Seeing that Leng Yi's face was cloudy, a doorman cautiously accompanied Leng Yi and asked Leng Yi with a smile: "Lord Yudai, what did the concubine find abnormal?" ”

Leng Yi looked at him and asked rhetorically: "The Daji beauty lady and the prince who came, have you fed living people in addition to feeding live things to tigers?" ”

The guards and keepers turned white with fright. Hands swinging around: "No, no, how can you feed the tiger with a living person, hehe, the old man is really joking." ”

Leng Yi sneered: "Who was joking with you?" Just now, Niangniang was in Tiger Mountain, and she found a female corpse, and half of her head had been gnawed off by a tiger! ”

The guards and breeders were so frightened that they were really scattered, and they all looked colorless, and stammered: "There is a ...... in Tiger Mountain Someone's corpse ......? ”

"Exactly!" Leng Yi glanced at them, "It's not the mother and the prince, they feed the tiger with live people, could it be a few of you?" ”

These people were so frightened that they fell to their knees, saying that they didn't dare.

"That's right! You say, who could have done it? ”

"This ......, the little ones really don't know."

Leng Yi was about to ask again, and Mrs. Hua Rui in the distance said loudly: "Lord Leng! Hurry up! My generals are dying! ”

Only then did the porter and the keepers spot Madame Blossom on the path in the bamboo grove in the distance, and when they looked closely, they found that she seemed to have blood stains on her body, and then they knew that something bad must have happened. It's even more terrifying.

Leng Yi agreed, and said to these people: "Which of you is a veterinarian?" ”

A chubby old man said, "The small one is." ”

"You hurry up and treat the tiger's injuries, just now the Marshal of the Tiger King is estimated to have been fed alive, arousing the wild surname, and biting and killing a lot of other tigers. Just go! ”

The fat veterinarian was frightened, quickly agreed, took the medicine box and ran to Hushan. Madame Blossom followed.

Leng Yi took out his injured arm and said to the others: "In order to stop the Tiger King, I and the concubine Niangniang are both injured, you hurry up and call the imperial doctor." At the same time, he reported to the official's family, saying that a female corpse was found in Hushan, and the official's family was asked to show it. ”

When these people heard that the concubine and the royal belt were injured, they were even more frightened to death, and hurriedly ran to report it like a headless fly.

Leng Yi caught up with Mrs. Hua Rui and followed the veterinarian to Tiger Mountain, the veterinarian went down from the passage to treat the injured tiger, and Mrs. Hua Rui also had to follow, but was stopped by Leng Yi, no matter what, she was not allowed to follow her, Mrs. Hua Rui was helpless, so she had to cry at the guardrail.

Not long after, countless eunuchs and palace maids came in, guarding the various intersections of Hushan, and then, the official Zhao Guangyi came to the guardrail of Hushan under the escort of Long Zhen, a guard with a knife in front of the emperor.

Mrs. Hua Rui was still crying, lying on the guardrail, watching the veterinarian in Tiger Mountain treat the tigers. It seems that he didn't notice that the official Zhao Guangyi was coming.

Leng Yi hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.

Zhao Guangyi's eyes never left Mrs. Hua Rui's body, and he could see the blood stains on her body, so he hurriedly turned his head and said to the imperial doctor who followed: "Hurry up and treat the injuries of the noble concubine!" ”

The two imperial doctors hurriedly stepped forward to check on Mrs. Hua Rui, and turned around and said, "Official, the injury of the noble concubine is not a skin injury, and the wound is not deep, it doesn't matter." ”

Zhao Guangyi was relieved and said, "Good life heals!" ”

"Yes!" The doctor hurriedly agreed, and cleaned and bandaged Mrs. Flower's wounds. Mrs. Hua Rui still didn't look at Zhao Guangyi, but just looked at the tiger on Tiger Mountain and cried.

Zhao Guangyi was very jealous of those tigers, although these tigers were animals, they could get the tears of the stamen, but he didn't even get a straight eye from her. It's not just frustrating. asked Leng Yi in a low voice: "Leng Aiqing, what's wrong?" ”

Leng Yi said loudly: "Back to the official's house, Hua Rui Niangniang said that she wanted to come to see the tiger, and despite Weichen's dissuasion, she insisted on entering Tiger Mountain to play with the tiger, Weichen said it was too dangerous, no, but Niangniang said it was okay......"

