"It's easy to talk about other things," Yue Jian looked at what she wrote, and shook her head, "It's only been 20 years since these few activities, and it may not be easy to find out."

"If it was easy, he wouldn't be deemed to have committed suicide." Chen Chaoyan said.

Yuejian nodded: "That's right."

"Actually, if you don't need to find the murderer who murdered him, it would be easy." Chen Chaoyan glanced at the last letter, then at Xie Xuan, "Just this last letter is enough to reverse his case."

Yue Jian also took a look at Empress Xie Xuan, pursed her lips and said with a smile: "The key is to find the murderer."

"So, no matter how difficult it is, I have to bite the bullet and check." Chen Chaoyan put down the pen, rubbed his fingers, got up and sat aside, drank two sips of tea, and rested for a while, before asking Xie Xuandao, "Is the prince still alive?" What to add?"

Xie Xuan took the paper she had written, leaned on the book case and stared at it for a while, then turned his head and asked: "The princess is basically investigating the case of Qu Qiyuan around Qi Wu?"

Chen Chaoyan nodded.

Xie Xuan's eyes were gentle and smiled: "The reason is that Qi Wu and Qu Qiyuan have the closest relationship?"

Chen Chaoyan nodded again.

Xie Xuan hooked the corners of his mouth, and his smile grew stronger: "When I was in Luyang County earlier, the princess said that preconceived ideas were the most taboo in investigating cases. Now, is it preconceived that the princess's approach of investigating cases only around Qi Wu is considered preconceived? "

After Chen Chaoyan was stunned for a moment, he said calmly, "Forget it."

Xie Xuan smiled and said, "Does it count?"

Chen Chaoyan didn't understand what he meant, so he simply said: "If the prince has anything to say, it's okay to say it directly."

"In my opinion, the princess suspects Qi Wu, so it is not preconceived to investigate this case around him. At most, it is to focus on the most likely suspect." Xie Xuan sat down opposite her, " It’s just that I have a question, and I want to ask the princess for advice.”

Chen Chaoyan said: "Say it."

"Since the concubine suspects him, it is very likely that he forged that last letter. As he and Qu Qiyuan studied together and went to Beijing to take the exam together, he also has that ability." Xie Xuan stared at her eyes. Eyes, "It's just that the concubine doubts him, has she compared his old handwriting with the last book?"

She doesn't!

Chen Chaoyan quickly put down the teacup, went to the desk, picked up the last book, and wanted to pull out Qi Wu's old handwriting from the light screen for comparison.But at the moment before the action, she accidentally met Xie Xuan's restless gaze, and instantly woke up.

Xie Xuan curled one corner of his mouth and looked at her with a half-smile.That look seemed to know what she was going to do.

Chen Chaoyan was startled, but he pretended to be calm and ordered Yue Jian, "Go to Qu An quickly and ask him if he has Qi Wu's old handwriting."

Yuejian went in response.

Chen Chaoyan glanced at Xie Xuan quietly, seeing that Xie Xuan still looked the same, she couldn't help but calm down, took the last written book, and pretended to read it.Looking at it, I couldn't hold back my impatience. With the intention of looking at the scenery, I walked slowly to the window. After turning my back to Xie Xuan, I immediately searched out Qi Wu's past handwriting from the light screen, as well as the last book. compare.

Although handwriting will change with age and social experience, the details and habits are not easy to change.

For example:

Qi Wu's old handwriting is completely different from the handwriting on the last book in terms of strength and pressure, but the inadvertently connected strokes are exactly the same!

Now, as long as Yue Jian brings back Qi Wu's handwriting in his early years, and compares it to find out that his habit has lasted for a long time, then it can be determined that the last book is from him!

And this important evidence, she had previously ignored it!

Chen Chaoyan turned slightly to look at Xie Xuan.

Xie Xuan was still sitting where he was, with that casual but piercing smile still smudged on his brows and eyes.After suppressing her emotions, Chen Chaoyan turned around and sat opposite him, ignored his teasing, drank tea calmly, and waited for the moon to see her.

Yue Jian came back very quickly.

While putting a thick stack of Qi Wu's old handwriting on the desk, she said: "These are all regular script handwriting that I found out. If they can't be compared, there are many more in Qu'an."

After finishing speaking, he continued: "Qu Qiyuan's bones are buried on a slope not far from his yard, and Widow Zhou's bones are buried at the foot of Changze Mountain in the eastern suburbs of Dongyin County. In addition, I also asked Qu Qiyuan Besides Qi Wu, does Yuan have any other friends? Qu An said that Qu Qiyuan only cared about his studies. Apart from Qi Wu, the other friends were casual acquaintances, and they were all introduced by Qi Wu. Among those few friends, one is now a teacher in the county school, and two are teaching in private schools in various towns."

"Not bad," Chen Chaoyan got up and went over, flipping through Qi Wu's old handwriting, and said, "Going this trip solved a lot of things."

"I also thought of where to ask." He said so, but Yue Jian was very happy to receive praise.

"Then make persistent efforts," Chen Chaoyan said, "Whenever you can ask wherever you want, then you can conduct an autopsy and settle the case."

Yuejian immediately refused and said: "Forget about the autopsy, but you can try to settle the case."

"You are not afraid of murder, what are you afraid of for autopsy?" Chen Chaoyan said casually.

Yue Jian retorted, "Then Miss Chen is not afraid of an autopsy, why is she afraid of seeing a murder?"

"Okay, you won." After admitting defeat, Chen Chaoyan took out several Qi Wu's handwriting and arranged them in a row, and then compared them one by one.

