In the early morning of the 16th day of the first lunar month of the fourth year of Kaihuang, many people were destined to spend a sleepless night.

The bustling thing that was originally all night long was completely gone due to an accident in the Qin Palace.

The unduly duty-free imperial guards were woken up from the warm bed, and were dressed in a helmet and armor, and together with their comrades, they put martial law on the entire Daxing City.

When tourists who went out to watch the lanterns came back, they suddenly found that the atmosphere inside and outside the capital was completely different from when they went out.

Solemn, strict, and nervous.

The cold condenses in the air and cannot even blow the wind.

Especially the Qin Palace is the most important.

The entire street where the Qin King’s Mansion is located has been blocked.

Fortunately, those who could live on the same street as the King of Qin were all princes and kings with different identities, and ordinary people were not greatly affected.

The palace gate that had been locked was temporarily opened, and the prince and others were quickly sent to the palace for treatment.

Without the emperor's order, the guests who were still in the Qin Palace at that time were still unable to leave.

The Minister of Justice and the Minister of Dali Temple were ordered to come here to investigate the case in person.

Everyone's face was pale and he didn't bother to pursue and complain that he was under house arrest, as if he had not recovered from the killing not long ago.

They whispered and talked a lot, but almost no one could tell how this incident happened.

The Qin Palace, where singing and dancing are as peaceful as the emperor, seemed to have happened in an instant.

The guests farther away from the flower hall didn't even notice something was wrong there until screams and cries came.

And the guests in the flower hall—

The crown prince, King Jin, King Qin and other important figures all entered the palace to treat them. Even if they were still awake now, I was afraid that the emperor would not let them interrogate the case.

As for the surviving female servants and maids present, they were already scared and incoherent.

Some said that when Feng Xiao saw him breaking in, he started killing everyone present.

Some said that they were talking to the side, but suddenly they were chopped on their shoulders with a sword, and they knew nothing.

Some people say that the two guards suddenly went crazy, killed the people next to them, and finally raised their swords to commit suicide.

There are many different opinions, and they are different.

The Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Dali Temple were very troubled.

Zuo Yue Envoy, who should have come with them, was not present, and the deputy envoy, Sun Bodi, replaced him.

Changsun maintained his usual taciturn words and allowed the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Dali Temple to interrogate and question him, and was willing to serve as a foil.

He was stuck like wood, and he listened to whatever others said, without expressing his own opinions.

The Dali Temple Minister muttered to himself, suspecting that Changsun was here to be passive and lazy.

If Cui didn't come, he would at least say a few words.

Until the maid of the royal palace said that he saw the guards going crazy and suddenly killed people. The clerk next to him recorded it, and the two presiding officials waved their hands and asked someone to take them down and replace them with the next one.

Changsun suddenly spoke.

"Slow down."

Everyone present looked at him together.

Changsun Bodhi asked the maid: "Where were you standing at that time?"

The maid thought she would go through the motions like everyone else, and she was stayed after asking, but she didn't expect to be cross-examined and her tone became stuttered.

"I was originally serving outside. I heard that the flower hall was short of staff, so Sister Mulan transferred me over temporarily, but as soon as I entered the door, I saw that something happened, and I was shocked at the door!"

Changsun Bodhi asked again: "Apart from you, are there anyone else who just entered like you?"

The maid shook her head timidly.

Changsun Bodhi asked the clerk to come and confess.

There were a total of fifteen survivors including this maid.

The two were affected by the fish in the pond and were still seriously injured and still not awake.

One person fainted after being slashed and knew nothing.

The two were so scared that they were confused and speechless that they could not make the right decision.

The other nine people swear that Feng Xiao broke in and took action.

The only one is this maid, who said that the guards were killing people in a crazy way.

Except for those who cannot ask questions or speak inaccurately, the nine people and one person should accept the nine people's statements no matter how they look at them.

But the nine people were all in the flower hall at that time, except for the last maid, who was outside, had just entered when the incident happened.

Changsun Boti still remembers Cui Buqu’s statement that the same nanmu fragrance appeared in Yandang Villa and outside Luoyang.

This fragrance and the slightest sound can easily lead to illusion and inability to extricate yourself.

Especially ordinary people who have no resistance and weak minds are more likely to say.

If the people in the hall were actually in an illusion without knowing it, they would naturally be different from the last maid.

Changsun Bodhi did not explain these reasons to the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Dali Temple, because they had not experienced such a scene, and it was difficult to understand what the illusion was like.

Instead of spending more time on your lips, it is better to check more truth.

Changsun Bodhi didn't ask the maid anymore, and spoke to the other two presiding officials, then got up and walked towards the yard.

Zuo Yue Bureau handled cases different from other yamen in the court. The Minister of Justice also had the position of the head of the Jiejian Mansion in name, so he knew about it and did not ask much.

This matter is too big, and it is no longer meaningful for who will solve the case and who will make the credit on whom. If you cannot find out the truth as soon as possible, everyone will probably suffer.

The female servants and servants in the royal palace were gathered to wait for their demise.

Changsun transferred several people who were close to serve the King of Qin and the Princess of Qin to ask about the whereabouts of the bowl of deer blood soup.

The maid who was close to serving the King of Qin had died in the hometown of the incident not long ago and could no longer get a few words from them.

The rest of the people were confused and shook their heads in confusion.

Only one cook stood up.

She said: "Yesterday, a guard brought deer blood to the kitchen and asked me to help heat it up."

Changsun: "Are you sure it's deer blood?"

The cook's voice is loud and he deals with all kinds of people in the market all year round. He is very brave and speaks smoothly, and does not stutter.

"Yes, I said that deer blood is just like drinking fishy, ​​and it is best to make deer blood ointment, but the man said that your highness will drink it soon and can't wait."

Changsun asked the cook to take over and claim the body.

Soon, the cook pointed at one of them and said surely: "It's him!"

And this person was one of the guards who suddenly went crazy as the maid said just now.

When he died, he was in a sword on his back, his eyes wide open, and blue veins burst out on his forehead. His death was terrifying, making people reluctant to take a second look.

If there are really insects in the deer blood soup, why did that bowl of deer blood that should have been given to the King of Qin to drink into the stomachs of the two guards?

The guard suddenly went crazy and died with a sword behind him. Who was behind him at that time? Who killed him?

No one can answer his question.

Even the maid who said the guard was crazy just now was already unconscious when the incident happened.

The clue seems to be interrupted again.

Changsun Bodhi slowly breathed white breath.

He looked up unconsciously and looked towards the direction of Daxing Palace.

Cui Bulu is in Daxing Palace.

What he saw was not Empress Dugu, but Emperor Yang Jian.

Yang Jian's face was exhausted. He had not gone to bed so late, no one would be in good spirits.

Previously, the King of Qin had entered the palace and invited him to his house to have fun together - it was just a routine invitation and fulfill his filial piety. The King of Qin knew that the emperor would definitely not go.

An emperor with a normal mind would never run to his minister's home in the middle of the night.

Even if that minister is his own son.

Fortunately, he did not go, otherwise the casualties might have added one emperor.

There was also an imperial physician who came to report to the palace with Cui Bulu.

The imperial physician is telling the emperor about the injuries of several noble people.

The most serious one is the Crown Princess, who died on the spot, was unable to make a comeback, and the body was still in the Qin Palace and was not sent to the palace.

The second is the King of Qin, who hit the back of his head and bleeded a lot of blood and has not woken up yet.

The prince and the King of Jin were better. One of the arm was injured and the other had two broken ribs, and they were still awake.
To be continued...