with words in mind

Chapter 304 The Case of the Abandoned Queen of Nanjiao Kingdom 19
"Come on-"

When the guards heard the shouts in the hall, they were alert and rushed in in groups!

"Escort! Escort—"

When they opened the door and rushed, they were shocked when they looked around! !

Is that the cat scurrying around on the light fixture?
Is that the dog who is biting the curtain by the cabinet and making himself happy?
Are those swallows flying around the roof?
Hiding under the bed, is it a monkey that sticks out a row of heads?
All the animals in the room were frightened by the loud noise and ran away one after another!

As the sound of crackling and crackling spread, the porcelain shattered!The curtain is torn!The enamel utensils fell to the ground!
A string of animals escaped through the window together!Act fast!And the leader is the little monkey with no fur on its back! !
The king watched the guards jumping up and down chasing the animals, and stared at the bedroom with a strange expression. Finally, he finally remembered something!Jumping over, he found that there was only one golden hairpin left on the dressing table.
"Don't hurt them!" Seeing a guard who was about to use a spear to attack the little monkeys that fell behind, the king immediately gave the order!In his opinion, these little animals are not that hateful, and he even thinks that behind all this, maybe it is Xiao Qiu who is manifesting a spirit!
Under the protection of the sentimental lord, the group of animals finally disappeared without a single one, leaving only a mess in the room
That night, under the protection of the guards, the lord held the remaining golden hairpin and never fell asleep again.
The sky quietly fell, and Yan Mo, who was full of sleep, finally got a day to get up early and practice morning exercises.

However, before she could practice a few tricks, she heard a report from the palace that the lord of the country had invited her.

The ones who invited were the concubine, Mr. Xiaoyu and that hairless monkey!
When Yan Mo went to wake Yu Lingzhou up, he realized that the cage was empty!
Afterwards, she led her younger brother to the Jingzhi Palace, only to learn about last night's incident.

"I have met the lord." Yan Mo saluted together with Yu Lingzhou.

"Princess Yi'an." The lord nodded to show his politeness. When he saw that the other party did not bring a monkey, he understood in his heart, and he led him into the bedroom. I took a golden hairpin." He pointed to the dressing table.

After checking the dressing table, Yan Mo looked around the bedroom, wondering where the animals came from?
Although the architecture of Nanjiao Kingdom is very transparent, there are guards all around the dormitory. A long line of animals broke in, and when it was quiet in the middle of the night, none of the guards were alarmed.
Yan Mo looked up at the top, stretched his arms, and flew away with ease!Get on the beams!
There are very small paw prints on it, and there are all kinds of shapes!

She carefully avoided those paw prints, or hung or climbed to check the roof, and found a small window on the roof. The size of the window reminded Yan Mo of the small window in Linan's cabin.

"They came in from the roof." Yan Mo who flew to the ground said steadily, "The latch on the window has been loosened, and there are also their paw prints on it."

The king looked up at the small window and ordered people to come and renovate it.

When the palace people came in and out, the leader of the guards came to report in a hurry: "My lord, those animals finally escaped into the resting court."

Yan Mo and the ruler: "Let's go to court?!"

Under the guidance of the guard leader, Yan Mo and the king came to the resting courtyard, and found that the guards had locked the animals in a small room, which was Mammy Ou's room!
"Wangfei, be careful!" Seeing that the guest was going in, the guard stopped him, "They are very clever, and they are afraid of hurting the guest."

"Don't worry, I can handle it!" Yan Mo led Xiaoyu into the door carefully, and saw the monkeys jumping up and down, and the cats and dogs who got involved together occupied a territory, resting and resting, sloppy and sloppy!The little birds hovering on the roof seemed to be singing and arguing!

Looking around the room, they looked like they were in a meeting! !

With strange eyes, Yan Mo looked around, ready to look for the hairless monkey
The animals were not afraid when they saw someone coming in, especially the puppies, who stepped forward boldly when they saw the little boy, wagging their tails to welcome them!

"Sister, why are there so many small animals here?" Yu Lingzhou stroked the puppy's head, curious and puzzled
Then, after he walked in a few steps, he saw a familiar figure in a corner!

"It's my little monkey!"

"!" Yan Mo heard this, followed his younger brother's pace, and indeed saw a little golden head among a pile of furry animals!
Those animals seem to be very human, and when they see someone coming, they all step aside, showing the sad back of the little monkey.
"Jiajia. Wuwu Jiyajia" the little monkey hugged the golden hairpin and looked at Yulingzhou with pitiful eyes.
"Why did you come here?" Xiaoyu gently picked up the monkey and hugged it lovingly. Then, he saw the golden hairpin in the little monkey's arms, "This is someone else's property, you can't... ah !"

