Chapter 24 Dark Warehouse

What does it mean? Is it fake? Emperor Zhaoxuan tightened his eyebrows, and a trace of depth flashed in his eyebrows.

"That's right," on the contrary, Leng Changxi stretched his eyebrows. He coldly glanced at Qin Zhi, who had a strange expression, and turned to Qin Yunuan with tender eyes. "Or, the dead man is not the eldest son of the Qin family."

"How can it be? The deceased was clearly wearing the clothes of the eldest son of the Qin family, and his figure is also very similar. Even the knife wound on his back is exactly the same as the knife wound left by the eldest son of the Qin family during his accidental injury to a gangster during his study trip." He didn't believe that he had never made a mistake in the autopsy for so many years, and it was impossible to capsized the boat in this small sewer.

In fact, Qin Yunuan believed in Leng Changxi's speculation. After all, what she saw at that time, Sima Rui clearly made people tie the stones to Qin Linfeng's feet and sink the lake to death. No matter how good Qin Linfeng is, he can't have enough time to untie the stones on his feet. As for the deceased who pretended to be Qin Linfeng, who made it. What's the purpose?

"But you just said that the deceased's face has been scratched by the rocks under the pond, so he can't distinguish his appearance," Leng Changxi raised his head confidently. "Even people who look exactly like him can doubt whether he used a human skin mask, such as the last time the emperor hunt in the paddock, let alone What about a person whose face is already bloody?

"General Leng means that the dog is still alive?" Qin Zhi asked tentatively.

"I'm not sure," Leng Changxi did not give Qin Zhi a positive answer, not only the answer, but also a direct look at Qin Zhi. "After all, there are too many people who want your son's life."

The hall was suddenly quiet, and only Empress Chen spoke slowly: "But the problem is that General Leng only raised that the dead person may not be the young master of the Qin family, but there is enough evidence to prove that the deceased must not be the young master of the Qin family. If General Leng insists that the deceased is someone else Then I just want to ask who is the real identity of the deceased?

Empress Chen raised a very critical question, but Leng Changxi did not panic. He looked at Qin Yunuan and suddenly picked up the corners of his mouth. Just then, the eunuch outside the door suddenly came to report that Liu Shangshu knelt outside and said that his youngest son who came to the wedding banquet with him suddenly disappeared. He heard about the lotus pond. The matter of the floating corpse is related to my little son.

Emperor Zhaoxuan frowned, but waved his hand to let people bring Liu Shangshu up.

After a while, an old man over 60 bowed his body with a haggard face. He was old and had a son, but now...

"I will meet the emperor and the queen."

"Aiqing doesn't have to be polite. Aiqing is eager to see you. What's the matter?" Emperor Zhaoxuan tightened his eyebrows, and such a complex murder actually happened in the palace. How could he not be annoyed?

"Weichen came for his son," Liu Shangshu said, and tears couldn't help flowing down his cheeks, and suddenly knelt down to Emperor Zhaoxuan. "Your Majesty, Weichen's eldest son and second son died for the country and died on the battlefield. Weichen had such a small son in his 40s, but he didn't expect that Now he disappeared in the palace for no reason. When Weichen heard the murder case of Hehuachi, Weichen's heart was really like a knife. He also hoped that the emperor would let Weichen take a look at the body for the sake of Weichen's loyalty to Daqi for 40 years, so that Weichen could break his thoughts.

Because the floating body in the lotus pond was dressed in Qin Linfeng's dress at the banquet, people naturally thought that it was Qin Linfeng who died when they found it, but after the discussion just now, the identity of the deceased was indeed suspicious again.

"I'm afraid that a dirty thing like a corpse will crash into the dragon's body." Empress Chen advised, but Qin Yunuan carefully found that Empress Chen's face had begun to be unnatural.

Emperor Zhaoxuan took a look at Queen Chen, pondered for a moment, and suddenly decisively ordered, "Let someone bring the body."

The emperor's golden words, the people below did not dare to disobey. The four eunuchs with white scarves appeared from the front of the palace with a stretcher. The body of a man about seven feet high on the stretcher lay straight, covering his whole body with a white cloth, but the corners of the clothes exposed under the white cloth could be identified. Well, this is really the clothes Qin Linfeng wears today.

As soon as the body was carried in, Qin Zhi and Liu Shangshu had a sad look on their faces.

"Linfeng." Qin Zhi stretched out his hand to uncover the masked white cloth on the body, but was stopped by Qi Zuo.

"Lord Qin, the deceased's face was completely destroyed, which was extremely ugly. The subordinate suggested that it was better not to look at it."

"This is my son." Qin Zhi was a little excited.

"Father, this is in the hall," Qin Yunuan said coldly. "Even if you are not afraid, you have to worry about whether such behavior will hit the emperor and queen."

