Daiyu of the Red Chamber raised a cat

Since Zhou Hang said he was in charge of this matter, who can say anything?

At that moment, the servants all lowered their heads and did not dare to make a sound.

Zhou Hang scanned the scene and ordered someone to call the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and the Minister of Dali Temple.Ordinary murders naturally wouldn't alarm these two senior officials, but today's matter is different from others.The incident happened in the Lin Mansion, and Zhou Hang met him again. As the prince, he naturally has the right to directly call these two people to investigate the case.

About half an hour later, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and the Minister of Dali Temple appeared in the garden of the Lin Mansion.

At this time, Daiyu was persuaded by Zhou Hang to go back to her small courtyard to rest.

After hearing the general situation from the person who sent the order, the two came with full preparations, including staff, government servants, clerks, etc. After seeing the ceremony, they started the autopsy.Wu Zuo is an old man with a gray beard, carrying a big tool bag, and laying out all kinds of equipment in an orderly manner. After carefully looking at it for a long time, he finally concluded that Xiao Xia died of drowning, and the wounds on his face and body were caused by scratches. The injury was not man-made, and the time of death was about seven hours ago.

But the servants of Lin's mansion insisted that Xiaoxia should have been killed in the morning, because Zhu'er, who was in the same room as her, was still talking to her at dawn.

Although Wu Zuo did not directly refute this statement, judging from his performance and expression, he was very disapproving.He squinted at those wives who were speaking sharply, the corners of his lips twitched slightly, ignored them, and cupped his hands and said:

"His Royal Highness, my lords, I have been examining corpses for 30 years. When I was inexperienced in the early years, I made a mistake once or twice. But in the past 30 or [-] years, whether it is suicide, poisoning, torture... fresh corpses , or a rotting corpse that has been placed for several days or even dozens of days, or a skeleton with only white bones left, I have never missed it. The old man can be sure that this girl really died at around three quarters of the hour last night."

As if afraid that Zhou Hang and others would not believe it, he uncovered the silk cloth, pointed to the corpse and said, "Drown people usually die from suffocation, with spotty bleeding on the eyelids, swelling of the corpse, and late appearance of corpse spots, which usually take more than six hours to die. It will gradually appear. A large number of corpse spots have appeared on this girl's body, and it is impossible to die in the morning. If you adults don't believe it, you can call other masters, and you will have your own opinion at that time."

"Are you sure?" Zhou Hang asked.

"This old man dares to guarantee his life."

The minister of Dali Temple stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, the ancestor and father of Yang Yuzuo are both well-known wuzuo in the capital. He also followed his grandfather and father's autopsy since he was a child, and he has decades of experience. He is the best in Dali Temple. ’s work.”

Since it is the best work, there should be no mistakes.

This is interesting, could it be that the voice Zhu'er heard in the morning is a ghost?

Zhou Hang touched his chin and thought for a moment, then said, "Chuan Zhuer, come here!"

So someone called Zhu'er in a loud voice. Zhu'er is Daiyu's girl, and Daiyu will know it naturally.Zhu'er was just a 12-year-old girl, Daiyu was afraid that she would not be able to do anything, so she specially asked Hui'er to follow her.Naturally, it was a routine interrogation at the place, and Zhu'er said with certainty that she did hear Xiao Xia speak this morning, her words were sincere and not fake.

Shangshu of the Ministry of punishment and Qing Dali asked Zhu'er some more questions.

Zhou Hang was sitting on the main seat, sipping tea carelessly, when suddenly he opened his eyes wide and smiled with his lips pursed.Koizumi noticed the change in him at the first time, hurried over and called out in a low voice: "Your Highness..."

Zhou Hang glanced at him, and Koizumi immediately understood that he was telling him to keep quiet, so he immediately shut up.

Zhou Hang got up and left the table, motioning Koizumi not to follow, he went to a secluded place, stretched out his palm, and in the palm stood a cute and cute cartoon girl in ancient costume.Seeing this, Zhou Hang smiled as if seeing Daiyu.It was a kind of hearty, clean smile, rarely seen on weekdays, almost all of the few were given to Daiyu.

The main purpose of Daiyu letting the villain come is to tell Zhou Hang that Xiaoxia was indeed not in the room last night. According to the news from Yuball, she went out with those gorilla felt cloaks after dinner, but it was strange that she did not go to the needlework. Instead of going to the house, he went to the garden.I don't know how it fell into the well after that, or how the orangutan blanket disappeared.Because the two cats in the garden suddenly felt an evil and oppressive force pervading the garden, they ran away in a hurry.

"At that time, Xiao Xia was probably delirious." The little man said.

"It seems that Xiaoxia's death is not simple. It is probably related to those demons and heretics. I'm afraid it was aimed at you and me." And he had a premonition that it might have something to do with those Xuanyang real people and masked Taoists.These two people have disappeared for a while, and they will not stop after one or two setbacks. It is very likely that they have already arrived in the capital and are planning some big conspiracy in the dark.

The villain tilted his head and said, "I think so too. By the way, how is your investigation going?"

Thinking of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, the Minister of Dali Temple, and Wu, after a lot of tossing, they could only come up with an approximate time of death, and they were even discussing whether it was suicide, misstep, or murder. Zhou Hang couldn't help shaking his head, saying: "There are no valuable clues."

