Chapter Seventy-Four: The Bloody Case of the Palace
Who would have thought that Zhang Muzhi would not say top secrets, but first talked about the past.
"Ling'er, do you know why you have called me, Tong San, and Tie Si uncles since you were a child, and other girls call you Lord? Because you are our sister-in-law, the righteous daughter of the princess Bingling......"
Ah, Bai Ling'er was taken aback and said:
"I have a stepmother, why is no one telling me? The king only has a main palace after Zhou, and he has never accepted a concubine! ”
Zhang Muzhi smiled bitterly:
"If you listen slowly, you'll understand...... In the spring of seventeen years ago, the eldest brother and sister-in-law and the three of us left Xining County, turned to Linshui County in the north, and returned along Yunmengze. The spring flood of that year was ferocious, and the lake swelled, swallowing up many villages and towns. The poor are displaced, their children are sold.
"You're only a few months old, and you're being dumped in the grass by the roadside. My sister-in-law hugged you distressedly and said, I want her to live like a princess and stay away from misery. When I saw that you were white and tender, I named you 'Bai Ling'er'. I don't know when I was born, so I set the third day of the third month of the third month as my birthday. “
"Along the way, we picked up and bought many little girls, who were the original girls in Wanhualou. The eldest brother angrily broke into the Linshui County Government and personally commanded the disaster relief. Sister-in-law gives porridge every day and takes you with her. The three of us supervised the distribution of money and food, so as not to enrich the pockets of corrupt officials and corrupt officials.
"After being busy for more than half a month, I returned to the White Sands King City. As the little girls grew up, the eldest brother felt that they should learn some skills so as not to waste their youth. So, Wanhualou was later established, and he personally inscribed the plaque. Over the years, you have been singing and dancing, self-reliant, free, and no one dares to bully.
"It's a pity that you didn't become a real princess, just a princess of Wanhualou. Because the sister-in-law died in a bizarre fire in the palace a year after leaving Chushan. I have been pursuing this case for 16 years. Never give up, dare not slack off. “
Sixteen years ago, the Holy War in the Forsaken Land began, and the Daomen decreed that the monarchs of all countries must attend the Lingxiao Conference in person.
King Hua, who had just ascended the throne, led Zhang Er, Tong San, and Tie Si to Taodu. On the way back, I was shocked to hear the bad news, the palace was on fire, and the princess Bingling and the little prince, who had just given birth, were burned to ashes.
Apocalypse vomited blood and fainted.
After returning to Baisha City, he ordered the Criminal Department to investigate, and only came to the conclusion that the candle was dumped and caused the fire.
Tianqi didn't believe it, and in a fit of rage, he didn't even bother with the holy war, and was ready to pour the whole country's troops to attack Chushan. When Bing Ling first arrived in Baisha City, he had no quarrel with the world. The only possible danger to life stems from violating the ancestral precept that "Chu people do not go out of Chu Mountain, and Chu women do not marry foreigners".
Zhang Muzhi witnessed the magic power of the Chu priest "Seven Swords Intercepting the River", and knew that if this war started, Huaguo would fall into a catastrophe. hurriedly dissuaded, and secretly sneaked into the Goddess Peak to ask what was going on.
The High Priest told him that for thousands of years, the Ice Spirit was not the first to leave Chu Mountain, and it would not be the last. However, the Chu people will never chase and kill across the river. The reason why they blocked and chased was because the people who left the mountain did not live long, and they wanted to save their brothers and sisters.
When asked why, the high priest did not say.
Only then did Zhang Muzhi understand why when his sister-in-law escaped, the Chu people just stood by the river like a stone and did not release arrows, with sad eyes. The sister-in-law also knew the ending, but she resolutely ran to the eldest brother, like a moth to a fire.
The High Priest deduced that the Ice Spirit had died of murder.
The only thing that can make the entire palace instantly burst into flames is a powerful fire talisman, and the mana has at least reached the upper realm of Huadan. It is most likely a clever delay symbol, that is, a specific hour, or a set amount of time, which will be automatically activated.
Zhang Muzhi returned to Baisha City, but the King of the Apocalypse did not allow anyone to investigate the case, and half a year later he married Zhou Mei, a woman from the Zhou royal family.
He is determined to pursue the murderer alone and avenge his sister-in-law.
Bing Ling didn't have an accident early or late, and gave birth in the afternoon, and the fire started in the middle of the night. It shows that the murderer wants to know whether the child she gave birth to is male or female. Fahrenheit is scarce, and if it is a baby boy, the possibility of inheriting the throne is very high.
The palace is heavily guarded, and the protection of the mother and son is even more impenetrable. Even if the Hua Dan Immortal Master wanted to enter without leaving a trace, it would not be easy. Therefore, the murderer may not have been present at the scene, and someone else sent in the time-delay fire charm.
According to this line of thought, I really found something strange. Wen Po, who delivered the baby for the princess, died violently on the night of the fire, with no scars all over her body.
The trail was broken.
Five years later, Zhang Muzhi advanced to the Enlightenment Immortal Master and became the commander of the Secret Investigation Division. Use huge power and resources to secretly collect clues about the "palace fire case".
He found that the inquest report prepared by the criminal department stated that the baby's bones were tender or had turned into ashes and was confused...... It shows that the skeleton of the little prince was not found in the fire, and he may still be alive, which can't help but give people a glimmer of hope.
The fire burned all night and shook the city. At noon, the famous "Ah Erliang Tang" couple in the south of the city were killed by thieves at home. Their son, Ah Wei, played with his friends and escaped the catastrophe. Bing Ling used to patronize that shop, and after living in the peach and plum orchard and the palace, he often asked Ah Erniang to deliver soup.
It was at dusk on the day of the fire that Ah Er Niangzi carried a large food box into the palace.
At this point, the clue is broken again.
On the night of the fire, Xia Xing, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, got a pair of twins. Strangely, he took leave the next morning and left the royal city in a hurry. said that he sent his wife and children to the countryside to be taken care of by his parents, and never returned.
It doesn't make sense!
After a woman gives birth, she has to go to confinement. Can't see the wind, can't stand the cold, can't withstand the bumps...... How can you leave in a hurry without cultivating for a while?
All the way to Dengfeng County, the "Xinji Racecourse Bloody Case" was discovered. In fact, this case has been contacted by the Secret Investigation Division. hastily attributed to the immortal master for the heavenly way, and did not intervene.
Zhang Muzhi carefully read the case file, studied the wound that caused the death of the bandit, and used invisible alum water to draw the immortal master's magic weapon on the inside page of the back cover. It was a flying sword more than half an inch long and shaped like a willow leaf.
If two disappeared children return one day, they will track them down here and find traces.
There are only two Kaiguang Sword Masters in Huaguo. One is a sword saint who guards the palace and cultivates a three-foot sword. One is Feng Guang, the mountain chief of the Blue Mountain Academy, who cultivates flying swords.
Zhang Muzhi asked Feng Guang about it, but he broke up unhappily, and the secret investigation department was not allowed to enter the academy from then on.
Once again, the trail was interrupted......
For sixteen years, he stubbornly and alone groped in the dark. The emperor lived up to his hard work, and the news revealed by the national teacher Qingfengzi allowed him to lock up the murderer. But he lacked proof, and he didn't dare to alarm the other party.
I finally knew that this case had killed 100,000 people, and there was no end in sight......
I finally understood why Big Brother Apocalypse forcibly suppressed it in the first place......
He had to keep waiting......
It is only today that I have seen the light.