"Shut up! You are an unfilial daughter!" Qin Zhi scolded angrily.

And Liu Shangshu silently lifted the white cloth on the body's arm, and his trembling and old hand trembled and lifted the clothes on the right arm of the body. He fixed his eyes and was shocked.

"How could this be," Liu Shangshu's eyes were full of disbelief. "My little son originally had a maple leaf-shaped birthmark on his right arm, but why..."

Qin Yunuan subconsciously wanted to move forward, but was stopped by Leng Changxi. In his ear were Leng Changxi's warm words: "The body is too dirty, don't approach it."

"Impossible." Liu Shangshu was ruthless and took off the body's shoes again. The body had been soaked in the lotus pool for some time. It was slightly swollen and the shoes were extremely difficult to take off. However, Liu Shangshu did not know where the strength came from. He stiffly pulled down the body's shoes and looked at the soles of the body and suddenly fell suddenly, and his mouth was just He muttered, "Impossible, how can it be."

"Liu Shangshu read it carefully?" Leng Changxi glanced at Liu Shangshu who fell on the ground. Leng Changxi had already checked the place Liu Shangshu had seen. "Do you think it's strange that the birthmarks on his arm and the black moles on the soles of his feet were gone, but they were replaced by scars. If they were ordinary people, they would definitely think that these scars were also The rock under the pond was also cut. Although the wound has been soaked in the pool, it can still be recognized when you look carefully. The wound is neat. It is clear that someone cruelly killed Mr. Liu first in order to hide people's ears and eyes, and then peeled off the skin of the place with birthmarks and moles, disguised as an accidental injury.

"So...so..." Liu Shangshu has stammed a little. It is very inappropriate to be so embarrassed in front of the emperor, but he has no strength to sit up from the ground.

"Yes, Liu Shangshu, I can only tell you that the deceased lying in front of you is Mr. Liu, not the young master of the Qin family, or Mr. Liu is just a stand-in for the young master of the Qin family." After saying that, Leng Changxi owed himself. Although he has always disliked to talk with these old ministers of the same dynasty, Liu Shangshu is also a veteran with an excellent reputation in the court. Leng Changxi is also respected, but his personality makes him unable to say anything euphemistic. What he can do is to keep investigating.

The old man in his sixties suddenly covered his face and cried on the ground, constantly reading his youngest son's name.

Qin Zhi sighed, and didn't know whether he suddenly relaxed or suddenly became heavier. He stepped forward and patted Liu Shangshu on the shoulder and said, "My condolences."

"So father, are you still sure that it was Yu Nuan who killed people?" Qin Yunuan's sudden words stunned Qin Zhi, "It's hard to argue that my eldest brother and I don't want to slander Yu Nuannuan, but now it has been determined that the deceased is Master Liu. Yu Nuan has no grievances with him. How can we take people to kill him in the lotus pond? Even if Yu Nuan was crazy, he killed Mr. Liu, who was one head taller than Yu Nuan, and peeled off the birthmarks on his feet and arms in such a short time. Yu Nuan is just a weak woman, and his father can't help but look up to Yu Nuan too much.

"You can't, but isn't it easy for the maid named Leng Shuang around you?" Qin Zhi sneered and said sarcasticly.

"Okay, my father is really going to insist that Yu Nuan is a sinner now, and Yu Nuan doesn't need to worry about the past father-daughter friendship."

"Well, unless you can find a witness to prove that you have never been to the lotus pond." Qin Zhi looked at Qin Yunuan coldly, not like a daughter whose blood was thicker than water, but as if looking at his biggest enemy. "As for the father-daughter friendship, I said on the day you returned home that I would expel you from the Qin family."

As soon as Qin Zhi's words fell, an old but powerful voice suddenly sounded outside the hall.

"The old man can prove that the third young lady of Ningwang Mansion has never been to the lotus pond."

This sound also made Qin Yunuan a little surprised. Looking at Shangguan Yi's sudden appearance in front of the hall, Qin Yunuan couldn't help but feel a sense of support.

"Mr. Shangguan Yi." Seeing the sudden appearance of Shangguan Yi, Emperor Zhaoxuan's body involuntarily leaned forward. His eyes were full of respect and humility as a younger generation, so he almost got up to meet him, but his dignity as an emperor still kept him elegant and magnan.

Like a fairy, Shangguan Yi, dressed in white, was like a breeze in this golden hall. Shangguan Yi walked slowly along the 16 golden bronze pillars in the hall until he went down the steps and made a Confucian salute to Emperor Zhaoxuan: "Old man, I have seen the emperor and the empress."

Before Emperor Zhaoxuan opened his greeting, Shangguan Yi said bluntly, "The old man can testify for the third young lady of Ning's mansion, because after the third young lady left the banquet, she has been talking about poetry with the old man, and the third young lady's brother. The three of us have been together until the murder happened."