The Queen's Secret

"The body of General Zhenbei has been found."

The whole room fell into silence. Even though he already knew the news of the death of General Zhenbei, the little arresting officer was still uncomfortable from the sudden silence. He raised his eyes slightly and saw Ling Xian His face was ashen, his brows were furrowed, and his lips were tightly pursed, as if he wanted to say something, but all was trapped in those tightly pursed lips.

As expected, but still unable to accept this fact, Ling Xian's expression gave Qi Yuxin such a message.

"Where is the remains of General Zhenbei now?"

Ling Xian stood up, and Qi Yuxin, who was looking down at him, couldn't help raising his head slightly, looking at the burly and tall man.

"General Ling, please sit down first."

Qi Yuxin was not frightened by that sudden action, and still calmly asked Ling Xian to sit down. Ling Xian glanced at Qi Yuxin, and his eyes were cold and murderous from training in the battlefield.

"Please respect the procedures of the Huangshunmen handling the case, General Ling."

Qi Yu's eyes were also cold, but the smile on the corner of his mouth remained unchanged. The most chilling thing was the warning with a smile.

Ling Xian never thought that such a small arresting officer would have such an aura, and in time he would become a great weapon. He remembered... she was Qi Dezheng's daughter...

Ling Xian sat down, and Qi Yuxin continued to ask: "General Ling returned to the capital ten days before General Zhenbei returned to the court?"

"Yes."

Answered neatly, while Qi Yuxin continued to stare closely at his eyes, fearing that he might miss a flash of emotion.

"General Ling, do you know that there were still several places in the General's Mansion that were not yet completed?"

"know."

Qi Yu really likes this kind of rhythm, there is no extra nonsense, no extra embellishments, it's as simple as that.

"Does General Ling know that construction businessman?"

"The last name is Chen."

Qi Yuxin stood up straight, folded her arms on her chest, looked at Ling Xian with raised eyebrows, and said, "Do you know the name?"

"I don't know."

Ling Xian frowned slightly, this subtle move did not escape Qi Yuxin's eyes, Qi Yuxin just continued to ask.

"General Ling, do you know where the body of General Zhenbei was found?"

Qi Yu's heartfelt words fell to Ling Xian's ear, but it made the man feel harsh, and he touched his ear unconsciously.

"I don't know."

"After digging three feet into the ground, I found the body of General Zhenbei..."

Digging three feet?The hand holding the pen of the little catcher paused, cold sweat began to flow down, the plot was going a bit out of the usual way...

After hearing this, Ling Xian was surprised at first, but finally let out a sigh of relief, the wrinkles between his brows loosened a lot, and said, "Is there anyone who suspects the director of Qi arrest?"

Qi Yu took all of Ling Xian's expressions into his eyes, and said in an unhurried tone: "Yes."

"Who?"

"This is not what General Ling needs to know."

Qi Yu said firmly, there was absolutely no room for negotiation.

"General Zhenbei returned home from the palace, but General Ling took care of him personally?"

Qi Yu asked heartily, staring at Ling Xian unblinkingly. If those beautiful eyes were not filled with so much coldness and sharpness, even Ling Xian would be moved. Now these beautiful eyes will only make people tremble. .

"Yes, General Zhenbei doesn't like other people approaching."

Ling Xian answered truthfully, and Qi Yu asked again: "Is there any suspicious person who approached General Zhenbei?"

I saw that Ling Xian's tense face actually relaxed a little.

"They're guards."

Qi Yuxin put his palms on the table again, and leaned over to ask, "The kitchen made hangover soup for General Zhenbei that day, but General Ling brought it to General Zhenbei himself?"

"Yes."

It was still a neat answer, and Qi Yu realized that as long as he asked something doubtful, Ling Xian's answer would always be clean and neat, because he was well versed in the truth that many mistakes were made.

"Did General Ling go back to the kitchen afterwards?"

"Have."

"doing what?"

"Cook some hot food to warm your stomach."

He answered sternly, seemingly flawless, but Qi Yuxin had already seen the answer she wanted from some of his subtle expressions.

"Are there other people in the kitchen at that time?

"No, it's late at night, everyone is asleep."

Qi Yu gasped, and a smile curled up on the corner of her mouth. Ling Xian didn't know why, but felt a little creepy...

"General Ling, maybe I used the wrong word just now. General Zhenbei's body was found in the stove in the kitchen. It is not right to dig three feet into the ground, but to dig three feet into the wall."

As soon as these words came out, Ling Xian closed his lips tightly again, and his face turned pale again. Qi Yu watched the change of Ling Xian's expression with satisfaction.

She said at the beginning that the body of General Zhenbei was found by digging three feet into the ground. If Ling Xian was the murderer, he must know the real place where the body was hidden, so he was relieved after hearing what Qi Yuxin said, because he knew Qi Yuxin was lying, and for the first time let her guard down.

Later, Qi Yuxin asked Ling Xian if he had seen other suspicious people approaching General Zhenbei, which subconsciously told Ling Xian that Qi Yuxin did not doubt him, but suspected other people, which repeatedly lowered his guard.

