There is still some time before the big palace examination in the spring.
So Xue Mu didn't take this matter to heart.
Even if you change your mind by then, it's still too late.
But he naturally wouldn't think that such a grand palace examination would be specially taken care of for a blind man.
Currently, what he is thinking about is how to use the case again to enter the palace, thereby gaining access to the palace map, and then use the potion given by Ding Laosan to restore the map.
Just when Xue Mu was guessing when the next murder would occur.
Early this morning, Eunuch Cao brought people to the Shenhua Division again.
As soon as Nangong Xue saw his panicked posture, she knew something must have happened in the palace again.
So she quickly called Xue Mu and entered the palace together.
On the way into the palace, Eunuch Cao, Nangong Xue and Xue Mu explained: "Early this morning, Lord Rong sent someone to say that someone died in the well outside their palace."
When Xue Mu heard this, he immediately asked, "Did you hear a cat meowing the night before?"
"Yes." Eunuch Cao nodded: "Concubine Hua heard the cat meowing."
"Are these two dormitories far apart?" Xue Mu continued to ask.
Eunuch Cao thought for a while and finally shook his head: "It's not very far."
After hearing this, Xue Mu fell into thinking.
Seeing that he was silent, Nangong Xue thought there was some clue, so she asked, "Did you find anything?"
Xue Mu laughed: "Not yet."
Nangong Xue also knew that there was no clue about this case now. Then she thought of something, and then asked Eunuch Cao: "Two days ago, we went to Commander Meng of the Forbidden Army. He said that he would send people to guard the wells in the harem. This time Didn’t you find it?”
Eunuch Cao explained awkwardly: "Due to the lack of manpower in the imperial army, Commander Meng only arranged for some people to guard the imperial concubine's palace. As for the place where the noble lady rests, no manpower was arranged."
After hearing this, Xue Mu said: "It seems that the mastermind behind the scenes will deliberately choose the fish that slip through the net based on the place guarded by the imperial army."
Eunuch Cao then said: "Master Xue, Master Nangong, the Queen may be a little angry this time, so you two adults may have to take more care of her."
Nangong Xue also knew that there had been several murders in succession, but the Detective Division still made no progress.
It is inevitable that the Queen will be angry.
After all, as the mother of a nation, she is in charge of the harem.
If something went wrong and the emperor found out about it, she might be blamed.
No matter what, this case must be solved as soon as possible.
So Nangong Xue and others went all the way to the queen's palace.
"Please help me to report that this old slave has brought two adults to see the Queen."
When Eunuch Cao reminded him outside the palace.
A voice came from the bedroom: "Come in, everyone."
Nangong Xue and the other three walked in together.
Eunuch Cao was very good at talking. He knew that the Queen was definitely not in a good mood right now, so he said in advance: "Old slave, I bow to the Queen. She is a thousand years old."
Then he added: "When I walked here just now, I found that the sun was always shining on Kunning Palace, as if it had added a golden glow to the palace."
After listening to these words, Lan Jiuyun waved his hands and said, "Okay, don't say these words."
She looked at Nangong Xue and Xue Mu: "Several eunuchs and maids have died in this harem one after another. Have you made any progress in the arresting department?"
Nangong Xue immediately raised her hands and said, "For the record, the Queen, we asked Commander Meng of the Forbidden Army to allocate manpower to guard the wells in front of each palace in the harem, but perhaps because of the lack of manpower, the murderer had an opportunity to take advantage."
Lan Jiuyun said: "The Forbidden Army has always only patrolled outside the harem. Now for this case, going to guard outside the palace has already provided you with a lot of help. If you want them to arrange manpower in each palace, then this matter It will definitely alarm His Majesty."
"If this is the case, then what's the use of your god arresting the Secretary?"
Lan Jiuyun's rare anger also made Nangong Xue not know what to say for a while.
Xue Mu stepped forward and explained: "Queen, my subordinates are confident that we can catch the murderer within seven days."
When Nangong Xue heard this, her eyes widened.
Now they don't even know who the murderer is, what he looks like, or what position he holds.
How to catch the murderer?
Seeing Xue Mu's vow, Lan Jiuyun gained a little confidence: "Okay, since you said so, I'll give you seven days. If you say you can't find the murderer within seven days, do you know the consequences?"