Xie Xuan also came over in a timely manner and stood beside her.

The waiter also surrounded him.

"Look at this continuous stroke," Shi Shu pointed to Qi Wu's handwriting, "It's exactly the same!"

Exactly the same.

Yue Jian looked at the words she pointed out, and asked curiously: "Did no one suspect that the last book is fake?"

"I don't know if others have doubted it, but people from the Qu family must have doubted it." Shishu said, "It's just that there are not many consecutive characters in the shape of '口' like this. If you don't identify it carefully, it is easy Just ignore it."

Fearing that she would not believe it, Shi Shu casually took a few pieces of Qu Qiyuan's handwriting from a corner of the desk and handed them to her, so that she could compare them by herself.

Yue Jian took Qu Qiyuan's handwriting, looked at the last script for a few times, and said: "After ignoring those few consecutive strokes, they are really the same!"

"Do you know Miss Chen and Young Master are amazing?" said the servant.

Moonlight nodded.

Chen Chaoyan did not answer.

"Since it has been compared and the last letter is forged by Qi Wu, then the murderer of Qu Qiyuan must be him." Yuejian said, "If this is the case, then there is no need to investigate his previous activities. gone?"

Chen Chaoyan nodded, "It's enough to check whether he has any secret contacts with the Qu family branch, the coachman, and Qu Wensheng's three friends, or the Zhou family."

Yue Jian actively said: "It's simple, I can check."

Knowing that she was avoiding the autopsy, Chen Chaoyan agreed: "Then you go and investigate."

Seeing Xie Xuan, Yue Jian did not refute, and happily took the order.

It's just that the sunset glow started to dissipate slowly, and seeing that it was getting late, she didn't rush to show it, but followed Ban Xia and Zi Ling, waited on Xie Xuan and Chen Chaoyan for dinner, and after a good night's rest, It was only in the early morning of the second day that I was busy.

They were all busy, and Chen Chaoyan was not idle either.After breakfast and only a short rest, he followed Xie Xuan out of the courtyard with the must-written book, Qi Wu's old handwriting, Qu Qiyuan's old handwriting, etc.

The county magistrate Shi Feng waited on Pingba with Shi Yun.

Seeing Xie Xuan coming out, the two immediately saluted.

Xie Xuan passed the two of them as if no one was there, and left.

Chen Chaoyan paused slightly, nodded to the two of them, and followed quickly.

Shi Feng and Shi Yun withdrew their hands, followed closely behind Ruolan and Qingxue, and walked down the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, Qu An and the Yan Haiqing whom Shi Yun mentioned a few days ago were also waiting.Seeing everyone coming down, they hurriedly saluted.

Xie Xuan stopped for a while, "Lead the way!"

Qu An responded repeatedly, and led the crowd in the front, quickly walking towards Qu Qiyuan's grave.

Qu Qiyuan's cemetery is on the hillside at the right back corner of the courtyard where Qu'an lived.

When Qu Qiyuan 'suicide', the Qu family had not yet collapsed, so the tomb was built quite well.According to Chen Chaoyan's visual inspection, the tomb is connected to the surrounding Pingba, at least seventy or eighty square meters in size.Commandments and Pingba are both based on stones, on which are carved exquisite scrolls.Chen Chaoyan took a look, and then his eyes fell on the grave.In the past 20 years since the Qu family died, Qu'an must have come to clean it every day. Not only are there no weeds on the tomb, but the flat dam around the tomb is also spotless.

With such a scale, it is carefully cleaned every day. If it is damaged, it may be difficult to restore it.Chen Chaoyan looked at Qu An: "Are you sure you want to open the coffin for an autopsy?"

Qu An replied firmly: "Definitely."

"Then let's start." Chen Chaoyan ordered.

Qu An Yinghao turned around and took the incense candles from his wife, lit them and placed them on both sides of the tomb.Immediately afterwards, he took a few more sticks of incense, lit them with the fire of the incense candles, knelt down and bowed to the grave a few times, then put the incense into the incense basin, burned two more handfuls of paper, and then got up.Afterwards, his wife, son, and daughter also stepped forward to light incense and burn paper.

Xie Xuan has a noble status, so naturally he doesn't need to condescend to pay attention to these etiquettes.Because Chen Chaoyan wanted an autopsy, she went forward and lit a few sticks of incense and burned two handfuls of paper.Seeing her like this, Shi Feng, Shi Yun and Yan Haiqing also went up to light incense and burn paper.

After all the rituals were over, Qu An took the hoe and went to the tomb first, and dug two hoes of soil.Afterwards, Zhechong soldiers who came over to help stepped forward one after another.

The tomb is huge and built with huge stones. It took a lot of effort for Zhechong soldiers to push the head of the tomb away, and then dug out the black lacquered coffin.

"Let's just open it like this, and you don't need to lift it up again." The pit where the coffin was placed was also repaired with huge stones, which is not only large, but also very deep.Under Chen Chaoyan's order, Zhechong soldiers gave up their plan to carry the coffin out, so they pried off the lid of the coffin and put it aside.

20 years ago, after Qu Qiyuan "suicide" in the canyon deep in Changze Mountain, he was found after more than a month.When it was found, it was almost completely destroyed, only the skeleton remained.Now that 20 years have passed, the flesh has really disappeared, and only scattered bones remain.

Even so, Shi Yun, who was standing behind Shi Feng, only took a few vain glances, and quickly stepped back a few steps in unbearable fear.Then, he involuntarily looked towards Chen Chaoyan.

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