"However, I still remember that there were many boxy marks on the young Japanese woman's side, but at the time, I didn't think much of it, because the woman herself was wearing clogs, and the marks were just her shoe prints."
"So, what does the general mean is that these seals in the palace are also left by clogs?"
"At the beginning, I didn't think about it so deeply, but now that Tong Qi has been killed, I have to connect this case with the incident six years ago."
Li Hong lowered his voice a little, "General, I have heard that six years ago, there were several cases of pickpocketing in our capital."
"I know."
He Xu's eyes darkened suddenly, and his face was covered with a layer of frost.
Li Hong was a little surprised when he saw him like this, but he didn't want to ask any more, so he had to follow him down the stone mountain, and when he walked to the foot of the mountain, he met two palace maids who came from a distance while walking and talking, one of them said, "That boy has always been docile and friendly with people, and I don't know who did such a cruel hand to him, it's really strange." ” The other said, "Recently, there have been frequent strange incidents in Bianliang, I heard that a skinned corpse was found in the Bianhe River yesterday, guess who came, it was the Oiran of the Streamer Building." ” Hearing the words "peeling skin", He Xu was shocked, stood still, Li Honggang wanted to call him, but He Xu strode towards the palace gate, his body was like a wind.
"General, General, where are you going?"
Li Hong followed behind, running out of breath.
"Kaifeng Mansion, it's been six years, and I must not let the murderer run away again this time."
When He Xu arrived at Kaifeng Mansion, he found that there were already a lot of people gathered inside, and there were people who didn't know him, but what surprised him the most was that the little girl from Cheng Mansion who came to him a few days ago was also among them, she was standing next to a young and handsome man, and was listening carefully to him talking to Lord Yin Baiqingzhi, the young man of Kaifeng Mansion, but when she looked up suddenly, after seeing He Xu, her body stiffened, and her face suddenly became a little more vigilant.
Bai Qingzhi also saw He Xu, he greeted him, and said, "Lord He, what kind of wind has blown you here today." ” The young man followed behind Lord Bai and smiled faintly at He Xu, "Who is this?"
” "Brother Cheng Xian, this is Lord He, the commander of the Forbidden Army, Lord He, this is Cheng Muyou, the commander of Xin'an County."
After introducing the two sides, he stood aside and let them greet each other, but He Xu only nodded at Cheng Muyou, then walked between the two of them, and went straight to the corpse covered with a white cloth in front of him, "Lord Bai, this is the Oiran from the Streamer Building?"
” Bai Qingyi was stunned, and walked to He Xu's side with some embarrassment, "Exactly, yesterday afternoon, her body was found in the Bianhe River. ” He Xu looked at him, "I know this request is a bit inappropriate, but can I see what this corpse looks like."
Because there is also a case in the palace, I am afraid that there will be some connection between the two cases. ” "Is there a similar case in the palace?"
Cheng Muyou looked at He Xu.
He Xu's gaze swept in front of Cheng Muyou, "Lord Bai, why did something happen in Bianliang, this Xin'an County Commander came in upside down?"
” Bai Qingzhi hurriedly came up to the round, "Lord He doesn't know, in fact, the same case happened in Xin'an, so it's just" Before he finished speaking, Jiang Xixi had already inserted himself in front of He Xu, "Is Lord He not reading enough, that's why he doesn't know how to be polite, my family talks to you, you don't seem to hear it, are the officials of Bianliang as arrogant as adults?"
” She scolded the two of them at once, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became cold, and He Xu stared at her eyes even more, his face was cold and he didn't move.
The person who played the round finally came, and Liu Xujiao's hearty laughter came from outside the door, "Yo, Kaifeng Mansion is lively today, so many friends are coming, it seems that I have come at the right time." ” Bai Qingzhi's heart finally let go, "Lord Liu, you came just in time, the killer who skinned people six years ago came out to commit the crime again, this case is really tricky, I am anxious, now everyone is discussing together, maybe we can come up with a countermeasure." ” Liu Xujiao nodded at him and walked up to He Xu, "Lord He, I just heard you outside the door that the case of the murder of the inner servant in the palace has something to do with this case, can you tell us the reason?"
” Liu Xuzhu and He Xu belonged to the same forbidden army and were his superiors, so He Xu could only temporarily put away his emotions and tell all the things about the Japanese businessman he met in Pingyang six years ago.
After listening to him, Cheng Muyou slapped his hands heavily, "That's right, I also deduced that the murderer was a woman from the East, and now listening to Lord He say this, it is even more solid for my thoughts." ” He found the crux of the case and was overjoyed in his heart, but after thinking about it, he said to He Xu again, "What happened in the palace today?"
Could it be that someone has been skinned?
” He Xu glanced at him lightly, shook his head and said, "That's not it, last night there was a waiter in the palace who was stabbed to death with a knife, but beside him, those clogs also appeared." ” "She was stabbed to death, this is different from her previous killing methods."
Liu Xujiao interjected.
"So I don't think the chamberlain was necessarily killed by her, but it's possible that she was hiding in the deep palace."
He Xu spoke his mind.
"Lord He's analysis is good, Cheng also wants to go to the harem to see if he can find valuable clues."
"Lord Cheng is suspicious of the ability of the forbidden army, and he is afraid that we have missed clues, so do you have to go over in person?"
He Xu looked displeased.
Jiang Xixi, who had been standing aside, couldn't hear it, and was about to go back, but was stopped by Cheng Muyou stretching out his hand, Liu Xuzhu saw that the atmosphere was about to fall into freezing point again, and hurriedly rushed to Cheng Muyou and said with a smile, "There are many concubines in the inner courtyard of the palace, it is not a place that can be easily entered, Brother Cheng still leaves the matter of finding someone to me and He Xu, there is a murder, and everyone attaches great importance to it, if that person is still in the palace, he will definitely not be able to escape." ” Cheng Muyou nodded, "Then there are two adults." ” Liu Xujiao patted him on the shoulder, and winked at Jiang Xixi, and then walked towards the outside of Kaifeng Mansion with He Xu.
As soon as he took a few steps, Cheng Muyou's voice sounded behind him.
"Lord Ho."
He Xu paused for a moment, then turned around, and saw Cheng Muyou looking at him with an inscrutable smile on his face.
"Lord He, drink more water soaked in prunella grass and hook vine, which can cure the disease of unsatisfactory feelings, adults can go back and try it."