Updated: 2012-08-26

The winter sun shines warmly and the cold fragrance floats.

On both sides of a corridor heading towards the Meridian Gate are filled with flower pots with colorful chrysanthemums blooming.

Along the corridor, Ximen Daguanren hummed a small song, while admiring the chrysanthemums, while walking lazily out, feeling very comfortable.

This guy is now full of ambition and very proud. Not only did he subdue the fucked recruits, but he seemed to be just around the corner to build the most powerful army of the Ming Dynasty, but he also unexpectedly successfully took down the goddess in his heart. Especially the Medical Immortal is also proficient in the guidance technique of the room that makes people feel aftertaste and eat the marrow. He really makes this guy a worm brain... And just now he made suggestions for His Royal Highness the Princess, and seems to have been affirmed by Lao Zhu, and he has urgently convened the cabinet to discuss the specific implementation details. This means that Lord Ximen, the political star, has begun to show his strength. His opinions and suggestions can attract enough attention from the "Politburo Standing Committee Member" and must not be taken lightly.

As the saying goes, you must have fun in life, but this morning, Ximen Daguan Ren decided to take it easy. After all, people's energy is limited, and they lose too much in some aspects. They need to rest and adjust their vitality, and it is more appropriate to enjoy themselves secretly.

Of course, Ximen Daren is a pervert and cannot be judged by ordinary people. His current physical strength and energy are still just right. If he controls several women, he should "control" the little Ximen.

But then again, people can bear it, and the bed can't bear it.

Therefore, the Ximen official did not rush to the Weilong Escort Agency excitedly, nor did he think about going back to cultivate some fertile fields that he longed to irrigate. Instead, he walked out leisurely, occasionally stopping and watching the eunuch climbing up the eaves to remove snow with interest.

Suddenly, a eunuch who was removing snow from the ridge not far away screamed. Even though he was squeezing, he couldn't stop him from sliding down the ridge.

Ximending looked up and saw him falling from the high ridge, but he was hitting the branch that stretched out from a tall locust tree. He bounced through the branches, and with his long scream of pain, his body drew a parabola in the air. He said by chance, he fell accurately into a well five or six meters away from the eaves.

This time, the eunuchs who were removing the snow stopped and surrounded them. Of course, the official Ximen was shocked and couldn't help but stop and walked over quickly.

The big guys were chattering, and they were slightly fat, and were responsible for supervising the snow removal of eunuchs. The middle-aged eunuch, known as Eunuch Fang, was commanded by the middle-aged eunuch, going down to the well to save people.

Ximending stood outside and heard about it. The well was more than ten meters deep and there was no water underground. It was a dry well that had been abandoned for a long time... The eunuch who fell into the well was not killed on the spot, but was surprised that he could even call for help from the bottom of the well.

Soon, two eunuchs volunteered to rescue the eunuch whose legs had broken along the long rope, and by the way... they caught a long bag wrapped in an old quilt.

Although heavy snow has been falling in the past few days, there is only a thin layer of snow at the bottom of the well paved with blue bricks. It is the mat that prevents the eunuch who fell from a height of more than ten meters from being thrown into meat sauce.

The two eunuchs who bravely went down the well were also curious. They saw that the bag was wrapped tightly and not very heavy in their hands. Moreover, they were not covered with snow, debris, leaves, etc., which seemed to have been thrown in for a while. The strangest thing was that a long cloth rope was tied in the middle of the bag, which was probably more than ten meters long...

After Eunuch Fang arranged for the two to carry the injured eunuch to seek medical treatment, he shouted everyone to continue to remove the snow, but the two eunuchs who bravely went down the well opened their bags at this time.

"ah--"

"Diet!!! Fang...Eunuch Fang - Someone was killed -"

Everyone was about to disperse, but the two eunuchs suddenly screamed in horror. Obviously, they were so scared that they even spoke a little incoherently and their voices were trembling.

Official Ximen was also ready to leave, but his face changed immediately.

Inside the old quilt was a child's body, a purple body, a scarred body all over the body, and a purple body that could clearly identify the scarred body. The pieces of sticks hit the purple and whipped wounds were shocking... What made people's eyes even more cracked was that there were two bloody black holes that replaced his originally supposed bright eyes.

Although his cheeks were hit high and swollen, it was vaguely visible... it was a pretty face.

His frowns and his pursed lips seemed to express anger and disdain to the murderer, and also expressed resentment and injustice to God.

The eunuchs, including the father-in-law, suddenly saw such cruelty. They were surprised that they had never seen each other in their lives. They all looked at each other in a daze, and they forgot to speak.

When Ximending saw it, he couldn't help but feel angry from his heart and become brave. The feeling of comfort just now was instantly swept away, and he rushed over and was hugged with a person. His eyes were filled with tears, and he shouted in a hoarse voice: "Xiao Chunzi--"

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Such an outrageous murder occurred in the palace. The key was that Ximen Daren gritted his teeth and was thunderous. Lao Zhu felt that if the murderer was caught by this guy now, he would definitely tear him to pieces on the spot!!!

Of course, Old Zhu was also very angry. In addition, Zhu Weiru "faned the flames" on the side. Although only a small eunuch was killed, this palace murder case was still the most important case by Comrade Zhu Youjian. Major cases are extremely rare and have not happened in decades. Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate, the Jinyiwei, and the East-West and West Factory formed a joint serious case team to investigate and solve the case.

Official Ximen, the official of the Great Master, was the representative of Lao Zhu, and personally took charge as the leader of the joint serious crime team as the head of the joint crime team.

With Lao Zhu paying so much attention, the joint investigation team was established before noon. The office address was located in the courtyard where the dry well where Xiao Chunzi's body was found - the side hall of the Meridian Gate where all civil and military officials were waiting to go to court.

The reason why he set his office address here is Wei Youliang, a famous criminal master who is a representative of the Ministry of Justice and specializes in criminal judgment, made a suggestion after confirming that Xiaochunzi died last night, saying that it is convenient for investigation and can also deter the murderer.

Due to the appearance of assassins in the palace, the entire Forbidden City is now on high alert, and the guards are even more energetic... In this case, the murderer threw the body into the dry well and could not be discovered, which at least two problems were explained: First, the guards on duty nearby last night, especially the guards hiding on the locust tree, did not find any abnormalities or heard any noise (it is not difficult to judge that in order to avoid making a sound, the murderer tied the body into the bottom of the well with a cloth rope, and then abandoned the rope). The murderer was likely to know the deployment of the guards on duty last night before he could avoid it; Second, he could not come from a long distance at the risk of being discovered, and should live near the side hall of the Meridian Gate to be familiar with the terrain.

Xiaochunzi is usually taciturn and has a likable appearance. She cannot make enemies with others in the palace. Moreover, she ends up in such a miserable situation, how much deep hatred would she be.

In the joint crime team, perhaps only Ximending understands that even if the murderer lives nearby, he is definitely not the real murderer, but is instructed by someone. The real murderer behind the scenes is the first suspect to be the prince, or the domineering mother-in-law, Queen Zhou.

First of all, they had the motive for committing crimes. The betrayal of a slave was enough to make them angry and kill them to vent their anger. Furthermore, only they had the courage to release Xiao Chunzi before Lao Zhu, and then dared to kidnap him and... tore up votes.

However, Ximending is suspicious, but without evidence, he can only keep silent and wait to follow the clues.

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