Lu Ze rushed to the wing after hearing the news.
Qi Yuning said: "Look at the body quickly."
The body was covered with two brocade quilts. Lu Ze opened the brocade quilts one by one and said: "The person died last night. There was a wound on the heart. He should have died of excessive blood loss. The rest will have to wait until the widower comes to check." There were no other external injuries.”
After all, it was her eldest cousin's aunt, and Lu Ze couldn't inspect it directly like other corpses.
Qi Yuning said: "When I first came here, there was only one footprint of the Yu family's maid in the white snow in the courtyard. This door was bolted from the inside.
I noticed when I came in that the doors and windows here were closed from the secret guard beside me saw no other movement last night. Mrs. Qin died very strangely. "
Lu Ze looked at the quilt carefully and said, "How come there is no murder weapon? Have you ever seen the murder weapon?"
Qi Yuning shook his head, "No, before you came, I only checked Mr. Yu's breathing, and no one else moved."
Lu Ze looked around and said, "The doors and windows are closed from the inside. There is no murder weapon, which is really strange."
Qi Yuning said: "This matter is really mysterious. A few days ago, Lu Baohua said that the Yu family's Yintang turned black. I thought it was Qin Yuli's accident, but I didn't expect it to be a life-or-death disaster."
"Jani, Jiani!"
A man came in hastily from outside.
Qin Han stepped forward and looked at the stiff Yu, and said with pain: "Jiani, Jiani, wake up!"
After a while, the second wife of the Qin family, wife of uncle Qin Guo, and Qin Zhen, the fifth master of the Qin family, also arrived. Behind them were also followed by the Yu family's personal maid whom Qi Yuning had just met.
Mrs. Qin Guojiu almost fainted when she saw her eldest daughter-in-law covered in blood, "My son!"
"Sister-in-law!" Mrs. Qin Er also cried loudly.
Qin Zhen looked at Lu Ze beside him and said, "Ze'er, what on earth is going on? I heard Chunxi, the dowry maid next to my sister-in-law, said that as soon as she came in, she saw her lying on the bed. Princess Qi came up and said that her sister-in-law was dead?"
Lu Ze saluted and said, "My aunt, my eldest cousin, my fifth cousin, and my second aunt. As soon as the princess entered the house, I saw my eldest cousin dead on the bed. The doors and windows were closed from the inside..."
Qin Han said with grief: "It must be Qi Yuning who has a grudge against our Qin family. She has always been at odds with Lily, so she went out of her way to kill Lily's mother!"
Mrs. Qin Guojiu also looked at Qi Yuning and said: "Since the doors and windows here are closed from the inside, the murderer is not inside. It is only possible that Princess Qi who came in first is the murderer!"
Lu Ze stepped forward and said, "My aunt, my eldest cousin must have died at [-]:[-] yesterday. At that time, the princess had no chance to take action."
Someone died in Xianglin Temple. The person who died was the Queen's niece-in-law and the Crown Prince's cousin-in-law. Shengjing Prefecture Yin did not dare to delay and came here as soon as he came to the Yamen.
Seeing Lu Ze here, Zheng Fuyin breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone in Shengjing knew that Lu Shaoqing solved crimes like a god.
The governor of Shengjing stepped forward and saluted: "Lu Shaoqing."
Lu Ze returned the greeting to the Governor of Shengjing: "Prefect Zheng."
When Qin Han saw Zheng Fuyin coming, he said with great sadness: "Zheng Fuyin, you must make the decision for my wife and find the real murderer!"
When he said the real murderer, Qin Han glared at Qi Yuning evilly.
Qi Yuning was not afraid at all.
Zheng Fuyin asked Qi Yuning: "Princess Qi, can you tell me when did you last see Mrs. Qin?"
Qi Yuning said: "I didn't see it, but I heard her voice yesterday. After she asked the two maids beside her to get out, I heard her lock the door."
Chun Xi cried and said: "My wife has been uneasy these days because the young lady is in jail. Yesterday I came to worship Buddha and heard what Xia Xi said about retribution. She became even more uneasy and stayed in the temple.
