"What, you said Ling'er was kidnapped around the time of the fire?"
Atop the magnificent Barbarian King's Palace, Jieli looked with a hint of surprise in his expression as he looked at the calm-looking Chen Yutian standing below.
Chen Yutian nodded slightly, "Yes, according to our investigation in the princess's palace, the eighth princess Lang Ling should have been kidnapped some time before and after the fire."
"Hmph! That's nonsense! The palace is so heavily guarded. How could someone enter the princess's bedroom and kidnap her? I think you didn't investigate carefully at all. People from the Central Plains are really not good people." Jie Li has not yet spoken. , His Highness has already spoken angrily.
Chen Yutian followed the voice and looked over, only to see that the person who spoke was a rough man, and judging from his attire and demeanor, he should be a veteran of the barbarian country who has been on the battlefield for many years, so he always has a negative attitude towards the people of the Central Plains. So much hostility and prejudice.
"If my guess is correct, this should be the Lord Prime Minister." Chen Yutian looked at this person and said with a smile.
The Great Khan looked at Chen Yutian and sneered twice, then said, "Yes, I am the Prime Minister Ao Xiang, one of the three prime ministers of the Man Kingdom. I will not change my name or surname."
Chen Yutian nodded slightly secretly. Jun Xiang was one of the three palaces and four palaces of the Barbarian Kingdom. He was in charge of all the military power of the Barbarian Kingdom. Although the person in front of him seemed reckless and unwise, since he could achieve such a high position, There must be a reason.
He couldn't help but pay attention to this monarch in his heart.
"Master Junxiang is right. The palace is heavily guarded, so I can't figure out how the guy who kidnapped the princess sneaked into the palace. But all the traces in the princess's palace indicate that he went there during that time. That place." Chen Yutian smiled and spoke.
His words were full of sarcasm. As soon as he finished speaking, the expressions of all the barbarian ministers in the entire hall changed.
Especially the gentleman.
"Young man from Zhongyuan, what did you say?"
"It's nothing." Chen Yutian waved his hand slightly, and then said, "I'm just describing the facts I saw from the princess's bedroom. On the coffee table in the outer hall of the princess's bedroom, one of the teacups is placed slightly apart from other tea sets. Far away, this shows that someone once drank tea from that teacup, and the palace was sealed off by His Majesty the Khan the moment the princess was discovered missing, so we can rule out the possibility that someone entered the room to drink tea after the princess disappeared."
"Then there is only one answer left, and that is the tea drinker, the princess herself!"
"I have asked the personal maid next to the eighth princess before. She said that the princess did ask her to bring a pot of tea before the fire. She also said that the princess did not seem to be in a good mood that night and kept herself alone. Bedroom."
"That is to say, before the fire broke out, the eighth princess was sitting alone in the palace drinking tea, while there were maids and guards guarding the outside of the palace."
"What do you want to say?" Jie Li looked at Chen Yutian quietly, without any fluctuation in his expression.
Chen Yutian calmed down and smiled, "Of course, I will restore the scene of the crime to Your Majesty and your Lordships."
"Before the fire in the Cold Palace, the princess was alone in the palace, and there were maids and guards guarding the outside. Under such circumstances, it was obviously impossible for the murderer to enter the princess's palace." At this time, Yuan Lin stood up and thought deeply. Said, "Master Chen probably wants to explain this point, right?"
Chen Yutian nodded slightly and said: "But soon a fire broke out in the cold palace. In order to put out the fire as soon as possible, the guard commander summoned the nearby guards and maids to put out the fire. The guards and maids in the eighth princess's palace also Exception, so there is no one guarding the door of the princess's palace."
Hearing this, Jieli's eyes suddenly narrowed slightly.
Jun Xiang Ao Xi also frowned slightly.
Yuan Lin's expression suddenly changed, and he said as if he was belatedly saying, "Could it be that...the murderer took advantage of this moment to enter the palace and kidnapped the eighth princess?"
Chen Yutian nodded, "Yes, according to what we saw in the inner palace of the palace, the quilt on the bed had been spread out, the princess should have been ready to go to bed at that time, but at this time the murderer sneaked into the room, subdued her and took advantage of her. The chaos caused by the fire left the palace... This is my preliminary conclusion on the case of the disappearance of the eighth princess."
After hearing this, Jieli and the ministers of the Man Kingdom present fell into deep thought.
Chen Yutian remained calm and waited for their reply.
The entire hall suddenly fell into silence.
At this moment, a man stepped forward, knelt down in front of Jie Li, and said: "Your Majesty, what Mr. Chen said are all reasonable inferences and doubts about the phenomena he saw. I believe that his inferences There should be some truth to it and it can be believed.”
Hearing this, Jie Li, Yuan Lin, Jun Xiang and others all looked at the speaker in surprise.
At this time, a rare sneer appeared on Chen Yutian's face.
