The murder weapon was found.

It is a small knife with exquisite workmanship, the blade is only five or six inches long, very thin, the handle is not very fancy, it is held with cowhide, and it should be very easy to hold.

Seeing the knife, the eldest young master of the Wang family put his hands around his chest, and felt a little more confident: "Miss Su, what else do you have to say now?" ”

"What is the connection between this knife and Miss Su?"

Su Li asked softly, and Su Yue knelt on the ground all of a sudden: "Returning to the prince, this knife belongs to the people's woman!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the living room was silent for a while.

Chu Lingxi and Su Li glanced at each other, and they both saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

Sure enough, you shouldn't be blinded by those eyes and soft-hearted, you see, you took the initiative to speak for her, and she turned around and slapped you in the face.

Su Li pursed her lips and stopped talking.

Seeing that the situation was reversed, Yue Lao Wu sneered and sneered: "Isn't the eldest lady of the Su family still going to confront the people of the Zhao and Wu families face to face?" Why do you admit that you have a knife again? ”

Su Yue also knew that her words and deeds were contradictory, and her head hit the ground: "Every year, there will be more or less murders in the jackpot, and the women holding knives are not to harm others, but to protect themselves." ”

She doesn't have the heart to hurt others, but she still has to have the heart to defend against others.

After speaking, Su Yue continued what Su Li had just said: "Since there is no knife wound on the body of the second young master of the Wang family, at least he was not killed by me!" The life and death of the third young master of the Yue family is uncertain, as long as I find him, I can prove my innocence! ”

Her words brought Su Li back, Su Li lowered her eyes and was silent, the old man of the Su family frowned when he heard it, and kept saying, "Yue'er, you are confused!" ”

It can be seen that he didn't know that Su Yue had a knife with him before going into the water.

Su Yue looked up at Old Man Su, her eyes were firm: "Dad, don't worry, even if the eldest brother and second brother are gone, there is still me, the Su family will not fall, the jackpot was grabbed by me with my ability, and you can't just give it to others!" ”

Su Yue said firmly, her voice was enough for everyone present to hear clearly, and the descendants of the Su family couldn't help but echo: "Yes, master, the elder said before that the eldest lady is not an ordinary woman, and we are all willing to follow the eldest lady!" ”

The voice of the subordinate was quite loud, as if he had already taken Su Yue as the backbone, Old Man Su took two steps back, his old eyes were full of tears, and he muttered to himself: "Injustice!" O iniquity! ”

The son is gone, the daughter has ambition and backbone, it stands to reason that he should be relieved and happy, but now this reaction is like a misfortune in the family, and what retribution has been suffered.

"Don't chirp crookedly and act in a bitter love scene, Lao Tzu doesn't eat this, you say that this matter has nothing to do with you, then come up with evidence!" The fifth elder of the Yue family snorted coldly and said, he has always been short-tempered, which provoked him, and he could lead people to kill directly into the Su family.

Breaking the sky is a red knife in and a white knife out, going south and north to do business, if anyone is afraid, who is a grandson!

Yue Lao Wu is very capable of inciting other people's emotions, as soon as this remark came out, the servants of the Yue and Wang families couldn't sit still, and the crooked chirping in their hearts was the behavior of the girls.

Seeing that the situation was out of control, a panicked scream suddenly interrupted everyone's dispute.

Everyone followed the prestige, only to see the maid standing behind Su Li rolling on the ground with her face covered, and kept shouting: "Help, master, miss help me!" ”

The maid was closest to Su Li and Chu Huai'an, Chu Huai'an reacted quickly and stuffed the stove into Su Li's hand, pressed the maid to the ground, and shouted at Su Li at the same time: "Don't come here!" ”

After roaring, he raised his hand to stun the maid, but when he saw that the maid rolled her eyes and made no sound, but her hand was still covering her face, Chu Huaian took the maid's hand away, and her eyes widened slightly.

On the maid's originally intact cheek, there was a small wound, the wound was very bloody and hideous, and there was a faint stench, and the shape was very similar to the scar on Su Li's face.

