Nightwatcher Chapter 18: Assassination

Chapter 249 Assassination

Leaving Lingbao Temple, it is already three quarters (13:35 minutes).

Xu Qi'an entered the palace and asked the guards to pass on the information. He waited for a quarter of an hour at the gate of the palace, and then waited for the **** to come.

"Master Xu, how do we check next?" the **** asked.

"Go to Feng Palace to find the Queen... You don't need to inform your Majesty before seeing the Queen, right?" Xu Qi'an said.

The **** hurriedly waved his hand, "Your Majesty said, in the harem, you can go wherever you want. Of course, the premise is to be accompanied by a servant, especially to see the imperial concubine and the queen."

Xu Qi'an nodded.

The woman who wants to see the emperor, of course, can't see it in private.

The full name of Feng Palace is Fengqi Palace, which is the largest and most luxurious palace in the harem-the emperor’s palace is not included.

When I came to Fengqi Palace, I learned that the empress was taking a nap. Xu Qi'an and the **** waited for a short half an hour in the corridor outside, and a beautiful lady came to pass on:

"The empress is awake, please come over, Mrs. Xu."

Xu Qi'an followed into the hall, and in the luxuriously furnished front hall, she saw the queen of the mother's world. She wore a dark phoenix robe embroidered with gold silk and a gorgeous crown on her head.

Dai's eyebrows are picturesque and her mouth line is plump. She is no longer young, but her face is full of collagen and she doesn't look old at all. This makes her unblemished beauty of prosperity add the charm of a mature woman.

She ranks the top two among the beauties I have seen, Luo Yuheng ranks first, but the national teacher has its own charm and buff bonus, and the queen relies on her own hardware....... Of women are queens, no one in the harem can fight.

Xu Qi'an hurriedly lowered his head to maintain the etiquette and rules that a foreign minister should have.

"Sure enough, a young talent."

The queen is obviously also a face-controller. She looked at Xu Qi'an and nodded with satisfaction: "Huaiqing often mentions you in front of this palace and appreciates you. Your deeds in solving strange cases in Beijing have also been heard in this palace. "

The first impressions of both parties are good.

I don't know if Xu Qi'an feels good about herself. He thinks the queen admires him very much and doesn't see anything outside.

"Wei Yuan is fortunate to have such an outstanding subordinate like you." Empress Empress said softly: "Lord Xu see tea."

The maid offered hot tea, Xu Qi'an took it with both hands, did not drink it, and asked straightforwardly: "The humble post is for the Fu concubine case. I have a few questions for the empress."

"Master Xu, may I ask."

"Do you know the palace lady Huang Xiaorou?"

"I don't know it." The queen shook her head.

"In that Niang Niang Palace, is there a maid named He'er?"

"Yes." The queen was silent for a few seconds before nodding slowly.

"Mother Rong from Crab Pavilion said that Huang Xiaorou committed suicide for no reason four years ago. The maid who lived in the same room with her rescued her, and that maid was He'er in the empress' palace."

"Hole has never been to Crab Pavilion." The queen denied directly.

Xu Qi'an continued: "After a humble post-mortem, it was discovered that the maid of the palace Huang Xiaorou suffered a fatal injury. It cannot be saved by a maid, nor can it be saved by an imperial physician. It must be a resurgent elixir."

The queen stared at Xu Qi'an and said lightly: "Is there any evidence for what Mr. Xu said?"

"The corpse is the evidence."

"What about the pill?"

"...No." Xu Qi'an shook his head.

It is the queen who tore up the income and expenditure records of Royal Pharmacy?

The queen nodded and said softly: "My palace is exhausted, send Master Xu out of the palace."

Didn't you just finish your siesta... Xu Qi'an moaned his lips, got up helplessly, and left Fengqi Palace with the maid.

........

Xu Qi'an glanced at the sun, "Little father-in-law, have you prepared the list that you asked you to collect?"

The **** took out a folded rice paper from his arms, "It is about to be handed over to Master Xu."

