Bao Cheng uneasily ate his breakfast, put on the official uniform of the internal guard, took a few deep breaths, made enough mental preparations, and then went to the official room with a heavy look on his face.
Yao Yao and others had been waiting in the office room for a long time. Bao Cheng walked in and paused obviously in surprise. Seeing Yao Yao sitting down and waving to him, he hurriedly walked over and sat down with his lips pursed, and asked in a low voice: "Have you eaten the morning meal?"
Yao Yao nodded: "I used it."
Bao Chengxunyi glanced at Yao Yao a few times and said in a low voice: "Then when did you get up? The Han Mansion is still some way away from the Internal Security Department. How can you come so early?"
Yao Yao glanced at Bao Cheng and said, "I've been up since the first quarter of the month."
"So early!" Bao Chengcuo whispered in shock: "It's only after five o'clock."
Yao Yao said as a rule: "When the sun rises and the sun sets, it rests. This is the living habit of the ancients."
Bao Cheng curled his lips: "Pull him down, you obviously work at sunrise and never stop at sunset." He looked at Yao Yao and said, "You were still catching thieves in the middle of the night last night. You got up before dawn. Have you slept? , and I’m not afraid of death from overwork.”
"..." Yao Yao was speechless.
The two of them whispered for a while, and footsteps were heard outside the official room. Everyone turned around and saw that it was Han Changmu and Leng Linjiang who walked in one after another.
Everyone quickly stood up and saluted.
Han Changmu shouted "no courtesy" and sat down at the top. His deep eyes slowly swept over everyone's faces, and finally landed on Yao Yao and Bao Cheng, and asked: "Where is Mr. Gu Qi?"
Bao Cheng quickly stood up and saluted, "General Gu Qi left the city early in the morning."
Han Changmu nodded slightly, coughed slightly, and continued to ask: "Bao Lingtong, is there any progress in the Anchang Hou Mansion?"
Every time Yao Yao heard Han Changmu call Bao Cheng this way, she couldn't help but want to laugh. She hurriedly pursed her lips. She turned around and saw Bao Cheng looking at her pitifully with a troubled face. She sighed in her heart and was busy. He stood up and knelt on the ground: "Beizhi waited outside Anchanghou's Mansion all night last night and didn't see anyone coming out. But at midnight, a black cat ran out of Anchanghou's Mansion. Beizhong chased him all the way. ," she paused slightly, feeling very embarrassed: "It's just that I was careless in my humble position and lost my pursuit."
"Lost?" Han Changmu repeated and looked at Yao Yao for a moment.
Han Changmu knew that Gu Chen came to ask Yao Yao for help last night, but he did not expect that Yao Yao's ability could not seize the loopholes in the Anchang Hou Mansion.
He lowered his eyes and looked at Yao Yao's slightly pale face, and said calmly: "You are injured, let's just let it go this time. Get up."
Yao Yao breathed a subtle sigh of relief, slowly stood up and sat back.
This level was finally passed, and Bao Cheng felt like he was being pardoned, and his back relaxed a bit.
Han Changmu lowered his head, pursed his lips, and the slight smile on his lips disappeared. Then he raised his head, looked at Bao Cheng and asked, "What did you and Mr. Gu gain from the Anchang Hou Mansion? "
Bao Cheng hurriedly took a piece of tissue paper from his sleeve and handed it to Han Changmu: "I found something wrong with the incense used in the Anchang Hou Mansion. I asked Mr. Gu, and Mr. Gu said that the incense came from the Anchang Hou Mansion." Homemade, I have been using it for many years, and its name is Meiran. Mr. Gu asked for a recipe for making incense from Marquis Anchang. Marquis Anchang said that Marquis Anchang bought this recipe from Lanyin Pavilion and made homemade incense. The hand of the master cost two hundred taels when I bought it.”
Han Changmu raised his eyebrows slightly, took the thin page of paper, and read it word by word. His face became gloomier every inch. After a while, he raised his head and asked Bao Cheng: "How did you notice that there was something wrong with this incense?"
Bao Cheng thought: "The fragrance smells very refreshing at first, and it seems to be refreshing, but after a while, people feel that their minds are in chaos. If they stay for a while longer, they will feel groggy and unbearably sleepy. ."
Hearing this, Yao Yao's heart skipped a beat.
Marquis Anchang has been using such a weird fragrance for many years, didn't he find anything wrong with it?
Han Changmu handed the piece of tissue paper to Yao Yao: "Look at it."