Chu Huai'an probed the maid's snort: "It's dead." ”

The noisy living room suddenly fell silent, as if even the temperature had dropped a little.

In front of everyone's eyes, a maid died in the Su family, and the death was so peculiar!

"Zhao De immediately returned to the state capital to transfer troops, and passed on Benhou's order, one of the people present today is counted as one, and no one is allowed to leave here until the murderer is found!"

Chu Huai'an stood up and ordered coldly, Zhao De was dumbfounded: "Master Hou, this ...... Not good. ”

"What does this have to do with us? What kind of hidden illness does she have? ”

"That's right, it may also be a ploy by the Su family to divert everyone's attention in order to fool these two murders!"

The people of the Yue family and the Wu family muttered dissatisfiedly, Chu Huai'an's eyes narrowed into a narrow arc, and swept over everyone like cold frost: "This is Benhou's order, those who don't want to obey it, they can leave now, and they will all be dealt with as the following crimes!" ”

Chu Huai'an's attitude was extremely tough, and everyone looked left and right, and gradually fell silent.

The people don't fight with the officials, this is a truth for thousands of years, and they can't offend the Marquis of Xiaoyao at this time.

Everyone sat still, Zhao De also hurriedly got up to transfer troops, and Chu Huai'an asked people to carry the dead maid to the middle of the banquet hall and put it, waiting for the autopsy.

His face was tense all the time, his face was extremely ugly, Su Li pulled his hand, obviously he was still having a high fever just now, and his palms were a little cold at this moment.

Su Li wanted to hand him the stove, but he grabbed it tightly.

"What's wrong?"

Su Li lifted her eyes and looked dazed, as if she was completely unaware of the danger lurking.

Chu Huaian looked at her deeply for a while, then relaxed: "It's okay." ”

He still remembers that the people in the hospital said that people who were injured by swordfish would die in a few days.

Just now, this maid died strangely, and she stood so close to her, and there were such scars on her face after death, which made him have to care.

He carefully examined the maid's body, and finally concluded that the maid had no external injuries on her body, nor was she poisoned, but she died inexplicably.

But, who would believe that a person would suddenly die like this?

Everyone was suspicious, and I don't know who suddenly shouted: "Yes...... It's the punishment of the river god! ”

"That's right! It was your Su family's unkindness and injustice first, and now you still don't admit it, Jiang Shen personally punished it, if you still want to deny it like this, the next one should be the eldest lady of the Su family! ”

A servant of the Wang family echoed, everyone nodded, and some people said, "I look at the scar on this maid's face, it's a bit like ......."

"The twists and turns of right and wrong will eventually come to light, instead of bullying me as a weak woman here, it is better to cooperate with the Hou Ye investigation and try to find out the real culprit!" Su Yue raised her head and snorted coldly, her attitude was a little tough.

Su Li frowned slightly, she and Chu Lingxi had been wearing a veil when she went out with Chu Lingxi that day, but she was injured by a swordfish later, so she took off the veil, and there were not many people who saw the scars on her face, and this matter should not have been publicized yet, so just now that person wanted to say who was the scar on the maid's face?

"Today's events seem to be unknown for a while, you might as well stay in the mansion first, and there is nothing to do with the left and right Benhou, so I will live here with you and see what tricks the real murderer behind the scenes can play!"

There are a lot of people present today, but fortunately, the Su family has a big business, and they can live if they want to.

Besides, even the Marquis of Xiaoyao has to live here, so others naturally have nothing to pick and choose.

"Grass People...... Listen to Master Hou, but ask someone to go home and send a message, so as not to worry the family. ”

Young Master Wang took the lead in expressing his position, and the others nodded one after another, they are not like the Su family, now that the heirs are withered, only Su Yue is left to preside over the overall situation, and there are many children in their family, even if they live in the Su family for ten days and a half months, the family's business will not be affected in the slightest.

"Ben Hou will send someone back to report to the heads of the families, so you don't have to worry about it."

Chu Huai'an said faintly, clearly to prevent anyone from leaving here.

Everyone looked left and right, and they could only accept such an arrangement.