"Gia Gia!" The little monkey jumped when he saw the boy wanting to grab the golden hairpin!Protect the baby and hide in the corner!

When the other animals saw it, they were vigilant and guarded the little monkey! !

Yan Mo wanted to step forward to help, but found that the animals showed a trace of hostility towards her!Forced to do so, she had no choice but to watch her brother retreat, signaling him not to grab him.

"." Xiaoyu was a little embarrassed, afraid of scaring the little monkey again, but seeing that his sister couldn't help, he still bit the bullet and approached the little monkey slowly.
Fortunately, those animals didn't have strong defenses against children, so Xiaoyu just waited obediently on the spot
The little monkey took a few glances, finally let go of his guard, and stared at the little boy approaching cautiously.
It belongs to the communication between animals, and it stops slowly as the little monkey falls into the arms of the little master.
Yan Mo took the opportunity to look around the room. Yesterday, she sneaked in from the outside and her observations were limited.Today, after watching carefully, she realized that these animals seem to be very at ease. Looking at the species, in addition to the common ones, there are also relatively rare ones, such as elephant shrews and pangolins.

In the room, the distribution of the cages is reasonable, and some cages still have leftover food and water, because the weather in Nanjiao Country is hot, the leftover food has been a little bit rotten.

Yan Mo took a closer look and found that most of the animal cages were open, and the food and water inside were all empty. She turned to look at these animals, these cages should not be able to hold so many. Bird's nests, birdcages, those birds must not "live" here?

The king was waiting outside, very anxious. Seeing Princess Yi'an finally came out, he immediately stepped forward and said, "How is it? Did you find that monkey? And Xiaoqiu's hairpin?"

"Master, don't be in a hurry." Yan Mo led his younger brother out, "Let's find the palace servants to take care of them first. This little monkey and the golden hairpin have to go back to Wenshu Palace with Xiaoyu first."

The king hesitated for a moment before nodding his head and saying hello.

Yan Mo told Xiaoyu to call Mr. Qi when he returned to Wenshu Hall, and told the king that she had full authority over this matter.

The king could see that he was in the way here, so he led the guards who were also in the way and left, leaving a team of palace guards for Princess Yi'an to drive.

After the lord's figure disappeared, Yan Mo specially selected some elderly palace servants, sat around under the shade of a tree, and began to ask questions on an equal footing.

At first, those palace people were very afraid. It can be seen that the guest of honor said that everyone would not sit down, and she would not sit down either, so they winked at each other and sat down one after another.
Yan Mo: "How does Madam Ou usually take care of these animals?"

A grey-haired old palace official replied softly: "Ou Mama is always with these monkeys. Occasionally, she will pick up a few kittens and puppies, keep them for a while, and then send them out of the palace together with the monkeys." gone."

Another old woman in the palace continued: "Despite her age, Madam Ou's physical strength is still good. Most of the monkeys in the palace were caught by her and handled by her."

The gray-haired palace man: "Honorable guest. I didn't see Madam Ou come back last night. Is something wrong?"

Yan Mo pondered for a moment before lying: "It's not a big deal, it's just that Mammy Ou took the monkey out of the palace and accidentally fell down, so I'll raise it outside the palace for a while. But I didn't expect these little things to be raised because no one was looking after them. , ran out last night and made a fuss!"

"Hey," the old woman and the palace maid sighed, "Mammy Ou knows that no one wants to do this drudgery. She takes care of the livestock in this house alone, and she rarely bothers us. Sometimes when she is on duty, she will ask us Let's take care of them and don't let them get out!"

"Rotation?" Yan Mo suddenly thought of the beaver haunting Baihuayuan, "How do you all work?"

"Nu and Mota are in charge of the night watch in the Palace of Political Affairs." The old lady replied, "Nurse Ou is in charge of the fire room."

Yan Mo then asked: "Does Madam Ou go to the cooking room every day?"

The old lady waved her hand and said, "No, it's every four days."

"!" Yan Mo immediately asked, "Do you remember, old lady, when was the last night she kept watch?"

The old woman replied: "Originally, today is."

Yan Mo quickly calculated in his mind, so the nights when Beaver appeared in Baihuayuan happened to be the days when Madam Ou kept vigil!In view of the many animals she saw in the room just now, and some of them were exotic animals, she felt that the beavers were probably also raised by Mammy Ou!It's just that for some reason, Beaver always sneaks out when Mammy Ou is away.
Then, she remembered again!

