After rebirth, I made the princes cry

There was a court meeting the next day, but Yingshu failed to leave the palace. She was allowed to leave the palace again the next day, and she was still accompanied by Nanci. Yingshu planned to go to Jiangying, so she had to ask Zhao Er. Who knew, only one day later? On the same day, Zhao Er was transferred to Jiangdong Hemen. As one of the eight powerful men of the day, Kotoga also had his own craftsman camp. Although it was somewhat against the laws and regulations to directly transfer a craftsman from the government crafts camp, this trivial matter cannot be investigated under the current circumstances. Although Nanci is a prince, he does not have the privilege to go directly to Jiangdong to congratulate important people. Yingshu does not have this privilege. Zhao Er's clue was cut off by the second prince's party.

"How about we go to Nanzeri again and ask the neighbors?" Nanci suggested.

"Zhao Er has been transferred away. His Highness must have sent someone to warn his neighbors not to leak the case information at will. If we continue to ask, it will only make the neighbors embarrassed. That's all. In fact, we have asked everything we should ask. Just go to a place that His Highness has never thought of." Yingshu said with a smile.

"Are you going to Chitongli?"

Nanci obviously also thought of something key.

The second prince was certain that the murderer was an evil spirit, so he would inevitably ignore some clues, such as Madam Du, who was very close to Zhao Fei and often interacted with her, not to mention the residents of Chitongli.

Who knew that the two of them would miss this time.

"Duchang and his wife moved away from Jiankang more than 20 days ago." Du Chang's neighbor said.

He led the way and unlocked the door, letting Yingshu and Nanci see a single courtyard that was no longer inhabited: "This courtyard belongs to my wife's uncle. My wife's uncle knows how to deal with the world and has accumulated some connections. He also has the luck to make acquaintances. A wealthy businessman made a little money and was taken to Guangling to set up a trading company. He entrusted the yard to me, and I rented it to Du Chang. His wife came from Linxiang, and Du Chang also lived in Guangling. He worked as a manager in a commercial bank and had some savings, but at first he had no intention of renting a separate house. He felt that the rent was too high. He also had to make another living in Jiankang and was worried that he would not be able to support it.

However, my wife's uncle doesn't rely on this rent money to live. I think Du Chang is quite kind and has some connections. His wife is also very capable. Although my wife's uncle's yard is quite large, there are not many houses. Mrs. Du, a capable housewife, could take care of it, so she wanted to form a good relationship with them and rented it to them at a low price.

It must have been two or three months ago that Du Chang said he planned to go to Huainan County. After all, he and his wife had been staying in Jiankang for several years, and they had to move again. They wouldn't be able to leave for a while, and they wouldn't be able to leave until February. More than ten days ago, the large items I purchased were sold, and the transfer was completed. I also asked Musa, the great witch, to perform a divination to set a departure date, and then the yard was returned to me. "

This neighbor still remembered the exact date of departure of Du Chang and his wife, which was five days before Zhao Fei's death.

"Did the couple set off together?" Yingshu asked.

The neighbor nodded firmly: "We are setting off together."

"So sure? As far as we know, Mrs. Du has an eye disease and is used to wearing a curtain. Uncle can't see her face clearly. How can we be sure that she is Mrs. Du herself?"

"Young lady, what you said is true. We have lived next to each other for several years, and we often interact with each other. Even if we don't look at the appearance and only listen to the voice, how can we be mistaken? And before they left, they returned the key, and Mrs. Du also asked me to check the house. The hospital told me clearly which appliances my wife’s uncle had purchased, but they did not dare to use them and kept them intact, and then I watched them get on the donkey cart with my own eyes.”

"Did you hire the car?"

"Duchang owns it, and he drove it himself that day."

Yingshu asked her neighbors again if they knew Zhao Fei.

"Although Mrs. Du has a good temper, all the women nearby are avoiding her, fearing that she may have a serious disease or be unlucky. Only Mrs. Fei is willing to deal with her, but Mrs. Fei is not willing to come here. Mrs. Du goes there There are many people in Nanze, which is understandable. Du Chang is always at home. He has a wide range of contacts and often has visitors. Mrs. Fei comes from a womanly family, and she will inevitably be suspected of being in contact with foreign men. "

"Mrs. Du's real surname, doesn't uncle know about it?"