No one raised any more objections, and Chu Huai'an asked the maid to be carried to another empty room and parked.

"Having said so much, Ben Hou is also hungry, didn't Master Su prepare a banquet? Don't let people have a feast yet? Chu Huai'an sat back in his original position and asked, his tone relaxed, as if nothing had happened.

Everyone: "......"

If something like this happens, Master Hou, you can still eat, it's really a big heart.

But if you don't eat, do you stare dryly?

A quarter of an hour later, there are only two words in the hearts of the people who are eating delicious food and drinking old wine: it smells good!

After they were full of wine and food, the subordinates of the Su family began to lead the people of each family to their rooms.

Because Chu Huai'an said that Su Li was Mrs. Hou before, the two were assigned to a room, Chu Huai'an and Su Li stayed, Lu Ji and Chu Lingxi naturally didn't leave, and the room of the two was next to them.

They are noble, and they naturally sleep in the best room in the house, next to Old Man Su's main courtyard, separated by a corridor, and behind it is Su Yue's courtyard.

Chu Huai'an glanced at the room, he was not picky about the furnishings in the room, he looked at it casually, then yawned and drove the maid out.

After closing the door, Chu Huai'an kicked his shoes and lay on the bed, wrapped himself in the quilt, rolled himself into a cicada chrysalis, and waited for a while and said to Su Li: "You call Gu Zhi, I have something to say to him." ”

I don't know when he also began to follow Lu Ji to call Hu He's real name, and he seemed to recognize Gu Ji's identity.

Su Li hadn't seen Hu He for the past few days, and was thinking about where to find him, when the window was pushed open, and Hu He wore a silver mask and flexibly got in from the outside.

He lifted his eyes and glanced at Su Li, his eyes were indifferent and there was no emotion at all, and then he walked to the side of the bed and looked at Chu Huai'an.

Chu Huai'an rubbed his nose and burned so much that he was confused: "Tonight, you go and throw the third child of the Yue family at the door of the fifth child of the Yue family, see the reaction of the fifth child of the Yue family, and then make a big deal and let everyone know that I will let the third child of the Yue family take care of it alone, and then you will be responsible for protecting the third child of the Yue family." ”

Hu He stood beside the bed and didn't move, his whole person was like an ice cube that would not melt for 10,000 years.

Chu Huai'an was very uncomfortable, turned over, and was not polite: "When you come back, remember to help me bring two pairs of medicines for wind and cold, it's okay, let's go!" ”

His tone is extremely trusting and familiar, and he doesn't treat Hu He as an outsider at all.

But with Hu He's temperament, he has no friendship with Chu Huai'an, how could he listen to Chu Huai'an's words?

Su Li was puzzled, Hu He stood by the bed for a while, and then followed the route he came from, and climbed out of the window.

"He'll ......"

Su Li wanted to ask something, but she heard Chu Huai'an's heavy breathing, and when she walked over to take a look, his face was very red, and his tentacles were even hotter, and he obviously couldn't hold it.

Su Li asked the maid to send hot water to help him wipe his body, he burned to the point that he was unconscious, and he hummed vigorously, and Su Li coaxed him softly.

He was like this when he was young, once he got sick, he couldn't leave anyone, and he would lose his temper if he didn't coax him well.

After wiping his body, Su Li helped him fold the quilt, and not long after, Hu He threw a few pairs of medicine from the window and came in, but he didn't speak, he lost the medicine and left.

Su Li picked up the medicine, opened it and looked at it, it was all to dispel cold and heat.

The maid in the house had an accident first, Su Li didn't worry about letting others boil the medicine, so she took the medicine to the kitchen by herself, and the maid took the medicine pot and charcoal fire for her, Su Li lit a fire, and cleaned the medicine jar seriously several times before starting to boil the medicine, and she was guarding by the side.

Today's banquet was set up, the kitchen people were busy cleaning up the remnants, there were a lot of people coming and going, the maid told her that the place was in a small corner, and it would not be disturbed by people coming and going, just a bush of green bamboo to cover it, it was very quiet.

Su Li sat for a while, and two people who collected swill came to the back door, and a rough woman carried two large buckets of swill.

