Luo Che said: "Didn't you say that he found the body?" I suspect that he deliberately framed my man, maybe he himself provoked an unclean woman to come to the lady, because he had a dispute with the lady and killed the woman, but he made up a lot of lies to deceive you, the lord. - I am in charge of the money in my coffin shop, my man has no money, and his appearance is ugly, this woman still looks a little good, how can she like my man? I have no money and no looks. So, it must be Wu Qi who lied! Please be careful! ”

Leng Yi said: "What were you doing yesterday?" ”

"At home, I didn't go anywhere, two days before my husband left, Aunt Liu's father-in-law next door died, for the funeral, please ask me for help, I was busy at their house all day long, where I was for the past few days."

Leng Yi said: "Where did your husband go to buy goods, do you know?" ”

He said he went to Juzhou. He used to go there for all his goods. There are several old customers, all of whom are carpenters who make coffins. ”

Leng Yi asked her to give her specific name and address. Then let the deputy head of the arrest, Hong Jie, lead people to immediately rush to detain the shopkeeper Guan and summon him back for questioning.

At this time, the arresters who had gone around to investigate came back one after another, but they did not find any valuable clues.

The other two men from the coffin shop were summoned, and when they heard about it, they were frightened and knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying that they had no idea that there was a body lying in the back room, and although the door of the back room was not closed, they had not been to the back room for a few days. The shopkeeper did not arrange for them to replace Wu Qi on duty at night, so the coffin shops were closed at night and no one was guarding them.

These two Leng Yi asked separately, and their answers were consistent with each other. No signs of suspicion were found.

At this time, the arrester who had gone to inform the husband of the deceased to claim the body also returned, and reported that the husband of the deceased had been working as a partner with a long-distance vendor, and had gone out with him three days earlier. It is not known where it went at the moment. The deceased couple had no other relatives in Bavaria.

Leng Yi ordered the body to be transported back to the Yamen mortuary for parking, and then collected after the deceased's husband returned. The crime scene was temporarily sealed with a seal, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. Then he withdrew to the yamen with the catchers.

Around Leng Yi, in addition to Cheng Luojie, Yin Ying, Huang Mei, and Wei Du, the two guards of the six gates of the capital, there were more than a dozen unidentified people who seemed to be looking at the lively but were actually guards, and they were the entourages sent by Bai Hong to protect him. The masters invited by Leng Yi have not yet arrived.

Leng Yi hugged back to the door of the house, and Yin Vultures and the others immediately re-armed. Leng Yi stepped into the courtyard and went straight to the back room.

Cao Sui stood at the door and looked around, holding a silk cotton jacket in his hand, and when he saw him coming, he greeted him with a smile and said, "Brother-in-law is back!" ”

"Well, why don't you sleep? What are you doing here? ”

"My sister asked me to wait for my brother-in-law in the yard."

"What's there to wait for, I'm going to investigate the case, not to drink."

Cao Sui smiled, shook the silk jacket in his hand, put it on Leng Yi, and said: "The night is heavy, my brother-in-law is worried about the case, and he doesn't pay attention to his body, it's not good to get cold." ”

Leng Yi put it on and said, "I really don't think you don't say it, it's really a little cold when you say it." Seeing that it's getting cold day by day, okay, you don't have much to wear yourself, hurry up and get in! ”

Leng Yi stepped into the house, and it was dark and unlit. He immediately lightened his steps, for fear of waking Zhuo Qiaoniang up.

He was about to undress and go to bed when he suddenly felt a cool breeze blowing. Where does the cool breeze come from? Leng Yi looked in the direction where the cool breeze was blowing, and his heart immediately hung up. - The rear window is open!

Leng Yi immediately lifted the curtain hanging on the bed, and then the light of the red lantern hanging under the corridor outside the window, he saw clearly that there was no one on the bed, the quilt was neatly folded, and the pillow was also placed on the quilt.

Zhuo Qiaoniang is gone!

Leng Yi immediately rushed to the back window, and when he looked over, there was no one outside!

Leng Yi rushed out of the door and shouted, "Cheng Luo's head!" Zheng Yan catches fast! ”

"I'm here! Big man! Zheng Yan's voice came from the corner of the house, and then turned around and came to him, "Is there something wrong with the eldest master?" ”

"What about your headcatchers?"

"It's out."

