atmosphere was a bit weird, there were only three people in the hall, King Qing was composed and calm, his sister was calm and collected, and he could only be frank.

After a moment of silence, Jun Qian Mei spoke first, “Does the county princess have any orders for me to do?”

Mu Zi Yan shook her head and said, “Just sit in meditation.”

“Good.” Jun Qian Mei answered in a warm voice, taking a little more interest in Mu Zi Yan.

People are often driven by curiosity to explore and think deeply, and naturally they are attracted to people or things they are interested in. Nowadays, Jun Qian Might’s heart was full of curiosity when he was facing Mu Zi Yan.

Amazing country, there has never been such a woman, intelligent and wise, dignified and generous, appearance is not considered to be the country, but is also a great color, she can attract people is that between the hands and feet exudes the calm and relaxed, not surprised by the change, it seems that all the things are like a finger in the eye, but also cloudy and light air of the drift.

Jun Qian Mei has seen a lot of women, there are gentle and friendly, there are alluring and charming, there are also smart and clever, but I’ve never seen a woman like Mu Zi Yan, who is unforgettable.

At the same time that Jun Qian Mei was sizing her up, Mu Zi Yan was also scrutinizing Jun Qian Mei, last time in the Crown Prince’s mansion, the two of them were only a few words, but she was able to feel that this person’s city of calculations, is not inferior to today’s emperor.

Just whether he was the emperor’s man or not remains to be proven today.

Mu Ling Rui felt that the aura between the two of them was very powerful, so that he gradually a little unable to resist, only to feel that if the silence continues, it is inevitable that something will happen, he lowered his eyes and lightly coughed a few times to break the silence in front of him.

Mu Zi Yan lowered her eyes and smiled lightly, not moving.

Jun Qian Mei’s eyes flashed with an imperceptible flash of ghostly light as he raised his hands and gently stroked them, also remaining silent.

Mu Ling Rui turned his eyes to look at Mu Zi Yan, secretly saying that this determination of hers was really beyond her age.

So each other in silence after an hour, the tea early cold, without the order of Jun Qian Mei, do not dare someone to enter the tea, which is inevitably some impolite, but Jun Qian Mei knows she will not care too much.

Mu Zi Yan since does not care, she came and not to eat tea, but suddenly remembered a thing, raised his eyes and said faintly, “Your Highness, I have an unkind request.”

“There’s no harm in speaking, county princess.” Jun Qian Mei said with a smile.

Mu Zi Yan didn’t hesitate, but said bluntly, “I don’t know if the courtyard where the old prince lived is still there today”

“Family honors,” Jun Qian Mei did not expect her to mention this, then after a moment of silence, she got up and said, “County Lord please”

“Thank you, Your Highness.” Mu Zi Yan slowly got up, and Mu Ling Rui followed since, so they left the main hall together.

Waiting for the backyard, heading to the east side of the courtyard, Qing Wang House than compared to the Lei Marquis House since the grand and lively quite a lot, everywhere there are waiting maids guards, her eyes flashed through the ghostly light, Jun Qian Mou when really not simple.

Jun Qian Mei did not care and personally led Mu Zi Yan to the courtyard where the old prince had lived, took out the key from his waist, opened the door and walked in.

Mu Zi Yan raised his eyes and looked at the long deserted courtyard in front of him, because in the dead of night, so he could not see clearly, only wait to vaguely see the general scene, she raised her steps forward, step by step, along with Jun Qian Mou walking forward.

Still three people, Jun Qian Mei carrying a lantern, and so on the line to the door, before the two lamps will be lit, the courtyard is lit up, she raised her eyes to survey a glance, and then with Jun Qian Mei into the house.

A musty scent greeted her, and she waited for the dust to clear before entering.

Jun Qian Mei lit the lamps on both sides one after another, and Mu Zi Yan saw that the furnishings inside were very neat and tidy, without the slightest movement.

“County Lord, this is the courtyard where my father lived.” Jun Qian Mei said as she looked at Mu Zi Yan.

Mu Zi Yan nodded slightly, and then they went around the circle, I think the old King of Qing is a man full of experience, but also an outstanding literacy prince, raised his eyes and looked at the wall hanging paintings, but also a few more points of spontaneous and uninhibited flavor.

“The old prince should have traveled to quite a few places during his lifetime.” Mu Zi Yan said faintly.

“The county princess is right.” Jun Qian Mei responded in a low voice, “During his lifetime, Father traveled all over the famous mountains and rivers of Great Yan.”