"Huh? Why is Aunt Huang the only one carrying the swill today? ”

The person who collected the swill asked, and the mother-in-law called Aunt Huang put the swill on the car, and shook the two of them angrily: "Don't ask if you don't know!" ”

In the afternoon, the sun was full of sun, and people were drowsy, and these people who worked for big families were the most gossipy, and immediately listened curiously: "Listen to what Aunt Huang means, what happened to the house?" ”

"It's none of your business!"

Aunt Huang gasped and denied it, she was very tired, and she was not in a hurry to go back, she leaned on the back door frame with a flat shoulder to rest, the two of them were tickled, and hurriedly helped Aunt Huang pinch her shoulders and rub her legs.

"Auntie, don't be angry, let's talk about it, it's boring to be idle anyway."

"That's it, our two brothers are very tight-mouthed, and they will never talk nonsense!"

The two of them sang and harmonized, and soon said that Aunt Huang's heart was moved, Aunt Huang looked left and right, and saw that everyone else was busy not paying attention to this side, and sighed: "Xizhu's girl has a bad life, she died an hour ago." ”

"Dead? How could this be, didn't she just hear that her family had talked to her about a good family affair? How so? The two of them were very surprised, Aunt Huang had a good relationship with them, and raised her hand and gave a violent shock: "I'm dying so loudly, do you want to hear it?!" ”

"Think about it!"

The two lowered their voices, not daring to express their opinions casually, Aunt Huang shook her head: "Xizhu's girl's family affairs are very good, and her husband's family is ready to be hired, it's a pity to die now." ”

"Yes, I haven't heard of any illness in her usually, so she won't die by herself, right?"

"She's about to get married, of course she's not looking for death!" Aunt Huang scolded in a low voice, looked left and right again, and lowered her voice: "She died strangely, I think it has something to do with the faceless corpse that happened in the city before." ”

As soon as the strange thing was mentioned, the faces of the two people changed, their eyes showed timidity, and one of them rubbed his arms: "Auntie, you ...... Don't talk nonsense, hasn't the murderer behind the faceless corpse been accepted by Jiang Shen? ”

"yes, we haven't had anything like that here in four or five years!"

The two of them were frightened, only to feel that the sun, which was still warm just now, suddenly became eerie.

Aunt Huang gave them another time: "It is said that the old man is yang, is there any interest?" ”

These two people were cowardly, and they didn't dare to refute when they were beaten, so they begged for mercy with a bitter face: "Auntie, this matter is too mysterious...... It's mysterious, let's not ...... If you don't listen, you can rest first, and we will help you carry the swill. ”

After the two finished speaking, they ran away with taboo on their faces.

Aunt Huang was still sitting there and didn't move, and after a while, she muttered to herself: "The injury on Xizhu's face is very weird......"

What's so strange about the wound on the maid's face?

Su Li was a little puzzled, seeing that the medicine was almost boiled, she wrapped it in a handkerchief and brought it back with the medicine jar, and before she got closer, she saw Chu Huai'an wrapped in a quilt leaning against the door and looking around, Su Li couldn't help but speed up her steps and walked over: "Isn't it uncomfortable, why did you get up?" ”

Chu Huai'an was originally a little annoyed, but when he saw the thing in her hand, his expression softened: "It's much better to sleep a little." ”

He said much better, and he was off the door frame, but he couldn't even stand on his feet.

Su Li hurriedly put down the medicine jar and went to help him again.

"The medicine is boiled, let's drink a bowl first, if it can't reduce the fever, you have to ask the doctor to take a look."

After Su Li finished speaking, he served him a bowl, the medicinal juice was black, yellow, black and yellow, and the taste was as bad as ever, Chu Huaian frowned, with a look of resistance, Su Li helped him blow it and let it cool as soon as possible.

"Good medicine is good for disease, if you don't want to be so uncomfortable all the time, just drink it quickly, so as to suffer less sin."

Su Li persuaded him, and Chu Huai'an remembered that when she first returned to Beijing, she took advantage of his illness and pinched his nose to give him medicine, which was really bold.

