The girl's face was clearly extinguished under the candlelight.

"If it were that explanation, there would be an explanation for why the couple's behavior was so weird." The girl said.

Zhen Shiyuan fell completely silent.

She said it was right.

"Actually, it's funny. There are many girls who are abducted and unknown in this world. But it is precisely because of the careful work that they strive for perfection and choose to replace a person who does exist in case they are found to be inappropriate." The girl said, "It's not surprising, because it is because I want to borrow this identity to make up the identity perfect."

So if the woman herself was a careful work, it would not be the daughter of the couple, but was pretending to be the girl. Unfortunately, she seemed to underestimate the love of a couple. There are parents in this world who strangled their biological daughter to death for the sake of having a son, and there are parents who can search for their daughter for decades.

Even if I haven't seen each other for many years, my parents will definitely be able to detect that the daughter in front of me is not my own. She is obviously not my own daughter, but her experiences are exactly the same in all aspects. If the couple noticed that there was something wrong with the daughter, then there would be a reason for their daughter to drown.

As for the sudden sale of the shop, I probably realized that this daughter was very dangerous and would cause trouble for them. I knew that even if they sold the shop, with the degree of meticulousness of those people, the shop would not fall into the hands of outsiders.

Perhaps I knew that I was very likely to be unable to escape, so I carved the secret recipe for walnut crisps in the shop to find that one day in the future, diners with a sharp tongue would notice the abnormality.

"If you can gain a firm foothold in Chang'an City, that couple should not only be hardworking but also intelligent. It is not surprising that they can think of this method." The girl said and looked at Zhen Shiyuan, "If it was a detailed work, then is there a reason for her to deliberately approach Hu Yuanzi?"

This guess is even a bit bizarre, but it is such a bizarre guess that can perfectly explain all the strange contradictions encountered.

However, if you make perfect inference, it is not enough to just infer, but evidence is still needed.

"The woman was alive and died and died. I think it's very likely that she will live." Qiao Ran thought for a while and said, "Hu Yuanzi suddenly became obsessed with Buddhism. Yu Shihuan and others gathered people inexplicably to Quelou. Someone must be promoting this. I think she is very likely to change her identity and use other methods to promote Quelou's tragedy."

Zhen Shiyuan was silent for a moment and said, "The pair of uncle and aunt Xiaohua, who took money, met a masked man who called himself Xiaohua's elder. This person may be that woman. Even if it is not, he must be with that woman and secretly contributed to the incident of Quelou."

"So, after all, we must find the person." He said, slamming the table, "If we can really find this person, all the questions will be answered."

Qiao Ran nodded and slightly closed her eyebrows: "If it were my inference, this woman should have not left Chang'an City yet." She said, "If our Dali Temple did not interfere, the pair of uncle and aunt Xiaohua had already left the city. In order to make things happen, they must make uncle and aunt Xiaohua no longer appear in front of others."

"It's so wonderful!" Zhen Shiyuan couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, "Even the scapegoats have been found."

"But all I said is just speculation." Qiao Ran said, "We must now look at the pair of Xiaohua's uncle and aunt. This speculation without evidence is just my family's words, and it will not stand the point in front of others." After a pause, the girl's eyes fluttered, "If I were them, I would definitely find a way to make Xiaohua's uncle and aunt die in prison without knowing it, and it would be best to commit suicide in fear of the crime."

Zhen Shiyuan stared at her for a moment and suddenly said, "It's fortunately it's not you." He had an inexplicable feeling that such a master who was like a god in a case was far from comparable to that of an ordinary murderer.

"So, can the paintings on the ground be put away now?" Ping Zhuang interrupted the two of them with a voice, and his expression changed from the initial surprise and excitement to the hunch, "I can't understand a word you said." No, to be precise, I understand every word, but I don't understand it even.

Qiao Ran nodded and said lightly: "Then put it away!"

These paintings can only be used as inference, not direct evidence, and are not enough to convict people.

Bai Zhijun stood aside with his hands behind his back and shook his head with a smile, sighing, "I don't understand either." After saying that, he turned to Qiao Ran and said, "But I know that Lord Qiao should already have a look in his heart."

Qiao Ran said: "There is still no direct evidence."

