It's night

At the back door of the Chu Mansion, a figure dressed in black sneakily opened the wooden bolt of the back door, opened the door, and a woman of similar stature slipped in, the two made a silent gesture, and a large group of black-clothed people holding steel knives took advantage of the cover of the night to touch the front yard of the Chu Mansion.

Liu Yuqin, who was dressed in black and masked in a black scarf, stood in the front yard of Chu Mansion, and after the well-trained men in black stood behind her one after another, the men in black led by her stepped forward and asked softly: "Miss Liu, can you do it?" ”

Liu Yuqin glanced around at everything in the Chu Mansion with resentment, and said excitedly with a somewhat gloating tone: "Do it!" ”

The leader of the men in black received Liu Yuqin's order and responded in a low voice: "Yes!" Then he waved his hand to the skill: "Action!" ”

The figures of the group of black-clothed people were like ghosts in the night, walking quickly and silently towards the various courtyards of the Chu Mansion.

Just when Liu Yuqin stood proudly in the front yard of the Chu family, watching the men in black drag out the hacked corpses one after another and pile them in front of her.

In the front yard of the Chu family, quietly hidden in an unobtrusive tree in the corner of the courtyard, Lu Xiuying, who was also dressed in black and masked, looked at Liu Yuqin, who was already stained with blood: I'm sorry, Yuqin, since your uncle's mansion is over, for the sake of my father's great cause, my sister can only borrow your hand to kill someone.

As long as your father's great cause is successful, my sister will find a way to rescue you and ask your father for the name of a princess for you, so that you can enjoy endless glory and wealth in this life!

Thirty-one years after the Great Yan Dynasty

In the same year that the plague broke out, the head of Nanshan Academy in the Great Yan Dynasty, Chu Wenxuan's family, except for the cousin young master who had not returned from attending a banquet with his classmates, and passed out after being slashed, but was mistaken for being dead and was taken as a corpse by thieves, and more than 30 people outside Chu Shanchang, including the infant son, were all slaughtered, and none of them were spared.

On the second day, everyone in Yusheng Yuan, who received the bad news, was like five thunderbolts, especially Yan's mother, who heard that the eldest grandson of the Chu family, who was in the heart of the old lady before her death, was also killed in swaddling clothes, and immediately spit out a mouthful of blood, her face was like purple gold, and she fainted.

Mother Zhou, accompanied by Han Ling'er, took Chu Wenxuan, who was seriously injured but escaped death, and settled in the courtyard that the old lady left for Chu Qingruo as a dowry in Papaya Lane, and took care of it herself.

Chu Wenxuan is not only the only survivor of the murder, but also the only witness to this tragedy.

In the court, the emperor was furious when he heard the news and ordered Dali Temple to catch the murderer within three days!

Lu Jia even sent the dragon guards of the princess's mansion to protect this small courtyard day and night.

The grief-stricken Chu Qingruo, accompanied by Kangzi, returned to the Chu Mansion with the officials of Dali Temple to cooperate with the investigation and take care of the future affairs in the mansion.

Stepping into the door of the Chu family and looking at the blood stains all over the ground, Chu Qingruo and Kangzi gritted their teeth, trying not to let their tears fall.

It's so cruel that all the people were put down in their sleep and hacked to death with knives. After the thieves hacked them to death, they dragged their bodies from the bedroom to the front yard and piled them together.

The bloodstains that spread from the various courtyards to the front yard were like a blood-red spider web, tightly binding the hearts of everyone present. On the shocking corpse pile, a bloody swaddling cloth was lifted high by a bamboo pole and inserted in the middle of the corpse pile.

Chu Qingruo looked at the swaddling clothes on the bamboo pole, and her eyes turned black for a while, this was her younger brother who was not yet two years old. Who is so cruel that he doesn't even spare a child? What kind of grudge do you have with their Chu family!

Gongsun Donglin, who was hangover at the banquet of his classmates, rushed back all the way back after hearing the bad news. As soon as he stepped into the Chu Mansion, he was shocked by the bloody scene in front of him, his legs weakened, and he fell to his knees.

"Mother! Mother! "After returning to the east, he rushed to the corpse pile like crazy, trying to find Chu Wenhong's body, but was pulled by the officials on the side." Gongsun Gongzi, please mourn and change, we are checking the body, if we find your mother, we will inform you, you sit on the side for a while, wait a while. ”

Gongsun Donglin grabbed the officer's shoulder in disbelief and asked sharply, "Can you find the murderer?" Who did it? Who killed my uncle and my mother so cruelly? ”

The official was dizzy by his shake, and had to comfort him: "Gongsun Gongzi, our yacha is investigating, if you have time, you might as well go and help Mrs. Fu take care of the affairs in the house, there will be news in a while, and we will inform you." ”

"Cousin, yes, I'll go find my cousin!" Gongsun Donglin let go of the servants and hurriedly ran to the inner courtyard. After he left, the two officials looked at his back and couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh: "It's so miserable, all the people in the family died overnight, if I were him, I would also go crazy." ”

"Alas...... Hurry up and work, long live still waiting for our Dali Temple to hand over the murderer within three days! ”

Chu Qingruo, who had been busy all day, dragged her tired footsteps and the heartbroken Gongsun Donglin into the courtyard of Papaya Lane, and Mother Zhou welcomed them into Chu Wenxuan's room with red eyes.