Thinking of that scene, Chu Huaian couldn't help but smile: "If I don't drink it, will you pinch my nose again and force me to pour the medicine?" ”

"No, it won't." Su Li shook her head: "I can't beat you now." ”

She is powerless now, and there is no way to be hard.

"Talk like I'm going to hit you."

Chu Huai'an muttered, took the medicine and drank it all in one gulp.

This medicine is really unpalatable, his face is wrinkled into a bun, and after putting down the bowl, he hooked Su Li's neck and got closer, but stopped when he was an inch away.

He was very sick, and he was afraid that he would pass on his illness to her.

"I owe it this time!"

As he spoke, he let go of Su Li and sat on the bed wrapped in the quilt, like a tumbler.

After a while, Chu Lingxi and Lu Ji walked into the house.

"How's it going? Do you want to call a doctor to check your pulse? ”

"No, I'm not that delicate!"

Chu Huai'an said with a cold face, it was also a serious injury, he had to catch a cold from time to time, but Lu Ji recovered very well, so in comparison, he naturally felt that he had fallen down.

Chu Lingxi was relieved to see that he still had the strength and good face, turned around and closed the door.

"General Lu and I went around the Su Mansion, and we haven't found any mysteries like secret passages at present, and the people in this mansion are quite normal, and the other families have all lived, and no one is making trouble for the time being, only the attitude of the Wang family seems to be a little too tough, but the second young master of the Wang family is indeed dead, and the people of the Wang family are a little irrational, which is also human nature."

"These are old foxes, and they should be a little tired after tonight."

Chu Huai'an sniffed and said, a bowl of medicine went down to his stomach, and he began to feel a little feverish.

Chu Lingxi didn't understand: "Why can you see the cat tonight?" ”

"I asked Gu Jiong to throw the third young master of the Yue family in tonight, whether the third young master knows the truth or not, the real culprit behind the scenes should find a way to deal with him, let's just wait for the fish to take the bait."

Chu Huai'an said his plan, and Lu Ji nodded: "It's good for Master Hou to lure the snake out of the hole." ”

Do you still need to say it?

Chu Huai'an was a little proud, but Chu Lingxi's focus was off: "Who is Gu Ji?" ”

In his memory, the last time he heard the name Gu Jiong was many years ago, and he had only heard of it, but he had never seen a real person.

"That's what you think."

Chu Huai'an Yun said lightly, Chu Lingxi's expression froze: "What are you talking about being exiled twenty years ago, Gu Jiong, the eldest son of Gu Yunxiu, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple?" ”

"Or else?"

“……”

Chu Lingxi felt that he was in Yunzhou and had missed a lot of things.

The Gu family was wiped out on the way to exile, how could Gu Ji still be alive? How could he have a relationship with Chu Huai'an after so many years?

Chu Lingxi was messy, and Su Li's words pulled him back to reality: "Does the prince know that there has been a bizarre murder case like a faceless corpse in Lizhou?" ”

"Faceless corpse?" Chu Lingxi twisted his eyebrows and thought carefully: "I have been in Yunzhou for more than five years, but except for the bad habit of going to Lizhou to let them get rid of the bad habit of sacrificing people to the river alive, I have never heard of anything else. ”

"I just overheard that there was a murder case like a faceless corpse in Yunzhou four or five years ago, calculate the time, it happened to be around the time when the prince arrived in Lizhou, what is going on, I'm afraid I have to ask Lord Zhao to ask."

Chu Lingxi immediately asked people to summon Zhao De over.

In the past few days, there have been waves of events, Zhao De can't eat or sleep well, he has lost a lot of weight, he hurriedly ran over, and knelt down to confess when he entered the door.

"Ask the prince for forgiveness, the second young master of the Wang family's autopsy, you really can't blame the lower officials, the Wang family is a big family in Lizhou, and they pay a lot of taxes every year, how can the lower officials ...... Why do you have to give a few thin noodles! ”

Zhao De said with a bitter face, others think that he can take advantage of the fat difference of the Lizhou Prefecture is a blessing from eight lifetimes, but who knows the bitterness behind this!

