Pretending to be jealous in the arms of Dali Temple

"Wan Yan knows this painting?" Seeing Wan Yan's expression, Su Jizhi knew that the painting was of great value.

"This is Master Wen's handed down work called "Purple Qi Coming from the East". Speaking of which, I am currently copying this painting."

Su Jizhi raised his eyebrows: "Where did you see this painting?"

"My father likes it. When I was a child, there were many paintings in my collection, but they were all fakes." Wan Yan smiled and approached the dark wall.

At the same level as the height of an adult, there are two iron nails.

Wan Yan suppressed her voice: "My lord, the thief is not short. The Ziqi Donglai map is one foot wide and three feet long. According to this height, I can't take it down."

The little girl kicked her feet, took Su Jizhi's arm with one hand, and stretched her fingers upwards.

The white and slender fingertips just reached the iron nails.

Su Jizhi understood.

"My lord, there are people coming and going in the Qianqing Palace, and the thieves must be extremely careful and fast to take away the paintings in a very short period of time without being discovered."

"Besides, since the paintings are hung in such an obvious place, it's impossible for thieves to steal the paintings before the palace banquet begins, and it's easy to be discovered." Su Jizhi slowly agreed.

Wan Yan felt quite enlightened all of a sudden, and the adults had already shortened the time for the thief to commit the crime to a certain range.

Wan Yan thought of another question: "There is one more thing I don't understand, my lord, the painting is so big, how can the thief take it out?"

The little girl only raised two questions, both of which hit the point.

"You are right, so we will screen those who enter the Qianqing Palace today one by one."

Wan Yan raised concerns and questioned again: "My lord, is it really credible that you said that we screened out these maids just now?"

Su Jizhi shook his head: "I only believe in ourselves, but now I need helpers, temporarily excluding those who don't want to do it at all."

The lord lowered his eyebrows and spoke calmly: "Wan Yan, after the investigation begins, all people related to the case are suspects, you have to remember that."

Su Jizhi looked carefully at the iron nails, then at the bottom of the wall, thinking for a while.

Wan Yan was startled suddenly: "My lord, what if the painting has been taken out of the palace now, what shall we do?"

Su Jizhi smiled but said, "We discussed the motive just now, and now there are several directions to investigate. However, I still believe that there is a high possibility of cooperation between the inside and the outside."

Wan Yan frowned.

"Temporary, everything was a temporary idea, and it seems that the thief stole this painting by accident. Wan Yan, look here is a fingernail mark."

Su Jizhi put the candle close to the iron nail, and there was a half-moon gap under the iron nail on one side, and there was a shallow, dark brown bloodstain under the gap.

"Is this left by the thief?" Wan Yan's voice trembled, and she immediately covered her mouth to hide her surprise.

"Like!" Su Jizhi only said this word, and put the candle on the ground.

Expanding the range, Su Jizhi searched for a while, then shook his head: "There is nothing more."

The mark on the wall made Wan Yan excited: "My lord, so the person who stole the painting must have a wound on his hand?"

"In this way, the scope has been narrowed down a lot. Wenhe Palace is mainly composed of female guests. Today, the number of female officials and their family members together is only more than a hundred. Among the more than a hundred people, there must be someone we are looking for."

Wan Yan's hope for solving the case rekindled, and her eyes sparkled again.

"My lord is amazing."

Su Jizhi smiled slightly: "You were still frowning just now, but you regained your confidence so quickly?"

"With adults here, why worry?"

Su Jizhi smiled heartily, "Your lord was by your side just now."

The corners of Wan Wan's mouthpiece are curved, delicate and agile.

"My lord, we just need to find the person with the wound on his hand?"

"As long as the thief doesn't hide it on purpose." Su Jizhi pondered slightly: "Wan Yan, I'm afraid that if the thief finds out that his hand is injured, he will not show up on purpose."

Wan Yan sank again.

"Don't think too much now, let's go, start to investigate from two aspects, find out the motive and all the people who entered and exited the Qianqing Palace today."

After Su Jizhi finished speaking, he took Wan Yan back to the front hall.

The Imperial Forest Army had already finished their questioning, and the ladies of the palace got together, discussing endlessly.

Su Jizhi took the statement, glanced at it briefly, and handed it to Wan Yan: "Hold it."

