kvmb Chapter 361: The Palace Maids Are Not to Be Tried With 2
Chapter 361: The Palace Maids Are Not to Be Tried With 2
Xia He started investigating the case in the palace. Just when she had made some progress, she was murdered one night.
Xia He didn't know how she died. She had learned medicine, poisons and martial arts, but she didn't find any clues and was killed.
"The memory transfer is complete. The original owner has three wishes. First: to investigate the case in the palace and find her murderer; second: to become a court lady and investigate the case in the capital; third: to protect Xiao Yuan's safety throughout her life and remain the empress."
"Xiao 9, what is the side quest?"
"Tongtong, the side quest is to rescue the prince of Qing."
"The Prince of Qing is in Anguo?"
"Not here yet, but will be here in a month."
"What is the Prince of Qing doing here?"
"The prince of Qing came to Anguo to marry, but was killed by an assassin within Anguo's territory, causing war between the two countries and the people to suffer. The side quest is to save him."
“Okay, got it.”
Zhang Xintong must first resolve the palace affairs and find the murderer of the original owner. After that, she will find a way to become a female official and investigate the case in the imperial city.
In my previous life, the day after the national mourning ended, strange things began to happen in the palace. First, all the fish in the imperial garden's pond died. Birds in the sky would fall to their deaths whenever they passed through the imperial garden. Then, rats rioted, running wildly on the ground. Finally, a group of poisonous snakes ran into the palace maids' quarters and bit many of them to death.
It is now the hour of You. The fish in the pond in the Imperial Garden were found dead the next day. The person who did it must have done it tonight. Zhang Xintong hurried to the Imperial Garden.
The Imperial Garden was very large, covering an area of approximately 1,000 square meters. The pond in the Imperial Garden was also very large, crisscrossing and circling around the Imperial Garden. Zhang Xintong couldn't think of a second way to kill all the fish in the pond overnight, except for drugging.
When Zhang Xintong arrived at the Imperial Garden, the fish in the pond were still healthy. The species here included red carp, colorful carp, black carp, grass carp, silver carp, and bighead carp.
Zhang Xintong took out the fish food and sprinkled some spiritual spring water on it. After the spiritual spring water soaked the fish food, Zhang Xintong threw it into the pond to attract fish.
Zhang Xintong had learned animal language in the world of surviving on the desert island. She said to the various fish in the pond eating fish food:
"Go and call all the fish in the pond over here, and I'll take you to a good place where there's this kind of food."
The fish food dipped in spiritual spring water tasted delicious, and a group of fish rushed to eat it.
"Okay, okay! Let's go and call now."
Zhang Xintong planned to collect the fish into the interstellar river first, and then release them back after catching the person who drugged them. The pond in the Imperial Garden was too big, and Zhang Xintong couldn't guarantee that she would catch the person at night.
The fish came quickly, and Zhang Xintong collected them several times before finally collecting them all into the spatial river. Fearing that some would be missed, Zhang Xintong changed several places and repeated the above steps until all the fish in the pond were collected.
Tonight, Xiao Yuan was being cared for by Chunyu and Qiuye, while Zhang Xintong and Dongshuang rested. After collecting the fish, Zhang Xintong didn't leave. It was already dark, so she circled the Imperial Garden to block people.
The Imperial Garden was too big, and Zhang Xintong didn't know where the man could have put the drugs, so she could only keep walking around, but she was afraid of being discovered, so she walked very carefully.
Zhang Xintong made the four palace maids learn martial arts since childhood, so Xia He has martial arts skills, and they are not low.
Zhang Xintong circled around until midnight, her feet exhausted. When she heard someone flying away using Qinggong, it was too late for her to chase.
Zhang Xintong found half a footprint by the pond. It was obviously a woman's footprint. A man's foot could not be so small.
There were no concubines in the palace. Before Zhang Xintong died, the empress dowager and the grand empress dowager were both gone.
