Not long after Mu Yuanjing stepped into the study with his front foot, Su Qingmo entered the study with his back foot, Mu Yuanjing held the pen and pretended to be in the office, and asked softly after seeing Su Qingmo come in, "What's wrong?" ”

Su Qingmo bit his lower lip, held back the words that came to his lips and asked about the things beside him, "I want to ask how the matter of the troupe is investigated." ”

Mu Yuanjing was a little disappointed in his heart, "Lin Ning will be here later." ”

The two waited in the study and neither of them spoke, and Yongan knocked on the door of the study at this time, "Lord Wang, Commander Lin is here." ”

"Come in."

Lin Ning walked into the study, and said neatly without superfluous movements: "Lord, princess, everything has been investigated, the princess's mansion invited the troupe in the largest theater in Beijing, named Su Yongban, which has been passed down for several generations, and after investigation, his subordinates found that Su Yongban was a little unusual." ”

Mu Yuanjing didn't interrupt out loud, so Lin Ning continued: "My subordinates have found out that many people in Beijing have disappeared one after another in recent months, and they all mentioned going to Su Yongban to listen to the drama before they disappeared, but no one has seen those people in the theater, and the clues about the woman in white have not been detected by my subordinates, and I ask the prince to forgive me." ”

Mu Yuanjing waved his hand to let Lin Ning step back, "It seems that there is indeed a problem with the troupe." ”

Su Qingmo nodded lightly, "There is a high probability that the missing person has something to do with Su Yongban, and the woman in white may also be from Su Yongban, even if she is not afraid, she will be inseparable from Su Yongban." ”

"How about we're going to explore tomorrow night?"

"Okay."

As the night deepened, Mu Yuanjing took the cloak on the hanger and shook it and draped it on Su Qingmo's body, "It's not early, let's go back to the room." ”

The two of them walked in the garden at night, the flower season had passed, so there were not many blooming flowers in the garden, Mu Yuanjing held Su Qingmo in one hand, and the lamp in the other, "Let Yongan replace the flowers in the garden with some flowers that bloom in autumn in a few days." ”

"How could the prince have thought of building such a big garden in the first place?"

Su Qingmo in the night didn't see the faint smile on the corner of Mu Yuanjing's mouth, "When I first built the mansion, I thought about marrying a girl I liked in the future, and wouldn't it be a beautiful thing to enjoy the flowers and the moon with her." ”

Su Qingmo's soft voice sounded in the night, "I'm afraid that the prince's wish will be ruined by me." ”

Mu Yuanjing smiled, "If you don't want my wish to be disappointed, Qingmo don't let me wait too long." ”

Su Qingmo was stunned for a moment, and no longer avoided but responded softly: "Hmm." ”

The stone hanging in Mu Yuanjing's heart finally landed, it didn't matter if he waited for a long time, what he was most afraid of was that he didn't even have a chance to wait.

Back at Moxiangju, Mama Lin looked at the hands held by the two and was relieved.

On the second day, Mu Yuanjing did not leave the palace, he and Su Qingmo waited for the arrival of night in the palace, because they did not need to act at a specific time like the Chengnan case, so the two took Wei Xu out of the palace at the end of the unitary time, and soon after it was dark.

"Lord Wang." Wei Xu hid in the alley and looked at the theater called Suyong Theater across the street, "My subordinates have come to visit in advance, and I haven't found any other suspicious places in the entire theater except for a courtyard that has been sealed at the back. ”

Mu Yuanjing's entire body was hidden in the shadows in the alley, "Is there a way to get in?" ”

Wei Xu nodded lightly, and took the lead in walking out from the other end of the alley, Mu Yuanjing and Su Qingmo followed closely behind, Wei Xu walked out of the alley and crossed a street and then turned over and jumped onto a high wall, Su Qingmo stood weakly under the corner of the wall, Mu Yuanjing looked at her looking at the wall and smiled, "I'll take you up." ”

After picking up Su Qingmo, Mu Yuanjing jumped lightly onto the high wall, and then followed Wei Xu through several dark alleys, and the three of them stopped in front of a small dark and hidden door.

"Lord, princess, this is the back door of the sealed courtyard."

Mu Yuanjing put Su Qingmo down and blocked behind him, "Open the door." ”

Wei Xu stretched out his hand and gently pushed open the old small door, maybe it was too long, a lot of dust fell after the door opened, Wei Xu raised his hand and fanned it, and walked into the yard slowly after the dust cleared.

The back door of the courtyard is located in the northeast corner, and there is a weapon shelf with a length of nearly three meters on the east wall not far from the back door, on which are some broken weapons, although it is not clear what the specific weapons are.

But the left is only used for singing, there is a large open space in the middle of the courtyard, which should be where the owner of the courtyard practices on weekdays, there is a small house in the northwest direction, the size seems to be enough for one person to live, and directly opposite the house is the main gate that is locked.

