With doubts, Gu Zhao followed Lao Bai, who was responsible for surveying the traces, and looked over the general traces of the movements of the two groups of people in the deserted temple.

Basically, Gu Zhao agrees with Lao Bai's speculation

Xing Qiang and his team of six sneaked into the deserted temple at night in advance, went straight to the backyard hall, and lit the incense burner there. Due to lack of other clues, it is currently unknown what other actions they took;

After daybreak, Emperor Shou Zheng's secret guards and spies came from different directions. They acted very cautiously. Many people should have checked the surrounding environment, but Xing Qiang and his party were not found;

This is a difficult place to explain.

Qin Youzhen only mentioned that Xing Qiang had superb knife skills and that one of his subordinates was good at using medicine. Xing Qiang chose the others, but he did not understand them.

"Then, the secret guards held a meeting in the main hall." This was inferred from the remaining footprints in the main hall.

Dust accumulates in the main hall, and there are not as many fallen leaves and dead grass as there are in the yard, so it is easy to leave complete footprints.

Gu Zhao was even more surprised. In this case, how could the secret guards not find Xing Qiang's footprints when they came in?

This is really weird.

The main hall is only such a large area. There is only a mound of clay in the middle of the Buddha statues, and there is no cover around it. How can six people avoid being discovered?

Mechanism? Illusion? Disguise? Various speculations flashed through Gu Zhao's mind.

Qi Si beside him couldn't help but ask, "Then how did they kill each other?"

This is the huge question in the minds of all the personnel involved in the investigation of this case.

It is now known that the forty-seven dead people are divided into two camps. Six people on one side are the prince's people, and forty-one people on the other side should be spies lurking in Emperor Shouzheng's secret guard.

If there is a conflict, it should be forty to six, and the secret guards will win.

But the scene was a melee, and there were no two different camps at all. It seemed that everyone regarded the others as enemies, and they were sworn enemies. They would try their best to fight each other even if they were to tear each other with their hands and teeth.

Be willing to let the other person go.

Ning Xian said, "My suspicion is that they have been hit by some kind of drug, lost their minds, and can no longer distinguish between friends and foes. They may even have hallucinations and regard everyone as enemies, endangering their own lives, so they fight

Fight everyone else as hard as you can.”

Gu Zhao nodded, agreeing with Ning Xian's view.

Ning Xian is relatively proficient in medicine, while Gu Zhao often makes incense himself and knows some recipes that can make people hallucinate.

Shen Wei raised another question, "In that case, who drugged them?"

This question caused several people to fall silent.

If the people on Xing Qiang's side had used such strong hallucinogenic drugs, then Xing Qiang should not have died so miserably;

If it was the medicine used by the secret guards, they shouldn't be completely wiped out.

Gu Zhao said slowly, "Maybe there is a third party." She mentioned Qin Youzhen's speculation, "His Royal Highness has always suspected that this case is a conspiracy against him."

"In order to sow discord between him and His Majesty, someone or some force deliberately set a trap to bring the prince's people and secret guards together, and then let them kill each other."

"In this case, Your Majesty will think that the Crown Prince intends to plot rebellion, so he will secretly attack His Majesty's secret guards."

"Now it seems that His Highness the Crown Prince's suspicion is not unreasonable. There is probably a third party behind this case. They used His Highness the Crown Prince's people and His Majesty's secret guards after they appeared in the deserted temple at the same time.

Strong hallucinogenic drugs made them lose their minds and fight each other to the death."

Gu Zhao looked at Lao Bai, "Lao Bai, can you find any traces of a third party at the scene?"

Lao Bai frowned and thought for a long time, and finally slowly shook his head, "I haven't found anything yet." He explained, "There are many dead people in this deserted temple, and the traces are messy. It is difficult to tell in detail who is the person with a certain trace."

What’s left behind.”

"If it weren't for the red particles on Xing Qiang's feet, it would be difficult for us to distinguish the footprints they left from those of the secret guards."

"So even if there is a third party sneaking in, we can't be sure now."

Gu Zhao sighed, "The weather is hot and the bodies have begun to putrefy. I'm afraid they will all be deformed by tomorrow."

She stood up, faced the cleared backyard, and scanned every corner little by little, "Everyone, please do your best. If it doesn't work, have the body taken away tomorrow and sent to Yi Zhuang, and put the case on hold.

"

Everyone's faces were covered by masks, and I don't know what their expressions were when they heard the news.

But Gu Zhao guessed that some people would feel suffocated and felt that the truth of the case had not been found; some people would feel relieved. After all, being in such close contact with dozens of corpses in this summer is really not a good experience.

Well, there will be a few people who can't help but come to test her.

Shen Wei, Qi Si and several white cranes took their little cranes to work according to their own division of labor.

Qin Xinglie stood behind Gu Zhao, looking over her head, thoughtfully.

Lao Bai held up his long cigarette bag and hid in the corner and took a few big puffs. After he was satisfied, he came over and said, "Sir, since this case involves..." He pointed upward with his hand, representing the emperor and the prince.

For such a high-ranking big shot, "You can just put it aside, I'm afraid it won't be easy for you to pass the test."

Although Emperor Shouzheng is dead, the prince is still there.

As long as the prince operates properly and conceals the fact that he is trying to overthrow Emperor Shouzheng through military coup, he will still be the legitimate crown prince.

Now we are not mourning in secret, just to avoid causing unrest in people's hearts.
Chapter completed!