This should be a beautiful-looking woman, lying naked and quietly on the bed, but her death state is hideous and horrific. Her face is pale, her lips are cyanotic, her eyes are wide and bulging with fear and resentment, and there are bruises on her neck.

It was obvious that he had been strangled to death.

Xu Xian wrapped a towel in his hand, brushed it on her eyelids, raised his head and asked old Mu Tou, "Mu Tou is in front of the palace. Does he know much about this palace maid? It seems that she is already quite old, why hasn't she come out yet?"

palace."

"Oh, Luzhu is already twenty-six years old. His Majesty dismissed many palace maids when he came to the throne. She was also among the dismissals, but she said that there was no one left in the family and she would have no way of living after leaving the palace.

Concubine De stayed with her. Later, seeing that she was smart and capable, she asked her to serve His Majesty in the back cabinet. His Majesty had intended to marry her to my brothers, but she was unwilling. If she had left the palace and got married, how could she have ended up like this?

Such an end."

"Then was her body ever moved?"

Old Mu shook his head and said: "Probably not. His Highness was lying here when he found her, lying with a dead person for such a long time. His Highness must have been frightened."

Li Chongjin said: "Old Mu Tou, you underestimate Fu Ying too much. Although he is a merchant, he is better at riding and shooting than me, and he is not ambiguous at all when killing people. I didn't expect that he could be so cruel to women."

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Old Mutou said: "It is too early for Li Dianzhi to say this. If Xu Dutou dares to take this case, he will be sure to exonerate the King of Jin."

"No! Don't get me wrong, Mr. Mu. I'm here just to find out the truth, not to exonerate King Jin."

As Xu Xian spoke, he tried to break the deceased's jaw with his hands. It was already very stiff. He then opened the body and saw that there were large areas of corpse spots on her back. Judging from the rigor mortis and corpse spots, she must have been dead for three years.

Four hours have passed.

As soon as he raised his head, he saw Fan Zhi stretching his head and looking at the lower body of the corpse with his big eyes. It was really vulgar. Fortunately, he was a serious scholar.

Xu Xian opened the corpse's thighs slightly and asked, "Ms. Fan, can you see it more clearly like this?"

"I can indeed see it clearly." Fan Zhi said as he poked his head forward again, and then glanced at the bed. "Mido had slight scratches, and there was still a lot of essence left. He was indeed

She has been violated, but she has not fallen into the red, so she is probably not perfect."

Old Mu Tou said: "Luzhu entered the palace in Tianfu. In the meantime, the palace was harmed by Khitan barbarians. Even if she is not a Huanghua eldest daughter, it is not surprising. Maybe it is because of this Lvzhu that she refuses to leave the palace to get married.

Afraid of being disliked."

Xu Xian carefully recorded the results of the investigation. He was not a professional forensic doctor, and being able to determine the cause of death and approximate time of death was the limit of his ability.

Because this room was usually uninhabited, there were not many furnishings. There was a spittoon in the corner of the room, and there was dirt in it that had not yet been cleaned. Without asking, you knew that Chai Rong had vomited it out last night.

He also found a few tattered palace clothes on the bedside, which must have been worn by Luzhu. Xu Xian put them on the wooden tray and called the three of them downstairs. Seeing Fan Zhi still breaking off the deceased's hand, he said: "

I have looked under the fingernails of Mr. Fan Xianggong, and there is no trace of silk fabric or skin flakes, so please stop looking."

"What skin flakes are left, I don't see the nails!" Fan Zhi waved to Xu Xian: "Come here!"

Fan Zhi wrapped the fingers of the deceased with a handkerchief, pointed at the palm of the deceased and said to Xu Xian: "Look, there is a scar on her palm."

"What's so strange about a scar? She is a palace maid, not an empress. Isn't it normal for her to be injured while working?"

Fan Zhi said: "This is different, please come over here!"

Xu Xian leaned over and listened to him muttering a few words, and couldn't help but said: "Oh, so that's it."

"Don't you want to leave? What tricks are you two going to do!" Li Chongjin suddenly poked his head out of the stairs again, "Come down quickly!"

"Come down now. What are you so anxious about? Are you still afraid that Lu Zhu will live and tell us the truth?" Xu Xian said, carrying the wooden plate around Li Chongjin and going downstairs. He put the wooden plate aside and walked to the door.

He picked up the broken door latch and put it on the wooden tray. He cupped his hands to Guo Wei and said, "Your Majesty, I can now confirm that someone lied just now. The murderer may not be the King of Jin."

"How can I see it?"

Unexpectedly, it was not Guo Wei who answered Xu Xian, but Feng Dao on the side. His eyes were not on Xu Xian. He was stroking his beard and muttering to himself: "Don't ruin your conscience by confusing right and wrong just to follow the trend, otherwise

I will look down on you."

"Grand Master, don't worry. I'm not here to exonerate anyone. I'm just here to find out the truth. Just be patient and read on." Xu Xian cupped his hands and said to Guo Wei, "Wei Chen found a lot of things in the spittoon upstairs.

With the vomited filth, King Jin must have been very drunk last night."

"Only when you are drunk do you commit sexual indiscretion and kill someone accidentally."

It was Feng Dao, an old man again. I don't know where he was wrong. He kept opposing Xu Xian. Li Chongjin remained silent, holding his arms and watching the fun with a smile.

In this case, Xu Xian stopped talking to Guo Wei and turned directly to Feng Dao, "Grandmaster is right about this. Drinking too much can indeed lead to evil thoughts. A person who is so drunk that he can't even stand up wants to **

Killing someone will definitely cause some noise!"

Xu Xian spread out the palace clothes and said, "Two places on the deceased's clothes were torn. It can be seen that the deceased was struggling very hard at that time. The entire attic is made of wood. How come there is no sound at all when killing someone."

The Zhao military envoy guarding the other end of the trestle is fifty steps away from here. It's not surprising that he can't hear, but it's too abnormal that you two can't hear."

As Xu Xian spoke, he pointed at the two eunuchs and scolded loudly: "Tell me honestly what you two were doing last night. Your Majesty is here. If you dare to lie, you will be deceiving the emperor!"

Seeing the two eunuchs trembling with fear, Xu Xian's voice immediately softened, "Little Eunuch Zhang, I am very grateful that you have always taken good care of A Bao. If you tell the truth, I will intercede with Your Majesty on your behalf."

After all, Zhang Dejun was a little kid. After being frightened by Xu Xian, he immediately begged for mercy: "I did lie. I was too sleepy last night. Li Gongbai asked me to wrap myself in a blanket and sleep first, saying that he would call me after midnight."

, I slept too deeply, so I really didn’t hear anything at night, but Li Gongbai must have heard it when he wasn’t asleep.”

Seeing Xu Xian's eyes sweeping towards him, Li Gongbai quickly avoided it, "I did hear some slight noises. I just thought that His Highness Prince Jin was favoring Lu Zhu. Naturally, I didn't dare to care about such things. Who would have thought that His Highness would kill him?"

Got her."
Chapter completed!