Out of Fengyi Palace, Lin Mo did not leave the palace directly, but asked Gao Yue to take him to the imperial garden.

Lin Mo has long been fascinated by the Royal Garden, which only appeared in novels and film and television works before.

Now that he has come to the Zhongzhou Continent and is ranked among the Emperors, Lin Mo naturally wants to see the true face of the Imperial Garden.

Of course, Gao Yue did not refuse Lin Mo's request, and happily took Lin Mo away, Xi Feng and Qiu Yun held their swords, and followed quietly behind Lin Mo without saying a word.

It was now three o'clock (9:45), and the warm sun was hanging high in the air, shining on the snow of the earth, warm, and shining on people's bodies was very comfortable and comfortable.

It's been a long time since winter came, but the weather hasn't been so warm for a long time.

So Lin Mo untied the snow cloak, handed it over to the wind behind him, and slowly walked on the way to the Imperial Garden under the guidance of Gao Yue, admiring the magnificent buildings along the road while enjoying this rare light bath.

It didn't take long for Lin Mo to arrive at the Imperial Garden.

Since it was winter, the Imperial Garden was a little deserted, and most of the flowers and plants had withered, but the snow plum was in full bloom, exuding a proud posture.

Xuemei is one of Lin Mo's most admired flowers, Lin Mo admires its proud peerless style, and other flowers bloom in the vibrant spring.

However, this Xuemei is different, but in this bitter cold winter, she blooms her proudest posture, which can really be described as "Ling Han opens alone".

Watching Xuemei all the way, under the guidance of Gao Yue, stepping on the winding path, going deeper, suddenly, when Lin Mo was intoxicated with Xuemei's posture, a melodious piano sound floated over in the distance.

Lin Mo was slightly stunned, in this winter, who had such a leisurely and elegant person who came to the imperial garden to play the qin.

Curiosity suddenly rose, and he glanced inward along the music, and Lin Mo asked, "Father-in-law Gao, which noble person is this, who has such leisure and elegance in winter, and strokes the piano in the imperial garden?"

"The old slave doesn't know. Gao Yue shook his head, and immediately proposed: "If Lord Shangqing is interested in this piano sound, why don't you take Lord Shangqing over to have a look?"

"In this way, thank you to Grandpa Gao. ”

Lin Mo is indeed interested in this fairy music-like piano sound, among the three women Lin Mo already has, Baili is a good sword, Bai Zhilan is good at calligraphy and painting, and his wife is a typical strong woman.

Although Bai Zhilan is also proficient in the piano, she is not as subtle as this person, and this person's piano sound is completely as Bai Juyi's "Pipa Girl" said, "If you listen to fairy music and the ear is temporary", it is extremely pleasant.

Under the leadership of Gao Yue, it didn't take long for Lin Mo to find the place where the qin sounded, but between Lin Mo and the person who stroked the qin, there was a lake that was neither big nor small, and it had frozen.

The person who played the qin was on the pavilion in the center of the lake, because it was not very far away, Lin Mo could see her appearance clearly, she was a woman about twenty-four or five years old, with a delicate melon seed face, long hair and a shawl, very good-looking.

The woman was wearing a colorful palace dress and a snow-white wool cloak, but she did not comb her palace bun, but let her long black hair naturally fall on her shoulders.

Lin Mo's position at the moment, if he wanted to reach the pavilion, it would not be far, but Lin Mo did not move, nor did he speak, for fear of alarming the woman, he just stood quietly, indulging in the sound of the woman's piano.

The melodious sound of the piano floated across the lake from the pavilion in the center of the lake, and reached Lin Mo's ears, its sound was elegant and abnormal, and at the end of the hearing, Lin Mo felt a trace of sadness and loneliness from her tune.

Lin Mo and the old man under the moon also learned the rhythm of music for a few days, but because they were not interested, they only learned a rough idea, and they were considered to be a person who did not understand the rhythm of music, but they also knew some of the ways of music and rhythm.

Especially the feelings contained in the rhythm of others, Lin Mo is extremely sensitive.

