Strange to say, there were blood stains everywhere in the house, but there was no blood stain on the skirt, and it was so clean that people were a little suspicious.

Pei Ling first walked around the room twice, and finally stopped in front of the closed window.

Meng Heyu looked at him a little impatiently, and saw that he suddenly reached out and touched the window paper of the west window, only to find that there was a little light on the window lattice from the outside, which was a small hole broken with his index finger.

She suddenly let out a "huh", took a few steps back, and "Teng Tengteng" ran to the east window to look, pointed to a small hole, and said, "There is one here too." ”

The window lattice in front of him suddenly opened from the inside, Meng Heyu was startled, and when she looked up, Pei Lingxian's face was close in front of her.

She hurriedly took two steps back and held down the beating heart: "What are you doing?" ”

Pei Ling first hooked her hand expressionlessly: "Come in." ”

"I don't." Whoever wants to go in, there is blood everywhere, and I am afraid that I will get bad luck.

Pei Lingxian's eyes were slightly constricted, obscure, and he looked at her so directly, like a poisonous snake shaking his head and tail.

"It's all blood." She pursed her lips in disdain, never going in anyway.

"I don't want you to be contaminated."

Meng Heyu rolled her eyes, feeling that this guarantee didn't look reliable at all.

Pei Ling frowned first, stretched out his hand in his sleeve, spread it out, and there was a ruby and gold wire earring lying in his white palm.

"Come in."

Scold! Man!

Meng Heyu reluctantly walked to the door, looking at the room full of blood, and her heart was extremely resistant.

"You said, don't let me get bloody." She glared and looked at Pei Lingxian viciously.

Pei Ling leaned over first, and just when she thought he was going to pick herself up, the back collar suddenly tightened, and a big hand brazenly grabbed the back collar of her destiny and lifted her whole body up.

There was no princess to hug, and there was no thick back waiting for her, Meng Heyu was carried into the house like a little chicken.

"Pei Lingxian, you dog!" She looked up with her teeth and claws to see his well-defined chin and slightly curled lips.

Pei Ling first put her on the wooden platform under the hanger, and pointed to the unfolded skirt: "You go and hide in the back." ”

Meng Heyu was stunned: "Huh? ”

Pei Ling gently pushed her first: "Go to the back." ”

"You give me the earrings first." She sneered and held out her hand.

Pei Ling put the earrings in her hand first.

After taking the earrings, Meng Heyu obediently walked around the back of the skirt. The skirt is wide, and it is a flying design, and the hem is dragged to the wooden platform, just hiding her petite figure.

Pei Ling nodded with satisfaction, slowly walked around behind the hanger, held the collar in one hand, and carried her out of the house again. He turned around and closed the door of the embroidery room, turned to the butler, and said, "Where is Mrs. Cui's bedroom?" ”

The butler pointed to the dark building not far away: "It's over there." ”

The three of them walked along the path in the direction of the dormitory, and when they passed through the small garden, they happened to bump into a little maid wearing a red skirt, stumbling out with a small package in her hand.

The little maid didn't seem to expect to meet the housekeeper and the two officials here, so she was so frightened that she hurriedly lowered her head: "Steward Wang." ”

The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect to meet the maid here, but then, as if he understood something, waved his hand and motioned for her to leave quickly.

The little girl breathed a sigh of relief, hugged the small package in her arms, and stumbled out.

"Wait." Meng Heyu suddenly stopped her.

Pei Ling looked down at her first, not knowing why she stopped a little maid.

Meng Heyu ignored him at all, rushed to the little maid in a few steps, grabbed the small package and pulled it over.

The little girl's face turned white instantly, and she was so frightened that she fell to the ground with a "bang".

Meng Heyu snorted and threw the small package into Pei Lingxian's arms: "See for yourself." ”

Pei Ling glanced at her suspiciously, lowered her head and opened the package, which turned out to be a white bloody coat.

The little girl's face turned white instantly, and she was so frightened that she fell to the ground with a "bang".

"The official spares his life, the official spares his life."