"Slowly find something." Bai Zhijun said, lowered his head and picked up the painting, and said to Pingzhuang, "You have a rest, I'll do it."

Pingzhuang immediately handed the painting he picked up in his hand to Bai Zhijun.

After running all night, he was very tired, okay? It was better for this general. He observed this in detail and knew that he was tired. Unlike the two who only knew how to speak, he didn't care about his feelings at all.

Pingzhuang thought about it so much that she wanted to sit down, but she heard the girl speak again.

This time, not only did I understand every word, but I even understood the meaning of connecting the words together.

"Pingzhuang, please help me go to the Imperial College and bring the booklet for borrowing crossbow arrow records." Qiao Ran said, "I'm useful."

Is this still over? Ping Zhuang stared at the girl, but when he met the girl's calm eyes, he still failed, sighed, turned around and left.

The official is the life of running errands, and he has experienced it.

If he had known, he would not have changed with this general. If he was still picking up paintings, he might have been called to run errands.

...

The young man walked quickly. Bai Zhijun, who was sorting out the picture, couldn't help but smile and shook his head: "You official officers seem to be leaving and are about to lose their temper. In fact, it's okay to let me go."

Qiao Ran said, "His horse is fast, and he will be back soon after he goes back and forth." She and Zhang Jie tried it in person just now.

Bai Zhijun thought of the jujube-red horse that was led in to chew on the wild grass, and couldn't help but laugh: "It's indeed a rare good horse."

Zhen Shiyuan sat on the chair and sighed, rubbed his eyebrows, and said, "Do you ask him to take out the loan record? Do you want to start with Kunzhi's death?"

Qiao Ran nodded and said, "My inference is not complete, and I have an inference. How can Hu Yuanzi kill so many people in Quelou? It may be difficult to do it without using means alone."

Therefore, the method and process of killing also require a complete inference.

"The death time of those people was after Quelou was disconnected from the outside world, but Hu Yuanzi had to kill so many people alone, so he must have used the means." Qiao Ran said.

Although Bai Zhijun didn't know who Hu Yuanzi she was talking about, he heard about Quelou. Therefore, through the conversation between the two, he guessed something. Most of the time, Hu Yuanzi was inferred that he might be the murderer who killed everyone.

"Can you use drugs or something?" Bai Zhijun thought for a while and said, "He took the antidote to the drugs in advance and committed suicide after killing people."

"There is this possibility." Qiao Ran said, "It was just that after coroner and the autopsy was conducted, those people died in batches."

Those who died of various hell punishments were at most seven days apart. To be precise, those in the Copper Pillar Prison died first, five to seven days earlier than most people. Then they pulled out their tongue and peeled off and died under a random knife. The traitors involved died in the end.

Qiao Ran frowned, and an imaginary scene flashed through her mind.

So, are the people in Quelou just watching those people being tortured to death by being tied to a copper pillar?

If everyone gets the medicine together, assuming that only Hu Yuanzi takes the medicine and the rest are poured out by his medicine, what medicine can make people confused for seven days?

If Hu Yuanzi also learned to look at the time of killing, and there was a sequence of order, the remaining people should be tied up, but the remaining people showed no signs of their hands and feet being tied up, and none of them were.

If that's the case... Qiao Ran's eyebrows were tighter.

Did everyone just watch the torture of those people tied to the copper pillar? They just watch it for five to seven days? The scene was so weird that even Qiao Ran couldn't imagine it.

Moreover, according to the autopsy results of the coroner, almost everyone's stomach was undigested food, which means that these people were tortured to death by being tied to a copper pillar, while the rest of them were not tied to eat and drink. Then a few days later, Hu Yuanzi suddenly began to kill everyone.

This is really weird.

Since we want to kill people, we should just kill them together. Why do we have to go in batches? And the first ones were Yu Shihuan and Zhu Zhicheng who knew that the bridge would be broken early.

In other words, the layup who was originally planning to do something died first, while Hu Yuanzi was more like an executor, who committed suicide after killing someone. In this way, it seemed that there was no one who was really planning the overall situation, and this person was very likely to be related to the female work.

