Mu Yuan asked, "What's the reason?"
"The time is different!" Li Huaiyun pointed to the file and explained, "The Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple were investigating at different time!"
He raised his head and looked at Mu Yuan, "Do you still remember when you saw the princess in the palace?"
Mu Yuan recalled carefully for a moment, "The sun should have been at noon at that time."
"Then did you notice anything strange at that time? For example, what smell did you smell!"
Mu Yuan frowned, "You have to know, I was only ten years old at that time, and I wouldn't pay attention to these situations at all!"
Li Huaiyun slapped the table and said, "That's right, so this situation is easy to explain!"
"how to explain?"
"Did you say that you met the emperor on the way and heard him say that the princess was dead!"
Mu Yuan nodded, "Yes!"
"You were angry at the emperor's words. When you returned to the palace, you saw the princess standing in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, and then went to play with others! When you returned to the palace again, you saw the princess being fished out of the lake! "
Li Huaiyun cast his eyes on Mu Yuan, "You still don't understand the problem!"
Mu Yuan heard his analysis, pondered for a moment, and suddenly realized, "The time is different! If the Hunjun said that my mother was dead, why did he not fish out my mother's body from the lake until after I returned!"
Li Huaiyun continued, "Yes, if what you said is true, then what the emperor said and saw is false!"
And my mother's body was indeed fished out of the lake. So, Mu Yuan said, "So what I saw was fake! I never went back to the palace! Why is this?"
Mu Yuan's expression was a little broken. She didn't know what happened to her at that time and why she had such a hallucination.
Li Huaiyun pointed at her, "It's possible that you smelled a certain smell and had hallucinations!"
Mu Yuan asked, "You mean that smell?"
"Yes,"
"Then the people in Dali Temple also smelled this smell, why did they..."
"Maybe this smell only affects you."
"Only for us?"
"Yes, if my guess is correct, you and the princess smelled this smell at different times, so the princess fell into the lake unconsciously after that, and you fell into a hallucination after leaving the palace. , thinking that he went to play with others, returned to the palace and saw the figure in the pavilion in the center of the lake. In fact, you have been sleeping, and when you woke up, the princess was being fished out of the lake. "
"In other words, the palace maid or eunuch who took you out was an accomplice! This also explains why you heard the emperor say that the princess was dead, and when you returned to the palace, you happened to see the princess in the lake pavilion."
Mu Yuan lowered her head, "Actually, after I left the palace, I fell asleep and was placed somewhere. Until I woke up and returned to the palace, I saw my mother being fished out of the lake. I thought What happened before is all true!”
"Then what's in the trunk is...!"
Li Huaiyun nodded, "Yes, the body should be that of a palace maid who was out. She was killed by an accomplice, then placed in a tree trunk, and then she made up to look like the palace maid."
Mu Yuan looked at Li Huaiyun with grateful eyes. If he had been there at that time, he would have been able to catch the murderer, and his mother would not have died in peace.
Li Huaiyun continued, "Looking at it now, both the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple are a little strange about the investigation of this case!"
"How to say?"
"Actually, as long as the two departments cooperate with each other, they should be able to find the problem. However, they did not do so. One simply started the investigation from the princess, and the other found you, a teenage child, but the results were not correct. conclusion."
"It's very much like two opponents who are not convinced by each other."
"The current speculation on the case is almost like this, but there is still one very important aspect that I haven't thought about."
Mu Yuan asked, "What aspect?"
Li Huaiyun put his hands behind his back, and then paced back and forth in front of the desk.
Mu Yuan said loudly, "Oh, can you please stop going back and forth? What is it about?"
"Aren't I thinking?"
"It gives me a headache."
Li Huaiyun stood still and clapped his hands vigorously, "That's the motive! Any case needs a motive!"
"motivation?"
"For example, it's a fight for favor, or a grudge because of something. In this way, we will have a general direction to track down the murderer."
Mu Yuan felt that what he said made sense, "It is true."
"Let's look at the unreasonable part of this case again. You left the palace, and the princess was walking in the lake pavilion, but she accidentally slipped and fell into the lake, causing her to drown!
"At this time, why are there no maids or eunuchs beside the princess? Logically speaking, a person of this status needs someone to follow her even if she goes to the latrine!"
Mu Yuan stared at him with disgust, "Your metaphor is really disgusting!"
"It's a bit vulgar! But it's easy to understand! Do you know why?"
Mu Yuan shook her head gently.
"One possibility is that someone took away the palace maids and eunuchs, and another possibility is that the princess took those people away herself, maybe to meet someone."
"What do you mean! You still think my mother kissed her..."
Li Huaiyun waved his hand, "I didn't mean that. I just said that she was meeting someone, maybe for something important."
Mu Yuan could only accept this speculation helplessly, frowning, "You said it is possible."
"Another point is that the smell comes from the locust tree. If it doesn't work on other people, then it's just you and the princess. Obviously, you are most likely to be another target, but you left the palace and were protected."
