Widow Liu glanced at Chen Xuan with a smile, and continued softly: "The money on my body gradually ran out in the months after I and A Xuan lived in the east of the city, I was afraid that Ah Xuan would be found by Yuan Niang, so I have been refusing to let him go out to earn money, and I have no ability to make money, so I can only think of some side ways, before I can figure out how to make money, one day someone sent me a money bag and a note." ”

"Who's that man?"

Widow Liu shook her head, "I haven't seen her appearance, I just know that it seems to be a woman, from that day on, she has been sending me money one after another, at first the note said that I don't need to repay the money to spend it myself, and then the money was less, but my life with Ah Xuan was raised to be unbearable, and finally one day she stopped sending me money, only gave me a note." ”

Mu Yuanjing waited quietly for her to continue.

"The note said that if you want to have endless money to spend in the future, I will hide from Ah Xuan and meet her, and I will go to the place she said that night and wait, and then she took it to Yuanniang's house."

"After entering the house, I saw Yuan Niang lying on the ground with her stomach cut out, her nails pulled out, covered in blood, I was scared stupid, but there was a voice in my heart telling me that Yuan Niang was dead, and Ah Xuan was mine."

"Why was your little finger bitten off by Wu Yuanniang?"

"That night, Yuan Niang was lying on the ground, I thought she was out of breath, so I obeyed the man's instructions to hold Yuan Niang's head, who knew that Yuan Niang actually fought the last bit of strength to bite off my little finger."

As if recalling the scene of that day, Widow Liu's face was filled with fear, "Then the man divided Yuan Niang's body alive, and Yuan Niang's head and the fetus in her womb were put into a large jar by her, and her chest and abdomen were thrown into the well next door, and only her limbs remained in place, and the next night she came to me again, gave me the big jar, told me to make incense offerings every night, and then gave me a wood carved doll." ”

Mu Yuanjing's expression was cold, "You gave the wood carving to Chen Xuan and asked him to go to the gambling house to gamble, because Chen Xuan will definitely win every gamble because of the ghost baby." ”

The expression on Widow Liu's face was stunned and she didn't make a sound.

Mu Yuanjing glanced at Chen Xuan, who was being held by the guards, "Do you still have something to say to her?" ”

Chen Xuan ignored Mu Yuanjing's question, but instead smiled stupidly, saliva flowing from the corners of his mouth.

This man is stupid.

The guard let go of his hand, and Chen Xuan sat down on the ground weakly, muttering incessantly, "Yuan Niang... Yuan Niang..."

Widow Liu crawled towards Chen Xuan with a painful face, and as soon as she stretched out her hand, Chen Xuan opened it, "You go away, I want to find my Yuan Niang, where is my Yuan Niang." ”

Tears rolled down her cheeks, and Widow Liu laughed as she cried, and then fell silent after laughing, looking lifeless.

Mu Yuanjing instructed the guards in the hall, "Take the prisoner Liu down, and wait for her to explain the characteristics of the perpetrator's clothing before making a judgment." ”

Widow Liu was taken away, and when she left, her eyes never took off Chen Xuan's body, and Chen Xuan was still stupidly paralyzed on the ground, muttering his wife's name.

At this moment, someone rushed into the hall, and someone came to hug Chen Xuan and tremble and said, "Is it Ah Xuan?" ”

No one knew why Chen Xuan's mother, the deceased's mother-in-law, was present, she seemed to appear out of thin air.

Chen Xuan on the ground suddenly stiffened his body, he looked at the old woman in front of him cautiously and timidly, the old woman brushed away the scattered hair on Chen Xuan's face, looked at it seriously, and then cried: "Son, where have you run away in the past half a year, do you know your daughter-in-law and her..."

The old woman couldn't cry anymore after finishing speaking, Chen Xuan lowered his head and didn't say a word, letting the old woman hold him.

The guards beside Chen Xuan couldn't bear to look at the poor mother and son in front of them, and they all turned their heads away.

Mu Yuanjing thought for a while and persuaded softly: "The old man should go back to the inn first, and the king will send someone to tell you the details later." ”

The old woman clutched her son's sleeve and did not let go, not understanding how the son who had been found with great difficulty had become a fool.

The corners of Chen Xuan's mouth moved, and he said very softly.

The old woman's eyes lit up, and she stared at Chen Xuan for a long time, her eyes were full of joy, "Do you remember your mother?" ”

After the joy, the old woman found that Chen Xuan's eyes were still out of focus, and his voice was not calling her.

Knowing that the other party was afraid that he would not leave if he didn't hear the answer, Mu Yuanjing had no choice but to say: "Chen Xuan was stimulated by Widow Liu's matter, take him back to recuperate, and you'd better not leave the capital until the case is solved." ”

The old woman's face was stunned, "What does it have to do with Widow Liu?" ”

Mu Yuanjing thought about it and decided to tell the truth, "Widow Liu participated in the killing of Wu Yuanniang. ”

The old woman was struck by lightning, she fell to the ground, and after a while, she looked at her stupid son in front of her and wept silently.