"Is that so..." The villain's body trembled slightly, "I'll go to Xiaoxia's room to take a look!" After speaking, he withdrew and went back, the small piece of paper drew a perfect arc in the air, and floated to the courtyard. Went outside the wall.

In such a hurry, I didn't wait for anyone to finish talking!

Zhou Hang withdrew his outstretched hand a little unwillingly, and shook his head helplessly and dotingly, this girl!

Back at the well, Dali Temple Minister and the Minister of the Ministry of Justice were discussing something intensely. Seeing Zhou Hang, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice greeted him first, and cupped his hands: "Your Highness!"

Only then did the rest of the people see it, and they all hurriedly saluted.

After waving his hands to excuse everyone, Zhou Hang looked at the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment: "Any new discoveries?"

"Your Highness, after a series of inquiries and discussions with Lord Wu, I think that the possibility of Miss Xia committing suicide is very small. It's the end of the month, there is no moon after dinner, and the garden is pitch black. It can be said that you can't see your fingers. How about a question?" Why would a girl come to the garden at this time? Therefore, this matter is strange. Besides, in all the rich families of Gongmen, the gates of the courtyard must be closed after dinner, even if some girls have errands to do, they should hold them The token told the doorkeeper to open the door. But the doorkeeper said she had never seen Xiaoxia..."

Zhou Hang listened while thinking, and after a while he ordered the women who were guarding the gates of the day to come over.

Everyone said that they had never seen Xiao Xia, and they were sure that no little girl called after the door closed that day.

"What happened last night?" Zhou Hang asked again.

The rest of the women shook their heads, only one who looked at the garden thought for a while and said: "I just closed the hall door yesterday, when a gust of wind suddenly blew, and it was not too weak, blowing them away, it seemed that there was a black The shadow suddenly passed by, which startled me, and I took a look boldly, and it seemed like a big golden pheasant flew past. I don’t know if this is considered a change or not?”

"This can be regarded as a change—" Zhou Hang looked at her, and asked again, "Is there anything else?"

The mother-in-law shook her head and said, "No more."

Due to lack of clues, it was uncertain whether it was suicide or murder. Dali Siqing and the Minister of the Ministry of Justice asked the girls, mother-in-law and others who had been in contact with Xiaoxia on weekdays.Xiaoxia is Daiyu's girl, and of course the people in Daiyu's room she has the most contact with.Most of them are girls in their teens, if they are anything else, they are Daiyu's girls, their status is naturally different from that of ordinary girls, and they are somewhat decent, even if they are the chiefs of Dali Temple and the Criminal Department Instead of calling someone, ask Zhou Hang for his opinion.

Zhou Hang sent Koizumi to ask Daiyu.

Daiyu actively cooperated, saying that all the maids in her yard can be called to inquire; the so-called urgent matter is nothing, even Xiaoxia's bedroom can be inspected if necessary.

After hearing Koizumi's retelling of Daiyu's words, Dali Siqing and Xingbu Shangshu were so moved that they cried.

The future princess concubine is really a sensible, understanding and good girl, which is simply beyond their expectations!They are also well-informed and have handled many cases, including those involving the inner circle of aristocratic families, but none of those ladies are so forthright. They only reluctantly agree, aggrieved and crying, after many persuasion and threats.

Sometimes the clues are hidden in places people don't expect.

Like the current case, it is necessary to look at the place where the deceased stayed every day.Through the clues of her life in the past few days, it is likely to find important clues.Although they knew this, but because this time it was not an ordinary mansion, and the girl involved was not an ordinary lady from a family, no one dared to come to the lady's courtyard to investigate.

Daiyu's voluntary statement made Dali Siqing and Xingbu Shangshu greatly relieved.

After all, the inner curtain is the inner curtain, even if it is necessary to investigate the case, there is absolutely no reason for a large number of men to go in.

Therefore, Zhou Hang only brought the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, the Minister of Dali Temple, and two capable officials, and stopped at the Yimen Gate, ordering Koizumi to go to report first, so that the girls inside could prepare and take back the clothes that should be collected. Go, take those who should go back to the house and take them with you, lest some girls go in without knowing it and bump into men.

It is inevitable to give instructions to Dali Temple Minister, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, etc., probably not to wander around after entering, and to come out immediately after seeing Xiaoxia's bedroom, etc.

In fact, they didn't dare to look around without Zhou Hang's special order.

Zhou Hang was just worried, although he himself didn't care about these things, but in ancient times, the most important thing for a girl was her reputation, so he didn't want to spread any bad words about Daiyu.

Not long after, Koizumi came out and replied, "Your Highness, Miss Lin said you can go in."

Zhou Hang nodded slightly, then turned around and said, "My lords, please go ahead!"

Where did the two of them dare to leave Zhou Hang first, they both bowed and said, "Your Highness, Your Highness, please..."

Zhou Hang hooked his head slightly, and walked out first, and the rest of the people followed closely into the Yimen.After walking not far, I entered Daiyu's small courtyard. Although it was not very big, it was a very exquisite small courtyard.The yard was quiet, and there was no sign of a girl. Koizumi led the way, through a very small garden, to the atrium, facing five main rooms, and two pomegranate trees planted in front of the main room. , There are several birdcages hanging under the eaves of the corridor, inside the cages are parrots, thrushes and other birds.

There are three east and west wing rooms on both sides.

Xiao Xia lived in one of the West Wing rooms, and Koizumi led her in.