Chapter 101 In full view of everyone, falling from the sky?
The Star-Zhaing Tower is not only the tallest building in the entire Daming Palace, but there are few buildings that can compete with it in the entire capital city.
Although the building is nine stories high, the nine stories here are more than the height of Lingyun Pavilion.
It is said that if you stand on the ninth floor, you can pick the stars with your hands and have a panoramic view of the entire capital.
The first floor of Zhaixing Building was originally a hall. During the reign of the late Emperor, it was changed into the current door opening style. The four walls were demolished, leaving only the red lacquered columns. The walls were connected on both sides and copper doors were installed.
You must pass through here when entering or leaving the inner palace.
With such a design, the situation in the capital can be seen from the outside. If there is a mutiny or other situations, they can be informed first and take precautions early. Inside, it can form a situation where one man is in charge and ten thousand people can't break it, making it easy to defend but difficult to defend.
attack.
At this moment, the velvet darkness of night came over me. The chirping of insects accompanied by the heat of summer came from the cracks in the corners of the palace wall, and the noise was raging.
"Where is the Qianniu Guard upstairs?" Yu Qiansi retracted his gaze and asked calmly.
Yu Anning was still in a state of palpitations, but her logic was clear: "They are all over there. I just asked them to go downstairs and take orders."
After all, they were upstairs. It was unclear whether this was an accident or man-made.
Although the Ming Dynasty Palace is all commanded by imperial guards, the Nanya and North Yamen are different. Changes occur every ten days. Unless you receive the emperor's order, you are not allowed to cross the palace wall at will and enter and exit the inner and outer palaces.
Upon seeing this, Deming immediately passed through the bronze door and escorted everyone who was upstairs today, waiting for Yu Qiansi to leave.
Yu Qiansi looked at them for a moment, then asked about the few people in high hats and red clothes who were huddled together.
"Sir, what did you see just now?"
The person who had greeted Yu Qiansi stood up first.
"Before we even approached the Star-Zhaing Tower, we noticed a... black shadow falling rapidly. Almost at the same time, we heard screams coming from the Jinxiu Gate."
Yu Qiansi asked Yu Anning: "Why is the princess here too?"
"I went to Furong Palace, but the palace people said that the princess was not in the palace, so I sent them to look for her. But after waiting for a long time, she didn't come. I thought she was depressed and didn't want to see anyone, so I put down my snack and planned to
Leave the palace."
She glanced at Boyi. In fact, she was worried that she would be delayed for too long with the princess, so she wanted to come to Zhaixing Tower first to ask if Yu Qiansi and the others had left the palace.
Unexpectedly, just as he was about to go in and out of the embroidered door, he saw a man falling from the star-picking building.
That scream was caused by her panic.
"Can you tell which floor it is on?"
Yu Anning shook his head: "The Star Reaching Tower is so high, how could you possibly see..."
At this time, one of the officials in the group pointed to a high place tremblingly: "I saw that the window on the ninth floor was open..."
The Qianniu Guards who were kneeling on the ground and waiting for questions started to stir.
Yu Qiansi looked at the pale man standing in the middle with his eyes lowered and kneeling.
Asked: "Are you the captain of the guard?"
"The last general is the captain of the Qianniu Guards and Mao Guards in the south of Yamen, Ma Jian."
Yu Anning added abruptly: "He is the grand-nephew of the old Prince Wuwei."
Ma Dongping, Prince of Wuwei County, was from a family of well-known northern military generals. Unfortunately, he died for his country ten years ago.
Those who can hold official positions in the Imperial Guard are naturally the children of the noble family.
She nodded briefly and asked, "Is there anything you want to say?"
"What this gentleman just said is absolutely impossible."
"Oh? Why?"
"The final general was on the eighth floor at that time, which is the highest position one can climb in the Star Reaching Tower."
"Princess..." He paused and continued: "I have never seen the princess today. Moreover, the princess will never jump from the ninth floor."
"You're talking nonsense!" The sky covered up the bloody scene, and they returned to their usual sharp-tongued tone.
"Are you saying that I lied to you?"
He clearly saw that the windows on the ninth floor were dark and open, how could he be wrong?
Ma Jian said: "I'm afraid you don't know something. The ninth floor of Zhaixing Building has been locked since ten years ago. We turn off the lights in the morning and light the lights in the evening, but we never go there."
That's a forbidden area.
The old man just came back to his senses, with a sarcastic look on his face.
Empress Mingde set herself on fire on the ninth floor of Zhaixing Tower before the Great Court Meeting.
After the fire was extinguished, it was only repaired and became a forbidden area.
Yu Qiansi glanced at Boyi, but it was a pity that the sky was too dark and not very clear.
She asked: "There are twenty-four of you, and you haven't seen the princess?"
All received a negative answer.
Ma Jian said: "It was dusk at that time, and it was the time to light the lanterns. Except for the six people guarding the bronze gate, the rest were distributed on each floor."
They are on duty every day and night. The most important thing is to turn on the lights at sunset and turn off the lights at sunrise. There are people on duty on each floor.
The Star-Zhaing Tower is not allowed to be climbed at will, so the princess will never spare them and climb upstairs.
This is strange.
The old man refused to give up and asked: "Could it be that the princess went to the ninth floor very early? So you don't know?"
Ma Jian shook his head and said firmly: "The prize was drawn on the eighth floor at the time. The lock on the ninth floor can only be locked from the outside. I have paid attention to it and there is nothing abnormal."
