The secret room is locked from the inside and there is no third party.
The blood stains had solidified and formed a bloody line from the table to the ground. The setting sun shone through the window and covered this reddish brown, making it shocking.
The rest of the room is very tidy. From the furniture hangings and flower stands, it can be seen that the owner has carefully decorated it.
Lu Anran looked at the paintings and calligraphy hanging on the wall, then looked at the guqin by the window, and thought for a moment.
"The windows and door locks were not damaged, and there were no signs of intrusion in the room." Su Ji pointed everywhere and said: "The deceased was lying in front of the dressing table, and he was still holding different jewelry in his hands when he died. "
The deceased, along with the jewelry used as physical evidence, were taken to the Criminal Division. Apart from the pool of blood, there was no sign of death in the room, as if the owner had just left for a moment and then returned.
Yun Qi noticed that Lu Anran stopped in front of the hanging painting for too long, and joked: "Isn't there a hidden grid here?" He raised his head and stared for a while, "This painting of eagle hunting is by Zhang Shengtao, I heard. The most wonderful thing about the painting lies in the eyes, looking at it from a small perspective, and seeing the charm of the painting.”
Zhang Shengtao was a famous painter in the previous dynasties and was good at painting animals. The painting in front of him was not his most famous painting. However, after the change of dynasties, many of his paintings were destroyed, and not many of them survived, making them even more precious.
Lu Anran's focus is not on the painting itself. "The fierce bird with swords and swords is not suitable to be hung in the bedroom. The calligraphy and painting Smooth Sailing next to it, with the waves under the sailboat facing the doors and windows, is a taboo."
She walked to the window again, brushed the guqin with the back of her hand, and the strings were plucked, and she sang in a low and unmusical voice, "The qin has not been played for a long time, it is just for decoration."
Su Ji guessed: "The master is not Feng Yasong, but just arty?"
Yun Qi half-drowsed, holding the handle of the fan and tapping his chin, thinking: "She behaves like a nouveau riche."
Su Ji patted his forehead and said, "The prince reminded me, so I said it's strange. Her jewelry has almost no silver and jade, it's all golden gold."
After leaving the room, Jin Yu'e's maid Xiao Hong was waiting outside, sobbing and crying for a long time, her eyes swollen into blisters.
"My wife is a decent person." Xiaohong said, "She is always kind to others and never criticizes her servants harshly."
Xiaohong was bought by Jin Yu'e from a dental shop a year ago. She only knew that his wife was very wealthy. She didn't know exactly what her family property was, but the food and clothing were of the highest quality.
"I don't know who else is in Madam's family. When Madam bought me here, I only served her."
As for Yixian, Xiaohong shook her head, "I didn't go with my wife. She occasionally goes out to meet guests, but she always goes alone. She doesn't like people to follow her."
Xiaohong's knowledge was limited, and she had never even heard of Liu Zhiquan.
"It's a little strange. Logically speaking, someone like Jin Yu'e has a lot of money, so it's impossible that he doesn't have a few people around him to help him." After a few people left, Su Ji said as he walked: "Even if you like to do everything yourself, there are always things you can't balance. when."
For a woman who lives alone, the one closest to her dies, leaving another little girl who knows nothing about her, which is indeed suspicious.
Yun Qi said: "Ask someone to go to Jingzhao Mansion to check her household registration records."
"Does her house in Yi County have any servants?" Lu Anran asked.
Su Ji investigated for a while and replied: "There is only one serving girl. Although I didn't ask about it carefully before, I'm afraid it's similar to here."
Yun Qi got on the carriage, turned around and said to Su Ji, "Old Su, I have a premonition..."
"Your Majesty, please don't say anything."
"...This case may not be simple."
Su Ji was exhausted both mentally and physically, and had passed through several years in an instant. "I want to return to Shengle County to retire."
Yun Qi sat up, raised the curtain of the carriage with the handle of the fan, and revealed half of his coquettish face, "Although it is dark, it is not the time to dream."
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After having dinner outside, he went back to the Criminal Division. When he arrived in front of the morgue, Su Ji thought of a question, "Is it inappropriate to go in after dinner?"
Yun Qi raised his eyebrows: "It's not like I'm disemboweling my stomach, can you still vomit it?"
Su Ji recalled the male corpse at the bottom of the lake, and a turbid air surged up from his belly. He glanced sadly at Yun Qi's noble face and said, "Farewell!"
Lu Anran opened the door and went in. Yun Qi was a step slower than her. When Mo Yan was about to cross the threshold, Guan Yue held him back.
'Click~' Mo Yan took a bite of the apple, "What are you doing?"
Guanyue raised her chin and said, "Are you sure you want to go in?"
"Tch—it's just a dead person. It's not like I haven't seen it before." He waved his hand and walked in while chewing the pulp.
Guanyue leaned against the door frame and counted silently in her mind. After a cup of tea, the door opened and closed, and a figure flashed past. He squatted in the corner and retched for a long time.
"Haha, isn't he just a dead person?" Guanyue said coolly behind him.
Mo Yan scratched the wall with a pale face, "The guy named Lu is more ruthless than a pig butcher." Thinking of Lu Anran holding a knife and cutting open human skin without blinking, it was as if the knife had cut on him.
Especially later when she took out the heart and held it in her hand for inspection, she turned out to be a perverted murderer.
Guan Yue crossed his arms and said, "He is better than you killing dogs."