This song, Lin Mo just recognized, called Empty Court Spring Warmth, this song is mostly played by those poor women who can't bear the bitter cold in the deep palace, in order to express the loneliness and sorrow in their hearts.

Infected by that loneliness, Lin Mo felt pity in his heart, and lamented in his heart: This is probably another woman who has never been touched by Emperor Daqian and entered the "cold palace".

Just as Lin Mo was immersed in it, the sound of the piano suddenly stopped.

After the piano stopped, I saw that the woman sighed softly, then slowly stood up, and ordered Gong E on the side to put away the guqin.

When he saw Lin Mo staring at him on the other side of the lake, he smiled lightly, then greeted the maid and slowly walked towards the outside of the pavilion in the center of the lake.

Suddenly, a breeze blew at her, ruffling the woman's jet-black hair, and then, with graceful steps, the woman slowly disappeared into the corner of the flowers.

From beginning to end, Lin Mo didn't say a word, and after the woman's figure disappeared completely, Lin Mo sighed lowly and said to Gao Yue: "Father-in-law Gao, take me out of the palace." ”

Gao Yue nodded and took Lin Mo to the outside of the palace.

On the way, Lin Mo didn't say a word, and sighed in his heart: There are still many lonely women like this pavilion......, right? Alas......

It didn't take long for Gao Yue to send Lin Mo to the palace gate, and after seeing Xifeng and Qiu Yun escorting Lin Mo, and leaving on the four horses and silver horses, Gao Yue hurriedly walked to the Fengyi Palace where Emperor Daqian was located.

In the Yuehua Palace.

After the eldest grandson finished stroking the piano in the Huxin Pavilion of the Imperial Garden, he returned to the Yuehua Palace, sitting quietly alone in front of the dresser, looking at himself with his hair scattered in the bronze mirror in a daze, and his jade face was full of loneliness and loneliness.

The sixteen-year-old eldest grandson Youyin, who had just become an adult, was sent into this deep palace by his family, and now nine years have passed, but he only saw the emperor in a hurry when he entered the palace, and then he was like other concubines in the palace, and he never had a chance to be a saint again.

The emperor and his sister eldest grandson Yunshan were childhood sweethearts, fell in love with each other, and under the pressure of the queen mother, they did not hesitate to beg King Rong and made their sister the queen.

And because of the relationship between my sister, six years ago, the eldest grandson Yuyin was named Sanpin Jieyu and moved into this empty, without a trace of warmth, in the Yuehua Palace, but still living a life without a holy face.

Just today, in the cold imperial garden, the eldest grandson Youyin saw a person, a man with warmth, a handsome face and elegant temperament.

Thinking of the warm smile on the man's face and the Shangqing crown dress he was wearing, the eldest grandson only felt that his long-calm heart throbbed again.

"Who is he? He doesn't look like he's only twenty-three years old, how can he be among the top ministers?" the eldest grandson muttered to himself, asking himself in the mirror.

Although his heart was throbbing, the eldest grandson knew that he had no relationship with him, because he was a person from the deep palace, although he had no facts with the emperor.

Thinking of this, the eldest grandson couldn't help but feel sad again.

But just when the eldest grandson was secretly sad and lamented the years, the personal maid of the eldest grandson Wanyin, Xiao Wan, took the eunuch chief Gao Yue and walked in.

Vermilion Bird Heavenly Street, four horses and silver horses.

"Rest the wind, Qiu Yun, it's still early, don't go back to the house first, just go to the Changle Post House. ”

Putting aside the troubles that arose in the imperial garden, Lin Mo remembered the murder case that was pressing on him, and this murder case had to be found out as soon as possible, otherwise the faces of himself and Emperor Daqian would be dull.

"Yes, Sect Master. ”

Two quarters of an hour later, the four horses and silver horses stopped in front of a majestic post house, and when they saw Lin Moxing, who was wearing a crown uniform, get out of the car, the four post house officials quickly surrounded him.