Xue Mu said again: "It's all up to the empress."
"Okay, I'll give you seven days. If you need any help during this period, you can tell Eunuch Cao, and the Ai family will give you the greatest help." Lan Jiuyun looked at Xue Mu and said.
Although she felt that solving the case in these seven days was a bit suspenseful.
But for some reason, seeing Xue Mu looking so confident, Lan Jiuyun felt somewhat relieved.
It was his appearance that made Lan Jiuyun take a second look.
have to say.
He looks quite handsome.
Unfortunately.
Invisible to the eyes.
Xue Mu suggested at this time: "I have only one request."
"any request?"
"You have to go through the palace map to catch the murderer."
Hearing this, Lan Jiuyun did not hesitate.
After all, the harem is so big that it would be really difficult to catch a murderer.
So she nodded and looked at the maid aside.
The maid also understood the situation, turned around, walked to the cabinet behind the screen, and took out the map of the palace.
However, Lan Jiuyun also has a request: "You can only look at this palace map here. If you suddenly think of something while handling the case, you can come to my place. The prerequisite is that you cannot take it away."
"Of course I understand." Xue Mu responded.
Lan Jiuyun stopped disturbing them from handling the case, so he stood up and prepared to walk to the phoenix bed behind the screen.
After Lan Jiuyun left, Nangong Xue asked Xue Mu in a low voice: "How can you issue a military order?"
Xue Mu replied: "I just went through it in my mind. You grabbed my hand and pointed on the map where every murder occurred."
"Ah?" Nangong Xue was a little confused.
But she did it anyway.
He didn't care about Eunuch Cao standing next to him.
Got started right away.
This was the first time she held Xue Mu's hand.
Although he is a man, the skin on his hands is smooth and tender.
While holding on, Nangong Xue's heartbeat gradually increased.
His face was slightly red.
But she thought Xue Mu couldn't see it, so it didn't matter much.
At this time, Xue Mu asked Eunuch Cao: "Eunuch Cao, now can you tell Master Nangong, which palace was the place where the first crime occurred?"
"good."
Eunuch Cao immediately stepped forward to take a look, and then said, "This is the first one."
After Nangong Xue took a look at the palace map, she moved Xue Mu's hand over.
"the second."
"The third."
Soon, following Nangong Xue’s direction.
Xue Mu gradually discovered that these connected dots seemed to lead to a certain place.
So, he tried to move his hand to the place he guessed and asked, "Where is this place?"
"This is the cold palace." Eunuch Cao saw it and immediately replied.
"Leng Gong?"
"Yes."
"No well?"
"No."
Nangong Xue heard something strange, and she asked Xue Mu: "What's wrong? Do you think there is something wrong with this?"
Xue Mu replied: "Have you noticed that these murder cases are connected like a line? They seem to be guiding us something."
Nangong Xue looked at the map, then went through it again in her mind, and then said in surprise: "This line is connected, it is definitely not an accident."
"Yes, even if the Forbidden Army was guarding him before, the murderer would choose to be with Mr. Rong after careful consideration." Xue Mu nodded.
Eunuch Cao listened in confusion.
He doesn't know what to do next?
I saw Xue Mu talking to him: "Eunuch Cao, I'm afraid this case is related to the concubines in the cold palace. I need your help to tell us the information about all the concubines in the cold palace."
"Ah?" When Eunuch Cao heard this, he was so frightened that he didn't know what to say.
He stammered: "This, this, this, I'm afraid this isn't good."
"Eunuch Cao, your Majesty just said that if we need anything, you will help us. How about I talk to your Majesty?" Xue Mu reminded.
When Eunuch Cao saw him using the Queen to suppress him, he had no choice but to say, "Okay, let's talk in another place."
"Okay." Nangong Xue nodded.
Then when she was leaving, she found that Xue Mu was still where he was, so she asked, "What's wrong?"
Xue Mu knew that he might not have a chance to redevelop the palace map this time, so he decided to leave first and secretly redo the map when he had the chance.
So he said: "It's okay, let's go."
After they left, the maid on the side also stepped forward to put away the palace map, and then walked into the bed behind the screen.
At this moment, Lan Jiuyun was leaning on the edge of the bed. When he saw her walking in, he asked, "Have they left?"
