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[Chapter 176, Beacon in Troubled Times 24]

Xiao Yu's words made Yu Hanjiang's back tense immediately, and his expression became extremely serious: "You mean, the assassins from the Yan Kingdom still want to go to the capital to assassinate the emperor? Is this news reliable?"

Xiao Yu nodded with a sullen face: "It should be reliable. Before I left, they had already sent a few assassins to the capital. It is said that Da Qi's internal response in the capital would arrange for a few women to enter the palace as beautiful women." .”

"Show girl?" Xiao Lou was slightly taken aback, and looked at Yu Hanjiang: "Is the emperor going to be drafted recently?"

Yu Hanjiang frowned and said: "As far as I know, when the emperor was still the prince, the previous emperor gave him a marriage proposal, and asked him to marry the general's daughter as the prince concubine, and also married two concubines. He has not had a concubine in the past few years since he became the throne. , there are currently only three concubines in the harem."

In ancient times, the emperor was often accompanied by three thousand beauties, only one queen and two concubines, and the harem was indeed thin. The emperor is still young, even if he does not want to choose a concubine, the ministers of the Ministry of Rites will urge him to accept the harem.

According to Xiao Yu, there are Yan Guo's supporters in the capital, who may have been lurking like Aunt Qing for many years, so he can take this opportunity to send the assassin into the palace as a beautiful girl.

The assassins they sent must be extremely beautiful, and they might stand out in this draft and be kept by the emperor in the harem. At that time, the emperor will favor the new show girls, and they will do it on the bed. The probability of success is indeed very high.

Even if the emperor had far-sighted plans, how could he have imagined that the concubine in the harem would do something to him?

Xiao Lou rubbed his forehead lightly, and said with a headache, "The assassins of Yan Kingdom are really afraid that the world will not be chaotic!"

There is a mysterious rebellious force in the Qi State. If the emperor is assassinated, those who want to rebel can enjoy the rewards. At that time, the whole Qi State will definitely experience another turmoil. Moreover, Da Qi's capital actually had people who responded to Yan's assassins, which showed that Yan's intelligence organization infiltrating into Qi was already deeply entrenched, and they might have even bought some of Da Qi's officials.

Yu Hanjiang looked at Xiao Yu, and said in a low voice, "Xiao Yu, do you know who the leader of the Assassin Organization is in Yan Kingdom?"

Xiao Yu said: "It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Yan Kingdom."

Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou looked at each other, knowing clearly.

No wonder that person can control the families of all the girls in Tianxiang Tower. It turned out to be the Crown Prince of Yan State. The intelligence and assassin organization created by His Royal Highness has indeed been dormant in Qi State for many years.

Yu Hanjiang continued: "Do you have any clues about the person who received the assassins in the capital of Daqi and arranged for them to enter the palace?"

Xiao Yu shook his head: "I don't know about that. But I guess, that person should be a powerful minister who can modify the identity and background of Xiu Nu at will, and insert assassins into the palace to perform tasks."

Yu Hanjiang rubbed his chin and speculated: "Maybe someone from the Ministry of Rites. Other officials are usually not allowed to interfere in the selection of the emperor's concubine, and all this is arranged by the Ministry of Rites. Easy."

Xiao Yu thought for a while and felt that it made sense, so he remained silent.

Yu Hanjiang is not clear about the day when the emperor officially chooses his concubine, it should be very recently. No matter what, it is important to ensure His Majesty's safety first. Thinking of this, Yu Hanjiang immediately whispered: "We must let His Majesty know about this as soon as possible, and take precautions in advance."

Xiao Lou asked: "Don't you need to tell the prince first?"

Yu Hanjiang said: "In order to avoid complications, I'd better write a secret letter to His Majesty directly."

When he left the palace, His Majesty once told him that "If you encounter any difficulties, you can give me a secret report as soon as possible." The ordinary memorials from courtiers to the emperor must be sent up layer by layer, but the secret records of some officials authorized by the emperor are acceptable. Send it directly to the capital and give it to him. His Majesty's words are obviously also a hint - in case of an emergency, Yu Hanjiang can send him a letter directly.

Yu Hanjiang said decisively: "I will write a secret letter when I go back tonight, and send it to the capital as soon as possible. Your Majesty will receive it tomorrow night at the latest. The draft should not have started yet, and there is still time to send the letter. As long as your majesty is prepared, then Even if a few assassins are mixed in the draft team, they won't succeed easily."

