Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Man Behind the Scenes

In the middle of the night, when Ah Jin was sleeping soundly, he suddenly saw a person standing at the head of the bed. Watermark Advertising Test Watermark Advertising Test She was startled, and the next second she had already stabbed the short knife at the man.

"Sister, it's me." The man stood motionless, not at all worried that Ah Jin would stab him.

Ah Jin breathed a little, waved his hand to open the curtain hanging in front of the bed, and found that it was really Ah Yin.

"What are you doing standing here silently?" Ah Jin breathed a sigh of relief and asked angrily.

"I didn't expect to be so close to you, you haven't even noticed." Ah Yin answered honestly, and he was not afraid of choking Ah Jin half to death.

Ah Jin glanced at Ah Yin unhappily, put on his coat, and got out of bed barefoot. "Tell me, there's something urgent."

"My father-in-law and Aunt Yue have gone back, and I will continue to stay here." Ah Yin lowered his head and glanced at Ah Jin lightly. "Something happened here in the royal capital, and it seems that there is an inextricable connection with Tongtian Pavilion, and his old man asked me to stay here and wait for the opportunity to move. If there's anything I can't decide, let me consult with you before I act. β€œ

"Huh? What the hell is going on, so serious. Ah Jin was stunned, but he didn't expect his father-in-law to be willing to put Ah Yin here. For a while, I closed the door to recuperate, and I didn't hear what was going on outside the window, and I really didn't know what was going on outside.

"Before Sister A got married, there were one or two cases of court officials being killed in the inner city of the royal capital. In the beginning, the government only treated it as a general homicide. However, it didn't take long for similar cases to arise. Now, the imperial court has suspected the people in the rivers and lakes. β€œ

"The government felt that this was the result of a partisan struggle. Is someone buying homicide? β€œ

Ah Yin did not answer Ah Jin's question. just went straight down and said: "When my father-in-law heard this rumor, there were already rumors in the rivers and lakes that someone had broken the rules of the rivers and lakes and was involved in the struggle of these powerful people. Only then did the father-in-law decide to come to the royal capital to find out, but he didn't expect that most of these victims were killed by the people closest to him, and the murderers were nowhere to be found after they succeeded. β€œ

"So?" The more Ah Jin listened, the more confused she became, and the night was slightly cool, so she couldn't help but wrap her thin clothes tightly.

"Sister, what if this murderer is not someone the victim knows? It's all there. That's explainable, isn't it. Ah Yin's amber eyes stared at Ah Jin for a long time. Yu Yu spat out these words.

"viii.viii. Someone has actually hit the head of the Tsutenkaku." Ah Jin suddenly realized and muttered to himself: "I really don't know the height of the sky." β€œ

"A few days ago, we went to Yizhuang to take a look at the bodies of those victims, and they all died of poison. Those poisons are not common in the Central Plains, and the government has no clue now. β€œ

"Was the sample taken out by the master taken up the mountain?" Ah Jin's eyelids raised, and when he saw Ah Yin bowing slightly, he lowered his eyes again. "Then let's wait and see what happens."

"Sister knows who is the person who is presiding over the investigation of this case." Ah Yin was silent for a moment, and then suddenly asked.

Ah Jin subconsciously shook his head.

"Supervise Yu Shi Luoteng, and there is viii.viii. Song Wenyu."

Ah Jin was stunned. For a moment, I didn't know how to react. Ah Yin was not a person of many words, but when he saw her like this, he bowed down and left quietly.

"Sister, be careful."

Akinmu nodded and did not reply to his words, because she had completely lost her sleepiness because of the previous conversation.

β…·β…·

As soon as the sky was bright, the carriage carrying Song Li drove in the direction of the Great Compassion Temple in the morning light. Song Yu watched the carriage drift away until it became a little sporadic . I couldn't help crying.

Song Wenyu put his hands behind his back, staring at the street in front of him that led straight to the outside of the city. From time to time, his mother's cries rang in his ears, making his hands clench.

"Second brother, help your mother back to the room." After sending off the people, Song Wenyu first gave a few words to Song Wenyuan, and then rushed to the court. Along the way, Song Wenyu thought a lot, but felt that his thoughts were a mess and he couldn't figure it out at all.

