The next day, Ji Xiamo got up early, changed into simple casual clothes, had breakfast, and took Jin Wuji out of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Aoki is timid and afraid of ghosts, this time he went to Pan's Mansion to see blood, and Ji Xiamo was afraid of quarrels, so he left him in the mansion.

Out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the people of the Feng Shaojin faction were already waiting outside, and in addition, there was another person who was leaning on the stone lion outside the mansion with his arms crossed, with an impatient face.

"Tsk! Qin Xiaoyan? What wind is blowing you here? No wonder I had a nightmare last night, master. Seeing Qin Yan and Ji Xia Mo was also a little surprised, but they regained their previous hippie smiling faces, and the two brothers hugged Qin Yan's shoulders.

Glancing at the hand on Qin Yan's shoulder, Jin Wuji's brows furrowed without a trace, and the qi pressure on his body dropped a little.

"Ji Xia Mo! My father invited you to my house for dinner, why didn't you go? Qin Yan shook off Ji Xiamo's hand and glared at Ji Xiamo with his nostrils facing the sky.

"That's it?" Ji Xiamo knocked on the fan and looked at Qin Yan with a smile.

"You, what do you mean!" Being looked at by Ji Xiamo was uncomfortable, Qin Yan's face was a little red, and he stammered a little when he spoke.

"I'm happy to go to your house to eat white food, but who made the master and me brilliant and popular, no, the fifth prince also said that he wanted to invite me to dinner, I can't help but accept the favor of this prince, right?"

"Ji Xia Mo! You don't fool me! You're here today to investigate the case! Looking at Ji Xia Mote's shameless ruckles, Qin Yan glared angrily.

"Qin Xiaoyan, it seems that you know a lot about my trip today."

Looking at Ji Xiamo's smiling face, Qin Yan felt a 'chuckle' in his heart, only to feel that it was not good, and he didn't notice it for a while, but he actually said that he had leaked his mouth.

"Brother Jin, let's go." Although it was fun to tease Qin Yan without anything, but seeing that the time could no longer be consumed, Ji Xiamo turned around and signaled to Jin Wuji behind him, turned over and jumped into the carriage.

"Wait a minute!" Qin Yan came back to his senses and saw that the carriage was leaving, so he hurriedly chased after it, jumped into the carriage with a bang, and got into the car.

"I said Qin Xiaoyan, you belong to plasters!" Ji Xiamo, who had just peeled an orange and coaxed it into Jin Wuji's mouth, looked at Qin Yan with some unkindness.

"I'm going to follow you!" Qin Yan raised his chin and looked at Ji Xiamo arrogantly. "Your dad has already taken the post, who made you miss the appointment!"

Ji Xiamo was too lazy to talk nonsense with Qin Yan anymore, and directly threw him the back of his head and motioned to Jin Wuji. "Brother Jin, throw him out to the master."

Jin Wuji, who had long seen that Qin Yan was not pleasing to the eye, heard Ji Xiamo say this, and directly stepped forward with a cold face, grabbed Qin Yan's back collar with one hand, and was about to carry it out.

"Ji Xia Mo! Is it a brother? It's so dark! Qin Yan, who was far inferior to Jin Wuji, hugged the threshold of the carriage and did not let go, wah-wow yelling, attracting countless strange eyes on both sides of the street.

Ji Xia Mo raised his chin and motioned for Jin Wuji to let go of him, and rubbed the corners of his eyebrows with a little headache. "I said Qin Xiaoyan, who did you learn from this shameless virtue!"

"Ji Xiamo, in short, you want to take me with you today."

"Oh? Threaten me? Ji Xiamo narrowed his eyes, handed the peeled orange in his hand to Jin Wuji, and grinned sheepishly, "Brother Jin, eat an orange to moisten your throat." ”

turned to look at Qin Yan, who was holding on to the threshold and didn't let go, and his face sank again.

"Say, Qin Xiaoyan, what are you looking for me for."