There was nothing special in the yard, Wei Xu walked to the door of the house in the northwest direction, the house was locked, Wei Xu took out a dagger from his calf, gently leaned into the lock, and after a while, he took the chain from the door, he whispered to Mu Yuanjing behind him: "Lord Wang, did your subordinates open the door?" ”

Mu Yuanjing didn't say anything to stop it, Wei Xu gently pushed open the door of the hut, the smell in the house was not very good, there was a smell of moisture mixed with the smell of earth, the air was a little humid, and the room was simply furnished with a wooden bed and a pair of tables and chairs.

The bed was covered with a quilt that looked to be a few years old, the quilt was a little moldy, and there were holes in many places that had been eaten by insects, and on the table not far from the bed were a blurry bronze mirror and a set of tea sets.

Su Qingmo walked to the table, picked up the bronze mirror with her back to the door, and was about to put it down when she suddenly saw that there seemed to be someone behind her who was illuminated by the bronze mirror, and she quickly turned around.

A woman in white, who looked to be in her mid-twenties, was standing outside the door.

Su Qingmo vaguely felt that the people outside the door were a little familiar, and after looking closely, she was surprised that she was the female ghost on the stage of the princess's mansion, but tonight she was a little different, her eyes were no longer bleeding, and the expression on her face was much softer, and she looked just a beautiful woman from a distance.

The girl in white ignored the two people beside Su Qingmo, she looked at Su Qingmo with some doubts in her expression, "Can you see me?" ”

Wei Xu, who was on the side of these words, didn't dare to think about it, he tightened the dagger in his hand, and quietly prepared to make a move.

Su Qingmo nodded and asked cautiously, "We met the day before yesterday, do you remember?" ”

The girl in white frowned slightly, thought carefully and shook her head, "I have never left here, how can I see you." ”

Su Qingmo's expression froze, "Xu I recognized the wrong person." ”

When she came out of the palace, she didn't have any utensils with her, so she didn't dare to act rashly now.

The girl in white seemed to be suddenly interested in talking, she took two steps forward, "What's your name?" ”

Mu Yuanjing walked to Su Qingmo's side in a few steps, and Su Qingmo scratched the back of his hand without missing a trace, signaling him not to act rashly, "What about your name?" ”

After getting closer, the resentment on the other party's body can be clearly felt without the purple gold bell Su Qingmo.

Resentment drills into every pore of the human body, swims along the blood, and finally even the bones reveal a chill, such a resentful ghost, if she tells her name, it is easy to say that there is no root for a good soul, and if it is a ghost with a heavy obsession, it will entangle herself.

The girl in white didn't care about Su Qingmo's answer, "My name is An Lan." ”

At this moment, there was a sound of unlocking from the direction of the main gate of the courtyard, Su Qingmo bypassed An Lan and quickly closed the door, because there was no window in the house, so the moonlight could not shine in after the door was closed, and there was no light in the whole room, but in such a dark environment, the three of them could clearly see An Lan's strange white face.

An Lan's gaze still did not leave Su Qingmo's body, Wei Xu swallowed his saliva, moved his somewhat stiff feet and walked to the door, and then leaned his ear to the door and heard a faint sound of talking outside.

A man's tone was a little complaining, "What's wrong with the old class master recently, you have to let us check this yard every day, Brother Hai, what do you say about this yard that makes our class master so uneasy." ”

Another man with a rough voice, known as Brother Hai, said impatiently: "Where is there so much nonsense, hurry up and check it so that you can go back to sleep." ”

"What is there to check, there is nothing of value in this yard, and the thieves are too lazy to come."

"Let's take a look inside the room."

"Oh, what do you see, I still have good wine in the house, otherwise Brother Hai, how about you go back with me for a drink."

"Stinky boy, I'll be lazy, Cheng, I'll have a drink with you today."

The footsteps gradually faded away, Wei Xu wanted to open the door after the people had completely left, but after looking around, he found that the girl named An Lan was gone, and his voice was a little stiff and said, "Lord Wang, the person is gone." ”

Mu Yuanjing gently pulled the door open, and saw a touch of white behind the two people who left, "No need to look for it, she followed them." ”

Wei Xu clearly remembered that the person was still in the house when the door was closed, and he looked at Su Qingmo with a shocked expression, "Princess, is she really that thing?" ”

I don't know if it's because I'm scared or for some other reason, in short, Wei Xu's face is pale, and from a distance, it really means a bit of a jade-faced Langjun, but this jade-faced Langjun froze in place after guessing An Lan's identity.

Mu Yuanjing had never regretted taking Wei Xu out like now, raising his leg and kicking the people blocking the door to the door, he led Su Qingmo to the open space in the middle of the courtyard, from the time he entered the door, he felt that the color of the soil in the open space was not the same as the surroundings.