In the morgue, Lu Anran used a lancet to cut a small piece of the heart, liver and spleen and put it on a plate, then put it back on the body, and then re-sewed the body with thread.
Yun Qi didn't get close to the female corpse due to the fact that he looked at her movements and sighed: "Sometimes I think you are more perverted than the murderer."
Lu Anran is now very skilled at sewing. The silver needles in his hands are constantly shuttled, and each stitch is at the same interval like embroidery. "Poisoning may not show up in the texture. I need to soak the internal organs with medicinal powder to determine whether there are toxins."
If it was really a suicide, just respecting the deceased would not destroy the body without reason. However, after seeing the deceased, Lu Anran and Yun Qi almost immediately confirmed that she was definitely not a suicide.
"If she wants to die, she can just swallow gold. There is no need to eat some sharp gold objects."
Lu Anran agreed: "The deceased paid great attention to appearance. If he wanted to die, he would not use such a method."
The initial examination of the body revealed that Jin Yu'e's mouth had been cut several times with sharp objects on both sides of her mouth. The inside of her mouth was also badly damaged, and even her throat was scratched, which is why she bled so much.
The Yamen office has been cleaned up a little, and the blood stains have been wiped away, but the tragic situation at that time can still be vaguely discerned.
A beautiful woman can die but cannot lose her elegance.
"Even if a person has lost hope of living, it is difficult to endure the severe pain that is worse than death, so most people who commit suicide choose to hang themselves or throw themselves into the river." Lu Anran flipped his wrist, tied a beautiful knot, and turned to look Xiang Yunqi said with a cautious expression: "Avoiding pain stems from the body's spontaneous self-protection. Under normal circumstances, it cannot be broken unless..."
Yun Qi changed his hand to support his chin and motioned for her to continue.
Lu Anran's brows were as calm as before, and there was a sharpness in his eyes, "Uncontrollable or losing controllable consciousness."
Yun Qi thought: "In other words, either she was forced to do this, or she could no longer control herself."
"Well." Lu Anran stood up, "Since she was the only one in the room and had not been in contact with anyone before the incident, I think the latter may be higher."
Yun Qi snapped his fingers, "You are right."
For this reason, the two decided to dissect the corpse to find the answer.
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After leaving the morgue, the moon turned into a hook and hung upside down on the treetops.
Yunqi sent Lu Anran back to Jiqingfang. On the carriage, Lu Anran asked: "Xuanmen really has a soul-stirring technique?"
"That's what the rumors say, but you've also seen the reality. It can cause hallucinations, but it doesn't last long." Yun Qi put his palms on his raised knees and patted them, "Do you doubt Lu Taotao?"
Lu Anran shook his head slowly: "She is naughty, but she will not kill indiscriminately."
Yun Qi chuckled: "I thought you really wanted her to be."
"Why?"
"You hate her."
Lu Anran looked at Yun Qi, frowning slightly and said: "I hate a person, but that doesn't stop me from looking at him objectively."
"So..." Yun Qi leaned his upper body, and a faint fragrance hit Lu Anran's mouth and nose. He narrowed his peach blossom eyes and said in a low voice: "Give her your rotten bone powder?"
Lu Anran stared back for a long time, then withdrew his gaze and said, "The prince would also believe such nonsense."
Yun Qi raised his lips and said in a casual tone: "Believe me, I am the one who has personally witnessed the miracle of a corpse turning into powder."
Lu Anran lowered his eyes and pressed the pad of his index finger with his thumb. He recalled that when they met in Yinjiacun, Yun Qi was particularly curious about her and always came over to her from time to time. It was probably because of the medicinal powder.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to test it. I got the medicinal powder by chance. The prescription has become extinct. There is no other package in the world."
"Oh?" The gorgeous ending sounded, still a bit lazy and wild, as if the topic just mentioned was brought up accidentally.
Lu Anran looked outside the carriage. The dark night was as heavy as her heart.
All the closeness becomes purposeful, so every detail of getting along is somewhat sincere.
The carriage stopped, and Lu Anran stood at the entrance of the alley, saluting Yun Qi, and suddenly returned to the polite and distant attitude when they first met, "I'd like to give you a ride, Your Majesty."
Yun Qi narrowed his peach blossom eyes, and the light in his eyes rippled slightly. He finally said nothing and raised his hand to let the carriage move.
He was the only one who heard footsteps in the alley, but Lu Anran knew that Wu Fang was behind him.
"Wufang, if you follow me, will you report anything in return?" Lu Anran turned around, his eyes falling on Wu Fang's cold face.
Wu Fang shook his head: "The Crown Prince said, no need."
Lu Anran's mood was a bit complicated, and she didn't know how to describe it, but she did go out of her way and wanted to find someone to talk to.
"What do you think of Prince Yun's Mansion?"
Wu Fang thought for a while and then said: "It's difficult to walk on the cliff."
Comparatively, the situation in Shengle County is even worse than that of the Mengdu Lu family, so Yun Qi has to put on a dissolute appearance and hide all the wealth in his heart. Even though he has talents that are not inferior to Nangong Zhi, he still Suppressed forcefully.
After looking at the moon for a long time, Lu Anran sighed softly: "Is that why he asked me to co-star in this play?"
Wu Fang was quiet for a long time, and when he was about to enter the door, he said, "Miss, you might as well ask yourself why you started to care."
Lu Anran's heart skipped a beat as she was enlightened. If she only regarded Yunqi as a partner for mutual benefit, then why should she care about the purpose of his approach in the first place.
In the end, I was confused.
