From Qin Jiyan's investigation, it is almost certain that the deceased are all the concubines of officials and wealthy businessmen. This is also the case when Gu Qiancheng investigates all the way. Even among the dozen or so corpses, there is one who is pregnant with Liujia, and hers
The fetus also became a dry and hard piece and remained in her body forever.
However, among this bunch of concubines, Gu Qiancheng discovered the body of a young girl. Although the clothes on the girl's body were not rotten, due to too long time, they had already turned into strands of rags and could not be seen.
material, but judging from the faded color, this outfit is bright and colorful.
There is nothing on the girl's body that can prove her identity. It can only be determined from the five senses that the girl was a beauty during her lifetime. She had deficiencies and was thinner than the average person.
"Why are there the bones of a young girl here?" Gu Qiancheng squatted in front of the deceased and did not get up for a long time.
She examined all the bones, and found that only this one was a cardamom girl, and the others were young women around twenty years old, or women who had already had men.
"Draw her portrait." Qin Jiyan had a vague guess, and so did Gu Qiancheng, that's why she was so shocked.
If there is no accident, this girl is most likely Princess Wuyang, the daughter of Prince Gongyuan who committed suicide by jumping off a tower.
Gu Qiancheng immediately picked up the pen and paper. No one spoke a word. The only sound in the room was the "rustling" of the pen tip touching the paper. The sound soon disappeared.
"The painting is done." Gu Qiancheng tore off the painting and handed it to Qin Jiyan. Qin Jiyan only glanced at it and nodded, "I have seen the archives in the palace and it is indeed Princess Wuyang."
"She is Princess Wuyang. Who is the person who jumped from the tower and died?" Gu Qiancheng turned to look at Qin Jiyan.
"If you want to know who it is, just open the coffin." Since the person buried in the soil is not Princess Wuyang, it is not difficult to open the coffin and conduct an autopsy.
"Yes, we can find out just by opening the coffin, but I don't know if the bones of Princess Wuyang are still there after all these years?" The case of the Goddess Tower is obviously not something that can be done by one person. There is definitely a gang behind it. If it is really a gang that committed the crime, then
It's hard to say whether there are any bones in the coffin.
"Let's go take a look first." Qin Jiyan didn't waste any time and asked Gu Qiancheng to tidy up the place before the two of them went out.
"The troops are divided into two groups. You take my king's token and lead people to search for the bones of Princess Wuyang. I will enter the palace." It is about the authenticity of the royal princess. Qin Jiyan needs to say hello to the old emperor.
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"Okay," Gu Qiancheng took two guards and rode to Princess Wuyang's cemetery.
Princess Wuyang died without getting married. After her death, she could not be buried in the royal cemetery or her husband's family cemetery. She could only choose an unowned land with beautiful mountains and clear waters to bury her.
The people in Prince Gongyuan's palace were all dead. Even if Princess Wuyang's grave was dug, as long as it didn't cause a big fuss, there wouldn't be any disputes. The people guarding the tomb knew that it was an official job, so they didn't dare to stop her at all, and even brought a shovel to help.
Gu Qiancheng was still very afraid of digging up dead people's graves, and knew that the two guards were not willing to do such a thing, so she did not skimp on the incense money. She bought a bunch of paper money and incense, respectfully offered the incense, and scattered the paper money.
Only then did the guards take action.
The coffin was not buried deeply, so it was dug out quickly. Before opening the coffin, Gu Qiancheng sprinkled some more paper money and put a few firecrackers. Although it was not very formal, it was fine as long as it was what he meant.
The guard was a big old man and didn't know what to do when opening the coffin. After looking at Qian Cheng, he thought it was okay. He bowed to where the coffin was, and the guard handed it over to open the coffin. However, everyone was dumbfounded when he opened the coffin!
There was no one in the coffin, only a big stone, and not even any burial objects.
"This, this..." The tombkeeper fell to the ground in fright, "I, I didn't move."
"No one said you moved," Gu Qiancheng had already prepared and signaled the guards to come up and bury the soil back.
"Miss Gu, is that all?" The two guards held the shovels and didn't move for a long time.
It's just a stone, and they still have to bury it back.