"Only those palace maids who know a lot about you and the princess's life can do this. This is also one of the directions for our investigation. If the identity of the body can be found out, it will be easier."
Mu Yuan pondered for a moment and thought for a long time, "That's not right! After my mother drowned, the foolish king punished the maids and eunuchs in the entire palace and beheaded them all!"
"That being said, if you think about it carefully, can anyone really count all these people one by one?" Li Huaiyun said, "It seems that the emperor still has great feelings for the princess."
"What the hell kind of feelings!" Mu Yuan said disdainfully, "If Hunjun were more considerate, nothing would happen to my mother. She is just a hypocrite!"
ah! This woman hates the current emperor too much!
"Mu Yuan, this case has nothing to do with the Emperor!"
Mu Yuan said in an angry tone, "Why hasn't this case been investigated clearly at this time? It's because this foolish king is unwilling to investigate! Otherwise, why would there be no results at all!"
She pointed at Li Huaiyun, "Since you came, the case has made new progress. Are the people in Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment worse than you?"
"If this is the case, then it would be better for you to become the Minister of Dali Temple and the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment."
"Calm down!" Li Huaiyun reached out and grabbed her arm, "Mu Yuan! Calm down! Don't be controlled by that bad emotion! Since you let me investigate the case, you have to accept any result! Instead of going my own way here!"
Hongyun threw away his arm, "You don't have to worry about it, I'm very calm!"
This woman is completely blinded by hatred now! Li Huaiyun said to Hongyun, "Calm down first!"
He came to the side of Narcissus. The woman with a graceful figure put her mountain peak against his arm and whispered, "Master! Her attitude is so annoying!"
Li Huaiyun said angrily, "Stop meddling in other people's affairs and continue to look through the files for me."
"Ah! Just do nothing!"
"There are people here, what do you want to do? Don't play with me so pervertedly," Li Huaiyun looked at Narcissus, "Before I subdued you, you were still a pitiful, reserved widow. How come you unleashed your nature after receiving the scroll!" "
"Ouch! It's disgusting! Master, that's what you said!"
"Hurry up and continue searching!" Li Huaiyun broke free from her entanglement, "Look for the files that record the maids and eunuchs who were beheaded in Qihua Palace due to the death of the princess."
"Um!"
Li Huaiyun turned around and asked, "Were all the maids and eunuchs in Qihua Palace killed?"
Mu Yuan stood there and nodded slightly.
Li Huaiyun sighed, "These people are really pitiful. They all know that if they don't take good care of the princess, they are likely to be severely punished, but they still have no choice. If they don't listen to the princess, they will also have a bad end."
Narcissus also lost the smile on her face, "Young master is right, life is like this!" After flipping through some files, she found the palace maids and eunuchs who had been beheaded.
"Sir, this is it!"
Li Huaiyun took the file from Narcissus and said, "Well done! You will be rewarded when you go back."
"Really!" Narcissus smiled and stood next to Li Huaiyun.
Li Huaiyun frowned and flipped through the file, "Mu Yuan, do you know how many people are in Qihua Palace?"
"How do I know this!"
"Seventeen people in total!" Li Huaiyun looked at the records in the file, "but there were fifteen people who were asked to be executed, one of whom was Xiaozhi who had left the palace before! And the other one was recorded as having contracted a disease and died in the prison."
Mu Yuan frowned, "As you expected, these two people are accomplices?"
"The female body in the trunk is most likely a twig, and the one who died of disease should still be alive and have another identity."
"Could it be this eunuch who buried the talismans in the soil of the potted plants, and then burned incense under the potted plants and the tree trunks outside?"
Li Huaiyun nodded, "This is most likely the case! I guess this talisman just hopes that the princess is on her way and will not come to him!"
"There is also a possibility that he is afraid that the dead will ask for his life, so by using this talisman, he hopes to clear away the hostility in this palace and hopes that his life will be asked for!"
Mu Yuan patted the table and said, "Then how did he know about the body inside the tree trunk!"
"That's probably what the perpetrator told him!"
"Then how to check? That person is still in the palace and should be easy to find."
Li Huaiyun didn't think much of this. He spread his hands and said, "No! It's really troublesome to find him. Since he can change his appearance and live in the palace again, there must be someone behind him."
Mu Yuan thought for a while, "Then let's wait for him to come to Qihua Palace again!"
"It's not that simple! We didn't think so much before and asked Uncle Long to dispose of the body. I'm afraid the news has spread throughout the palace, and that person probably won't show up again."
Mu Yuan looked disappointed, "Is there really no way to make that accomplice show up?"
Li Huaiyun shook his head, "There is nothing we can do! We have already alerted the enemy. The best way is to go to the Ministry of Revenue to find information."
At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the house, and Li Huaiyun put down the file in his hand, thinking a lot in his mind.
