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Chapter 383 - 319: Is He Really Here to Investigate? (5000 Word Mega - Vote Request)_1

Chapter 383: Chapter 319: Is He Really Here to Investigate? (5000 Word Mega Chapter Vote Request)_1

"Finally, he’s here."

Once Li Xuan dismounted the Earth Dragon, laughter echoed from the staircase. He looked up to see two figures standing atop the stairs.

One of them was also donning Liudao Fumo Armor, Fumo Xiaowei of the Liudao Division; the other was a young woman in her twenties. She was beautiful and cold, radiating a vibrant energy. She wore a crimson Feiyu Suit with the stamped seal of the inner Jishi Bureau hanging at her waist. It was as if she was the head of the inner Jishi Bureau.

The one who spoke was indeed the Fumo Xiaowei from the Liudao Division. This man, in his early thirties, had a face as red as a date and a long beard that reached his chest. He looked at Li Xuan with a smile, "This is Zhen Chun, Fumo Xiaowei of the Youlong Department of the Qinglong Hall of Liudao Division. It is a pleasure to meet you, Earl Jingan!"

"Xiaowei Zhen!" Li Xuan’s gaze turned sharp as he saluted the man with a fist-palm bow.

He had heard of this person; he was one of the three most famous Xiaoweis in the Qinglong Hall nowadays.

The young woman also saluted Li Xuan, "Yu Yunhuang, head of the inner Jishi Bureau, at your service, Earl Jingan."

At this moment, Yue Qianqian whispered into Li Xuan’s ear, "She is the Commandery Princess Changning, eldest daughter of the Prince of Anyang, a top-ranking member of the Clan House. She is also the elder cousin of Yu Hongshang, rumored to be a favorite of Empress Sun."

Li Xuan couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow in surprise, intrigue blossoming in his heart.

He thought to himself, a high-ranking princess is serving as the head of the Jishi Bureau? There was no such thing in the Ming Dynasty, was there?

But then he remembered that this was the Jin Dynasty, a fantasy world. Although similar to the Ming Dynasty he knew, it was drastically different in many ways.

If Xue Yunrou could inherit Tianshi’s mansion, then a female head of the Jishi Bureau wasn’t so surprising.

As for this ’Empress Sun’, she should be the current Empress Dowager, the birth mother of the True Emperor Zhengtong who is imprisoned in the Nan Palace, and the biological mother of the present Jingtai Emperor.

Despite the whirlwind of thoughts in his head, he showed no hint of any anomaly, giving a small bow, "Understood, Commandery Princess!"

"I prefer to be called Head Yu." There was impatience in Yu Yunhuang’s voice, "Enough with the pleasantries, His Majesty is getting anxious. Let’s start with solving the case."

She moved first, heading straight toward the depth of the Ciqing Palace, "The scene of the crime is the Hanyuan Pavilion. Two days ago, at the end of Hour of Chen, the Crown Prince went to the Hanyuan Pavilion to read. However, at the beginning of Hour of Wu, the Wujing Boshi Fei Yuan from the Hanlin Academy, who was responsible for the lecture that day, was poisoned to death in front of the Crown Prince. We also found deadly poison in Crown Prince’s food after..."

Yu Yunhuang briefly introduced the case, and as she was speaking, they had entered a pavilion.

As Li Xuan entered, he looked up and found the words ’Hanyuan Pavilion’.

Upon entering, he found a dead body lying on the left side of the hall. The person was dressed in the robes of a 6th rank official, and had a white cloth covering his face.

There were two reading tables in the middle, one still intact with tea and pastries such as purple yam cakes and mung bean cakes placed on it. The other table had fallen over, scattering various pastries all over the floor. Owing to the freezing weather, the spilled tea had not completely evaporated even after almost three days.

Yu Yunhuang pointed to the floor and said, "The one to the left is used by the Crown Prince, and the overturned one on the right was Fei Yuan’s."

"Has anyone tampered with anything here?" Li Xuan carefully looked around before taking a toolbox from his Sumi Ring. He took a long needle made of horn material from the box and began testing the food one by one.

In ancient times, silver needles were used to detect sulphurous poison, as silver turns black when it comes into contact with sulfur, but they were useless against arsenic and cyanide and other deadly poisons.

The long needle in Li Xuan’s hand, however, was made from a whale spécies from the North Sea, and combined with the microscopic talisman array etched on it, a special solution, and technique, it could detect almost sixty to seventy percent of the known poisons in the world. Thus, this tool was standard issue for the Lingwu.

Indeed, as soon as Li Xuan took out the Whale Needle and placed it into a prepared solution, the tail end of the needle started turning black and purple.

However, looking at the food, Li Xuan was suddenly hit with a pang of hunger.

"The Xiuyiwei and members of our inner Jishi Bureau, together with your Xiaowei Zhen, were called to the scene for investigation. However, all three parties handled the scene with care, making sure not to disturb the original state of it."

"The Crown Prince was also very careful. Not only did he invite some officials from the Zhanshi Government who were on duty at the East Palace, but he also called Qianhu Wei Bailong of the Xiuyiwei who was in charge of the guard at the East Palace to observe. With these people overseeing, no one could tamper with anything."

Yu Yunhuang, hands clasped behind her back, glanced askance at the Xiuyiwei Dudu Tongzhi, Zuo Daoxing, "This Qianhu Wei is a trusted subordinate of the esteemed Zuo. He has received numerous awards from His Majesty."

Zuo Daoxing replied with a muted tone, "Qianhu Wei is diligent and hardworking, earning the respect of the Xiuyiwei of all ranks."

Li Xuan, however, was lost in thought as he gazed at the needle in his hand, "There was poison in the food and tea in front of the Crown Prince This overturned table of Fei Yuan’s also had poisoned tea? But these snacks scattered on the ground, I couldn’t detect any poison. What’s going on?"

"That’s because the tea and snacks for the Crown Prince were brought in before the Hour of Chen. Fei Yuan also had a portion, but he finished it. After seeing this, the Crown Prince had ordered another portion."

It was the Youlong Department Fumo Xiaowei, Zhen Chun, who replied this time. He said solemnly, "The snacks delivered later for Fei Yuan indeed had no poison. The tea wasn’t touched, only replaced with hot water. The Dahongpao tea from Wuyi Mountain is best enjoyed after it’s been steeped three or four times."

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