The sun had not yet risen, the air in the capital was fresh with a strange and unusual atmosphere, and the streets were deserted, not even the hawkers who bought breakfast had yet to set up their stalls.

The commander of the guards, who had resigned from the Prince's Mansion earlier, quietly came to the vicinity of the Prince's Mansion alone, he deliberately changed into a civilian clothes, and was worried about being recognized, so he painted a pockmarked pattern on the side of his face and wandered outside the mansion.

It wasn't long before he saw the newly appointed commander of the guard come out the back door with a few men.

He immediately alertly hid behind a half-man-tall flower bed nearby.

I saw one of the middle people carefully carrying the hemp bag on his shoulder, and the others looked around vigilantly, afraid that others would see what they were doing.

Early in the morning, where exactly are they sneakily going?

In order to find out what was in the sack, the Commander of the Guards decided to follow them quietly.

The pace of the group was fast, and the new commander of the guard would often stop and walk to the back of the group to see if anyone was following them.

From this point, it can be seen that there must be a mystery in the sack!

After following them out of the city, they soon came to the foot of Qi Mountain.

The group found a very remote place, threw the sack, and turned away.

When the commander of the guard saw that the group was far away, he immediately ran forward, and when he opened the sack, his face turned pale with fright.

The sack was actually filled with a female corpse, this woman was also abused to death, there was no clothing on her body, and bruises and purple scars could be seen everywhere.

After calming down a little, he thought about it and understood everything.

It seems that in recent days, the murderous maniac who has made the people panic in the capital came out of the prince's mansion, and I am afraid that nine times out of ten this person is the prince.

The former commander of the guards wanted to go back immediately and tell Xie Shiyun about this discovery.

But when he turned around, he found that there was a group of people standing behind him.

"Former Commander of the Guards, where are you going?" The commander of the guards stared at him fiercely, and a hideous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"You...... Haven't you all left? ”

"We found out early on that you had been following you, but we were just startled, so we pretended to leave." A guard replied.

The Captain of the Guards didn't realize that he had already been discovered by them.

He looked around and saw that he was surrounded, and there was nothing he could do to escape.

"What do you want?"

"Hehe, we don't want to do anything, we just want you to go home in peace."

The commander of the guard glanced at one of his men standing behind him with a broadsword, and his subordinates immediately understood.

When the knife fell, the commander of the guards was already covered in blood......

The former commander of the guard was also killed, and the rest returned to the prince's mansion to resume their lives and report the matter to Xie Yuan.

Only then did Xie Yuan understand who had betrayed him all along.

"Hmph, I never thought that it was someone from the prince's mansion who betrayed me."

In a fit of rage, the prince smashed an inkstone made of jade that had been placed aside.

The commander of the guards standing in front of the prince was shocked, and now the prince's temper is becoming more and more manic.

"You have done a good job, it seems that this prince is going to reward you well."

"Thank you, the prince, it is an honor for the subordinates to do things for the prince."

The commander of the guard was secretly happy for himself in his heart, and it seemed that his wealth and power were promising.

The next day, someone soon found a man and a woman, two bodies at the foot of Qishan Mountain.

The person who found the two bodies was a hunter at the foot of Qi Mountain, and he originally planned to go up the mountain to hunt today, but he didn't expect to find a male corpse.

After he hurriedly reported the news to the government, the arresters who rushed to handle the case soon found the female corpse hidden in a sack not far away.

A thousand waves were stirred up on one floor, and the news of the appearance of a male deceased outside the city spread throughout the capital like wings.

In the past, most of the women in the capital were worried that they would become the next target of murderous maniacs, but now the sudden appearance of a male corpse has plunged the entire city into even greater panic.

Nowadays, even in the daylight, there are few pedestrians on the streets, and the doors and windows of every house are closed, and many shops are unable to do business.

Many wealthy people, or those who have relatives to run to in other places, have rolled up their packages, intending to go to other places for a while, and then come back when the wind is calm.

Inside the yamen, the eleventh prince Xie Wen's originally handsome and elegant face seemed to be shrouded in a layer of black clouds at this moment, and everyone in the city was in danger, and the pressure he and the yamen were facing was as heavy as a huge mountain.

"Daughter, how can you leave me and your father like this!"

Xie Wen heard someone crying loudly outside the yamen, and asked his subordinates on the side: "Who is crying outside the door?" ”

"Back to the eleventh prince, the one who cried is Lord Liu's wife. The female corpse we found outside the city this time was Lord Lin's daughter. ”

After Xie Wen heard this, his brows tightened even more, this murderous maniac dared to be rampant to torture and kill the daughters of important ministers in the court, and let the situation develop in this way, I was afraid that it would cause turmoil among the people.

At this moment, Mrs. Liu, with the support of Lord Liu, came to the yamen hall tremblingly, and suddenly knelt on the ground, completely ignoring her identity, crying like a tearful person: "Eleventh prince, she is only sixteen years old this year, how could she suffer such a misfortune!" ”

Although Lord Liu, who was standing on the side, was calmer than Mrs. Liu, the haggard look on his face also made everyone present worry and sad.

"The eleventh prince, the old minister has been an official in the court for many years, and he has been conscientiously paying for the peace and the country, not to mention that he has made great contributions, but for the sake of the old minister's loyalty and service for the Lord, please be sure to track down the murderer as soon as possible, and give the little girl an explanation."

Xie Wen saw that in their sixtieth year, they still had to endure the pain of a white-haired person sending a black-haired person, and his heart was inevitably sentimental.

He hugged Lord Liu and promised: "Lord Liu, please rest assured, since this prince has been ordered to investigate this case, he will definitely arrest the murderer as soon as possible and give an explanation to all the deceased." ”

"There is the eleventh prince of Lao."

Xie Wen sent someone to send Lord Liu and his wife back to the house, and on the other side, the prince had a new move.

Xie Yuan already knew about Lord Liu going to the yamen to find Xie Wen, and he was worried that Xie Wen would suspect him because of the death of the former guard commander, so he thought of a trick to get rid of the golden cicada.

Someone spread rumors in the city, saying that the daughter of Liufu misbehaved, and went out of the city in the middle of the night to have a private meeting with wild men in a small temple outside the city, but she didn't want to be captured by the mountain bandits, and then she was humiliated and killed.

Such news spread among the people, and everyone thought that the daughter of Liufu was really killed by mountain bandits, and when Lord Liu heard the news, he was so angry that he couldn't afford to get sick, and he couldn't even go to the early court.