Su Qingmo also remembered something, "Is it the person who put the soul talisman on that night?" ”

Mu Yuanjing nodded.

After turning around, the case seems to have no clue again, and now it can only be investigated according to the only clues.

Mu Yuanjing instructed Wei Xu behind him: "Take someone and go to the deceased's neighbor's house to have a look." ”

Wei Xu was ordered to leave, and Fang Mubei whispered in confusion: "Everyone has been missing for two days, and his family has not reported the case." ”

Mu Yuanjing was silent, this is also the reason why he wanted to run in person, maybe the truth of the matter was about to be revealed.

Su Qingmo had some eagerness on her face, this time Mu Yuanjing didn't give her hope, "The princess will go back to the house first." ”

There were outsiders present, Su Qingmo was not good at entanglement too much, and was about to raise his feet to leave, but he heard Fang Mubei on the side speak: "Lord, let's take the princess with us, the princess is a person with real skills." ”

Mu Yuanjing could only relax again, "If you want to go, you have to change your clothes." ”

Su Qingmo looked like he couldn't understand things better, "I'll go back to the house and change my clothes, and the prince will wait for me for a while." ”

"No, there is a place for the king to rest, and the king will send someone to send some clothes over, and the princess will go there to change."

Su Qingmo left the morgue as he said, and Fang Mubei had some understanding, "Is the prince afraid that someone will spread the princess's gossip and affect the princess's reputation?" ”

Fang Mubei's words were half right, and the other half was that Mu Yuanjing was afraid that after Su Qingmo participated too much in the hermit office, he would arouse the suspicion of the imperial brother for no reason, and then do something to the Su family.

The Imperial Brotherhood trusts him unconditionally, but will not trust Su Qingmo and the Su family unconditionally.

Su Qingmo on the other side quickly changed into men's clothes, tied his hair neatly, and ran towards Mu Yuanjing quickly.

After the others arrived, Mu Yuanjing looked up and down to confirm that there was no problem, and then took Su Qingmo and Fang Mubei, who strongly asked to go with him, to the yamen to meet Wei Xu.

Although the Yin Shi Ya has just been established, it has a great influence in the Northern Yan Dynasty, it is the emperor's personal guard, and only obeys the dispatch of two people, one is the emperor, and the other is Mu Yuanjing.

Even the people know that the hermit has the right to cut first and then play, and although the person in charge of the hermit has no control over the rank, he can walk in the palace at will, except for the emperor's orders, and the officials and various yamen must give way unconditionally if they encounter a hidden office.

So along the way, the chariot and horse of the hermit Ya arrived next door to the victim Wu Yuanniang's house unimpeded.

The guards guarded the entrance and exit of the alley to prevent the onlookers from approaching, Su Qingmo stood in front of the dark gate that he had passed a few days ago, and listened attentively, "Lord Wang, there seems to be no one." ”

Mu Yuanjing pulled her behind him and glanced at Wei Xu.

Wei Xu stepped forward and lightly climbed over the wall, opened the door from the inside, and several people entered the courtyard one after another, and the layout of the courtyard was similar to that next door.

There was no one in the main house, and Wei Xu was about to lead someone to search the next room, but Su Qingmo stopped his movements, "Listen, there is a voice." ”

Several people held their breath, Su Qingmo followed the sound and opened the cabinet on the east side of the room, only to see a woman curled up inside, whimpering and crying.

After the cabinet door was opened, the woman inside still lowered her head, and Su Qingmo had no choice but to ask softly, "Are you the owner of this house?" ”

The woman's shoulders shrunk, and she looked up hesitantly, with horror in her eyes, "Who are you?" ”

Su Qingmo stretched out her hand to help her out, but the woman looked at her for a moment and slowly stretched out her hand.

After coming out of the cabinet, the woman's eyes looked around, and after seeing Mu Yuanjing, she seemed to have finally found the backbone, she knelt on her knees and pleaded: "Lord Wang, please be the master of the people's wife." ”

Mu Yuanjing's eyebrows twisted slightly, "What do you have to ask this king to decide?" ”

"Wu Rongshi, a woman, is the wife of the male owner of this family, Wu Zhong, my husband has never come back since he left the house two days ago, and in the past two days, someone has always come to my husband, saying that he owes money outside."

"Do you know that man?"

Wu Rongshi shook his head, "I've never seen it." ”

Wu Rongshi knelt on the ground, his head hanging slightly, and under the pulled up hair was a white neck, Su Qingmo stood behind her side, casually swept his eyes, and then stood stiffly in place.