The housekeeper was also stunned: "It's you?" ”

"It seems that this ghost's methods are not very clever." Pei Ling walked in front of the little maid first and looked down at her, "Are you the maid of the Splendid Pavilion?" ”

The little maid gritted her teeth and didn't speak, and the housekeeper on the side raised her leg and was about to kick.

Meng Heyu raised her foot and kicked the butler's leg away: "Just talk, what to do?" ”

The housekeeper's face was pale, and he was so angry that he pointed at the maid's nose and scolded: "Say, why are you pretending to be a ghost to scare Mrs. Cui?" Did you kill people? ”

Meng Heyu couldn't help but roll her eyes: "Can you not see that the person is the murderer, ask clearly." ”

"You ......"

"What am I?" Meng Heyu stiffened her neck, stopped her waist and patted the waist card hanging on her waist, "Is it you who handle the case or me who handles the case?" ”

The housekeeper's face darkened, as if he had eaten a piece of dog shit.

"Of course it's you."

Meng Heyu smiled proudly, turned around and dragged the maid on the ground up: "Let me ask you, where did you get this bloody coat from, are you pretending to be a ghost in the Splendid Pavilion?" ”

The little girl's face turned white, first she shook her head, and then as if she realized something, she nodded with a heavy face.

Meng Heyu frowned: "So you killed Mrs. Cui?" ”

The little maid hurriedly shook her head: "I didn't." ”

Meng Heyu pretended to be gloomy and touched her chin: "Since you don't tell the truth, I can't help it, you must know that Dasheng has strict laws, and people like you who conceal the facts and don't say anything, and maliciously kill people, will be punished." Does the doghead know? Those who behead the emperor's relatives are called dragon heads, high-ranking officials and nobles are called tiger heads, and ordinary people are called dog heads. Haven't you seen it, the blade of this tiger's head is blunt, and it can't directly kill a person with a knife, the blade is stuck in the prisoner's waist, and when it falls, the flesh and blood are blurred, and the intestines flow everywhere. ”

In the dark night, someone had just died in the Splendid Pavilion, and suddenly a cold wind blew, and the white wind lantern swayed with the wind, taking advantage of the shadow of the teeth and claws to penetrate more and more.

The little maid was sent to Jiangfu as a slave since she was a child, where had she ever heard of such a thing, she was instantly so frightened that her face was as pale as paper, and she hugged Meng Heyu's thigh and cried vigorously.

Pei Ling first put his hands in his sleeves and glanced at Meng Heyu slowly: "Dasheng Law? ”

Meng Heyu stiffened, this dog man won't want to dismantle the stage!

Pei Ling first looked down at the little maid, and cooperated with Meng Heyu's performance with an expressionless face: "If the murderer plots to kill the family members of the court officials, it will cause trouble to the nine clans." ”

If Meng Heyu's words can't make the little maid take off her guard, then Pei Lingxian's mending knife is absolutely perfect.

Meng Heyu secretly gave him a thumbs up, and then looked at the little maid on the ground, her face was already like ashes, and her whole person was like a little cabbage in the autumn field, trembling, and said tremblingly: "Big, my lord, I said, I said, I, it was Mrs. Wang who asked me to pretend to be a ghost to scare Mrs. Cui." ”

Meng Heyu's eyes lit up: "What about her?" ”

The housekeeper on the side had a gloomy face, glared at the little maid viciously, and said, "Mrs. Wang went to the White Lotus Temple in Dongshan the day before yesterday to worship the Buddha, and she has not returned yet. ”

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Huang Zhong rubbed his sore legs, looked up at the closed door of the imperial study, and didn't know what was going on inside.

Master Shao of the Five Cities Terracotta Division had been in for half an hour, except for the faint sound of talking inside at the beginning, there was no sound behind it.

He barely stood up straight, and his heart was like a hairy monkey, up and down.

In the imperial study, Shao Yi stood with a white face like water, his eyes looked towards Emperor Taizong from time to time, and he really didn't know what the emperor thought.

Two hours ago, the treasure of the palace treasury was stolen, and the emperor urgently summoned the soldiers and horses of the five cities to investigate thoroughly.

