Song Jingshu suddenly remembered her encounter with that person. That day was also a good time like today, with fireworks in March. She went to the outskirts of Beijing accompanied by her personal maid, and met a peach blossom forest on the way. The peach blossoms were blooming beautifully.

, the scorching beauty made her stunned for a moment, and she unknowingly went deep into it.

Just as she was forgetting herself in watching, a burst of music suddenly sounded. She and her maid searched everywhere for a long time. Finally, deep in the peach forest, they found a man dressed in moon-white clothes, sitting under a peach tree and playing the piano alone.

That person.

She secretly glanced at many story books, and she knew that this was clearly a plot that had been written too late in the story book, but when she experienced it for herself, she somewhat understood how the protagonists in the story books met in such a plot.

The state of mind at that time also started to worry, why did she feel cliché before meeting such a beautiful person?

Afterwards, she thought for a long time and came to a conclusion. It turned out to be good-looking and just.

Song Jingshu prides herself on not being one of those brainless heroines in the storybooks she reads when she is bored to kill time, but she is also not one of those people who lives in the back house all day long and is good at scheming and jealousy. She doesn't bother to participate in the fight over the back house because she doesn't need to.

She never thought that one day she would fall to this point because of a man and love.

Thinking about it carefully, since she met that man, she has lost count of how many things she had done that she used to disdain. After meeting him, she has never been herself for a day, but it was only because of his words: I

will marry you.

Ridiculous!

She suddenly wanted to question him face to face. She wanted to ask, was she just a pawn of his? She wanted to ask, was he approaching her just to get her father's support? She wanted to ask, was she just a pawn?

In order for him to get a bargaining chip to marry the southern princess?

Ning Yao just sat quietly, watching the ever-changing expression on Song Jingshu's face, knowing that she had been shaken, and finally said the following words slowly at a very appropriate time.

"If you don't believe it, I can prove it to you."

"How do you want to prove it?" Song Jingshu stared at Ning Yao, desperately trying to see some flaws in her mask-like face, but in the end she couldn't see anything, but she could see it in her eyes.

I have long been defeated.

The carriage drove slowly into the imperial city. When the carriage stopped in front of a palace gate, the door of the carriage was pushed open. The first thing that appeared in people's sight was a pair of hands as white and tender as onion roots.

Then a very beautiful woman got out of the carriage.

The girl was just around the age of hairpins. She wore a phoenix hairpin on her head, delicate flowers on her forehead with cinnabar, a pair of moon beads on her ears, lips with cinnabar on her lips, and a gauze hanging vertically on her waist, outlining the girl's delicate appearance.

Man's figure.

Just standing like that, she was as beautiful as the person in the painting, and the gentle movement of her lotus steps made her exquisite and unparalleled.

The girl got off the carriage with the help of the servants, and immediately got on the sedan chariot prepared on the other side, and was carried into the harem. She was quite ostentatious along the way, attracting the attention of many concubines in the harem, and then entered the Queen Mother

Shoukang Palace where he lives.

After staying in the Queen Mother's palace for a long time, when the girl came out again, she abandoned the sedan chair, asked the chamberlain to guide her, and went to the small courtyard where Ning Yao was temporarily staying in the palace. Not long after arriving, he happened to wait for the arrival from the palace.

Ning Yao and Yan Chi returned from Dayun Jing Temple.

Sensing that the atmosphere was not good, Yan Chi nodded and saluted the girl from afar after seeing Ning Yao to the door, and then left gracefully, leaving Ning Yao alone in confusion facing this and the uninvited visitor.

girl.

"Are you General Zhennan Ning Yao?" The girl's voice was very pleasant but full of anxiety. She looked at Ning Yao for a while, and after confirming her identity, she spoke, "You are responsible for Uncle Lin and Fu

I have something to tell you about uncle."

Ning Yao looked at the phoenix hairpin on her head and guessed her identity. He did not respond immediately, but opened the door and let the girl enter the house alone.

"I am Zhang Muxue, brother Xiuyan's fiancée."

Zhang Muxue, the granddaughter of the Queen Mother and the niece of the Right Prime Minister and the Queen. Ning Yao was a little surprised why the Zhang family would agree to let her get married to Lin Yan? Perhaps, this was just an expedient measure by the Zhang family to appease the Lin family. Now Lin Yuan has

If she becomes an abandoned child, then her marriage to Lin Yan will probably be annulled soon.

As the saying goes, love a house and a crow, but since there is a saying of loving a house and a crow, it also means harming the fish in the pond. Furthermore, in law, there is a saying of sitting together. Because of her uncle Zhang Qun's relationship, Ning Yao really didn't have a good impression of the beauty in front of her.

Fortunately, she always had such a cold attitude towards others, so Zhang Muxue didn't get any clues.

"I heard about what happened yesterday. I just went to see brother Xiuyan. Seeing his appearance made me very uneasy, so I came here to ask about it. I hope the general will not be upset."

"It's a serious matter. To avoid alerting others, I won't tell you anything today."

"To alert the snake...what do you mean..."

"Princess, please come back."

Before Zhang Muxue could finish speaking, Ning Yao interrupted her mercilessly. Sensing Ning Yao's intention to chase away guests, Zhang Muxue spoke slowly.

"Wait a minute, I have one more thing to do here this time, and I will definitely be able to help the general." As she said that, Zhang Muxue raised her hand and picked off a red hairpin, folded off the pearl flowers on it in front of Ning Yao, and took it from the

A pearl was poured out of the hairpin tube. The pearl was round and white, and it was actually the third South Sea pearl!

