The first work of the imperial prison

"Don't do it!"

Qin Gentiana's expression was one of resistance, but his attitude was one of firmness: "We thieves are all people who do great things, have a bottom line and integrity! What you touch in your hands is either the world's most precious treasure, or it is the wealth of the Wanguan family. How can you steal a corpse? Wouldn’t it be a joke for outsiders to tell it out!”

Xiangzi'an shook his fan slowly: "Yo, couldn't you just talk? Why do you have a temper now, and you have wronged you by doing things for the young master?"

"You know shit—"

"I really know you quite well--"

Seeing that the two of them were about to fight again, Ye Baiting stretched out his finger: "Ten Days Restaurant serves meat and accepts orders. I will also give you the deer blood wine you were craving last time."

Gentiana Qin suddenly fell silent, twisted his wrist, and walked out of the cell: "Tell me, where is it?"

Before Ye Baiting and Xiang Zi'an could react, Qin Gentian was dissatisfied, and clicked his tongue: "Hurry up, I'm in a hurry."

Xiang Zian: ...

Forget it if you are hungry!

……

At night, the light is dim, and the further you go out, the darker it becomes. Leaving the lights of the streets and alleys in the city, the suburbs are pitch black. If it weren't for the lanterns hanging in front of the carriage, the road ahead could hardly be seen.

It was still far away from the cemetery, and the carriage stopped.

Qin Gentiana was dressed in black night clothes, opened the curtain and looked at the far, far, dark foot of the mountain: "...we can do this, can we really do it?"

"why not?"

Ye Baiting also took a look outside: "It's a little far away, but don't you have light skills? It doesn't take much effort to fly there, and it won't work any closer. The terrain here is flat and the field of vision is wide. Others may notice our existence."

Qin Gentiana: "It's not that, I mean...does the commander know about this?"

For Jin Yiwei to handle a case, all he needs is to be upright, isn't it just digging a grave, and it's not like he hasn't done it before. Who dares to refuse, and how can he refuse?

But Ye Baiting shook his head: "Not this time, this matter needs to be done in secret, and we cannot let anyone know about it for the time being."

"The commander..."

"Why, don't you believe me?"

"How? It's just..."

Ye Baiting glanced at him, with a half-smile: "Don't worry, the commander's rule is that Beizhen Fusi must follow the procedure and not mess around. I have asked someone to ask for instructions on this matter, and the commander will definitely not refuse. It’s just that time is a little too late, and it will take some time for others to catch up with us—you know, I’m a co-author, as long as I have clues related to the murder case, if I ask for instructions, I will definitely be approved.”

How could Gentiana Qin not understand?

The young master has the guts to kill first and play later, so why would he dare not, anyway, the young master will stand up to it, if the commander feels that it is not appropriate to rush out of the city, and too few people come, safety cannot be guaranteed, it will also depend on the young master's face... No one cares about him!

He began to equip himself: "Then I'll carry the body back later and examine it here?"

"Otherwise?" Ye Baiting used the largest and most spacious carriage in the department for this trip, and it is already in the carriage, and a simple platform has been built with wooden boards, which can put human bones, "I will take the body back. After the examination, tomorrow Will you be sent back the day after tomorrow? Others won't immediately detain you on the spot?"

Digging overnight and burying it overnight, do it carefully and quickly, so that no one else will be able to find it. As long as it is over night and in broad daylight, who would be blind and not see such a big hole?

Qin Gentiana: "Okay, then I'll go?"

"Go quickly."

Ye Baiting watched Gentiana Qin's back leave. He looked like a ghost in the misty night, fluttering lightly, falling to the ground silently, stepping on leaves without a trace, and would soon disappear.

He closed his eyes slightly, recalling his entire analysis process.

The process of Concubine You's pregnancy to miscarriage was too important. Qiu Yiqing investigated in the palace, and the name 'Lan Lu' was brought out in the documents and files. It can be seen that this court lady had a lot of affection back then and should not be ignored easily.

Maybe there is no doubt about her death. She was given to die by the first emperor. At first, even burial was difficult. No matter how you look at it, it has nothing to do with this case, but the cause of death, whether she was pregnant, and whether the child exists are all clues that need to be confirmed.

