Chapter 184 - Beacon in Troubled Times 34 (1/2)

Chapter 184 – Beacon in Troubled Times 34

After reading Imperial Concubine Xian’s long story, the cause and effect of the whole case was finally clearly presented in front of them.

Mo Xuemin speculated, “In recent years, several women have disappeared in Jiangzhou. Have they also been killed by her? Perhaps they saw her when she made secret contact with the Zhao people at Qingshan Temple?”

Xiao Lou nodded. “It’s possible. The serial poisoning case in the capital was Imperial Consort Xian cleaning things up. She kills freely and doesn’t care about how many more she kills.”

Ye Qi lamented, “The concubine was truly powerful. Unfortunately, her teammates were extremely poor!”

Everyone, “……”

Xiao Ye’s remark pointed out the key thing. Qi Fenghua was too slow to handle things and he didn’t know what to do. His brain was also very simple. He couldn’t even compare to half of the eighth prince.

The eighth prince was very talented but he didn’t want to be emperor.

Not all princes wanted to be emperors. How good was it to be a leisurely lord to travel around the mountain and rivers to play? He could marry a few concubines without weighing the family power of the concubines and he didn’t have to sit in the dragon chair every day listening to the ministers talk… in fact, the eighth prince was the most transparent person.

Xiao Lou spoke softly, “Imperial Concubine Xian was already in her 60s. It seemed she was really discouraged and didn’t want to raise another puppet so she simply killed herself.” He looked back at the woman lying in bed with a calm face and couldn’t help stating, “She poisoned so many people. In the end, she poisoned herself with her own hands.”

Yu Hanjiang stated, “This is also a death. At least there is a full body left behind and she isn’t beheaded.”

The room fell silent and there was a burst of sighs in everyone’s hearts.

It didn’t matter if Qi Fenghua didn’t confess. Imperial Concubine Fei’s suicide note said everything. She went freely and easily but what should the royal family do?

Yu Hanjiang frowned. “We must write to the emperor to decide how to settle this case. Long Sen, take the suicide note left by the imperial concubine and the secret letter I wrote. Bring them to the capital immediately. On one hand, you can discover what happened with the selection and you can also ask His Majesty how to deal with Qi Fenghua and the prince’s mansion.”

Xiao Lou handed the Li Qingzhao card to him. “It is too troublesome to go on the road. Send news to us immediately with the flying pigeon.”

Long Sen nodded and set off that night.

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang lay next to each other in the bedroom, both of them in a complicated mood. Xiao Lou stated, “This case is the most difficult one we have encountered at present. The clues were too scattered and there was no physical evidence…”

Yu Hanjiang told him, “The logic of the case is actually very clear but there are too many details and every detail must be grasped. Every person mentioned must be carefully investigated. The key to finally solving the case was actually the court gossip that the Ninth Princess told Qu Wanyue.”Xiao Lou smiled helplessly. “Yes, if Teacher Qu went missing or didn’t pay attention to the gossip about the empress and concubines then we might be confused and wouldn’t think about what happened 13 years ago.”

“There was also Old Mo who noticed the Yan women’s jewellery patterns from the book on his bookshelf. If he didn’t notice, we might’ve spent several days checking for the origins of the a.s.sa.s.sins and wouldn’t have thought about Yan.”

On closer inspection, the process of solving the cast was truly thrilling.

In fact, everyone had their own role in this secret room. They had to make good use of their ident.i.ty to provide as many clues as possible to the captain.

This was the first time the team of eight had worked together to solve the case. Of course, Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang were the main ones responsible for the reasoning and a.n.a.lysis, but the others couldn’t drop the ball. If any one of them dropped the ball, it would be difficult to get the right reasoning.

The first A-grade secret room was so difficult. Yu Hanjiang felt he would have a headache if there was more role-playing later. In this secret room, the only thing that made him happy was the ident.i.ties a.s.signed to him and Xiao Lou. Xiao Lou was his wife.

At this time, Xiao Lou was laying beside him and the two of them were covered with the same bed quilt. They might be purely chatting but he felt happy. He even didn’t want to leave the secret room.

Xiao Lou said, “Once Long Sen gives the evidence, the emperor should make a judgment. Then this secret room can be considered as cleared?”

“There is still a problem that hasn’t been solved. Your brother went to Yan to try and contact the third prince of the Yan state. If he can help settle the war between Yan and Qi, we can probably pa.s.s this secret room perfectly and get an S-grade evaluation.

Xiao Lou nodded. “Yes, it seems that we will have to stay in this secret room for at least half a month.”

Yu Hanjiang thought this was also good. He could stay in bed with his wife for half a month.

***

The next day, there was nothing to do so the bored Shao Qingge started arbitrarily spending a lot of money. He invited Yu daren to the largest restaurant in Jiangzhou and the other teammates followed. They experienced a feast in ancient times.

The case was closed and now they were just waiting for it to end.

Shao Qingge once again lay down to win and couldn’t help smiling. “I can’t take this gold outside. I will give you a few pieces of gold each and you can buy what you want to buy. Why not take this time to experience ancient customs?”

Everyone, “……”

Chief Shao really liked to play in the Hearts room as a tourist!

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang weren’t in the mood to hang out. The two of them spent time waiting for Long Sen’s news. Fortunately, that night, Long Sen sent a letter to the two people to report on the situation in the capital.

The selection had been perfectly resolved. The emperor was really fierce and caught the spy mixed in among the beautiful women. He also pulled out the ones embedded in the Ministry of Rites and put them all in prison awaiting punishment.