Zhao Guangyi looked at Mrs. Hua Rui and said: "What the noble concubine Niangniang said is right, those tigers are very kind, as docile as cats, at the beginning, I once accompanied the noble concubine Niangniang into the Tiger Mountain, stroked those tigers, and escorted the Lady of the Flower Rui to ride the tiger several times, there is no danger, including the Marshal of the Tiger King, who is very affectionate with me." ”

"The official family is the pride of the sky, and the beasts are subservient." Leng Yi said: "However, this time it seems to be different, after the flower lady entered the Tiger Mountain, she was very good at the beginning, including the Marshal of the Tiger King, who was very docile to the mother." But later, Niangniang rode a tiger and saw the corpse of a person behind the rockery, and was eaten half of her head by the tiger, Niangniang was frightened, fell off the tiger's back, cut her arm, the smell of human blood obviously stimulated the tiger's wild surname, the tiger king pounced on Niangniang, Weichen saw that the situation was urgent, and used the robe plus the gold belt rewarded by the official family, and went down to the tiger mountain, and the hairpin scratched his arm and shed blood, which led the tiger king away, and at the same time, under the protection of other tigers, Niangniang was able to get out. The tiger king was angry and bit other tigers, and Niangniang had no choice but to order Weichen to kill it. Wechen took advantage of it to bite another tiger under the wall and stoned it to death. That's the whole thing. ”

Zhao Guangyi was very shocked and said to Leng Yi: "Aiqing has worked hard! "After that, he walked over to Madame Blossom and inquired about the injury, and the doctor said it didn't matter. Madame Blossom still only looked at the tiger crying under the Tiger Mountain, and did not look at him.

Zhao Guangyi was very embarrassed, and hurriedly turned around and ordered the imperial doctor to treat Leng Yi's wounds. He then walked to the fence and saw the veterinarian treating the tiger underneath, with several tiger carcasses lying on the ground. The wounded tiger kept screaming. Zhao Guangyi ordered the wounded tiger to be transferred to an iron cage and the dead tiger to be transported away, and then, under the protection of the guards, entered the tiger mountain through the passage.

Leng Yi followed him into Tiger Mountain and came all the way to the back of the rockery. This is close to the wall, people watch from above, the view is blocked by the rockery, and the things behind the rockery cannot be seen, and the tigers drag the corpses to the back of the rockery to eat, which is why there are corpses behind the tiger mountain and the keepers themselves do not know.

When they came to the back of Tiger Mountain, they saw that the ground was littered with bone remains, some of which were clearly human skulls. In addition, behind a rock in the rockery, they saw the corpse of a woman, most of her head had been bitten to pieces, judging from her clothes, it was a palace maid.

Zhao Guangyi's face turned pale, and he said, "Who did this?" Feed the tiger with a palace maid? almost hurt the surname of Concubine Hua Rui, and she must be strictly investigated and punished! - Someone! Arrest and torture all the guards and keepers in Tiger Mountain! Must find out who did it? ”

Long Zhen bowed down, and was about to immediately arrange for someone to arrest him. Leng Yi said: "Wait! He turned to Zhao Guangyi and said: "Official, just rely on torture, maybe you can't find the real culprit behind the scenes, it's best to start an investigation and find out from clues and evidence." ”

Zhao Guangyi nodded again and again after hearing this, and said, "Very good, then you will be in charge of the investigation of this case!" Report directly to me after the investigation is clear! ”

Leng Yi hurriedly bowed down and agreed.

At that moment, Zhao Guangyi asked Wang Jien to arrange Leng Yi from five eunuchs and five palace maids to assist him in investigating the case.

After the arrangements were made, Zhao Guangyi leaned in front of Leng Yi and asked in a low voice, "How are things?" ”

Leng Yi didn't react for a while, and looked at Zhao Guangyi.

Zhao Guangyi said: "It's the matter of the stamen!" ”

"Oh! There are already some eyebrows. ”

"Very well, go ahead, whatever she wants, be as satisfied as possible!"

"Wechen understands!"

Zhao Guangyi raised his voice and said sharply: "Who is so bold to throw people into Tiger Mountain for the tiger to eat, making the originally docile love tigers of Hua Rui Niangniang become so wild, Leng Aiqing, you must also find out clearly, arrest the real culprit behind the scenes, punish the crime according to the law, and severely punish it!" ”

"Wechen obeys!" Leng Yi said, "However, it is impossible for outsiders to sneak in from the inner court, so this matter may have been done by someone in the palace." It may be necessary to ask the ladies and princes who live in the palace, the official position of the micro-minister is humble, and there is no official decree, I am afraid it will be difficult to carry out an investigation. ”

"Hmm!" Zhao Guangyi nodded, and said loudly to Wang Jien: "You go to all the ladies to spread my message, tell them about this matter, so that they must assist, and those who resist the decree will be punished as accomplices!" ”

Zhao Guangyi's voice was very loud, and as he spoke, he quietly peeked at the reaction of Mrs. Hua Rui at the guardrail above. However, Madame Blossom still did not look at him.

Zhao Guangyi had no choice but to take people away.

Leng Yi began to survey the scene.

There was nothing to identify the corpse, and judging from the skin condition, it should have been a young woman in her twenties, and no obvious signs of external injuries were found on her body, except for the wounds of a tiger's bite.

Judging from the corpse spots, mortis and the early [***] situation of the corpse, the time of death should be about three days.

