Married three times as a concubine, the prince is playing tricks

Chapter 274 The legendary nitpicking! 2
"Ling'er is right. The person who added this money really obviously didn't want others to know, or in other words, really wanted to hide this money! But even so, this person still added it!"

"What do you mean? Why do the more you talk, the more confused I become? This requires more painting, and I don't want people to find out. In the end, I ruined a good rare and famous painting... What is this picture? ?”

"Hehe, that's the problem! Just think about it, just like what Ling'er said just now, no one would go to talk about such a precious painting! But this person secretly added something, and he didn't want anyone to see it. Come out... Therefore, it can be said with certainty that there must be something hidden in it! Even, for this hidden thing, even destroying a peerless famous painting is not hesitating!"

Do you not hesitate to destroy it? !
Hearing Mu Jingnian's words, Shen Lingbo couldn't help being stunned.Then I turned to look at the painting in front of me

"If that's the case, it must be a shocking secret! But who can do this?"

"Hehe, Linger should know who it is! Didn't Linger mention it to me just now?"

Raising his eyebrows and smiling slightly, Mu Jingnian turned to look at Shen Lingbo.Hearing this, Shen Lingbo immediately pursed his lips slightly, and then said in a low voice:
"Well, yes...except for him, I really don't know who else would do this!"

Liu Xian, the late emperor's best friend more than 20 years ago, today's emperor's teacher, and also the head of the Liu family in Jincheng, besides him, there is no other person who would do...or be able to do such a thing!

There was only one stroke in "Picture of Beasts", which made Mu Jingnian discover the clue!Afterwards, Mu Jingnian and Shen Lingbo carefully examined the painting again, and sure enough, they found similar traces in other places!
Afterwards, after finishing the "Picture of Hundred Beasts", the two of them looked at "Picture of Hundred Flowers". As expected, similar traces were found in "Picture of Hundred Flowers" just like "Picture of Hundred Flowers"!
But after comparing the two paintings, although these problems were found, they still couldn't find any clues!

What is Mr. Liu Xian trying to hide?And what would make this respected and famous Confucianist willing to destroy the treasure of his town house? !
And the behind-the-scenes person who colluded with Red Scorpion three years ago also wanted to get these paintings for what?Just in exchange for gold and silver?Or is it that the people behind the scenes are aiming at the secret hidden in Mr. Liu Xian's calligraphy and painting? !
Everything has become a mystery!And Shen Lingbo and Mu Jingnian both knew in their hearts, maybe the truth is far more shocking than they thought!

After tossing all night, just to find the difference between the two paintings, Shen Lingbo and Mu Jingnian didn't go to bed until midnight that night!

And early the next morning, Shen Lingbo and Mu Jingnian had just woken up, and before they could get dressed and wash up, there was a notification from the chief executive Liao Song outside, saying that someone from the Ministry of Punishment had arrived!
Hearing this, Shen Lingbo and Mu Jingnian, who were still ambiguously bickering on the bed, couldn't help being stunned at the same time.

"The Ministry of Punishment? I just went to the Ministry of Punishment yesterday. Why did you come here today? It's still so early?"

"Something must have happened, otherwise why would you come here in such a hurry?"

"What happened? You mean Red Scorpion?"

"Nine times out of ten!"

After whispering a few words, Shen Lingbo and Mu Jingnian hurriedly got up and got dressed, and after washing up, they went to the front hall together.As soon as he entered the door, he saw a young man in an official uniform sitting on the seat, and that person was none other than Xu Hengli, the head of the criminal department who Shen Lingbo looked very familiar with yesterday.
Seeing that it was him, Shen Lingbo couldn't help but frowned.But at this moment, hearing the sound of footsteps, Xu Hengli couldn't help turning his head, and seeing that Shen Lingbo and Mu Jingnian had arrived, he immediately stood up from his seat and saluted

"Xu Hengli, the head of the humble criminal department, has met His Highness Prince Rui, Princess Rui!"

Xu Hengli was as gentle and polite as ever.Hearing this, Mu Jingnian also smiled slightly.

"Hehe, it turned out to be Mr. Xu from the Ministry of Punishment, please excuse me!"

"Thank you, my lord, princess!"

After a few polite words, Mu Jingnian and the three of them sat down respectively.As soon as he sat down here, Mu Jingnian also talked nonsense, and then asked Xu Hengli's intentions straightforwardly.It can be heard that Xu Hengli sighed, then turned his eyes to look at Shen Lingbo who was sitting next to Mu Jingnian, and then turned his gaze back to Mu Jingnian

"His Royal Highness Prince Rui, to be honest, I came to disturb your mansion very early in the morning today. There is really something that I have to report to His Highness Prince Rui and Wangfei..."

"Oh? What? Hearing Master Xu's words, could something have happened?"

"Yes!"

Hearing Mu Jingnian's questioning, Xu Hengli slightly nodded, then sighed

"Actually, I came here early this morning just to inform His Highness Prince Rui and Princess Wang... that Red Scorpion is dead!"

Xu Hengli opened his mouth in a low voice, but upon hearing these words, Shen Lingbo, who had been sitting by the side without speaking, widened his eyes instantly, and then couldn't help but exchanged glances with Mu Jingnian next to him.

"What's going on? My princess just went to the prison yesterday. Although Red Scorpion was a little weak at that time, his spirit was not bad. Why did he die in just one night?"