As for why Kunzhi died on the side of Mount Li and not in Quelou, she thought it must be Yu Shihuan, Zhu Zhicheng and others' original plan was that the bridge was broken, and then Kunzhi was left to connect at this end. But Kunzhi died inexplicably.

If you continue to push this way, Kun Zhi's death is very likely to be related to the person who is really planning the overall situation.

Because as Xu Heming's personal servant, Kun Zhi should be clear about the plans of Yu Shihuan, Zhu Zhicheng and others. If Kun Zhi does not die, what happened to Quelou afterwards will be one of the important witnesses. In this case, his death will be inevitable, and the crossbow arrow used to kill people is the only physical evidence left at this moment.

Unfortunately, this physical evidence is too ordinary. Everyone in the Imperial College can touch it. Even if you steal it, you don’t know how many hands you have to pass through. It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack.

The room was quiet, and the girl was stuck in her own contemplation with her chin.

Bai Zhijun, who had packed up the painting, sat down on the empty chair, thought for a while, and said, "It would be fine if there were any residues in the drugstore. If you used special drug, you might be able to find clues from the drugstore."

The girl who was leaning on her chin and pondering suddenly lit up: "Yes, why did I almost forget this!"

Zhen Shiyuan and Bai Zhijun looked at each other when they heard this. Seeing the girl suddenly stood up, walked in the hall for two steps, and then laughed at herself: "I am really confused, why did I forget this? Xiaohua's affairs were found with fragrance, and this could naturally be found with fragrance."

The time she went to Quelou, she smelled the smell before leaving, and she thought she should recognize it.

Bai Zhijun was a little confused when he heard her smell, but when he heard her smell, he instinctively asked: "Mr. Qiao, is the kind of drug you mentioned that has a fragrance?"

There are many kinds of drugs that make people fascinated. The easiest one is to add food or water to the stomach. The one that is a little troublesome is the drug that is mixed with spices like spices.

However, compared to those added to food or water, this kind of drug mixed with spices is much weaker than the former.

"There aren't many drugs that can charm dozens of people at once!" Qiao Ran asked Bai Zhijun, "Is General Bai proficient in drugs?"

Bai Zhijun shook his head, but after a pause, he still said what he knew: "As far as I know, those who want medicine who are waiting for Jianghuket to open black shops always add it directly to their food, and use spices to fascinate people. It is really expensive and the medicinal properties are weak."

After hearing this, Zhen Shiyuan suddenly spoke out: "What if the dosage of the medicine is large!"

Bai Zhijun thought for a while and said, "That should be OK, but the dosage should be quite large."

Hearing this sentence, Zhen Shiyuan quickly turned to look at Qiao Ran, and saw a hint of understanding in the other party's eyes.

First of all, if the medicine was brought by Hu Yuanzi, he was originally a chef who made the food. It is not only easy to use the medicine added to the food, but also with his financial resources, it is also enough to bear it.

But looking at the girl's expression, it seemed that the medicine in Quelou was from spices. If the spices were used, it felt a bit strange to Hu Yuanzi.

In this case, there is only one explanation.

That is, those expensive and weak spices should not have been made by Hu Yuanzi. As for whom it was, it looked like Yu Shihuan and others who had prepared the bridge to break early in the morning.

Well, giving up the easy-to-use and using fancy ones seems to be done by the children of the elite who pay attention to it.

"That's right." The girl nodded with a calm expression. "Not to mention whether the financial resources are enough to bear it. Just say that Hu Yuanzi, as the chef of Quelou, had noble people moved in, and the people in Quelou should not bring some unknown things in it! If it is a sweating pill that adds food, it can only be hidden and brought in a little bit, but it is not easy to bring a lot of spices into it."

Therefore, the ones who brought the spices should be Yu Shihuan and others. No matter which pharmacy or fragrance shop it was, the other party bought so many at once. I believe the store will definitely have an impression and will definitely find some insights.

And the inexplicable introduction of so many spices may be related to what Yu Shihuan and others were originally planning to do. Although they don’t know what it was, they must be some fancy things that are trying to touch the wind and the moon. If they are carefully investigated, they may not be able to find out.

But they thought that they did not expect that someone would use this trick to capture them all, and then use their deaths to provoke the dispute between Tubo and Dachu.
Chapter completed!