Chapter 116
Qin Xianger said: "Back to the commander, the queen mother fell ill that day after she encountered something that was not clean. The slave did not dare to frighten the queen mother again, so she cleaned all traces."
Lu Heng remained calm and asked, "Who ordered it?"
Qin Xianger paused for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "It's a slave."
Lu Heng nodded, walked around the window, and asked, "Where was the queen mother in a coma?"
Qin Xianger stepped forward to instruct, and Lu Heng looked at it and asked, "Who first discovered the Queen Mother?"
Qin Xianger ordered someone to call the maid who found the queen mother that day, and Lu Heng took the person to the side hall for questioning. However, the palace maid was frightened and trembling, and asked three questions.
I don't know what happened that day, and I don't know what sound was heard at night. Seeing that there was nothing to ask, Lu Heng waved his hand and let the palace maid be taken down first.
Guo Tao came in from outside, his face was quite speechless. Seeing this, Lu Heng asked, "Have you found any clues?"
Guo Tao shook his head and said helplessly: "They said that this is the Queen Mother's Palace, and this is not allowed to be turned over, and that is not allowed to be touched. This...how can we investigate this?"
The only eyewitness refused to recall what happened that night. The crime scene was also cleaned up. Guo Tao's head was big, and he finally understood what it means to be a good woman. Guo Tao waited eagerly for Lu Heng to make up his mind, Lu Heng thought for a while and asked, "According to what they said, on the twenty-ninth day of the first lunar month, the queen dowager ran into the female ghost, and the queen mother was frightened and fell ill. From then on, the palace maids were kept vigil together, and eunuchs were arranged. Patrol outside the Ciqing Palace; on the fifth day of the second lunar month, when the five maids were drowsy, they suddenly heard a woman crying outside the door, but there was no one when they went out, right?"
Guo Tao nodded: "That's right. Commander, do you want to call the five palace maids who hit the ghost for the second time over for questioning?"
Lu Heng got up, shook his head and said, "No need. The first question is the most important thing, so there is no rush now. The palace gate is about to be locked, and it is inconvenient for us to stay any longer. Ask someone to evacuate. Regardless of the maids and eunuchs in the palace, everyone returns to the palace, locks up at night, supervises each other, and does not allow anyone to go out without permission. You go and arrange a few alert people to patrol outside the Ciqing Palace. Put anything close to Ciqing Palace."
Guo Tao took the order and immediately went out to make arrangements. This is the only way at present. All the evidence has been destroyed. They can't follow the clues to investigate the previous two ghost encounters. They can only control the Ciqing Palace first. People inside are not allowed to come out, and people outside are not allowed to enter. If there will be no more hauntings in the future, it will be the people in the Ciqing Palace who are doing the trick.
Lu Heng went to the main hall of Ciqing Palace, but Empress Dowager Zhang had already taken the medicine and fell asleep. Lu Heng could only talk to Qin Xianger, the current principal of Ciqing Palace, about Jinyiwei's arrangement. Qin Xianger said nothing, and immediately recalled the manpower, and the key was kept by the patrolling Jin Yiwei, and the door of Ciqing Palace was locked from the inside in front of Lu Heng.
There are two keys to the gate of Ciqing Palace, one is kept by the other eunuch, and the other is in the hands of Jin Yiwei. After Lu Heng checked it out, he instructed Jin Yiwei to be vigilant at night and left the palace.
As the commander of the third grade, Lu Heng, the actual person in charge of Jin Yiwei, it is not his turn to patrol, so he can go back to the house and rest in peace. However, things backfired. In the middle of the night, news suddenly came from the palace that Lu Heng entered the palace urgently.
The Ciqing Palace has encountered a ghost again. This time, several palace maids and eunuchs heard ghosts screaming, and there was a sound of "kow kow", as if ghosts were about to come in. The Empress Dowager Zhang was about to go crazy with fright.
The palace is not an inn, so anyone can move if they want to. Lu Heng went to the palace to deal with the Queen Mother Zhang, and after a long time of comfort, the Queen Mother Zhang finally fell asleep, and he was so noisy that the sun jumped and jumped in pain.
When Lu Heng went out, Jin Yiwei who was guarding outside immediately surrounded him: "Commander."
Lu Heng waved his hand to abstain from the ceremony and asked, "Did there be any movement last night?"
Jin Yiwei, who was patrolling, shook his head and had a ghostly expression: "My subordinates are watching closely to make sure that no one is approaching the Ciqing Palace. There was a sudden shouting in the middle of the night, and we immediately opened the door and ran in, but there was nothing. See."
Lu Heng asked, "How long did it take you to run in from hearing the sound?"
"We came in right away when we heard the screams, and we didn't even get half a cup of tea. However, the Ciqing Palace was empty, and there was no trace of the place where they were screaming about being haunted."
The patrolling Jinyiwei was also very puzzled. When they unlocked the door to check, there were still patrolling people outside the wall. Could it be that it is really a ghost?
Lu Heng asked about the time and situation, but said nothing, just let them continue to guard. After this uproar, when Lu Heng returned to the mansion, it was already four watch.
Lu Heng entered the door and found Wang Yanqing in the main courtyard. He was surprised: "Why did you wake up?"
Wang Yanqing's long hair was unkempt, and she was wearing a single coat, obviously standing up temporarily. When she saw Lu Heng coming back, she quickly stepped forward and asked, "Second brother, what happened in the palace?"
Lu Hengzi entered the palace in a hurry, and Wang Yanqing was awakened by the movement when he went out. After learning that Lu Heng went out, she couldn't sleep again, and insisted on waiting for him in the main courtyard. After waiting for almost an hour, Lu Heng finally came back.
Seeing that her clothes were thin, Lu Heng quickly ordered someone to bring her a cloak. He pulled Wang Yanqing to sit beside the charcoal fire, and sighed in a low voice, "Qingqing, there is one thing I might need your help with."