Xiao Lou agreed: "Your Majesty's safety is the most important thing. Let him know about this matter first, so that he can take precautions. We can slowly investigate the internal response in the capital. The officials in the Ministry of Rites are very suspicious. In this regard, Your Majesty Should be able to think of it."

The two looked at each other, nodded to each other, and confirmed the next plan.

Xiao Yu, who was standing by the side, felt very awkward seeing the two of them "looking at each other tacitly". He couldn't help coughing, and said coolly: "Brother, I remember that you hated the officialdom the most before, why did you suddenly get married after following Master Yu? Concerned about the affairs of the court?"

Xiao Lou explained: "Since Han Jiang and I are married, husband and wife should be of the same heart."

Xiao Yu snorted coldly, glanced at Yu Hanjiang, raised his eyebrows and said: "The situation in the officialdom is complicated, maybe one day he will die, and you will suffer as well. It's too dangerous for you to stay by his side, bro, why don't you come with me ..."

Yu Hanjiang immediately interrupted him: "Nonsense. Your brother is dangerous if he follows me, but is it safe to follow you? Don't forget, you are still lurking in the country of Yan as an assassin, and you can't protect yourself. How can you protect Xiao Lou?"

Want to take Xiao Lou away from him, brother, are you dreaming?

Xiao Yu was so blocked that he couldn't speak for a while, his brows were about to wrinkle into the word "Chuan".

Seeing that he was about to quarrel with Yu Hanjiang with an unhappy expression on his face, Xiao Lou smiled slightly, and quickly changed the subject: "Xiao Yu, you have been missing for many years, what happened to you?"

What happened? Who arranged for you to go to the country of Yan as an internal response? "

While recalling, Xiao Yu said carefully: "The year I went to the front line, because of my high martial arts skills, I performed outstandingly in the army, which attracted the general's attention. After he inspected me, he thought that I, an unfamiliar face, was very suitable for special tasks. So he forged the identity of a native of Yan State for me - my parents were killed by Da Qi's soldiers, and I was seriously injured, Qi State hated it very much."

"The general asked me to perform a bitter trick, got me covered in wounds, and let me lie on the front line of the Yan State among the dead. When the Yan State inspected the battle damage, they found me 'dying' and took me to death. Saved and returned. My 'tragic experience' quickly gained their sympathy."

"Later, I made several great achievements in the army of Yan State, and my martial arts skills were so strong that I finally attracted the attention of the eyeliner placed on the front line by His Royal Highness, and recommended me to the Prince."

"The prince admired me very much and recruited me to join the intelligence organization, responsible for intelligence collection and assassination missions."

"In Jiangzhou this time, apart from supervising Aunt Qing and the others' actions, I have a special mission - in case Aunt Qing and the others fail in their actions, I will take care of the aftermath and personally take the heads of the prince and the magistrate." Xiao Yu Speaking of this, he glanced at Yu Hanjiang coldly, that look seemed to say, with my martial arts, I can kill you!

Yu Hanjiang looked at his younger brother calmly: "So, I still want to thank you for not killing me?"

Xiao Yu snorted lightly: "If I wasn't afraid of hurting my brother, I should have stabbed you a few times just now. You must have used some unbearable means to force my brother! Otherwise, why would my brother dress up as a woman? Are you a wife?"

This younger brother was particularly defensive, with an indignant expression on his face. He always felt that Xiao Lou would suffer if he followed Yu Hanjiang, so his attitude towards Yu Hanjiang was full of hostility. Yu Hanjiang was too lazy to argue with him because he was Xiao Lou's younger brother.

Xiao Lou couldn't laugh or cry: "What are you talking about? My marriage with Han Jiang was voluntary, and he didn't use any means to force me. Besides, do you think my brother is the kind of person who will be forced to marry?"

Xiao Yu murmured: "Then it won't be..."

"Isn't that all right?" Xiao Louwen said, "It's normal for you to find it hard to accept my brother marrying a man for a while, but Han Jiang treats me very well, so you should let go of your prejudices and treat him as your brother."

"I can't do it." Xiao Yu said with a wrinkled face.

Xiao Lou didn't want to embarrass him either. Memories of getting along with his younger brother in this world flooded his mind. When he was young, Xiao Yu liked to be his brother's little attendant. His father was busy with various cases, and his mother always treated people. It was almost Xiao Lou who brought him up, so it is understandable that he became dependent on Xiao Lou and was upset that Xiao Lou married a man.

Thinking of this, Xiao Lou couldn't help but soften his heart, and asked with concern: "Did you suffer a lot during the past few years in Yan Kingdom?"