"What are you doing?"

"It seems that someone came in to investigate just now, I chased out with Cheng Zhutou, that person's movements are very high, my martial arts skills are not enough to catch up, Cheng Zhutou asked me to come back to protect Mrs. She kept chasing it. ”

"It's broken!"

"What's wrong?"

"My lady is gone!"

"Huh?" Zheng Yan was taken aback, "Did we fall for the enemy's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain?" ”

Because there were not many guards around Leng Yi, and he was the key object of protection, when Leng Yi went to investigate the case, most of the guards followed, and only Cheng Luoyan and Zheng Yan were left at home. At this time, there was another trace of the enemy, and the two chased out, and other enemies might take advantage of the situation to rob Zhuo Qiaoniang.

However, what did the enemy do when he hijacked Zhuo Qiaoniang? If she is unintentional, her goal is to kill herself, and she will not achieve her goal by holding her wife hostage. Could it be that the person who entrusted the Lady Gang did it again? The purpose is to force yourself to hand over that treasure? This is even more unlikely, because it is now clear that the stolen treasure is not his own. The client should have known about it, so he didn't send anyone again.

If it weren't for them, then who kidnapped Zhuo Qiaoniang? Or, Zhuo Qiaoniang was not abducted at all, but ...... Thinking of another possibility, Leng Yi suddenly became anxious, turned around and rushed into the house, looked around, and sure enough, on the table, there was a note, picked it up, and saw that it was written crookedly: "Official, the concubine is gone, you have more protection!" Finally, the word "heavy" of the two words "take care" will not be written, and a circle is drawn.

Zhuo Qiaoniang is going to commit suicide? This note made Leng Yi immediately understand his previous inference,—— Zhuo Qiaoniang already knew that she was terminally ill. It should have been at the Lingzhi Medical Center that day, and she said that she had fallen out of bed, but in fact, she overheard their conversation, so she had the idea of suicide.

Leng Yi said to Cheng Luoyan: "It's not good, my mother is going to commit suicide, don't tell the old lady about them, let the guards find her quickly!" Fast! ”

Cheng Luojie also panicked, and immediately came out and told Cheng Luojie, and everyone immediately split up to look for her. But did not alarm the cold long monument them.

Leng Yi inspected at the back of the courtyard, and he found a few footprints in two soft soils, which matched Zhuo Qiaoniang's appearance. From the direction of the footprints, it leads to the back door, and the back door is not closed. He chased out the back door, but the back door was a bluestone alley, and no footprints could be found.

Where did she go?

Leng Yi tried his best to calm down. Cheng Luoyan kept following her, her face turned pale, and she said in a trembling voice: "Did she know that I was good with you, she was unhappy, and she was sick, so she wanted to commit suicide?" If so, I will die! ”

Leng Yi took her into his arms: "I don't know, you don't have to think too much, find her first!" ”

"Well, but where did she go?"

Leng Yi let go of her and said, "Let's look for it separately!" ”

"But what if the killer comes!"

"I can't care so much, let's find my lady first! If it's too late, I'm afraid that there will be danger! Besides, I have the throwing knife you gave. Not a big problem! ”

"That's good! You look for this, I'll look for that side! ”

Cheng Luojie flew away quickly.

What Leng Yi wants is to break her up. He immediately returned to the house and took out his sniper rifle.

Just as he was holding the sniper rifle, he noticed that the string of climbing pitons and strings that had been placed with the rifle were missing! With a thought, he grabbed a sniper rifle, carried it out quickly, and took advantage of the night to come to the bell tower of the yamen.

The yamen has a bell tower, with three floors and a bell on it, which is mainly used for alarms in wartime, and is used to observe whether there is a fire in the whole city in peacetime.

Leng Yi rushed up to the bell tower, and the official in charge of watching the fire was leaning on the bell and napping. Leng Yi coughed loudly, startling him: "Who?" ”

"It's me!"

"Huh? Judge the big man! The official saw the person clearly, and immediately did not fall asleep, and quickly nodded: "Master, everything is safe, there is no fire." ”

"Very good, you go down first, the official wants to stay alone on the bell tower for a while, don't let anyone come up to disturb the official, and you will come up again when they call you!"

"Yes, yes!" The official didn't dare to ask more, and hurried downstairs.