The sedan chair swayed for a while, and finally arrived in front of the palace gate. Song Wenyu came out of the sedan chair and walked to the gate of the palace gate, just when he saw Luo Teng riding a horse.

"Aten." Song Wenyu called him, Luo Teng turned his head and found that it was him, immediately turned over and dismounted, and threw the reins to the palace people on the side.

"Brother Wen Yu." He clasped his fists and saluted Song Wenyu, and seemed to be a little anxious between his words. "I was about to go in and look for you, but I didn't expect the two of us to run into each other here."

Song Wenyu quietly returned the salute to him, and the two walked side by side, and then he asked softly, "What's wrong?"

"Something happened again, this time it's the family of the Tobe Squire."

Song Wenyu was dumbfounded, the murderer committed crimes too often, and this time he directly attacked the first-class officials of the dynasty, which was clearly a provocation to the imperial court.

"Does the emperor know about this?"

"I must know what happened last night, Lord Wang knelt at the gate of the palace early this morning." The two of them briefly exchanged facts about the case while walking quickly in the direction of the Qinzheng Palace.

At the time of the court, the officials walked in twos and threes, and when they saw the two of them coming, they all stopped and saluted. After Song Wenyu and Luo Teng returned the salute one by one, they stepped into the gate of the Qinzheng Palace.

In the hall, the civil and military attachΓ©s lined up in two rows, and Song Wenyu and Luo Teng nodded to each other, and then stood in the queue separately for the time being.

"Father." Song Wenyu saw that Meng Ke, the waiter of the Criminal Department, had a gloomy face, and Song Gefei, who was standing beside him, looked no better.

"Hmm." Song Gefei glanced at him, Song Wenyu understood what he wanted to ask, and after bowing slightly, he saluted Meng Ke and said, "Master Meng." β€œ

"Okay." Originally, the two families became embarrassed because of the collapse of Song Wenyu and Meng Yidi's marriage, and now, there was another incident with Meng Yihan, so that Meng Ke didn't know what attitude to treat him when facing the junior of the Song family.

It's better not to say it than to say it too much. simply, he just replied with one word, and stopped looking at Song Wenyu.

Song Gefei saw Song Wenyu nodding to himself. Knowing that Song Li had already set off for the Great Compassion Temple, he sighed and talked about something else. "I saw you come in with Lotten, did he say anything to you?"

"Yes", Song Wenyu looked at Meng Ke, who was standing aside without squinting, and said: "It's a matter of the family of Lord Wang, the servant of the household department." β€œ

As soon as Song Wenyu's words fell, Meng Ke's beard shook, and his face turned a little paler. This is probably the most difficult case he has encountered in his decades as an official. The murderer came and went without a trace, and he was ruthless and left no clues; The bitter lord and himself are officials in the court. And he is also in the same official rank as himself.

Song Gefei probably thought of this as well, so he didn't ask any more questions, and only mentioned a few words. "You just have the bottom in your heart."

"Yes, the child knows." Song Wenyu replied softly, and as soon as he finished speaking, the sharp voices of the palace people sounded in the main hall.

Song Wenyu knelt down with everyone to welcome the arrival of the saint.

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After the next dynasty, Song Wenyu did not rush back to the Song Mansion, but followed Luo Teng to the Luojia Courtyard. The two of them sat down in the small hall, relatively silent for a while, before Song Wenyu broke the silence.

"Look at you, it seems that you haven't slept all night", and suddenly he changed his words and said: "Since it was last night, why didn't you come to inform me." β€œ

"It's all in the middle of the night, and when I arrived, the Wang Mansion was in chaos, and I was busy maintaining order, so I didn't care about it. When I get tired and want to let you know. It's already dawn. simply went straight to the court. Luo Teng said as he gently pressed the acupuncture points on both sides of his eyes with his fingers.

"The corpse, have you already examined it?"

