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Zhang Qian looked around to ensure there was no one else in the alley before whispering, “It’s… It’s Commander Ming!”

“Ming Jian?” Zhuo Qing was stunned.

Zhang Qian place his hands by his mouth and quickly said, “Hus.h.!.+ Don’t say it so loudly!”

“When did he take the dregs away?”

“It was… Half a s.h.i.+chen (1 s.h.i.+chen = 2 hours) after older sister Ru Yi from Qing Feng Hall came over to call Imperial Physician w.a.n.g and Imperial Physician Hu.”

Zhuo Qing calculated the time, Ming Jing would have taken the medicine dregs away before Fu Ling when to look for it. The child took the medication during noon so if Ming Jian was the person who added the poison into the medicine, he should have taken the dregs at that time and not wait till the child was gone before taking it away. Zhuo Qing looked up and look at Gu Yun. Seeing a cool look in her eyes, it seemed that she was thinking of what the problem was and thus Zhuo Qing did not disturb her.

Zhang Qian saw that both of them did not speak and s.h.i.+fted himself towards the direction of the alley outside, “I only saw these and really do not know anything else!”

Gu Yun did not make things more difficult for him and waved her hands, “You can go.”

Zhang Qian did not even pause and in the next moment his shadow disappeared from the alley. As he ran, he felt really scared. Since someone knew of him selling the medicine herbs he stole, if it became worse… He would escape from the Palace, anyways he had just sold the news of Commander Ming taking the dregs to older sister Ru Yi a few days ago and had earned quite a lot of money. If he did not run at this moment, if the entire matter was unmasked, then his life would also be included in it. The more Zhang Qian thought, the more he was convinced and speed up towards the direction of his room.

Both of them were silent throughout their exit of the Imperial Palace. Zhuo Qing did not understand, “Why was it Ming Jian? Why did he want to take the dregs away?”

Both of Gu Yun’s hands were folded in front of her chest and her face looked somewhat more relaxed than before, “If it was Yan Hong Tian’s intention?”

Yan Hong Tian? Zhuo Qing stopped in her steps and looked at Gu Yun like she had figured out something and said, “Then the next place we should go interview Official Dan!” Gu Yun shrugged like she also came to such an intention.

Both of them came over to Ti Xing Department several times and the guarding bailiff recognised them. They took them to the living room and they did not need to wait long before Dan Yu Lan came over.

“What is the matter for both of you to look for me?”

Gu Yun’s acute senses discover that when Dan Yu Lan saw them, there was a flash of doubt and astonishment on his expression. Gu Yun quietly sat down and let Zhuo Qing who was beside her to deal with him.

Both of them had always had a tactic understanding of one another, so when she saw Gu Yun not moving, Zhuo Qing naturally knew what she meant. She nodded slightly at Dan Yu Lan’s direction and asked straight to the point, “You have done an autopsy on the child’s corpse, what are the findings? Was it poison?”

“Both of you?” He had guessed the reason for them to come over and thought of how to deal with it carefully. He did not expect that Zhuo Qing would directly ask such questions, making the usually calm Dan Yu Lan astonished.

With his current expression, one need not be observant to tell that he must have knew some inside information. Zhuo Qing did not beat about the bush and said, “We have found out that Ming Jian took the medicine dregs away and he is Yan… The Emperor’s confidant, thus did it on his behest. For the Emperor to question the death of the Prince, why is the Prince buried before anything is cleared up?”

Gu Yun was silent the entire time but her eyes did not leave Dan Yu Lan at all as Zhuo Qing spoke eloquently. Facing these two persons, Dan Yu Lan had a feeling as if there was nowhere to hide and he smiled bitterly as he shook his head. He did not have any other methods to deal out thus Dan Yu Lan nodded his head, “On the night, I had conducted an autopsy on the Prince’s corpse.”

“How was it?”

They actually already knew that there was a possibility that the child was poisoned, which meant that Lou Furen must had looked over the child’s corpse but unable to take a closer inspection so they looked for him for confirmation. Dan Yu Lan did not say more and only replied, “The Prince was indeed poisoned but as by what specific poison, it was not determined.”

“Is there any findings from the residue?”

Dan Yu Lan was also very distressed and sighed, “There is no problems with the medicine dregs. It consist of medicinal ingredients targeting on the fever and not poisonous.”

“There is no problems with the dregs but it is not necessarily that the medication is also fine. The concoction is poured out by Ru Yi personally from the brewing pot and brought into Qing Feng Hall. The person who did the poisoning is most likely someone from Qing Feng Hall.” Gu Yun, who was quiet the entire time, finally spoke and seemed like she hand the intention to investigate further.

As Dan Yu Lan saw them getting ready to leave, he tightened and released his brows a couple of time before hesitantly saying, “Please stay behind…”

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