Qin Yan glanced at Jin Wuji, who was sitting on the side, as cold as ice, and slowly moved his gaze to Ji Xiamo, his mouth flattened reluctantly. "It's my father, he asked me to follow you to investigate the case and protect your safety."

"You go back and thank Uncle Qin for me, but I have Brother Jin's town, and the big ghosts and small ghosts are only bullied by me, so go back." Ji Xia Mo hugged Jin Wuji and showed off with a sè expression.

Jin Wuji glanced at Ji Xiamo, the corners of his mouth hooked, and at the same time, Qin Yan, who looked at the dead face, frowned again, and the cold air on his body continued to worsen.

"Ji Xiamo, you let me die!" Qin Ershao, who has always been pampered and is being held for by others, looked at Ji Xiamo's appearance of not entering oil and salt.

"You can't die, but it's an eyesore." opened his mouth and took away the orange in Jin Wuji's hand, and his heart was happy. Brother Jin fed oranges sweetly.

"You!" Qin Yan choked.

"Brother Jin, tell the people outside, drive the car to the General's Mansion, let's send Uncle Qin home first."

"Ji Xia Mo!" Thinking about Qin Zhaoqin's six-foot-long stick in one hand, Qin Yan couldn't help but shudder, and blocked the car door tightly.

"I, my dad said let me follow you to protect your safety, and learn from you by the way." Qin Yan, who couldn't get along, pulled his head and explained everything. "My dad also said that if I ran back by myself, he would break my leg."

Ji Xia Mo looked at Qin Yan, and when he saw that what he said didn't seem to be a lie, he suddenly didn't bother to toss anymore, and the whole person seemed to have no bones, and lay on Jin Wuji's body with wilting.

"Ji Xiamo, although the relationship between the two of us is not too good, it is not bad, is it? You can't die without help. Besides, my martial arts skills are not bad, who knows if there will be any accidents when you investigate the case, I ...... by your side"

"Qin Xiaoyan." Annoyed by Qin Yan's quarrel, Ji Xiamo lay on Jin Wuji's body, closed his eyes and stretched out a finger to point at Qin Yan. "If you say another word before you get to the place, I'll throw you out at once."

Qin Yan was stunned for a moment, and then he was happy, is this agreed? As soon as Qin Yan wanted to make a declaration of gratitude, he was swept away by Jin Wuji's cold eyes, and he was forced to suffocate again. I didn't dare to say anything more with my head on my head, for fear that I would really throw myself out.

The carriage reached its destination after about an hour, and Jin Wuji jumped out of the carriage first, turned around and reached out to catch Ji Xiamo.

Ji Xia Mo let go of Jin Wuji's hand, took two steps forward and squinted at the ruins in front of him. Although the mansion has collapsed and the pillars are scorched, it is not difficult to see the solidity of the original family business.

Although it had been three days since the house was burned, the air was still filled with a strong pungent smell. Many people died in this fire, so there were not many people on the streets on all sides. For fear of getting into bad luck, most people would rather walk a few extra steps around it than pass in front of the mansion.

"Shhhh What does it smell like? Qin Yan walked up to Ji Xiamo and covered his nose with disgust.

"The smell of corpse oil, don't forget that there are more than thirty dead people in this house." Ji Xia Mo glanced at Qin Yan and saw with satisfaction Qin Yan's suddenly somewhat pale face.

Ji Xia Mo sneered, shook his head and walked forward.

Ji Xiamo did not rush in, but walked around the mansion. After carefully observing the surroundings of the mansion, Ji Xiamo's brows furrowed slightly.

Ji Xiamo walked to a collapsed place and squatted down, reached out and picked up a handful of soil from the ground, pinched it in his hand, put it in front of his nose and sniffed.

Looking at the soil in his hand, Ji Xia Mo thought about it, and then picked up a piece of scorched wood from the side and put it in front of his nose. After pondering for a long time, Ji Xiamo threw down the scorched wood in his hand and stood up, a hint of clarity flashed in his eyes.

"What have you found?" Jin Wuji walked up to Ji Xiamo and handed over a handkerchief.

