Chapter 698 Digging Deep
Xue Gui's reaction did not surprise Shen Hao.
But is the case really that easy to investigate? Shen Hao doesn't think so for now. Because the weirdness of that book is not just the mystery hidden in it.
When Shen Hao was questioning a few jailers just now, he kept checking his body repeatedly to see if he had been hurt by the weirdness in the book.
It turned out that there was no hidden injury, but it was true that there was an inconspicuous "stain" on the surface of the soul. A little bit, so small that even with Shen Hao's current control over the soul, it is extremely difficult to find it. And it is attached to it lightly, and it can be eliminated with a little shock.
But this "stain" on the soul did not cause any damage to the soul. In other words, if it wasn't for the reminder of the black beast tattoo and his trust in the black beast tattoo, even if Shen Hao discovered this inconspicuous little "stain" on the soul by coincidence, he wouldn't necessarily care.
Thinking about it again, Shen Hao is not the only one who has read that book. Except for the dead King Gan, all the people who came to seriously investigate this case have more or less turned over a few pages of this book, and were caught It is very possible that the weirdness in the book will leave "stains" on the soul.
But has anyone heard of the person who investigated the case died suddenly? Or was it traumatized inexplicably? No, not a single one.
Shen Hao's guess is that the weirdness in the book can be used as a breakthrough in the current case to continue to investigate later, but he still can't be sure that the king was killed by the weirdness in the book, at least there is no evidence for this for the time being. But with Shen Hao's experience, the two should be inseparable.
Therefore, Shen Hao's way of thinking is different from Xue Gui's. He didn't rush to check the case files to find out what this means of influencing the soul through words is. Knowing the origin of the script is the first task.
With the warrant from Xuan Qingwei's commander and the warrant from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Shen Hao can do many things in the imperial city, but anyone who can touch the edge of the case will never dare to refuse his investigation.
Finally, he got out of the class, went around in the special prison area, and finally came out of the prison of the Ministry of Punishment after the entry procedures were canceled. The next time you go in, you will also need to be led by someone from the major case department, and you will also need to go through cumbersome procedures. But I probably won't be back today.
"Go, go to the palace."
Even though it was night, the Qianwang Mansion was still brightly lit, and the sound of mourning could be faintly heard inside.
White lanterns have been hung at the entrance of the majestic Prince Qian's Mansion, the gate is closed tightly, and the stone beast at the gate is also wrapped with a white cloth around its neck, creating a funeral atmosphere.
Knocking on the door, the concierge's eyes were red and swollen, and when he saw that it was Xuan Qingwei, he hurriedly invited him in. In the past, anyone who dared to knock on the door at night and disturb the rest concierge would express their dissatisfaction with beard and stare, but now... it's hard to say!
Qianwang's mansion is in chaos now. The women in the backyard were restless and noisy, and without thinking about it, they knew that it must be a bloody battle, and outsiders couldn't get in. It was an internal matter of the royal family. So Shen Hao didn't even enter the main room, and stayed in the tea room of the concierge after entering the door, and asked the concierge to call over the head of the royal family's internal guard who had served the king's daily life and was responsible for the safety of the king.
Shen Hao first asked the head of the inner guard, which was also a relatively routine question, such as whether he had discovered any suspicious persons or incidents in the Qianwang mansion or when the Qianwang was traveling recently, and whether there were any fierce conflicts or contradictions directly aimed at the Qianwang.
The chief of the internal guards was also unambiguous, and he didn't hide anything, so he confessed to the eldest prince even if he was a bachelor. To put it bluntly: the eldest prince has the most and most serious conflicts with King Qian, and the rest of the minor conflicts are also with the other six princes. As for conflicts outside the royal family, there have been no conflicts in the past half a year.
In other words, in the eyes of the head of the inner guard who has always defended the king, the people who have conflicts with the king and can threaten the king are the other six princes.
Even the leader of the inner guard said frankly that once the cause of the king's death is determined, he will live to the end. This is the fate of the royal family's inner guard. . So there is no barrier to words, I hope that Shen Hao or anyone who can find out the truth can come up with a concrete statement about who killed King Qian.
This is consistent with Shen Hao's previous guess, at least for the past six months, King Qian has no enemies other than the "big test".
Will someone use the name of "big test" to harm the king? There is also this possibility, but Shen Hao thinks the possibility is not high. Because being able to kill a prince in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment in such a concealed way, it would definitely not be an ordinary person or an ordinary force, so it was extremely difficult not to attract the attention of the imperial family's internal guards.
Afterwards, the person who inquired was the servant who served the king's daily life. A servant girl, a servant who runs errands.
From living habits to eating hobbies, to daily actions, Shen Hao is almost restoring the daily life of King Qian before his death. And holding a small notebook in his hand to pick up and write down the important and complicated information.
"My lord wakes up very early every day, punches, washes up, and eats breakfast. Unless there is something important to do at night, he will go to bed before Haizheng."
"Yes, the lord likes to drink mince wine the most. He said that it is not intoxicating but also sweeter than water to quench his thirst."
"Release? In his spare time, the prince likes to read books. He reads all kinds of books, including story books. Who do you like to read? There is no fixed number, as long as it looks good, you can read it. The prince is not so picky to pass the time. There is a board in the bookstore. , whether it looks good or not, you only need to see if you can get it on the board, you don’t need to look first.”
Generally speaking, the things that were asked from Prince Qian's Mansion did not exceed Shen Hao's expectation, and even many places confirmed his guess.
For example, King Qian is a very self-disciplined person with rigid rules of life. Shen Hao had such a guess in the cell before, because the reason for the messy sheets in the cell of King Qian was not that the king was not tidied up when he slept, but that the jailer carried the body up to make a mess after his death. It is proved that a person who has to fold the quilt and make the bed all the time in prison will not live in disorder.
Another point is that King Qian does have the habit of drinking mince wine and reading scripts, and this habit has been like this for many years, not recently.
A person with a very regular life is sometimes easy to be dissected by others, at least it is easy to use some of your living habits to do things that are difficult for you to discover yourself. For example, if you are sure that you will continue to read the storybook and drink Baihuajiu after you are under surveillance.
Of course, as a prince, it is impossible for the king to only have these two hobbies. For example, polo, singing and dancing, calligraphy and painting are all the hobbies of the king in his spare time, but Shen Hao's focus is still on the fruit wine and story books. Who made the scene of the crime happen to have these two things?
In the end, Shen Hao asked again: "Did you send the book "Baijiang Evil Beast" to King Qian on the day of the accident?"