Queen's Detective

"My lord! You are back!"

A shout of surprise broke the slightly depressing atmosphere in Guanghe Palace.Bi Xiao, the maid of honor next to the Queen Mother trotted out to meet her, with sweat dripping from her smooth forehead.

"Where's the little zongzi?" Li Yan asked with a frown.

Knowing that Li Yan loved the crown prince the most, Bi Xiao quickly replied, "The Empress sent him here just now, and now she is resting inside, and the Empress Dowager is with her."

"Yes." Li Yan responded, and walked forward.

Bi Xiao didn't follow, and was about to turn around and order his servants to prepare food and bathing water. The King of Luoyang must be tired after coming here.But when she turned around, she realized that besides Li Yan, there was another person with fluttering white clothes beside Li Yan.

She quickly blessed her body, Yan Sanbai nodded and passed by her.

Detective Yan Xia is here to help investigate the case, right?Bi Xiao's mind is exquisite and clear, and she never asks more questions that should not be asked, but never omits what should be considered.

In the blink of an eye, she stopped the maid beside her, "Prepare a double serving."

The prince came back with Yan Sanbai twice in a row, which is enough to prove that this is definitely a distinguished guest, and he cannot be neglected.

Bi Xiao couldn't help but glanced at Li Yan and Yan Sanbai again, they were about to enter the door, Li Yan turned his head and said something to Yan Sanbai, the two got very close, revealing an intimacy that no one else could get in .

But Bi Xiao didn't think too much about it, it's only reasonable for someone as outstanding as Yan Sanbai to become confidantes with Li Yan.

At the same time, in the Empress Dowager's dormitory, Xiao Zongzi sat on the big bed with a listless expression, a small cloth strip was tied on his forehead, his big black eyes were no longer the same as before. It seemed to have shrunk a bit, he smacked his mouth, the sweetness of the sugar and the bitterness of the medicine mixed together, making his little brows frowned deeply.

"Grandma Zu, isn't brother Yan coming back yet?" The soft and waxy voice was slightly pitiful, and the little prince looked up at the benevolent queen mother and asked.

The queen mother rubbed his head, "Good boy, little zongzi needs to recover well, and brother Yan will be back when you get better."

Xiao Zongzi held back her mouth aggrievedly, and twisted her short and fat fingers, "But I seem to miss him a little bit."

"Who is our little zongzi thinking of?" At this time, a clear voice suddenly came from outside. When the little zongzi heard it, his little ears immediately perked up, and when he looked outside, his big black eyes were shining.

He saw a familiar red figure approaching quickly under his expectant eyes, with a naughty and handsome smile on his face in Xiao Zongzi's eyes, and his tone slightly raised, "Let me guess, isn't it?" miss me?"

"Brother Yan!" Xiao Zongzi called out in surprise, but in the blink of an eye, as if he had been wronged by the sky, and finally saw the backer come back, his mouth shrunk and golden beans fell out.

Li Yan strode to the bed, squatted down, and helped him wipe away the tears on his face, "Why are you crying again? Are you wronged?"

The little zongzi shook his head, and just put his arms around Li Yan's neck, and said in a muffled voice, "I want to hug."

Xiao Zongzi is the prince, who is expected to be mature and stable when he urinates. It has been a long time since he acted so intimately like a baby.

Li Yan's heart ached so much, he held his fleshy buttocks and picked him up, letting Xiao Zongzi sprinkle his nose and tears all over him.

Yan Sanbai on the other side touched his nose, and bowed respectfully to the queen mother, "Yan Sanbai sees the queen mother."

"Xiaoyan, I told you that you don't need to be too polite." The Queen Mother still hasn't forgotten the nickname she gave Yan Sanbai last time, and said with a smile: "Come, sit for a while, come and sit beside me."

How dare you refuse to obey the Queen Mother's order, Yan Sanbai sat down, but he was not flattered like others, he just touched half of his buttocks, but sat down generously, in the eyes of the Queen Mother, he added a little love.

Yan Sanbai didn't care about these things. Seeing Li Yan hugging the little zongzi, his eyes softened unknowingly, and he asked, "I wonder if His Royal Highness is getting better?"

"It's good, it's not bad." Although the queen mother felt distressed, she didn't think that the child should be touched like an ordinary grandma. "With the national teacher here, these minor illnesses are not a problem. The little zongzi is just a little frightened. It's a heart disease. How can a person not have some heart problems, it will be fine if you figure it out."

Yan Sanbai nodded, the little zongzi over there was finally calmed down by Li Yan's comfort, and a pair of dark eyes poked out from Li Yan's shoulders, secretly looking at Yan Sanbai.

Yan Sanbai looked over, and happened to meet with each other.

The little zongzi was caught, and shrank back like a small animal, only showing a pair of red ears-very cute.

At this time, Bi Xiao walked in, followed by several maidservants carrying tea and pastries, which were placed on the small table one by one.And Bi Xiao walked up to the Empress Dowager, "Empress Dowager, Lord Yan, and Lord Guan from Dali Temple are waiting in the front yard, saying that there is something to ask Lord Yan to go out."

Guan Qing resigned, it must be because of the case.After Yan Sanbai made a confession, he left the room first, and Bi Xiao led him back to the place where he had just entered. Guan Qingci, who was dressed in a light ocher official uniform, held the handle of a knife in his right hand, looking imposing.

"Master Guan."

Guan Qing resigned and turned back, the icy frost on his brow eased a little the moment he saw him, but Master Guan of Dali Temple still acted resolutely, "Let's talk as we walk."

