Queen's Detective

"Fang Zhihan is an abandoned son in this case."

Guan Qingci and Yan Sanbai stood under the ginkgo tree in Dali Temple. The shade of the tree covered the scorching sun. Guan Qingci took the branches and outlined names one after another on the ground.

Yan Sanbai walked back and forth slowly, pacing, straightening his mind, "The murderer didn't care about Fang Zhihan's death, because Fang Zhihan was greedy, and he had no reason not to eat the plum cake his mother made for him." But in order to ensure that the little zongzi eats the plum cake, the amount of poison must be strictly controlled, that is to say, even if Fang Zhihan or the little eunuch next to him eat it first, nothing will happen for the time being. Besides, no one will go suspicious of a child."

"But Fang Zhihan died first." Guan Qingci drew a cross on Fang Zhihan's name.

Yan Sanbai couldn't help but twitched his brows, and stretched out his hand to rub it, "Because Fang Zhihan ate more than expected, and Xiao Zongzi is a humble and polite child. Otherwise, Xiao Zongzi is so small, it only needs a little poison to destroy it." He was dead, and the killer almost came close."

"The next thing is Amu. He has been by Fang Zhihan's side all the time. He is most likely to know who poisoned the plum cake. But I brought him to Dali Temple for interrogation. He is a young book boy, and he cannot be in Dali. There is still some concealment under the interrogation by the temple, but there is nothing wrong with his confession." Guan Qing said, poking a point on the ground with the branch in his hand, and then pulling out a long line, "They started from Fangfu, turned around , to Suzaku Avenue, and walk along Suzaku Avenue, which is the gate of the imperial palace. After entering the palace, they did not stop at all, because they were a little late that day, so they ran in, and the eunuchs and maids passing by can testify to this. "

Yan Sanbai said in a deep voice: "It's hard to judge exactly when the poison was injected. Those who have touched that pastry box are either crazy or dead. The murderer's cleverness lies in killing people with a knife. Xiao Zongzi killed Amu with Liu's hand, and no matter whether the goal was achieved or not, the two knives would go to perish by themselves. Fang Zhihan's death made the Fang family seem to be victims, but Liu was forced to die in the Fang mansion. Crazy, Amu's death is too strange, if we want to solve the case, we still have to open a breakthrough from Fangfu." "I have sent Zhang Yan to watch Fangfu, and I will notify you as soon as I find something new." Guan Qing resigned, The matter of Amu hadn't come out before, so after he sent someone to investigate Fang's mansion, he didn't put all the focus of the investigation on this. "That's the best." Yan Sanbai nodded.

Immediately, Guan Qingci raised a new question, "What is the motive for the murder?"

The most important point of a case is-why the murderer wants to kill.

"Fang Zhihan is so close to the prince, which is enough to prove the Fang family's position. They have no reason to kill the prince. The most motivated person in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty is the King of Luoyang." Guan Qingci is undoubtedly a very bold person. Friends of the King of Luoyang dare to say such things.

But it is true.

"The murderer's modus operandi does not require me to be present at all, and the prince really cannot get rid of the suspicion." Yan Sanbai said, but there was no trace of worry in his eyes, "But if he wants to usurp the throne, he doesn't have to take these detours at all."

With the level of trust that the man in the palace had in him, it would take the blink of an eye to sit on the throne.

Guan Qingci took a deep look at him, and Yan Sanbai was not inferior in terms of boldness.

At this moment Fan Zhengchun passed by, unexpectedly he didn't come to make friends with Yan Sanbai this time, and left with a cold snort from a distance.

Yan Sanbai glanced at him, and knew in his heart that the struggle for power inside Dali Temple must have a result soon. Go to places like Daqing Township.

However, judging from Fan Zhengchun's reaction, Guan Qingci should have the upper hand at the moment.

Seemingly seeing what Yan Sanbai was thinking, Guan Qing resigned: "At the court today, His Majesty mentioned the matter of Daqing Township, and after a while, he should give me the reward that was suppressed earlier. "

"Your Majesty suppressed your reward?" Yan Sanbai said.

"En." Guan Qing nodded.

Yan Sanbai understood that the emperor probably wanted to promote Guan Qingci early in the morning, so he suppressed the rewards and let him endure for a while. If he survived, the backlog of rewards would be enough to send him to the The position of Dali Siqing.Talking to Li Yan last night, Yan Sanbai knew that the person who made this decision was Li Yan, no matter what happened in the past, his point of view was the same as Yan Sanbai's - the right person should stay in the right position.

"You are more suitable than Fan Zhengchun." Yan Sanbai smiled slightly, "If the people of Chang'an know that Fan Datou's position will be taken by you, they will be happy for several days."

Guan Qing resigned his love, but there was not much smile in his eyes. The matter of Hongheling was after all a huge rock weighing on his heart.One day is not eliminated, one day is not happy.

Looking at his eyes, Yan Sanbai knew that he was thinking about the matter of Hongheling again, and he didn't know how to explain it. Suddenly, he thought of a possibility - if Mr. Mei was secretly promoting the matter of Hongheling, then Fang Zhihan What about this matter?Could it be related to him too?

Thinking of this, Yan Sanbai's expression immediately became serious, "Master Guan, I need the birth records of everyone in Fangfu, is that okay?"

Guan Qing paused, "Come with me."