Red Scorpion is dead?how is this possible? !
Shen Lingbo couldn't believe it.Hearing this, Xu Hengli was also extremely ashamed
"What the concubine said is that the lowly position is also ashamed. Everything was fine yesterday, but who knows, early this morning, officers and soldiers came to pick him up, because yesterday the emperor ordered the red scorpion to be thrown into the dungeon. ...But who would have thought that when the jailer entered the prison, he saw that the red scorpion had died for a long time!"

"Do you know how you died?"

"Returning to the Empress Wang, after a quick inspection, it should be suicide. But the specifics are not certain, because after something happened, I immediately came to inform His Highness Prince Rui and the Empress Wang, and Lord Shang Shu has not yet left. Chao, so I don't know yet..."

Xu Hengli said respectfully, but hearing this, Shen Lingbo couldn't help frowning, and then looked at Mu Jingnian next to him again.But at this time, Mu Jingnian also sighed helplessly, and then said:

"In that case, let's go to the Ministry of Punishment first! After all, this red scorpion was sent to the Ministry of Punishment by someone sent by me. Now that something happened, I want to see what happened!"

After Mu Jingnian said that, it was difficult for others to say anything.Afterwards, Xu Hengli left first to go back to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, while Shen Lingbo and Mu Jingnian hurried over after having a hasty breakfast!
And when Shen Lingbo and Mu Jingnian came to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the old man of the Shen family who was the minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice also came over!Afterwards, as soon as they met, they said a few words, and then went directly to the morgue behind the Ministry of Criminal Justice to check on Red Scorpion's body!

Afterwards, he followed everyone to the morgue behind the criminal department. As soon as he entered the door, Shen Lingbo saw a corpse on a simple case, and the owner of the corpse was Red Scorpion!
But at this time, her hair was still loose, her prison uniform was stained with blood, her pale face was even whiter than when she saw it yesterday, her sunken eyes, her tightly closed lips... suddenly lay there cold!

Seeing this situation, Shen Lingbo couldn't help pursing his lower lip.Although she didn't feel sorry or anything else about Red Scorpion's death, after all, Red Scorpion's hands were bloody, he killed so many people, and this was the retribution she deserved.But looking at the woman who used to fight openly and secretly with him, even in the cell yesterday, who was still arrogant in front of him, now lying there so coldly, Shen Lingbo still felt a little indescribable feeling in his heart!
But at this time, Mu Jingnian, who had been paying attention to her all the time, saw Shen Lingbo's expression changed, thinking that she was afraid again, he couldn't help but quietly took her hand, and then whispered in Shen Lingbo's ear:

"well enough?"

"I'm fine."

Knowing that Mu Jingnian was worried about him, Shen Lingbo turned his head and smiled at him.But at this time, the old man of the Shen family who was walking in front looked at the corpse of the envious scorpion, and then asked Wu Zuo next to him:
"Has the cause of death been found out?"

"Returning to my lord, I have already found out! He committed suicide by cutting his wrist!"

The man was over half a hundred years old, and his facial features were not outstanding, but even so, his wrinkled face was full of seriousness, and it was obvious that he was an upright person at a glance!
But at this moment, upon hearing the words of the coward, the old man of the Shen family suddenly frowned.

"Suicide? Tang Rong, can you confirm?"

It turned out that Tang Rong, who was over half a century old, was named Tang Rong.At this time, when the old man of the Shen family expressed his surprise at the autopsy results, Tang Rong immediately bowed and saluted.
"In front of the prince, concubine and all the adults, the villain dare not tell half a lie!"

As he spoke, Tang Rong straightened up immediately, and walked to Red Scorpion's body in two steps, then stretched out his hand to pull away Red Scorpion's right hand, and at the same time pulled up the sleeve of the prison uniform

"My lord, my concubine, and all my lords, please look at this wound. The wound is badly broken and bloody. It is obviously caused by uneven force, multiple self-mutilation, and the weapon is not sharp! According to the villain, when he checked the body, the red scorpion died. It is obvious that he was beaten to a serious internal injury, and all internal organs were damaged, but it was not fatal. In this case, the self-mutilation of the red scorpion will definitely cause uneven force! Otherwise, if someone kills intentionally, Then the wound should not be so messy and broken. Moreover, there are no other wounds on Red Scorpion, and there are no suspicious traces of scratches and fights. At the same time, as far as the villain knows, Red Scorpion is left-handed, and the wrist he cut now is the right wrist , Therefore, based on the above points, the villain believes that Red Scorpion died of suicide!"

It has to be said that Tang Rong, the elderly foreman, is indeed capable!In front of so many officials and relatives of the emperor Mu Jingnian, not only did he not show any fear, but he spoke plausibly. He was obviously an old man who had seen some things in the world!And what he said is also reasonable, so that people can't find the slightest suspicious thing!

So, waiting for Tang Rong's words to finish, the officials of the Ministry of Punishment present, including the old man of the Shen family, couldn't help but glanced at each other, and then turned to look at Mu Jingnian.At this moment, Mu Jingnian smiled slightly

"It turns out that this is the case. What Mr. Tang said is reasonable and well-founded. I think it is the same! However, I just heard from Mr. Tang that the wound of the red scorpion was broken, so I can infer that the murder weapon is not sharp... Then Excuse me, have you found the murder weapon now?"

Mu Jingnian said this very politely.And that sentence 'Old Mr. Tang' suddenly made the old servant Tang Rong a little flattered, and then hurriedly bowed down and saluted

"Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it, the prince loves you! But the murder weapon that the prince said has been found!"

(End of this chapter)