"Meet Lord Shangqing. ”

Lin Mo nodded, and said with a straight face: "Ben Qing is here to investigate the life lawsuit that happened in the post house, and quickly took Ben Qing over to see the deceased and the scene of the crime, and then called the family of the deceased, Ben Qing wants to interrogate." ”

"Yes, Lord Shangqing. ”

After bowing down and saying a word, one of the messengers ran to summon the family of the deceased, one went to dock the four horses and silver horses, and the other two officers took Lin Mo and the three of them to the morgue.

When he came to the morgue, Lin Mo saw that the two morgue tables were covered with white cloths, and asked the two servants to put the white cloths, and two female corpses appeared in front of Lin Mo's eyes.

There is no corpse smell, and it seems that he has just died.

When he saw that it was really two women who died, Lin Mo sighed to himself: Two women died, such a thing, Dali Siqing actually reported it directly to Emperor Daqian, this is really a vicious dog bullying.

A few steps forward, I first glanced at the clothes of the two people, and found that both of them were wearing silk and satin, one of them was full of jewelry, and one of them was relatively simple, only carrying a jade bracelet.

After taking a closer look, both of them were sealed by a sword, as if there was no pain before death, Lin Mo muttered: A sword seals the throat, there is no pain before death, and only the great swordsman and above can do it.

But seeing that the faces of the two of them were scratched with swords, this made Lin Mo very strange: killing them without pain, but scratching their faces, what kind of hatred is this? Or do you want to cover something?

After carefully examining the corpses again, Lin Mo covered them with a white cloth, turned to the two officers and said, "Take Benqing to the scene of the crime." ”

"Yes. ”

Following behind the two errand officers, under the courtesy of officials at all levels in the past, Lin Mo and the three of them went up to the third floor of the post house, the innermost two rooms, room B 2, and room B 3.

"It seems that the grade of these two local officials is not low. Seeing that the messenger brought him into the B-shaped guest room, Lin Mo whispered.

Emperor Daqian said that it was the women of two local officials who died, and they were able to live in the B-shaped guest room in the official inn, and the grade of the two local officials was at least four to three local officials.

Emperor Daqian's official post house has a total of A, B, C, D, four levels of guest rooms, the first class is for the second to first class officials to live, the second class is the fourth to third class, and the third class is the sixth to fifth class.

At the end, Ding and others lived in the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades.

When I entered room B2 first, I found that there was a dark red pool of blood in front of the window, and there was no blood in any other place.

As for the footprints on the ground, it is very complicated, and it seems that many people have been in and out of here, so it is a fantasy and a needle in a haystack to start from the footprints.

After looking at room B 2, I entered room B 3 again, and found that only the bed had blood, and the blood had also turned dark red and had coagulated.

As for the footprints on the ground, they are as complicated as Room B 2, and there is no way to start.

After watching the two crime scenes, Lin Mo pondered in his heart: It seems that the deceased in room B No. 2 died in front of the window, and room B No. 3 was in bed, so it was time to ask the family of the deceased.

"Take Benqing to see the family of the deceased. Lin Mo commanded again.

"Yes. ”

Following behind the two errands, Lin Mo and the three of them came to the guest hall dedicated to deliberations, and as soon as they entered the door, Lin Mo saw six people standing in the room.

One person is the young officer of the post house who was summoned earlier, and the young officer stood behind a middle-aged man wearing a dark cyan crown uniform and a crown hat, an eight-rank official, this person should be the director of the Changle Post House.

The official system of the Great Qiandi Emperor, the director of the post hall in the imperial capital, is an eight-rank official, and the directors of the post hall at all levels and counties and princes are all nine-grade officials, wearing light cyan crown clothes.

Of the other four, two were over half a hundred years old, both wearing crimson crown robes and four-beam crown hats, and the other two were younger, both wearing brocade clothes and holding a long sword, which seemed to be the guards of these two fourth-rank officials.

The inner breath is calm and powerful, and it seems that they are all cultivators of the Great Swordsman realm.