"I heard Du Chang say that his daughter-in-law had a very poor background. She was abandoned at birth and grew up in an orphanage. Du Chang was not rich at first and had no money to hire a wife, so the official media matched him with Mrs. Du. After getting married, Mrs. Du only has her husband's surname and not her father's surname."

"Don't the couple have any children?"

"It is said that there were some, but unfortunately they all died young. It is precisely because of this that these women in the neighborhood say that Mrs. Du is unlucky."

"Uncle, does he know that Mrs. Du's eye disease is really that serious?"

"I heard that it was a blind eye. Madam Du only has one eye that can see. She didn't wear a curtain at first. She covered her left eye with a cloth cover. Then she wore a curtain for some reason."

When the neighbor said this, his wife also came forward and provided some information: "I asked Du Chang's wife about this. She said that she always wears a hood, which attracts people's attention. She feels bored in summer and sometimes even in winter. You’ll also get eye sores, so it’s better to wear a curtain for ventilation.”

"Didn't Madam Du ask a doctor to treat her eye disease?"

The neighbor couple looked at each other and shook their heads: "We don't know whether they asked for medical treatment or not. We only know one thing. Once Mrs. Du went to a small market and she fainted because of the heat. It happened that she met her. Lady Fei was rescued by her, and the two of them got to know each other and started to interact with each other. Maybe they went to the medical clinic in the small city. I seem to have some impression. For this, Du Chang even prepared a gift to thank Lady Fei."

One of the doubts in Yingshu's mind was solved.

Nanci frowned slightly: "Zhao Fei actually rescued Mrs. Du first. Could this case be a replica of Zhongshan Wolf? The Du family's wife has eye disease, so she should have received a lot of cold looks for this. She seems to believe in witchcraft. , could it be because he believed in some kind of evil magic and thought that gouging out other people's eyes would cure his own eye disease, so he planned to murder Fei."

"Then, why do you want to remove the dead man's tongue?"

"It was because of the legend of Zhinu Pond and that Fei often had quarrels with others. In order to avoid suspicion, the Du family bribed Zhen Zhu and even encouraged Fei to ask for divination, creating the illusion of a correct hexagram. We saw before There have been many cases in prefectures and counties where people committed crimes, and many of them were covered up by ghosts and gods."

Yingshu is also thinking about this possibility.

If the murderer is Du's wife, then Du Chang must be an accomplice, because it is impossible for Du's wife to return to Jiankang alone to kill someone after leaving Jiankang with Du Chang for a few days. It is an illusion that Du Chang and his wife left Jiankang before Fei was killed. Is this true? Possible?

It is very possible that Du Chang could have done something wrong first and left a record in the government office, but he was not in a hurry to leave. He only left the city after committing the murder. The gatekeeper would only check to see if there were any wrongdoings and would not record anyone. When will he leave the city? Therefore, as long as Du Chang is careful enough and beware of meeting acquaintances when leaving the city, he is very likely to complete the alibi design.

But where were they hiding during those days, and how did they lure Fei to Weaver Pond?

Before Fei left home, she clearly stated that she was going to a small market. In the clear day and before the floating corpse appeared, there should be many nearby residents washing their clothes by the Weaver Girl Pond. How risky is it to choose such a place to take action? If the murder was committed at night, there would be a curfew at night. First of all, it would be impossible for Du Chang and his wife to hide in a broken house beside Zhinu Pond for several days without being discovered. But if they hid in Nanfuli where Zhinu Pond belongs, there would be no way for them to do so. Do not expose your hidden possessions at all.

"There is a doubt." Yingshu said: "If Du's wife is really the one who bribed Zhen Cheng, wearing a curtain on her head would be too easy to expose. After all, many people in Nanze know that she has an eye disease, so she has to go out when she travels. With a curtain.”

"But she had no choice. She glanced at it. She couldn't hide this feature without a curtain. Even if Du Chang came forward and proposed a trick, Du Chang would definitely leave an impression on Zhen Yan. Instead, he wore a curtain on his head. , although it will arouse suspicion, it can also be argued that someone is impersonating her."