"I found this on the roadside when I was drunk last night and went to Yingyue Lake to sober up." Zhang Muxue handed the pearl to Ning Yao and then repackaged the pearl flower and put it back on, "Because this is a tribute, I am

I wanted to find the donor quickly, but as soon as I returned to the banquet, Uncle Lin was already dead."

"I suspect that this was left by the murderer. General, if you need my help in investigating the case, the general can ask me for help." Zhang Muxue seemed to be very concerned about who the real brother was, looking at Ning Yao's serious face, "

Although my fifth cousin is a prince, he has no rights. Those snobbish people have never taken him seriously. I am very popular with His Majesty and the Queen, and I have the favor of the Queen Mother. I can talk about many things.

Some words."

She looked like she was determined to help the Lin Mansion find out the real culprit, and she looked like this, and she didn't even know who the real culprit was. Ning Yao was suddenly worried, what would happen if she knew the truth? Furthermore,

If she wants to do something busy, the Lin Mansion may not accept it.

"Although you are engaged to Lin Yan, you have never married. Now the Lin family seems to be in decline. Why are you still like this?"

"Since I have made a marriage contract with brother Xiuyan, I am his wife. In this case, no matter what status the Lin family has, I will marry him. Since we are husband and wife, we will work together to overcome difficulties." Zhang Muxue suddenly said

Then she smiled, showing a bit of a girl's shyness, "Besides, brother Xiuyan is someone I hold dear to my heart. Even if there is no such engagement, I will still help him."

Ning Yao watched the girl's jade face stained with crimson and remained silent. She had had such a daughterly attitude once upon a time, but it was already a thing of the past, so she didn't want to mention it.

After Zhang Muxue left, Ning Yao looked at the third South Sea pearl in his hand and fell into deep thought.

When Zhang Muxue picked up the pearl and returned, it happened to be the time of Lin Yuan's death. In other words, after the death of the three chamberlains whose bodies were buried in Yingyue Lake, and before Lin Yuan's death, no one except Zhang Muxue went there again.

Yingyue Lake, since then Yingyue Lake has been heavily guarded by the Forbidden Army, so there should be many clues about Yingyue Lake.

Ning Yao immediately went to Yingyue Lake. After asking the soldiers at each entrance to confirm that no one had gone in, Ning Yao walked in. She carefully recalled the words of the maid who found her in the morning, and deduced that

After the maid was at her original location, she stood there and looked towards Yingyue Lake.

She looked carefully several times and searched around the area. Finally, she found a bloody dagger and a blood-stained silk handkerchief in the grass.

It has the pattern of butterfly love flower. This thing is extremely hidden. If Ning Yaozai hadn't searched carefully several times, he wouldn't have found it.

The hilt of the dagger was made of pure gold and inlaid with several gems from foreign countries. It was extremely luxurious. Ning Yao put the things away properly, then ordered the imperial army to prepare a fast horse for her, and rode out of the city.

Xiaoxiang Xiaozhu.

In the private room, Cai Xiaoyun walked in while waving a round fan and twisting her waist, followed by Ye Zhenzhen who was holding a piano. Seeing Ye Zhenzhen, Ning Yao frowned slightly, then sighed helplessly, and took action himself to help Ye Zhenzhen.

Zhen arranged the cushions and opened her mouth after the two of them sat down.

"Aunt Yun, didn't I tell you not to let Zhen Zhen get involved?"

"Sister, don't blame Aunt Yun, I insisted on coming." Ye Zhenzhen took Ning Yao's hand, "I want to help you."

"I promise not to do anything, I will just help you find out the news as usual." Fearing that Ning Yao would not agree, Ye Zhenzhen immediately sat upright, stretched out her hand and swore.

"Then you must promise me to obey my orders in everything and not to act rashly."

Ning Yao had always been worried that Gao Xu was eyeing Ye Zhenzhen, so she took this opportunity to make a request. Ye Zhenzhen wanted to start helping her as soon as possible, so she immediately agreed to her request.

Seeing that Ye Zhenzhen agreed, Ning Yao signaled Ye Zhenzhen to start playing the piano. Ye Zhenzhen understood and immediately played a song "Guangling San". When the song was about to reach its climax, Ning Yao took the bloody dagger and silk handkerchief

It was handed to Cai Xiaoyun.

When Cai Xiaoyun saw the gold-handled dagger embedded with gems, he immediately became energetic. He put down the fan in his hand. Regardless of the blood stains on the dagger, he held it up with his own handkerchief and looked at it carefully.

Then he put the dagger down again.

"Hey, where does this fine cat's eye stone come from?"

"This is a murder weapon. Can Aunt Yun identify the owner of this dagger?"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Cai Xiaoyun shook his head and sighed, "This cat's eye stone is the best among the best. If I guess correctly, it must be a tribute from another country. Since it is a tribute, the Ministry of Rites must have records of rewards. You can go to the Ministry of Rites to check it out.

material."

"There is one more thing I want to ask Aunt Yun."

Ning Yao sighed, and then told Cai Xiaoyun all about the assassin's death. After hearing this, she pondered for a moment and murmured in a low voice: "Cyanide?"

There were some unintelligible words, which Ning Yao had become accustomed to, and then Cai Xiaoyun asked the next question.

"What did Wu Zuo say?"

"Wu Zuo said it was poisoning, but he also said the poison had no name."

"Yes, this man is a capable man. You can ask him for more advice." Cai Xiaoyun changed his face, picked up the fan and shook it, "Don't worry, I will help you find the source of the poison within two days."

You found it. Since that person knows how to extract cyanide and how to use it to kill people, I have to learn how to do it."

"Good work."

At the end of the speech, the song "Guangling San" was about to be played. After Ye Zhenzhen finished playing, he changed to the song "White Snow". After the song was finished and Ye Zhenzhen left, Ning Yao waited for a while.
To be continued...