When carefully examining the condition of the corpse, Leng Yi was surprised to find that the corpse's jaw was dislocated!

However, the skin on the chin of the corpse was not damaged, which means that the dislocation was not caused by hitting the ground when it fell.

Was it unraveled? Is it to prevent it from screaming for help?

If this is the case, it means that this palace maid is likely to be deliberately thrown into Tiger Mountain, rather than accidentally falling or committing suicide in this way. That is, it is a murder case!

Who would murder in this way?

Leng Yi's eyes fell on the remains of several other corpses, most of which had been eaten by tigers, and the remaining bodies had also rotted, emitting an unpleasant smell of corpses. Most of the skeleton has been revealed in the skull.

Leng Yi carefully examined these heads, and to his great surprise, the jaws of all the heads were already in a dislocated position. That is to say, these people were also stripped of their jaw bones to prevent them from calling for help. These people were deliberately thrown into the tiger mountain to feed the tigers! He counted the heads of thirteen men, most of them decomposed. Judging by the shape of the skull, they are all female surnames. The bloodstained clothes left on the ground were also the clothes of the palace maids. However, after a careful search, no evidence was found to prove his identity.

However, judging from the situation of these [***] corpses, the earliest ones are at least half a year old.

Leng Yi asked the eunuch and palace maid who followed him to put away the remains and head of the corpse, and then went out of Tiger Mountain.

Mrs. Hua Rui was still there, and she originally wanted to go down to see those tigers, but Zhao Guangyi had already decreed that for safety, no one except the veterinarian was allowed to enter Tiger Mountain. And to replace the guards of the passage with a special person, in fact, this holy decree is mainly aimed at Lady Blossom. Zhao Guangyi didn't want Mrs. Hua Rui to have another accident. Therefore, Madame Blossom could not go in, but could only watch from the guardrail.

Seeing Leng Yi come out, Mrs. Hua Rui did not turn around to greet her, but just looked at Hushan and wept. Leng Yi went over and saw that her eyes were already swollen from crying, so she hurriedly bowed down and said, "Please mourn on Niangniang's Day!" ”

Madame Blossom sobbed: "The veterinarian said just now that only four of them are still alive, but two of them are seriously injured and I don't know if they can survive." The rest are dead......"

The sad and earnest tone, coupled with the mournful voice, made Leng Yi feel a sense of pity. Wen Yan said: "Don't worry about the concubine, you can ask the official family to catch a few more tigers, and the lady will raise them slowly." ”

Madame Blossom shook her head and sighed: "What has been lost, it is impossible to get it back." You look into the case, I'll go back. ”

Leng Yi hurriedly said: "Weichen sent Niangniang back to Nanke Temple? ”

"No need, I'll go back myself." Blossom took two steps, then stood again, and looked back at him, "Come and see me when you're done, okay?" ”

"Okay. Sissy"

Madame Hua Rui nodded, turned around and left, without looking back at Leng Yi again.

Leng Yi was used to her eyes, except that after she put on the mask of his deceased husband, she would become warm and tender.

Leng Yi called the eunuchs and palace maids and asked them to go to the various dormitories in the inner court to investigate the missing persons.

Because the people living in the inner court are not only the women and minor children of the current emperor Zhao Guangyi, but also the family of Emperor Taizu. However, it doesn't add up much. Ten people visited separately and the results were quickly available.

However, this result made Leng Yi very disappointed, because no one admitted that the people in their dormitory were missing.

Did the dozen or so dead women come from outside the palace, or did one of them lie? After Leng Yi pondered for a while, he came to the emperor's bedroom to find Wang Jien.

Wang Jien was a little surprised: "Lord Leng, you won't solve the case so quickly, right?" ”

Leng Yi smiled: "Of course not, I have something to ask my father-in-law." ”

Because of the presence of the palace maids and eunuchs who followed, they did not speak in a manner that was commensurate with the brothers they were sworn to.

Wang Jien hurriedly said: "What's the matter?" Adults, please speak. ”

"I sent people to the bedrooms of various mothers, little princes, and princesses to inquire, but they all said that no one was missing. But that Tiger Mountain is in the inner court, and the inner court is in the imperial city, and the imperial city is heavily guarded, and it is impossible for outsiders to sneak in. So ......"

"So you think someone is lying?"

"Yes! I want to ask my father-in-law, who is in charge of the palace maids and the yellow gate in our inner court? How do you know whose palace maid five is missing? ”

Wang Jien said with a smile: "This is simple, the Ministry of Internal Service is dedicated to managing these people, and they have a roster of people there. Then let's take a look at them one by one. ”

"Okay, I'll send someone to fetch it."

Wang Jien said: "Actually, you don't have to be so troublesome, you go directly to Long Zhen, he also has a roster of all the palace maids and eunuchs, because he is in charge of guarding the inner court." He should know better than the Inner Chamberlain. ”

Leng Yi was overjoyed, thanked him, and came to find Long Zhen.

(To be continued)