Mu Yuanjing grabbed some soil with his right hand and twisted it on his fingertips, then looked thoughtfully at the weapon rack in the distance, he let go of Su Qingmo's hand and walked to the weapon rack to choose a spear that didn't look so badly rotten, and then walked back to the open space and used the spear as a tool to dig up the slightly darker part of the clearing.

Wei Xu finally came back to his senses after being kicked, and hurriedly ran out to help dig with the dagger in his hand after watching his master's movements.

Fortunately, the soil is relatively loose, so it is not difficult to dig.

The two of them were busy for a while, Su Qingmo looked at the deep pit in front of him, which was two meters long and wide, and his breathing slowed down and became lighter, Wei Xu was so shocked that he couldn't speak, Mu Yuanjing frowned and gently pulled Su Qingmo.

"Get out of here first, Lin Ning, and inform the nearest hidden guard to give this courtyard to this king's care."

As soon as Mu Yuanjing's words fell, the branches of a big tree under the root of the outer wall of the courtyard moved slightly, and a figure left from the tree.

As soon as Lin Ningfang left the three of them, he turned around and wanted to leave, only to hear a female voice sounding faintly behind the three of them, "Where do you want to go." ”

Wei Xu turned around and saw An Lan, who had left earlier, squatting next to the pit and looking at him with a smile, and after Mu Yuanjing and Su Qingmo also turned around, An Lan pointed to the pit and said to the three of them with a smile: "You see, they are all my friends. ”

She pointed to the top body in a blue cloth shirt with no decomposing on the surface of the body, "This is a few days ago, he said he wanted to marry me, but after I brought him here, he repented. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to another corpse with a head almost cut off and a highly decomposed body, "What about him, he came to listen to me sing two months ago, and after the play, I asked him to stay with me, but he didn't want to." ”

I don't know if it's because I'm dazzled, Wei Xu looked at the smile on An Lan's face and felt a gloomy feeling.

An Lan was still pointing to the corpses in the pit and talking, Wei Xu counted, there were as many as seven or eight corpses, and they were all men, it seems that the people who have disappeared in the capital in recent months are here.

As An Lan spoke, Su Qingmo quietly took out the hairpin hidden in his sleeve, slashed the palm of his left hand with the pointed end, and then put his hands behind his back.

Mu Yuanjing took a light step and stood in front of Su Qingmo, his voice was cold, "Why do you kill people?" ”

An Lan's face instantly distorted, and he bit the words heavily, "They all lied to me." ”

Mu Yuanjing didn't see any fluctuations on his face, and said unhurriedly, "If you let us go, this king will invite someone to overtake you, so that you don't have to be trapped here anymore." ”

The word 'excess' stimulated An Lan, she suddenly got up, her originally beautiful sideburns were scattered, the blood red slowly crawled all over her eyes, blood tears flowed out of her eyes, she pounced on Mu Yuanjing at a very fast speed, and was hit out by Su Qingmo with his right hand at the moment when she was about to touch someone.

An Lan fell to the ground with her red eyes open, she glared at Su Qingmo with a fierce expression, and then slowly disappeared in place.

Mu Yuanjing pulled Su Qingmo's hands, and after seeing the wound on the palm of his left hand, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and there was a touch of distress in his eyes.

Su Qingmo smiled and said indifferently: "If I don't draw the talisman with blood, I'm afraid that none of us will want to leave here tonight." ”

Mu Yuanjing took out the cloth to wrap Su Qingmo's hand, and asked Wei Xu on the side, "What time is it?" ”

Wei Xu looked at the night and estimated, "It's about half an hour." ”

"How long has Lin Ning been gone?"

"It's been a quarter of an hour since I walked," Speaking of this, Wei Xu realized that something was wrong, according to the speed under Lin Ning's feet, it would take at most half a cup of tea to call the nearby hidden guards.

Mu Yuanjing looked around, "She's still here." ”

There must have been some kind of method used, otherwise it would be impossible for Lin Ning to find them.

When Wei Xu heard this, he was in a defensive posture, and suddenly Mu Yuanjing's arms sank, Su Qingmo fainted for some reason, and Mu Yuanjing picked up the person and kept him away from the deep pit where the body was buried.

Looking around, he found that there was no place to rest, and the houses in the yard were too small, and he was afraid that he would not be able to cope with anything that would happen, so he could only put people down in a small open space in front of the back door.

Mu Yuanjing supported Su Qingmo's upper body and let her lean in his arms, he stroked Su Qingmo's face and called softly: "Qingmo." ”

Since he followed Mu Yuanjing, this was the first time Wei Xu had seen him treat a person so gently and carefully.

Mu Yuanjing called a few times, but he still didn't see any signs of Su Qingmo waking up, and when he was about to give up, he didn't expect the person in his arms to suddenly open his eyes.

Su Qingmo sat up straight, with a trace of emptiness on his face, and snatched the dagger in Wei Xu's hand with a surprising hand, and stabbed Mu Yuanjing with his backhand-