After breakfast, Ren Yao went back to bed to take a break and took a rest. Jiangling should have stared at Tianxianglou, but as he looked, his gaze fell on Ren Yao for no reason.
Ren Yao opened his teeth and claws during the day, but he was unexpectedly well-behaved and harmless when he fell asleep. She lay on her side, her legs curled up slightly on her chest, like a baby in amniotic fluid.
This is a very insecure position. Is she afraid of something in her dream?
Jiang Ling didn’t realize that he was staring at Ren Yao for a long time, and his mind was floating away. He thought that Luoyang peonies should be blooming just in time now. Unfortunately, they couldn’t watch this year. On the other hand, they also thought that there were many famous temples and ancient temples in Chang’an. I wonder if Qujiangchi is fun…
A sudden sound came from the door. Jiang Ling suddenly came back to his senses and subconsciously stood up with a knife. The door was spread a crack, and a person came in skillfully outside. The other party looked up and saw Jiang Ling, who was tense and was stunned: “What are you doing?”
Jiang Ling slowly reacted: “It’s you.”
“Yes.” Ming Huashang looked at him in surprise, “My second brother blew the secret code just now, didn’t you hear it?”
Jiang Ling’s breathing was slightly suffocated, and Ming Huashang knew it when he looked at his expression: “No, you were actually distracted at such an important time? We are still carrying out missions, what are you thinking?”
Jiang Ling was embarrassed, and he didn’t know why he was so distracted just now, and he didn’t hear anything. He said, “Who is quiet, she is still sleeping.”
However, when Ren Yao heard the sound, he got up in a daze: “Who is it?”
After Ming Huashang heard Ming Huazhang’s secret code, he immediately told his brother Xie Jichuan to go for the medicine test. Ming Huazhang went to find Xie Jichuan, Ming Huashang came to Jiangling and Ren Yao’s rooms to wait, and told them what happened in the morning.
“The mute slave actually put medicine in the wine?”
“Not quite the mute slave.” Ming Huashang said, “The real master is the madam.”
Ren Yao didn’t know if she had just woken up and was confused or the turning point was too bizarre. She was stunned and couldn’t understand: “Why did the madam do this?”
Ming Huashang shook his head: “It’s hard to say. Wait for the result of the second brother and brother Xie. If the autopsy proves that Zhang Ziyun died in Diemengsan, then we can catch the madam and ask her the reason in person.”
“I’m sorry, it’s not possible now.” A cold and sarcastic voice suddenly came from outside the window. Ming Huashang and the other two turned around and saw that the window was pushed open at some point. A figure sat on the edge of the window, looking at them with a smile.
Another dark figure jumped out of the gap and landed lightly on the ground, saying lightly: “Don’t waste time, come in quickly and be careful of being seen by pedestrians on the road.”
Ming Huashang was overjoyed: “Second brother!”
Xie Jichuan put away his long legs and easily landed on the ground.”Second sister, and I, why are you the only one in your eyes?”
Ming Huazhang even had a look of his eyes. He sat at the table and said, “Don’t pay attention to him. I went to the Yizhuang and saw Zhang Ziyun’s body. The autopsy was relatively long. Xie Jichuan, please tell me yours first.”
Xie Jichuan closed the window and found a place to sit down. He said, “I asked the pharmacy that the medicine in the mute slave house is a common medicine for brothels, one of which is called Diemeng San. This is a powerful drug. After taking it, you will feel hot all over and be confused and dizzy as if you were in a dream. The doctor originally used this medicine to mix Mafei San, but after being introduced to the brothel, he completely changed his original intention. Brothel often used this medicine to make women dizzy and force women to submit. Of course, there are also some customers who have special hobbies to use this medicine to cheer up.”
Xie Jichuan became less and less decent as he spoke. Ming Huazhang coughed and glanced at him coldly. Xie Jichuan spread his hands: “Okay, then I have nothing to say, that’s all I know.”
In fact, Ming Huashang knew that she said much more explicitly when chatting with the maid, but now Ming Huazhang is also there, Ming Huashang is a little embarrassed. She pretended not to understand and changed the topic: “What did the madam give Zhang Ziyun medicine?”