That's why Ling Xian answered the next question so simply, because, from Qi Yuxin's words, he guessed that Qi Yuxin hadn't found General Zhenbei's body yet, but was trying to scare him. As long as he told everything truthfully, he would There is no flaw.

It's just that Qi Yu thought that Ling Xian's cleverness was misunderstood by his cleverness...

"First you brought Zhenbei General Sober Soup to General Zhenbei. After you stunned him, you dismissed all the people in the kitchen, then carried General Zhenbei to the kitchen, stuffed it into the stove, and then used the potion hidden in your room. Lime mortar filled the hollowed-out stove in the kitchen to hide the body."

Qi Yu's words were like knives, piercing Ling Xian's heart sharply. Ling Xian's eyes widened, and he said through gritted teeth, "You're talking nonsense!"

"The kitchen wasn't finished before you came back, so you told Chen Erhua to empty the kitchen stove, and when it was finished, you asked Chen Erhua to buy you lime mortar, which you used to fill the kitchen stove, and then you wanted to kill Chen Erhua Silence, unexpectedly he escaped overnight, so you can't do anything, but General Zhenbei has since disappeared."

Qi Yuxin ignored Ling Xian's stern rebuttal, and the little arrester who was recording was already covered in cold sweat. , wanting to tear Qi Yu's heart apart at any time.

"You are talking nonsense! General Zhenbei and I are brothers and sisters! Why should I kill him!"

Ling Xian stood up, this time Qi Yu didn't ask Ling Xian to sit down again, she stared at the sweat on Ling Xian's head, and then saw his trembling hands tightly holding his fists, she smiled slightly, It doesn't match the current tense situation at all.

"You were jealous of his talent, so you killed him and made him disappear forever!"

"nonsense!"

Ling Xian waved his hand, overturning Qi Yuxin's conjecture, and said coldly: "If I want to kill him, wouldn't it be easier to do it on the battlefield? Wouldn't it be more subtle? Why bother to use you to kill him?" Such a troublesome way to kill people?"

After Ling Xian finished speaking, Qi Yuxin started to giggle. The silver bell-like laughter made Ling Xian's frown furrowed even more, as if he couldn't untie it.

"Didn't General Ling say that he and General Zhenbei were brothers and sisters? How could you think of killing him on the battlefield without anyone noticing it?"

Qi Yu's heart stopped laughing, his eyes froze, and he looked at the speechless Ling Xian coldly, the change of expression was extremely wonderful.

Qi Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "General Ling, please stay at Huangchuangmen these few days, and you can't go anywhere."

The little arrester wiped his sweat, Qi Yu said it nicely, in fact, he was detaining Ling Xian.

"Please."

Ling Xian was calm, but Qi Yu looked at Ling Xian in a blink of an eye. When the eyes of the two met, it was like the collision of swords and swords, with little sparks...

"Let me say it again, General Zhenbei and I are brothers and sisters. There is no reason to kill him. Moreover, after General Zhenbei disappeared, I didn't gain anything. I hope that all the directors will be arrested and good people will not be wronged."

This time, it was Qi Yu who frowned slightly, but there was still a polite and distant smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Naturally, good people won't be wronged. Please invite General Ling out."

Qi Yuxin saw that the little arrester nodded, put down the pen in his hand, and led Ling Xian out, but Qi Yuxin saw that there was no one around, so he sat down slowly and let out a long breath...

Ling Xian is right...

He has no motive... how to find his motive for killing?

Qi Yu patted her aching temple, flipped through the confession record, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so she took it with her. After saying hello to Tao Mingyi, she went back to the old case room, but she didn't tell Tao Mingyi anything. As a result of the interrogation, she felt that the timing was not ripe enough.

Southland, imperial palace, old case room.

After Qi Yuxin came back, he told Lin Qingxuan all the guesswork from the interrogation just now, and Lin Qingxuan said angrily, "This Ling Xian is the murderer!"

"As far as it looks now, he is the murderer, but he has no motive..."

This is also the most tricky part. If he has no motive, all the evidence can be easily evaded by him in a few words... If there are any clues on Chen Erhua...

"Yu Xin, if there is no enmity between Ling Xian and General Zhenbei, then it is a benefit. The promotion of official positions is far from as simple as we see. If you are a high-ranking person, you may know more..."

Lin Qingxuan said, now it seems that after the disappearance of General Zhenbei, Ling Xian didn't get any benefits, but they can't know what is the secret arrangement...

Unless someone in a high position...

"You mean...you can ask some people in high positions?"

"Hmm...a higher status than Master Tao..."

Lin Qingxuan was reminding Qi Yuxin, she could see that Zhao Muyan took special care of Qi Yuxin, presumably he also attached great importance to this case, if Qi Yuxin went to see her in person, she might be able to ask about some unknown promotion matters.

"I understand."

Qi Yuxin is a smart person, as Lin Qingxuan said, she doesn't know... But, she seems to owe Zhao Muyan too much...

Knock Knock...

The two turned their heads and saw a familiar person. Lin Qingxuan couldn't help evoking an ambiguous smile, and said, "Say Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will be here."

"The empress would like to invite the arresting chiefs to the Fengxi Palace for a gathering."

It was Li'er who spoke, she was still smiling brightly, but Qi Yu felt a little subtle in her heart...

what a coincidence...