Chapter 700 Someone Is Sacrificing in a Special Way!

Rong Leng didn't speak, so Liu Wei waited for him to say something.

After waiting for a long time, when she saw the man still looking at the scroll intently, Liu Wei finally couldn't help it and asked, "What's wrong?"

Rong Leng came back to his senses, raised his hand and pressed his eyebrows, closed his eyes and said, "Nothing."

Liu Wei frowned and asked, "What's wrong with this painting?"

Rong Leng shook his head, stretched out his hand to put the scroll away, and said, "I will be here when this painting is finished."

Liu Wei was stunned: "Are you looking at this painting painted by Concubine Min?"

Rong Leng lowered his eyes, acquiescing.

Liu Wei pointed to the little eunuch in the painting: "This person was there at that time?"

"He is not in the painting." Rong Leng looked at the extra person in the painting, his tone was very calm, but also very cold.

Liu Wei didn't quite understand what Rong Leng meant.

Rong Leng explained everything clearly one by one.

Liu Wei was a little surprised after hearing this: "You mean, when this painting was originally finished, there was only Concubine Min on it? But afterwards, someone added someone next to it? Who added it? Concubine Min? Or..."

"I don't know." Because he didn't know, Rong Leng felt strange when he saw this painting again after many years and saw an inexplicable extra person on top.

In fact, in Rong Leng's opinion, this person might really have been added by Concubine Min afterwards.

I remember that when he was leaving school from the Royal Study Room and going to Changyang Palace, he happened to see Xiang Yi leaving at the palace gate. Xiang Yi was from the Dowager Empress, but he was leaving from Changyang Palace.

Rong Leng didn't know why Xiang Yi left Concubine Min in the first place, but Rong Leng knew that Concubine Min was extremely tolerant of Xiang Yi and had done many things for Xiang Yi behind her back.

His fingers touched the palm of his hand slightly. When Rong Leng thought about Concubine Min's death, his breathing became heavier and his eyes became extremely cold.

Liu Wei stared at the painting, thoughtfully.

After a long while, Liu Wei added a few words about Xiang Yi on the rice paper, and then said: "I have to go to the palace today, what about you?"

Rong Leng said: "It's still to the end."

Liu Wei knew that Rong Leng was busy recently, but fortunately, from what he said, it should be almost finished.

Liu Wei nodded and said: "Princess Qinyang's case is not that complicated. If I press harder, the murderer will be caught soon. But you and I both know that solving this case is only the beginning. The real The mystery is still hidden very deep, you..."

Liu Wei spoke very cautiously. Looking at Rong Leng's expression, she didn't know how to continue.

Rong Leng looked at Liu Wei and reached out to pull Liu Wei over.

Liu Wei took advantage of the situation and hugged Rong Leng, burying the side of her face in his strong chest.

"Nothing." After a while, Rong Leng said firmly.

Liu Wei nodded. Concubine Min was very important to Rong Ling. If this matter was dug up again, it would be like reopening the scars that were almost healed in the past on Rong Ling.

Liu Wei didn't want Rong Leng to feel uncomfortable, but Liu Wei didn't know how to make Rong Leng feel better. Perhaps, let him do his own thing quietly, busy with King Quan's side, and don't pay attention to this case or ask her about it. How to investigate the case is the best.

…

After lunch, Liu Wei entered the palace again.

Yesterday when he was at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Eunuch Hang gave Liu Wei a token to enter the palace. No one needs to pick her up today. She can come and go freely with the token.

After entering the palace, Liu Wei walked quietly towards the Ministry of Internal Affairs following the same route as yesterday.

Just after passing the Royal Garden, I heard the voice of a palace maid coming from behind a certain rockery: "Is it true? Someone died at Princess Xinluo's place too?"

"Is this still false? It's what happened this morning! As you know, Princess Xinluo, she is only eight years old. The nun next to her reported it to Concubine Li. Concubine Li said that she should keep quiet and send the body of the palace maid to death. As long as the person is buried, the palaces must not be disturbed, let alone the emperor’s ears!”

"But how did the palace maid die? Was it the same as the previous ones? Inexplicably..."

"Yes, exactly the same. He was bleeding from all his orifices. He died with his eyes closed. It was a terrible death."

"Then why did Concubine Li keep it secret? Look, there were several cases like this in Suixiang Palace before. What happened in the end? Princess Qinyang died in the end! If Concubine Li was really good for Princess Xinluo, It’s time to publicize this matter, just in time to ask the Queen to make the decision and ask the eminent monk to exorcise the evil spirits in Princess Xinluo’s palace..."

"Bah, bah, bah, stop talking nonsense, you are possessed. Let me tell you, Empress Li Fei also wants to do good for Princess Xinluo, but she has a low status and is not sure that she can ask the Queen to make the decision for her. I'm afraid that when the time comes, the palace will be eager to find a reason to solve this matter, so they will use Princess Xinluo as the scapegoat."

