Both Long Yuan and Xuying ignored the aggrieved Li Xiu'e. As time passed, the maids and chamberlains entered the room one after another to be searched, and walked out one after another.
I searched all the maids and chamberlains in the West Palace, including Hong Jian and Xueying, but still found nothing.
Seeing that Long Yuan and Xuying found nothing, Li Xiu'e became even more energetic. She walked up to Long Yuan and Xuying and asked angrily: "The general keeps saying that there are people with evil intentions hidden in the West Palace. Now the general suspects someone."
Where is it again?”
Long Yuan narrowed his eyes and stared at her for a long time, until Li Xiu'e was so scared that he looked at her all over. Long Yuan suddenly raised his hand and grasped the hilt of the sword under his ribs. Even the stunned Li Xiu'e was attracted by him.
His actions frightened him so much that he took a step back and looked at him in surprise.
Xuying reminded in a low voice: "Long Yuan!" They would have no problem searching the West Palace, but if they hurt someone, they would not be able to explain it.
Long Yuan said nothing, turned and walked towards the dining room. The dining room was turned into a mess. Long Yuan held the sword in his hand, walked slowly around, and then walked into the small warehouse at the back.
Everything stored here is food. Long Yuan walked to a bamboo basket, which was filled with white rice. Long Yuan touched it with his hand, and then he took out his sword and inserted the long sword into the bamboo basket.
In the basket.
After repeated attempts at good opportunities, Long Yuan found no abnormalities, and continued to walk forward slowly. The next bamboo basket was filled with millet seeds, and Long Yuan still inserted his sword into the basket as a test.
Once, twice, after more than a dozen thrusts, his movements suddenly stopped.
Immediately afterwards, he drew out his sword, sheathed it, took a step back, grabbed the edge of the bamboo basket, and pulled hard. There was a crash, and the bamboo basket fell to the ground. In an instant, the millet inside was scattered all over the ground.
Xuying, who was watching from the side, secretly grinned and whispered: "Long Yuan, we were just ordered to search!" We were not asked to come to the West Palace to cause damage!
Long Yuan waved his hand to him and poured out all the millet from the bamboo basket. Then he flattened the piles of millet on the ground. Soon, a small linen bag was revealed.
Seeing this, Xuying immediately narrowed his eyes, stepped forward quickly, and took out the small cloth bag from the corn.
"What is this?!" Long Yuan looked at the small cloth bag in Xuying's hand and asked.
Xuying put the small cloth bag on the table with a solemn expression. At this time, Xueying, Hongjian, and Li Xiu'e also walked in from the outside and looked at the small cloth bag in surprise.
Several people looked at each other with confusion on their faces, saying that this was also the first time they had seen this little cloth bag.
Glancing at the three of them, Long Yuan slowly opened the small cloth bag, which contained several round, light yellow flakes that looked a bit like potato chips.
Long Yuan didn't know this thing. He picked up a piece and smelled it, but there was no pungent smell.
He then handed it to Xuying. The latter took it, looked and smelled it, and distinguished it carefully. Then he broke off a small bit and put it in his mouth to chew.
After chewing twice, his expression changed, he spit out the dregs and whispered: "It's trichosanthin!"
Long Yuan asked: "But it's poison?"
Xuying shook his head and said solemnly: "It's medicine."
Trichosanthin, although its name is powder, is actually not a powder, but a kind of herbal medicine. It can remove heat, produce body fluids and quench thirst, reduce swelling, drain pus, and remove blood stasis. But in addition, trichosanthin also
It has another effect, which is contraception.
It is a cold medicine and has a miraculous effect on women's contraception. Although it is a medicine, if it is taken for a long time, it will cause great damage to the human body.
Xuying told Long Yuan what he knew about trichosanthin, and Xueying, Hongjian, and Li Xiu'e who were standing aside all felt cold sweat.
Xueying murmured: "The dining room...how could such a vicious drug be hidden in the dining room?"
Xuying's eyes slowly scanned the three of them and said word by word: "The maids and chamberlains in the dining room, as well as the maids and chamberlains who can enter and exit the dining room, are all inseparable from this matter!"
After finishing speaking, he rewrapped the small cloth bag, picked it up and walked out. After leaving the dining room, Xuying, who was outside the Yu Linwei, said: "All the maids and chamberlains in the West Palace are under guard, no matter who they are.
No one can take a step away from the West Palace!"
"I obey!" All the Yulin guards responded in unison, and then took the palace maids and chamberlains present back to their own rooms. The Yulin guards guarded the door. Even Xueying and Hongjian were also ordered by Yulin.
The guards will take care of it.
After all, Xueying and Hongjian were both people who had access to the dining room, so they were equally suspicious.
Long Yuan and Xuying returned to Qingliang Hall with the small cloth bag they searched from the dining room.
After arriving at Qingliang Hall, the two presented the small cloth bag to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu took it, looked at it briefly, and handed it to Pi Tong.
As Xuying had judged, the small cloth bag contained trichosanthin. Pi Tong also told Liu Xiu the characteristics of trichosanthin.
After hearing Pitong's words, Yin Lihua looked in disbelief. She couldn't believe that her Xigong actually contained a villain who was secretly plotting against her.
Liu Xiu's face turned livid with anger, and her fists clenched loudly. It was simply lawless that there was such a bold person hiding under her nose in the palace.
He looked at Long Yuan and Xuying and said: "Investigate! Investigate strictly! Who hid the trichosanthin in the dining room? I must find them out!"
Long Yuan and Xuying both responded, Xuying said: "My subordinates have taken care of all the maids and chamberlains in the West Palace..."
Before he could finish his words, a Yulin guard hurriedly ran into the Qingliang Hall. He knelt down, stepped in and saluted Liu Xiu, and said: "Report to your majesty, a maid in the West Palace... a kitchen maid in the West Palace committed suicide!
