"who is it?"
The two princesses asked in unison.
It was a matter of human life, so Changning didn't dare to show off, "It's Lan Xin's brother Xu Fang."
Princess Rongling stood up suddenly, "The person who came to collect the night fragrance in the early morning of that day was Lan Xin's brother?"
This undoubtedly proves Li Qingyi's guess from the side.
She asked: "What does Xu Fang do for a living?"
"He is a scholar, and he has always relied on his sister Lan Xin for support. The relationship between the brother and sister is good, but Xu Fang has failed despite repeated attempts. The brother and sister have argued many times over whether to continue studying."
Li Qingyi said: "My guess is that Lan Xin wants her brother to continue studying, but Xu Fang doesn't want to rely on his sister for support anymore, so he wants to give up studying."
"How does the girl know?"
"Lan Xin looks gentle and easy to get along with, but in fact she has a very high spirit. Otherwise, she would not be careful everywhere, for fear of doing something wrong and losing her current status. However, she is always tired from fighting alone. She probably fantasizes that one day her brother will be able to win the gold medal. Name it and change her destiny."
Princess Yuanheng asked: "Then how did Xu Fang replace Ye Xiangfu?"
Chang Ning said: "The place where the Xu family lives is not decent, and everyone around them is a low-income person. The neighbor of the Xu family, known as Aunt Wang, is an orphan and a widowed mother. She has no way out, so she becomes a night-scented woman. In the evening, Aunt Wang eats My stomach was broken, my legs were weak due to diarrhea, and I was about to delay my work, so I had to blame Xu Fang. This is not the first time this has happened."
Princess Rongling couldn't help but ask: "He is a scholar, but he can show off his face and help others collect night incense?"
Chang Ning said: "Xu Fang has a gentle temperament and is not a pedantic person who thinks highly of himself. He gets along well with his neighbors on weekdays. However, Lan Xin feels that living with these people will affect his brother's studies and has always wanted him to change. There is a place to live, but Xu Fang said that books and ink are already a big expense, so he doesn’t want to spend more on accommodation, so he keeps living there. Aunt Wang is alone and has many caretakers on weekdays, so Aunt Wang can’t go to work if something happens. , he will go to help.”
After hearing her explanation, Princess Rongling was silent for a long time before saying, "Would such a person help his sister kill people?"
Chang Ning disagreed, "Between his sister and a stranger, he must help his sister. Moreover, Aunt Wang and Lu Tao both have diarrhea, and they happened on the same night. It's too much of a coincidence."
Princess Rongling frowned and called Jin Ling to come in.
Seeing her serious expression, Jin Ling asked hesitantly: "Princess, what are your orders?"
"Go and bring me Blue Heart."
Jin Ling was stunned for a moment, thinking that Lan Xin had not just been here. Then she suddenly realized something, glanced at the people in the room with some fear, and hurriedly left.
After a while, Lan Xin arrived in front of Princess Rongling again.
Princess Rongling didn't even wait for Jin Ling Yin Ling to exit, she shouted: "Lan Xin! Did you kill Lu Tao?"
Jin Ling Yin Ling turned around in shock when she heard such a question. There were even servants outside the door who heard the voice and looked over.
Lan Xin looked around in panic, as if those gazes were too dazzling, and immediately retorted: "How could I kill Lu Tao! How could I kill Lu Tao?"
Princess Rongling looked at her, "Why did you say you didn't kill Lu Tao when you opened your mouth? Your first reaction was, shouldn't you ask if Lu Tao was dead or how he died?"
Lan Xin shrunk her shoulders and denied it flat out, "I was wrongly accused. I was confused for a moment. I only focused on defending and asking the princess to forgive me."
Princess Rongling narrowed her eyes and remembered something, "We were talking in the room just now, were you eavesdropping outside?"
Lan Xin's expression changed, "How dare you, slave?"
Princess Rongling looked at Jin Ling Yin Ling, "You guys have been guarding outside just now?"
The two girls looked at each other and knelt down with a plop.
Yin Ling was so frightened that she didn't know what to say, so Jin Ling had no choice but to say: "The princess told the slaves to move away, so the slaves have been guarding the corridor. Sister Lan Xin brought the princess's clothes over and said that the princess has been too busy these days. Too much worry, people have lost weight, and the waist needs to be pulled in two inches. Let Yin Ling go to the sewing room. Originally, it was just a matter of finding a little girl, but Sister Lan Xin said that she wanted to drag out a favor and let Yin Ling's When my sister-in-law goes out for shopping next time, she will help her find some rare strings to tie the knot with, and the silver bell will go."
Speaking of this, she couldn't help but look up at Lan Xin and saw that the corners of her clothes seemed to be trembling. Thinking of the princess's shouting question, she felt horrified and her voice trembled uncontrollably, "After that, sister Lan Xin She also said to her slave, the princess and Miss Li are distinguished guests, please don’t neglect her. Let me go to the small kitchen to make some delicious snacks myself. She helped the slave keep guard on the porch, and the slave went to the small kitchen. kitchen……"
Princess Rongling's eyes cooled down and she looked at Lan Xin, "After Jin Ling Yin Ling left, you ran outside to eavesdrop, but you didn't expect that Yi'er would suddenly let Chang Ning go out. You were afraid that Chang Ning would bump into you when he went out, so you were panicking. It made some noise, so when I asked who was outside, you used the excuse that you had something to report!"
