The Ministry of Punishment, the house for widows.

Master Yunxi placed the body in the ancestral mausoleum of the deceased and began the autopsy.

As the sun gradually rises, the work in the widow's house comes to an end.

The master and servant quickly reattached the deceased's head and body, then cleaned up the widow's room and went to report.

When Yun Xi finished soaking her hands and walked into the study, she found that Lu Qingfan and others had not returned; Master Ran and Master Ren were not in their errand room either.

"Something strange, where is the person?" Qingguo asked, tilting his head in confusion.

"There must be other things that delayed me outside." After Yun Xi finished speaking, he touched his stomach and whispered: "Why don't we go eat something first, and then go home and see Leng Hai."

"Okay!" He became excited when he mentioned eating green fruits.

"I can't eat anymore."

The words of the master and servant were overheard by Lu Qingfan and his entourage who were walking to the door. He walked in with a cold expression, while Ran Piao and Ren Danqing behind him also looked embarrassed.

"What happened?" Yun Xi asked, "Did something happen to the Hanlin Academy?" They had been back from the place where the crime occurred for a long time. If anything goes wrong, it should be the Hanlin Academy.

"The matter at the Hanlin Academy has been settled, but on the way back we heard that an official of the sixth rank committed suicide." Ran Piao sighed and said, "It's been a troubled year, it's been a troubled year!"

There were a total of two ministers of the sixth rank in the Hanlin Academy, and they all had accidents on one day. It was really shocking.

Yun Xi was surprised: "Is it confirmed to be suicide?"

"Well, Mr. Huang has gone to see it." Lu Qingfan nodded and said: "Let's first solve the case of Niu Jingyuan's wrongful killing of Zuling, and then discuss the case of the Hanlin minister's suicide."

Lu Qingfan rarely relied on intuition, but this time there was an unprecedented sense of urgency in his heart.

Whether it is the unsolved cases at Yuanzheng Hou Mansion and Jingning Bo Mansion, or the case of Niu Jingyuan's murder by mistake, or even the suicide case of Ren Yuan, the sixth-ranking prime minister, I am afraid that the connection between these cases will soon be revealed.

Yun Xi didn't hesitate after hearing this, and immediately told the autopsy results of Zu Ling: "The deceased died two hours ago. The cause of death was that his head was severed by a sharp wire."

Before he died, Zu Ling could still see his head in different places, and he was bleeding profusely.

People's senses are always inexplicably amplified at the moment before death, giving rise to countless feelings of fear. This is why the death meeting in Zuling is so ferocious.

While speaking, Yun Xi wrapped the silk thread at hand around a small wooden stick, then hooked the two silk threads on both sides and tightened them, and continued:

"The criminal used the gap between the two door bolts to tie the thin steel rope between the neck of the deceased. As long as he used enough force, it would..."

The log stick suddenly broke into two pieces, just like the ancestral mausoleum who was anxiously asking for help, but his body was missing.

Everyone present could not help but tremble.

"My dear, if it were me, half of my life would be frightened... Is Mr. Niu destined to be too old this year? It's really too miserable."

Ran Piao kept patting his heart to calm himself down.

Master Ren sighed and could only say, "It's destiny."

"Destiny is also cause and effect." Lu Qingfan glanced at the master lightly: "The criminal must have a reason for targeting Niu Jingyuan."

"After listening to Yun Zuo's analysis, the official started investigating!" Ran Piao was the most sensible person and immediately took over the conversation.

It is not yet known whether the murderer deliberately targeted Niu Jingyuan, but Yun Xi just explained that the method of committing the crime was indeed somewhat terrifying.

"The murderer is extremely cruel. Either he has a deep hatred for Niu Jingyuan, or he has a blood feud with the deceased Master Zu." Yun Xi shook his head and continued: "Normally, with Master Niu's scholarly strength, it would be difficult to push the door open at once. Later, he

My own testimony also proves this."

When many officials from the Hanlin Academy were passing by, they saw Master Niu struggling to open the door and shouting to the people in the room. Finally, they had no choice but to forcefully push the door open, resulting in the tragedy of Zuling's head being missing.

"The murderer is a very smart man. He noticed the toughness of this thin steel and deliberately formed several points of strength at the door bolts and corners."

Yun Xi gently tapped the rope in her hand to show everyone the elasticity in it.

"It was this subtle power that allowed Niu Jingyuan to become a 'murderer' very smoothly."

"The murderer is so crazy," Master Ren muttered.

The more sophisticated the killing technique, the better it can verify the murderer's state of mind when committing the crime.

At least as far as this case is concerned, he thinks that Yun Yatou's previous inference is correct. If it wasn't a blood feud, who would have imagined this "killing someone with a borrowed knife" drama?

In full view of everyone, Niu Jingyuan could not explain clearly even though he had a hundred mouths to speak, and it was clear that he was going to crucify Niu Jingyuan.

