Chapter 45

Mu Mingtang hasn't slowed down from the impact of the dead. He can't react for a moment. What's Xie xuanchen saying: "what's the result?"

Xie xuanchen motioned for the incense ball in his hand and asked, "who did you tell about this incense ball?"

Mu Mingtang shook his head: "in addition to you, no more." After she finished, she stopped for a moment and frowned slowly: "however, when I found it at noon, it seemed that I was seen by a servant girl."

Xie xuanchen nodded, obviously expecting this: "they must have found out, so they are in a hurry to kill. There is no need to find someone to check the spices in it. There must be something wrong with it. "

"Who moved the hand?"

"Just go and have a look."

Xie xuanchen said, fingers don't know where to knock, copper ball was opened from the middle. Xie xuanchen said: "this fragrant ball can't be kept any more. You can find a box and put away the spices."

Mu Mingtang didn't understand, but he immediately stood up to look for the box. Even if Mu Mingtang had never experienced such a battle, he knew that he could not use too conspicuous boxes. However, all her jewelry boxes are exquisite. Mu Mingtang can't find anything that doesn't make a hole in them. She just takes the risk to pick up her earring box and a piece of lip paper.

Xie xuanchen is puzzled to see what Mu Mingtang brings: "what do you do with the red paper?"

"I can't compare with you in terms of heart and eyes, but you can't compare with me in terms of hiding things." Mu Mingtang had already opened the interlayer of the earring box quickly, and slowly scraped the spices in the incense ball with paper. Xie xuanchen probably understood what Mu Mingtang wanted to do. He was not good at this kind of meticulous work. He could only remind him in a low voice: "don't pour too much, leave a little in the incense ball."

"I understand." Mu Mingtang nodded. A thin layer of incense was spread on the red paper. Mu Mingtang folded the paper into a thin paper package and put it in a small earring box. However, he covered it with a sandwich to restore the earrings to their original state. If he didn't take the initiative to remind him, he couldn't see what was hidden underneath.

When Mu Mingtang collected incense, Xie xuanchen had recovered the incense ball. At this time, the servant girl who reported the news had already come near, and she was about to come in. Mu Mingtang lowered his voice and asked, "what can I do with the incense ball?"

"You can put it in any drawer." Xie xuanchen suddenly remembered that Mu Mingtang had just taken it out of the cupboard and said, "just put it back in the cupboard."

Put it back in the cupboard? Mu Mingtang frowned and said quickly: "at noon, although I deliberately avoided people when I smoked the ball, it may not be found by those who want to. What if someone changes the aromatherapy balls while we go out? "

"Just let them change." Xie xuanchen said, "in any case, the only useful thing is spices. We've got enough samples, and the rest is left for them to destroy their bodies."

"Good." Mu Mingtang answered in a hurry, and quickly stood up to put the earring box and sachet. As soon as she restored the two things to their original state, the servant girl came in breathlessly: "princess, it's not good."

She ran in and found that Xie xuanchen also woke up. The servant girl immediately fell to her knees with a plop and kowtowed: "I've seen the Lord and the princess."

"Get up." Xie xuanchen's expression has returned to his unique reserved and cool appearance, light mouth, "what's the matter outside?"

In the face of Xie xuanchen, the servant girl was obviously nervous. She just yelled all the way, but now she couldn't even say the whole thing: "back Tell the Lord that Bihe accidentally falls into the water. When the servants in the garden find her, she is already drowned. "

When Mu Mingtang and Xie xuanchen looked at each other, Mu Mingtang asked, "where did you find it? Why did you fall into the water? "

"It's in the lake of the garden. It's seen by the boy who is fishing for water plants. As for the reason of falling into the water I don't know. "

Now it's November, and the vegetation is bleak by the lake. Why did the boy go to salvage the water plants today? Mu Mingtang didn't ask any more. She looked at Xie xuanchen questioningly: "Wang Ye?"