The six people saw Lin Mo wearing a purple crown dress and a seven-beam crown hat, and the older two of them were stunned at first, and then hurriedly bowed down with the other four.

"See Lord Shangqing. ”

"Everyone's excused. Lin Mo nodded, walked to the main seat and sat down, Xi Feng and Qiu Yun stood behind Lin Mo again, and the three officials sat down in turn.

Daqian crown uniform system:

Officials of the first to third grades wore purple crown uniforms, first-rank officials wore seven-beam crown hats, second-rank officials wore six-beam crown hats, and third-rank officials wore five-beam crown hats.

The four-rank official wears a crimson crown dress and a four-beam crown hat.

The five-rank official wears a light red crown dress and a three-beam crown hat.

The sixth-rank and seventh-rank officials all wear two-beam crown hats, but the difference is that the sixth-rank officials wear dark green crown clothes, while the seventh-rank officials wear light green crown clothes.

As for the eighth-rank and ninth-rank officials, they all wore a one-beam crown hat, and the crown uniform of the eighth-rank official was dark cyan, while the crown uniform of the ninth-rank official was light cyan.

The princes are also similar in their respective countries.

Glancing at the three people seated, Lin Mo said with a straight face: "What is the surname of the two deceased, and their respective families will report it, so as to help Benqing solve the case and find out the real culprit as soon as possible." ”

"Yes!"

A rather short and slightly plump fourth-grade official took the lead in standing up, bowed and saluted: "Xiaguan Yunzhou assassinated Shi Zhang Guo, I have seen Lord Shangqing, and among the dead daughters, it is Xiaguan's concubine, Zhang Chen. ”

After Lin Mo nodded, Zhang Guo sat in place.

Another four-rank official, who was quite tall and elegant, got up and bowed and saluted: "Xiaguan Kezhou Assassin Fu Yunsheng, I have seen Lord Shangqing, and the other deceased is Xiaguan's wife, Fu Fang's family." ”

After Lin Mo nodded again, Fu Yunsheng also sat in place.

After the two sat back in their original positions, Lin Mo secretly observed the two of them, Zhang Guo's face was not a little sad, as if he was saying that his concubine would die if she died, I would find a new one.

And Fu Yunsheng's face was full of sadness, and his expression was also very haggard, not like he was pretending, it seemed that this Fu Yunsheng must love his knotted wife very much.

After the observation, Lin Mo asked again: "I don't know what Zhang Tingshi's concubine and Fu Tingshi's wife did before?

"Back to Lord Shangqing, the concubine of Xiaguan used to be the top brand of a flower building in Yunzhou. Zhang Guo said directly.

Fu Yunsheng stabilized his sad heart and replied: "Back to Lord Shangqing, Xiaguan's wife and Xiaguan were both born in poor families, and when I was studying, Xiaguan's wife did some hard work to support me and herself. ”

"Even after Xiaguan made a fortune, Xiaguan's wife also worked often. Saying that, Fu Yunsheng said angrily: "A murderer who kills a thousand knives, that murderer can actually do it to such a good person, it is really a loss of conscience!"

It turned out that they had suffered together, and they were very virtuous wives, no wonder this Fu Yunsheng was so sad, Lin Mo sighed, hey, no.

Just sighing, Lin Mo remembered something, and suddenly felt a shock in his heart, and said to Fu Yunsheng: "No, Fu Tingshi, you said that your wife often does farm work, but the two women who died in Benqing have very good skin on their hands, not like their wives who have been working hard for many years and have been with you for many years." ”

"What. Fu Yunsheng's expression was shocked, and he subconsciously sat up from the chair, and his mood became excited: "Lord Shangqing, what you said is true?"

"Naturally, it's true, Benqing can still coax you. Saying that, Lin Mo stood up from the main seat: "If Fu Assassin Shi doesn't believe it, you can follow Benqing to stop the corpse and take a look." ”

In the morgue.

