"Have Qisha and the others arrived in Shengjing?"
"Miss, Qisha and the others have been traveling day and night, and they are expected to arrive in Shengjing tomorrow."
Lingxing quickly answered.
Ji Ruyan nodded, "Very good! Come on, let's go to Ti Xing Mansion first so we can arrange their work tomorrow."
……
Lan Zhitu didn't sleep all night when he was in Tiexing Mansion. The emperor had decreed that the prince's body should be kept well and it could not be buried until the case was solved.
As a result, Lan Zhitu could only have people carefully carry the prince's body into the ice cellar, and also sent heavy troops to guard it.
When Ji Ruyan arrived, Lan Zhitu hurriedly came out to greet him, "I have met the princess, and the princess is lucky."
"Master Lan, you are so polite. Please excuse me. Your official position is higher than mine, so you don't need to salute me. If Ruyan wants to make friends with Master Lan, he will call me by my name in the future. Is that okay?" p>
Lan Zhitu is in his thirties and is an upright man. On the night of the Ghost Festival, Ji Ruyan's performance made him admire him very much and he had already wanted to get acquainted with her.
Unexpectedly, in just one night, Ji Ruyan would come to Tixing Mansion and treat him kindly.
This surprised him, "Princess, don't you blame me for doubting you before?"
"Master Lan is just doing business, and with the princess around to mislead me, it is understandable that Master Lan would misunderstand me."
Ji Ruyan smiled slightly, "I came here today to see the prince's body. Master Lan should also have received the news. The Holy Lord has given me and Prince Yan the full responsibility for this case, right?"
"Yes! I have a small request. I wonder if the princess can agree to it?"
Lan Zhitu asked cautiously.
"What's the request?"
"Can I participate in this case as an assistant?"
Ji Ruyan gave him a funny look, "Why isn't Mr. Lan afraid of being implicated? You know, if the truth about the prince's poisoning case cannot be found, the Holy One will definitely blame him. Even if you are just assisting with your identity, you will not be blamed."
There is no way to escape the consequences of losing your head."
Lan Zhitu's solemn face showed a serious look, "Princess, I am not afraid of death! I just want to find this sinner who is the root cause of the country's harm so that he can get the punishment he deserves!"
Ji Ruyan blinked and nodded, "You can participate, but I am not allowed to question my decision. Can you do this?"
Can’t question it?
Lan Zhitu hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and agreed.
Entering the cellar, the temperature is extremely low because there are a lot of ice cubes.
Ji Ruyan had dozens of oil lamps lit in the cellar, lighting up the whole cellar.
The person lying on the ice is none other than the deceased Prince Fu Yuanyang.
When the prince died, because his heart was eroded by poison, he died unwillingly. His eyes were wide open, and at first glance, he looked particularly horrifying.
"Ah!"
The little girl Lingxing was shocked.
Ji Ruyan saw that she was a little scared and ordered her to guard outside. She checked the prince carefully and found that her clothes were still the same as for the Ghost Festival, and her ten fingers and nails were already black.
While walking around the ice bed, Ji Ruyan suddenly asked, "Master Lan, read the prince's autopsy report to me."
Lan Zhitu nodded on the side and began to talk, "On the surface, the prince's body did not have any injuries. When he was still breathing, his eyeballs were protruding and bloodshot. When he died, his hands were clenched into fists. No foreign matter was found in the fingernails.
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Ji Ruyan looked at the thin white silk hanging from the crown of the prince's pure gold, and immediately knelt down and told Lan Zhitu to bring over a small wooden clip.
When the white silk was drawn out, Lan Zhitu took a look at the white silk and took a breath, "This is cloud silk brocade!"