Lan Xin shook her head with a pale face, "The princess has wronged the slave. The slave was lingering and hesitating outside the house because of Lu Tao's body, and she did not intend to eavesdrop."
Princess Rongling frowned when she heard this and looked at Li Qingyi.
Li Qingyi had no choice but to continue interrogating Lan Xin for her, "Actually, if it weren't for this Luo Zi, I wouldn't have suspected you for a while."
Lan Xin looked at the Luozi on the table, wondering what was wrong with it.
Li Qingyi said: "You eavesdropped outside the door and accidentally made noise. You simply took out the wire that you prepared in advance and showed it to the princess. As everyone knows, your move was really superfluous. Lu Tao suddenly felt sick that night. She was in severe pain so she had to go to the latrine. She must have gone to sleep before and would only put on her clothes when she got up. Could it be that she also had to put on her accessories as well?"
Lan Xin was confused, and everyone immediately understood the problem.
But Lan Xin defended herself the next moment: "Lv Tao told a lie. She didn't go to the latrine, but wanted to take the opportunity to escape. She definitely didn't take off her clothes that night!"
"But Lu Tao was obviously put into the night incense barrel after being killed, so how could he escape?"
Princess Rongling has completely understood: "You think that I don't know that Lu Tao is dead, so you brought this Luo Zi in front of me, and you want me to think that Lu Tao is absconding in fear of crime! As you don't know, I have already met you in Dali Temple After passing the body of Lu Tao..."
When Lan Xin heard this, she blurted out, "Impossible!"
Princess Rongling said coldly: "What's impossible? Do you want to say that Lu Tao's body has been changed beyond recognition and I can't possibly recognize it?"
Lan Xin reacted and immediately responded: "No, I just don't believe that Lu Tao is dead..."
Princess Rongling had no choice but to face the tough-talking Lan Xin, and looked at Li Qingyi again.
Li Qingyi had no choice but to speak again, "What you said is barely reasonable. However, you were outside the house, so you probably didn't hear what I asked Changning to investigate."
Lan Xin slowly raised her head, looked at Li Qingyi, and held her sleeves tightly.
Li Qingyi said: "The person I asked Changning to investigate was the person who came to collect the night incense in the early morning of that day, and I also found your brother, Xu Fang."
When Lan Xin heard her brother's name, she was shaken uncontrollably, "No, no, my brother is just helping Aunt Wang. This is all a coincidence!"
"Whether it's a coincidence or not, whether it's Lu Tao's person or body hidden in the night incense barrel, you already knew it, right? Your brother must have seen Lu Tao, right?"
"He, he..." Lan Xin was left speechless by the question.
Princess Rongling said angrily: "You still haven't told the truth!"
Lan Xin was so frightened that her lips couldn't help but tremble, but she still forced herself to argue: "It was Lu Tao who asked me for help... I couldn't bear it, so I helped her with my brother... But, who knows She accidentally dropped this bag in the night incense barrel. After the servants discovered it, they brought it to me. I had to report it to the princess... As for her death, she must have been killed after she escaped from the house. Silenced."
Li Qingyi really admires Lan Xin's resilience, but...
"If your brother just helped Lu Tao escape, how could he be bitten by the wolf?"
"What?"
Lan Xin was stunned.
"You probably don't know that your brother was bitten by a wolf when he was dumping the body. He was afraid that you would worry so he didn't mention it to you."
Lan Xin's expression changed again and again, "Maybe it was just a vicious dog..."
Princess Rongling sneered and interrupted her: "Lan Xin! Do you think everyone is a fool?! Your brother lives in such a messy place. If there is any trouble in someone's family, he would like to spread it to thousands of miles! He As long as you inquire about when and what you did, you won’t be able to hide anything!”
Lan Xin's body tilted, and she fell to the ground exhausted, and finally stopped quibbling.
Li Qingyi continued: "After Yexiang woman receives the excrement, she will send it to the countryside to sell it to farmers, so the dung truck will not be blocked at all when leaving the city. You ask Xu Fang to transport Lu Tao's body outside the city , and threw it near the wolf's den. In fact, he wanted to pass it off as Yan Qiao's body, so that Lu Tao could live and die without seeing his body, creating the illusion of absconding in fear of crime. Unexpectedly, Qiao Yan was not dead at all and was taken to Dali Temple. So if you throw her body in the night incense bucket and wait for someone to find it, you can confirm that Lu Tao fled in fear of crime. Even if someone later finds that Lu Tao is dead, it can be said that she was silenced outside. Is it right?"
Lan Xin lowered her eyes and did not answer, but asked: "I want to know how the princess recognized Lu Tao."
Princess Rongling said calmly: "Lv Tao once broke his foot bone to save Yang'er."
"So the princess never believed that Lu Tao stole the young prince's short arrow?"
Princess Rongling looked at her coldly and said nothing.
Lan Xin took a slow breath, then gritted her teeth and said, "Sure enough, no matter how hard I try, I can't compare to Lu Tao's position in the princess's heart. However, I won't want to kill someone just because of this, but things are just not right. By coincidence..."