“Especially favorable is the snowy peak.” Mu Zi Yan raised her eyes and looked at a painting placed in the very center, this mountain has some déjà vu.

Her eyes flashed with a ghostly light as she walked up and took a closer look, wasn’t this the mountain on the map she glanced at the inscription, “The moon out of the cold passes the snowy mountain white.”

“This painting was not made by the family honors.” Jun Qian Mei stepped forward and said, “It was gifted by a deceased person.”

“The old man” Mu Zi Yan did not see the inscription, turned his eyes to Jun Qian Mou, “you know who that old man is.”

“I don’t know.” Jun Qian Mei shook her head.

Mu Zi Yan was silent for a long time, “I don’t know if Your Highness knows where this snowy mountain is”

“This king has also asked his family honors, and he has not mentioned a word about it.” Jun Qian Mei said with downcast eyes.

Mu Zi Yan nodded slightly, “Good view.”

Seeing her turn her eyes to continue admiring the other paintings, Jun Qian Mei turned her eyes to stare at that painting for a long time, as if she had thought of something, “It seems that the family honors mentioned this painting before he died.”

“Oh,” said Mu Zi Yan, turning her eyes to look at him, “the old prince has lamented something.”

“Things are different.” Jun Qian Mei whispered, “Things are indeed different.”

Mu Zi Yan drooped her eyes and did not say anything, what exactly happened back then she gradually came back to her senses, turning her eyes to look at Mu Ling Rui with a thoughtful look, she whispered, “Second brother is in favor of this one”

“I just think that this old king’s painting is exquisite, so that people seem to be in the presence of a

, making it seem like one is in the same place.” Mu Lingrui said as he looked back at Mu Ziyan.

“Indeed.” Mu Zi Yan smiled and answered, then she did not stay long and turned around to leave the house.

Jun Qian Mei then also turned out the lights and followed her out of the house.

Re-closing the door, Mu Zi Yan raised her eyes and surveyed the courtyard, then walked forward, took a few steps along a side of moss, and slowly crouched down.

Jun Qian Mei was visibly stunned, then raised her steps and walked forward, “This is”

“Take a look.” Mu Zi Yan smiled faintly, then got up and walked outside.

Jun Qian Mei lowered her eyes to look at it and did not find anything special, but she had an idea in her heart.

Mu Ling Rui followed her out without a word, and the three of them reentered the main hall.

So after another hour, see has been three days, Qing Wang House but seems very quiet, did not have a strange place.

Mu Zi Yan smiled lightly with her eyes downcast, but Jun Qian might feel that there was a hint of strangeness mixed in with this smile.

Straight to wait until the fourth hour, Qing Wang House also did not have the slightest movement.

Jun Qian Mei can’t help but feel strange, can’t it be that this is really a human being in the making

Mu Ling Rui is inevitably a little sleepy, he is now just a weak scholar with no hands, not as good as Mu Zi Yan and Jun Qian Mei, but he did not dare to close his eyes, just holding on.

“Looks like there will be good news later.” Mu Zi Yan glanced at the engraved hourglass and said indifferently.

“It is indeed hard for people to feel at ease when such things happen within the capital.” Jun Qian Mei thought about how he had just returned to the capital and this kind of thing happened, so he would inevitably be criticized in the future.

About half an hour later, the sound of a report came from outside, “Your Highness, Mr. Zhang has come.”

“En.” Jun Qian Mei whispered, “Please.”

“Yes.” The Chief Steward answered, turned around and went to welcome him personally.

Not long after, he saw Zhang Zong come and respectfully salute, “I see Your Majesty.”

“Elder Zhang has come, so I’m sure there must be an answer to the case.” Jun Qian Mei asked bluntly.

“Exactly.” Zhang Zong was not polite and turned his eyes to Mu Zi Yan, “Yan’er, the person has been captured.”

“Alive or dead,” Mu Zi Yan saw Zhang Zong’s expression and roughly had guessed 80%.

“Dead.” Zhang Zong sighed, “All dead.”

“Dead is best.” Mu Zi Yan said indifferently, “Carry all the people back to the Beijing Zhaoyin government office, the corpses are allowed to talk.”

Zhang Zong nodded and responded, “It has been carried back.”

“Good.” Mu Zi Yan then got up and raised her eyes to look at Jun Qian Mei, “Does Your Highness want to go and take a look together”

“Good.” Jun Qian Mei readily answered, this kind of hilarity was something he had to go to.