Xiao Yu, who was cared by his elder brother, had hot eyes, and immediately turned his head to suppress the soreness in his eyes, pretending to be calm and said: "Compared with those brothers who died on the front line, this bit of suffering is nothing. A man must always have something Do whatever you want, I was born as a member of Qi, and I will die as a ghost of Qi, as long as it is for the sake of Daqi, I am willing to do anything."

The hot-blooded young man was very upright, Xiao Lou stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder tenderly, and said, "You did a great job, brother, and the parents in the sky will be proud of you."

Xiao Yu, who was praised and sympathetic, immediately improved a lot, and his ears turned slightly red: "I didn't do anything serious..."

Xiao Lou praised: "You returned to Qi State in time and risked your life to inform the news that His Majesty will be assassinated. This is a big event for the people of the entire Qi State. Your Majesty is a good monarch, and nothing unexpected will happen. .”

Yu Hanjiang also followed Xiao Lou's words and boasted a few words: "Your brother is right. It is indeed not easy for you to stay in Yan Kingdom for the past few years. When things are done, I will definitely report to His Majesty and reward you for your merits."

Xiao Yu was flattered by the two people's compliments, and his hostility towards Yu Hanjiang also weakened a lot. He looked at Yu Hanjiang and said, "Hey, I still know something. I wanted to report it to the Eighth Prince, but something happened in the palace these few days. The murder case is heavily guarded, with a bunch of shadow guards guarding the surroundings, I can't get close at all... Let me just tell you, please tell the prince, Lord Yu."

Yu Hanjiang nodded: "All ears."

Xiao Yu cleared his throat, and said: "Actually, Yan Kingdom is also in chaos. I sneaked into Yan Kingdom for four years, and after investigation, I found that Yan Kingdom was divided into two factions, one for the crown prince and one for the empress, and one for the third prince and Qin Guifei." Party. The emperor of the Yan Kingdom is over sixty years old, and his health is not very good, and he may die at any time. The two princes are in their prime, and the forces behind them are relatively balanced. As long as the old emperor of the Yan Kingdom leaves, the third prince will definitely If you don’t wait for the crown prince to ascend the throne obediently, civil strife will definitely break out in Yan!”

Yu Hanjiang looked at Xiao Lou, just in time to meet his clear eyes—the clue provided by Xiao Yu is very important!

On the other side of the country of Yan, the prince controls the intelligence organization and the assassin group. As long as the prince is eliminated, this organization will naturally fall apart. If the third prince is willing to truce and make good friends with the state of Qi, he may be able to persuade His Majesty to assist the third prince in seizing power, get rid of the prince's party in the Yan state, help the third prince to take the throne, and make him promise not to invade Daqi's borders again.

In this way, not only can the Assassin Organization be completely resolved, but also the relationship between the Qi State and the Yan State can be eased, avoiding the suffering that the years of war have brought to the people.

Yu Hanjiang looked at Xiao Lou, and said with a tacit understanding: "In troubled times, in addition to investigating the cases of the palace and the assassins, perhaps, in order to pass the customs perfectly, we have to assist the emperor of Daqi to put down the current chaos?"

Xiao Lou's eyes lit up, and he nodded in agreement: "That's right, if we not only find out the origin of the assassin and the murderer of the two murders in the palace, but also calm down the troubled times by the way, Ace of Hearts won't let us

S evaluation is difficult. "

Yu Hanjiang said: "The news of Yan's domestic struggle brought by Xiao Yu must be very useful. I think I can try it. I will also mention this matter in the secret letter to His Majesty when I go back tonight, and see His Majesty's attitude. Can you do it?" Assist the third prince of Yan to seize power and form an alliance with the third prince."

Seeing the two of them staring at each other like no one else, Xiao Yu immediately made a bad face: "Brother, you keep staring at him, what's so interesting!"

Yu Hanjiang: "..."

Xiao Lou's ears were warmed by the words, he turned his head to look at his younger brother, and said, "Xiao Yu, we have a very risky task and we want your help. I wonder if you would like it?"

Xiao Yu asked doubtfully, "What mission?"

Xiao Lou glanced at Yu Hanjiang, saw him nodding, and said, "The crown prince of Yan, since he personally formed an intelligence and assassin organization to target Qi, and sent people to assassinate the prefect, the prince, and even His Majesty, if he succeeds As the emperor of Yan State, with his hostility towards Da Qi, he will definitely start a full-scale war with Qi State, right?"

