The psychic Xi ​​Lan

Chapter 70
As soon as the needle was pulled out, Concubine Yu Gui's life was almost over half!
You must know that the two previous appearances of the wooden man took people's lives, and now that such an evil thing has appeared on him, he must have been scared out of his wits!
Now, seeing Concubine Yu's pale face, the emperor decided to stay with Concubine Yu, and immediately went outside the palace to invite Taoist Fang Du of the White Lotus Temple to enter the palace.

Greetings well, the concubine mother has become like this, Li Huai must not be able to leave, and took Long Xilan to guard Luxi Pavilion, in order to find clues to the murderer, searched all the side halls in Luxi'an.

Knowing that they couldn't find anything, Xi Lan continued to follow him diligently. Seeing that it was almost noon, she was so hungry that she began to growl.

Li Huai in front of him could hear him, and turned to look at her, "Are you hungry?"

She was a little embarrassed: "Well, I ate too little breakfast, I was already hungry, but just now, my mother and concubine were uncomfortable, so Jin Hua didn't dare to ask for it!"

Hearing this, Li Huai suddenly smiled. This morning, because of his mother and concubine, he was exhausted physically and mentally.

"But you don't need to worry about me, my lord. I'll find some food to fill my stomach." She turned around and ran to the living room to the west. some refreshments.

When she went to the living room, she found that all the people from Dali Temple had been transferred, and more than a dozen people were in the hall to re-interrogate the three maidservants who had been in contact with Wu Yi. Looking around for dance clothes.

Seeing so many people here at once, her majestic Princess Xu, who had the nerve to eat the snacks on the table next to her, immediately stuck there, because Dali Temple came to investigate, Dali Temple Qing, Shaoqing, Si Zhi and others , all eyes fell on her face.

These people all attended King Xu's wedding banquet the day before, but Xi Lan was covered with a hijab at the time, and no one saw her face, so they didn't know her very well.In addition, these people are studying various cases every day, and they all use professional eyes to examine suspects for such familiar faces and unnatural expressions!
Who is this woman?Why did you jump in and look strange when you saw them?What seemed to be premeditated, to be terminated immediately upon seeing their presence?
Long Xilan's eyes are still fierce, looking at this battle, it is estimated that the eyes on the opposite side are all suspecting that she has some conspiracy, right?But she just wants to find some food to fill her stomach!
Hehehe!
Fortunately, at this time, Li Huai followed from behind, reached out and gently grabbed Long Xilan's left wrist.

"What are you doing running so fast, and don't even ask me if I'm hungry!"

She was surprised by Li Huai's words when he came to make a rescue, and when she met her eyes, she still couldn't help feeling warm in her heart.

As soon as the eyes on the opposite side saw Li Huai, they immediately knew who this beauty in pink was, the famous Princess Xu.

No wonder, it's different!

No wonder, eye-catching!

No wonder...

In this way, countless no wonders floated through their minds.

Song Ziyao, Minister of Dali Temple, was the first to come over to greet him: "So it's Princess Xu. Ziyao and his subordinates are here to handle the case. Did you scare the princess?"

Long Xilan also guessed their identities, and smiled politely: "No, no, everyone is busy with your business!"

Li Huaizhong chimed in with great enthusiasm: "Yes, Ziyao, you should take care of your business first, don't worry about me and my concubine!"

Li Huai usually walked around with Dali Temple a lot, and Song Ziyao was also his good friend, after hearing what he said, he immediately asked everyone to go back and continue talking about the case.

"Let's go!" Seeing that she was embarrassed to go over to get some snacks, Li Huai felt surprised, so he took her to sit on the table and chair next to him, and gave her the golden chestnut cake on top.

She took it, thanked her, and began to eat in small bites.

Seeing that she was eating deliciously, Li Huai sighed casually: "Jin Hua, you don't seem to be picky about food."

I have eaten with her several times before and after, no matter what she eats, she can taste the delicious taste, and even the people who watch it feel that their appetite is very good.

Long Xilan smiled, and did not forget to wipe the corners of her lips with a brocade handkerchief.

"These cakes are the prince's favorites, right?" Concubine Yu Guifei specially prepared them, so they are naturally Li Huai's favorites.