"Well, I took a preliminary look. This time the killing method is different from the past. Halfway through Luo Teng's words, he suddenly stopped pressing the acupuncture points in his hand, looked at Song Wenyu and said word by word: "Erlang Jun of the Wang family was strangled to death with strings. β€œ

"Strings?" Song Wenyu drank tea for a while, and he didn't take a sip of the tea to his mouth, and he put it down again. "Have you found the murder weapon?"

Luo Teng shook his head, thinking of Wang Erlang's tragic situation, he frowned slightly and said, "There is only one guqin placed there at the scene." One string is missing, and the murderer is nowhere to be found. β€œ

"Who is the person who committed the crime this time? Who is the most suspicious? β€œ

"The little concubine that Wang Erlang just brought in. That little concubine was originally a flower girl in Yuehua Building, and her appearance and talent were not enough to have a place in Yuehua Building. But somehow, Wang Jiaerlang fell in love with her, and he was extremely pampered, and he insisted on taking him into the house. Lord Wang had fought with his son about this matter before. But in the end, I still can't stubborn my son, I didn't expect viii.viii."

Luo Teng shook his head, thinking of the back of the old man he saw outside the palace gate today, and he felt a lot of affection.

"Yuehualou viii.viii." Song Wenyu didn't listen to his subsequent chatter, but chewed the name of this music workshop repeatedly.

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Liuli took advantage of the night to come to the basement of the inn, and when she first saw her guarding the entrance, she saw her coming, and after saluting her, she hurried out.

Ruri took off the hood of her cloak and stared with interest at the woman in front of her who was tied to a chair with five flowers.

"Senior brother, is that her?"

Ah Yin nodded and did not make a sound. Ruri circled around the woman. Only then did he look at Ah Yin and said, "How did you catch her?" β€œ

"Passing by." Ah Yin replied succinctly, almost choking Liuli to death.

She raised her eyebrows, but she was not angry. "If you want Senior Sister to help you, have a better attitude."

Ah Yin looked at Liuli expressionlessly, and only after a while did he pop out a few more words. "I was really just passing by, I just wanted to see my sister."

"Okay." Liuli rolled her eyes, and suddenly felt that the whole thing had become boring. "Then what did you ask me to do when you invited me over?"

"Soul Snatcher." As he spoke, Ah Yin glanced at the unconscious woman again. "Senior sister, prepare a little, and when you are ready, I will force out the silver needle placed in her body."

Ruri smiled, put the hood on, and sat down in front of the woman, holding a black lacquered pipa in her arms, which looked very strange with a pattern decorated with fritillary. "Alright, let's get started."

"Okay." Ah Yin nodded, only to see him gently pat the woman's shoulder, and three silver needles flew out of her neck. Straight to the wall.

Liuli gently flicked the paddle and woke up the woman with the lute.

"You are viii.viii." The woman woke up slowly, not realizing that there was a man standing next to her, and she didn't know if it was because of the lute, all her attention was on Ruri. "Who are you viii.viii."

Liuli twisted the pipa slowly, playing unknown music, listening to the woman's ears, but it was so melodious and tactful, which was desirable. Slowly. A smile appeared on her face.

"What do you see?" Seeing this, Liuli suddenly asked softly.

"Father viii.viii. Mother viii.viii." the woman murmured softly, crying with joy. "Father viii.viii. Mother viii.viii. How are you, how are you hereviii.viii. You are not viii.viii."

Liuli looked up, and saw that the woman frowned slightly, as if she was in pain, and her heart was shocked, and the movement of plucking the strings in her hand became a little faster. Ah Yin stood aside and watched quietly, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"My head hurts viii.viii." The music seems to be in fierce battle with her thoughts. She gritted her teeth and arched herself, and her body began to writhe and struggle.

Seeing that she was struggling more and more, suddenly the sound of the pipa became sonorous and powerful, which made her calm again, and began to recall the past under the guidance of the sound of the glass piano.

"Who are you?" Liuli knows that time is pressing, and if she doesn't want to make her completely a puppet with no self-awareness, she has to take advantage of this time to ask the answer she wants.

"I am viii.viii. Caiwei of Yuehualou, the concubine of the second son of the Wang family.