"I'll look in the garden." Xie xuanchen said and stood up. Xu was too fierce to get up. When he stood up, he shook his body, causing a cough.

Mu Mingtang quickly came forward to help him, a pile of sound let the servant girl give him water. Xie xuanchen coughed easily. After this consumption, his face turned pale and his lips turned white.

Mu Mingtang couldn't tell for a moment whether Xie xuanchen was acting or coughing. Because she didn't know whether it was real or not, she didn't worry: "Wang Ye..."

"Nothing." Xie xuanchen waved his hand slightly and said, "human life is of vital importance. Such a big thing happened in the palace, we can't neglect it. My body is OK. Lead the way ahead. "

Mu Mingtang could only sigh deeply and said to the servant girl, "go to inform the people in the garden to wait. The Lord is weak and can't stand the wind. He has to wear well before he can go out."

The servant girl didn't doubt him. She kowtowed and went out. Mu Mingtang holds Xie xuanchen to the screen and changes his clothes. When Mu Mingtang sees that Xie xuanchen has to shake twice when he takes a step, he is more and more worried.

After waiting for the screen, Mu Mingtang asked in a low voice, "are you really uncomfortable? Otherwise, you stay in the room and I'll see it. ""I lied to them." Xie xuanchen's lips didn't move, but a stuffy voice came. Although his voice is low, it sounds full of breath, and it doesn't look like he will fall down in the wind.

Mu Mingtang let down his heart and let out a sigh of relief. She found that Xie xuanchen was really good at pretending to be sick. Whether he was in a coma or coughing, he was caught by hand. Every time Mu Mingtang was cheated.

Mu Mingtang just finished thinking, Xie xuanchen began to cough again. This cough seems to be very hard, Xie xuanchen had to bend slightly and clench his fist to stop it. Mu Mingtang was originally arranging the tie for Xie xuanchen. After he bent over like this, he almost put Mu Mingtang in front of him. Mu Mingtang subconsciously to retreat, the result of the waist suddenly covered with a hand, slightly forced.

"Don't move." Xie xuanchen took her, attached to her ear, said softly, "pretend to cough very tired, you cooperate."

Mu Mingtang could only "cooperate" with half of his body. This posture is very convenient for Xie xuanchen, who leans against Mu Mingtang's sideburns and whispers: "after we go out, most of the fragrant balls left in the cupboard will be replaced. When you come back, you just don't know what to do. Continue to call Taiyi to come in and have a look. Don't just call Taiyi Zhang. Separate them and send them to Taiyi alone. The three are almost the same. "

"Good." Mu Mingtang nodded. She doesn't dare to move at the moment. Fortunately, half of her body is covered by Xie xuanchen at the moment. Don't worry about the expression of her face being seen. Otherwise, Mu Mingtang thinks that she will show up.

Mu Mingtang's cheek vaguely touches Xie xuanchen's chin, she can only try to distance, but her waist is blocked by Xie xuanchen, a little move will be tightened by Xie xuanchen, the distance between them is getting closer and closer.

Mu Mingtang can only try to say serious things to divert his attention: "what should I do when I go out later?"

"You can do whatever you want. You are right to doubt. Pay attention to cross examine the identity information of the person who died, and if possible, stay at the scene as much as possible for a while. "

"Well." Mu Mingtang nodded knowingly. She hesitated and asked, "does your body matter?"

"I'm fine." Xie xuanchen finally stood up straight, the lip color is light, the Mou light is also cold, "I know in my heart."

Mu Mingtang Oh, after a while, can't help but elbow him: "since you have finished, then let go."

Xie xuanchen realized that he was still holding Mu Mingtang's waist. He suddenly showed a weak posture and leaned against Mu Mingtang: "I'm weak now. I need help to walk."

When Mu Mingtang and Xie xuanchen came to the garden, there were many people standing inside.