Leng Yi closed the door of the bell tower, took out the sniper rifle, put on the zoom scope and night vision device, adjusted it, and looked at the city gate tower in the direction of Lotus Mountain. - There are only cliffs in Lotus Mountain around Bazhou.

He observed carefully because there was no time for him to make mistakes.

Finally, a small white dot appeared in the lens (this is how it was imaged in the night vision device), and it was slowly climbing the sheep intestine path near the cliff of Lotus Mountain.

The distance is too far to see whether it is Zhuo Qiaoniang or not, or even whether it is a person or an animal.

Leng Yi immediately packed up his sniper rifle and carried it downstairs quickly. Rushing towards the outside of the city, he didn't care about the politeness of the officer.

The little white dot that Leng Yi saw was Zhuo Qiaoniang.

Zhuo Qiaoniang was carrying a bundle of string and pitons on her back, and she was staggering along the path and climbing up the mountain with difficulty.

She didn't hear what Hua Wuxiang said, she only heard what Dr. Sun said, she didn't want to be paralyzed, she couldn't see, listen, or say and died of torment. She wants to die with dignity. She originally wanted to find an opportunity to commit suicide by hanging herself in the house, but the murder that happened that day, the officials went to investigate the case, and almost all the guards went out. Coincidentally, at this time, Cheng Luoyan and the other two who were in charge of protecting her also chased out because of the enemy's traces, and there was no one else around her. So, she asked Cao Sui to take the jacket to the courtyard at the door to wait for the official, and struggled to get up, trying to find a white silk to hang, after she wrote the desperate book, her eyes inadvertently fell on a roll of rope and pitons under the bed.

It was the rope she used when she went rock climbing with the officials. She suddenly thought of a new way to die, and that was to go rock climbing, and when the last pid ran out, she untied the rope and fell to her death at the bottom of the cliff. Because rock climbing is taught by officials, dying at the bottom of a cliff is like dying in the arms of officials.

So, she pulled out a string of pitons and string. She was afraid of alarming the grass outside the door, so she went out through the back window and quietly left the house through the back door.

She knew that there was a cliff outside the city, called Lotus Mountain, and someone carved a huge lotus flower on the cliff. It is a symbol of the Buddha, and dying there is a good place to be.

The mountain could be seen from the city, but it took a lot of work to walk, and she was already exhausted from her serious illness, but the desire in her heart to die in the arms of the official supported her to climb step by step.

By the time she came to the bottom of the cliff, she was almost exhausted and paralyzed.

She just rested for a moment and began to climb the cliff.

This huge cliff is relatively easy to climb than the ghost axe cliff of the Yin Tomb where she and Leng Yi climbed before, although it is the same steep, but except for the cliff where the lotus is carved is a whole rock, the rest of the place, there are more gaps, and it is easy to find the place where the pitons are inserted.

There was a faint moonlight in the sky, illuminating the rocks in a bleak gray.

Zhuo Qiaoniang climbed very slowly, and her strength under her serious illness was almost completely consumed on the way up the mountain. At this moment, she didn't know if her strength was exhausted first, or if the pitons were exhausted first. Either way, it was the last step in her life.

When there were still two pitons left around her waist, she had no more strength, she untied the string tied to the pitons, closed her eyes, and said softly: "Official! The concubine is here......! ”

As soon as the hand is released, the body will fall down the cliff.

Suddenly, a hand reached out in the darkness and grabbed her wrist strongly, lifting her in the air.

Could it be that the bull head and horse face have come to hook the soul?

Zhuo Qiaoniang smiled miserably and didn't open her eyes. She felt her body fluttering upward, and after a while, it stopped, and then, she felt the solidity and hardness under her feet, and she didn't know where she was stepping on it.

Got to the Netherworld?

Zhuo Qiaoniang didn't dare to open her eyes, she was afraid of seeing the terrifying ghost.

At this time, she heard an ethereal voice: "Qiao Niang......!" Qiao Niang ......! Qiao Niang, you come back! Your illness can be cured! You don't have to die! Qiao Niang ......! ”

Is it an official?!

Zhuo Qiaoniang was pleasantly surprised, and the official came to find herself! But she was immediately alarmed by this thought,—— how did the official also get to the Netherworld? Could it be that the officials also died for their own sake?

My dear!