The case happened seven days ago. On that day, Xiao Zongzi and a group of companions were attending class in Mingde Hall. Among them was Fang Yihan, the youngest son of the Minister of Industry. His seat was next to Xiao Zongzi. The relationship is the best.The one who taught them that day was Prince Tai Fu Chen Zhen and Mrs. Chen, who happened to be talking about Gongsun Chou in "Mencius".

About half an hour after going up, Mrs. Chen announced to take a break and drink some tea to moisten his throat.

The Mingde Hall is basically full of children aged five to eight. Although they are all sons of princes and ministers, children are by nature, and they will make a fuss in a short while.

Fang Yihan and Xiao Zongzi were considered obedient, and they sat in their seats without moving.Then Fang Yihan took out the pastry box he brought from home, and invited the little rice dumpling to eat the delicious plum cake made by his mother.

Fang Yihan is a chubby little man with a happy face. Because he loves to eat, this kind of pastry box has always been around him, and other people are not surprised.But Xiao Zongzi is the crown prince, and he is not allowed to eat things outside the palace at will, so his personal eunuch Xiao Hammer has been keeping an eye on it.

Originally, Little Hammer wanted to try it, but Little Zongzi was very well-behaved and polite. Seeing Fang Yihan staring straight at the pastry and swallowing, he said, "Eat it first."

So Fang Yihan ate a piece first.

Little Hammer saw that he was fine, so he put down his vigilance and turned around to pour tea for them.But when he came back with the tea, he suddenly saw Fang Yihan, who was originally well-behaved, suddenly widened his eyes, foamed at the mouth, and just fell straight down, knocking over the table.

Little Hammer was startled, and when he saw Xiao Zongzi holding a piece of plum cake, his heart almost jumped out of his throat.He ran over to slap the piece of cake in three steps at a time, then took the little rice dumpling and took a few steps back, still in shock.

The entire Mingde Hall suddenly became a mess.

The two talked all the way through the harem and arrived at Mingde Hall.After such a big incident, Mingde Hall has been attending classes for many days, and there are still Ouchi guards guarding the door, and the inside still retains the appearance of that day.

Guan Qingci and Yan Sanbai went in unimpeded all the way, pushed open the carved wooden door of the school, the sunlight cast mottled marks on the desks through the shadows of the trees, except for the slightly messy desks, there was nothing to see. Just out of here a tragedy happened.

Yan Sanbai walked over and inspected carefully, there were no special traces here, everything was normal. "The poison quilt was put in the plum cake, it's arsenic." Guan Qingci's voice sounded coldly behind him, "I'm sure the murderer's real target is not Fang Yihan, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Yan Sanbai stared, and continued: "But His Royal Highness did not eat the poisonous plum cake, or Fang Yihan died of poison before he could eat it. There must be more than the plum cake in the box, right? What about the rest, is it poisonous?" "No." Guan Qingci answered with certainty, "I collected all the plum blossom cakes in Fangfu, except for the ones in the box, the others are not poisonous." "Anyone Have you ever touched that box?" Yan Sanbai stroked the surface of the desk with his fingertips, sniffed it under the tip of his nose, and it seemed that there were still crumbs of the plum blossom cake on it. "Fang Yihan set off from Fangfu every morning. His mother, Fang Shangshu's original wife, Liu Shimao, got up and made plum blossom cakes, and asked her son to take them to school. The plum blossom cakes were placed in a box on the dinner table. Fang Shangshu and others were there at the time. Then the book boy Amu accompanied Fang Yihan into the palace in a carriage. Going to Mingde Hall, logically, no one will come into contact with the box."

Fang Yihan's whereabouts are clearly visible, but such a clear whereabouts make people wonder-who poisoned the plum cake? "Come on, let's go to Fangfu to take a look." Yan Sanbai made a decisive decision, said goodbye to Guan Qing and went straight to Fangfu.

When going out, Yan Sanbai casually called a little eunuch and asked him to report his whereabouts to Li Yan. He thought it would be better for Li Yan to accompany Xiao Zongzi at this time.

Fang Mansion is not far from the imperial palace, and it will arrive in a short while.Yan Sanbai saw the white lantern hanging at the door from a distance, the door of Fang Mansion was closed tightly, and there were still a few pieces of yellow paper fluttering at the door.Thinking about it, the youngest son, who was only six years old, died early, and anyone who changed him would be devastated. It is said that this Fang Shangshu has not been in court for several days.

Yan Sanbai knocked on the door, but no one answered.

Guan Qingci frowned, strode forward, and knocked on the door again, but still no one answered.So Yan Sanbai saw that His Excellency Shaoqing of Dali Temple opened the door violently, and at the end, he withdrew his foot, very stiffly, and said in an extremely flat tone, "How offending."

Then he walked right in.

Master Guan is indeed Master Guan, and Yan Sanbai admires it.

However, his pace was not slow, and his intuition told him that there was something strange in this place, otherwise, how could there be no one answering the door in such a big mansion.

Sure enough, after walking inside for a while, there was still no one there, so Yan Sanbai used his lightness kung fu and went straight to the innermost part.

It smells like blood.

Yan Sanbai couldn't help speeding up, and flew across the courtyard walls like a ray of shock, and under the astonished eyes of the gathered crowd, he directly landed in front of the pool of dazzling blood.

He didn't pay attention to anyone, squatted down, looked at the man in front of him who had been beaten to death and his body was curled up strangely with a dusty face, and stretched out his hand to check his breath - he was dead.

At this time, Guan Qingci also arrived, and his complexion was much worse than Yan Sanbai's, because he recognized this person at a glance—he was Fang Yihan's bookboy Amu, who was only 16 years old this year.

It seemed that he was beaten to death by the wooden stick next to him.