It was dark in the cell, and there was only one hole in the wall of the clean room where an oil lamp was lit, casting a faint light

The cell boss stood in the doorway, in the light, looking very uneasy

Li Zhilian and Zhou Cheng walked over and asked, "When did you find out?"

The cell boss clenched his fists in confusion, and stopped talking

Zhou Cheng frowned slightly and asked, "When did you find out?" ”

"I don't know......" The cell boss said, his pale and bloodless lips were trembling, he raised his eyes to look at Zhou Cheng, and then at Li Zhilian, for a long time, before he squeezed out a few vaguely recognizable words: "It's a ghost...... It must be a ghost ......."

Zhou Cheng's brows furrowed, and he asked, "Ghost?" ”

The cell boss stammered, "That's it...... It was after the four generals put them in prison that we kept ...... They were tortured until Master Fan brought in a man and said that we wanted to try him first, and then he took them to the clean room...... In less than a quarter of an hour, the officers on patrol found them dead......"

Li Zhilian looked at the cell head in surprise and asked, "Less than a quarter of an hour?" Can anyone come in or out during the period? ”

The cell boss trembled: "No...... Not a single one...... Is it a ghost...... It must be a ghost ......."

Li Zhilian raised his eyes and swept around, there is not even a window here, if no one enters or leaves, is it suicide?

But if it's suicide...... This purple glow would kill people as soon as they came into contact with the human body, so why didn't they take it at the beginning of the trial?

Zhou Cheng glanced at him and asked, "Who are the ones who carried them to the clean room?" ”

Li Zhilian raised her eyes and looked at Zhou Cheng, yes~ Why did she ignore the officials who carried them here

The cell boss nervously grabbed the placket of his shirt and said, "They are all old men who take care of the prison...... This ......"

Zhou Cheng glanced at him coldly, and the cell boss immediately said, "The little ones are going to call them over."

There were three unrecognizable men lying in the clean room, their night clothes had been whipped to tatters, and there were still a few marks of a soldering iron in the middle.

The skin of the whole body has festered and blackened, pus and blood are flowing everywhere, and the face has long been unable to see the original face

Li Zhilian stared at them silently, and his mind was in a trance for a moment, as if something was wrong

There was a rush of footsteps in the cell, and a servant was walking briskly with Wang Yanzuo

Wang Qizuo raised his eyes and glanced at them, then leaned down and took out his tools, leaned over to look at the seven orifices of the corpse, and opened his mouth to check the tongue and teeth inside

Seeing Wang Cheng's neat movements, Li Zhilian swallowed the words that wanted to remind him to be careful of the poison back into his stomach, and turned his head sideways to Zhou Cheng and said, "Is there only one Wang Cheng in this Dali Temple?" Isn't there another one who is a little older? ”

Zhou Cheng replied: "There were three before, one was Yang Tao, and the other was surnamed Luo, he was the last time Yang Tao's body was checked, he was old, generally if it wasn't for the lack of manpower, we wouldn't call him"

Li Zhilian nodded: "Hmm", leaned down and asked, "Can you still see any marks on their bodies?" Like tattoos or something? ”

Wang Yanzuo raised his eyes and glanced at her, and cut the clothes on the corpse: "The surface of the corpse is so badly decorated, even if it is a knife wound, it may not be detectable, let alone a tattoo or something."

"Hmm" Li Zhilian looked at the swollen black and purple corpse, got up and said, "What is the cause of death?" ”

Wang Yanzuo's eyes were always staring at the three corpses, his eyes radiated light, and he said briefly: "The deceased is a man, seven feet and seven inches long, with a blurred face, black and swollen skin all over his body, pus and blood all over his body, he should have been severely punished before his death, and he died of poisoning."

Li Zhilian and Zhou Cheng exchanged glances, and Wang Chengzuo said again: "Lord Zhou~ Can this corpse be taken back by the lower officials for a few days to study?" ”

Zhou Cheng turned his head to look at Li Zhilian, and only after seeing Li Zhilian nodding did he say, "Yes~"

At this time, the cell boss hurried over with three servants and said nervously: "Adult~ one less"

"One less?" Zhou Cheng glanced at him.

The cell boss glanced at Zhou Cheng nervously, and said in fear: "It's called Luo Xiang, the prison three years ago has already sent someone to find it."

Zhou Cheng looked at him and said lightly: "Hmm~".

When the corpse was carried away, Li Zhilian still couldn't help but say to Wang Cheng: "Wang Chengzuo, this poison is very peculiar, be careful when inspecting, and keep these corpses after the inspection to see if they have any changes, such as whether they will emit some strange fragrance or something."

Wang Qizuo glanced at her in surprise, nodded, and left the clean room with the servants carrying the corpse.

Li Zhilian stood in place and looked at the clean room with walls on three sides, and then looked at Zhou Cheng: "This is the only door here that you can enter."

Zhou Cheng nodded: "Then Luo Xiang must have also been killed!" ”

Li Zhilian nodded and said, "Let's go out first!" ”

Zhou Cheng looked at her and asked, "Why don't you tell Wang Cheng that the poison in them is called Ziyouluo?" ”

Li Zhilian was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said: "This poison is less of a strange fragrance than that of Xilin City, I can't say for sure, it is safer to let Wang Cheng check it first."

Saying that, the two walked to the interrogation room, Yang Ziluo had already been knocked unconscious, and Lord Fan on the side took a piece of confession paper and handed it to Li Zhilian and said: "Her Royal Highness the eldest princess~ This is Yang Ziluo's confession, he said that the two porcelain vases were bought by the second son of Du Shangshu's family."

Li Zhilian glanced at it and handed it to Zhou Cheng, and asked, "This household is in charge of the money of the entire Southern Xinjiang Country, how can the son-in-law of his family buy these things?" ”

Zhou Cheng took the paper and said while looking at it: "The second son of Du Shangshu's family is a concubine, and he doesn't have anything to do on weekdays, so it's normal to buy these things." ”

Lord Fan glanced at Zhou Cheng and said with a flattering face: "Lord Zhou~ You also know what virtues this Du Shangshu family has, this trip will be annoying for you to go!" ”

Zhou Cheng nodded happily and said, "Then the matter in this prison will be handed over to Lord Fan, this Luo Xiang wants to see people alive and corpses when he dies."

Master Fan replied in a loud voice: "I know~know~"

After getting out of prison, Li Zhilian asked: "What kind of virtue does this Du Shangshu family have!" Let this Lord Fan be afraid of this? ”

Zhou Cheng looked into the distance and said lightly: "Bullying the soft and fearing the hard, you have to ignore and forgive people."

Li Zhilian looked at Zhou Cheng with a face full of disbelief, and asked, "Can he manage this treasury like this?" ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Cheng's lips: "Du Shangshu's temperament has saved a lot of money for this treasury, and most people can't say that he would rather add something to himself than provoke him."

Li Zhilian couldn't help laughing, and said: "Your Majesty is really good at making good use of talents" Stopped, waved his hand at Zhou Cheng and said: "I won't go to this Du Shangshu family, I'll go to Wenshi Gecha to check the Rose Palace"

Zhou Cheng saluted her and said, "The carriage is outside the door, just tell the driver the address."