What Xiang Zi'an said is right, according to the rules here, if a daughter dies before she gets married, it is considered a taboo, and generally she will not be allowed to enter the ancestral grave, but to find another place to bury her bones. A high-ranking person made a divination, and this woman's Wang family needs to be treated favorably, but could it be that the words of the so-called high-level person are more important than the coercion and taboo of the late emperor?

There is another piece of information that Ye Baiting accurately captured——

The Lan family suddenly had a great future and made a small difference. They went to Concubine You Taigui to ask for love to move her grave... This great success and great achievements happened after Lan Lu's death. The little-known small family had a daughter who was not smart and couldn't figure it out. Suspected of fighting in the palace, given to death by the first emperor, the same clansman, who was useless before, suddenly became promising not long after his daughter died, and was able to ask for favors in front of Concubine You Taigui...

He always felt a little subtle.Is there some causal relationship between them that they don't know?

Gentiana Qin was very fast, and it didn't take long to arrive at the Lan's cemetery.

The place is open and the field of vision is wide, there is nothing to step on, and he doesn't need to step on it too much, just take a look around, familiarize yourself with the environment, go to the compound that is on duty at night to guard the cemetery, observe how many people are in total, and what state they are in now, What kind of temper is it, is it possible to affect me...

Finally, according to the direction Xiang Zi'an said, he found Lan Lu's tomb.

It's not hard to find. As an unmarried girl, Lan Lu's tomb is unique here. The height of the grave and the style of the tombstone are different from others. Zhou Zheng's is a little out of the way. Qin Gentian took a look. As long as he digs quietly and makes little noise, he will never be discovered.

He stood still in front of the grave, cupped his hands and bowed, then went around to the back, and pulled out the tool on his back with his backhand——

A slightly delicate and small shovel slowly dug up.

While digging, his ears were not idle, and he kept paying attention to the movement around him, hoping that no one would come... They arrived so late to reduce the risk of being discovered by the other party's night patrol.

Originally, in a place like a cemetery, people would not be too diligent even if the rules of night patrol were stipulated. Is there anything to be afraid of losing in a place like this?And it's been so many years.

But who would have imagined, it's already this time, and there are still people walking around!

"Hold!"

Qin Gentiana scolded, squatted down quickly, and stopped digging the grave.

The night watchman didn't come this way. He pulled his shoes and went to the toilet in the distance. It turned out that he was up at night...

The sound would be very loud at night, Qin Gentiana closed his eyes and waited, deciding to wait for the person to leave before proceeding on his own, the thief has nothing else, the most important thing he lacks is patience!

But after waiting for a long time, this person didn't come out. With Qin's hearing ability, he could hear the person walking out of the room from a distance. Basically, he could hear what the person was doing now. He probably ate something unclean at night. shit shit...

Disgusting!

The distance is really far away, and the smell will not dissipate. Gentiana Qin pinched his nose with a bad expression, feeling that enough is enough.

After waiting for a long time, the person finally left, half of his tension was exhausted, the treasure was not diluted, and there were only dead bones in front of him... If it wasn't for the sake of stag blood wine, he wouldn't even take this job !

With a long sigh, he could only pick up the small shovel and continue working.

This time it went well, and after a while, the coffin was dug out.

Remembering the young master's previous explanation, he pressed a Suhexiang pill on the bottom of his tongue, covered his face with a towel, and then continued, found the coffin nail, and pried it open at a good angle——

He thought that the scene he saw would make him very unhappy, but he didn't expect it to be okay. On second thought, it was true. More than 20 years have passed. No matter how he looked before he was alive, he is now a bone of bones. What else can he have?

He took out the shroud, groped into the coffin, and felt in the dark—

Something feels slightly wrong.

Based on his many years of experience as a thief, there seems to be something beside this bone?

He flipped his wrist, and by feeling, he also took out this thing, put it in the corpse cloth by the way, and took it out together...

Ye Baiting waited in the car almost hopelessly, and finally saw Gentiana Qin came back with a burden on his back: "Why so long?"

"Others can't afford the night, and they can't delay it. Hey, don't mention it," Qin Geng put the burden on the mortuary table, "It's too uncomfortable, a meal of stag blood wine is not enough!"

Ye Baiting smiled: "Okay, give as much as you want, if you want anything else, make a list, and I'll ask the commander."

While talking, he untied Qin Gentiana's bundle and cleaned up the bones inside: "In this weather, if you insist on drinking stag blood wine, you won't be afraid of getting angry."

"Yo, the young master understands how to get angry now?"