The guards helped the old woman and Chen Xuan to leave the yamen, Su Qingmo walked out from behind the screen, and looked at Su Qingmo who was constantly kneading his temples, "Is the prince okay?" ”

Mu Yuanjing put down his hand, his face was a little pale, Wei Xu came over and handed Mu Yuanjing a jade bottle, Mu Yuanjing drank it, Su Qingmo hesitated for a moment and did not ask.

After Mu Yuanjing's face was much better, he looked at Su Qingmo and said softly: "It's okay, accompany me back to the house." ”

Su Qingmo nodded, followed Mu Yuanjing and left the Hidden World Palace, and after the two returned to the house, they had dinner and rested one after another.

Su Qingmo had a dream, she didn't remember what happened in the dream, she only remembered Mu Yuanjing's pale and fragile face, which made her feel slightly uncomfortable.

When she opened her eyes, it was already dark, she snuggled into a warm chest, and when she looked up and found that Mu Yuanjing was still asleep, the blush on her face gradually faded, and she looked at him quietly.

Mu Yuanjing held on for a moment and couldn't help but open his eyes, he looked at her with a smile in his eyes, "Remember my appearance?" ”

Su Qingmo popped out of his arms with a red face, and his breathing was still a little unsteady, "Why didn't the prince wake up and say a word." ”

Mu Yuanjing got up with a smile, and said with a joke, "I'm afraid it will affect the princess's viewing." ”

What to watch, the two of them know it.

Ignoring the somewhat ambiguous atmosphere in the morning, the two washed up and had breakfast, Mu Yuanjing was about to go to the study, and Yongan entered Moxiangju from outside, bringing an unexpected news.

"Lord Wang, Widow Liu is dead."

Su Qingmo looked at Mu Yuanjing, Mu Yuanjing didn't show any abnormality on his face, and asked calmly, "When is it?" ”

Yong'an replied: "I should have been killed in the middle of the night last night, and this morning the commander of the Acropolis asked Widow Liu about the characteristics of the murderer on your orders, and it turned out that he had died in prison. ”

"Was there anything unusual in the prison last night?"

Yongan shook his head, "The Acropolis Commander said that the guards guarding outside didn't hear any sound. ”

Su Qingmo, who had always been beside him without saying a word, said when he heard this: "How did Widow Liu die?" ”

Widow Liu's death was horrible, and Yongan didn't know whether to say it or not.

Mu Yuanjing glanced at him, "Say." ”

Yongan immediately said: "After reading it, Fang Qizuo said that Widow Liu died of excessive blood loss due to live abdominal dissection. ”

Su Qingmo's eyebrows twisted slightly, with uncertainty on his face, Mu Yuanjing saw this and asked softly, "What does Qingmo think?" ”

She glanced at him, and finally spoke, "Yesterday's refining of ghosts and moving gold should have been cracked, and the fierce souls of the deceased and the fierce souls of ghost babies should have entered reincarnation, but Widow Liu died yesterday, and the way of death is the death method of the ghost counterattack, that is to say..."

"Refining ghosts and moving gold still hasn't been cracked, has it?"

Su Qingmo nodded with a heavy face after Mu Yuanjing's words were asked.

The case became tricky, Mu Yuanjing gently stroked Su Qingmo's frowning eyebrows, "Take your time, you will always find the murderer, Qingmo knows that if the Weng who pretended to be a ghost baby has been burned, what way can he continue to drive the ghost baby." ”

Su Qingmo didn't know, she turned around and walked to the cabinet, took out the key to unlock it, and then took out a stack of yellowed books from the cabinet, she took an old book, flipped through it carefully, and then stopped on a page, carefully read the whole page, Su Qingmo looked up.

"Found it?" Mu Yuanjing asked.

Su Qingmo sent the book to Mu Yuanjing's hand, Mu Yuanjing read it roughly, and then listened to her say: "There is only one way to continue to drive ghost babies who have been cracked. ”

She pointed to a text, "Drinking the corpse oil soaked in the mother's head and the ghost fetus, but there is a side effect of the method, the corpse oil is an extremely heavy yin qi, and the body of the person who drinks the corpse oil will have corpse spots on the body, and then slowly decay from the inside, until the intestines penetrate the stomach and rot." ”

"How long do side effects kill people?"

"On the seventh day, on the first day after drinking the corpse oil, a corpse spot appeared on the arm, and then the corpse spot slowly extended to the heart, until on the seventh day, the intestines were rotten and he died."

Mu Yuanjing thought for a while and said, "That is to say, before Weng who pretended to be a ghost fetus was burned, someone took the corpse oil in the urn in advance, and then drank the corpse oil and killed Widow Liu last night. ”

Su Qingmo nodded in agreement, "There are three people who can access the corpse oil, the murderer of Wu Yuanniang, Widow Liu, and Chen Xuan, Widow Liu is dead, Chen Xuan is crazy again, and now only the murderer is possible."