On the day of monkey hunting, Mama Ou was not only very skillful, but she was not surprised at all when she saw a beaver.People in the Central Plains like them have never seen beavers, but Madam Ou seemed to be familiar with them, and even warned them not to keep monkeys and beavers together.

Afterwards, the beaver and the monkey did have a fight!Furthermore, Mammy Ou seemed to want those two monkeys so badly that day!
Last night, another monkey took the lead in stealing hairpins.

Yan Mo felt more and more that Madam Ou not only raised these animals, but even trained them!

Next, she thought only of speculation:
Mammy Ou probably connected to the black market because she had a monkey in her hand, and she took the monkey to the boat island not to sell monkeys, so she was not familiar with the stall owners on the boat island.

She trained the monkeys to bring them to the boat island, and the ultimate goal was to let the monkeys steal other people's property!Well, if that's the case, the little monkey didn't just hold hairpins last night!

So, monkeys are trained to... get hair pins? !

But later, why did Nanny Ou have a dispute with Li Nan?
Assuming that it was Mother Ou who killed Linan, how did Mother Ou enter the cabin?
Since Mrs. Man has been guarding the front of Linan's cabin, it means that Madam Ou did not enter through the main entrance. It seems that thieves would not enter through the main entrance, and Barco is also a thief!
Small windows, prying boards. When Barco was spying on Linan, Madam Ou was also watching Linan!During this process, as long as Mammy Ou sees Barco entering the cabin through the pried wooden board, she can follow suit!
From Barco's remarks, it can be seen that he had already pried open the board, and Madam Ou didn't seem to be on the boat island for the first time!
I'm afraid Mammy Ou originally wanted to use the monkey to steal things, but after discovering Barco's actions, she thought that she could also enter the house by herself!
Therefore, after she entered the cabin, she was discovered by Linan, and there was a dispute, and the two pushed each other.Li Nan smashed his head on the ground and died on the spot, while Mammy Ou climbed out of the cabin through the small window and wooden boards with the hairpin again. The monkey with no hair should also act together, but for some reason, Mama Ou was separated.
Ok?But, why does Ou Momo run around so wobbly?

Pushing each other can directly push Li Nan to death, it must be very strong, then Mammy Ou may also have suffered from the opponent's fierce resistance!Therefore, the table opposite Li Nan will also be messy!In this way, Mammy Ou might have been seriously injured as well!
After she climbed out of the small window, she ran wobbly because of her serious injuries!
Afterwards, it was Barco who entered the cabin, took the jewels, and slipped out again!In the end, Chauvin found out that Linan was dead, and the three of them should be firmly connected!
After Chauvin was caught by Mrs. Man, Mother Ou fell directly into the water because of her unstable body and died.
What is puzzling is, since Madam Ou sent a monkey to steal it, why did she go in herself?And why only take Linan's hairpin?And why is the hairpin so coincidental, it happened to be related to Queen Qiu! !

After much deliberation, Yan Mo felt that the key to the case was the identity of Li Nan and how he got the golden hairpin!
At this time, Qi Yun received Xiaoyu's message and trotted to the resting courtyard. Because the weather was too hot, he was covered in sweat!
"I'm in charge. Ha, ha. I have"

"I asked Xiaoyu to call you, but I didn't say I had to run over here," Yan Mo said with a look of disgust!

"I have...I have key important clues!"

"!!" Yan Mo immediately put away the disgust in his eyes, "What clue?!"

"That... the painter in the palace." Qi Yun picked a random place to sit down, took a good breath and said, "I have painted a lot of portraits of court ladies. It's still a fool with a unique vision! He said that painters usually need practice, maybe The painter in the palace will choose the scenery and the maids in the palace to practice. Really! There is really a painter who left a lot of practice works in order to be able to paint all the palace ladies."

It seems that there may be clues about Li Nan's identity!

"Take me to see it!"

"Hey! Don't worry!" Qi Yun stopped Yan Mo and said, "The prince is already screening. Let me come and tell you earlier."

"Ah..." Yan Mo withdrew his thoughts of drifting towards the fox, pulled up Qi Yun and walked to a corner, "About Madam Ou, I only told these palace people that she was injured while going out, and you can ask questions later, don't go out of your way!"

"That's good, don't worry, master!" Qi Yun is very confident, and he is good at chatting with people and making news! "But! What are we asking?"

"Everything about Madam Ou!"

(End of this chapter)