Yao Yao took a closer look and found that there was something wrong with the incense. There was actually an ingredient of hemp powder in the recipe, but the amount was very small. Comparing this recipe with the datura incense found in Xiupingfang, it can be seen that , most of the ingredients of the datura incense are the same as this incense, but the weight of each ingredient is heavier, and there is an extra datura.
She handed the tissue paper back and said attentively: "Sir, since Marquis Anchang bought this recipe from Lan Yin Pavilion, there should be some gains from asking Lan Yin Pavilion."
Han Changmu nodded, turned to Leng Linjiang and said, "Yun Gui, can you still find more people there?"
Leng Linjiang thought about it and said, "Let's let He go upstairs."
With that said, he walked outside the official room and gave an order to He Denglou who had been waiting outside.
Han Changmu folded the thin paper and put it in his sleeve, and asked in a deep voice: "Did you tell Marquis Anchang about An Jinyu's situation, and what did Marquis Anchang say?"
It would be fine if he didn't mention this. As soon as he mentioned this, Bao Cheng couldn't help but sigh, and his voice became lower and lower: "I asked, Anchang Hou said that after An Jinyu married into Anning Hou's house a year ago, he He has never returned to his parents' home. He only knows that An Jinyu is pregnant, but he has no idea when she was conceived or when she gave birth."
Although Han Changmu had already expected Anchanghou's indifference, when he heard these words, he was still stunned. Is Anchanghou completely cut off from love?
Yao Yao was also stunned. He opened his mouth and asked, "Did An Jinyu not come back for three days?"
Bao Cheng nodded: "No."
Han Changmu squinted his eyes, feeling that things were a bit strange, but he couldn't tell what was strange, it was just a vague thought in his mind.
After a moment of silence, Han Changmu asked, "Did Anchang Hou tell me about An Jinyu's injury when he was a child?"
Bao Cheng nodded heavily: "The strange thing is that the Marquis of Anchang said that shortly after the death of Princess Rongzhen, An Jinyu was playful and fell from a Taihu stone, which happened to hurt the left rib, but specifically the third one was injured. He didn't know exactly how many ribs were on it. He only knew that An Jinyu had been lying on the bed for a long time and it cost him a lot of money." He paused slightly: "General Gu Qi had already figured out what An Jinyu had done to An Jinyu at that time. Jin Yu treats the injured doctor."
Hearing this, he realized that Anchanghou and Leng Linjiang were relatives. He was completely speechless about this man. He couldn't say a good word about Anchanghou. This man's actions really refreshed his unscrupulous parents. Although what he said was not clear and detailed, it was enough to confirm the identity of the deceased.
Pampered, eight months pregnant, old bone injuries, missing for three days, even if everything is a coincidence, if these coincidences are concentrated on the same person at the same time, it must not be a coincidence.
Leng Linjiang slowly turned his eyes to look at Bao Cheng, with a little hope in his heart: "Did you tell Marquis Anchang that a body was found in Xiupingfang? Did you ask him to identify the body?"
Bao Cheng had a dull face and gritted his teeth and sighed: "As I said, Mr. Gu Qi told the Marquis of Anchang that An Jinyu was missing. The prince of the Marquis of Anning asked him to make some hexagrams. The hexagrams were very ominous and pointed to Xiupingfang. Last night , Jingzhao Mansion found a corpse in Xiupingfang, and asked him to exorcise the evil spirits at the scene. Mr. Gu said that he thought the deceased did look a bit like the seventh girl in the manor, and asked Anchang Hou if he wanted to marry Prince An Ning. Let’s go see it together.”
"Then what did he say?" Leng Linjiang asked eagerly.
Bao Cheng sighed like the wind: "Marquis Anchang said that the seventh girl married into the Marquis Anning's Mansion. She is a member of Marquis Anning's Mansion. The Marquis Anning's Mansion doesn't care about her, let alone him."
"..." Leng Linjiang was furious. Fortunately, Marquis Anchang was not in front of him, otherwise she would have punched him.
Han Changmu glanced at Leng Linjiang, who was furious, and comforted him in a low voice: "Okay, don't be angry. Fortunately, we won't get nothing this time. It's okay if Marquis Anchang doesn't want to go. If you don't want to go, don't go. Let's go." The same goes for Prince An Ning to recognize him."
Leng Linjiang naturally knew this. He just felt cold and cold. He didn't know who he missed most when An Jinyu died. If he was thinking about Anchanghou, if he learned about her death, Anchanghou would treat her so indifferently. , I don’t know if I regret being his daughter.
