The Queen's Secret

“The room is soundproof, you can't hear anything.”

After Qi Yu finished speaking, Meng Gan immediately nodded and said, "So that's the case, no wonder it can be invisible."

"Now all that remains is the testimony of the witnesses."

As Qi Yuxin spoke, she walked towards the broken stove, squatted down, and touched the lime mortar with her fingertips.

Qi Yuxin looked at the gray on her fingertips, frowned, and had an idea in her heart.

"Thank you, big brother, it's time for us to go back to the Emperor's Catchment Gate."

Qi Yu stood up heartily, and bowed to the guard. The guard clasped his fists in return, and the two left the general's mansion like this.

"Sister Yuxin, aren't you going back to the old case room?"

Meng Gan was walking on the street, looking at Qi Yu's still pensive look, he couldn't help asking.

"No... think about it, if a person wants so much lime mortar, he must buy it, right? We also have to look into this aspect."

After Qi Yu thought this, Meng Gan immediately understood, but then he became distressed again, and said: "But there are so many lime, sand and gravel sellers in the capital, it will take a lot of time to find them..."

"That's why the Emperor's Catchment Gate is needed."

Qi Yu suddenly rejoiced that this case had attracted the emperor's attention, and there should be a lot of help she could get.

"It's just that the Huangzhumen have already sent people out to look for witnesses in this case, so I'm afraid there won't be many people to deploy."

Although Qi Yuxin knew that Huang Cunmen would help, it is estimated that there will not be too many people who can be deployed.

The two went to the gate of the emperor's trap, found Tao Mingyi, and explained their purpose.

"Hmm... This is indeed a good idea for investigation, and I will try to deploy as many people as possible."

Tao Mingyi naturally complied, not to mention that the emperor attached great importance to this case, he also attached great importance to it, so he would naturally comply with all reasonable requests.

"Then let's go back to the old case room first."

After running around twice, Qi Yuxin and Meng Gan were also tired and wanted to go back to the old case room to have a rest.

"it is good."

Southland, imperial palace, old case room.

When the two came back from outside, Lin Qingxuan had just made tea, so Qi Yuxin and Meng Gan could smell the strong tea fragrance coming from the old case room as soon as they came back.

"Wow! Sister Qingxuan, the tea smells so good!"

As soon as Meng Gan came in, he was full of praise, and Lin Qingxuan just smiled, poured tea for the two of them, and said, "Of course, how could the tea I made not be fragrant?"

With these words, Qi Yuxin had to admit that Lin Qingxuan's skill at making tea was indeed very good, a bit better than the Yellow Crane Tower in Beijing, and the most important thing was that it was free.

Lin Qingxuan was not in a hurry to ask, and after they had a sip of tea, he said, "How is the matter?"

"The room is soundproof. We did an experiment. I asked a guard to drag Menggan to the kitchen. I listened in the nearest room, and I couldn't hear the sound at all."

After Qi Yu finished speaking, Meng Gan went on to say, "Now let's ask Huang Zhumen for help to see who bought lime, sand, and gravel during those days, but it may take a long time."

"And these three items are very common, and there should be many people buying them."

After Qi Yu finished speaking, she frowned. Although it was difficult, it would definitely not be wrong to investigate in this direction...

"But at least there will be some more clues."

Lin Qingxuan said, logically speaking, the direction of this investigation is not wrong, it just requires more manpower and time.

"By the way, the eldest princess will return to the capital tomorrow."

Meng Gan suddenly remembered this matter, Qi Yu didn't react at all when these words came out, but Lin Qingxuan's expression became a little unnatural.

"Hmm... This is probably the reason why the emperor does not disclose the news of the death of General Zhenbei for the time being, because he doesn't want to spoil the fun."

Qi Yuxin took a sip of tea. The royal family's decisions always come from multiple perspectives, and Qi Yuxin can understand that.

"Then the capital will be lively tomorrow... Will this affect the progress of our investigation?"

Meng Gan raised his chin and asked, if more than half of the people in the capital took to the streets to welcome the eldest princess back and the shops were closed, wouldn't that slow down the progress of the investigation?

"I hope not."

Qi Yuxin also feels that this is not certain, and this can be regarded as an unexpected situation during the investigation, but as long as it does not affect the follow-up development, it does not matter if it is slower...

After the three of them chatted for a while, it was time to let the government go. After Meng Gan left, Qi Yuxin and Lin Qingxuan went back to their rooms to rest, each with their own concerns.

What Qi Yu was thinking about was the case of General Zhenbei...

But what Lin Qingxuan thought in his heart was that he was alone...

The next day, after the three of them arrived at the old case room, they began to arrange what to do today. Lin Qingxuan and Qi Yuxin would first go to the Huangchuangmen to see the progress of the matter, and then go to the city to get the store's account books from five years ago and come back to investigate .

It's just that when Lin Qingxuan and Qi Yuxin went out of the palace today, it was already crowded with people, ready to welcome the eldest princess who had been away from the palace for a long time back to the palace.

Fortunately, the two of them were wearing flying fish robes, and the onlookers would give way to them, and the two of them went through the streets and alleys smoothly to various lime and gravel shops to inquire.

"Qingxuan."

Qi Yu was holding two account books in his heart, and when he was about to hand them over to Lin Qingxuan, he found that Lin Qingxuan was looking out of the shop absent-mindedly.

"Qingxuan?"

Qi Yuxin called out again, and Lin Qingxuan immediately came back to his senses, turned to look at Qi Yuxin, smiled, and said, "Oh, I'm distracted."

