Chapter 12: The Strange Dead
By the time he left Uncle Guo's mansion, the rain had stopped, and Xiaocui sent Liu Mingyi out of the side door and turned around and walked in, leaving him only a sentence of "Come on!" ”。 Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"'Go ahead!' Come on, your sister! It's easy to say. ”
Thinking of the situation he was about to face, Liu Mingyi's heart was full of coldness, the palace is not a fun place, and taking a wrong step means that it will be doomed immediately, not to mention that Dong Qian, a scheming, didn't mention what to do with letting him sneak into the palace, what if he was instructed to assassinate the Son of Heaven, even if he succeeded, it would be a dead end. It's so hateful, it turns out that I was already planning to use him from the beginning to save him.
"Speaking of which, what the hell did she do that night when she went to that place alone?"
The more Liu Mingyi thought about it, the more wrong it became, in fact, everyone subconsciously ignored one point, it was impossible for a weak woman to run alone to the depths of the forest in the suburbs, so normal people thought that it must be the man in black who kidnapped her in the past, just to make it easier to commit crimes. But Liu Mingyi saw it clearly at that time, this woman went there alone, and the handkerchief she cared about must have a mystery in it.
Thinking of this, Liu Mingyi took out the handkerchief and looked back and forth, the handkerchief had been on his body, even if he was caught, no one searched it. However, there is nothing except two mandarin ducks embroidered on both sides, one yin and one yang, and there is really no problem.
"No matter!"
Liu Mingyi decided to go out of the city immediately to the forest, and now that the crisis is in front of him, he can't really sit still.
After the heavy rains, the depths of the forest are muddy, there are traces of small rivers flooding everywhere, and farmers only follow the perimeter of the forest in and out of their fields. This is a godsend, no one has ever been in and out of the forest, which means that if there are any clues, it is still very likely to stay in place, although there will be no traces on the ground after the river floods, but who said that the traces must be on the ground, Liu Mingyi took off his shoes and walked barefoot to the depths of the forest, he tried to avoid places that looked relatively low-lying, and it was very likely to become a swamp after the rainstorm, Liu Mingyi was not a fool, this he could still think of.
I don't know how far I walked forward, and suddenly a foul smell almost smoked Liu Mingyi to the ground, and when I looked from a distance, I saw a naked adult corpse stuck there between several thick tree roots that were exposed to the ground in the distance.
"It can't be that I actually killed that man by mistake that night, right?"
Liu Mingyi was very upset when he thought of this, especially when he thought that the woman he was protecting was still a scheming who could kill him, he was even more uncomfortable, he never considered escaping from Xu Du from beginning to end, one was really like the woman said, if he ran away, the woman would definitely report to the official to arrest him, and at that time, unless he was willing to spend his life in the mountains without interacting with anyone, he would be arrested sooner or later. Another reason is that don't look at Liu Mingyi's admitting as soon as the crisis comes, that's just his survival strategy, he is not willing to fight to the death until he has to, that would be meaningless to him, but Dong Qian still underestimated him a little, he has a tenacious heart that ordinary people can't imagine, and he will not give up in big difficulties, as long as there is a trace of room for redemption.
"Forget it, go and worship, anyway, you also died because of me, please don't blame me, if you want to blame, blame you for falling in love with that ****!"
Liu Mingyi held back his breath and walked to the corpse, he knelt on his knees and bowed heavily, but when he looked up, he suddenly found something unusual.
"It's ......"
He raised the corpse's drooping head slightly, and a terrible knife wound appeared on the corpse's neck, and the knife cut was so deep that it almost cut off the man's head entirely.
"Great!"
This was Liu Mingyi's first reaction, there was a knife wound on the corpse, and he thought that the person did not die because of him, but was killed by the second person. But the question came again, only Liu Mingyi, Dong Qian and this person were not present at that time, so who killed him?
First of all, Liu Mingyi definitely didn't do it himself, and Dong Qian can also be excluded, because a weak woman didn't have so much strength to almost cut off the person's head, of course, it is even more unlikely that this corpse committed suicide, then there must be a person who came to the depths of this forest outside the three of them, as for who this person is, it is still a mystery.
And then there is the mystery of why the fourth person killed this person, this is also a mystery, if it is to kill the mouth, why not get rid of Liu Mingyi too?
The more he thought about it, the more chaotic it became, and Liu Mingyi already felt that this whole thing was probably much more terrifying and complicated than he expected at the beginning, and he was already caught in a huge conspiracy before he knew it.
There is no need to go to the depths of the forest anymore, and his intuition tells Liu Mingyi that even if he goes there, he will not find anything, since the fourth person can get rid of this person, he can naturally erase all traces there, maybe he is just lucky enough to escape the extermination.
Walking out of the forest, Liu Mingyi's mood is very complicated, anyone who falls into the center of an earth-shattering conspiracy for no reason cannot be calm, this kind of thing is going to kill people at every turn.
The sky gradually darkened, and the peasants began to return to the city after a busy day, Liu Mingyi was wearing a shabby cloth dress mixed with the army returning to the city, but not long after he walked into the city gate, a young girl in a green dress and a skirt appeared in front of him.
"I thought you were scared and ran away, why did you come back?"
This girl is Dong Qian's maid Xiaocui.
"Why, I'm just going out of the city to relax."
Liu Mingyi calmed down and squeezed out a seemingly ordinary smile, and he said in a relaxed tone, as if he was really going to take a break outside the city.
"That's the best!"
Xiao Cui sighed, she suddenly put her mouth to Liu Mingyi's ear and whispered, "You're really stupid, why don't you just run away!" ”
Liu Mingyi looked at the girl in front of him in surprise, and suddenly felt a feeling in his heart that he didn't know what it was, he had rarely experienced the feeling of being cared for, but he quickly adjusted his mentality, Xiaocui is Dong Qian's person, the so-called black who is close to ink, who knows if she is cheating herself.
"How dare you escape, your young lady asked me to wait for news in the city!"
Liu Mingyi bowed with both hands, and when he raised his head, he had already changed into a silly and innocent appearance.
"Huh!"
Xiao Cui sneered, clenched her fist and hammered Liu Mingyi, "You are so cute, my sister wants to hurt you!" ”
"Who's my sister? I'm better than you, you're a sister at most! Sister, if you want to love me, then find a secluded place at night and we will love it. ”
Liu Mingyi put on an anxious face again, anyway, he gave others the impression that he was almost a stinky hooligan.
"you! I don't want to talk to you, I forgot to ask where your family lives, but I quietly followed you and found that you were out of the city, my sister didn't want to stain her shoes so she didn't go out, who knew that you went for most of the afternoon, if you don't come back, I will definitely tell my lady that you ran away! ”
Xiao Cui smiled and put on a gesture of invitation, obviously to follow Liu Mingyi to his residence.
Liu Mingyi had no choice at the moment, he walked in front and led the way silently, while Xiao Cui, who followed behind him, asked curiously, this woman is very strange, the inside and outside the house are like two people, Liu Mingyi replied with a match, and the two quickly walked to the door of the blacksmith Wang Sledgehammer.
"It's such a house!"
Xiao Cui's voice was quite loud, and she pouted in dissatisfaction, as if it was hard to imagine that such a place was still inhabited, in fact, Liu Mingyi had exactly the same idea as she had when she first saw this house.
"Who speaks ill of me in front of my house!"
A voice like a silver bell sounded, and a beautiful woman in a long cloth dress walked out of the door, it turned out to be Wang Chunlan, who came back much earlier than before.
(To be continued)