In the evening, after taking the medicine, my wife lost her temper and drove Xia Xi and me away. "
"Xia Xi and I both followed the master when we were four or five years old. We have been with the master for 35 years. In the 24th year, we were married to the Qin Mansion with the master. Over the years, Xia Xi and I have never married and have never left each other. I have to follow you to serve the master. If I had known we shouldn't have left last night!" Qin Han said to Qi Yuning: "My wife's two maids have always been loyal and loyal. Who else here except you, Qi Yuning, would come to kill my wife? ? If it weren’t for you, my wife wouldn’t have come to the temple. It was all you, it was all your fault! It was you who killed my wife!”
Qi Yuning said coldly: "Qin Han, this princess is the princess of Chang'an whom Your Majesty has personally granted. Who gave you the courage to come and yell in front of me? Do you think your daughter is alone in prison? , Do you want to go with her?"
Qin Han said sadly: "Qi Yuning, you killed my wife and put my daughter in jail. Am I still afraid of you? Give my wife's life back!"
Lu Ze stood in front of Qi Yuning and frowned: "My eldest cousin, the person was not killed by the princess. Why should the princess go to such trouble if she wants to kill someone? If you really want to find the murderer for my eldest cousin, please help me." Calm down!"
"Calm down? My Jiani was killed by her, how can I calm down?"
"What happened?" Zhao Chong's voice sounded outside. "Early in the morning, my father heard that something happened in Xianglin Temple and asked Gu to come over and take a look."
Mrs. Qin Guogong cried: "Your Highness, your eldest cousin-in-law was killed and lost her life!"
Zhao Chong was stunned, looked at the heartbroken Qin Han and said, "My condolences, cousin."
Qin Han and Yu Jiani are a young couple who are very affectionate. From Qin Yuli's name, we can know that the two couples have a deep relationship.
Qin Han was furious, pointed at Qi Yuning and said: "Your Highness, it was Qi Yuning who killed my wife, you must make the decision for me!"
Lu Zedao: "Your Highness, Princess Qi will never kill someone. The body died between three and five o'clock last night. The princess was with me at that time, so there is no way she would kill anyone!"
Qin Zhen raised his eyebrows and said: "Princess Qi kills people, so she doesn't have to do it herself. There are many subordinates who do it for her!"
Qi Yuning said: "Since Fifth Master Qin knows that he can pay for murder, why do he still insist that it was me? Would I be so stupid that Mrs. Qin and I would kill her in this courtyard?"
Qin Zhen snorted lightly.
Zhao Chong patted Lu Ze on the shoulder and said, "This case will be investigated by you. I must give justice to your eldest cousin."
Lu Ze nodded lightly and asked the widow brought by Fu Yin to conduct a detailed autopsy and determined that there was only a wound in front of the heart.
The female widow frowned and said, "This wound looks like it was caused by an iron awl."
Lu Ze frowned. Iron awl, where did the awl come from? Looking up, if the murderer was an awl dropped from the tiles, then Qi Yuning's secret guards would definitely have discovered it.
The female widow touched Mrs. Qin's heart and frowned, "Her heart is especially colder than other places."
Qi Yuning saw the charcoal brazier in the house and asked Chunxi, "Why are there so many charcoal braziers here?"
Chun Xi said: "Oh, my wife is afraid of the cold. Last night she asked Xia Xi to drink several soup pots and put them on the bed. My wife has always had the habit of using soup pots to warm her heart..."
Qi Yuning said: "But I have never seen Mrs. Tang here!"
Chun Xi said: "The master asked Xia Xi to put this hotpot, and Xia Xi placed many of these charcoal braziers because she was afraid that the lady would freeze out."
Lu Ze asked: "Where is Xia Xi?"
Qin Han said angrily: "Xia Xi has been with my wife for more than 30 years, how could she be the one who killed her? She accompanied my wife to marry into the Qin Mansion when she was 15 years old. Now she is almost forty. She has been loyal for 24 years. She How could she kill her master?"
Chun Xi said: "Xia Xi, I don't know where Xia Xi went..."
Qi Yuning and Lu Ze looked at each other and saw Jingzhe hurriedly came in and said, "Princess, it's bad, Miss Lingling is missing!"
Qi Yuning was shocked when he heard this, "Lingling is missing? Where did she go?"
Guyu said: "I just saw Miss Lingling still sleeping. When I turned around and went outside to get hot water, Lingling disappeared when I entered the house."
Lu Zelian comforted Qi Yuning and said, "Don't worry, Lingling is young and can't run far. Maybe she will come out to look for us after she wakes up. Ask the secret guard first." (End of Chapter)