"Do you know who that person is?" Faced with Yinzhen's inquiry, the latter shook his head and said, "It was dark, so I didn't see it clearly."
Guarjia said: "Your Majesty, didn't you say before that the guards saw someone coming to Jiang Yue? Jiang Yue also said that he was knocked unconscious and was already here when he woke up. Do you think there really is such a person?
"
Yinzhen understood what Guarjia meant after a moment's thought, "Concubine Jin, did you mean that Jiang Yue didn't kill Xu?"
"I am not sure, but I always feel that there is something fishy about this matter, as if someone has been hiding in the dark, so I feel it is necessary to investigate." When saying this, Guarjia's words were clear.
With an inaudible sigh, it was a pity that Yang Hai could not tell the story about Yang Hai's encounter with Xiao Ningzi outside Yikun Palace. After all, in this matter, Yang Hai and Xiao Ningzi were both shady.
Nala said slowly: "Perhaps this person is Jiang Yue's accomplice. Now that Jiang Yue has been arrested, he plans to sneak away quietly."
"Perhaps, but I am really curious as to why Xiao Ningzi, who is beside the empress, is blocking Yang Hai. If it hadn't been for him, maybe the guard would have been caught."
Nala ignored her, just looked at Yinzhen and said: "Your Majesty, I believe this matter is just a misunderstanding. Xiao Ningzi did not do it intentionally, and he has no reason to do this."
Yinzhen nodded slightly and signaled Xiao Ningzi to get up. Now things are becoming more and more confusing. It is still not clear whether Jiang Yue killed the Xu family. Another unknown guard appears. Who is this person?
Is he Jiang Yue's accomplice or the real killer?
As for Sixi, he followed Yinzhen's order and came all the way to Kunning Palace. After asking about his purpose, Sun Mo took him to Hongshi's residence, knocked on the door, and said, "Second elder brother?
"
After a while, a sleepy voice came from the house, "Is it dawn yet?"
Sun Mo said respectfully: "I haven't heard back from the second elder brother yet, but by the order of the emperor, my father-in-law Xi asked the second elder brother to go to Yikun Palace immediately."
"I got it." After a while, Hongshi opened the door and came out and said: "Eunuch Xi, let's go over quickly. Don't keep Emperor Ama waiting for a long time."
"Yes." After responding, Sixi looked at Hongshi's forehead with some confusion, "Why is the second elder brother sweating profusely?"
Hearing this, Hongshi quickly wiped off the sweat on his forehead and said, "I haven't slept in the palace for a long time, and the palace servants still prepared the original brocade quilt. It was so hot that I broke out in a sweat, which made Eunuch Xi laugh."
Just now, taking advantage of Xiao Ningzi's obstruction, he left Yikun Palace and ran all the way to Kun Palace. He was able to come back before Sixi. When he was talking inside just now, he was still wearing the guard uniform and had no time to change out of it.
Sixi said no more and quickly headed to Yikun Palace with Hongshi. At this time, the darkness before dawn had passed, and the sky began to turn white.
Seeing Hongshi coming in with Sixi, Nala's heart suddenly relaxed. Then Yinzhen asked people to bring Liu Hu and Zirong to the main hall, including Xu's body.
, formally interrogated the case.
After seeing Xu's body, Hongshi said with a sad look on his face: "Although the crime Xu Guiren committed cannot be forgiven, it is really regrettable to be killed by the one he loved."
Guarjia raised his eyebrows and said: "How did the second elder brother know that Xu Guiren was killed by the person he loved? Could it be that the second elder brother saw it with his own eyes?"
"Concubine Jin was joking, I was in Kunning Palace, how could I see what was going on here, but Xu Guiren did not resist before she died, so it can be seen that the person who killed her must be someone she knew or was even familiar with. After she died,
Her eyes were wide open, obviously filled with resentment, which showed that she had not died when she died.
Unwilling to do so." At this point, he turned his gaze to Yinzhen, "But Erchen knew that Xu Guiren was not afraid of death yesterday, and even died to protect that man, so Erchen boldly speculated that Xu Guiren was resentful
It was not death, but the person who killed her."
Nala took over the words and said: "The only person who could make Xu Guiren so resentful was the person she once loved deeply. In order to avoid exposing his identity, this person killed Xu Guiren. Although it was a bit pitiful to end up like this, in the final analysis
, everything is her own fault. If she had not had an affair with others and done such a disgusting thing, how could she have ended up where she is today."
Hearing this, Zi Rong said excitedly: "It couldn't be Jiang Yue. It couldn't be him who killed the master, because he had no personal relationship with the master at all."
"But what the servant heard was clearly Jiang Yue's voice. It was him talking to Mr. Xu." Xu said timidly. The two of them had different opinions, which made Yinzhen very embarrassed. At this time, the guard
The commander came in and said: "Emperor Qi
Above, my subordinates found no trace of the guard, but a guard returned to the guard camp just now and said that he was knocked unconscious last night. When he woke up, he found that his guard clothes and sword were missing.
"
Ling Ruo said from the side: "Your Majesty, it seems that someone deliberately took his things and pretended to be a guard. From this point of view, everything makes sense."
Nala's eyes moved and he said: "It's not there either. Maybe he found out that the emperor was ordering people to look for him, so he deliberately took away his clothes and sword and said such words."
Ling Ruo replied: "Killing Xu Guiren is a serious crime of decapitation. Who would risk his own life?"
Nala looked at her and said, "Perhaps Jiang Yue has something in his hands that forces him to agree."
"No, I have no accomplices, nor did I kill Xu Guiren. I am really unjust." Jiang Yue shouted that he was wronged, but his innocence could not be proved by words. From the moment his hands were stained with Xu's blood
, there is no longer any innocence left.
Seeing that Yinzhen was silent, Ling Ruo said: "Your Majesty, I always feel that Jiang Yue is not the real murderer. There should be some unknowns about this matter."
"Huang Ama, I heard that when I found Xu Guiren, the doors and windows had been sealed. If according to Concubine Xi's words, Jiang Yue is not the murderer, then where is the real murderer and how did he leave."
This was also the most difficult trap set by Hongshi. No one would have thought that he would be so bold and hide behind the door.
Sure enough, as soon as this sentence was asked, both Yinzhen and Ling Ruo frowned again and did not speak for a long time. Especially Ling Ruo, she knew very well that the murderer was Hong Shi, but she could not solve the current situation.
If you can't answer Hongshi's question, you can't prove Jiang Yue's innocence.
Hongshi continued: "Huang Ama, people will lie, but the evidence will not. With the doors and windows closed, who else but Jiang Yue can kill Xu Guiren, and the Xu family even heard that Jiang Yue and Xu
As for why Zi Rong insisted that it was Er Chen, Er Chen really didn’t know, but Er Chen definitely did not do anything to disgrace Huang Ama and Huang Aniang.”