The punishment of the female imperial court

Chapter 111 Corpse, flower marks, past events

Judging from other fire scenes that Yu Qiansi has seen, this place is particularly clean.

A long table was placed by the window in the room, and the seven corpses were all burned to death with their upper body lying on the table table.Because it was too close to the fire source, the part on the table was close to carbonization.

"After the fire was extinguished last night, the general checked the cause of the fire. The oil lamp on the table was overturned and caught fire quickly. The adults must have been overworked and fell asleep, and they were too close to the fire source to escape. They were arrested on the spot. Burn to death." Marquis Yi Wu explained behind the two of them.

Wuhou shop is regarded as the subordinate bureaucrat of Jinwu Guard, and Wuhou shop will be set up in every city gate and square corner.Firstly, it is for the convenience of the fire, and secondly, it is also for the sake of public security in the workshop.

The two Jinwu guards who were guarding here last night have already been detained. The newcomer didn't know the situation, so he let this Marquis Wu accompany him all the way.

There was a gleam of light in Yu Qiansi's eyes, and she asked with a smile: "Have you ever seen such a fire victim who fell asleep peacefully before?"

The Marquis of Wu hesitated a bit when he heard the words: "When the general first saw this place, he was also a little puzzled. The scene is indeed too clean. However, after a simple inspection before, there was paste-like smoke in the mouth and nose of the corpse, and there was no external injury on the whole body. He should have been burned alive to make the above judgment."

Neatness does not mean cleanliness, but the completeness of everything at the fire scene.

Generally speaking, if a living person is trapped in a fire, he will definitely panic. If he finds that he cannot escape, during the process, he will often overturn and disrupt many things and make noises in order to seek help from the outside world.If the fire is serious, there may be situations such as the collapse of roof beams.

But this room is like a Vulcan dancing on the table, licking everything in the room and then quietly exiting.

And the weirdest thing was the seven people who were sleeping deeply.

Marquis Wu was not sure: "Today there are rumors in the street that it is Princess Lin'an."

Yuqian sneered, and it came again, and it was a familiar routine again.

A disagreement puts everything on ghosts and gods.

"I didn't expect Jin Wuwei to believe this?"

The man hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to speak any more.

"If a wronged person is taking his life, he should be scared to death. Besides, it's justifiable for one person to fall asleep. It's impossible for seven people to work together. They all fell asleep and didn't wake up when they caught fire."

Although, as they say, the body was burned while alive.However, no matter how deeply a living person sleeps, they should wake up and call for help when they encounter a fire.In any case, it is absolutely impossible to lie down in place.

Even if the fire is already big, the trajectory of the corpse should be headed towards the door.At the very least, he should have struggled around the table.

"They were indeed burned alive, but I'm afraid they were only able to breathe at that time."

Those Jinwu guards who inquired about the cause of the fire last night may not have thought of what she was thinking, but they didn't dare to delve into it, so they used the words of strange forces and chaos outside to prevaricate.

These people must have eaten or used something, so they could not move and were burned alive.However, the Jinwu Guards were in charge of all the meals these adults ate last night, so they naturally didn't want to say anything, which only added to their troubles.

This scene is too simple, so simple that everyone can see the cause and effect.

But it was precisely this simplicity that everyone could see that made her aware of the problem.

The Yuli Qiankun on her fingertips made a lingering sound, helping her sort out her thoughts.

First, what can make a person paralyzed and unable to move his muscles, so that he was burned to death in the fire without even having muscle spasms after encountering the fire?
Second, did the assailant go to such great lengths that he even set fire to the military department, just to create such a fake "fire scene"?Is there any enmity with these people, or is there another purpose?

Furthermore, since it has been so laborious, why not make everything more seamless?
Minister of the Ministry of War, Fang's return to the ceremony was long overdue.

Since last night, he has not been able to live for a moment, and now his face is tired and his body is bent.

"Master Yu, I'm sorry to trouble you."

"Master Fang, there is one thing I don't know about the map."

At the mention of these two words, Fang Fuli looked embarrassed, but he still picked out the unimportant content to explain her doubts.

"The maps are updated every three years, and they are all stored in the file library next to them. And the ones that were burned last night were the new maps collected this year."

Having said that, he breathed a sigh of relief.Fortunately, it was only Jingzhou Yutu that was burned last night, so he had the opportunity to take the blame and make meritorious service.Otherwise, at this moment, not to mention this official uniform, I am afraid that the head of the item will be hard to protect.

"Because it is newly collected and has not been sorted out. In order to avoid problems at this time, the text on the maps of various places is encrypted text, and the scrolls are only marked with numbers. All the encrypted texts are only written by the staff. People who know how to decipher it. It was supposed to be collected and sorted out, and then stored in different categories according to the state capitals. However, due to His Majesty's order, together with the new policy of the Ministry of Households, the taxation for each state capital was re-determined according to the farmland population, so it has not yet started tidy."

The reason why he knew that he was discussing the affairs of the capital last night was because the person in charge of Fang Si mentioned it by chance yesterday.