"What do you mean?"

"What do you mean? People are dying every day in the palace, making a fuss, and the murderer can't be caught. The rumors of ghosts and gods spread throughout the harem. At this time, you say that if a disaster star appears and takes all the blame, then won't the palace Is there peace? When the time comes, the emperor will make a decision and send the disaster star to the temple to live permanently, won't everything be smoothed over?"

"You mean, Princess Xinluo is the disaster..."

"Empress Li Fei is not of high status, and Princess Xinluo is shy and introverted. Now it happens that someone from their place has died. Doesn't this make her a good candidate to take the blame? You have been in the palace for a long time, so why don't you still watch? Revealing all this? Empress Li Fei just didn’t want to cause trouble, so she sent people to bury the body and pretended that nothing happened. But it was obviously leaked. Otherwise, I wouldn’t talk to you about it. Look, even I know it. I'm afraid the Queen has already received the news about this matter! Hey, let's take a look, after all, people die every day in this palace, and I don't know when it will be your turn."

"Go, go, don't be unlucky. It's none of my business. Forget it, let's stop talking. I'm going back first..."

The palace maid seemed to be really frightened and left in a hurry.

Watching the two figures quietly leaving one after another, Liu Wei stood behind the rockery with a thoughtful look on her face.

There was a delay on the way, and when we arrived at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, we were much late.

Eunuch Hang had obviously been waiting for Liu Wei for a long time. When he saw Liu Wei coming, he immediately greeted him and said earnestly: "Mr. Liu, you are here. Yesterday, after you ordered Princess Yuping, the miscellaneous family general, the death records of all the palace residents were recorded." Find out, the Za family has already made a list, including the maid who died in Princess Xinluo Mengxiang Palace last night, there are nineteen people in total, their names, ages, and dates of death are all here."

As Eunuch Hang spoke, he took out a piece of rice paper from his sleeve and handed it to Liu Wei.

Liu Wei took it, unfolded it, browsed it up and down, and asked, "Father-in-law, do you have the architectural drawings of the palace?"

"Ah?" Eunuch Hang was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "Why do you want the palace drawings?"

"I have my own use."

Eunuch Hang was a little hesitant. It stands to reason that although the palace drawings, which involve the structure of the imperial city, have always been archived here, they cannot be leaked.

After all, this involves the safety of the imperial city. If the blueprints are obtained by someone with malicious intentions, it may cause a catastrophe in the palace.

But the Master Liu in front of me doesn't look like a person with evil intentions. Moreover, he is a person specially appointed by the emperor, so he should be able to make an exception...

After careful consideration, Eunuch Hang finally gritted his teeth, turned around and walked inside.

Liu Wei watched him leave without saying anything, and just stood there and looked at the list in his hand.

Liu Wei read the dozens of lines of words that went back and forth for a long time.

Until Eunuch Hang came back and invited him into the study together.

Liu Wei entered the study. Eunuch Hang sent someone to guard the door strictly before unfolding the drawings of the imperial city that had just been taken out of the warehouse and laying them out in front of Liu Wei.

Liu Wei immediately lowered his head to look.

Eunuch Hang did not forget to remind: "Mr. Liu, what the Za family did is against the rules. If you meet today, you must not tell anyone else. Otherwise, the Za family's life will really be over."

Liu Wei smiled and said without raising his head: "Eunuch Hang is in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He has a noble status and is deeply trusted by the emperor. Besides, my father-in-law's move is to help me solve the case, so how can it end?"

After hearing this, Eunuch Hang knew that this gentleman would not make any noise, so he took a long breath and felt relieved.

Liu Wei spent an hour looking at the imperial city drawings in Eunuch Hang's study.

During this period, Eunuch Hang was called out to do a few things. When he came back, he saw that Liu Wei was still watching.

I have to say that although this drawing is large and has many details, even if you look at it inch by inch and bit by bit, you won't be able to see it for so long.

Just when Eunuch Hang thought Liu Wei would see the end of the world and the sea drying up and the rocks rotting, Liu Wei suddenly moved.

Liu Wei's eyes lit up and he stood up suddenly. The sudden huge movement scared Eunuch Hang and made him tremble.

"Sir?" Eunuch Hang called.

Liu Wei frowned, looked at several parts of the picture clearly again, and then looked at the list of people in the Palace of Death in his hand, and couldn't help but let out a laugh: "That's it!"

"Sir, what did you find?" Eunuch Hang immediately stepped forward and followed Liu Wei's line of sight to look at the drawings and list, but could see nothing.

Liu Wei was not in the mood to explain, but suddenly thought of something.

It was a night not long ago. That night, she and Rong Leng entered the palace together. After the two met Rong Fei, they went to Puxiang Palace.