Xiao Yu nodded, and said coldly: "That's right, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Yan Kingdom is ruthless and ambitious. Back then, his concubine just got up in the middle of the night and saw him meeting a minister, and she was stabbed to death by a sword. Don't show mercy... I've stayed by his side for the past few years, and I've been terrified. His study room is often hung with maps of the four kingdoms. From my perspective, he not only wants to annex the Qi kingdom, but also wants to unify the four kingdoms and become the master of the world."

Yu Hanjiang said: "So, we must not let him become the next head of the Yan Kingdom."

Xiao Yu finally came to his senses when he heard this: "You mean to help the third prince kill the prince during the turmoil in Yan's country?"

Xiao Loudao: "We are still not sure what the third prince's attitude is towards Da Qi, so I would like to ask you to come this way. You are the most familiar with the country of Yan, can you find a way to contact the third prince and test whether he is willing Form an alliance with Da Qi? If Da Qi assists him in ascending to the throne, let him sign an alliance with Da Qi, and make peace with Da Qi, would he be willing?"

There are many examples in history of two countries signing a treaty and truce. During this period of observation, Xiao Lou discovered that in Jiangzhou, the border between Daqi and Zhao, because there was no war, the people lived in affluent lives, businessmen came and went in an endless stream, and the entire Jiangzhou city was extremely prosperous.

It is conceivable what kind of life the people live at the border between Daqi and Yan, due to years of wars.

The war will only make life difficult for the common people. If there is a truce, it will undoubtedly be a good thing for the common people in this world.

If they can influence the pattern of the four kingdoms, make Qi and Yan become harmonious from hostility, and there will be no more wars in the world, perhaps this is the real and perfect way to clear the "Troubled Times".

When Xiao Yu heard this, he also nodded in agreement: "Brother is right, I will return to Yan Kingdom right now."

Yu Hanjiang asked concerned: "But how do you respond to your mission? The assassination of the prince and the prefect all failed. Will the crown prince let you go?"

Xiao Yu smiled and said: "I have a way. Tomorrow, I will lure Aunt Qing and the others to the outskirts of Jiangzhou. Lord Laoyu will capture all the other assassins, including me, and pretend to kill me on the spot. I will find a way to use another identity Secretly return to the country of Yan."

Yu Hanjiang nodded: "Okay, I'll help you arrange it."

Xiao Yu said: "I should go back, brother..." He cupped his fists towards Xiao Lou, his eyes full of reluctance: "Take care."

Xiao Lou also cupped his fists at him: "You too, be careful."

Xiao Yu flew out of the cave and disappeared into the night in a blink of an eye. The teammates hiding nearby showed up and entered the cave one after another. Xiao Lou roughly recounted the clues brought by his younger brother to everyone. Lao Mo couldn't help feeling: "It seems that in this secret room, we not only want to solve the case, but also To assist His Majesty in suppressing the rebellion! It is worthy of A-level difficulty, and you would never have thought of this if you missed any clues!"

Yu Hanjiang said solemnly: "I'll go back and write a secret letter to His Majesty right away, Long Sen, in order to ensure that this secret letter is delivered to His Majesty, you personally hurry up and send this letter to the capital."

Long Sen nodded vigorously: "Understood!"

After returning to the prefect, Yu Hanjiang thought carefully about his words and wrote a letter to the emperor.

The letter stated two things. One is that there are assassins among the girls in this draft, and they want to assassinate His Majesty. Please take precautions, postpone the draft or conduct a secret investigation to find out the traitor who responded in the capital; It is the matter of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Yan State and the Third Prince seizing the throne, Qi State may be able to play around and support the Third Prince to take the throne.

After writing two pages eloquently, he sealed the letter and asked Long Sen to deliver it overnight.

The origins of the assassin team have all been found out, and the next highlight is the murder in the palace.

Everything is back to the original point——

Who is the murderer in the death of Miss and Young Master Lin?

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[Chapter 177, Beacon in Troubled Times 25]

The next day, Xiao Yu lured all the other assassins outside Jiangzhou City as agreed.

Yu Hanjiang prepared an ambush in advance and wiped out these assassins.

During the arrest operation, Xiao Yu was "accidentally" injured by a sharp sword, hit his chest, and died on the spot.

In fact, Xiao Yu was wearing a gold silk armor under his clothes, which could not be pierced by ordinary weapons, and the blood on his chest was made in a blood bag in advance - this younger brother has been able to lurk in Yan Country for four years, and he has indeed cultivated his acting skills like a movie king. After all, he had stayed in the pile of corpses before, and his level of feigning death was top-notch. Not only was blood blooming on his chest, but he was also vomiting blood from his mouth.