"Before that. Who are you? Liuli frowned, but she didn't expect that she had used fifty percent of her skills, and she hadn't let Cai Wei directly report her true name.

"I'm viii.viii.I'm viii.viii." This seems to have become a taboo hidden deep in Cai Wei's heart, once someone wants to touch it, her spirit begins to wrap this answer layer by layer, fully armed to resist the sound of the glass.

Liuli didn't expect things to be so tricky, she didn't stop the piano, she just looked up at Ah Yin and asked what he meant. Ah Yin was silent for a moment, then nodded his head at her. This led the conversation elsewhere. "Do you remember what just happened?"

"Yes." Sure enough, as long as she didn't dig into where Cai Wei came from, she would no longer have a painful look. "I killed the second son of the Wang family."

"Didn't he treat you well, why did you kill him." Seeing that Cai Wei was under her control again, Liuli slowly slowed down the sound of the piano again.

"He treats me well, but I have a grudge against his family." Cai Wei gritted her teeth and said, as soon as she finished saying this, her expression became trance-like again. "Who called him the Erlang of the Wang family, the heart of Wang Chuanshu. Kill him, and the old man will be worse than dead. Haha, hahaha, viii.viii."

This answer is really unexpected. Liuli and Ah Yin looked at each other again, and they both saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes.

"How do you kill people with your strings."

When Liuli asked this question, Cai Wei suddenly stopped smiling, and her expression became serious. "Naturally, it was killed with the nine-string technique."

"What did you say?" Liuli's face turned cold, and a sonorous sound of gold and stone made the music stop abruptly, and also made Cai Wei suffer a heavy blow and spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Just ask the entire martial arts, except for Tongtian Pavilion, who can use musical instruments to kill people invisibly." If it weren't for Cai Wei's expression that was still in a trance, and even her eyes were not focused, Liuli really thought that she was being tricked by this woman.

She gritted her teeth and walked slowly to Cai Wei with her lute in her arms, her voice sounding as cold as ice in the deep valley. "I'll ask you again how you killed people with your strings. If you dare to lie viii.viii."

Liuli didn't say anything in the next words, just plucked the strings, and Cai Wei's face turned even paler.

"I'm viii.viii.I'm viii.viii.No, I'm viii.viii." She opened her mouth, but didn't say anything at the end.

Liuli looked at her with pity and indifference, and suddenly turned her head to look at Ah Yin and said, "She can't ask anything anymore." Young master, what should we do. β€œ

"Give her a treat." As soon as Ah Yin's words fell, he saw Liuli hook up a string and gently release it, and a blue light went towards Cai Wei. I saw her body tremble, after a moment's pause. The whole person collapsed in the chair. Beads of blood slowly oozed from the wound on her neck, and in a few moments it stained the hem of her dress red.

"This is the string she used to strangle the second son of the Wang family at that time." Ah Yin reached out and handed the strings that were wrapped in a small circle to Liuli.

Liuli took it with one hand and only groped with his fingers for a moment, then said firmly: "The material looks a little different from ordinary strings, but it definitely doesn't come from our Tongtian Pavilion." β€œ

Ah Yin nodded, and his gaze fell on Cai Wei's corpse again. "When I arrived, I happened to see that he was using this string to strangle the second son of the Wang family, and the hatred in his eyes didn't look like a fake. After killing someone, she looked panicked again. β€œ

"So, viii.viii. shouldn't her target be the second son of the Wang family in the first place?" Liuli's mind was very bright, and as soon as Ah Yin said such a few doubts, she immediately grasped the key point.

"Either way, she must have disobeyed the will of the people behind her."

Ruri frowned, and snorted a little irritably. "Speaking of which, I used the Nine Strings Technique to control her will just now, but it took a lot of effort, but I didn't expect it to be such a result. This is the first time I've encountered this kind of thing. β€œ

"She must have been trained in this area since she was a child. When faced with the art of soul snatching, he will subconsciously hide the truth viii.viii." Ah Yin was halfway through his words, and suddenly turned around and went out. Walking in a hurry, it seems that he has thought of something.