Mu Zi Yan then also does not delay, at the same time went to the Beijing Zhaoyin government office, for this place she herself is not a stranger, the people will go straight to the back hall of the autopsy room.

Qi Xue’er and the others arrived early in the morning, and when they saw her coming, they rushed forward.

Mu Zi Yan laughed lowly, “It’s hard not to want to go in and take a look.”

“Sister Mu just go in.” Hou Yi Yi smiled and opened her mouth.

“Eldest cousin, I did my best and still died.” Qi Xue’er said rather sadly.

“No harm done.” Mu Zi Yan held her somewhat cold hand, “Go rest first.”

“En.” Qi Xue’er then reluctantly smiled, raising her eyes before realizing that Jun Qian Maybe was following behind Mu Zi Yan, so she stepped back, and the crowd saluted respectfully since.

Jun Qian Mei smiled lightly and then followed Mu Zi Yan into the autopsy room.

The State Duke’s House, Lei’s House, Su’s House, Hou’s House, and Zhang’s House, a total of five corpses, all of which were women.

Lady Lu looked up at her, “All of them took poison and killed themselves.”

“En.” Mu Zi Yan nodded in response and walked forward, looking carefully.

“It’s not a disguise, it’s thought that they lurked within the Marquis’ residence early in the morning.” Niangzi Lu continued, “There’s one thing in common, these people are ordinary looking and inconspicuous, and most importantly, their tail fingers have all been cut off.”

Mu Zi Yan raised her eyes to look at it and whispered, “Did no one notice”

“Look, it was cut off last night.” Lady Lu shook her head, and then said, “It should be an expert with a sword.”

“Not bad.” Mu Zi Yan picked it up and examined it carefully, and even came up to sniff it.

Nyx Lui shook her head, “There is no ground odor.”

“Just why did you cut off the tail finger,” Mu Zi Yan wondered.

“Smokey, look at this place.” Lady Lu said, pointing to the chest of one of the corpses.

Muzzy Smoke came up to take a look, “Black.”

“Not bad.” Lady Lu continued, “I think they should be controlled.”

“Should have taken a chronic poison, and should take an antidote every period of time, or else he will die from the poison.” Mu Zi Yan said indifferently.

“Yes.” Lady Lu continued, “Smokey, these are the only clues today.”

“En.” Mu Zi Yan carefully stared at the five corpses in front of her, now there was still the Qing Wang Mansion, the Cui Family and the Zhong Family, and the Crown Prince’s Mansion left.

“Smokey, the clues are broken again.” Zhang Zong walked forward and said with a deep frown.

“No.” Mu Zi Yan shook her head, and then said, “There are still clues.”

“What,” Nyx Lui snaps.

“Sister Lu, take a closer look.” Mu Zi Yan said as she looked at Niang Lu.

Niangzi Lu turned around and then carefully examined it again, waiting until the end, seemingly discovering something, “Wait.”

The corner of Mu Zi Yan’s mouth hooked up with a faint light smile, “But what was found”

“Yes, they did not die of poison.” Lady Lu said as she looked up at her.

“En.” Mu Zi Yan nodded and responded, “It was killed.”

“What,” Zhang Zong said as he looked at her, “is it just that just now you didn’t say”

“On the surface, the hall of the seal is black, the blood is black, coupled with the black color of the chest, it is obvious that it is poisoned to kill himself.” Niangzi Lu continued, “However, this poison did not enter the five viscera and six bowels, and it was not a poisonous death, more

The hair died, and what’s more, these people had a silver needle hidden in the top of their heads.”

After Niangzi Lu said that, she raised her eyes and looked at Mu Zi Yan, “Yan’er, it’s impossible for one person to kill all these people at the same time, it seems that there is another person in the mansion, and his martial arts skills are extremely high, or maybe these are scapegoats.”

Mu Zi Yan laughed lowly and said, “Yes.”

“You mean there’s still” Zhang Zong’s face sank, “but now we’ve already spooked the snakes.”

“In this way, they become birds of prey.” Mu Zi Yan turned around and left the autopsy room.

When Mu Ling Rui saw her come out, he whispered, “Sister, how are things”

“Still have to wait.” Mu Zi Yan said faintly.

“Wait,” Zichelle looked at her in disbelief.

“The person has already been found out, it is not an evil spirit, and the case is considered to have made progress.” Mu Zi Yan stretches her arms, “Everyone has been busy all night, take a good rest first.”