Yes, it's very efficient, as expected from the imperial palace.

Xu Qi'an unfolded the list and glanced at it. There were more than a dozen court ladies, servants, and guards listed on it.

"Let's check the list one by one," Xu Qi'an said.

"The Queen's side..."

"Of course, it can't be checked."

Xu Qi'an sighed. Even though Emperor Yuan Jing gave him great privileges to check whoever wanted to check, he didn't cooperate when the queen was killed, and Xu Qi'an couldn't force the overlord to bow.

But one thing can be confirmed, that is, the queen has a ghost in her heart.

Isn't it the queen who did it? Isn't Huaiqing very pitiful. Shouldn't I check it down? But if you don’t check it, wouldn’t it be pitiful to mount? Here comes, choose one of the two Shura Fields... Xu Qi'an sighed silently in his heart.

But then again, the queen is so pretty. There is such a charm when he is old, and how beautiful he is when he is young, no wonder he can become a queen.

The eyebrows of Huaiqing and the Queen are somewhat similar.

"In comparison, I still think Luo Yuheng is better, because she can satisfy my various tastes...Oh, so can Susu."

Xu Qi'an couldn't help but remembered what Taoist Jin Lian said just now. Luo Yuheng has the appearance of all beings and can let men see the one he likes. What he sees is the young woman in double ten, the young woman in thirty, and the one in forty. Mature woman...

"I really don't want to admit that I am lustful."

In the next hour, Xu Qi arranged to check the people on the list. Because of the time limit, he had to leave the palace before Miyagi closed, so he only had time to investigate one third.

In the resounding closing clock, he smoothly left the palace, took his little mare from Yu Linwei, took back the black gold long knife given by the supervisor, and left the palace slowly.

At this time, only Hui is left in the sunset.

The curfew has begun. Pedestrians on the street have long since disappeared. Xu Qi'an is wearing a guard uniform and a gold medal. Except for the inside of the palace, the rest of the place is unimpeded.

"DaDaDa..."

The little mare walked slowly on the uninhabited street, Xu Qi'an pondered the context of the Fufei case.

Fu Fei is the biggest victim in the whole case. She used to frame the victim of the prince. The person who did it was Huang Xiaorou, who had already been killed.

Huang Xiaorou was seriously injured once, but was cured by the queen, so the queen has a great kindness to her.

The queen’s four princes are prostitutes. The current prince is a concubine. The queen is unwilling to leave others behind as the prince, so she sets up a trick to trap the prince and regain her seat in the East Palace.

The motive is clear, and the whole case is reasonable, but the evidence is lacking.

Yes, there is no evidence to convict the queen.

"Mrs. Rong is right. There are too many secrets that cannot be told in this deep palace. If you get stuck in, you can’t get it out. I thought this case would take a while, but I didn’t expect it to go so fast. Now, there is no chance to delay time. The Emperor Yuan Jing of the dog day has not issued an edict to confer a title, so I will ask for leave tomorrow."

At this moment, Xu Qi'an had a picture in his mind: behind the ridge on the left, a man in black was lying prone, and behind the ridge on the right was also a man in black ambushing.

In the alley ahead, stood a man in black with a knife.

Relying on the special nature of the martial artist in the gods, he immediately noticed the danger.

I was ambushed...This thought came up in my heart, and the next moment, a sharp breaking sound came.

.........

At dusk.

Emperor Yuan Jing had eaten dinner and was planning to go to Lingbaoguan to find Luo Yuheng, meditate with her, and listen to Taoist classics.

The **** who was guarding outside suddenly came to report, "Your Majesty, Concubine Chen Gui is asking to see you outside."

At this point in time, what is she here to do... Emperor Yuan Jing frowned, thought a little, and said: "Tell her to come in."

Concubine Chen came to her palace at this time. If it was a few years earlier, Emperor Yuan Jing would think that she had nominated herself for a pillow seat and came to attend the bed.

