The sunset is gradually rising, and the cold wind is blowing outside.
At this moment, there are five corpses covered with white cloth displayed in the courtyard, three men and two women, seemingly a couple with three children, the youngest is only thirteen years old.
"These five figures should have been made by Jianghu people."
Feiyun walked out of the corpses, stood side by side beside Xue Junyou, and said: "Heshan Sword Sect, this sect is famous for its internal strength. It can be identified from the bones of those people. It's just...
...It took too long to die, at least several years."
"wrong."
Xue Junyou shook his head: "Since the sword technique of Heshan Sword Sect is used, it must not be made by Heshan Sword Sect."
"How can you be so sure?" Feiyun asked.
Xue Junyou stretched out his hand, holding a tattered identity document: "The person who died was a founding father... How can anyone in the world dare to touch the fourth-rank earl of the imperial court?"
Feiyun took the document and opened it. The document read: Changlong Bo Wu Wenlin, born in the 33rd year of Fengyang, from Xuanyang, Gyeonggi Province.
"I asked the officials."
Xue Junyou rubbed his hands and looked at the five corpses lying quietly in the cold wind in the courtyard: "Uncle Chang Long, it is Princess Lingyang's parents-in-law who have been missing for ten years. They have sent people to Princess Lingyang."
We will know whether he is really Chang Longbo after the princess comes over."
"Do you suspect that the Wu family is responsible for the Cha Mihua corpse case?"
"It's not suspicion, it's certainty. He even killed a thirteen-year-old child. If it were me, I would keep seeking revenge."
"But I don't think so."
"Why do you think so?" Xue Junyou tilted his head and looked at Feiyun.
"The wounds on those people seem to be similar to those of the deceased in the Cha Mihua Corpse Case."
Feiyun returned the identity document and extended his hand to Xue Junyou: "I can recognize that the headless corpse was killed by a sword, but because the head is gone, I can't identify anything else...
..The five corpses are different. Except for the smallest one, all of them were killed with a sword, and almost half of their necks were broken. Although a long time has passed, I can still tell from the wounds that they are the same as the headless corpses.
Almost like sword marks."
"Where is the Heshan Sword Sect?" Xue Jun asked worriedly.
Feiyun replied: "Nanzhou Chaoyun."
"Nanzhou people."
Xue Junyou raised his head and looked around, roughly identifying the direction: "This place connects Beizhou and Dongzhou. If someone deliberately kills people here, they won't cast the body into the earthen bed. People should find it faster."
"What if we do the opposite?"
"Come on."
Xue Junyou shook his head: "That's even more impossible. It would be better to just kill people in the south of the imperial capital city."
After saying that, Xue Junyou put his hands in his sleeves, as if he was planning to resist the cold wind for a while: "No matter who killed him or how he died, I believe that Princess Lingyang will naturally bring useful news when she comes over.
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Nearly half an hour later, Princess Lingyang came over. Compared to the day when Xue Junyou saw her at the banquet, she was much plainer. She only wore a relatively simple costume and no jewelry.
.
It is understandable, after all, Princess Lingyang has always had a good reputation in the public. After learning about the death of her parents-in-law, dressing more plainly can be regarded as filial piety.
Luo Junzhao stood in front of the five corpses covered with white cloth for a long time. Her charming face was very calm, and she stood there motionless. Luo Junzhao raised his hand to dust himself, as if
I feel like I'm caught in the dust, and I seem to be a little bit at a loss, not knowing what to do.
"Remove the white cloth."
Luo Junzhao spoke calmly, but her falcon-like eyes couldn't help but blush after seeing the few human corpses left. She guessed it, but still held back the tears to prevent them from flowing out.
Until the whole eye sockets turned red.
In the distance, Xue Junyou and Feiyun stood quietly and looked at Princess Lingyang. The moment they saw Princess Lingyang holding back tears and her eyes were red, Xue Junyou felt that this princess was really like the rumors.
All love and justice.
Because this kind of true sadness cannot be acted out.
"This princess... ..."
Feiyun lifted up the bottom of her robe and sat on the steps behind her. She seemed to have recalled something while watching this scene. Then she took a deep breath and asked, "Do you have a good relationship with your parents-in-law?"
"Um."
Xue Junyou did not sit down. He felt that no matter what the relationship between Anyang and his sisters was, he could not overdo it on his face. It was better to pretend to be sad: "I heard that Princess Lingyang and Wang Guifei had been looked down upon in the palace since they were young.
Her parents-in-law were the only ones who treated her sincerely since childhood, and when she was sixteen, she got her wish and married her childhood sweetheart, Wu Ke."
"Why didn't the second consort come with her?" Feiyun asked again.
The hemp rope only picks and breaks at the thinnest point, and bad luck only picks out the miserable people.
Xue Junyou sighed softly and replied: "The second prince-in-law contracted a strange disease shortly after his marriage to Princess Lingyang and was bedridden. Three months after that, Chang Longbo's family disappeared."
"This is very strange."
Feiyun sat on the ground, seeming to suspect something in his eyes: "The second prince-in-law contracted a strange disease not long after they got married. Three months later, his parents and three brothers and sisters died here. Obviously they knew something.
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"I know this in my heart."
Xue Junyou nodded. After a while, he lowered his head and said cautiously to Feiyun: "Do you think it might be Princess Lingyang..."
"Do you have any grudge against her?"