"Senior brother, what are you going to do with her?" Ruri stopped him and asked what she meant.

Ah Yin stood on the steps and turned back, just in time to be able to skip the glass and see Cai Wei sitting there quietly, as if she was asleep. "You have to let the people behind her think she's still alive."

"Oh. Then I know. Liuli replied indifferently, and only after Ah Yin left did she paced in front of Cai Wei's corpse and reached out to lift her drooping head. It's a pity, this pair of flowers and moons. β€œ

With that, she reached out and gently wiped Cai Wei's face, and a piece of dough was grabbed in her hand. Liuli glanced at the thin face like a cicada's wings, carefully put it away, and then took out a crystal clear bottle from her bosom.

"Since you have a great revenge, let's go on the road with peace of mind." She muttered under her breath as she opened the bottle and dropped a few drops on Caiwei's body. The corpse turned into a pool of blood in an instant, and even the rope that tied Cai Wei was corroded.

Ruri covered her nose with her hand and took a few steps back. It wasn't until he was sure that there was no suspicious trace left in the room that he climbed the stairs.

Outside the gate, Hatsumi had already been waiting there with his hands folded and his sleeves folded. Seeing her come up, he bowed slightly and bent lower. "Senior sister."

"Go clean up." Ruri commanded. "Where has Ah Yin gone?"

"The young master said that he would pack his luggage and go back to Unruly Mountain."

"That's fine." Ruri sighed. He looked at Hatsumi again and said, "I heard that you have become Shen Mojin's dowry here?" β€œ

Chu Jian nodded a little shyly and said, "This is what Senior Sister Ah Jin meant, it can make it easier for us to move around." β€œ

"Well, that's what that little clever ghost meant." As soon as Liuli mentioned Ah Jin, she smiled and bent her eyebrows. "If she comes over next time, you can help me bring her a message." Let's just say that her family Langjun has always followed Lord Luo in and out of Yuehua Building recently, so let her be careful. Don't be deceived by men. β€œ

"Yes." At first sight, he reluctantly agreed, but privately thought that he couldn't say this last sentence.

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It has been a week since Ah Jin received this message. As soon as she transferred from Lan Yin Kee to the Yunlai Inn, she almost choked to death from a sip of hot tea.

"This is the original words of the senior sister?" Ah Jin wiped his mouth with his hand, looked at Hatsumi and asked.

Hatsumi thought about it and nodded firmly. The sentence "Don't be deceived by men", he didn't say it in the end.

"I said that he has always been absent in the past few days, and I expected that he was with Luo Teng, but I didn't expect the two of them to go to Yuehua Building." Ah Jin lowered his eyes and said softly while playing with the already empty teacup.

Chu Jian stood aside and looked at it cautiously for a while, but he really didn't know what Ah Jin was thinking, so he said: "Senior sister, don't think too much about it. The two of them went to Yuehua Tower, not all to find flowers and ask willows. β€œ

As soon as he finished speaking, Ah Jiu secretly pinched him. When he saw the pain, his face turned blue, but he didn't dare to call it out, because he also knew that he had just done something bad with good intentions, and he wanted to comfort people, but he said some bastard words.

"It's not all about looking for flowers and asking willows, it's also about looking for flowers and asking willows." Ah Jin suddenly looked up and caught the mistake in his words.

When I heard this, I hurriedly waved my hand and said, "Senior sister, I really don't mean that.

He wanted to say more, but Ah Jin raised his right hand slightly and stopped him. "First meeting, Ah Jiu, prepare a car for me immediately, I want to go to Yuehua Tower."

"What?" I was stunned at first sight, and I was completely stupid by Ah Jin's words. He looked at Ah Jiu for help, but the other party just looked at him indifferently.

"Yes, the slave will prepare." Ah Jiu answered neatly, and before he could react at first sight, he had already gone to the stable of the inn.

"Senior Sister viii.viii." "I cried and mourned at the first time, and felt that I had done an unforgivable thing.

"Don't worry, I will definitely bring your little Ah Jiu back safely." Ah Jin blinked, reached out and patted her first face, and hummed a little tune and walked towards the inn's perennial room for her.

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