When the two arrived at Guan Qingci's room, Guan Qingci picked up a stack of papers from the pillow and handed them to Yan Sanbai, "The lives of most people in the Fang family are on it, including Fang Hua and his three wives. There are also some odd jobs and servants, but I didn’t think they were important, so I didn’t collect them.” “The more complete the better.” Yan Sanbai flipped through them quickly, and said. "I'll send someone to investigate right away." "Is there something wrong?" Guan Qing couldn't help asking seeing Yan Sanbai being so serious.He has checked carefully these few days, and there is no suspicious person in Fangfu, but judging by Yan Sanbai's reaction...

Guan Qingci didn't know Mr. Mei, so of course he couldn't see why.But Yan Sanbai knew that although he wasn't sure what he was looking for, he knew that as long as he saw it, he would recognize it at a glance.

Sure enough, among the pile of papers, he saw the one that recorded Amu.Almost at the first second when he saw it, Yan Sanbai subconsciously held his breath, with a strange expression on his face.

Just as Guan Qingci was about to ask 'what's the matter with you', Yan Sanbai rushed out like a gust of wind, Guan Qingci followed closely behind, and followed him to the ice cellar where the corpses were placed.

Yan Sanbai went straight to Amu's body, stripped off his clothes, searched anxiously on his skin, and finally found a mark that he was most unwilling to see - a flower about the size of a thumbnail. Black lotus. "This is... a secret guard?!" Guan Qingci also lost his composure for a moment, his pupils shrank sharply, and all the surprise and astonishment were suppressed in his throat.

The dark guards were a top-secret organization cultivated by Li Wang Li Kui.

And the leader of the hidden guard is the sharpest knife in King Li's hand, the Rakshasa who has been asked countless times.Legend has it that the hidden guards led by Luo Sha are almost omnipotent and invincible. There is no task they cannot complete, and there is no person they cannot kill. It is like a knife hanging above their heads all the time. dread their existence.

Therefore, the hidden guards never show their true colors to others. Every hidden guard wears a mask. Except for Luo Sha, who has been following Li Jie all the time, the rest of them are elusive. Almost no one can find them out of the vast crowd. The mark is the black lotus mark on his body.

But Guan Qingci remembers it very clearly. In the top-secret file of Qianwenguan, Li Wei died, the Great Zhou was founded, and the secret guards were disbanded in the same year.Asuka has a good bow, and there is no need for a weapon that can hurt both the enemy and oneself in the peaceful and prosperous age, so the dark guard has no meaning of existence and disappears into the long river.

At that time, Guan Qingci didn't go into the whereabouts of these people, because the biggest possibility was that everyone was silenced, there was no need to investigate, and Luo Sha disappeared before the disbandment of the dark guards.

But what about Amu?He has the black lotus mark of the dark guard, but according to his age, he was still a child at that time.

Yan Sanbai let out a deep breath, and said the answer in a slow tone, "Amu is not Fang Hua's illegitimate son, he is the son of the dark guard. In order to better control the dark guard, Li Kui took care of all the dark guards. The black lotus mark is also tattooed on the body of the children." "Did Luo Sha tell you?" This is the only explanation Guan Qingci can think of. "Yes." Yan Sanbai nodded, his eyes fell on the black lotus again, and there was a flash of pain that no one noticed, "I'm afraid it's not a coincidence that this matter involves the dark guard, Lord Guan, please thoroughly investigate Fang's residence." stop."

Yan Sanbai couldn't help but think of what was written on that piece of paper just now. The day Amu was born happened to be the same day when Luo Sha left the dark guard, so he remembered it very clearly.

On that day, together with Li Yan, he witnessed the birth of a new life.

Unexpectedly, that child survived the war, but died here. "Those hidden guards also participated in the battle of Hongheling, didn't they?" Guan Qingci suddenly thought of something, and his heart shuddered. "yes."

Guan Qingci's eyes sharpened sharply, and he asked: "Everyone said that the former army was cruel and heartless. Seeing that there was no hope of breaking through, they slaughtered Honghe Ridge up and down, but there is no record of Honghe Ridge in all the files in the Qianwen Museum. Things are not as simple as they appear, are they?"

Yan Sanbai struggled inwardly, opened his mouth, and was about to speak, when there was a sudden commotion outside.A person from Dali Temple ran in in a panic, shouting as he ran, "Master Guan is bad! Go out and have a look!"

The conversation came to an abrupt end, Guan Qingci glanced at Yan Sanbai, and finally gave up on asking, turned around and ran outside.Yan Sanbai didn't feel relaxed in his heart, so he collected his mind and followed them out, only to see an independent figure holding a whisk, wearing a blue crane Taoist robe, facing away from them.

Two people rolled around. "Daoist Qiwei?" Yan Sanbai was surprised.

Guan Qingci had already walked up to him, and bowed his hands in salute, "I have seen Mr. Guoshi."

Qi Wei glanced at him, maintaining the unfathomable image of the national teacher - ignored him.

Then he turned his head to look at Yan Sanbai, Fuchen pointed to the two people on the ground, "These two people followed you sneakily all the way, I saw that I was tired, so I arrested them, you can beat or kill them as you like. "

Follow me?Yan Sanbai really didn't notice it, probably because they hung it too far.But now he took a closer look—oh, they were all acquaintances. "Yo, we meet again." This is Su Ran from Langhuan Pavilion who is holding the Sanxian.

"Why is Zhuangyuan Lang staring at him like this?" The one who smiled coquettishly was Qiu Chan beside Mr. Mei.