Chapter 195 Mist
"My Lord, do you not want me to continue investigating?"
Although Marquis Yongning's words were very obscure, Xiao Jingheng still heard the hidden meaning in them.
Is there any hidden story behind this matter?
Yongning Hou said: "If you trust me, please listen to my advice.
If you insist on investigating further, I'm afraid that the people around you will be hurt. That's all I can say!"
He bowed towards Xiao Jingheng, then turned and left the pavilion, leaving Xiao Jingheng alone standing in the dim moonlight.
Song Shiwei came to the pavilion and saw Xiao Jingheng in a daze. She asked curiously, "What did the Marquis say to you?"
Xiao Jingheng was a little absent-minded, and he didn't even hear what Song Shiwei asked him.
Song Shiwei felt something was wrong. She reached out and held Xiao Jingheng's hand, but found that his fingers were cold.
She was shocked and asked hurriedly, "Xiao Jingheng, what's wrong with you?"
Xiao Jingheng came back to his senses from his trance. He looked at Song Shiwei and said in a heavy tone: "The Huo family's affairs don't seem to be as simple as I thought."
Song Shiwei was a little surprised. She asked, "But what did the Marquis tell you?"
Xiao Jingheng said, "He said that the Crown Prince and the Queen are doomed, and the Huo family's revenge has been taken. He asked me not to continue investigating, otherwise the people around him would be in danger."
This sentence seemed to be an exhortation, but in fact it was a reminder. He could understand the meaning between the lines of Yongning Hou's words, but he did not dare to think too deeply about it.
Song Shiwei frowned and said, "In other words, the Sun family is not the real mastermind? Then who is the real mastermind?"
They finally tracked down the Sun family, and just when the truth was about to be revealed, something unexpected happened.
She really couldn't think of any hidden secret behind this matter?
Xiao Jingheng suppressed the confusion in his heart and said, "Let's go back first."
The two left the Yongning Marquis' Mansion and returned to the palace in a carriage.
After sending Song Shiwei back to his bedroom, Xiao Jingheng planned to meet the prince.
Maybe I can get some useful information from him.
Xiao Jingheng came to the dungeon where the prince was imprisoned. In the dim cell, the prince was lying on a torn straw mat with his back to him.
He looked at the prince's back and called out, "Xiao Jingyi."
The people in the cell didn't move. Xiao Jingheng realized something was wrong, so he quickly asked someone to open the cell door and walked in quickly.
He reached out and turned Xiao Jingyi over, only to see that he had been dead for a long time with blood gushing out of all his orifices!
Xiao Jingheng was shocked. His expression changed and he asked the guards outside, "Has anyone been here?"
"Reporting to the prince, no one has come."
The guard knelt on the ground, feeling terrified.
Xiao Jingheng secretly clenched his hands. Based on his understanding of Xiao Jingyi, this person was afraid of death and would never commit suicide out of fear of punishment.
It seems that the prince knew some secret, so he was silenced.
Coming out of the dungeon, Xiao Jingheng's face was very gloomy. He came to the Zichen Palace and looked at this majestic palace.
This is your majesty's bedroom, and it is heavily guarded.
Outside the door, eunuch Zhang, who was serving Emperor Hui, was on night watch. When he saw Xiao Jingheng coming, he hurried over and saluted, saying, "It's so late, why haven't you rested yet, Your Majesty?"
Xiao Jingheng said, "I am worried about my father, so I came to check on him. I wonder if he is sleeping well?"
Eunuch Zhang replied, "After taking the tranquilizer prescribed by Doctor Chen, His Majesty fell asleep and has not woken up since."
"That's good."
Xiao Jingheng glanced at Zichen Palace and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Eunuch Zhang."
After leaving these words, he turned and left.
When it was almost dawn, Chen Jingmo was taken into the palace. When he arrived at the dungeon, he saw a corpse in the room.
Xiao Jingheng stood with his back to him, his hands behind his back, exuding a cold aura.
Chen Jingmo yawned and asked, "Why did the prince have me brought here from Yongning Marquis's Mansion?"
He had been busy all night and was just about to close his eyes when someone grabbed him.
If it wasn't for his junior sister's sake, he would definitely not give Xiao Jingheng a good look.
Xiao Jingheng said: "I would like to ask Mr. Chen to help me with the autopsy."
He turned around and lifted the white cloth in front of him, revealing Xiao Jingyi's body.
Chen Jingmo glanced at the corpse and said, "Isn't this the prince who forced the emperor to abdicate and rebel today?"
Although he seldom entered the palace often, he had seen the prince several times and recognized him.
Today, the crown prince's rebellion has become known to everyone.
He walked over, observed Xiao Jingyi's death and said, "It looks like he died of poisoning."
Chen Jingmo took out a silver needle from the medicine box and stabbed it into Xiao Jingyi's head.
After taking it out, he observed the color of the silver needle quickly turning black. He put it to his nose and sniffed it gently. His expression changed involuntarily: "It's the Seven Killing Poison."
Xiao Jingheng asked him: "Could it be that traitor from your Divine Doctor Valley again?"
"Yes."
Chen Jingmo's face was solemn, he said: "The Seven Killing Poison will kill the poisoned person instantly, and then bleed from all seven orifices, but there is basically no pain.
There are many aristocratic families who train death warriors, and they hide this kind of poison pill between their teeth, in order to not give their opponents a chance to save their lives. "
Xiao Jingheng's face was gloomy. The guards in the dungeon said that no one had seen Xiao Jingyi. Then who was the person who poisoned him?
Was it that the murderer was so skilled in martial arts that even the guards didn't notice him, or was it that the guards in the dungeon were lying?
And there was this traitor from the Divine Doctor Valley. When they interrogated Song Moting, they asked him where the poison that killed Xu Miaoshu came from?
He said it was given to him by someone he rescued many years ago, but as for that person's whereabouts, no one knows.
This person is good at using poison and hiding in the dark. Who does he work for?
Xiao Jingheng felt as if there was a thick fog in front of him. Every time he thought that the clouds were about to clear and the sun was shining, a deeper mystery was waiting for him.
He rubbed his aching head and said, "Thank you for the trip, Mr. Chen."
Chen Jingmo took out a bottle of medicine from the medicine box and handed it to Xiao Jingheng, saying, "Your Highness, you must take care of your health while worrying about the country and the people. This is Gu Yuan Dan. Taking one when you are tired will help you recover your vitality."
"Thank you."
Xiao Jingheng took the medicine and asked, "Does your Divine Doctor Valley have a portrait of the traitor?"
Chen Jingmo said, "Yes, I will draw a picture for you someday. If you find any clues about this person, you can also inform me."
"it is good."
Xiao Jingheng ordered Chen Jingmo to be sent out of the palace.
It was already dawn, so he went back to change his clothes and went to the Zichen Palace.
Emperor Hui slept quite soundly. When he heard Xiao Jingheng was waiting outside the palace, he called him in.
Xiao Jingheng lifted his robe and knelt on the ground and said, "Father, I failed in my duty. The prince committed suicide by taking poison in the dungeon last night."
Emperor Hui's face changed when he heard this. He was stunned for a moment and then said with a cold face: "He can die. I don't have a son like him, and he is not a prince!"
Emperor Hui felt heartbroken when he thought of what the prince had done yesterday.
He took a deep breath and asked, "Heng'er, do you want to be the crown prince?"