Acting so realistically, it made it difficult for him.

Xiao Lou cooperatively stepped forward to do the autopsy, checked his brother's breath, shook his head at Yu Hanjiang and said, "He's dead."

Yu Hanjiang frowned: "All the living ones will be brought back to the magistrate for interrogation, and the dead ones will also be taken to the prefect."

Take away the corpse! "

A group of yamen servants swiftly escorted him back to the magistrate, and also carried Xiao Yu's "corpse" back to the magistrate.

In the dead of night, Xiao Yu really cheated on the corpse.

Xiao Lou secretly took him to the study room and asked him some questions: "On the prince's birthday, the person who went to the backyard of the prince's mansion was Xueyan, right?"

Xiao Yu said: "It's her. She lurks in to find out the environment of the palace, so that she can escape at any time."

In other words, the assassin that Qin Weiwei saw at that time was indeed Xueyan. However, after Xueyan came to the direction of the Buddhist hall, she covered her face with a white gauze, pretending to be Miss Fourth and tricked Qin Rui.

Then, whose guard clothes belonged to Lin Shaobo?

Xiao Yu said that he didn't know about it, and it seems that he has little to do with the Wangfu case.

Yu Hanjiang opened the back door of the magistrate for him, and helped him clear the obstacles in advance, so that he could go to Yan country as soon as possible.

Seeing his younger brother leaving quickly in the night, Xiao Lou couldn't help worrying: "Will it be dangerous for him to meet the Third Prince?"

Yu Hanjiang said: "Don't worry, he has been in Yan Kingdom for four years. His martial arts are strong and he has a way to protect himself. His Highness the Crown Prince is ambitious, cold-blooded and cruel. Once the Crown Prince is enthroned, he will definitely be a tyrant. Our idea of ​​assisting the Third Prince to ascend the throne It should be right."

Xiao Lou nodded and frowned slightly: "The mystery of the Assassin Group has been completely revealed. It was formed by the ambitious Crown Prince of Yan Kingdom. However, there is still no clue about the murder of the eldest lady of the Wangfu."

The two began to re-analyze the case.

Xiao Lou carefully sorted out the timeline of the case——

On the afternoon of the prince's birthday, at around 6 o'clock, Xueyan, one of the assassins, entered the backyard of the palace to investigate. When she flew over the courtyard wall, she was spotted by the passing guard Qin Rui. Qin Rui hurriedly chased after her. The two maids (witnesses), Qin Rui finally chased them to the Buddhist hall, Xueyan covered her face with a white gauze, pretended to be the fourth young lady and left with her head bowed.

At the same time, the Fourth Miss had a private meeting with Lin Shaobo in the backyard, and was bumped into by the Eldest Miss. The third miss also ran into the fourth miss in the rockery.

After the birthday party started, at around 7:30 in the evening, Xueyan assassinated the prince and fled after failing. She checked the terrain of the palace, so it was easier to escape, and the guards of the palace failed to catch up with her. At the same time, Lin Shaobo disappeared under the pretext of "going to the toilet".

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the servant girl rushed to report that she saw the young lady hanged herself in the yard. After Xiao Lou's analysis of the body, the time of death of the young lady was around 6 o'clock.

There are a lot of things happening at 6 o'clock, and the clues are very concentrated.

According to the timeline - Miss Si saw Simei dating Lin Shaobo in the backyard; Miss Si hurriedly escaped with guilt, bumped into Miss San, and went back to Hongmeiyuan under the pretext that she was "unwell". At the same time, Miss San saw Qin Rui chasing someone to the Buddhist hall, where Qin Rui saw an assassin pretending to be Miss Fourth. Afterwards, Lin Shaobo may have gone to the eldest lady for a showdown and an explanation, or he went back to the front yard in a panic; the eldest lady witnessed something she shouldn't know, and was silenced.

The time of Missy's death was around 6:00 p.m., which is certain.

Lin Shaobo's body was soaked in water all night, Xiao Lou can only infer that his death time was between 19 and 20 o'clock, because Lin Shaobo was still sitting at the same table with Mr. Shao in the front yard watching the performance at 19 o'clock. He was killed after leaving the banquet.

The two died one after another, both in a "single" state when they died, without any witnesses.

Xueyan was avoiding Qin Rui's pursuit, so she was definitely not the one who killed Missy. Fourth Miss fled back to Hongmeiyuan in a hurry, and it was impossible for her to be the murderer. Miss San was just a witness at the time when Simei and Qin Rui appeared, and she had no motive for committing the crime.