Jie Li looked at the person kneeling in front of him, pondered for a moment, and nodded slightly, "What the Imperial Master said is true. Master Chen's remarks are all based on the traces and phenomena existing in Ling'er's palace." , it can indeed be believed.”
"Your Majesty has learned from this." The black-robed Imperial Master bowed deeply.
On the side, Yuan Lin looked at the black-robed Imperial Master suspiciously. He never expected that the Imperial Master who usually looked down on his method of finding the truth the most would actually speak up for Chen Yutian's inference.
Has he changed his gender? Yuan Lin secretly doubted it.
However, when Chen Yutian looked at the state master's behavior, the sneer in his heart became more intense.
After the fire, when this person insisted that Concubine Ling was the murderer of the arson and murder, he understood one thing.
That is, the national master in front of him would never be able to stand on the same front as them.
Although he didn't quite understand this person's nature, he knew from that scene that the Jiulong Mansion and this person were bound to be enemies rather than friends.
Because their positions are completely opposite.
Therefore, at the moment, although this person said good things for himself, Chen Yutian did not think that he would stop there.
With this person's style, I'm afraid he will still find a way to blame all this on Concubine Ling.
After all, he has a natural advantage in this matter! !
Sure enough, after the word "Ming Jian" came to the surface, the black-robed Imperial Master immediately continued: "However, the reason why I think Master Chen's guess is good is because just now, I have also calculated the same Things, but in addition to taking into account this matter, I also took into account the identity of the murderer who did this thing!"
Hearing this, Jie Li and all the ministers from the Man Kingdom were shocked! !
And the sneer in Chen Yutian's heart became stronger and stronger.
He could even guess what the black-robed master was going to say next.
He understood in his heart, but that didn't mean that Jieli and the ministers of Manguo also understood. When Jieli heard what the imperial master said, he almost subconsciously showed a hint of surprise, but there was a hint of doubt in his eyes. Under such complicated emotions, Jie Li tentatively spoke, "Is what the Imperial Master said true?"
"Of course!" the black-robed Imperial Master smiled confidently.
"Okay, tell Gu quickly, who is it?" Jieli asked quickly.
I saw a sneer on the lips of the black-robed Imperial Master, and then turned to look at Chen Yutian behind him, and said with a smile, "Who is that person? I think Master Chen should have an idea in his mind, right?"
Chen Yutian narrowed his eyes slightly, full of coldness.
"What does the Imperial Master mean by this?"
"It's not interesting, I just want to ask Mr. Chen a question." The black-robed Imperial Master laughed twice and looked at Chen Yutian.
Chen Yutian raised his eyebrows slightly, "Oh? Question? I wonder what the Imperial Master wants to ask me?"
The black-robed Imperial Master smiled, "Master Chen's inference just now proves that the Eighth Princess disappeared when the fire broke out in the Cold Palace, right? Then I would like to ask Master Chen a question. I wonder if Master Chen has noticed it. , what exactly happened in the Cold Palace Fire?"
"Oh?" A bright smile appeared on Chen Yutian's face, but his heart was already as cold as ice, "Does the Imperial Master mean this to ask me about your memory?"
"If Mr. Chen is willing to think so, that's okay."
"That's not necessary. I am still somewhat confident in my memory. Three things happened in the Cold Palace fire: first, the Cold Palace caught fire. Second: the chamberlain was killed. Third: Concubine Ling disappeared."
Chen Yutian sneered slightly. The reason why he said that Concubine Ling was missing instead of absconding in fear of crime was because he wanted to see how Jie Li and the Imperial Master would react after hearing this. And this is also related to the direction of his next investigation.
Sure enough, the moment he said these words, Jie Li in the palace looked slightly startled! !
The black-robed Imperial Master laughed.
"Jie Jie... It seems that Master Chen's memory is indeed not very good. The guilty concubine clearly fled out of fear of crime, but Sir, you can actually remember that she is missing!"
Chen Yutian smiled slightly.
"Really? It seems that I really made a mistake in remembering it, but I wonder what the Imperial Master was going to say when he reminded me of this?"
"Haha... isn't the matter already very clear..." The Imperial Master continued to smile, "Her Royal Highness the Eighth Princess was kidnapped during the fire in the Cold Palace, and the sinful concubine happened to be the murderer who set fire to the Cold Palace and killed people. Such a connection Get up, Master Chen, can’t you think of it..."
As soon as he said this, everyone in the palace was shocked! !
Especially Jie Li, as soon as the imperial master said these words, he almost instantly sat on the throne as if he was hit by a bolt from the blue. It wasn't until a long time later that he finally recovered.
"National Master, what do you mean..."
The Imperial Master chuckled.
"Isn't it already obvious... The murderer who took advantage of the cold palace fire to sneak into the palace and kidnapped Her Royal Highness the Eighth Princess was the sinful concubine who set fire to the cold palace and killed people!!"