“It’s not clear yet.” Ming Huazhang took over the leadership and said, “According to the file records, a three-inch-long dagger fell on his right hand when Zhang Ziyun died. There was a knife wound on the right side of his neck. There was no trace of a third person at the scene, so Jingzhao Mansion judged that he committed suicide. I’ve seen Zhang Ziyun’s body. Although the wound on his neck had a blood vessel, the edge of the wound did not contract, and there was no purple-black blood clot under the skin. According to the principle, the carotid artery would bleed a lot, and redness and swelling should appear around it, but his wound was very flat.”
Ming Huashang, Jiangling and Ren Yao were still shallow, and he had never learned to identify wounds, so he was stunned. Xie Jichuan understood a little, “You mean…”
“The wound on his neck was forged after his death, and deliberately made it a suicide illusion. There must be a third person at the scene.”
“That means, between the hour of the day and the hour of the hour of the day, someone must have entered Fengqingsiyuan.” Xie Jichuan asked, “Has he found out the real cause of his death?”
“He has a cyanotic face, a bit of bleeding eyes, and his lips and fingernails are purple-red, so he should have died of suffocation.” Ming Huazhang saw the other three people who were staring like a groundhog and were confused, and thoughtfully changed his words, “That is, he was suffocated.”
Ming Huashang and Jiangling said together, and Jiangling said, “I understand this. No matter what Zhang Ziyun is, he is a man. If he wants to suffocate him to death, he will not be heard by people outside, the murderer must be a young and strong man.”
“Not necessarily.” Ming Huashang suddenly spoke at this time, “Brother Xie, how long will Diomeng Powder last?”
Xie Jichuan thought for a while and said, “It’s about an hour.”
Ming Huashang nodded thoughtfully:”That’s right. Don’t forget that the madam added Die Meng San to Zhang Ziyun’s wine. The time for delivering the wine is Xu. If he drank this wine, the murderer would probably still be in a coma when he entered.”
Ming Huazhang nodded gently: “I went to ask Yuehu specifically. He said that when he entered the door that day, he saw a wine utensil on the table and two wine jars on the ground, one of which had been half drunk. Die Meng’s eruption time was very fast. Although he was not sure when he would drink, at least before Hai Shi, Zhang Ziyun was in a coma. In other words, no matter men, women, young and old, he could easily cover him to death during this period.”
Very well, after discussing for a long time, the range of the murderer did not shrink at all. Ren Yao was a little discouraged: “I’ve been struggling for so long, I don’t know how the murderer entered the secret room, nor who the murderer was. It’s been one day, and there’s no progress at all.”
“Who said that.” Ming Huashang said, “In fact, the murderer has been exposed a lot. The more complicated the methods of murder, the more it means he is timid.”
“Coward?”
“Yes.” Ming Huashang stared at a place, as if recalling someone he knew, “He created a secret room to kill people, which means he was meticulous but timid and cautious; after suffocating Zhang Ziyun to death, he used a dagger to forge the illusion of suicide, which means he was afraid of being implicated. His position must be very weak. It’s certain that he is not a killer sent by the court, minister or a prince.”
After Ming Huashang said, Ren Yao also felt right. Just imagine if she was sent to assassinate Zhang San, she would have escaped with Hua as soon as possible after she succeeded, and would never have spent time and effort to commit suicide. Ren Yao suddenly had a flash of inspiration: “He is in Tianxiang Tower!”
“That’s right.” Ming Huashang said, “He needs to continue living in Tianxiang Tower, so he is so restrained and looks back. He can rule out the guests and temporary servants that day. The murderer must be the girl in Tianxiang Tower or the slave who signed the death contract.”
Finally seeing hope, Ren Yao was excited. Jiang Ling patted her on the shoulder and said, “Don’t be anxious. You see, you will find a way to discuss and discuss.”
Ming Huazhang also thought of this floor, but there were too many women and slaves in Tianxiang Tower, and they could not speak out, so they had to narrow the scope further. Ming Huazhang asked: “What conditions do you need to give a more accurate portrait?”
Ming Huashang said truthfully: “It’s hard to say, you have to look at the crime scene. But I can’t figure out how the secret room was formed. I thought it was a remote killing with poisons, drugs, etc., but second brother, you said that Zhang Ziyun was suffocated to death. This is strange. During that time, Fengqing Siyuan was stared into an iron bucket by the people of Xuan Xiaowei. How did he get in?”