After hearing these words, Yao Yao also fell silent for a while.
She was not closely related to her parents. Her biological mother died early in her previous life, and her biological father married her stepmother and had no feelings for her. After she came here, she never even met her biological parents.
But hearing such an indifferent father made her feel cold.
Han Changmu turned his eyes and glanced at Yao Yao calmly, only to see that she was silent and her face was gloomy.
She knew in her heart that she was probably thinking of those things in the past and those parents and family members she had never met.
There was a sudden surge in his heart, and he almost revealed those secrets to his mouth, so that she would no longer be sad for someone who was not worthy of it.
He endured it again and again, and then swallowed back the words that rushed to his lips, and continued to ask Bao Cheng calmly: "Have you found out about An Jinyue's situation?"
"Asked," Bao Cheng nodded: "After all, Beizhi and Mr. Gu Qi went to the Marquis of Anchang's Mansion in the name of exorcising evil spirits for An Jinyue and avoiding disaster. If we only asked An Jinyu, I'm afraid it would arouse the Marquis of Anchang's suspicion. , so I asked a few more questions about An Jinyue's situation, and also questioned all the servants in the mansion." He handed over the confession booklet he had prepared: "Your Excellency, this is the recorded confession. ."
Han Changmu took it, turned it over, and asked, "Tell me more about An Jinyue and An Jinyu."
Bao Cheng pondered his thoughts: "According to Marquis Anchang, when Princess Rongzhen died, An Jinyu was only seven years old. The originally lively and cheerful little lady was inevitably hit hard when she lost her mother. Marquis Anchang The mansion sold servants once eight years ago, and there are not many servants who have worked in the mansion for more than ten years. According to those people's memories, An Jinyu's temperament changed drastically at that time, and it seemed that he had not spoken much for a month or two. Originally, she I was close to my eighth brother who was close in age, but we gradually became estranged after losing our mother.”
Before Yao Yao traveled to this place, he also watched a lot of house fights and palace fights. There were many concubines in the backyard of Anchang Marquis. You can imagine how lively the fights were at that time. I am afraid that the death of Princess Rongzhen was not that bad. Simple.
She pursed her lips and said, "Isn't it because after the death of Princess Rongzhen, there were rumors in the palace that she was killed by the eighth brother's biological mother, so An Jinyue became estranged from the eighth brother?"
Bao Cheng was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "Your guess is really accurate. It's exactly like this. Rumors were flying around at that time. Mr. Gu said that ten years ago, he was setting up an altar in the Anchang Marquis Mansion and knew a lot about these rumors. Details, but rumors are just rumors, there is no evidence, many people just listen to them, no one takes them seriously."
Yao Yao smiled disdainfully: "It's not that no one takes it seriously, it's that those who take it seriously can tolerate it."
Han Changmu's eyebrows twitched, he looked at Yao Yao and said, "What does Yao mean by joining the army?"
"The humble position is just a guess and has not been confirmed yet." Yao Yao quickly shook his head: "Please let Bao Cheng speak first."
Han Changmu nodded: "You continue."
Bao Cheng collected his thoughts and continued: "Anchang Hou said that after the death of Princess Rongzhen, An Jinyue also fell ill for a long time. Sheng Sijian, the prince of An Ning Hou at that time, also sent something over, and he spoke with certainty. He said that he would never break off the engagement and would definitely wait for her to observe her mother's mourning for three years. Who knew that fate would play a trick on people, and An Jinyue would die before he could finish her mourning. However, An Jinyue loved An Jinyu very much, and later she committed suicide Knowing that there was no hope of getting married, he gave An Jinyu all the dowry left to her by Princess Rongzhen, so when An Jinyu got married, Shili Hongzhuang was still very beautiful."
Han Changmu nodded silently after listening to these words. According to what Anchang Hou said, An Jinyue should be weak and kind. He raised his head and asked: "The current head of Anchang Hou's inner court is the one who is rumored to have killed Princess Rongzhen. Concubine?"
"Yes, it is Aunt Liu." Bao Cheng nodded: "She is not young anymore, but she is very favored. She came to Anchanghou as a maid at the age of twelve. She became a maid at the age of fourteen, and Princess Rongzhen married into her. Just six months after the Hou Mansion, Aunt Liu gave birth to Anchang Hou's eldest son when she was just fifteen years old. Later, she gave birth to Anchang Hou's second son and youngest son, who are An Jinyu's eighth brothers. Aunt Liu is now pregnant again. Well, counting the days, I will give birth next month."
