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Chapter 460 Someone is going to be unlucky

Cen Yunchu glanced at the roster and memorized the names of the people on it and their respective positions.

"Cen Zhaoyi, if we finish asking more than 100 people, how long will it take?" the queen said, "Didn't the sacrifice be delayed?"

Everyone present also felt that even if someone tampered with this matter, it would not be clear after a while.

There were a lot of people here, and the altar was not only cleaned, but also placed the offerings, refilled the lamp oil, and other miscellaneous things.

Second, if someone puts ice cubes on it, it will be difficult to be noticed.

Besides, it's hard to find proof. Now that the weather is hot, all palaces use ice cubes.

It is not difficult to get a piece of ice from no matter where it comes from.

Therefore, trying to track it down is like finding a needle in a haystack.

But Cen Yunchu didn't think so. The ice cubes on the spirit card couldn't be too big, that would be too obvious, and if it's hot today, too much melted water would flow everywhere.

Cen Yun looked at it at the beginning, and the red felt strip on the altar was only as big as the palm of his hand, and combined with the height of the base of the spiritual tablet, the ice block was only the size of a longan.

For such a small ice cube, it would take at most one meal to melt it.

It can be deduced from this that the time when the ice cubes were put on was the time when Cen Yunchu and the others welcomed the officials and family members into the palace.

The suspects are these court ladies and eunuchs, it is impossible for others to move the spirit card without knowing it.

"Empress, you don't need to ask too many people." Cen Yunchu thought for a while and said, "I have a way to find out who did the tampering within a stick of incense."

Everyone didn't believe it, but the queen said: "Since Cen Zhaoyi is so confident, let you try it."

"Thank you, Empress," Cen Yunchu said, "The ice cubes are not big, and those who bring them won't have to travel too far.

I have looked at your respective responsibilities, and I can see the approximate distance of the routes you take.

Now I will call out the names of a few people, and you will come out individually.The rest all back out. "

After hearing what she said, everyone understood that she must have singled out those who were most suspected.

"Shuangfu, Shuangshou, Zhuzhu, Keren, Suqiu, Chunshan..." Cen Yunchu read the names of nearly twenty people in one breath.

Those whose names were read all stood up.

"Empress, my concubine needs a secret room now. The doors and windows of the secret room are all covered with black cloth, so that no light can be seen." Cen Yunchu said after finishing counting people.

"What is this for? Interrogating them?" The queen was puzzled.

Cen Yunchu smiled and explained: "That's right, the altar is covered with gorilla felt, which is not easy to fade.

But the hands of the person who put the ice cubes must be wet. After touching it, although it cannot be seen with the eyes, if it is glued with a special white powder and exposed to the sun for a while, it will appear red.

However, this powder cannot be exposed to light, otherwise it will be useless.

And this method can only detect that the orangutan felt has been touched with wet hands within half an hour. Even if someone has cleaned the place before, it cannot be detected because the hands have been touched with wet hands.

I don't think the ice cube is that big, and it took only half an hour from placing it to melting.So this matter cannot be delayed, it must be inspected immediately. "

"So that's the case, let's test it." The queen said.

In the side hall next to it, the doors and windows were covered with black cloth, and a large basin was placed in the center, with unknown powder in it.

These people go in one by one, grab a handful of powder from the basin, apply it to their hands, and then come out.

Everyone stood outside to watch. These people were all standing under the sun with their hands spread out.

But after a long time, no one's hands turned red.

"It seems to Cen Zhaoyi that there is no one you are looking for among these people." The Queen said, "Do you still want to investigate?"

"The matter is not over yet, empress." Cen Yunchu smiled and said, "Now, please condescend and go to the side hall, and then let these people come in."

Everyone didn't know why, but they all went to the side hall.

The black cloth that had previously blocked the doors and windows had already been rolled up. Cen Yunchu and the others all sat down, and the suspected maids and eunuchs all lined up and stood up before ordering people to cover up the black cloth.

The room suddenly became dark, and everyone was inevitably a little uncomfortable.

Someone noticed something strange in the darkness.

I saw that the hands of each of those people who were suspected before were glowing with green light, which looked a little scary.

Among these there is a hand that does not shine.

"It's him," Cen Yunchu pointed at the man and said, "Come here, hold him down."

The black cloth was removed, and everyone saw the person clearly. It was Hou Zhun, the eunuch in charge. He was only in his early twenties, and he was very clever. He had a nickname of Little Monkey.

He is a small eunuch in charge of offering sacrifices to the Hyde Hall, in fact, he is watching these court ladies and eunuchs work so that they don't make mistakes.

He took advantage of his position and put ice cubes on it in the name of inspection.

The powder in the big basin is fluorite powder, which won't emit light in the dark, but it will emit light after being irradiated by the sun and then in a dark place.

Hou Zhun felt guilty and did not dare to apply the powder. He also thought that since he was in a dark room, others would not be able to see whether he had applied it or not.

The walls in the hall were all plastered with lime, so he rubbed his hands on them, thinking he could pretend to be there.

Anyway, Cen Yunchu also said that it can only be tested within half an hour, and it is useless to test afterward.

But he didn't want Cen Yunchu to use the method of smacking east and west, and pierced him through with one move.

"Damn the slave! Die the slave!" Hou Zhun knelt on the ground and kowtowed violently.

The officials and family members present also understood that it was not that Cen Yunchu was in bad luck, but that someone deliberately framed her.

"Take Hou Zhun down for a closer examination," the queen said, "That's all for today's sacrifice. All the officials and family members are ordered to go back. Today's matter must not be mentioned to the outside world."

Before these people left, Bai Fu came and said to the queen: "The Holy Majesty heard that something happened in Haide Palace, so he asked the old slave to come and have a look. He also said that the old slave should come to interrogate this matter, and he must find out who it is." Who instructed him to desecrate the queen mother's spiritual throne."

If this trick succeeds, then Cen Yunchu will definitely be criticized.

But she found Hou Zhun, so Hou Zhun and the people behind him were out of luck.

Dare to tamper with the queen mother's spirit card, this is a crime of disrespect, and it will punish the nine clans.

Although the empress forbids everyone to talk about this matter, everyone present knows that it won't be long before someone will be unlucky.

"Boss Bai, there is someone else you have to take away." Cen Yunchu stopped Bai Fu, pointed to the court lady named Suqiu and said, "When the spirit card fell, she was the farthest away, so she might not be able to see clearly what happened. But they pushed the sea lanterns, causing a fire in the hall."

"The old slave knows." Bai Fujiang waved his hand, and the eunuch who followed him immediately put the court lady up.

"Your Majesty, Manager Bai, there is no servant girl... the servant girl is just timid, that's why she accidentally overthrew Hai Deng."

However, no one listened to her explanation. The emperor asked Bai Fu to investigate this matter, and even the queen could not interfere.

(End of this chapter)