King an's house is dead, and Xie Xuanji and Jiang Mingwei come here again. Jiang Mingwei, wrapped in a cape, stood far away in the attic, with disgust on her face, for fear that she might be stained by the dead.

If it wasn't for fame, Jiang Mingwei didn't want to come here at all. She just drowned a man, which was too bad luck. Jiang Mingwei wrapped her cloak tightly again and sneezed in the wind. The servant girl saw it and said in a low voice, "princess, there is a strong wind on the water. Please be careful. Why don't you ask them to make a bowl of ginger soup? "

"No, I'll be back in a long time. Don't bother." Jiang Mingwei thinks that it's just drowning a person. Just come and have a walk. She doesn't want to stay here for a long time, let alone drink ginger tea at the scene of the dead. Jiang Mingwei wants to sneeze again. She covers her mouth and nose with a handkerchief and complains: "I didn't think it was windy at home before. Today, when I came to their garden, I found that the place was empty and the wind was so cold."

When Jiang Mingwei finished complaining, she heard the sound not far away. Jiang Mingwei raised her neck and said, "they're coming."

Jiang Mingwei can't take care of the cold, and quickly embraces the Cape to welcome out. What happened just now was that Xie xuanchen and Mu Mingtang arrived. When Jiang Mingwei came over, she saw Mu Mingtang and Xie xuanchen supporting each other and coming slowly from the corridor. Mu Mingtang and Xie xuanchen's clothes are made of the same material. Looking at them, they are delicate and heavy, and their clothes are faint and soft. Mu Mingtang is wearing a red cape outside, and Xie xuanchen's is blue. The Cape and clothes of the same material have a strange echo.

When Jiang Mingwei saw it for the first time, she felt dazzled. Then she saw that it was the tuanhua brocade that Mu Mingtang had cut off? The fire in Jiang Mingwei's heart suddenly starts a prairie fire. Mu Mingtang is a villain. Jiang Mingwei has lived in the official palace for so many years, but she has never seen such an arrogant person! Mu Mingtang deliberately mocks her with green brocade. Now, she is still wearing another tuanhua brocade to show off with her?

Jiang Mingwei comforts herself not to quarrel with an inexperienced citizen, but in a twinkling of an eye, she sees that Xie xuanchen is the same, and she is still angry.

Xie Xuanji also came and bowed slightly to Xie xuanchen and Mu Mingtang: "second brother, sister-in-law."

Jiang Mingwei also quickly convergence look, followed by Hello: "Ann Wang Wan'an, sister-in-law Wan'an."

Jiang Mingwei tries to tell herself not to compete with villains, but when Yu Guang turns around, she sees that her clothes are completely different from those of Xie Xuanji. Xie Xuanji has her own servant girl, and she never lets Jiang Mingwei interfere in clothes and accessories. Jiang Mingwei just wants to fight with Mu Mingtang, but she can't control Xie Xuanji's decision.

Jiang Mingwei can't help feeling dejected.

Xie xuanchen nodded slightly and asked, "where are the people?""Over there, it's been fished out of the water." Xie Xuanji turned aside and pointed to the back, with a hesitant expression. "The drowning man looked frightening and didn't dare to let his brother and sister-in-law worry. It's windy outside. Let's go back and have a rest. After I check all this, I'll send someone to report it to my second brother. "

Xie xuanchen shook his head and said, "it's OK. I haven't seen dead people before. Although I'm not in good health, I'm not going to be buried for a while. Let's go and have a look. "

Xie Xuanji frowned and glanced at Mu Mingtang: "second brother, I'm afraid it's not suitable for female dependents."

Hearing this, Mu Mingtang immediately said, "I've seen many dead people, and I've buried them myself. Anyway, I'm not afraid. If the king of Jin is afraid of the corpse, I'll go with my husband. "

What is this? Xie Xuanji looked ugly for a moment and said, "my sister-in-law is joking. My sister-in-law doesn't let men. On the contrary, I misunderstood her. Please don't blame her. "

With that, Xie Xuanji gave way and said, "second brother, second sister-in-law, please."