Looking at the white-haired old father who had been on the bed all night, Chu Qingruo couldn't help but feel angry, although the relationship between herself and her father has not been very good, but after all, it is her relative, and the murderer shot so viciously, not only slashed his hands and feet, but also almost cut off his spine with a knife.

Today's Chu Wenxuan is no different from half of the people who have had a stroke, his speech is slurred, he is bedridden, he needs someone to serve him in his diet and daily life, and there is no difference between living and dying.

Seeing that her face was angry, Zhou's mother hurriedly stepped forward and pulled her out of the room, and comforted her in a low voice: "Miss, don't be sad, fortunately, the old man has a great life and escaped death."

The doctor said that as long as you recuperate, although you will not be able to return to a normal state in the future, it is still not a problem to speak, read, and write.

As long as the old man wakes up, we can ask what happened that night, so as to provide more clues for catching the murderer as soon as possible. ”

Chu Qingruo smiled bitterly and patted Zhou's mother's hand: "Mother Zhou, my father has bothered you a lot here, and I will come to see him after I finish dealing with the affairs in the house."

If there is any need here, you can let Ling'er go to the Fu Mansion to withdraw it directly. ”

Mother Zhou comforted her: "Hey~ There are me and Brother Dong here, Miss, you can relax and go busy with your business." ”

Donglin also nodded sensibly: "Cousin, you go and get busy, the officials said that they didn't find my mother's body, maybe my mother is still alive." Donglin also had to trouble his cousin to help inquire about his mother's whereabouts. So uncle, leave my cousin here to me, and I'll take care of my uncle. ”

Chu Qingruo nodded with satisfaction, and walked out of the courtyard accompanied by Zhou's mother. After returning to Fu Mansion to meet Old Man Fu and Old Lady Fu, he returned to Yusheng Garden tiredly, Chu Qingruo didn't take off his tired shoes and lay on the bed in a daze.

Half-asleep and half-awake, I heard a report from Chunju outside the door: "Young grandmother, Shaoqing of Dali Temple and the eleventh prince are visiting." A spirit quickly sat up, tidied up slightly, and hurriedly walked out of the courtyard.

"Qingruo has seen his brother and Shaoqing."

"Qingruo (Mrs. Fu) doesn't have to be polite!"

After saluting, the three of them sat down in the antechamber. After the maid served tea, Chu Qingruo sent a group of people away.

Lu Yiqing said with a heavy face: "Qingruo, this is Li Shaoqing of Dali Temple, I came with him today because I have something to tell you." ”

Li Shaoqing is a thin man in his thirties, dressed plainly, with a white face, a goatee, bright eyes, and a righteous aura all over his body.

Chu Qingruo asked anxiously: "But have you caught the murderer?" ”

Li Shaoqing was ashamed when he heard this: "Mrs. Fu, I can't hide it, the lower officials did not catch the murderer." Seeing that Chu Qingruo's expression was slightly disappointed, he hurriedly spoke again: "But the lower officials have already found out who did it!" ”

Chu Qingruo's expression was clear: "Who is it?" ”

"It was the uncle Liu Yuqin, who was wanted all over the city a few days ago, who led a group of killers under the command of King Jinyang to do such a thing of indignation!"

Chu Qingruo suddenly stood up when he heard this, clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said word by word: "It turned out to be her!" ”

Seeing this, Lu Yiqing also stood up, walked to her side and said angrily: "Moreover, this plague in the imperial capital this time is not a plague, but someone poisoned it!" This poisoned person is also the person under the command of Uncle Liu Guo and the King of Jinyang! ”

Chu Qingruo was taken aback: "Then King Jinyang is so disregarding the life and death of the people? For his own selfish desires, he is so careless of human life! ”

"Yes, fortunately, Qing Ruo ordered the Yan Tiger Army to help find a prescription and cure this poison, otherwise I don't know how many people would have died!"

Li Shaoqing also stood up with anger on his face: "It seems that King Jinyang is planning to make a desperate bet!" The old thief's scheming is deep, Uncle Liu's family has been raided and wiped out, and he can still encourage the father and daughter to do such a shocking case, Uncle Liu's chess piece, he can be regarded as making the best use of everything. ”

Chu Qingruo's heart rose with an unprecedented killing intent: "That old thief is so rampant, does the old thief have the will to deal with them?" ”

Lu Yiqing shook his head helplessly: "Now all the evidence on the surface points to Uncle Liuguo's father and daughter, the old thief is very cunning, and he didn't show any clues, so he really can't help him!" ”

Li Shaoqing also hated when he heard this, punched the table, and sat down dejectedly.

Chu Qingruo was unwilling: "Then we have no way at all?" ”

Lu Yiqing said without thinking: "Yes! It's just ......," he said, hesitating.

Chu Qingruo asked anxiously: "Brother, tell me quickly, is there any other way to bring them to justice?" ”

Li Shaoqing saw that Lu Yiqing had spoken, and he also stood up excitedly and blurted out: "As long as Mrs. Fu comes forward, there will be a chance to catch them!" ”