"Ah."

"Then the prince should eat more?" Xi Lan happily took a chestnut cake and handed it to Li Huai. He was about to reach out to pick it up, but he felt that something was wrong with leaning forward.

Just look up, those pairs of eyes are watching them show their affection.

It is a lesson from heaven and earth, these Dali Temple officials were all urgently recruited to make an exception to enter the palace to investigate the matter of the wooden man, and none of them had lunch!

"Well, how about, my lord, please have some snacks together?" Long Xilan was a little embarrassed, eating alone is always disturbing!
Li Huai smiled: "It's rare that the princess doesn't dislike their rudeness, and this king also has the intention."

After finishing speaking, he shouted to the other side: "Ziyao, let everyone come over and have some snacks to fill their stomachs. It won't be too long. After this is over, I will handle the case with you."

If it was changed outside the palace, Song Ziyao would definitely bring everyone over to eat right away, but today is different, the emperor is still guarding the imperial concubine inside, they really have no clue, how dare they eat, they keep refusing .

Li Huai pretended to be deep and said: "Ziyao, I don't need to be flattering to invite you, but this is the first time for the princess to invite someone!"

This face should be given, Song Ziyao had no choice but to bring everyone from Dali Temple over to eat some.

After finishing, he began to revisit the case of the wooden man in Luxi Pavilion from the beginning, carefully deliberating, while Xi Lan sat aside and listened quietly.

"According to the current case, every time the murderer releases the wooden man, he will die. The first time is the maid Abi, who is the powerful servant in front of Concubine Yu Gui, and the second time is the eunuch Xiao Dengzi, who is also the powerful servant in front of Concubine Yu Gui." Slave, this time the wooden figurine has Concubine Yu's name written on it, and a three-inch steel needle suddenly appeared on Concubine Yu's foot, and the person who did it must be someone from the palace." Wenhe, Sizhi Wang of Dali Temple, said what he had just learned The conclusion is restated.

The master Bo Wugu took a pen and paper in his hand and recorded every detail.

Song Ziyao then put forward the clues of the case and said: "Both the deceased were Concubine Yu's powerful influencers. The murderer was undoubtedly targeting Concubine Yu. There are 30 ordinary court ladies and 20 eunuchs in the two courts and three halls of Luxi Pavilion. For the two of you, only five maids, three eunuchs, and the in charge can enter Concubine Yu's Luxi Inner Hall. I have asked them one by one just now. According to the confession, the three maids are in charge of the dance clothes, and one of them is also today. In the morning, the one who puts on shoes for Concubine Yu is named Taohong."

Shaoqing Cai Huan raised doubts and said: "This case involves witchcraft, which is very mysterious and complicated. There are still too many doubts and clues that have not been found. The whereabouts of Qianzhu Wuyi? The blood on the wooden man, where did the blood come from?" Come?"

Hearing this, Li Huai said softly, "Cai Huan raised this question well."

That's it, nothing else to say.

Song Ziyao asked: "The Department of Punishment in the Palace has records. Fifteen years ago, there was a similar wooden man case. I wonder if you can refer to the Department of Punishment for the case record from that year?"

Those present, including those from the Punishment Department, heard his words and hurriedly replied: "15 years ago, after the wooden man case was over, there was a fire in the Punishment Department, and all the cases were burned down!"

When Xi Lan heard this, doubts arose in her heart.

Such a fire seems to have been done on purpose.

I heard from Li Huai that 33 people were executed at that time, who would want to destroy the entire case file?What is he trying to hide?
Since the case file had been destroyed 15 years ago, everyone had no choice but to skip this point. In the end, many spearheads were pointed at the maid named Tao Hong.

"Since I refuse to plead guilty, I can only use torture!" Dali Temple's 81 criminal laws extorted a confession, and everyone was terrified.

Long Xilan knew that Taohong was innocent, and Taohong was useless, so she cast the wooden mantra.

She looked at Li Huai. During this period, Li Huai had been thinking silently beside him. Maybe there was something hidden in his heart, so it's inconvenient to tell others?

It was also at this moment that Li Huai seemed to have noticed her gaze, raised his eyes, and met each other with dark waves surging.