He is nominally the state capital, but he has to pretend to be a grandson when he sees anyone.

"Lord Zhao's difficulties, we all know that adults don't have to be like this, get up quickly." Su Li said empathetically, Zhao De breathed a sigh of relief, quickly stood up, and listened to Su Li before he could stand firmly: "I heard that there was a faceless corpse murder case in Lizhou a few years ago, I don't know what this murder case is, and I ask Lord Zhao to come and hear about it." ”

As soon as he heard the words 'faceless corpse', Zhao De's legs were weak, and he knelt down directly, his face turned pale, and he was panicked.

"My lord, what's wrong? Let's take a sip of tea first to suppress the shock. ”

Su Li kindly handed over a cup of hot tea, Zhao De was not afraid of being hot, and poured two sips, his eyes fluttering: "Why is Miss Su sudden...... Suddenly mentioned this? ”

"I just stumbled upon it, I thought it was weird, and I wanted to hear about it."

Zhao Dezhan held the empty cup tremblingly, his heart hung high, and he faintly felt that something hidden under the prosperous surface of Lizhou would soon be excavated.

Su Li didn't urge Zhao De either, and helped him add another cup of tea.

"The Lizhou Prefecture is not easy to do, Lord Zhao can do it today, it is also his own ability, this murder has passed for so many years, we only listen to the freshness, there will be no damage to Lord Zhao, even if something is found in the future, it will not implicate Lord Zhao."

Su Li said softly, these words are already a promise in disguise, no matter what happens, the black gauze hat on Zhao De's head will not be affected.

Zhao De is a smart person, so he naturally understands Su Li's hints.

He took two more sips of tea, and when he lifted his eyes, he saw that Chu Lingxi acquiesced to Su Li's words, so he had the courage to speak: "The faceless corpse case that Miss Su said did happen, and it was seven years ago, when I just arrived in Lizhou. ”

This case is indeed quite suspenseful.

When Zhao De first arrived in Lizhou, he didn't know that there was a Jiang Shenyi in Lizhou, let alone an elder who was above the state capital.

The first faceless corpse was found inadvertently, the corpse was rotten, emitting a foul smell, even men and women could not be distinguished, Zhao De was also next to him when he did the autopsy, there were no external injuries on the corpse, there was no poisoning, and he died inexplicably.

However, it didn't take long for the second faceless corpse to appear again, this time it was the top card in the Fengyue Building in Lizhou, the head card was very good-looking, and some people wanted to redeem her, but they didn't expect to die in the Fengyue Building, and they were uncovered alive.

After the head card died, the matter of the faceless corpse was publicized in Lizhou City.

For a while, there were different opinions, some people said that it was a powerful ghost asking for his life, some people said that there was a demon to do it, and of course, some people said that it was the ruthless person who uncovered the beauty skin to make a human skin mask.

Zhao De was under a lot of pressure at that time, and sent the government to patrol day and night, but a third body appeared a few days later.

The third body is still a person in Fengyue Building, a charming-skinned Qingqi, although he is a man, his bones are petite, and he is even more charming than a woman.

Three lives were taken out in succession, and everyone in Lizhou City was panicked, no one went to Fengyue Tower to drink and have fun, and the people in Fengyue Tower were also in danger.

At that time, someone gave Zhao De an idea and asked him to visit the elder, and ask the elder to tell Jiang Shen about the matter, and Jiang Shen came forward to arrest the real culprit.

At that time, Zhao De was still upright, and he didn't believe in this kind of ghost and god theory, so he scolded the person who came up with the idea, and led people to continue to investigate the case in the city.

The fourth person who died changed Zhao De's mind, because the fourth person who died was one of Zhao De's concubines.

The concubine followed him for three years, treated him very well, and her appearance was not top-notch, but she was gentle and very understanding, which won his heart.

On the night of the concubine's death, he slept next to the concubine, but he was unaware of the murderer's arrival, and when he woke up the next day, the person next to the pillow had become a bloody faceless corpse.