Qin Gentiana sat on the side drinking water to quench his thirst, and teased him: "But you don't know, we martial arts practitioners all have excellent kung fu. The way to maintain our muscles and nourish our body is different from ordinary people. A little deer blood wine will not kill me. What's the matter?"

He was about to open the tableside food box and eat a few pieces of dried meat, but he stopped as soon as he moved. Forget it, I just touched a corpse today. In this carriage... the picture may not be very good later, so I'd better go back Eat well on the road.

The body of the deceased 24 years ago has been completely boned, the joints lack the connection of skin and flesh, and the connection is not so tight, so you need to show yourself.

Fortunately, Ye Baiting was very familiar with this work, and he started it very quickly. Halfway through setting it up, he paused slightly: "This is..."

"Oh," Qin Jia said, "Didn't you say that you have to take everything in the coffin? When I stretched out my hand, I felt something small, and the light was dim. I wasn't sure what it was. I was afraid that the bones of the deceased had fallen apart, so I just touched it." Bring them here together... this, is there a problem?"

Ye Baiting looked serious: "It's hard to say, I have to take a look."

The deceased died more than 20 years ago, and the middle was dug out and buried in another coffin. Now there are only bones left. Evidence about the death at that time may be hard to find. He did not insist on protecting all the evidence carefully. Be careful and handle it with care. Just put it, I didn't expect... there is something.

Seeing the young master putting together the bones piece by piece, these small broken bones gradually took the shape of a human being, just small, about the size of a kitten...

Qin Gentiana was taken aback: "This can't be...a child?"

Ye Baiting's eyes narrowed slightly: "It's just a baby."

Qin Geng knew that Jin Yiwei was working on another urgent case, so he didn't know much and didn't ask too much, but because he had to act today, he was told something...

"Could this be the child who had a miscarriage back then? It was the court lady Lan Lu who was pregnant, but Concubine You Tai Gui didn't actually have one?"

Ye Baiting was carefully observing the bones, his eyes and hands were very busy, and he had to move closer to the candlelight to have a closer look from time to time, but he didn't speak.

Qin Gentiana was very curious: "If this person is alive, or has just had a miscarriage and died, the traces will be more obvious. You can tell whether you have been pregnant or not, but now there are only bones. What do you think? You can really see it." come out?"

"of course."

Ye Baiting not only could see it, but also gave a conclusion on the spot: "This court lady has never given birth to a child."

"Ah?" Qin Gentiana was even more surprised, "Why didn't you give birth? Isn't the evidence all aside? Isn't the baby you just presented is her child?"

"I don't know whose baby this baby is, but it must not be hers."

Ye Baiting took out a piece of bone from the pelvis and pointed it to Gentiana Qin: "A woman's pregnancy, fetal development, and delivery, the mother's body is very painful during this process. The interpubic ligament will be strained and bleed, leaving a permanent dent on the back of the pubic bone—— For women who have been pregnant and given birth, the bone surface will become rough at the edge of the pubic symphysis, and there will be a sunken pit the size of a soybean, which is called a childbirth scar."

Qin Gentiana took a closer look: "... But there doesn't seem to be any bones?"

"Yes, what doesn't she have?" Ye Baiting narrowed his eyes.

"No, never gave birth?" Qin Gentian was stunned, "Isn't there a baby next to her? She never gave birth, where did she come from? Or did I find the wrong place and dig the wrong grave? No, the little white face surnamed Xiang usually looks at her. Unreliable, this kind of thing will definitely not lie, I only dug it after seeing the name..."

"Could it be that the Lan family made a mistake when they moved the bones? The child is Lan Lu's, but the body that was picked up was wrong. What other woman or man was picked up?"

Gentiana Qin was taken aback by his conjecture, is it so complicated!

Ye Baiting shook his head: "It's absolutely impossible to be a man. I've seen so many bones, I can't misread the gender. Besides, do you still remember what Xiang Zi'an said, how did Lan Lu die?"

Qin Gentiana: "The Son of Heaven bestows death on him, and he will be punished with a stick."

Ye Baiting pointed to the spine, hip bones, and thigh bones of the corpse: "The signs of fractures on the deceased's body are consistent with this punishment, and they were caused by external force at the same time."

"So people are right..."