The women in the palace are palace maids and maids, so it is impossible for Zhang Xintong to know them all. But seeing that the person just now has very good lightness skills, there are only four people with such high lightness skills in the palace. She only knows Chunyu, Xiahe, Qiuye and Dongshuang, and Zhang Xintong doesn't know the others.
It seems that I have to check the situation in the palace tomorrow to see which force arranged for these people to come in.
Zhang Xintong tested the water and found it to be highly toxic. She didn't detoxify it, but decided to wait until the person who poisoned the fish was caught before detoxifying and releasing the fish. Now was not the right time.
Zhang Xintong returned to her residence after failing to capture the person. Xia He had a separate room for the four palace maids, which was arranged by Zhang Xintong.
Zhang Xintong lay in bed thinking about what happened the next day. There were no dead fish in large numbers, so it was difficult to make a fuss about the person behind this matter. However, the problem of all the birds passing through the Imperial Garden falling to their death tomorrow had to be solved. The person must be caught quickly. It was no use always being on guard.
The next day, Zhang Xintong and Dong Shuang took care of Xiao Yuan. Not long after Xiao Yuan finished the morning court, a eunuch came to report.
"Your Majesty, all the fish in the Imperial Garden's pond have disappeared, and all the birds passing through the Imperial Garden have fallen to their deaths. People in the palace are in a panic, and everyone is saying it's because of the Empress's reign."
Xiao Yuan is not a child. After so many years of training by Zhang Xintong, he is very calm when encountering things.
"Go and see"
When Xiao Yuan brought Zhang Xintong and Dong Shuang to the imperial garden, there were indeed no fish in the pond, and there were many dead birds on the ground.
Zhang Xintong picked up a few birds and took a look. These birds had no fatal external injuries and were not poisoned. Zhang Xintong did not find anything strange, but there was definitely something abnormal.
Zhang Xintong took out a dagger and dismembered the bird. When she was almost mincing the bird into a paste, she found a tiny silver needle in its head. Zhang Xintong dismembered several more birds and found tiny silver needles in all of them.
Being able to inject such a tiny silver needle into a flying bird's head, this person's internal strength and martial arts skills should not be underestimated.
Zhang Xintong gave the silver needle to Xiao Yuan. After looking at it, Xiao Yuan ordered the eunuch to call the commander and deputy commander of the imperial guard.
The only other people in the palace with such martial arts skills were the commander and deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, and the secret guards. The secret guards were loyal to the royal family and would never betray. The commander and deputy commander of the Imperial Guard were from aristocratic families, and the forces behind them were complex, so Xiao Yuan was suspicious of them.
When the commander and deputy commander of the Imperial Guard arrived, Xiao Yuan asked them where they had been today.
The deputy commander of the Imperial Guard answered quickly. Today was his day of duty, and he led his men to patrol various parts of the palace.
The commander of the Royal Guard said that he had just been laid off and was preparing to go home.
Zhang Xintong knew the time for the shift change. She was the one who made the rest system, so how could she not know about it? More than an hour had passed since the shift change, so it wasn't just a short time.
Zhang Xintong reminded Xiao Yuan
"Your Majesty, more than an hour has passed since the changing of guard."
Xiao Yuan looked at the commander of the Imperial Guards
"Why did you do this? Who ordered you to do this?"
The commander of the Imperial Guards lowered his head and said nothing
"Would you like to tell me now, or would you like to tell me later after I have you imprisoned in the Dali Temple and tortured you?"
The commander of the guards still didn't speak
Xiao Yuan asked the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard to send the man to the Dali Temple and let the people there for a thorough interrogation. She wanted to know the reason and the person behind it as soon as possible.
Because the real murderer was caught, the rumors were self-defeating and the palace was no longer the same as in the previous life.
Before Xiao Yuan set off to return to the Yangxin Palace, Zhang Xintong glanced at Dong Shuang. Dong Shuang had no special emotions and looked very calm.