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Chapter 195 The identity of the portrait person

In the portrait, the suspect who was dictated by the ghost sisters and drawn by Shen Lingxi was a middle-aged man in his forties.

He is not tall, but strong, like a trainer.He has a square face with slender eyes and no special features.

The only thing that can give people a little impression is that there is a light brown birthmark the size of a little finger on the left side near the temple.

Shen Lingxi saw that Chu Yan's face changed, and asked suspiciously: "Has Your Highness seen the person in this portrait?"

Chu Yan took out a portrait from his sleeve and handed it to Shen Lingxi.

Shen Lingxi took the portrait and opened it for a look. On the portrait, she saw a thin and crooked old man.

The old man was wearing the eunuch's clothes loosely, which didn't seem to fit him very well.

If that's the case, it's not surprising.

What surprised Shen Lingxi was that compared with the middle-aged man in the portrait she just painted——
Apart from being older and thinner, their general looks are somewhat similar.

It's just that this old man is probably old, his forehead is high on one side and low on the other, and there is a bulge on the left side near the hairline.

What's more, under the bulge, near the temple, there is also a brown birthmark the size of a little finger.

Even the location of the birthmark is exactly the same.

Shen Lingxi can almost conclude that this is the same person at different ages.

What she described and drew from the mouth of the female ghost was the appearance of this person ten years ago.

And the portrait of Chu Yan shows what this person looks like now!

This is really sleepy. They came to deliver pillows, and they really bumped into each other.

"Who is this person?" Shen Lingxi asked curiously.

Chu Yan: "It was the old eunuch who secretly assisted Danzhu and instructed Habayashi Wei to work for Danzhu that night. This portrait was drawn by the embroiderer according to the description of the four Habayashi guards."

Shen Lingxi was astonished.

She had heard about this old eunuch.

It was found out by the embroidered clothes envoy that he was the one who ordered the four Habayashi guards to help Danzhu.

He had nothing to do with Mu Xue'e's death.

Not only that, he also instructed Habayashi Wei behind the scenes to deliberately move Mu Xue'e's body to the Ksitigarbha Hall.

Shen Lingxi asked suspiciously: "If he was the one who carved the name of the former concubine's concubine on the wall of Suohunjing underground palace, why did he deliberately move Mu Xue'e's body to the Ksitigarbha Palace to attract people to find Suohunjing underground palace? ? Isn’t this a self-exposed crime?”

"This is the most strange part." Chu Yan said in a deep voice, "Besides, since he can instruct the four Habayashi guards, why not just let them expose the Suohunjing underground palace to others, instead of looking far away, it must be in our case At that time, the introduction of other Habayashi guards found this place... It is very puzzling."

Shen Lingxi's eyes moved slightly, and she wondered: "Is it... came down on His Highness on purpose?"

Chu Yan raised his eyes, "How do you say that?"

Shen Lingxi: "Before His Highness tried the case, the case was still in the hands of Habayashi Wei Dong Bixin, and Mu Shaoqing was there at the time. If the Suohunjing underground palace was discovered in advance, the emperor might ask the inner guard to assist Mu Shaoqing in the trial the case."

When Mu Huai'an heard the words, his expression became serious, and he echoed: "That's exactly the case. Before the emperor left, he was worried that the matter of the underground palace would cause His Highness's old illness to recur, so he asked his subordinates to stay and help."

Shen Lingxi: "That person must have understood the ability of the embroiderer, so when His Highness was in the Dizang Palace, he did not dare to act rashly, and waited for the embroiderer to carry Mu Xue'e's body to Yuxiu Palace. When I went down to the Habayashi Guard, I secretly opened the entrance to the Suohunjing Underground Palace, and led the Habayashi Guard down to check."

"Therefore, it is very possible that this whole matter is the old eunuch who deliberately led His Highness to investigate the underground palace and came down towards His Highness... As for why he did this, we will only find out if he finds this person."

Mu Huai'an frowned, "This Yongtai Palace is not very big. After the incident, the Embroidery Envoy and Yubayashi Guards have sealed off the entire palace. How could such a large living person disappear out of thin air? Even if it is disguised , it may not be completely flawless, right?"

Chu Yan was silent.

Shen Lingxi took the portrait of the old eunuch, walked aside, put it on the table, and said to the female ghosts: "Please take a look, have you seen this person in the palace these few days?"

Although the portrait of the old man is similar to the middle-aged man she painted just now, there are some differences at first glance.

The people who are most familiar with the bricks and tiles in this palace, apart from the palace people in the palace, are these female ghosts.

The female ghosts gathered around the portrait and looked at it for a while, most of them shook their heads and said "I've never seen it before".

There was only one female ghost, looking at the portrait repeatedly, pointing to the bulge on the person's forehead near the hair bun, and said doubtfully: "Although I have never seen this person, but yesterday I saw a eunuch On the forehead, in this position, there is a red and swollen mosquito bag, I was still laughing..."

"Where have you seen it?" Shen Lingxi hurriedly asked, "What does that person look like?"

The female ghost recalled: "It was a little eunuch in his early twenties, thin and small, and he looked very clever. He was on duty outside the study of Zhaode Hall. After the banquet was over, we followed the emperor's grandson to the study. Listening to the excitement, when I came out, I saw Li Yuejiao looking for a handkerchief near the study, and it was this little eunuch who took the initiative to help Li Yuejiao look for it."

Shen Lingxi thanked her, then turned her head and told Chu Yan what the female ghost said.

"Based on my experience, although a person who disguises himself can change his appearance, he cannot easily change his bones and body shape. Since the person has a bag on his forehead, there will be flaws even if he disguises himself. This is why the embroiderer drew In the portrait, the old man's forehead looks different."

She said firmly: "I think the little eunuch that the female ghost sister saw was someone who disguised himself as an old man. Your Highness might as well ask Chun Jun to check who was on duty outside the study yesterday, and he will definitely be found." .”

Chu Yan nodded, turned around and arranged for Chunjun to investigate the matter.

This was Shen Lingxi's first time talking to a ghost in front of Mu Huai'an.

Mu Huai'an was so surprised that he was dumbfounded.

His gaze kept flicking back and forth between Shen Lingxi and wherever she could see.

There was nothing there.

"Who were you talking to just now?"

Shen Lingxi's "puppet technique" has passed the bright road in front of the emperor.

Since she was going to investigate the case together in the future, she didn't intend to continue to hide it from Mu Huai'an.

"It's the soul of the dead." Shen Lingxi looked at him, and told the truth: "I can see the soul of the dead after death. The unsolved cases that I helped you solve earlier all came from this ability."

Mu Huai'an was so shocked that he didn't know what to say.

It took him a while to find his voice, and his peach blossom eyes were fixed on Shen Lingxi's, not wanting to miss the slightest expression on her face.

"Does Your Highness know that you can see ghosts?" He asked hoarsely.

Shen Lingxi nodded: "I know."

Mu Huai'an took a deep breath, "When did he know? You told him?"

Before Shen Lingxi could answer——
Chu Yan's voice came from the door.

"That's right, she told Gu. Gu already knew about it when he and her joined forces to end Yinyue Pavilion's lair in the Proton Mansion of Barbarian Square. Why, what's your opinion on this?"

(End of this chapter)