"What's more, we patrol day and night. There won't be any omissions. It's impossible for someone to sneak up without being discovered. What's more, it's still the ninth floor..."
Windows?
Yu Qiansi squinted her eyes and looked into the void.
She remembered that when she came, she looked at the Star Building from a distance and saw that there was nothing unusual about the windows on the ninth floor.
In other words, even if Lin'an found a way to go to the ninth floor, someone would have to lock the door again on the eighth floor and then sneak away.
But if so, that person will definitely meet the people on the eighth floor.
What's more, when the princess fell, the window on the ninth floor was open, but when she arrived, the window was closed within a short time?
By then, everyone in the building should have been called downstairs by Yu Anning.
She raised her hand, and Sui Feng, who was beside her and was eager to try, immediately took the order to go upstairs to check the situation.
The adult snorted and was very sure of what he saw: "This is impossible, and that is impossible. Could it be that Princess Lin'an can still fall from the sky?!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Seeing Yu Qiansi squatting next to the body, about to turn the body over, he stopped him again and again: "Yu... what are you doing?!"
Yu Qiansi raised his head with an indifferent expression, "Sir, are your eyes dim? You can't even tell?"
Of course it's to examine the body.
"This is the princess!" Several people puffed their beards and glared in anger: "Now that no one from the Ministry of Rites and the Internal Affairs Court is here, you actually...you actually desecrated the princess's body, you...you
presumptuous!"
Yu Qiansi sneered: "A few adults stopped me from handling the case. Is it related to this case?"
"Or did you join forces to kill the princess?"
"Yu Qiansi! You are talking nonsense! We were just passing by, how could we..."
"Oh, yes! I almost forgot, these adults are still counting on the princess to get married and save your future. How could you kill the princess now?"
This sentence is becoming more and more exaggerated. A "save the future" seems to label them as a traitorous party who betrays the country and seeks glory.
Those people had only heard about Yu Qian's reckless behavior, but had never had a direct confrontation with her. They didn't know that she had such a style, and they were choked on the spot and shook.
In the past, even if they gave others a hat, they would always have solid evidence. Unexpectedly, this person would talk nonsense with nothing but white teeth.
"You...how dare you!"
His anger grew and subsided, and he finally said something else: "There are murders wherever you go. I think the princess was killed by you. It's really unlucky!"
Yu Qian smiled and raised her eyebrows, very pleased.
He actually started to speak indiscriminately. He seemed to be angry.
"That's wrong. It's not that wherever I go, there will be murders. It's that wherever there are murders, I will show up."
"If we really want to say that 'everywhere we go there are murders,' it would take a few adults to talk about it."
I encountered all this when I first arrived at the Star Reaching Tower, so they probably fit this description better.
"We're just unlucky! I think it's you who always deals with private individuals and is full of bad luck!"
The son was still talking about the strange power and chaos, and Yu Qiansi was confused. Could it be that the so-called court disputes they used to have were at this level?
So what's the difference between quarreling with street kids? There's not even the most basic logic.
Yu Qiansi became more and more interested, but Boyi became unhappy at first.
He said with a cold face: "The duty of the Criminal Division is to thoroughly investigate important unjust cases. According to what your lords have said, the duty of Dali Temple is also the same. Could it be that, in the seriousness of your lords, the lords of the temple and lord Shaoqing are also full of
unlucky?"
"That's right! You are all the pillars of your family who have read the books of sages, how can you be like a talkative woman in the market, with strange powers and deranged spirits!"
Jiang Jiqing's voice came from behind, and everyone quickly turned around to see a group of people dressed in bright yellow robes and carrying lanterns.
The light from the lantern casts patches of orange that alternate with each other, like two long glowing dragons.
"Your Majesty, Holy Ann."
"Everyone, get up, the investigation is important," Jiang Jiqing said with a worried look on his eyebrows: "I'm just worried about Lin'an..."
When I crossed the gap and saw this scene with my own eyes, my face was pale and almost weeping.
After a long while, he said with dejection: "Master Yu, Sister Lin'an is of royal blood after all..."
Yu Qiansi immediately understood and nodded.
It seems that it cannot be dissected...
So, Deming ordered people to use cloth to form a circle around the body.
Yu Qiansi turned the body over and briefly inspected it.
Unfortunately, the man had been shattered beyond recognition, and with her half-experienced forensic ability, she was unable to tell the time of death.
By the light of the candle, it could only be seen that there were no other external injuries on his body.
A small piece of the sleeves with complex patterns was torn off, revealing jagged raw edges.
The hands are slender and the nails are round. It’s just...
Boyi saw her hand stroking the corpse, frowning and saying nothing.
The tip of his nose itched, he sneezed, and asked, "But what's wrong?"
Their eyes met, Yu Qiansi pressed his free hand to his lips, signaling him to be silent.
Seeing that Boyi understood, he took his hand and touched it.
Boyi was not mentally prepared, and was startled when he first encountered the cold, soft texture.
Then he also noticed it and mouthed: "Thin cocoon?"
Yes, there is a thin layer of callus on the fingertips and fingertips. In addition, the knuckles are also a bit thick.
At this time, Sui Feng and Yao Guang returned panting.
"Sir, the door on the ninth floor is indeed locked. There is a thick layer of dirt on it. It must have not been opened for a long time."