“First cousin, I’ll return to the house first.” When Qi Xue’er saw Mu Zi Yan say this, she knew that the case was not completely over.

“Good.” Mu Zi Yan nodded her head and replied, and Qi Xue’er left the Beijing Zhaoyin government office.

Mu Zi Yan looked up at Zhang Zong and said, “Brother Zhang, this case can wait.”

“Good.” Zhang Zong nodded his head and replied.

She turned to look at Jun Qian Mei, “Your Highness, please.”

Jun Qian Mei nodded slightly and the crowd dispersed.

When she returned to the Mu Hou Mansion, Mu Ling Rui looked at her in disbelief and said, “Sister, I still don’t understand.”

“En,” Mu Zi Yan turned her eyes to look at him.

“What was the murderer’s motive for doing so” Mu Ling Rui asked as he looked at her.

“I don’t know.” Mu Zi Yan sighed, “But we’ll find out soon enough.”

“It seems that sister already has an idea.” Mu Lingrui whispered, “Rest well.”

“Good.” Mu Zi Yan nodded her head with a light smile, and then she returned to the house.

Mu Ling Rui turned around and then went back to his own courtyard as well.

Rue Xiang stepped forward with downcast eyes, “Eldest Miss, this is the person who caught the murderer at that time.”

“En.” Mu Zi Yan nodded her head and responded, then she picked up the portrait in front of her and continued to look at it.

After having had a closer look, “Keep a careful eye on these men.”

“Yes.” Rue Xiang answered.

Bi Yun hung her head and entered, “Eldest Miss, do you want to have breakfast?”

“No, I’ll take a break.” Mu Zi Yan waved her hand and then she took off her shoes and lay down within the bed and couch to take a nap.

Biyun didn’t bother, so she retreated.

So after a day, each house finally subsided, late at night no longer issued that strange cry, but there is another strange thing, that is, the house has lost something.

Zhang Zong raised his eyes to look at Mu Zi Yan and said in a low voice, “Yan’er ah, look at this, this is the list of things lost by each house.”

“Let me see.” Mu Zi Yan took it and looked at it, her eyes flashed with a smile, “It’s interesting.”

“It’s funny.” Zhang Zong couldn’t help but laugh as well, “What do you think these people are doing stealing these things”

“I don’t know.” Mu Zi Yan felt that this matter was not as simple as it appeared to be, and thought that there must be some kind of calculation.

“I think it’s strange.” Zhang Zong continued, “He didn’t steal anything else but the dirty clothes and pants.”

Mu Zi Yan raised her eyebrows and said, “It’s hard not to have some kind of quirk”

“Such a great deal of trouble,” Zhang Zong disbelieved.

Mu Zi Yan leaned backward with a faint smile at the corner of her mouth, “Seeing as how it’s the person behind that wants to play along with me for a while.”

“This is intentional,” Zhang Zong said as he looked at her.

“En.” Mu Zi Yan nodded, “Maybe it’s disrupting the view.”

“I rather feel that this matter is not simple.” Zhang Zong thought for a while, “Smokey, ever since the Third Prince left the capital, the capital can now be filled with the Crown Prince’s people, and now that this kind of weirdness is occurring within the various marquis’ residences, could it not be that there is someone who is making trouble out of it.”

Mu Zi Yan was silent for a while, “Since someone is doing this, what is their purpose is it hard not to want to stir up the capital city”

“Look at it.” Zhang Zong felt that this was the only cause nowadays.

Mu Zi Yan shook her head, “These people are trained assassins who can sneak into each marquis’ residence without moving, who would be so capable”

“Then it must be an inside job.” Zhang Zong felt that if he was able to plant people inside, there must be their people inside, indeed, those who were able to do this must have insiders within the mansion as well.

Mu Zi Yan faintly raised his eyebrows, feeling that things are far more complicated than what he saw, Jun Qian Hao to the carboxylate state after there has been no movement, on the contrary, the Prince is very lively.

Just what do these people want by hiding in the Marquis’ house?

Zhang Zong saw her fall into deep thought, so he did not say anything more, and after a long time, seeing her gradually come back to her senses, he then opened his mouth and said, “Smokey, this case is being pursued very closely by the Crown Prince’s place.”

“It can’t be helped.” Mu Zi Yan said as she looked up at him.

After a while, he saw Mu Lingrui come, “Still no clues”

“En.” Mu Zi Yan nodded and responded, “Let’s wait a little longer.”

“Wait,” Zhang Zong slowly got up, “Then wait, that’s all we can do now.”