Han Changmu frowned slightly. Just half a year after his wife entered the house, the concubine snatched away the concubine's eldest son. Is it because the concubine is very clever, or is it because Anchang Marquis spoiled his concubine and destroyed his wife?
Leng Linjiang's face was not very good-looking. He was not married, and his parents played the piano and played the piano in harmony when they were alive. There were no concubines or concubines in the mess. The situation in the Anchang Hou Mansion was obviously worse than he expected. Some, and the lives of sisters An Jinyue and An Jinyu were obviously more difficult than he expected.
Yao Yao had seen too many palace fights and house fights. When she heard what Bao Cheng said, she asked in confusion: "If that's the case, then this Aunt Liu was married before Princess Rongzhen married into the Hou Mansion. She was pregnant. Even if Princess Rongzhen didn't know it before, she always knew it after getting married. How could she tolerate it? Even if she couldn't do anything to the child, she could still keep the child to die. How could she allow Aunt Liu to stay in the courtyard? Making trouble for so long? You said before that the eldest princess Rongzhen failed to give birth to a legitimate son in eight years after marrying into the prince's mansion. If she took a concubine in order to have a son, then the eldest son of the concubine should be younger than the legitimate daughter, but now it seems Come on, this is obviously not the case, the eldest son is nearly a year older than the legitimate daughter."
Han Changmu didn't know much about this man who had been dead for ten years, so he turned to look at Leng Linjiang.
Leng Linjiang coughed slightly and said vaguely: "Well, twenty-five years ago, Princess Rongzhen was twenty-eight."
Yao Yao suddenly realized it, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
No wonder, she is twenty-eight years old. In the eyes of the ancients, she is definitely not young at this age. Everyone would think that she would not be able to give birth to a child. So Anchang Hou’s concubine had the eldest son of the concubine first, so it would not There will be some criticism.
Bao Cheng showed such an expression, but it was still difficult to understand. The Anchang Hou he saw yesterday was definitely handsome and handsome. A man in his forties looked like he was in his twenties. He was probably in his twenties. The Marquis of Anchang is definitely more handsome and can be called a flower in the capital.
Twenty-five years ago, Princess Rongzhen was twenty-eight, but Marquis Anchang was definitely less than twenty.
Bao Cheng thought this and asked, "How old was Anchang Hou at that time?"
Leng Linjiang's cheeks twitched and his voice was hard: "About sixteen."
With a "Puch" sound, Han Changmu took a sip of tea and said, "How old is it?"
"Sixteen." Leng Linjiang said with difficulty.
As soon as these words came out, Han Changmu and Yao Yaobaocheng looked at each other.
Everything seems to have a reasonable explanation.
Because the eldest princess Rongzhen was twelve years older than Anchanghou, Anchanghou could blatantly spoil his concubines and kill his wife, and the concubines could blatantly steal the husband's eldest son.
It is also reasonable for Marquis Anchang to ignore the sisters An Jinyue and An Jinyu.
There are houses and crows of love in this world, and naturally there are houses and crows of hatred.
Han Changmu waved his hand, put aside the messy things in the courtyard of Anchanghou's mansion, and continued to ask about An Jinyue: "What's going on with An Jinyue's illness?"
Bao Cheng explained everything he found in the Anchang Hou Mansion yesterday in an orderly manner. He then stepped forward, took out an oil paper bag from his sleeve, and placed it on the desk: "Sir, this is the back wall of An Jinyue's courtyard. After finding the dregs of the medicine, Bei Zhi and General Gu Qi were afraid of arousing the enemy, so they left Anchang Marquis openly last night and secretly stayed outside the Marquis' Mansion all night, but An Jinyue did not send anyone out."
Han Changmu glanced at Yao Yao thoughtfully: "I didn't send anyone, maybe I sent something else."
Yao Yao's heart skipped a beat, he couldn't get through this, right?
Seeing that Yao Yao was feeling uncomfortable, Han Changmu pursed his lips, laughed secretly in his heart, and said to Leng Linjiang: "We still need to ask the Korean doctor to identify this medicine residue again."
Leng Linjiang nodded: "After all, it concerns An Jinyue's reputation."
In fact, he still had something to say. He still couldn't believe how a girl who was so weak that she could barely get out of bed and lived in seclusion for many years could do such a shocking thing. Was it because she was forced to do something or did she want to make a living for herself? road?