Qin Geng couldn't figure it out, and pointed to the baby's bones next to him: "Where did this child come from? It didn't belong to her? Whose did it belong to? Concubine You Taigui? Concubine You Taigui was indeed pregnant back then, and she also had a miscarriage. The child died young and didn't live. Come down? Then you shouldn’t be buried with a court lady, would Concubine You be willing? The late Emperor would be willing?”

She was in the favor of the emperor at that time. To be ruthless, even if the child died, there was still value in competing for favor, and she would send it out without thinking logic that was not in line with the favored concubine. To be ruthless, what would it be like if a mother died and her child died? Reluctant and sad, I can't wait to see him off, I hope he will be safe in the next life, it is impossible to be buried with a court lady casually.

Not to mention the beloved concubine, ordinary women don't know how to bury their own children with other women's corpses, what do you think?

Ye Baiting didn't think about it for a moment.

The fact now is that Lan Lu has never had any pregnancy experience, but there is an extra child in the coffin. It is still unknown whether Concubine You was pregnant. In the end, she was given death by the emperor, why did she have to die?Why was it that many people saw and commented that she had a big belly and seemed to be pregnant?Who is channeling this information?

Qin Geng also thought of this: "Speaking of the surname, others said that the maid was pregnant, but everyone would think that Concubine You had a fake pregnancy, and raised a court lady by her side to trick the late emperor... But no matter how it looks, this Lan It's not like Lu is secretly raising and hiding someone who will give birth to Concubine You when the time comes, but instead looks like a shining cover?"

Like blocking guns in order to attract others to attack?

Ye Baiting's eyes were deep: "Even though Imperial Concubine You was favored at that time and had certain rights, but the confidant team around her has not yet been set up. If she is really pregnant, she really needs a cover."

She already has the momentum of favoring the concubine, if she has a child again, who will be able to provoke her?Therefore, some stakeholders may think of ways to deal with her desperately and prevent her from succeeding. What will she do when she is dissatisfied with her own people or her confidant team and thinks the environment is dangerous?

Naturally, find someone to take it for her.

This person still needs to be ostentatious, careless, obedient, and easy to control...

Isn't it Lan Lu?

If so, Lan Lu was doomed to die from the day she came to Concubine You Taigui's side, so after her death, the Lan family was appeased, and suddenly became "promising", and after the limelight passed, In the name of an expert divination, bring Lan Lu's body back to the ancestral grave...

They know very well how and where wealth comes from today.

As for why Concubine You did this...

Ye Baiting lowered his eyes, thoughtful.

Because the fire must not be contained in the paper, because some tiny things will definitely leak out. When the situation is a little dangerous, it can’t be guaranteed that everything is controlled as firmly as Mount Tai, and we can’t kill the grass. How can we keep it secret? vent?

The answer is - to become a community of interests.

You got my handle on me, didn't you?You know my secret, you know what I'm on guard against, so I'll try to divide you, persuade you, seduce you, it's just a not-so-bright daughter, how can your splendor and wealth matter?Kill her, and pull you up again, you enjoy a better life every day, dare to talk about those things in the past?

Do you want to be quiet and rich, or do you want to ransack your home?

Imperial Concubine You was able to fight her way out of the harem, and to this day, even if the late emperor had passed away, she could still poke in the harem firmly, without moving a single step, one would know her abilities.

The Lan family may not have greater greed, but the opponent is Concubine You Taigui, she will definitely show both kindness and power, and kill chickens to scare monkeys... It is not difficult to govern a small Lan family and control all risks within a certain range.

But there is still the same problem, this baby's bones, a small mass, are obviously a pre-term or just-born child, who gave birth to it?If Concubine You was born by herself, there is indeed no reason to be buried with Lan Lu, could it be...

Ye Baiting thought, Concubine You Taigui is so smart and courageous, she wants to use her 'pregnancy' as her favor, in order to ensure the smooth birth of the child, will she hide another person besides a 'pretense'?

Another person who is really pregnant and can help her with this bureau.

It's just that there was still an accident at the time, and the plan was not as expected...

Who is this person?

He suddenly remembered Mrs. Han Ninghou Shan, Qiu Yiqing once mentioned that during this time period, she also passed the tire...

However, no matter Han Ninghou's mansion or Shan himself, they are closer to the Empress Dowager, and their relationships are all there. They are hostile to Concubine You, how can they help her?

Ye Baiting closed his eyes slightly, countless images flashed through his mind, all of them were clues related to the case, and he remained silent for a long time.

