Chapter 178 Your argument is interesting

Chapter 178 Your argument is interesting

Li Xuan and Yu'er were shocked at the same time.

Following Princess Ankang's strokes, they indeed found the corresponding words on Fang Bing.

It's just that there is no special pattern between these words. They just seem to be in a random order.

I really don’t know if Princess Ankang can find such a piece of information among such a bunch of words. Is it because she is too keen or just lucky?

After Li Xuan and Yu'er were pointed out these words by Princess Ankang, they couldn't move their eyes away at all.

There were many writings all over Fang Bing, but at this time they only had that sentence in their eyes.

"Whoever catches the real culprit wins!"

It seems that in today's game, there is a hidden condition that can directly win.

"The real murderer?"

Li Xuan muttered these two words silently and looked around at the situation in the ice cellar.

In addition to the royal heirs participating in the competition, there are also their attendants.

Outside of this, there is only Zhao Feng.

Li Xuan suddenly discovered that there was not even a colorful eunuch in today's competition venue.

The only person responsible for hosting the game and maintaining order on the scene was Zhao Feng.

Looking back at the closed iron door of the ice cellar, Li Xuan couldn't help but guess:

"Is the murderer here?"

Only guessing shocked Li Xuan, and Yu'er's expression on the side also became tense. It was obvious that she had also thought of this matter.

"Your Highness, doesn't that mean..."

Yu'er swallowed and whispered to Princess Ankang.

Princess Ankang was not afraid and nodded calmly.

Li Xuan thought about it and felt that it would definitely not be the princes and princesses.

If one of them is the murderer, it will give him a huge advantage in this game.

It should be said or not, it's just the life of a palace maid. If the winning condition is to catch the real murderer, I'm afraid someone will have reported on me by now.

Of course, maybe the murderer has different winning conditions.

But no matter what, just the identity of the murderer gave him many advantages over others.

And Li Xuan even felt that the murderer might be among their close servants and Zhao Feng.

After all, this is more reasonable.

But if that's the case, don't we still have to look for clues and make inferences?

At this time, the princes and princesses surrounding the palace maid dispersed and went to other places in the ice cellar to look for clues.

After the previous chaos, it was much calmer without the naughty children causing trouble.

"Sister Yu'er, let's go and have a look too."

Princess Ankang said proactively.

It seemed that she was also interested in the murder case in front of her.

Yu'er pushed Princess Ankang forward and walked towards the body of the palace maid.

The other princes and princesses seemed to be focused on the matters at hand, but when they noticed Princess Ankang taking action, they were still a little distracted by her.

Princess Ankang came to the body and looked down.

The palace maid's face was covered with frost, and her face could hardly be seen clearly.

But it was still vaguely possible to tell that she was very young, looking to be in her early twenties.

The clothes on her body were frozen hard along with her, and there was no trace of messiness.

The palace maid lay straight on the ground like a popsicle.

It is a pity that such a young life froze to death in an ice cellar.

Li Xuan sighed, feeling sorry for the palace maid.

At this time, Princess Ankang took out her handkerchief, unfolded it, and gently covered the palace maid's face.

This move made other people observing Princess Ankang frown.

In particular, the older princesses barely concealed their dislike for Princess Ankang.

"Why are you pretending to be a good person!"

"..."

The soft whispers pretending to be a discussion behind her back were clearly transmitted to Princess Ankang's ears, and naturally they could not be hidden from Li Xuan and Yu'er.

Li Xuan coldly glanced at the few princesses who had made a sound and noted down their appearance.

Sometimes, they will pretend to talk behind their backs and say their most heartfelt and vicious words to slander others.

Words can cause as much damage as fists, and often even more.

But Princess Ankang was used to it and naturally ignored those words.

She gently touched Li Xuan in her arms and said softly: "Axuan, my mother-in-law once told me that when a person dies, he must close his eyes before he can return to the night sky and turn into a star."

"If you still look at this world, you will be reluctant to leave because you are nostalgic for the world."

"I hope the palace maid sister can also turn into a star."

Li Xuan stood up from Princess Ankang's arms and rubbed her cheek.

He knew that Princess Ankang must be thinking of Concubine Xiao.

"No wonder she's not afraid of dead people..."

The first dead person Princess Ankang saw was the person she loved most in the world.

Perhaps, she felt that the palace maid in front of her was someone's lifelong longing.

My heart is full of worry and I care about you, my soul is caring about you and I will pass away alone.

"Sister Yu'er, let's take a walk around here and say goodbye to Manager Zhao."

Princess Ankang no longer had any interest. She just wanted to see the ice cellar and then left.

Those little beans were all driven out of the ice cellar, so it shouldn't matter if I voluntarily abstained.

"Okay, Your Highness."

Yu'er nodded and responded happily.

She also didn't want Princess Ankang to stay here for a long time.

Not to mention that it was so cold here, and there was a corpse lying next to it, so it was really not a good place to stay.

Seeing that Princess Ankang was not interested in competing today, many people, including the eldest prince, breathed a sigh of relief.

Princess Ankang had managed to win twice in a daze the first two times, but that was enough to make them feel distressed.

They must win this competition and get the final prize.

So far, only the eldest prince and Princess Ankang have received the prizes from Emperor Yongyuan.

Moreover, the eldest prince and Princess Ankang received the award together.

After seeing Princess Ankang's preferential treatment when she got the prize for the first time, others were naturally jealous.

Zhao Feng stood on the square ice, looked at the handkerchief covering the palace maid's face, and then looked at Princess Ankang and her group who were strolling leisurely, and couldn't help but reveal a gentle smile on his face.

But then, he couldn't help but sigh.