"We still need to go inside to make sure, but if nothing else, there is a good chance that someone □□ this fire was deliberately responsible."

"You mean, it wasn't an accident, but he killed?" Qin Yan leaned over and said in astonishment.

Ji Xia Mo nodded, turned around and walked towards the mansion. "Let's go, let's go inside."

When Ji Xiamo and the three of them were just about to enter, they heard a horse howl, and a carriage slowly came and stopped outside Pan's Mansion.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Feng Shaojin jumped out of the carriage and walked towards Ji Xia Mo. "Ji Changgongzi."

"The Fifth Prince." The three of them clasped their fists.

"These two are ......"

"Qin Yan of the General's Mansion, he is my bodyguard, Jin Wuji." Ji Xia Mo made a simple and clear introduction, and his slightly raised eyebrows made his expression look less rigid than before.

"What? Did you find anything? ”

"I've got some thoughts, but I still need to go inside and take a look." Thinking about the doubts in just a few places, Ji Xiamo pondered.

"In that case, let's go inside and check it out." Hearing what Ji Xiamo said, Feng Shaojin took the lead towards the mansion without saying a word.

Ji Xiamo nodded at Jin Wuji and followed.

When I entered the mansion, I saw the ruins and ruins at a glance, and my eyes were full of desolation. A fire burned away the prosperity and prosperity of the past, and the glory and wealth were all turned into ashes with this fire and buried in a piece of loess.

After Ji Xia Mo entered the mansion, he no longer paid attention to the three people beside him, and walked straight ahead, frowning and looking at the ruin around him, and the doubts in his heart deepened.

Ji Xiamo squatted down, grabbed a handful of gray charcoal from the ground and rubbed it in front of his nose, pondered for a moment, Ji Xiamo got up and changed several places in a row, carefully checked the burnt charcoal, and there was a heavy look in his eyes.

Ji Xiamo threw away the charcoal in his hand, shuttled through the huge mansion, looked at the dilapidated houses one by one, and restored his former appearance in his heart.

Feng Shaojin followed behind Ji Xiamo, watching him frown in and out of the burned rooms, squatting down from time to time to check, feeling confused, but he was afraid of interrupting Ji Xiamo's thinking, so he could only suppress and not ask.

It was almost an hour, Ji Xiamo walked out of the last room, came to the backyard, and sat on the floor by the barely clean pool, holding his chin with both hands, silent.

Feng Shaojin walked up to Ji Xiamo and squatted down, and asked suspiciously, "How is it?" What did you find? ”

"It should be certain." Ji Xia Mo bit his fingers and looked at the messy ground, thinking. "The fire was not an accident, it was a deliberate murder."

"What!!" Although he has always doubted in his heart, after getting the answer, Feng Shaojin is still a little unacceptable.

Qin Yan walked over, followed Ji Xiamo and sat on the ground, "How do you know?" What about the evidence? ”

"I just took a careful look around outside the mansion, you see, such a large mansion has been burned to the ground, you can imagine how big this fire is."

"But I don't know if you've noticed, this mansion is inhabited on all sides, and the farthest is only twenty feet, but none of them have been affected, and the worst thing is that the walls are smoked so close."

"Don't you feel surprised that such a big fire only burned Pan Mansion to ashes?"

Feng Shaojin and Qin Yan looked at each other and nodded. "Strange indeed."

"And I found something else interesting." Ji Xiamo took out a few pieces of uneven oil paper from his arms, and it was not difficult to see that the edge of the black burn had been burned by fire.

"There are a few houses where the window paper is made of oiled paper, and everyone knows that oiled paper can withstand high temperatures, it is difficult to burn, and even if it is really burned, it will leave obvious traces. But when I looked at it, the windows were all burned to the ground. ”

"What do you mean?"

"This fire was deliberately lit." Ji Xiamo put down the oil paper, bent down and grabbed a handful of soil from the ground, and raised his head to signal Jin Wuji, "Brother Jin, help me find a basin of water." ”

Jin Wuji bowed slightly, turned to leave.