Turn to the aunt in charge: "Now tell me, when will the gate of the Qianqing palace be opened today? Do you remember who came in and out of here?"

The aunt in charge raised her eyebrows, "My lord, I was notified that I have to open the gate of the Qianqing Palace today, because the concubine Yi has already made a list, so I went to Wenhe Palace to call ten maids here."

"Just now you said that these ten people seem to be randomly selected by you from the list. In fact, you also selected people who you think are quick-witted, right?"

"Yes."

As the aunt in charge spoke, her eyes glanced sharply at the ten maids, and Wan Yan saw that they all lowered their heads, not daring to breathe.

"Lord Su, these are the ten people." The aunt in charge pointed, obviously not believing that anyone among these people could steal the painting.

Su Jizhi walked in front of the ten people and ordered in a low voice, "Extend your hands."

The ten people slowly stretched out their fingers and spread them out.

Su Jizhi looked around, walked up to the last lady-in-waiting, straightened his back and looked back at the crowd.

Wan Yan could see that the adults were carefully observing their fingers while comparing their heights.

No accidents.

The ten girls are not suspected.

Wan Yan looked down at the confession just recorded.

Two of them guarded the front and rear gates of the Qianqing Palace, four served tea and water, and four accompanied the female guests through the Qianqing Palace and led the way to the Wenhe Palace.

The confession was also simple. They explained in great detail when and who they had seen.

Ten girls were excluded.

Wan Yan raised her head, where could the thief be?

Following the adult's method, Wan Yan gradually calmed down without thinking about the urgency of solving the case.

According to what the emperor and the aunt in charge said, Concubine Yi decided on a temporary basis, and these court ladies were also randomly assigned here.

Most of the people who may have come into contact with the paintings have been excluded. Who is left?

The Imperial Forest Army was also excluded.

Then there are only these people passing by from Qianqing Palace.

But these people were accompanied by court ladies when they came in and out, so it was impossible for them to steal the paintings.

Another point is that to remove the paintings, you need to have suitable tools to transport them out of the Qianqing Palace. How do these brightly dressed female relatives operate?
Wan Yan thought of Concubine Yi.

After this person's name appeared in her mind, Wan Yan's image of pear blossoms with rain appeared in her mind.

Concubine Yi is the key figure in the whole thing.

Wan Yan thought of the emperor, who just revealed in the imperial study that he did not believe in Concubine Yi.

The grown-ups have said motives.

Concubine Yi has a motive?Why did she steal the painting?

Wan Yan couldn't figure it out.

Looking at the lord, he was whispering something to the four guardsmen.

Wan Yan's thoughts swam back.

Concubine Yi said it was a temporary idea.

However, she is in charge of the palace banquet, which must have been decided before.

Concubine Yi could have prepared to steal the painting early on, and said on the day of the palace banquet that she had come to clean up the palace on a temporary basis.

Thinking about it this way, Wan Yan felt that Concubine Yi was indeed the biggest suspect.

Besides transporting the paintings away, Concubine Yi chose to rest in the Qianqing Palace, and had the best chance of taking the paintings away when she finally left.

After finishing the calculation, Wan Yan quickly walked towards Su Jizhi.

My lord is on behalf of the two imperial guards, "You do as I say, and you must tell me clearly what I said to the Secretary of Dali Temple. You must pass on the outside news to me within an hour at the latest."

Watching the two leave, Wan Yan looked at Su Jizhi, "My lord, we should meet Concubine Yi."

"That's what I meant."

Wan Yan tugged on Su Jizhi's sleeve to leave in a hurry, but her little hand was grabbed by an adult, "Wan Yan, it's not convenient for me to enter the harem, I have to leave the investigation to you."

"Leave it to me?" Wan Yan's heart jumped into her throat, "How can it be done, my lord, I can't."

"There's nothing wrong with it, Wan Yan, you have to believe in yourself." The lord said firmly.

Wan Yan shook her head, "My lord, what can I do?"

"According to your own thinking, you have the emperor's jade pendant, and no one in the harem dares to embarrass you. Remember, motivation, process, find the person who is most qualified to take away the painting, go, I will lead someone to search here."

Wan Yan was temporarily ordered, and the pressure was great.

"My lord, there are less than five hours left, I'm afraid it won't work."

"Believe in yourself and use the method of elimination." Su Jizhi showed a smile, "When all possibilities are eliminated, the truth will finally come."