After putting out the fire last night, he immediately counted all the files and maps, and indeed only one was missing, which should be the map of the capital at the scene of the fire.

"Even you don't know what those numbers and ciphertext represent?"

"These are all decided by the staff of the staff. After all, the map is of great importance. In order to avoid leaks, not everyone in the staff is aware of this matter."

Yu Qiansi understood what he meant.That is to say, each of the staff members knows a part of the secret language, and only when they get together can they get an accurate map.

This is indeed a good way to prevent leaks, but because of this, there was a big fire last night, and everyone who knew these secret words was caught in a pot.

Seeing Yu Qiansi turned around to leave, Fang Fuli was a little flustered: "Master Yu, are you leaving now?"

Now he can count on Yu Qiansi to help him.

"There is really nothing to see here, I will order Wu Yawei to deal with the next thing."

Seeing her indifference, Fang Fuli was really confused: "Lord Yu, how long will it take to catch the perpetrator? The envoys of the Northern Qi Dynasty just entered Beijing two days ago, and these successive accidents always make people feel uneasy."

A coldness shot out of Yu Qiansi's eyes, but her smile did not change: "Master Fang, are you teaching me how to investigate a case?"

The simple question seemed to be chatting with her about today's weather, but he was so startled that he was in a cold sweat, and even said "dare not".I blame myself for being so anxious that I forgot that it was Jade Rakshasa in front of me.

Yuqian raised her eyebrows and nodded in satisfaction.

It seems that the bet on the beheading case has paid off.

After leaving the Ministry of War, Boyi asked, "What do you do next?"

Yu Qiansi turned her head to look at him, her eyes were deep and shallow, dazzling.

Boyi looked away unnaturally, she must be thinking of something else.

Sure enough, Yuqian said: "The princess just fainted, and I don't know what's going on at the moment? She has always been on good terms with you, why don't you help me to visit him?"

Isn't this investigating the case of the Ministry of Military Affairs?How come he turned back to Yu Anning again.

"You want me to check her mouth?"

Yu Qiansi looked at the Zhaixing Building in the distance, with a lonely smile: "Go and see her, she must be feeling very uncomfortable now."

Although Boyi didn't know what she was thinking, he was sure to listen to what she said.

What's more, Yu Anning must be very terrified at the moment when encountering two horrible cases in the palace.

Seeing that Yu Qiansi was about to leave, Yaoyao asked: "Then where can I find you?"

"Yizhuang." She waved her hand and left without looking back.

Inside Yizhuang, Zhang Yilun bit his finger, hesitating in a rare way.

"This court lady was indeed drowned. Judging from the food residues in her body and the reaction of the corpse, she should have been dead for more than three days."

Seeing him hesitating, Yu Qiansi asked, "Any doubts?"

"It's not a suspicious point, but a clue."

Zhang Yilun pointed out to her the traces on the inner sides of the arms of the corpse: "There are some scratches from bottom to top on the inner sides of the two forearms, and there is moss in the nails, and the front of the clothes is the same."

Jade lightly understood.When he must have fallen, he managed to hold on to the edge of the lake, but eventually fell into the water due to exhaustion.

Her eyebrows and eyes were a little cold: "It was murder?"

"Yes, I found an incomplete palm print on her chest. It should be slapped from the front by someone with skills."

Yu Qiansi inspected the marks, the marks on the palm were obvious, and the marks gradually faded down to the five fingers.But the exception can still be seen.

"Why is the second knuckle of the middle finger of the right hand so thick?"

She made gestures with her own hands.

It should be a man's hand, but even so, there is no such thing as a particularly thick finger.

And this mark is thick in the middle and narrow at both ends.

Slowly focusing her gaze on her palm, Yuli Qiankun was being carried by her movements, shaking gently as if she had nothing to support her.

"This man wears a ring?"

She got up in surprise and started to pace the room.

The man wearing the ring on his middle finger is definitely not an ordinary servant in the palace, nor is he an imperial guard.

By inferring the time from the fatality of drowning, it should be late at night three days ago when the incident occurred.

In the middle of the night, in the Forbidden Garden of the Inner Palace, a man with an unusual status committed a crime.

She felt more and more that this matter was not easy.

Although there have always been civil servants in the palace who occasionally stayed in the palace due to official business, most of them were active in the Yuchen Palace area.

After the key of the palace gate is locked, the palace gate leading to the inner palace of Yuchen Palace will also be locked.How could they appear in Jinxiu door late at night?

"One more thing." Zhang Yilun bit her thumb so that the tip turned white. Seeing Yuqian looking over, she finally mustered up the courage to speak out.

"Sister Yu, I also found that red mark on her neck. This is already the third corpse with this mark. What does it mean?"

It was rare for Yu Qiansi to see him so anxious, and her heart sank: "Is this the same?"

"That's right, my parents were hunted to death because of the autopsy on several corpses with such traces."

After waiting for so long, he finally found a clue, and he was so nervous that he could hardly breathe.

Yuqiansi also saved him in danger, and knew more or less about Zhang Yilun's past.Therefore, extra care was taken, lest he be discovered by the enemy.

Unexpectedly, this matter is also related to this trace.

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