"Let Bai Ying and Xuan Ying investigate the origin of the silver hairpin. There should be results." Yingshu felt that the existing evidence was insufficient and everything was still speculation. As for the person who bribed Zhen Ran to leave the silver hairpin, maybe Have clearer direction.

Although the two of them arrived at the small market, they certainly did not intend to just investigate the pharmacies and medical clinics in the small market. They found a teahouse that was quiet and elegant, and first asked a guard to summon a doctor to the Wang family's mansion in Changqianli. After coming to Xuanying and Bai Ying, they asked more guards to go to the pharmacy separately.

Nowadays, there are basically tea doctors who are skilled in making soup in teahouses. Although these tea doctors receive distinguished guests, after all, their status is not high, and most of the people who come and go on a daily basis are just peddlers and lackeys, pretending to be full of street food. He heard in the street that he was quite well informed, so Yingshu asked him if he had heard about the Nan Zeli murder case.

"This is a big case, how could you not have heard of it!"

Yingshu smiled: "What kind of big case is this? I seem to have heard that the deceased was an ordinary woman."

"The deceased is an ordinary person, but the murderer in this case is not ordinary. I heard that he was a palace guard. This murderer also committed the crime in the palace!"

Yingshu and Nanci looked at each other, feeling helpless in their hearts.

I don't know if Mrs. He or the Second Prince deliberately spread the news, but in short, it's very stupid.

"Both of them seem to be from noble families. They are probably still young, and one of them is a female prince. I haven't heard it mentioned by the elders in the family. However, it has already been spread in the market that this is a competition between the crown prince and the second prince. Check, whoever solves the case first will be praised by His Majesty. We have already heard about it in heaven, can this not be considered a major case?"

Yingshu and Nanci looked at each other again, okay, whether the second prince solves the case or not, the credit has nothing to do with us.

"I only heard that this case seems to involve some kind of wizard?" Ying Shu said.

Dr. Tea didn't seem to meet the guest to taste tea. He didn't wait for the soup at all. He came closer and said: "The one in Nan Zeli is not a wizard, but a liar. It is true that he frightened the deceased with his curse, and he was afraid of being falsely accused of being the murderer. , the random fabrication was bribed by the murderer, but in fact no one bribed him at all. He was looking at Mrs. Fei... who was the deceased! Although Mrs. Fei was married, she was charming and beautiful, so this liar started to cheat money. Unexpectedly, his lustful thoughts did not succeed, but coincidentally, it matched the murderer's method of committing the crime, so he became evil again and said that his predictions were effective and almost defrauded him of more money. Thanks to His Highness, he was exposed in time. "

Nanci looked out the window. In the clear day, it seemed as if a huge cow was rising from the direction of Jiankang Mansion Office, hovering in the sky above Jiankang City in the clouds and mist.

However, Yingshu didn't care about being robbed of her credit, and pretended to be surprised: "Are all wizards liars? For a while, we wanted to visit the great wizard Musa!"

"Young lady, you must not confuse Musa the Great Witch with a liar. No one in the dozen or so villages nearby is in awe of Musa the Great Witch. Musa the Great Witch does not predict good or bad luck or misfortune. The main thing is that If you can predict weather or rain, the hexagrams will always be effective. When building foundations or raising beams, or traveling far away for funerals, as long as you consult the great witch Musa to ask for good luck, there will never be a bad omen."

"I heard that the great witch also knows a kind of witchcraft. If there is a blind person, after the great witch performs the operation, the blind person can see things again."

"This is absolutely impossible." Dr. Tea shook his head firmly: "Although many believers seek help from great witches to cure their illnesses, and the great witches occasionally give herbal medicine, it all shows that because the believers are suffering from minor illnesses, he can still cure them. , the great witch has warned believers that there is no witchcraft or spells that can cure critical illnesses. If you are sick, it is best to go to a medical clinic and do not rely on witchcraft."

Only then did Nan Ci look away from the window, in the direction of the Jiankang government office.

"In this case, Great Witch Musa is really not a liar."