This is also the problem that bothered Ming Huazhang overnight. Ming Huazhang specially surveyed the terrain yesterday, but no blind spots were found. Ming Huazhang remembered something and said, “By the way, there is another thing that may be useful to you. I found red silk in the cracks of Zhang Ziyun’s nails, but there was no similar color on Zhang Ziyun’s clothes. Maybe the murderer was wearing a red shirt that day. ”
Xie Jichuan asked: “What material is it? “
Ming Huazhang said: “It’s too small to see. It should be silk and silk fabrics that can draw silk. “
Ren Yao and Jiangling immediately recalled the person in red in Tianxiang Tower. Jiangling tried to say, “Madam? ”
Ren Yao added: “Cambola also likes to wear red skirts. “
Ming Huashang felt strange: “Will a person who is meticulous and can hide it from dozens of pairs of eyes wear red silk clothes to kill people? It is conspicuous and delicate, and it is easy to leave traces on the scene. I am afraid that only camellia will like this kind of clothing. “
Speaking of camellia, something faintly passed through Ming Huashang’s mind. Ming Huazhang just said that this thin thread was found in the crack of Zhang Ziyun’s fingernails?
Ming Huashang had a flash of inspiration and said loudly: “I remembered that I also saw a red thread on the stairs on the third floor. I thought at that time that someone was hooked up in the clothes like me. Is it possible that these two are related? “
Ming Huazhang obviously became solemn and said in a deep voice: “Take me to see it quickly. ”
“No problem. But…” Ming Huashang glanced out, looking embarrassed, “But now almost everyone in Tianxianglou is awake. Let’s go to the stairs to block, it’s too conspicuous. “
This is indeed true, especially the third floor where many brothel women live, and they will not stop. Ming Huazhang pondered and said nothing. Jiangling was a little hungry, but everyone was discussing the task. He was embarrassed to ask for a meal, so he grabbed a fruit and put it on the cushion.
He bit open the fruit with a click, and after taking a few bites, he found that Ming Huazhang looked at him. Jiangling’s bite of the fruit was not up or down, and he was a little furious and asked, “What’s wrong? “
It was almost noon, and the spoiled Prince Jiang finally woke up. As soon as he woke up, he asked the madam to call all the girls in the building to accompany him to have fun. Of course, the madam did not dare to let go. Except for the mountain tea with her leg injured, everyone else was driven downstairs by her and sang and danced in the lobby. She must let Prince Jiang enjoy the luxurious treatment of dozens of girls around him. He once again avoided his unclear hands and asked Ren Yao with a stiff smile: “How long will it take for them to stay? I can’t hold on anymore. “
Ren Yao was also feeling like a needle. If Jiang Ling hadn’t cried, she had to leave someone to accompany him, Ren Yao wouldn’t want to play the role of “porn maid”, and she would rather investigate the case with Ming Huazhang and the others.
Facts proved that she should have been a little harder just now. Ren Yao endured the choking smell of powder and said hard: “If you bear it, it’s probably soon.” “
Everyone was serving the prince in the lobby, and the third floor seemed particularly deserted. She hid in her room and sulked. She closed the doors and windows, so naturally she would not notice that the stairs in the east building were particularly lively at this moment.
Ming Huashang, Ming Huazhang and Xie Jichuan surrounded the stairs. Ming Huashang followed his memory to find the wooden board.He said, “Second brother, Brother Xie, you come here.”
Ming Huazhang bent his knees and squatted, his hands were slow and steady, and he pulled out a thin thread from the slit of the wood thorn. Xie Jichuan stood on the other side and asked, “Is the same?”
Ming Huazhang raised her in front of her eyes and nodded with certainty: “Same.”
The silk is relatively long. Ming Huashang leaned over and said, “It seems to be pulled out of the silk.”
The three of them looked at each other and immediately thought of: “The red silk cloth for camellia dancing.”
Ming Huazhang asked Xie Jichuan to hold the evidence. He reached out and helped Ming Huashang stand up from the stairs and said, “It seems that my intuition is correct. The inexplicably shortened red silk cloth is inseparable from the murder case. Why did the murderer cut a piece of silk cloth?”
Ming Huashang was afraid when he saw the black gap under the stairs. He shook it without paying attention. Ming Huazhang hurriedly stepped forward and hugged her: “Be careful.”