"Otherwise, what else do you think? The bones of Princess Wuyang are under the Goddess Tower. It is normal to bury a stone here." Gu Qiancheng threw away all the paper money left in his hand, "Let's go back and restore His Highness King Qin's life.
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She had investigated everything she should, and the only thing left was Qin Jiyan's matter. She couldn't be allowed to be a forensic doctor and also do the criminal investigation work. She was not good at it.
"Oh, oh." The guard followed Gu Qiancheng back to the city in a daze, escorting Gu Qiancheng back to the capital. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the city, he met Yan Qing. Yan Qing's eyes softened a little when he saw Gu Qiancheng, and he rushed to pass the message.
The little eunuch stepped forward and said: "The emperor has sent you to the palace."
"Thank you so much, General Yan." Gu Qiancheng expressed his blessing to Yan, with a faint smile on his face. Without saying anything, he followed the people sent by the palace into the palace.
Yan Qing was about to speak but stopped. Looking at Gu Qiancheng's calm face, he knew that nothing would happen to her. She just stood there and watched Gu Qiancheng leave.
The soldiers looked on and their teeth were sore. General Yan also said that if he likes someone but doesn't say it, what does it mean to be so silent?
Gu Qiancheng was taken directly into the imperial study by the palace servants. There were only the old emperor and Qin Jiyan in the study. As soon as Gu Qiancheng entered, he knelt down and saluted. The emperor had no intention of calling her up, and only said: "I am responsible for Princess Wuyang's affairs."
Already know, Gu Qiancheng, I order you to find out as soon as possible who is using stones to pretend to be the bones of Princess Wuyang."
After Gu Qiancheng entered the city, he didn't tell anyone about Princess Wuyang. Even Qin Jiyan didn't know that there was a stone in Princess Wuyang's coffin. This shows how powerful the old emperor's spies were.
Gu Qiancheng was frightened, and he was extremely grateful that he had not done anything excessive, otherwise he would not know how he died.
"My daughter obeys the order." Gu Qiancheng agreed without thinking, even though she didn't know how to investigate the case.
"Well," the old emperor responded with satisfaction, "I don't want outsiders to know about this matter. You should know what to do?"
It was a matter related to the clan princess, and the old imperial city didn't want to make it public, so it kept Gu Qiancheng behind.
"Your Majesty, I understand." Gu Qiancheng agreed without raising his head. The old emperor waved his hand with satisfaction, "Step back."
From the time she came in to the time she left, Gu Qiancheng went out without even seeing anyone. She couldn't stay too long after going out, so the palace officials immediately stepped forward to ask her to leave the palace.
In the imperial study room, only the old emperor and Qin Jiyan were left. The two emperors got up, walked to the low couch and sat down, waving to Qin Jiyan, "You haven't played chess with me for a long time, come and play with me."
I’ll play the next round.”
"Grandpa Huang..." Qin Jiyan said helplessly. He didn't want to play chess at all. The case of the Goddess Tower had just made progress. He was about to go back to the six doors to arrange the work, hoping to solve the case as soon as possible.
"It's still early, and it's not like you can't move around the Six Gates without you. Didn't I hand over this case to Gu Qiancheng? Don't worry about it." The old emperor's face darkened, Qin Jiyan stepped forward, "Emperor
Grandpa, you think too highly of Gu Qiancheng, she doesn’t have that ability."
"Really? She can even calculate the food supply and armament consumption of a 200,000-strong army. What else can't she do?" The old emperor snorted, showing his dissatisfaction.
"Grandpa Emperor, you clearly know that it was not her fault." Qin Jiyan sat down opposite the old emperor, holding the black chess piece and making the first move. The old emperor slowly and unhurriedly dropped a worthless piece, and said with no hint of emotion or anger.
: "You are really kind to her."
"Grandpa Huang, you have always known my temperament. I will be good to anyone who is good to me. If people don't let me down, I won't let them down." Qin Jiyan made a move again. He seemed serious, but in fact he was not as serious as Hua Tai.
Focus more on the chess game.
Grandpa Huang had known about his chess skills for a long time, and he never cared about winning or losing. Life is not a chess game, and a small chess game does not mean anything...