Ji Xia Mo looked at Feng Shaojin and Qin Yan, and smiled incomprehensibly, "Do you want to know why the fire burned down the entire mansion but didn't harm the people around?" ”

"Why?"

"Huh...... You'll soon find out. ”

Jin Wuji went and came back quickly, Ji Xiamo got up and walked towards Jin Wuji, took a basin of water from Jin Wuji's hand and put it on the ground, turned around and walked to the ruins to pick up a piece of charcoal, and glanced at the three of them.

"You see it clearly."

Ji Xia Mo said, and slowly put the charcoal in his hand into the water. The charcoal sinks up in the water and floats uncertainly. A few pairs of eyes stared straight at the charcoal in the basin, not missing the slightest change.

After a while, I saw that the originally clear water gradually paid a thin layer of oil stains, and Feng Shaojin and Qin Yan's eyes widened.

"It's ......"

"Oil!" Ji Xiamo sneered. "And it is flammable kerosene, the reason why the fire in Panfu did not go out but did not harm the surrounding people is because a large amount of kerosene was poured in this mansion."

"Who the hell is it?" Feng Shao said angrily. "In the imperial city, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, who is the person who dares to be so bold and brutalize the officials of the imperial court."

"That's all I can see now." Ji Xiamo shrugged, walked up to Jin Wuji and obediently stretched out his hands, asking Jin Wuji to help him wipe his hands. "Who the murderer is, this will be handed over to the criminal department."

"Ji Changgongzi wants to make a mess?" Feng Shaojin narrowed his eyes.

"Lord Wang, the grass people have already helped you find out that this matter is man-made, what do you want the grass people to do?" Ji Xiamo folded his arms and leaned lazily on Jin Wuji's body. "It was the court official who was killed, thirty-seven lives, I am just an ordinary person, I can't carry it."

"Give less to this king!" Feng Shaojin waved his hand and smashed the token over, Jin Wuji caught it steadily, and handed it to Ji Xiamo indifferently.

"This is the king's personal token, see the token as if you see the king, you take it and use it. Although you can let go of this case to investigate, if anyone obstructs it, you can let him come to this king and say. Feng Shao said solemnly.

"I will immediately enter the palace to inform my father of this matter and ask for your life. With the king's backing, no one will dare to touch you. ”

"Yes~~~" The end of the note dragged on for a long time, and he pouted reluctantly.

"Come on." can't get used to Ji Xiamo's appearance, and the wind is helpless. "If you can solve this case, this king will not change his previous promise, and he will ask your father for a reward again, and afterwards, this king will invite you to the first floor to drink."

"How embarrassing is that! Thank you, Lord Wang! Ji Xiamo grinned, instantly refreshed.

"What are you going to do next?"

"This ......" Ji Xiamo picked his ears and pondered. Let's go see the corpse first, then meet the four people who survived, and get a rough idea of what happened. ”

"That's right." As if thinking of something, Ji Xiamo said again. "I need a map of Pan House, who lives in each house, every flower, tree, brick and tile. Finally, there is the most detailed information about everyone in Pan Mansion, from the master to the cook, and no one is missing. ”

"Good! This king has ordered someone to sort it out, and it will be sent to you soon, what else do you need? ”

"It's gone."

"In this case, I will enter the palace later."

"I'll go back to my house to pack some things, and then go to the criminal department to see the body."

The two went out of the Pan Mansion to say goodbye, Feng Shaojin hurriedly entered the palace, and Ji Xiamo took Jin Wuji and Qin Yan to the carriage and rushed back to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

In a corner that is not easy to see, a girl in a red dress of about thirteen or fourteen years old leans against the wall, happily kicking the pebbles on the ground.

The short hair that just reached the neck was scattered on both sides of the cheeks, the pale and round chin, cold without a trace of blood, and the red lips were hooked, with an innocent cuteness.

A string of bells hung around the waist, and the three bone jades, as white as human bones, implied blood, made a crisp sound of 'jingle bells' in a bleak ruined wall.