"
Hearing this, the expressions of everyone present changed. Long Yuan frowned and asked, "Which grandma is it?"
"Nanny, the steward of the kitchen!"
"How did she commit suicide? Didn't I ask you to take good care of them?"
The Yulin guard turned pale and stammered: "Yes... she wants to go to the toilet. I'll wait... I can't follow her in, but when I see she doesn't come out for a long time and no one responds, I can't wait until I realize it."
When something went wrong, I found her after I went in...she had hanged herself."
As he spoke, Yu Linwei took out a piece of cloth and said, "This...was left by the steward!"
Long Yuan took it and looked down. On the cloth was a blood letter written in blood. It could also be said to be a suicide note. There was not much content, just numbers: This slave is unworthy of your nobleness, and even more unworthy of your majesty. You should die to apologize.
After reading it, Long Yuan frowned and handed the blood letter to Liu Xiu. After reading it, Liu Xiu threw it to the ground. The stewardess left such a blood letter and then committed suicide, which is equivalent to taking all the crimes on one person.
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But how could she, a mere nun in charge, be so bold as to secretly take trichosanthin to noble people? Moreover, she had no reason to do so.
There must be someone behind the stewardship, but now with her death, all clues have been lost.
Long Yuan rolled his eyes and asked Yu Lin Wei: "Have you checked her relics?"
Yu Linwei said: "It has been checked!"
"What did you find?"
Yu Linwei shook his head and whispered: "They are all insignificant sundries, and there are still a few hundred dollars."
"only these?"
"Yes!"
Long Yuan pondered for a moment, took a breath, and said hurriedly: "No!" He quickly bowed his hands to Liu Xiu and said, "Your Majesty, I need to leave the palace immediately to find the family of the nanny in charge!"
Someone secretly bribed the housekeeper, but there was no large amount of property among her belongings. This can only mean that the person who bribed her in the first place sent the money to her family. Through her family, clues can be found.
If the person behind the scenes wants to cut off this clue, then the family of the grandma in charge will be in danger now.
Liu Xiu also realized the problem that Long Yuan was aware of. He nodded and said, "Look for it immediately. Once you find it, send them all to Tingwei Mansion!"
"I obey!" Long Yuan shook his head to Xuying. Xuying immediately understood, bowed to Liu Xiu and saluted, then followed Long Yuan and hurried out together.
Although Long Yuan's prediction was correct, he was still a step too late. When he and Xuying led the Yulin Guards and the Forbidden Army to find the residence of the steward's family, all nine members of the family had died tragically in their own house.
Moreover, the person who did it swept away all the property in the house and made a mess everywhere. This gave people the illusion of seeking wealth and murder, and this case turned into a seemingly ordinary case.
Homicide case.
Long Yuan and Xuying looked at the nine corpses in the house, both frowning. Xuying walked to a corpse, squatted down, and looked at the wounds on the corpse. There was a blood line at the throat.
His throat was slit with a sharp knife.
He couldn't help but murmured: "What a fast sword!"
Long Yuan came over, squatted down, looked at the wound carefully, and nodded. Indeed, the perpetrator was a master of swordsmanship. Xuying said in a low voice: "I am afraid that neither the Changqiu Palace nor the Phoenix Palace can escape from this matter...
…”
Before he could finish his words, Long Yuan hurriedly gave him a hard poke with his elbow, glaring at him angrily, with a full warning, as if to say, you don't want your life, you can say such things randomly.
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Xuying smiled bitterly. He was not talking nonsense. There were only three concubines in the palace. Of course Yin Guiren would not do this to him. He had the motive to do such a thing to her and the ability to do it so decisively.
, the only ones who left no traces were Queen Guo and Meiren Xu.
Since Xu Meiren gave birth to the eldest princess, her whole person has become much softer, and her relationship with Yin Guiren is very good. The possibility of Xu Meiren is not high, so there is only one most suspicious person left, that is the eldest princess.
The one from Autumn Palace.
It's just that accusing the queen of murdering a noble person without any real evidence is really going to make you lose your head. Xuying muttered: "You and I know what's going on."
Long Yuan reminded expressionlessly: "It's a matter of great importance. Everything must be told truthfully and based on actual evidence. Don't make assumptions based on thin air. Be careful of misfortunes coming from your mouth."
In the palace, while waiting for news about Long Yuan and Xuying, Liu Xiu asked Pi Tong with concern: "Weijun, can Lihua's body be healed?"
"Here, I will try my best!"
It was this kind of argument again. Liu Xiu didn't want to hear such conciliatory words now, so he asked again: "Weijun, you just need to tell me, is it possible for Lihua's body to be recuperated?"
Pi Tong sighed softly, looked at Yin Lihua beside him, and stopped talking. Yin Lihua's eyes were red and she said to Pi Tong: "Pi Taichang, if you have anything to say, just say it directly."
"Wei Chen... alas!" Pi Tong is a human being, not a god. He can't cure the disease with medicine.
He said meaningfully: "Yin Guiren has been taking trichosanthes for at least more than a year. His body has been seriously damaged. Wei Chen... Wei Chen is really not sure whether he can take care of your body."
Liu Xiu frowned and asked: "Weijun was able to take care of Xi Ling's body at the beginning, but now he can't take care of Lihua's body?"
"Your Majesty, the condition of the disease is different, Wei Chen... Wei Chen can only do his best." Pi Tong is still the same, no matter how hard he is forced to, he will never say anything to death.
He will not pat his chest and guarantee that he will be cured, nor will he shake his head to express that he will not be able to cure it. The answers he gets from him are always ambiguous, and the word he hears the most is 'try your best'.