After finishing speaking, Su Qingmo felt that something was wrong, "Will the murderer pay for his life in order to kill Widow Liu?" ”

Su Qingmo was right, how could the murderer give up his name so easily, Mu Yuanjing instructed Yong'an, who was always waiting on the side, to say: "Let Wei Xu go to the inn where Chen Xuan's mother and son are to ask if Chen Xuan's mother and son have been in the inn all the time last night." ”

Yong'an was about to leave when he was stopped by Mu Yuanjing, "No need, this king will go in person." ”

Mu Yuanjing had a smile on her face, and after seeing the expectation in Su Qingmo's eyes, she asked as she wished, "Come with me?" ”

Su Qingmo hurriedly nodded in agreement, and then followed him into the carriage and left the palace to the inn.

When the two of them were at the inn, Chen Xuan's mother and son were eating in the room, and after a night, Chen Xuan's mood was much better, and Chen's mother was busy kneeling down after seeing Mu Yuanjing, but was stopped by Yong'an.

"How is Chen Xuan?"

Mu Yuanjing first said politely, and Chen's mother replied: "Thank you for your concern, Ah Xuan is much better, I told him a lot of things in the past yesterday, and finally let him know that I am his mother." ”

"Something happened in the prison last night, and this king thinks that Chen Xuan should be let know."

Although Mu Yuanjing's words were addressed to Chen's mother, his eyes were always secretly observing Chen Xuan.

Mother Chen asked silently, and Mu Yuanjing continued: "The Liu family is dead. ”

Chen Xuan's face calmly continued to nibble on the steamed bun in his hand, but Chen's mother changed her face, "She is... How did he die? ”

At this moment, the steamed bun in Chen Xuan's hand suddenly fell to the ground and rolled to Yong'an's feet, Yongan picked up the steamed bun and walked to Chen Xuan's side naturally, taking advantage of the cover of his body to quickly roll up Chen Xuan's sleeve and take a look.

On his dull-skinned arms, there was nothing but dirt, and there were no corpse spots.

Yongan shook his head slightly, Mu Yuanjing had doubts in his heart, but his face did not show it, and he only avoided the important and said lightly: "The cause of Widow Liu's death cannot be told by this king, and I came today to see how Chen Xuan is recovering, and if he can provide some new clues." ”

The details of the case need to be kept secret Mother Chen knows, as for the new clues, she looked at her stupid son behind her with a slightly bitter expression, "Lord Wang, I'm afraid that Ah Xuan's current situation can't say anything, please forgive me." ”

Mother Chen was about to kneel on the ground as she spoke, but Yongan hurriedly jumped out from behind Mother Chen to stop her kneeling.

Mu Yuanjing didn't blame in his words, "Take care of Chen Xuan, this king won't bother much." ”

Su Qingmo waited in the carriage outside the inn, and after Mu Yuanjing got into the carriage, he hurriedly asked, "How is it?" ”

"The corpse spot did not appear on Chen Xuan's body, it seems that he was not the one who used the ghost baby to kill Widow Liu last night."

Su Qingmo still felt a little hard to believe, "Would the murderer really risk his own life in order to kill Widow Liu?" ”

Mu Yuanjing didn't figure out the key either, "Let's go back to the yamen first and see what Fang Mubei found on the corpse." ”

The carriage left the inn and went to the secluded world.

Walking to the gate of the yamen, Mu Yuanjing got out of the carriage and turned around to help Su Qingmo, and Fang Mubei's voice sounded behind him, "Lord Wang, you came just in time, and your subordinates have something to report to you." ”

Mu Yuanjing ignored him, and waited for Su Qingmo to stand firm before speaking, "What's the matter?" ”

Fang Mubei glanced at the people beside Mu Yuanjing and didn't say anything.

Mu Yuanjing glanced at him, "If you have something to say, it's okay. ”

Fang Mubei heard the other meaning of the words, since the prince's instructions were that there was no need to avoid the princess, then he would do what the prince wanted.

In the end, he had not been on duty for a long time, so Fang Mubei would not be as surprised by Mu Yuanjing's subtle changes as Wei Xu and the Acropolis.

"What the subordinates want is the strangeness of Widow Liu's corpse."

Mu Yuanjing thought that Fang Mubei was referring to the strange death of Widow Liu, so he didn't take it to heart, and only took Su Qingmo to the room in the hidden world that was specially used to park the corpse.

The location of the morgue is relatively backward, some distance from the yamen.

On the way to the morgue, Fang Mubei followed behind Mu Yuanjing, "Lord Wang, after Widow Liu's body was delivered, his subordinates immediately checked it and found a strange place, in order to ensure that his subordinates' inferences were correct, his subordinates looked at the records of yesterday's court trial, which said that Widow Liu's left little finger was missing, but the corpse sent was just the opposite. ”

Mu Yuanjing's feet didn't stop, and he listened to Fang Mubei continue: "The corpse's left hand is intact, but the right hand is missing a little finger. ”