Mu Mingtang and Xie xuanchen go forward together. Sure enough, the body had been salvaged and was lying on the bank, surrounded by footprints and mud. Mu Mingtang wanted to look closer, but both sides were staring at her, and her clothes were not suitable for these things, so she had to give up.

It was a woman. She was seventeen or eighteen years old. She was dressed as a maid in the palace. Someone explained to Mu Mingtang: "prince, princess, her name is Bihe, and she is also waiting in Yulin hall."

"She's waiting at Yulin hall?" Mu Mingtang asked, "why don't I remember?"

"She has rough hands and feet. She usually takes care of trivial things in the back and doesn't wait in front of people, so the princess looks at her with surprise."

This is inevitable. There are so many servants in the palace. There are nearly 100 maidservants in Yulin hall. Mu Mingtang can't recognize them one by one. People with good looks and smart temperament can only appear in front of Mu Mingtang and Xie xuanchen. More maids are submerged in the shadow and toil all day.

Mu Mingtang nodded and asked, "I see. What does she care?"

The person who answered seemed to pause and bowed his head and said, "she works in the incense room. She is responsible for grinding spices, drying and storing them in the sun."

It's about spices. Neither Mu Mingtang nor Xie xuanchen moves, but they both know what the other person thinks.

Mu Mingtang's thinking gradually became clear, and he probably figured out what happened today. She was not sure, but now looking at the series of coincidences outside, Mu Mingtang can basically conclude that there is something wrong with the spices in the fragrant ball.

What's wrong? Mu Mingtang doesn't know yet, but at least the person behind doesn't want to be noticed by Xie xuanchen. Otherwise, how could it happen that she almost went out yesterday, when Xie xuanchen suddenly fell ill at the time when she was scheduled to go out. Today, she just found the incense ball, and was about to call someone to see her in the afternoon, when the maid who made spices drowned in the garden.

Mu Mingtang doubted darkly that it was the person behind it who was killing him.

In fact, these people's movements are somewhat abrupt. Drowning in winter is far fetched. It seems that they are also worried.

Why worry?

Mu Mingtang thought about the maid at noon today. Yesterday, Mu Mingtang temporarily changed his plan and didn't go out. As a result, he happened to run into Xie xuanchen. After that, she also stayed in Yulin hall. At that time, there were many people with mixed eyes, and the people behind didn't find a chance to get the incense ball out. They had to wait all night. Today, they were probably going to take things away, but unexpectedly, they were turned out by Mu Mingtang.

When looking for something, Mu Mingtang must be seen. After the informant sent a message to him, someone immediately fell into the water.

Mu Mingtang feels shivering when he thinks about it. If it wasn't for yesterday's temporary rejection of the invitation, or today's free time to clean up the cabinet, who would know the existence of this fragrant ball? No one will associate Xiangxun with Xie xuanchen.

Mu Mingtang was silent for a while, feeling that the woman who died inexplicably was very suspicious. Even, Mu Mingtang suspected that she was the one who handled the spices in the incense ball.

Mu Mingtang also made no secret of her suspicion and asked: "since she is from Xiangfang, why did she drown in the garden? Now it's winter, and the flowers that can make spices have withered. What's she doing in the garden alone? "

This People around him could not tell. Xie Xuanji stood beside him for a while. When he heard Mu Mingtang's words, he said, "everyone has his own habits. The fragrant room is dull all day. Maybe she came to the garden to breathe. She accidentally fell into the water. Of course, this is only my guess. The dead can't speak. If my sister-in-law wants to know, she might as well ask the people around her to come and ask. "

Mu Mingtang nodded and said, "yes, dead people can't speak, but you can do it. People's lives are of vital importance. Prince an's mansion is not a place where people's lives are neglected. It must not end carelessly. Come on, go to Dali temple and invite a Wuzuo to come here. I'd like to ask how the maid died. "