There are thieves in the inner courtyard of the imperial city, which is tantamount to inserting a sword in the emperor's heart, today is the seven-star lock, so what about tomorrow?

Could it be his head?

This night, the entire imperial city was agitated, and Shao Yibai mobilized almost all the soldiers and horses to investigate, and what he found was even more strange than what he saw.

"You mean, the seven-star lock in the palace treasury is fake?" Emperor Taizong finally raised his head from the table, and looked directly at Shao Yibai with two majestic eyes.

Shao Yibai was instantly shocked into a cold sweat for a lifetime, gritted his teeth and squeezed out a "yes" word from between his teeth.

"Do you know the origin of this seven-star lock?" Emperor Taizong stood up from behind the bookcase and walked in front of him step by step. Shao Yibai pursed his lips and hurriedly said, "The minister has heard a little, it seems to be something left by Emperor Taizu's Concubine Min En." "When Emperor Taizu fought the world, he had several generals under his command, and the most brave and good at fighting was Zhang Baojun, the protector general.

At that time, the world was settled, Dasheng was still in the stage of recuperation, and the Watts took the opportunity to annex the twelve states of Yanyun. Emperor Taizu was furious, and even let Zhang Baojun drop 200,000 troops to go to Yanyun Twelve Prefectures to defend it.

In less than two years, Zhang's army had regained lost ground and driven Watt's army west of the Fiji Valley.

Emperor Taizu's heart was happy and he was ready to reward Zhang Baojun, the general who protected the country, but for some reason, General Zhang died suddenly, leaving a girl in Kyoto.

Emperor Taizu thanked General Zhang for his exploits, and later took this girl into the palace and sealed the concubine, this seven-star lock seems to be Zhang Guifei's dowry, but this good seven-star lock has been in the palace for so many years, how did it become fake?

After Shao Yibai finished speaking, he looked up at Emperor Taizong, who had already approached, and vaguely felt in his heart that things did not seem to be as simple as the legend.

"You just said that the person who stole the Seven Star Lock was the killer of the Cave Heaven Pavilion?" Emperor Taizong frowned, "How did a small Jianghu sect get the idea to the palace?" ”

Shao Yibai also wanted to know where these mud-legged dogs came from, and they actually broke into the palace at night to steal the seven-star lock, but he didn't feel like he had the courage to say it. "The minister took people to check the traces of the scene, and checked the inside and outside of the palace, all the city gates in Kyoto, with the methods of this thief, there is no doubt that it should be the people of Dongtian Pavilion." He can say it so confidently because there is an inside line of the Five Cities Terracotta Division in the Dongtian Pavilion, but that person's status is low, and he can't get access to the confidential things in the Dongtian Pavilion.

This time the palace was stolen, and the reaction in the Cave Heaven Pavilion was not small, and the main reason was that the Lord of the Cave Heaven Pavilion found out that the Seven Star Lock was fake.

"Shao Yibai." Emperor Taizong suddenly called him, and Shao Yibai's face froze.

"Your Majesty, please speak."

Emperor Taizong turned his head to look at the dark sky outside the window, and in this oppressive night, he inexplicably thought of what his father had said before he died.

He said that the most regrettable thing in his life was that he should not have let Zhang Baojun go to Yanyun Twelve Prefectures.

"Shao Yibai, no matter what you do, you must find the true seven-star lock." He struggled to squeeze the words out of his throat, and his whole person seemed to have exhausted his strength.

Shao Yibai didn't know the reason, but he still knelt down: "The minister will not disgrace his mission." But ......"

"How?"

Shao Yibai told Emperor Taizong the news he learned from the informant: "As far as the minister knows, the pavilion master of the Dongtian Pavilion has already left for Yizhou, and the minister suspects that the Seven Star Lock is very likely to appear in Yizhou. ”

Yizhou is the last state of the Twelve Prefectures of Yanyun, and it is close to Watt, and if Watt and Dasheng go to war, it will be difficult for Yizhou to survive.

Emperor Taizong frowned slightly, and said lightly for a long time: "In this way, you will go to Yizhou, remember, be sure to bring back the Seven Star Lock." ”