Finally, he lowered his head and looked at the baby's bones.

The bones are very small, even underdeveloped, or many are missing. There is no obvious cause of death. We can only judge from his length that he is really small. He is a boy. The joints themselves are in good condition, so he must not have died from obvious trauma...

While examining it carefully, he carefully recorded it on the autopsy grid, and only after all the work was done, he carefully arranged the joints: "Okay, let's send it back and bury it."

Qin Gentiana stood up and moved his wrist: "Okay, give me two quarters of an hour."

This time it went very smoothly, probably because the night was too late, and the night watchman was snoring loudly, not to mention patrolling, they didn't even wake up.

Qin Gentian put the human bones back into the coffin, tidied them up, covered them with shrouds, covered the coffin, nailed them, put them back into the pit, and buried the excavated soil... He did his job well. At that time, the outer layer of floating soil was specially dug to the side, and this time it was spread back, and the color of the grave was the same, as if it had never been moved.

When he returned to the carriage, Ye Baiting was sitting on the shaft waiting for him.

About to be impatient with the heat in the carriage, the young master leaned against the door, with one leg bent and one elbow swaying, the whole body was shrouded in the dim light of the lantern on the roof, shining like pearls, and the long night could not hide him. of the dust.

Qin Gentian strode over: "Master, let me follow you too."

Ye Baiting was thinking about the case, and his reaction was a bit slow: "Huh?"

"I said before that being a Jinyiwei feels good, free and refreshing. My skills are handed down from my family, and I don't want to let go of them. In the future, I will find an apprentice. I will quit the business of a thief. , in the future, if there is work in the department, just call me..."

After Qin Gentian finished speaking, he felt that it was not straightforward enough: "You even want a little boy named Prime Minister, am I not more useful than him?"

"Okay." Ye Baiting looked at him and smiled slightly, "You come to drive the car."

Qin Gentiana's eyes widened: "I am so capable, the first task I took was to drive a car? Let me drive a car?"

Ye Baiting put his hands on his chin: "So, can you hurry up?"

"... rush."

Qin Gentian picked up the whip awkwardly, sat on the other side of the shaft, and started to drive. Unexpectedly, after a while, he found that he couldn't even do this, because someone would rob him of this kind of work!

The commander came and not only took his job, but also threw him behind the car and told him to walk back.

……Hold!

Commander, have you forgotten that I am a prisoner!Are you not afraid of me running away!Even let me sit in the car!You want to escort me!

Ye Baiting was pleasantly surprised when he saw Qiu Yiqing, especially when he saw the snack he brought over, he took it with bright eyes: "Why are you here!"

"Pick you up."

The carriage started again, the wheels rolled, and the hooves sounded.

"How's the investigation going?" Qiu Yiqing asked.

"Lady Lan Lu never gave birth to a child, but there is a child in the coffin, I don't know whose it is..."

Ye Baiting briefly stated the conclusion, Qiu Yiqing pondered for a moment, and said: "There is no problem with the Shan family. She did have a miscarriage at the same time, but the trace of the child can be found, and it is in the ancestral grave of Han Ninghou."

"Did you dig?"

"Someone has been ordered to confirm."

That's the child who didn't come out... Where did the third prince come from?

Ye Baiting frowned: "Did we guess wrong, this case has nothing to do with the life experience of the third prince?"

"Impossible," Qiu Xingqing said firmly, "There are so many clues pointing to, motivation leading, and the environment is intricate, it can only be related to him."

But why didn't I find more things...

Ye Baiting was a little distracted, as expected, it's hard to find out what happened in the palace, there must be something hidden about this matter back then.

Suddenly, the corner of Chen felt warm, and it was Qiu Yiqing who came over and wiped away the crumbs from the corner of his lips.

Ye Baiting didn't react, she looked at the dim sum in her hand a little foolishly: "You want to eat too?"

Qiu Suqing's eyes were slightly deep.

"I didn't think about it, but when you said it, I got a little greedy."

Ye Baiting looked at this look, and the alarm bells in his heart: "Don't—"

It's too late.

Qiu Yiqing put the snack crumbs from the corner of his lips into her own mouth, staring at his lips...

"It tastes good, very sweet."

Ye Baiting: ...

Can you please wake up!You are the commander of Beizhen Fusi, what the hell are you doing!

When the summer wind came, my heart was pounding and my cheeks were hot. I don't know if it was blown by the wind or something else.