However, An Jinyue and An Jinyu were biological sisters from the same mother. She would never attack her biological sisters no matter what, so she could eliminate this suspicion.
Thinking of An Jinyue, who was weak and unable to take care of herself, but also very scheming, Bao Cheng narrowed his eyes and asked hesitantly: "My lord, I am thinking about something. I wonder if Marquis Anchang will take An Tell An Jinyue about Jin Yu. If An Jinyue knew that her sister was missing and might have died, I don’t know what she would do."
Before Han Changmu could speak, Leng Linjiang shook his head: "No, according to what you just said, Marquis Anchang has already been as hard-hearted as iron. Noisy things can't shake his mind, so how can he be so troublesome?" What to tell An Jinyue."
Thinking of Anchang Hou's appearance, Bao Cheng was furious and said "Yes" with a heavy heart: "Master Shaoyin is absolutely right." He paused slightly, not knowing what he thought of, and was extremely embarrassed. He said: "Yesterday, Anchang Hou also talked about something. He said that this time the Holy Emperor was going to Yuhua Mountain to escape the summer heat, and he wanted to accompany him. He also planned to take all three of his sons with him. He wanted to follow Gu. General Qi asked for some amulets, and General Gu agreed."
"All of them are going?" Han Changmu was surprised: "Could it be that he wants to take advantage of this summer vacation to choose one of these sons to be the crown prince?"
Bao Cheng couldn't figure out why Anchang Hou wanted to bring his sons with him at first. Only when he heard what Han Changmu said did he finally understand the matter.
It turned out to be to invite Prince Feng.
Yao Yao took a sip of tea and said slowly: "The Marquis of Anchang has no legitimate sons, and all three of his sons are concubines. I think he thought that since the crown prince is the same for everyone, he might as well make the most caring one, and this Although the three sons were all born from the same mother, I guess there must have been a lot of overt and covert fights between them. Over the years, Anchang Hou may have felt that each of his sons was equally caring, so he made up his mind because he really couldn't choose. Take them all to Yuhua Mountain and take a closer look."
Han Changmu nodded in agreement.
Bao Cheng raised his eyebrows slightly. Having too many sons also comes with the trouble of having too many sons.
Leng Linjiang sneered and said sarcastically: "He deserves it. Let him have so many sons, just give birth to one. It will save you more trouble."
Bao Cheng sighed and talked about another thing: "Your Excellency, Anchang Hou told Mr. Gu yesterday that Aunt Liu will give birth next month, and she will probably have a son. He will give birth to a son." Aunt Liu also took her to Yuhua Mountain and gave birth to her child there so that she could gain the royal aura."
"..." Yao Yao was speechless. It was impossible to give birth to a child in the imperial palace, so the next best thing was to give birth to a child in the royal summer resort. However, no matter how much kingly aura he had, the child would be the same. A bastard in a down-and-out noble house cannot become a son of a dragon or a phoenix grandson.
Han Changmu was quiet for a moment and said in a deep voice: "That's good. There must be something secret in Anchanghou's mansion that is unknown to the public. It would be better if all their families go. It would be convenient for inquiries and searches."
Bao Cheng nodded heavily: "That's what Gu Zongqi planned too. Gu Zongqi said that this case obviously can't be solved in three to five days. It's better to put all these people under your nose so that you can find out earlier." It’s a human or a ghost.”
Han Changmu nodded appreciatively: "You have done a good job. After the case is concluded, I will give you credit."
Bao Cheng hurriedly saluted, thanked him, and continued: "Your Majesty the Secretary is absolutely right. Mr. Gu also persuaded Marquis Anchang, and he has decided to take An Jinyue to Yuhua Mountain with him. "
Hearing this, Yao Yao frowned: "According to what you said, An Jinyue is very weak and only has half her life left. How could she travel such a long distance to Yuhua Mountain?"
Bao Cheng smiled narrowly: "This is the lotus flower of Gu Zhenren's tongue."
Yao Yao laughed dumbly: "Yes, Gu Chen is the best at deception."
Hearing this, Han Changmu's originally gloomy expression also improved, and he said solemnly: "That's very good. Putting people under your nose makes it easier to catch them head and tail." He turned to look at Yao Yao: " This time, don’t lose the man and the cat again.”
"..." Yao Yao choked, his face turned pale. Do you really want to remember this for the rest of your life?