Feiyun glanced at Princess Lingyang, and then said bluntly: "You can't pretend like that. I can see that she really has feelings for those five corpses."
"But it can only be seen that she really has feelings for those five corpses." Xue Junyou said relatively rationally.
The implication is that in addition to the five corpses of Chang Longbo's family, the more than thirty corpses in the Cha Mihua Corpse Case may not have been her fault.
Moreover, Xue Junyou could roughly guess that the murderer was a woman.
By the way, the smell.
Xue Junyou had an idea and walked slowly towards Princess Lingyang.
"Please forgive me, Princess."
Xue Junyou stopped in front of Luo Junzhao and was very close to her. When the two were silent, Xue Junyou sniffed as much as possible.
It's a little strange. Princess Lingyang doesn't wear any jewelry or dress up, but she still looks like that day, with a strong floral fragrance all over her body. Is this a natural body fragrance, or does she have something that must be required on her body?
The scent of flowers masks the smell.
"Can you please take a moment to speak, princess."
Xue Junyou looked sad, and Luo Junzhao nodded to him, and ordered people to cover his parents-in-law's family with white cloth again, and then followed Xue Junyou into the house where the crime occurred.
"Are you familiar with this place? Princess."
Xue Junyou observed carefully, and found that the other party's face seemed as calm as ever, always so down-to-earth and generous.
"Never came."
Luo Junzhao looked around the room carefully and shook his head: "However, before my father-in-law and mother-in-law disappeared, I seemed to have heard them talk about the thatched cottage outside the imperial capital, which seemed to hide something."
"What's hidden?" Xue Junyou asked quickly.
"I can't remember clearly."
Luo Junzhao shook her head again, but she seemed to suddenly remember something: "How about the Ninth Prince Consort can follow me to my parents-in-law's house to look for any clues."
"Is it really okay?"
"Okay, judging by your official uniform, you should be from the Crime Department of the Ministry of Punishment. Since it is an investigation, I will give my fullest help, and in order to find the murderer of my father-in-law and mother-in-law faster."
"Then Princess Lao Lingyang is here." Xue Junyou saluted Luo Junzhao.
"fine."
Luo Junzhao replied softly, there was no smile on her face, but the calmer she was, the more it could be seen that she felt very uncomfortable: "By the way, Ninth Prince Consort, can you show me your crime department badge?"
, after all, it is the residence of the late Earl, and it is also to comply with the laws of Great Entropy."
"OK."
Xue Junyou took out his token: "Princess, please take a look."
Luo Junzhao took a look at it confidently and saw that the badge was correct, so he turned to ask Xue Junyou: "Can the person with you also show me his badge?"
Hearing this, Xue Junyou was shocked. Feiyun was not from the Crime Department. If the princess discovered her, she might not be able to explain clearly at that time.
Fortunately, when Xue Junyou was silent, Feiyun came in to relieve the situation: "Princess, I'm sorry, I made this trip in time. I just realized that I forgot to bring my waistband... There are so many laws and regulations, how about this?
People are still searching here, so you can go over."
"That's fine." Xue Junyou immediately caught the words.
Luo Junzhao nodded doubtfully, after all, the Nine Prince Consort's belt was real.
Half an hour later, Xue Junyou followed Luo Junzhao to Changlongbo's mansion.
Although no one lives here, it is obviously taken care of by someone every day, and it does not look too deserted.
The rules of the house are also those of the Count of Great Entropy. Although they are not big, they are not small either.
"Princess comes often?"
Xue Junyou followed Luo Junzhao and looked at the back of Luo Junzhao carefully. Luo Junzhao was wearing gorgeous clothes, and it was impossible to tell his true figure, but his height was similar to that of the woman in black who returned the wooden box to him that day.
However, height alone is not enough to confirm, because there are many people with the same height as Luo Junzhao, and Yun Ni Qin Geng is also about the same height as her.
"Um."
Luo Junzhao nodded in front: "After my parents-in-law disappeared, I have been sending people to take care of this mansion."
While talking, Luo Junzhao brought Xue Junyou into the main room. The place was even cleaner, without a trace of dust.
"There's a study inside. I haven't touched it in ten years."
Luo Junzhao pointed in the direction, but he did not go in: "Nine Prince Consort, please go in. I really don't want to go in. After all, it is all my parents-in-law's relics."
"understand."
Xue Junyou said softly, turned around and entered the study.
This study room is no different from the study rooms of ordinary dignitaries, except that there are a lot of bookshelves. It seems that it will take some time to find some relevant clues in it.
Thinking in his mind, Xue Junyou first rummaged through some boxes next to the desk.
Not long after I entered, I suddenly smelled a faint smell of herbs.
Before he could identify the smell, he heard Luo Junzhao's shouts coming from outside the house.
Xue Junyou hurried out after hearing the sound and saw a masked man going around the table with a knife to chase Luo Junzhao.
Seeing this, Xue Junyou took advantage of the fact that the man hadn't noticed him yet, casually picked up the tall lamp stand, took a few big steps over, and dropped it hard on the back of the man's head.
But listen to a plop.
The masked man fell to the ground dullly, and soon, thick black and red blood gurgled out of the body.
Without stopping, Xue Junyou held the lamp stand and turned around to look.
A group of killers dressed in black came from all over the mansion. Something was wrong with the mansion, as if someone had set up an ambush.