"Reply to the Queen, they have left." The slave replied.
"good."
Lan Jiuyun actually heard their inference just now, and he admired Xue Mu in his heart.
She didn't expect that a blind man could find out such important information through the memories in his mind.
"It's getting more and more interesting." Lan Jiuyun couldn't help but laugh.
Now she is waiting for Xue Mu to conclude the case in the next seven days. If she can find the murderer, she will naturally reward him with a request.
But if there is no clue within seven days, don't blame her for being cold-blooded.
On the other side, Eunuch Cao took them to a small room.
As soon as Nangong Xue entered, she felt that the room smelled extremely disgusting.
Eunuch Cao explained awkwardly that this was the resting place for their eunuchs, and the conditions were a bit crude. Please forgive me, sir.
Xue Mu didn't take it seriously. What he was interested in now was the concubines in the cold palace.
He believed that there must be unusual people here.
"Eunuch Cao, please tell us." Xue Mu asked.
Eunuch Cao sighed and said, "Actually, there are two old slaves who have served the concubines in the cold palace."
"Oh? Tell me."
"Actually, there are not many concubines in the cold palace. In the early years, His Majesty often came to the harem to favor him. So at this time, most of the concubines in the harem are also looking forward to His Majesty's arrival."
"It's just that later His Majesty was diligent in government affairs."
When he said this, Eunuch Cao's face was obviously embarrassed.
Yes, he lied.
Later Emperor Qing was not diligent in government affairs, but was obsessed with alchemy, so he did not come to the harem often.
But of course he couldn't say that.
Once said, it is a serious crime of beheading.
Xue Mu and Nangong Xue naturally knew that Eunuch Cao's statement of "diligence in government affairs" was false, but they did not pay too much attention to it, and instead let Eunuch Cao continue.
Eunuch Cao continued: "Later, there was a concubine who couldn't stand such a repressive life and clamored to leave the palace. When His Majesty learned about it, he threw her into the cold palace and let her live under the red wall all her life."
"What is this concubine's name?"
"This concubine is Concubine Lan."
Xue Mu asked again: "Approximately how many years ago did it happen?"
"It must have been ten years ago."
Xue Mu listened and kept track of the time in his mind.
"Okay, Eunuch Cao, please continue."
"There is also a concubine who lied that she was pregnant with a dragon. However, His Majesty found out that it was a lie and was thrown into the cold palace in anger. This concubine's name is Ning Guiren."
Immediately afterwards, Eunuch Cao talked about three or four concubines who had been relegated to the cold palace.
But Xue Mu didn't think they were related to this case.
I saw that when Eunuch Cao talked about Concubine Yu, he listened carefully.
"That Concubine Yu is a beautiful woman, and she treats her servants very considerately. She often gives some silver coins to the eunuchs and maids around her."
When Nangong Xue heard this, she was very confused: "If this is the case, why is Concubine Yu still being thrown into the cold palace?"
Eunuch Cao sighed: "It's just that she accidentally pushed the eldest prince into the pool. The eldest prince almost had an accident. His Majesty was very angry and sent her to the cold palace."
"When did this happen?"
"It happened five years ago." Eunuch Cao thought for a while and then confirmed.
Hearing this time, Nangong Xue and Xue Mu thought for a while.
Seeing their appearance, Eunuch Cao asked, "Do you think this matter has something to do with Concubine Yu?"
Xue Mu nodded: "It's hard to say. If someone helped the former Concubine Lan to seek revenge, not many people would know her in the past ten years."
"Yes." Eunuch Cao nodded: "That's true. The eunuchs and slaves in the palace have either died or left the palace in the past ten years. Now, few people in the palace know Concubine Lan."
"But Concubine Yu is different. The timeline of what happened five years ago is very short. If someone helps her get revenge, maybe she was young at the time but is capable now." Xue Mu said again.
"Who could it be?" Eunuch Cao was a little confused.
"It may be a maid or eunuch who received her gift, or she may be a sister concubine of Jinlan. It is possible. Our only clue now is to go to the cold palace." Xue Mu answered.
Hearing this, Eunuch Cao was very surprised.
You know, when going to the Cold Palace, no one can open the door to the Cold Palace unless His Majesty personally orders it.
Nangong Xue thought of this and finally said: "I will handle this matter."
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