Lin Qingxuan took the account book in Qi Yuxin's hand, and smiled to hide the unnaturalness on his face. How could Qi Yuxin, who was only observing the details, not notice it, but he didn't make it clear at the moment.

"Well, let's go!"

Qi Yu smiled heartily, and went to another shop with Lin Qingxuan. At this time, they were far away from the crowds and the streets that entered the imperial city, and the street where they were located was cooler.

After Lin Qingxuan communicated with the shop owner, the boss took out the ledger and handed it to Lin Qingxuan.

"Thank you, boss. After the investigation is completed, I will definitely return it to Zhao."

After Lin Qingxuan finished speaking, he and Qi Yuxin were ready to go to the next house, but Lin Qingxuan looked back at the noisy distance from time to time, and Qi Yuxin couldn't help asking: "Qingxuan, are you also very interested in that eldest princess?"

As soon as these words came out, Lin Qingxuan immediately blushed, losing his usual composure.

"No...just curiosity, isn't Qi Yuxin curious about such a strange woman in Nanguo?"

Lin Qingxuan adjusted her tone, but it was inevitable that she was a little nervous.

"Hmm... Curious."

In fact, Qi Yuxin wasn't very curious about things other than the case, but seeing Lin Qingxuan say that didn't spoil her interest.

"Stop talking about this, let's continue!"

Seeing the faint smile on Qi Yuxin's mouth, Lin Qingxuan felt more and more guilty. He immediately changed the topic and went directly to collect the ledger.

After this busy work, it was already noon. For a while, the main road leading to the imperial city cheered one after another, which was very lively and sensational. This also made Qi Yuxin and Lin Qingxuan couldn't help but stop. The main road is too far away, so naturally I can't spy on one or two of them, but I know in my heart that the eldest princess of the southern country has returned to the imperial city.

At noon, Lin Qingxuan and Qi Yuxin went to the Yellow Crane Tower to bring some food outside. The Yellow Crane Tower was full of guests, all talking about how beautiful, how heroic, and what kind of temperament the eldest princess of the Southern Kingdom was. cold.

Some were talking about the merits of the eldest princess of the Southern Kingdom. Lin Qingxuan inadvertently evoked a smile when these series of discussions fell into Lin Qingxuan's ears.

"Well, well, let's go!"

Qi Yuxin took the box from the shopkeeper, and when he and Lin Qingxuan were about to leave, they inadvertently noticed the smile on the corner of Lin Qingxuan's mouth.

"Qingxuan seems very happy?"

Qi Yuxin could see the joyful curve of Lin Qingxuan's mouth, so he asked curiously, and Lin Qingxuan said: "I'm happy, but it's time to eat lunch, how can you be unhappy!"

Qi Yu didn't know the truth of what he said, so he didn't ask any further, and returned to the Huangchuangmen with the food.

The Huangchuangmen specially prepared a room to store these ledgers, and when Qi Yuxin and Lin Qingxuan returned to the Huangchuangmen, they found three arresting officers eating big white steamed buns and looking through the ledgers.

Seeing the two, he immediately smiled and said, "Qi Tusi, Lin Tusi is good!"

"Oh, seeing a beautiful woman makes me feel happier!"

One of the arresting officers joked, while the other patted him on the head and said, "You kid, keep your mouth clean! Qi arresting officer, I will teach him a lesson for you!"

The three are young arresters who like to fight, and Qi Yu doesn't mind, put the box containing the food on the table, and said: "Everyone, let's rest first, this is what I took out from the Yellow Crane Tower." Food, everyone eat more."

Qi Yu knew that when the chiefs were busy, they just ate a few steamed buns. In order to improve the food of these chiefs, she didn't mind paying for it out of her own pocket.

"Everyone, today is a treat for our Director of Qi Arrest!"

Lin Qingxuan yelled, and the morale in the small room was high, everyone was praising Qi Yu's good heart, while eating the food on the plate regardless of his appearance, he was extremely happy.

"delicious!"

"Ah! Come back to life!"

“The food in Yellow Crane Tower is delicious!”

The arresting officers are military generals, and they don't pay too much attention in private, and they don't stick to small details. Qi Yuxin is also used to their eating habits, so it's okay, and Lin Qingxuan is also straightforward. If it wasn't for handling the case, she might have already Bring wine, and everyone will rest when drunk.

It's just that after the arresters finished eating, they immediately went back to work, and Qi Yuxin and Lin Qingxuan also helped to look at it together. The unread ledgers were already as high as a hill, and there were quite a few ledgers that had been read, but they hadn't been read yet. any discovery.

The five of them were in the small room, exhausting their brains and eyesight, but they hadn't found any clues yet, and it was already dusk, so they should be laid off and return to the palace.

After Qi Yuxin and Lin Qingxuan bid farewell to everyone, they went back to the old case room, but an unexpected visitor came to the old case room...

Meng Gan was already preparing to leave the palace at this time, but he was standing at the door with his back straight, looking motionless at the place where the table was placed inside the door.

"What's the matter, Meng Gan?"

When Qi Yuxin saw it, she felt a little strange. When the two were about to approach, she saw Meng Gan winking at them all the time...

It's just that neither Qi Yuxin nor Lin Qingxuan could understand what Meng Gan wanted to express...

At this time they heard footsteps, and Meng Gan retreated step by step, as if he was making way for that person...

"You two really made me wait a lot..."

The voice is very pleasant, as crisp as jade beads falling on a plate, but it is a bit cold and domineering, making people straighten their backs to meet the owner of the voice.