Two hundred and thirty third chapter investigation
It is possible for a child to die of fear.
When the children were young, adults would not let the children see them killing chickens, for fear of scaring the children.
But the one who died now was Zhu Biao's eldest son. You must know that this child was born with a golden key in his mouth. Who dares to frighten him?
Lao Zhu's eyes were so sharp, and he could clearly see the hint of surprise on Han Du's face.
"What, what did you find?"
Han Du turned around and explained: "I don't dare to judge this. I would like to ask your Majesty to give me more time to take a closer look."
Hearing that Han Du had an appearance, Lao Zhu's eyes were sharp. Sure enough, someone had poisoned my grandson?
He waved to Handu Handu, "Just go ahead and do it. No matter what, I don't blame you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Han Du thanked Lao Zhu and turned his attention to the child again. He was about to reach out and unbutton his clothes to see if there were any injuries on the child's body.
Lao Zhu seemed not to think about his grandson's body being disturbed again and again, so he said: "Both the imperial doctor and Mao Xiang have checked it, and there is no trace of injury."
Since someone had seen it, Han Du didn't want to check it anymore, so he took back his hand.
He turned around and said, "Your Majesty, I wonder if I could give you a small piece of magnet?"
Just because there are no scars on the body does not mean that he did not die from injuries.
Han Du has watched various crime movies, in which someone kills someone by penetrating a slender steel needle from the top of his head into the victim's brain. People killed by this method have no scars on their bodies, because the steel needle is inserted into it.
Only a very small dot will be left in the place, hidden in the hair. Even if someone sees it, they will only mistakenly think it is a mole grown on the victim. This method is very subtle and can be easily deceived.
The eyes of a veteran.
But it cannot fool the magnet.
Within a moment, someone delivered the magnet.
Han Du gently weighed the magnet with his hand and carefully felt around Zhu Xiongying's hair, but found nothing unusual.
Putting the magnet away, Han Du frowned. Did he really die of fear?
If he died of fear, then someone must have deliberately frightened him. What method was used to frighten him?
Han Du moved his eyes away and looked into the room.
Seeing a puddle of water in the corner and a copper basin lying on the ground, Han Du frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
Everyone bowed their heads and knelt on the ground, and no one answered Han Du.
When Lao Zhu saw this, he shouted loudly: "Tell me, what's going on? If no one speaks out, they will all be executed."
The palace maids and eunuchs were shaking even more violently. Although they did not dare to raise their heads, they all looked at the palace maid caught by the guards with their peripheral vision.
The palace maid also quickly said: "Back to the emperor, that is the water that the slave brought to His Highness early this morning for washing. As soon as the slave came in, he saw His Highness and found that His Highness... In panic, the slave gave the water to
Knocked over."
As she spoke, she pointed toward the wall. Apparently, the palace maid was pointing to the location where she knocked over the basin.
Han Du looked over and saw a tall man lying on the ground.
"Have you ever put a copper basin here?" Han Du asked, pointing to a spot on the ground.
The bed in this place is not far away, only about two steps away.
"No, no." The palace maid shook her head repeatedly and explained: "No matter how brave I am, I don't dare to put the water used by His Highness on the ground."
Then there is a problem.
Han Du slowly squatted down, and as the angle of his sight changed, what he saw just now was just a vague circle. Under the change of the light angle, it appeared clearly in Han Du's eyes, and it looked like a basin.
Or the marks on the bottom of the barrel.
Han Du squatted down, turned to look at the palace maid, and continued to ask: "Since you are the palace maid serving here, you should be very familiar with the things in this room. Can you think carefully about what happened in this place last night?
Didn’t you leave out anything like a copper basin or a wooden barrel?”
Although the palace maid was extremely frightened, she still racked her brains after hearing Han Du's words, because she knew that this might be her only hope of survival. If this matter could be found out, then she would be able to survive.
The confused His Highness the Grandson died without understanding, so she would definitely die.
After all, His Highness Taisun cannot die in vain.
But no matter how much the palace maid recalled, she couldn't remember anything being left there. It was probably that nothing was left there.
"My lord, I remember very clearly that nothing has ever been placed there." The palace maid said, "On the contrary, an ice basin is placed above it every night."
"What are you doing with the ice basin?" Han Du asked casually.
"His Royal Highness Taisun said a few days ago that it was hot to sleep in, so the female official ordered the servants to prepare an ice basin for His Highness every night to cool off." The palace maid replied truthfully.
It is indeed getting hot during this season, but Handu can still bear it, so he doesn't notice it. However, I think that children have a higher body temperature than adults due to their fast metabolism. Their heat tolerance is worse than that of adults.
Some, and therefore the most intolerant to heat, are actually children.
Many couples who take care of their children will know that children are most likely to catch cold by kicking the quilt. The reason is that children are the least heat-resistant. The temperature that adults think is just right is too hot for children.
But using an ice basin to cool off from the heat is really a luxury.
The only way to get ice at this time is to dig an ice cellar. In winter, the ice cubes are collected, stored in the ice cellar, and then used in the summer. This requires a lot of manpower, power, and financial resources.
Lao Zhu was usually very stingy, but he didn't expect that Dong Palace would be so tolerant, even having such a luxury item as an ice cellar.
"Which female official ordered you to put the ice basin?" Han Du suddenly asked.
When the palace maid heard this, she turned her head and looked at one person.
The person raised his head and said: "It's me. I'm the female official of the East Palace, responsible for the food and daily life of His Highness Taisun. A few days ago, His Highness Taisun couldn't sleep well at night. He got hot and sweated at night, so I ordered someone to put an ice basin on it to cool down.
.His Highness can sleep peacefully these days."
This person looks to be in her thirties, with an oval face and phoenix eyes. Her appearance should have been good when she was young. Unfortunately, she probably didn't pay much attention to skin care, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes are very deep. In one sentence, she is quite stable. As a female official responsible for food and daily life
, when His Highness Taisun felt uncomfortable sleeping, it was her duty to put an ice basin on it to cool off the heat so that His Highness Taisun could sleep well.
Han Du didn't say anything more, just nodded. Then he stood up and looked at the chest-high wooden table. Sure enough, there was a circular mark on it where the copper basin was placed. If the palace maid did not tell lies, the ice basin should be