Zhuo Qiaoniang opened her eyes suddenly, and saw a cold hazy moon, hanging in the sky. - It turns out that there is also a moon in the underworld.

"Qiao Niang......!"

The sound is getting closer. It feels like it's underneath you. Zhuo Qiaoniang was about to turn around to look for her, when she saw a white shadow standing beside her, with fluttering clothes.

Black and white impermanence?

Zhuo Qiaoniang had a cold war, and she trembled and said, "Official! The concubine is here! The concubine is so afraid! Where are you......? ”

Although her voice was soft, it was as deafening as a thunderbolt in Leng Yi's ears. He was so ecstatic that his heart was about to explode, and he hissed: "Lady, I'm here!" Don't be afraid, I'm coming! He heard Zhuo Qiaoniang's voice coming from the clifftop of Lotus Mountain. He jumped to his feet and climbed the cliff as fast as he could.

At this moment, a quiet autumn woman's voice came from the cliff: "Don't worry, beware of falling off the cliff!" ”

White Rainbow!

Bai Hong is actually on top!

As soon as she heard Bai Hong's voice, Leng Yi's heart immediately became steady, with her, no one could hurt Zhuo Qiaoniang!

Zhuo Qiaoniang was also confused by Bai Hong's words, why should she be careful to fall off the cliff, could it be that she was still on the cliff of Lotus Mountain and did not fall to her death?

As soon as she turned around, she saw the dotted lights in Bazhou City under the mountain, and the silhouette of the mountains in the distance, like the cuffs of the goddess, fluttering in the sky.

He really didn't die!

Through the faint moonlight, she also saw clearly that the man in white was not a terrifying ghost, but the beauty who made her husband look stupid. Although she wears a mask. But it was the same mask that day, and it was the same white dress.

"Is that you?" Zhuo Qiaoniang blurted out.

Bai Hongqi said: "You know me? ”

"No, no, I don't know," Zhuo Qiaoniang disguised, she was Bai Hong who was hiding in the house that day, "I mean, you saved me?" ”

Bai Hong said: "Your official is here, he said that someone can cure your illness, there is no need for you to commit suicide!" ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang shook her head and said gloomily: "The official lied to me, I know that he wanted to make me feel relieved." ”

In a moment, Leng Yi had climbed to the top of the cliff. This is probably the fastest rock climb he has ever climbed.

When he saw Zhuo Qiaoniang, he felt that the whole world was bright again, so he hurriedly stepped up and hugged Zhuo Qiaoniang into his arms. hugged him tightly and said, "I thought I would never see you again!" Qiao Niang, you know that you are in my heart, and no one can replace you! If you die, how will you leave me alone? ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang's heart warmed, the official can say that he is the irreplaceable person in his heart in front of the beauty who has captivated the country and the city, what could be better than this? For the sake of this sentence, it is to die immediately, and you can also look at it.

Zhuo Qiaoniang raised her hands and hugged his neck, and put her face on his cheek, at this moment, she was very happy, although she knew that there was not much time left. At the last moment of life, it is enough to be able to hear, the heart!

Leng Yi knew that in order to convince Zhuo Qiaoniang not to commit suicide, she had to be convinced that her disease could be cured. She will stop thinking about suicide. Leng Yi stroked her hair and was about to speak, when suddenly, Bai Hong, who was watching from the sidelines, let out a clear voice, the white light in her hand flashed, and she slashed towards the grass with a sword.

She rarely sends a sword, unless she encounters the best master!

Could it be that there is a top master hidden in the grass?

Leng Yi looked at it and immediately understood that it was not a martial arts master, but a colorful poisonous snake! was cut off by Zhuo Qiaoniang's sword.

At this moment, Zhuo Qiaoniang screamed, and she didn't know where the power came from, so she suddenly pulled Leng Yi behind her.

In fact, Leng Yi had already seen a triangular-headed spotted snake appear on the rock beside him! was spitting out a triangular letter and coming towards them, and was about to deal with it, but was violently pulled behind her by Zhuo Qiaoniang.

If Leng Yi didn't want Zhuo Qiaoniang to pull him, even ten Zhuo Qiaoniang wouldn't pull him still. But he couldn't let Zhuo Qiaoniang see that he had martial arts. So he hid behind her with her strength, and even so, the snake could not hurt them, because he had already aimed his arm with the throwing knife at the snake.

(To be continued)