He should have guessed what she meant, so Li Huai said, "The murderer probably wasn't that maid named Taohong."

Everyone was surprised, "Prince Xu, where did you say that?"

"Tao Hong has always been valued by the mother and concubine. She has no motive, let alone the ability. What we are looking for is someone who knows the art of witchcraft."

Si Zhi, who just entered Dali Temple not long ago, said bluntly: "I heard that the emperor has sent someone to invite Taoist Fang Du. Maybe the murderer we are looking for is not alone at all?"

Everyone was silent when they heard this.

"In all murder cases, there must be a real murderer, whether it is a person or a ghost, he must be brought to justice." After a while, Li Huai's cold voice broke the silence.

Long Xilan really wanted to clap her hands, but hold back!

King Xu did not recommend torture, and Tao Hong escaped for the time being.

The two came out of the living room without saying anything at first, but Li Huai suddenly asked her: "Jin Hua, do you think there really are those ghosts and evil spirits in this world?"

Xi Lan looked at his profile from the side, and had already noticed that his face was fascinating when he was thinking deeply, but at this moment, he found that there was a kind of sadness in his eyes.

Where does this sadness come from?Is it because the belief you have always believed in has been shaken?

She asked cautiously: "My lord, why don't you believe that there are ghosts and gods in this world?"

He seems to have asked this question more than once.

At one time, she thought that Li Huai didn't believe in ghosts and gods because her horoscope was too hard, but in this Luxi Pavilion, there seemed to be a strong ghostly spirit, even if Li Huai couldn't feel it, living here since childhood, the people around Have you seen many of them?

Also, could this ghostly spirit come from the old case 15 years ago?
Or, in addition to that old case, there have been other horrific murders here?
Why, she has a feeling that the other party doesn't believe in ghosts and gods in this world, but is afraid to believe that there are ghosts and gods in this world?
They walked up to the third-floor pavilion of Luxi Pavilion, and the wind chimes on the window sills of the attic were blown by the breeze, making a clear sound.

Li Huai stopped under the wind chime and looked up. It was when he was 15 years old, he brought the night lily here and they hung it up together.

He reached out to touch it, and sighed softly.

"Self-deception..."

The two vague words made Long Xilan puzzled as to what he wanted to say.

What does it have to do with that wind chime?
"My lord?"

Li Huai lowered his head and smiled calmly. "It's nothing! Let's go down, this king goes to see the concubine mother!"

After finishing speaking, he walked towards the attic steps that he returned to when he came.

Long Xilan knew that he must have something hidden in his heart, and as she watched the smudge of light purple disappear into the red and blue shadows of the palace, she slowly raised her head to look at the wind chime hanging above her head.

This is a hanging bell with various patterns embroidered with colored thread. The bell is not big, the size of a thumb, and there are nine in total.

Then, she found that there was a wooden sign in the middle of the hanging bell. She tilted the wooden sign downward, and she could see two lines of characters carved on it with a knife.

Don't regret this kind of affection in this life, willing to travel alone.

The falling characters are Ji Hai and Wan Zhui.

Look at the appearance of this wind chime, it is quite old, it should be when Ning Wanzhuo was not married, right?
Xi Lan's eyes moved slightly, and she murmured: "I don't regret this kind of affection in this life, I am willing to travel alone—"

They were naive at that time!
In the end, none of them kept this promise, and each had their own glory and splendor.

I don't know, is it a compromise to reality, or helplessness?

Xi Lan went down from the attic, and didn't want to run around anymore, so she decided to go see Concubine Yu as well.

Outside Concubine Yu's bedroom, Liu Jin and two maids were guarding outside. The emperor's personal eunuch disappeared, which proved that the emperor was no longer in the bedroom.

When Long Xilan entered, several people were whispering and did not pay much attention to her.

She walked through the gorgeous and elegant front hall alone, only to find that the surrounding decorations also have a lot of mystery.

"Mother Concubine, what's the inside story of that incident back then, and now, does Mother Concubine still want to hide Ji Hai?"

Li Huai's voice is not loud, he speaks very softly, it is very difficult to hear clearly.

(End of this chapter)