Judging from the fragments of clothes in Lin Shaobo's hands, there should be someone else who killed Missy and Lin Shaobo—this person was in the backyard of the palace between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. and pretended to be a guard , or wearing clothes of the same material as the guards.

Who can lurk in the palace for such a long time without being discovered?

Xiao Lou frowned and thought carefully for a moment, then said: "This person, first of all, is someone the eldest lady knew, because the eldest lady was poisoned and had no struggle before death, this person can make the eldest lady eat it unsuspectingly." Poisonous food, if a strange guard appears in the backyard, the eldest lady will definitely be surprised, and even call, to attract attention."

Yu Hanjiang agreed: "She didn't struggle or shout, so she should be very familiar with this person. Moreover, this person knows the layout of the palace, and even the clothes of the guards. He appeared in the backyard of the palace wearing a guard uniform, but he was not caught by any wives or maids." , which means that he specially chooses some blind spots to act, and he is as familiar with the road in the backyard of the palace as he is in his own home."

at home?

When Yu Hanjiang said this, he paused suddenly, and he looked at Xiao Lou, who also happened to look at him with bright eyes.

The two said a name at the same time: "Qi Fenghua?!"

Actually thought of it together!

Xiao Lou only felt that the eyes suddenly became clear, and he analyzed seriously: "I know the eldest lady, I am familiar with the layout of the backyard of the palace and even the clothes of the guards, and I can pretend to be a guard to sneak in and the dean will not be found for a long time. The only person with so many qualifications is Qi Fenghua, the young master of the palace who has been ignored by us!"

Yu Hanjiang nodded: "If the murderer is him, then Qi Yiyao will definitely not feel defensive when seeing her brother, maybe Qi Yiyao will only ask him in doubt, 'Why did brother come back suddenly, still dressed like this?' I guess, Qi Fenghua would prevaricate by saying 'surprise the father's birthday', and then take his sister to a secluded place, giving her poison as an excuse to reminisce about the old days."

Xiao Lou followed the other party's words and analyzed: "Poison killing big and small

After the younger sister, he hid the body first, took advantage of the dinner party and when there was no one in the backyard, he hung his younger sister on a tree with white silk, pretending to commit suicide. At around 7:30 in the evening, Lin Shaobo left from the dinner party and went to the backyard to explain to the young lady, maybe he happened to witness the scene where Qi Fenghua hung his sister to the tree, and was silenced by Qi Fenghua. "

Xiao Lou paused, opened his recent transcript, and said in confusion: "But there is one point of testimony that is wrong. I remember two maids said that when they passed by the pond in the afternoon, they heard the sound of something falling into the water, and then saw Qin The guards were chasing people, it should have been 6:00, and Young Master Lin was still alive, because Young Master Lin attended the prince's dinner party and left at 7:00 in the middle of the dinner party. How can I explain the sound of the thing falling into the water?"

Yu Hanjiang said: "The sound that the servant girl heard falling into the pond was not Young Master Lin's body. In broad daylight, there would definitely be a lot of noise when the body fell into the pond... Maybe it was Qi Fenghua's carelessness in his actions." Knock over something like a stone, fall into the pond, and make a noise, the eldest lady rushes away after hearing the noise, and sees her brother who shouldn't be in the palace, causing her death."

Xiao Lou suddenly realized: "This makes sense!"

Qi Fenghua was on the front line and hadn't been back to the palace for three years, but suddenly returned to the palace on the prince's birthday, it must be something wrong.

My sister saw him appearing at the wrong time and place. Once the prince knew about it, the prince would definitely investigate and find out that Qi Fenghua might have participated in the rebellion.

What he did back to the palace is still unclear, but his return to the palace must not be known.

Therefore, Qi Fenghua cruelly killed his sister to silence her.

As for Lin Shaobo, he left suddenly during the dinner, probably because he wanted to explain to the young lady, but happened to witness the scene where Qi Fenghua hanged the young lady to the tree. Immediately flew behind and grabbed Lin Shaobo's neck, Young Master Lin struggled frantically, tore off a piece of rag from his sleeve, and was thrown into the pond by him.

It was already dark at that time, and everyone was attracted by the scene where the eldest lady hanged herself, so they didn't notice—under the cold moonlight, there was a strangled man in a pond not far away. The corpse slowly floated up.

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Goodnight everybody!

The timeline has been straightened out this time, and the 8-of-Hearts Chamber of Secrets is almost finished :)

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