He said truthfully: "Back to the prince, the little one carefully examined the corpse and found that this was several broken corpses, the same as the previous five broken corpses, not entirely from a female corpse. The pieces of these corpses had been rotting for about the same amount of time, and they should have been divided in the last three days, and the tools used to do so should have been very sharp knives or saws......"

"The location where the body was found was in the deepest reeds by the river, and although it was hidden, the smell of the rotting corpse could not be hidden, and the murderer must have just dumped the body. Xia Guan asked people who often come and go here, and learned that there are not many people who usually come and go on this road, especially before dawn......"

Qin Zimo listened to Master Wei's analysis, and while looking around, he did find that there were few people in the vicinity, and there were no weeds on this path, not like people often coming and going.

Beyond the reeds was a ten-foot-wide river, and the upper reaches of the river was the moat outside the walls of the capital. On weekdays, there were boats coming and going in this river, but there were not many people as few as overland pedestrians, because the source of this river was in a foreign country, and there was another official road in the vicinity of the foreign state that led directly to the city of Huai'an in the south of the capital, and there was a large diversion of water that was more suitable for freight than this river, so people who often engaged in commercial activities chose to transport goods from the diversion.

The murderer must be very familiar with the situation of this place, and he also knows when it is quietest and no one is the best place for him to dump the body.

However, five times in a row, the broken body pieces were found in different places, is the murderer familiar with the five places where the body parts were found? This really made Qin Zimo a little puzzled.

The method of separating the corpses is the same, how can it appear in five different places?

He frowned, and heard Wei Shangshuzheng say: "Xiaguan has sent someone to take this place as the center, and conduct a carpet search within a radius of ten miles, presumably he can find some clues, this murderer is so vicious and vicious, but in the end, he is also a person who walks on two legs, since he has come here to throw his corpse, he will definitely leave some traces, and the prince does not need to be worried......

Having said that, Qin Zimo's brows did not stretch, he turned to Lao Chen Tou and said, "After you go back, it is best to find a relative's house to avoid the limelight, I am afraid that the murderer will be angry with you." ”

Old Chen nodded again and again, the horror in his eyes still did not fade, "Thank you for your understanding, if nothing happens, the little old man will retreat." ”

Qin Zimo nodded, and said to Wei Shangshu: "Pass the order, if you find any suspicious clues, you will quickly come back and inform this king." ”

Wei Shangshu said: "Yes, the lower officials will obey the orders of the prince. ”

When Qin Zimo returned to Duanwang's Mansion, he learned that Lin Zhiruo had returned from the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he was about to go to Fanghuating to explain to Lin Zhiruo the reason for his sudden departure, but he saw the maid Huan Qingshuang beside Xue Ziyao come up to report him, saying that Xue Ziyao was not feeling well.

But whenever it comes to Xue Ziyao, Qin Zimo is always the most concerned. Although he didn't seem to have that impulse, as soon as he heard Xue Ziyao's name, he couldn't help but strode in the direction of Yuehua Ting and hurried towards it.

Between the bed curtains, Xue Ziyao's thin body showed half of her body from the quilt, her forehead guard was on her head, her face was slightly pale, and her pink lips, which had always seemed weak and bleak, were now without much blood.

As soon as she saw Qin Zimo coming, she happily straightened up, looked at Qin Zimo with a pair of water-cutting autumn pupils, and called him softly and weakly with hoarseness: "Lord Wang......"

Qin Zimo was already sitting on the edge of the bed, holding her small body in her arms, and the pity in her eyes was revealed. He took her equally pale hand, and a worried and gentle voice sounded, "Why are you suddenly sick like this?" ”

Xue Ziyao's head rested on Qin Zimo's shoulder, she shook her head, looked up at Qin Zimo and said: "I don't know why, the concubine body has felt groggy and tired since this afternoon, and she can't even stand firm when it's late, and now it's like a dream, she is not very awake, I think it's cold......

Qin Zimo remembered the time when he played with Xue Ziyao yesterday, and his eyes showed a glint of guilt, "I knew yesterday ......"

Xue Ziyao pressed her palms against his chest, and the whole person was even more sticky to him, although she was soft and boneless, she looked very stubborn and resolute, "I have seen a doctor, and he said that my illness is not a cold, but some symptoms of evil qi invading the body, but it is quite strange. I don't quite understand what he means, so I just take the medicine according to the prescription. ”

She suddenly mentioned Lin Zhiruo: "Didn't the prince accompany his sister back to the door today?" Why did the prince come back alone? ”

Qin Zimo replied to her nonchalantly: "Oh, this king suddenly has something to do, so he left." She was already in Fanghuating at this time. ”

Lin Zhiruo's face turned miserable when she heard this, she came out of Qin Zimo's arms, frowned slightly, and asked Qin Zimo: "Didn't the prince explain the reason for his sudden departure to his sister?" ”

Qin Zimo felt that there was nothing to make a fuss about, so he looked at Xue Ziyao puzzled: "This king is naturally going to work, isn't it more important for her to return to the door than her life?" If she is sensible, she can understand, and if she is angry because of this, this king does not have to explain to her, she is the person who should not be in this palace. ”

Xue Ziyao heard Qin Zimo say this, so she acted very guilty, she lowered her head and said to herself: "The prince should explain to his sister, after all, my sister is the princess's concubine......"

Qin Zimo was unhappy when he saw that Xue Ziyao was so afraid that Lin Zhiruo would blame him. "She is relying on her father's order and her identity as the concubine of the prime minister's house, and she has no weight here in this king, and you are the only one in this king's heart, you don't have to think about her. Nominally, she is indeed the main concubine of this king, although you are a side concubine, but you are not half a point lower than her. ”

Xue Ziyao shook her head lightly when she heard this, "Yao'er is very grateful to the princess for his concubine's heart, but sister, she is also a woman after all, Yao'er knows that the prince doesn't say anything, sister, she will be unhappy, the prince should go and talk to his sister......"

Seeing that Qin Zimo was still unmoved, Xue Ziyao shook his arm and begged him coquettishly: "Lord Wang, just think it's for me, and go and explain to my sister, okay?" ”

Qin Zimo raised his eyebrows, "For you?" ”

Xue Ziyao nodded again and again, "My sister originally just wanted the set of jewelry that Xiliang gave me from the prince, but I didn't take good care of the jewelry and let my sister's wish come to naught, my sister must have some complaints about it, and now that the prince has made such a mistake on such an important day as her return, even if my sister is not a small-bellied chicken intestine, it is inevitable that she will not be able to get over it." What's more, as soon as the prince returned to the house, he came to the Yuehua Garden, and when he told his sister, he might think that I was stirring up trouble behind me, wouldn't he hate me to ......"

Qin Zimo's eyes darkened, and he was quite dissatisfied, "So what?" She said a long time ago that you are not even allowed to enter the threshold of Fanghua Pavilion, so why do you care what she thinks? This king felt that it was not a bad thing to be so cold and snub her, and let her know that she knew how many pounds and taels she had. ”