Zhao De was so scared that he didn't dare to have sex with a woman for a long time, at this time there were more and more rumors in the city, and seeing that there was going to be a big mess, Zhao De couldn't bear it, so he still went to meet the elders.

When he saw the elder for the first time, he only thought that this was an ancient old man, nothing special, but he had been frightened before, and he didn't dare to show any disrespect to the elder, and honestly told him what had happened recently.

The elder said that he was already aware of the matter, and in three days he would do a ritual and tell the Jiang Shen.

There were many onlookers on the day of the ceremony, and Zhao De can't remember the details of the ceremony now, only that a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl fell into the water.

Zhao De was about to let someone save the little girl, but was stopped by the elder, who said that it was the will of the god of Jiang, and only in this way could Lizhou be restored to peace.

Zhao De couldn't watch the little girl die, but the onlookers stopped him.

The little girl drowned, and Zhao De dreamed of the little girl coming to ask for her life for a few days and nights, but the strange thing is that since then, there has never been such a thing in Lizhou.

Half a month later, following Zhao De's pretense at that time, the little girl who was drowned was also uncovered, but not the whole face, only a piece less than the size of a palm.

When Zhao De heard this, he went to visit the elder again, but the elder asked him not to ask about this matter again, which was disrespectful to Jiang Shen.

Zhao De came back and had a serious illness, and the man accidentally broke a leg, and then the two kept it secret, and after he raised his leg, he returned to his hometown, and Zhao De never mentioned it again.

"In other words, the murderer of the faceless corpse case was not apprehended?"

Su Li asked in a low voice after listening.

Five corpses, five living lives, plus one leg of the man back then, were so frightened by the elder that they wiped it away for no reason.

"At that time, the case dragged on for three months, and if it dragged on any longer, I was afraid that the people would be uneasy and the officials would be dismissed...... There is no way around it. ”

Zhao De said helplessly, everyone else is a new official who took office three times, and he went to Lizhou to take office, but he was made a mess, and he was afraid that it would be a joke for his colleagues.

"Does Lord Zhao really believe in the existence of the Jiang God now? There are many strange people in this world, and many of them can uncover people's faces and give people a makeover, like the Hu people, who can change their faces. ”

"Miss Su has a point." Zhao De affirmed Su Li's statement, since he had told the case of the faceless corpse, he had nothing to hide: "Back then, the lower officials did have doubts about this matter, but unfortunately the lower officials were only shallow in their studies, and they never had the same judgment as the original Dali Temple Shaoqing Gu Yunxiu Gu, so he failed to find the murderer." ”

Zhao De looked ashamed, but the remaining four people all looked meaningful.

Coincidentally, Lord Zhao, the eldest son of Lord Gu, you said in your mouth, Gu Ji, is now in Lizhou City.

Gu Yunxiu's methods of solving cases are inherited by the Gu family, and Gu Jiong not only inherited all these methods, but also applied what he learned and developed a lot of new gadgets.

Although those were all studied by Gu Jiong when he was a child, it should be more than enough to use them to judge the case now.

Thinking of this, Su Li breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and asked Zhao De again: "Lord Zhao has seen the true face of that elder?" Is he really an old man? ”

"The elder is very mysterious, he has always worn a mask, when Xia Guan saw him seven years ago, he was this silver-haired rickety, Xia Guan really didn't see his appearance, according to the people of Lizhou, the life span of the elder was granted by the Jiang God, much longer than ordinary people, at least a few hundred years old."

How many hundred years old? Is it really that mysterious? If no one has seen the true face of the elder, and someone kills the elder, wouldn't no one find out if they put on a mask and pretend to be?

Judging from Zhao De's narrative, the faceless corpse case must be inextricably linked to the elder, but there are too many people in the city who believe in the elder now, and there is quite a lot of resistance to investigate.

But as long as it is a person, no matter how well it is disguised, as long as it is patiently and carefully observed, it will be exposed.

At night, at three o'clock, everyone had just turned off the lights and went to sleep, and a noisy gong and drum sound sounded from the northwest corner of Su Mansion, accompanied by a sharp cry: "Which one killed a thousand knives and threw our third young master outside the thatched house?!" ”