Chapter 41 Let the Corpse Speak
There was a flash of confusion in the emperor's eyes. Concubine Tong?
Is there such a concubine in his palace?
Concubine Tong, who was pointed out by Hongmei, walked out calmly from the crowd. She was graceful and elegant with a light gait. After she stopped, she bowed in the direction of the emperor and then spoke.
"Master Tang, there is no eunuch named Chen around me."
"Impossible, he said he was a palace maid beside Concubine Tong..."
Hongmei collapsed on the ground, "My lord, I didn't lie. That man really said that he was the eunuch beside Concubine Tong."
[Well, Hongmei didn't lie this time. That person did say that. But she had met him several times before and never doubted his identity.]
[But Concubine Tong did not lie. There was indeed no eunuch named Chen in her palace.]
[That person must have used a fake name to deceive Hongmei. ]
[Ah, Concubine Tong is so beautiful, like the most beautiful crabapple flower on the branch. The emperor is so blind that he prefers fish eyes over pearls.]
[As a result, Yumu still has a childhood sweetheart in his heart, and he is looking forward to meeting her again in the harem and cheating on her. ]
emperor:"……"
Just settle the case, why step on his foot for no reason?
Calculating the time, Concubine Chen has already arrived at the imperial mausoleum!
However... his gaze drifted towards Concubine Tong in the evening breeze. The residual sunlight cast a golden glow on her hair, and the breeze ruffled her temples. She was indeed very beautiful with the warm golden glow, a beauty completely different from that of Concubine Chen.
Lu Xinran wanted to write a short essay to praise Tong Bin's beauty, but drunkenness made her bald. She thought for a long time and the only two words that flashed in her mind were "national quintessence" that could express everything.
Tang Quyan wanted to rub his brows. This girl from the Lu family had too much jumping thoughts.
Following her intelligence, my thoughts were sporadic, but if I were to find clues and solve the case on my own... I'm afraid I won't get any results today.
Song Junyan, who was standing by, waved to his confidant and whispered a few words to him. The confidant ran away quickly, and soon someone brought a bowl of sobering soup to Lu Xinran.
Lu Xinran stared blankly at the hangover soup in front of him, his nose twitched, and then his frown moved back.
[It smells terrible. I won’t drink it. I want to go back to sleep.]
Lu Xinlan: “…”
She picked up the soup bowl, handed it to her and coaxed her like a child, and drank the sobering soup mouthful by mouthful.
“Did it work?”
Tang Quyan led his men to continue examining the corpse and the traces around it. He glanced at the little girl with a frown on her face, and felt that Song Junyan's actions were unnecessary.
"Just a try."
It's no use, but if they can help Lu Xinran sober up and provide them with some useful clues, they will be lucky.
The drunkenness mostly dissipated with the evening breeze, and my heaviness gradually became clear again.
She looked around and finally took in her surroundings and the body lying on the ground.
"Sister, do you want to go over and take a look?"
Lu Xinlan knew what the half sentence she hastily swallowed was, and just smiled and shook his head.
Although she wanted to show off her past learning and experience, there were many people around her, and Tang Quyan and Song Junyan were also there, so there was no need for her to stand out.
If she didn't go forward, Lu Xinran would naturally not go over to her eagerly.
She flipped through Zhou Zhengya's booklet in the system. [She knew who was looking for her, so she didn't let the maid follow her.]
[As soon as he arrived at Dingbo Pavilion, he was knocked unconscious by a candlestick, and then dragged to the lakeside and thrown into the water.]
[She didn't see the man's face, she could only tell from the corner of his clothes that he was a eunuch. He must be the one who did it, or that eunuch Chen.]
[But why would someone want to kill her? ]
This question also appears in everyone's mind at the same time.
Zhou Bingshan gritted his teeth and looked at his daughter, who was raised by him and Fang Suxin, lying coldly on the ground. She would no longer smile at him tenderly and call him father. He couldn't help but shed tears.
Although he and Fang Suxin cannot be considered a good husband and wife, they are a good father and mother!
Don't let him know who killed his precious daughter.
Lu Xinran looked up subconsciously and happened to see this scene.
[Although Zhou Bingshan and Fang Suxin were a little messy in that aspect, they were really good to their two children. I was really jealous.]
[It's a pity that Zhao has a brain problem. Lu Kangde only cares about profit and climbing up the ladder, while others...]
A sigh rang out in everyone's ears, and the people gathered around the sisters almost all looked at Zhou Bingshan.
Zhou Bingshan didn't care about being seen in a horrible state, and just met Lu Kant's shy gaze provocatively.
So what if he took away the position of the Ministry of Revenue Doctor? Even his own daughter dislikes him. Does he still want to climb up in the future? !
Tang Quyan was still instructing people to search everywhere and collect samples. She mentioned in her mind that she was dragged to the lake by someone, and the other party did not pick her up, so there must be traces left on the ground.
Zhou Zhengya had a wound on his head. The opponent attacked him in Dingbo Pavilion, so there should be bloodstains in the pavilion.
When Lu Xinlan saw Tang Quyan's men collecting the blood in Dingbo Pavilion, her occupational disease made her itchy. After waiting for a while and seeing no other movements, she couldn't help but took Lu Xinran to Tang Quyan's side and bowed.
"Master Tang, the murderer hit the victim with a blunt weapon. There was a large wound on the back of the victim's head. There was a lot of blood in the pavilion and on the road. The murderer must have had blood on his body as well. After throwing Miss Zhou Er into the water, he must have cleaned up the blood on his body and hands, and also disposed of the candlestick used as the murder weapon."
Her tone was soft, soothing, and well-reasoned.
Tang Quyan would have thought of these things, but he just didn't have time to ask anyone to check them out.
Hearing her guess what he would do next, he felt a little admiration in his heart.
"What the young man from the Lu family said is true. I have already asked people to search the area for the weapon and to check on the servants who entered the garden today."
Since the other party's name is fake, his identity as a eunuch is likely to be fake as well.
However, today is the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, and all officials and female family members are in attendance. There are many people entering the garden, and it is not easy to check them one by one.
Although Lu Xinran was afraid, his gaze still uncontrollably fell on Zhou Zhengya.
"Did your girl suddenly faint yesterday?"
As she was browsing the gossip system, she suddenly saw an inside story and her gaze uncontrollably fell to Zhou Zhengya's lower abdomen.
Hongmei was so scared that she couldn't speak and could only nod her head desperately.
[A dead person has no pulse, how can we find out if she is pregnant? ]
[I think I know who the murderer is.]
Everyone who heard her inner voice held their breath and looked at her, waiting for her to continue.
[How can I check if I'm pregnant? It's still early, so it should be easy to overlook it, right? And she hasn't even got married yet. If she lets someone check these things, people will definitely think that it's insulting Zhou Zhengya's reputation.]
[Sad, how should I tell the coroner to find out if she is virgin? ]
[No, the coroner definitely can't do that. The coroners are definitely all men. Even if the Zhou family was going to fall into poverty, they wouldn't let the coroner examine the body so carefully.]
[However, I guess I was right. Zhou Zhengya didn't want to leave the capital, so she had no choice but to force that man to marry her.]