Li Xuan huddled in Princess Ankang's arms, keeping her warm while visiting the ice cellar together.

The area of ​​the ice cellar is very large, and as far as you can see, it is full of neatly stacked ice cubes.

The place they were at before was located in the center of the ice cellar.

After walking for a while, they finally reached the wall of the ice cellar.

Li Xuan turned around and estimated the distance.

I found that the ice cellar was as big as one or two football fields.

In other words, the entire underground of Juhan Palace is an ice cellar space.

"No wonder it's so cold when we're outside."

And this is just one of the many ice cellars in the palace.

This shows how luxurious the royal life is.

Just to protect the royal family from the summer heat, I don’t know how much manpower it takes to save so much ice every winter.

Only then did Li Xuan understand that ancient refrigerators and air conditioners were so luxurious.

“Technology is not enough, we need resources.”

Whether it is people or ice, there is not much difference to the royal family, it is just the resources in their hands.

Today, the corpse of the palace maid can be a part of the competition in a grand manner. This is probably the reason.

When Li Xuan was lamenting the evil feudal society, he suddenly seemed to catch a glimpse of something in the corner of his vision.

But when he turned to look, there was nothing but ice.

"Um?"

Li Xuan couldn't help but feel a little strange.

With his current strength, there is no possibility of being wrong.

There was indeed something there just now, and it slipped away before he was paying attention.

Princess Ankang noticed that Li Xuan in her arms was staring in one direction non-stop. While following her gaze, she asked curiously:

"Axuan, is there anything there?"

Li Xuan looked around carefully and couldn't find anything strange. In the end, he could only shake his head helplessly.

Yu'er pushed them to continue walking around the ice cellar.

But here there is really nothing to see except ice cubes.

But none of the three little ones noticed that there was a pair of cold eyes watching them in the gap between the ice cubes.

Finally, the three little ones only turned half a circle in the ice cellar before returning to the center.

The entire huge ice cellar is divided into four areas, with a wide cross-shaped road in the middle, and there are many narrower roads neatly arranged.

The previous palace maid's body was at the center of the crossroads.

After walking half a circle, Li Xuan understood that the chance of the White House lady freezing to death here was not high.

There is a high probability that the body was dumped in the ice cellar.

The first is the posture of the palace maid.

How can a person who freezes to death lie straight on the ground? In order to resist the cold as much as possible, he would curl up as much as possible to delay the loss of body heat.

Therefore, Xiao Douding’s previous attempts were considered failures.

Secondly, there was too much frost on the palace maid's body.

In order to prevent these ice cubes from melting, the temperature in the ice cellar is indeed very low.

But nowhere near that cold.

According to Li Xuan's expectation, if someone were trapped here wearing the clothes of a palace maid, they would most likely die of hypothermia instead of being frozen into popsicles.

Li Xuan guessed that the palace maid might have stayed in a colder place before being moved here.

The ice cellar only maintained the frost on the palace maid's body, but was not the cause of the frost.

But Li Xuan had no idea how the palace maid died.

He was somewhat doubtful as to whether there were enough clues in the ice cellar to deduce the cause of the palace maid's death.

When Yu'er pushed Princess Ankang and Li Xuan back, the eldest prince was submitting his answers to Zhao Feng.

But unlike the little Douding before, he covered his mouth with his hand, put it next to Zhao Feng's ear, and lowered his voice to prevent others from hearing.

This is also reasonable. If others hear your reasoning and inspire other people's ideas, then you can make wedding clothes for others.

But this method seems to be unable to hide Li Xuan.

Li Xuan is a cat with extraordinary hearing, and he can also understand human speech.

Although he only heard the last few sentences because he came late, Li Xuan heard an interesting conclusion.

The eldest prince's answer turned out to be poisoning.

Li Xuan did not hear what the eldest prince said before, but finally heard him say that the palace maid died of poisoning.

"This is quite rare."

Li Xuan looked at the palace maid who was standing stiff with cold on the ground, and couldn't tell that she died of poisoning.

But with the eldest prince's character, he is definitely not just guessing, there must be his basis.

He looked at the eldest prince falling down from Fang Bing after telling Zhao Feng his answer, and he suddenly felt curious.

He was really curious about what the eldest prince's basis was.

Li Xuan jumped out of Princess Ankang's arms, but when he landed, he almost slipped to the ground because of the small cotton shoes on his small feet. Thanks to his agility, he was able to stabilize his body.

It's just that these staggering steps inevitably looked a little funny, and several princes and princesses nearby were amused.

Regardless of whether they had any ill intentions towards Princess Ankang, they were all very curious about Li Xuan, the little black cat.

Especially Princess Yuanan, who had no interest in the competition and just came to see Li Xuan. Seeing this scene, she wanted to rub the little black cat on the ground into her arms.

As she thought this, the movements of her hands increased unconsciously, causing Bai Xiao to scream in pain.

"Meow!"

Princess Yuan'an reacted, quickly apologized, and coaxed Bai Xiao in her arms.

Li Xuan didn't care about other people's reactions.

He took two steps, and after getting used to the small cotton shoes under his feet, he clattered to the body of the palace maid.

The handkerchief on the corpse's face was not moved, and the clothes were completely frozen. There were no traces of an autopsy at all.

"Hey, how did the eldest prince know that he was poisoned?"

Li Xuan looked carefully and found something.

He found two small purple dots in the hairline behind the palace maid's ears.

The purple dots are all the same size, arranged in a straight line, and are hidden in the hair.

Fortunately, the palace maid's hair is now frozen solid and fixed there, otherwise it would be really difficult to find these two purple dots.

"Is this the basis for the First Prince?"

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