Dressed as a villain's stepmother, I use spiritual springs to raise cubs

The crystal clear ice reflects the light of the night pearl, making it difficult to distinguish.

Li Cong and a group of servants all lowered their heads to look carefully, only to realize that there are indeed two pieces of ice that are exceptionally translucent.

Li Cong frowned, and ordered: "Pull out the few pieces of ice below."

The servants worked one after another, moving the coffins to the ground next to them, and cleaning out all the ice in the pit.

And Xia Bai'an had already gone through the complete procedure, put on silk gloves, and passed Mo Che by the shoulder.

"I'm going to check the coffin."

"Ah."

Mo Che nodded, and went straight to the edge of the pit.

The servant suddenly said: "I found it! The glowing thing is not ice at all, but... the night pearl!"

The servant excitedly took out the night pearl. The melted ice was soaked in water, but it was connected into a silk thread of water droplets in mid-air, which was not easy to be noticed.

Mo Che's hands were quick, and he suddenly held down the servant's hand.

The servant was stunned for a moment, seeing that the slender water silk thread easily cut through the servant's face, leaving an obvious bloodstain, the servant's throat rolled and he dared not move again.

Li Cong stood up abruptly, he didn't care if the chair behind him was kicked, and stepped forward quickly.

"What is this..."

"Extremely slender silk thread. The person behind it is using this trick to fake the illusion that the prince and concubine got up suddenly."

As Xia Bai'an said, she drew out the two silk threads behind the princess with her fingertips, so that others could not see them, but she attached the fluorite fragments on the ground, like a bright silk thread.

At the end of the two silk threads is an inconspicuous hole in the glazed coffin.

When Mo Che saw this, he rolled the Ye Mingzhu in the servant's hand, and slowly pulled the silk thread with his fingertips, and the broken thread fell into his hand intact from the melting ice water.

Only when the silk threads are stacked together can the clues be clearly discovered.

Li Cong watched helplessly, and then looked at the two silk threads in the coffin, pulling the princess's shoulders and waist respectively, and pulling the whole thing into the small hole above the coffin, so that the prince's concubine could stick her back against the coffin wall, creating a The illusion of sitting up suddenly.

"Unfortunately, this thread can only be used once."

Mo Che explained, handing the luminous pearl and silk thread in his hand to Li Cong's confidant, and said, "The luminous pearl is expensive, and any merchant who sells the luminous pearl will weigh them one by one and place them separately. Come to think of it, this luminous pearl must have someone Record the weight and length and width."

Li Cong was puzzled: "Silk thread can pull Rou'er, but what does it have to do with this night pearl?"

"It has a lot to do with it."

Xia Bai'an answered the words, while tidying up the corpse of the prince and concubine, he bent over to straighten her cold hair, "According to what was built in the dark room of His Royal Highness the fifth prince, there are actually at most three groups of people who came here."

"Replace ice cubes, inlay night pearls, and, guard." Mo Che's eyes fell on several servants.

The servants seemed to understand something, and knelt down one after another: "Your Highness, you have never told about the dark room!"

Li Cong glanced at several people with his cold eyes, and then looked at Mo Che; "Continue talking."

"According to His Highness's love for the prince and concubine, these three groups of people must be full-fledged confidantes, and they may hold several positions. The number of people they know is no more than 12 people?" Mo Che asked.

Li Cong nodded: "There are only ten people in total. In addition to the current three people, there are seven other people who will be replaced. The people who inlaid the night pearl and replaced the ice cubes are all from the same group. As for the guards, they are all outside."

Mo Che looked at Xia Bai'an.

Xia Bai'an took off the gloves on his hands, and looked around.

"The room is very tidy and spotless. The luminous pearls are inlaid on the wall. The only chair is out of place here. It should be moved in by the fifth prince every time he comes. In this way, there is no place to hide things here. And... I saw that these servants didn't have any decorations on them, so I guess it was His Highness who ordered them not to take anything outside?"

"Yes." Li Cong nodded, and several servants hurriedly took off their clothes, shivering and knelt on the ground to prove their innocence.

"In this way, if you want to do something, you should bury the mechanism early and use the original things in this room, which is the easiest way to get away with it. And Ye Mingzhu has been weighed for a long time, and a servant who is familiar with changing ice cubes can probably calculate it. Time for the ice to melt."

As Xia Bai'an said, he jumped down from the pit and dipped his fingertips into the icy water, "The pit is inclined, and there is a small bulge, which is completely stored here after the ice is melted, so it is easy to handle.

When the ice cube melts, the luminous pearl will slowly slide into it. When it crosses this bulge, the luminous pearl will roll into the water, and the silk thread will be pulled accordingly. The silk thread is extremely thin, and it will break once.This trick must have been done by one of these ten people. "

The three servants were shaking like chaff at this moment, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to say they were innocent.

Li Cong gasped, his eyes changed.

"How could this be! They have all been by my side for many years..."

"Cen Yishan came here under the guise of his elder brother, and the butler of the Lin family was even found out to be an assassin who entered the mansion a few days ago. His servant for several years may be just a pawn that others have been lurking for a long time."

As Mo Che said, he walked to the edge of the pit, and pulled Xia Bai'an up from the pit.

Little hands are cold.

Mo Che warmed his palm with a cold face, and wanted to hold on for a while, but Xia Bai'an suddenly withdrew his hand, gave him a sideways look, and walked to the corner by himself.

From the corner of Mo Che's eyes, he saw A Gao's gaze fixed on here.

He was impatient, but he took a few steps forward and grabbed Xia Bai'an's wrist again: "The answer to His Highness is over. My wife is always afraid of the cold. Please allow us to go home early."

Li Cong came back to his senses, and sure enough, he saw Xia Bai'an's fingertips turned red.

"This matter, thank you, Colonel, for your help. As for the matter of Cen Yishan, His Highness has asked the people from Chengtian Mansion to investigate carefully. And Captain, I am afraid that I will have to wait a little longer outside."

"Why?" Mo Che frowned.

"Master Sun Yuzhou from Chengtian Mansion will also come here at night. He doesn't know about Rou'er, but just explores my dungeon at night, looking for clues about Cen Yishan's escape, and secretly presents the matter of Cen Yishan's impersonation to the emperor. But, He specifically mentioned that this matter needs your help."

"The next little captain."

"Young Captain, you solved your confusion before reaching the king's darkroom. Thinking about it, you will be able to help Lord Sun find the clues of Cen Yishan's departure."

Li Cong said, looking at Mo Che with a smile on his face.

Mo Che didn't say much, and led Xia Bai'an and A Gao completely out of the dark room, and came to the side hall where it was still warm.

In the side hall, the servant girl came over and placed two or three warm pots for them.

Only then did Xia Bai'an's pale face regain some color.

She sat next to the hot tub and looked at Mo Che: "Can you hear if the partition wall has ears?"

"No one is out. The fifth prince and Sun Taiwei still have some friendship, and they won't cross the line easily. What do you want to say?" Mo Che looked at her.

Xia Bai'an asked: "The Fifth Prince specially asked you to meet with Sun Yuzhou. He said clearly that he was looking for the trajectory of Cen Yishan's escape. In fact... he wanted you to help solve the matter of Cen Yishan."