Lin Mo lifted the white cloth covering the corpses, picked up the hands of the two female corpses, and said, "Fu Tingshi, please see, the skin on the hands of these two female corpses is very good and delicate, and they should all be women in their twenties." ”

Fu Yunsheng hurriedly took a few steps forward, took a look, and said in disbelief: "But the dead person clearly brought the clothes of Xiaguan's wife, as well as this jade bracelet, which was the first gift from Xiaguan himself." ”

Hearing Fu Yunsheng's words, Zhang Guo and Yi Hongcai, the director of the post house, also surrounded him.

After looking at it for a while, Yi Hong said firmly: "Master Fu, the owner of this hand is indeed a young woman who is about twenty years old, and it cannot be your wife." ”

Zhang Guo also nodded: "It's true, Fu Assassin History, there are many women in this official, and the skin quality of this hand is indeed only available to women around twenty years old." ”

Seeing that the three of them said this, Fu Yunsheng showed a half-believing expression.

Seeing this, Lin Mo smiled slightly and said, "If Fu Tingshi is still not convinced, then does your wife have a birthmark or something like that?" ”

"Yes, birthmarks. Fu Yunsheng's eyes shot a fine light, and he hurriedly pushed the clothes out of the arm of the female corpse wearing the jade bracelet.

When he looked at the white arm, Fu Yunsheng breathed a long sigh of relief, and his face was also happy: "The right arm of Xiaguan's wife has a circular birthmark, but this person doesn't have it." ”

"It seems that my Jiuniang is not dead, it's really good, it's great. ”

Fu Yunsheng's wife, Fu Fang's real name is Fang Jiuniang.

Looking at the ecstatic Fu Yunsheng, Lin Mo smiled faintly and poured a scoop of cold water on him: "Okay, Fu Tingshi, although your wife is not dead, she is still missing, and your wife is not dead, who is this dead person?"

As soon as Lin Mo's cold water splashed down, Fu Yunsheng really quieted down, stepped forward and took off the jade bracelet of the female corpse and put it in his arms, and said with a condensation: "Yes, then where will my Jiu Niang go? And who is this dead person?"

As soon as Fu Yunsheng came out, the morgue was quiet, everyone fell into deep thought, the air was silent for a moment, Lin Mo saw that Yihong was about to speak and stopped, and said, "This lord, but what do you want to say?"

Hearing Lin Mo's question, Yi Hongcai bowed down and saluted: "Xiaguan Changle Pavilion Curator, Yi Hongcai, Xiaguan just remembered that in the past ten years, there have always been women who have disappeared inexplicably in the imperial capital, could it be that they were touched by Fu Shi's wife?"

"What's going on?" Lin Mo hurriedly asked.

Yi Hongcai explained: "That's right, Lord Shangqing, these dozen, no, to be precise, in the past fifteen years, there have always been women missing in Qiantian City every once in a while. ”

"The people of the imperial capital are rumored that those missing women were eaten by some cannibal monster, and the lower official estimates that the wife of Lord Fu is afraid that she will run into the cannibal monster. ”

Half an hour later.

In the four horses and silver horses, Lin Mo, who said goodbye to Fu Yunsheng and others, sat quietly in the car, constantly thinking about the so-called "monster cannibalism" that Yi Hongcai said.

Of course, Lin Mo didn't believe this monster's cannibalism.

You can't go and arrest Fu Yunsheng's wife, so let's find someone to do the "tanuki for the prince" thing, Lin Mo can be sure that this thing must be man-made.

But the matter of "monster cannibalism" made Lin Mo's mood heavy, because this rumor will not be groundless, which proves that in the past fifteen years, there have really been women who have disappeared one after another.

Lin Mo didn't expect that it was a death case, but at this moment, the case of the disappearance of women one after another was moved out, and the case really became more and more confusing.

"Fifteen years, how many innocent women have been killed and suffered!"

Just as Lin Mo was sighing for those innocent women, the four horses and silver horses had already arrived in front of the Lin Mansion.

As soon as Lin Mo got out of the car, the housekeeper Ding Bo immediately walked out and said respectfully: "Sect Master, there are guests in the mansion, and I have been waiting for you in the guest hall for a long time. ”