"Any questions?" Xie Wen asked tentatively.

The corners of Xie Shiyun's lips twitched slightly, and she said slowly: "I seem to have some impressions of this wound." ”

"What?" Xie Wen was stunned.

In fact, for Xie Shiyun to come, she is just a vague sign in her mind.

This wound she had seen in girls before. When she entered the secret room that day, there was a torture instrument placed next to the shelf where the girl was bound, and because of her strange appearance, she happened to notice it.

"Let's go." Xie Shiyun didn't say anything, just raised her head lightly, her eyes firm, "There are no other clues here, I need to go to Chen Lian's secret room to verify something." ”

Her eyes narrowed slightly, a dangerous glow.

It was night, dark clouds, dark moon and high wind.

It's a night of hiding.

With Xie Wen's skills, it would naturally not be difficult to sneak into the mansion of the squire in the door. What's more, Chen Lian was sick, and the guards who were guarded on weekdays were already sick.

The two then took advantage of the shift to climb over the wall and enter.

"Quick, we're running out of time." I groped my way to the study, there were no candles, and it was pitch black. Xie Wen observed his surroundings and spoke in a low voice.

Once born and twice cooked, Xie Shiyun quickly found the painting, opened it and entered the secret room.

"You see, this is it." Xie Shiyun clearly remembered the location of the torture instrument and found it very quickly, "Like the traces caused by the wound?" ”

Xie Wen felt a faint feeling of discomfort since he entered this secret room.

Obviously, even if he was very receptive, he would have a feeling of stomach churning when he saw it, and the faint smell of blood seemed to penetrate the walls, which was disgusting.

"Not bad." Xie Wen nodded in a deep voice, "This is the evidence." ”

The bright moonlight reflected in the window paper, and a team of guards was hurrying by.

"Let's leave first." Xie Wen and Xie Shiyun both glanced at each other, as if they had come the way they came, climbed over the wall, and disappeared into the vast night.

When he arrived at the Yamen, it was close to dawn, but Xie Wen did not feel sleepy at all.

He held the strangely shaped torture instrument in his hand, and compared it to the wounds on the deceased's body, he was still muttering something softly.

"Exactly fits." Xie Wen sighed and said to Xie Shiyun, who was half-leaning on a red-painted pillar next to him.

"Now, all the evidence points to Chen Lian, and he must be taken back." Xie Wen groaned, "It's time to check his whereabouts." ”

"I'm afraid it won't work for a while." Xie Shiyun closed her eyes and never looked up.

"What do you mean?" Xie Wen was a little puzzled, as if he suddenly remembered something, and his eyes were full of concern, "Do you still need to rest?" It's okay, I'll just tell you to go down. ”

"Where do you think of it?" Xie Shiyun laughed and scolded, and even more crying and laughing.

She rubbed the corners of her forehead, her face was not very good-looking: "I heard from the guard, someone came to report the case again last night." ”

"What?" Xie Wen straightened up suddenly, "Why didn't you tell me earlier." ”

"Look you're too tired." Xie Shiyun didn't care much, "The incident last night was also found by the river, but it was upstream." According to the people's description, it was the same as the last female corpse that was found—they were all beaten and bruised, and then drowned in the river. ”

"Ugh." Xie Wen slammed his fist on the pillar, "This case must be closed as soon as possible." ”

If it doesn't end, I'm afraid more people will have to die.

"Let's go." Xie Shiyun looked at the sky and urged, "Rush there now, the time is just right." ”

The carriage moved slowly, with the occasional crisp "click" of crushing branches.

"My daughter, my daughter—why are you so miserable?"

Before they reached the river, there was a cry from far and near.

"Is this—their loved ones?" Xie Wen asked tentatively.

Xie Shiyun bowed her head and showed pity: "Yesterday, the people have released the news, and I have also issued an order for the families of the lost daughter to come and claim it." ”

The air fell silent for a moment, and Xie Wen moved his lips, looking thoughtful, but he couldn't think of what to say.

The two walked slowly through the crowd, and the onlookers saw his gorgeous costumes, and they all tacitly gave way to a way.

"I'll see." As soon as Fang lifted the white cloth, a stream of decay of the corpse mixed with the fishy smell of fish and shrimp at the bottom of the river came to his nose, but Xie Wen's pupils shrank suddenly.

If the biggest difference from the previous female corpse found is that her chest was also cut.

"Damn." Even Xie Shiyun was stunned, muttering in a low voice, her pretty face was like frost, and the anger between her pupils suddenly rose, "It's just a beast." ”

Although the person who reported to her did not hide this fact, what she heard and what she saw with her own eyes were completely different feelings.

Xie Wen silently re-covered the white cloth, looked solemn, and slowly got up.

"Let's go." He whispered softly, looking at the sky with an extraordinarily calm look, "Let's go to Chen Lian's mansion." ”

But Xie Shiyun saw that the hand on his side was clenched into a fist, and it was constantly tightening, tightening.

When they arrived at the vermilion lacquer gate of the mansion, both of them looked unkind.

It was the housekeeper who opened the door, and before he could say anything polite, he heard Xie Shiyun say coldly: "Arrest him." ”

It was an idea she had on the road.

Instead of inquiring about Chen Lian's traces several times, it is better to directly arrest and interrogate. Others may not know, but Chen Lian's personal butler will definitely not know.

"Ouch, Your Highness Princess, what are you doing here, Your Highness?" The butler was also instantly startled, and after resisting a few times, he was pushed to the ground.

"Say." However, Xie Wen said coldly, "Where did Chen Lian go, the two of us have important matters to ask him to cooperate." ”

"This." The housekeeper's eyes rolled and waved his hand very innocently, "It's not that the slave doesn't want to tell the two, the slave really doesn't know." ”

"You really don't know?" The corners of Xie Shiyun's lips curved slightly, but a dangerous look flashed in her eyes.

"I—I really don't know." The butler swallowed his saliva and said strongly.

"Okay." Xie Shiyun didn't force it, just smiled, "Sun Zhao, I'll leave it to you." Remember, be sure to let him spit out the answer. ”

"Yes."

As the jailer commander of the Criminal Department, Xie Shiyun knows very well that if he can't force a confession again, then this housekeeper will only have one way of thinking.

Sun Zhao moved the five fingers of his fists and dragged the housekeeper out of the door.

But in a moment, there were inhuman screams one after another, which shook people's eardrums.

Xie Shiyun simply closed the door directly.

However, with two pillars of incense, Sun Zhao pushed the door in, and Xie Shiyun saw that his hands were still stained with blood.

"It's been asked." Sun Zhao said very succinctly, "The housekeeper said that Chen Lian lied that he was ill and hid in a house in the south of the city to enjoy it and avoid the limelight. ”

"I see, that's it."