But in Puxiang Palace, I met two palace maids, one named Xiang'er and the other named Qin'er. They were arguing about the life of Princess Yuping. In the end, Xiang'er left, but Qin'er stayed. Come down and go to the back well of the palace to take out the incense candles and paper money that you have prepared to pay homage to Princess Yuping.

The matter itself was nothing, it was nothing more than a little palace lady secretly going back to pay homage to her old master who died young. But at that time, Liu Wei always felt that she had overlooked something, but she could never grasp the key point, and the situation changed. Now, Liu Wei has gradually forgotten about this matter, but just now, looking at the drawings and the list, Liu Wei suddenly remembered what it felt like to be ignored by him that day.

He copied a piece of rice paper from the desk and picked up the pen in the pen holder. Liu Wei was about to dip it in ink when he found that the inkstone was dry, so he frowned and said reflexively: "Grind."

The only one next to Liu Wei was Eunuch Hang. Eunuch Hang naturally knew that this sentence was directed at him, but as a great eunuch, he was used to being aloof and superior. He was able to treat Liu Wei with respect because he was an official of the former dynasty. , was deeply ordered by the emperor, and indeed had some abilities. In just half a day, he discovered the fatal wound on Princess Qinyang's body. However, his respect for this gentleman did not mean that he would be ordered around by this person.

He is a dignified eunuch, and he doesn't treat everyone like a grandson.

Eunuch Hang frowned and did not move, indicating that he was the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, not a minor palace servant who burned incense and studied ink.

But before his protest was over, he suddenly received a glare from the man Qingjun next to him, followed by the man's implicitly coercive words: "Practice the ink!"

Eunuch Hang looked back at Liu Wei's angry and impatient face, swallowed his saliva, picked up the ink stick, poured some tea into the inkstone, and stirred it like crazy.

When the ink came out, Liu Wei picked up the pen, dipped it in the ink, and began to draw on the rice paper...

Eunuch Hang didn't know what the master was drawing. At first he saw it was a mess, and then it was a complete mess. Just when he thought Master Liu was scribbling for nothing, he saw that Master Liu had put away his pen and then reversed the confused painting. Coming over, suddenly, what was originally a strange picture turned into a picture of four images from a different angle.

The four images are the Taoist theory.

The four images are yin and yang, the heavenly stems and the earthly branches. In addition to the four images, there is the Bagua. Although Eunuch Hang cannot understand most of the picture in front of him, he can vaguely see that there is a trace of the Bagua in it.

"Sir, this is..."

"Can't you tell?" Liu Wei put down her pen, glanced at Eunuch Hang, and said, "I didn't expect that this case is really related to ghosts and gods."

When Eunuch Hang heard this, he was frightened: "Sir, are you saying? Is it really a monster?"

"I don't know whether it is a demon or not, but the other party does want to do demonic things." Liu Wei pointed to the position of Taiyin in the four-image diagram and said: "The Taiyin is divided into Huoli and Zhenlei. You see, this is where?"

As Liu Wei spoke, his hand moved to somewhere on the imperial city drawing. Eunuch Hang looked over and saw the words marked on the drawing and said, "Suixiang Palace?"

Liu Wei pointed to another place and said: "The Shaoyin position is given to Zedui and Tianqian. Look, where is this again?"

Eunuch Hang found that location again in the Four Elephants Map and the Imperial City Map, and said, "Mengxiang Palace?"

"The sun is the wind, sun and water, here."

Eunuch Hang looked over again. This time he vaguely understood something. His eyes became strange and he murmured: "Li Xiang Palace..."

"The Shaoyang position is Genshan and Kundi..."

This time, before Liu Wei finished speaking, Eunuch Hang had already muttered: "Lengxiang Palace..."

Liu Wei curled her lips, and finally pointed her finger to the middle of the four palaces and clicked there, but said nothing.

But Eunuch Hang already understood what Liu Wei meant.

Where Liu Wei was pointing, there were three bright and eye-catching characters.

Eunuch Hang took a long breath, endured the creepy feeling, gritted his teeth and said: "Pu...Puxiang Palace..."

Liu Wei said bluntly: "Someone is killing people at the position of the Tai Chi Bagua image, and the one in the middle is Puxiang Palace. Someone is sacrificing for Princess Yuping in a special way. On the list of nineteen people you gave me, Twelve people all come from the four surrounding palaces, including Princess Qinyang, and the other seven people should be the murderer's deception."

"No..." Before Liu Wei could finish his words, Eunuch Hang looked pale, looking at the four-image picture intently, and asked in panic: "The other seven people your Excellency mentioned, are those seven at the end of the list?"

Liu Wei glanced at the list and said, "Yes."

Mr. Hang said: "This is what the Zajia family wants to tell you. The reason why the Zajia family lists the last seven people together is because these seven people have one thing in common. They...all came from Puxiang Palace... …”

In other words, these seven people were all people who had served Princess Yuping.