After talking about the subtleties of the killing technique, Yun Xi deduced the trajectory of the person before his death yesterday based on the condition of the five internal organs of the corpse.

"The murderer had a very sumptuous dinner the day before, but he didn't drink a drop of wine." Yun Xi thought for a while and said, "According to the progress of the digestion of food in the intestines of the deceased... he stayed in one place untouched all night."

"Why?" Ran Piao asked.

"Oh Lord Ran! Food melts quickly when people move around, but slowly when they sit still." Qingguo explained helplessly: "Isn't this very simple?"

Ran Piao sneered: "That's what you meant, I'm slow."

Lu Qingfan looked at Yun Xi and motioned for her to continue speaking.

"According to the marks and bruises on the body of the deceased, the murderer came to the bookstore two hours before the crime, which is also the time when we say he is most likely to be sleepy. He tied up the deceased and waited until daybreak.

Master Niu is here, a murder has occurred."

"What you mean is that the criminal calculated the time accurately, planned everything, and waited for Niu Jingyu to fall into the trap." Lu Qingfan pursed his lips and said: "Then this person must have known that Zu Ling would return to the Hanlin Academy for night duty last night, and also knew that the next day

It is inevitable that Niu Jingyuan will be the first to go to the book pavilion."

"Sir, you're just going to say that the suspect is from the Hanlin Academy." Ren Danqing curled his lips and said.

Lu Qingfan pursed his thin lips and smiled fleetingly, "This case is indeed the most suspected person in the Hanlin Academy."

The clues on the body were almost explained, and Yun Xi wanted to visit the place where the crime occurred to find more clues to solve the case.

Lu Qingfan nodded in agreement and ordered Ran Piao to investigate the financial background of Niu Jingyuan and Zu Ling; Ren Danqing had to go to Dali Temple to see the news about Ren Yuan.

As for him, be prepared to interrogate the shocked "murderer" Niu Jingyuan.

Everyone started to take action separately.

On the way back to the Hanlin Academy, Qingguo sighed in a low voice: "Miss, our two cases have not been solved, and a new case has come. How can we solve three cases in two days?"

"We have to do something if it's not enough." Yun Xi's eyes showed worry and she whispered: "We can only do our best."

The people from the three divisions have been dispatched. With so many people investigating three cases, it is better than the six or seven people from the Criminal Department who were sent back and forth.

"Now our situation is not completely passive. There must be a reason for the murderer to take action one after another." Yun Xi pursed her lips and said, "We will definitely find it."

"Hey!" Qingguo rubbed his eyes and looked ready to attack: "That slave will have a hard time looking for you later!"

The library in the Hanlin Academy where the incident took place was guarded by A-Shan.

It was his first time as a police officer and he had little experience in everything, so Fan Zhi asked him to guard the place where the crime occurred, as long as no one else was allowed to get close.

When the library was sealed, Lu Qingfan was so provocative that he put countless officials to shame. Later, no one trespassed.

This made Ah Shan very bored.

He wandered back and forth by the door out of boredom, and then squatted down by the door where the murder occurred, staring at the blood on the ground in a daze, and murmured in a low voice: "Being a servant is too boring, it would be more interesting to be a killer."

As Master Yunxi approached, he happened to hear A-Shan's murmur.

"It's boring to fight and kill every day." Qingguo retorted loudly: "How much fun it is to uphold justice!"

A-Shan was startled by Qing Guo, but he was relieved when he saw that it was Yun Xi, the master and servant: "I was scared to death. I thought it was Mr. Lu who came back to check the post."

"My lord is busy," Yun Xi smiled: "Send us to check your post."

"Hey, that girl mustn't snitch!" A-Shan believed it to be true, and chased after the two girls who walked into the scene of the crime, constantly begging for mercy.

After entering the house, Yun Xi and Qing Guo searched for clues about the place where the crime occurred.

Ah Xian, who did not have any ankle boots, was stopped by Yun Xi at the door. He looked at the bloodstains snaking around his feet and did not dare to step on them at all. He could only follow the voices of Yun Xi and the two with his eyes.

"Hey, Miss Yun, you left early, and you didn't know how powerful we adults are in the morning!"

A-Shan found a familiar face to talk to, so he couldn't close the conversation box. At one moment, he talked about how Master Niu talked about "righteousness" but acted foolishly; at another time, he talked about how Master Lu "talked against the Confucian scholars" and made everyone feel ashamed.

It’s hard to be...

[Author's digression]: Yun Xi: Sir, you are so powerful that you can argue with other scholars?

Lu Qingfan: Not worth mentioning.

Niu Jingyuan: Ashamed, ashamed!

The scholar-official who was pinned to the ground: Well...when are you going to let me get up?!
Chapter completed!