For the entire ten years since the beginning of his practice, the concubines in the harem persevered in begging to go to bed. Emperor Yuan Jing ignored them all and was stubborn, and knelt outside for a night.

Later, seeing that his heart was like iron, and knowing that he couldn't save his heart, the concubines rested their minds and lived in peace.

By now, it is very Buddhist.

Everyone has their own lives, and occasionally they can get together to chat.

The harem of Emperor Yuanjing is probably the most harmonious harem in the five hundred years of Dafeng.

After the **** retired, Emperor Yuan Jing sat on the bed, closed his eyes and vomited. Not long after, Concubine Chen rushed in crying and said while crying:

"Your Majesty, you have to decide for your concubines and your prince."

He actually came for the prince. The result of Emperor Yuan Jing was not unexpected, or rather, he expected.

The reborn Emperor Yuan Jing of Wufa opened his eyes and looked at Concubine Chen indifferently, "The prince's matter is still under investigation. Please come back, please come back. There will be arbitrariness."

"Still investigating? Hasn't the case been settled, Your Majesty, I have heard Lin'an say." Chen Guifei squeezed the silk veil and said while wiping her tears:

"The prince was wronged, and the prince was wronged."

Huh? Emperor Yuan Jing frowned and said, "What did Lin'an tell you."

"The Lord Xu has found out the truth long ago..."

Emperor Yuan Jing was taken aback. He knew that a drowned corpse picked up by Crab Pavilion today was the maid who had been missing for many days beside Fu Fei. But he never expected that Xu Qian would find out the truth so quickly?

Chen Guifei cried and said what she knew.

After the emperor Yuan Jing heard this, his face was gloomy and he turned his head and said to his companion: "Call the person who supervises Xu Qi'an."

The old mang-robed **** left, and within a quarter of an hour, came in with the eunuch.

The little **** Yu Guang glanced at it. Emperor Yuan Jing sat cross-legged, his expression disappearing from happiness and anger, Chen Guifei knelt beside the bed, sobbing.

Emperor Yuan Jing said lightly: "What is the progress of today's case?"

The little **** had already typed the draft in his heart. Hearing the words, he replied without stopping: "After Mr. Xu entered the palace, he immediately rushed to examine the corpse, and concluded that the palace lady Huang Xiaorou was drowned in the water first. Throw it in the corpse well again."

Then the post-mortem examination was added to prove this conclusion.

"Also, Mrs. Xu also found out that the maid of the palace Huang Xiaorou was fatally wounded in her heart. She should have died a few years ago, but she was rescued by a panacea... Then she went to the crab pavilion and asked Mother Rong. ......."

This time, the **** was very experienced. He only talked about the process without adding any personal feelings, nor did he talk about the interaction between Xu Qi'an and the two princesses.

He wanted to understand that speaking of these things would certainly add to the trouble for Mr. Xu, but his own practice of using the two princesses to make a small report might make His Majesty even more displeased.

Why bother to harm others and yourself.

Furthermore, Mrs. Xu treats him very well and is very concerned~IndoMTL.com~ Although he is a little bit grumpy, the embarrassment is not bad.

"Are you sure that some of the revenue and expenditure account books of the Imperial Pharmacy were torn up?" Emperor Yuan Jing asked for proof.

"Sir Xu said so." The **** still did not express his personal opinion.

Emperor Yuan Jing nodded slowly: "Inform Wu Zuo to enter the palace overnight and re-examine the corpse of the palace lady Huang Xiaorou. I want to know the answer immediately."

Half an hour later, the mate brought back the results of the autopsy, and Yu Xu Qi'an corroborated each other, which was unequivocal.

Emperor Yuan Jing was suddenly lost and did not speak for a long time. The huge bedroom was silent.

Until Chen Guifei lay down on the ground, crying: "Master Xu dare not investigate the queen. Only your majesty will do this in person. I beg your majesty to be the prince and the concubines."

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PS: 15,000 words completed. The typo in the previous chapter has been corrected, and this chapter is revised first.

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