Her eyes didn't dare to blink and star, until she felt sour, and then slowly turned her gaze at Mu Yuanjing in front of Wu Rong's family.

Mu Yuanjing subconsciously glanced at her, only to find that Su Qingmo was looking at him with a pale face, and he walked in front of Su Qingmo and said to Wei Xu and Fang Mubei: "Take Wu Rong's family elsewhere first." ”

The two also noticed Su Qingmo's strange appearance, and they didn't delay at the moment to help Wu Rong's out of the main house.

Su Qingmo grabbed Mu Yuanjing's arm tightly, and his hand trembled.

Mu Yuanjing looked worried, "What's wrong, but I'm not feeling well?" ”

Su Qingmo shook his head with difficulty, "Her neck..."

Mu Yuanjing didn't understand at first, but when he noticed that Su Qingmo's gaze was looking in the direction Wu Rong's departure, he understood, "What's wrong with Wu Rong?" ”

Su Qingmo looked at him slowly, "On her neck... There are pinch marks..."

Mu Yuanjing instantly comprehended what she was talking about, "Sure? ”

Su Qingmo kept nodding, "I saw it behind her, exactly the same as the one on Widow Liu's neck." ”

Mu Yuanjing's face became solemn, and he looked at Su Qingmo, who had eased up, and asked, "Is your body okay?" ”

Su Qingmo's face had recovered, she let go of the hand holding Mu Yuanjing's sleeve, and found that the cuff was wrinkled by herself, and the little hand carefully smoothed it.

Mu Yuanjing smiled at the corner of his mouth, and then his eyes unconsciously coldened, "Accompany me out to meet the real Widow Liu." ”

The two of them walked out of the house, and Mu Yuanjing walked straight to Wu Rong's face, "Who are you?" ”

There was a flash of panic on Wu Rong's face, and she tried her best to avoid Mu Yuanjing's gaze.

I only heard Mu Yuanjing continue: "Maybe you will be more familiar with this king calling you another name, do you say yes, Widow Liu." ”

Wei Xu and Fang Mubei looked at Wu Rong's in surprise, Wu Rong's head was lowered and he didn't speak.

There are guards all around, so Mu Yuanjing is not afraid of people running away at all, "Fang Mubei, go and bring a basin of water." ”

Fang Mubei entered the kitchen, and after a while, he brought out a basin of water, Wu Rong's eyes touched the copper basin, and his pupils unconsciously dilated.

Mu Yuanjing assigned two guards to step forward to control Wu Rong's so that Wu Rong's could not move, and then asked Fang Mubei to wet a cloth towel and wipe Wu Rong's neck vigorously.

Not long after, a clear pinch mark appeared on Wu Rong's neck, and Fang Mubei went to look at Wu Rong's left hand again.

Sure enough, the little finger was missing.

Fang Mubei was so shocked that he couldn't speak, and then suddenly thought of something, he approached Wu Rong's face and observed it carefully, and finally found something strange in the inconspicuous place behind his ear, stretched out his hand and gently twisted it, and a thin mask was removed from Wu Rong's face.

The mask was removed to reveal Widow Liu's pale face.

Widow Liu, who was recognized, knelt on the ground with a calm face, "I disguised myself so well, how did you find out?" ”

The words were said to Su Qingmo.

Su Qingmo looked at the woman she had regretted, "There is a small pinch mark on the side of your neck that is not covered. ”

Widow Liu sneered, "If it weren't for the lack of time, you wouldn't have discovered my flaws at all." ”

"You killed Wu Zhong?"

Widow Liu turned her gaze to look at the person questioning.

"Back to the prince's words, I didn't kill the person, I was already here after I woke up."

Mu Yuanjing didn't believe a word of what she said.

"Search for this king, and don't let go of any corner."

Widow Liu's breathing paused briefly as Mu Yuanjing's words landed.

The guards of the hermit began to search the entire courtyard inch by inch, and finally someone found something from an air-conditioning tank in the kitchen.

The guard sent another disguised mask to Mu Yuanjing, who glanced at it and instructed Fang Mubei: "Put it on for her." ”

The mask was casually attached to Widow Liu's face, and although the outline was blurred, Wei Xu still recognized who Widow Liu was pretending to be.

Chen's mother, Chen Xuan's mother.

Su Qingmo covered his mouth that was slightly open because of surprise, and suddenly stepped forward a few steps and rolled up Widow Liu's sleeve.

A large number of corpse spots rushed into view, and the truth was about to come out.

As if he still felt that the facts were not impactful enough, Fang Mubei whispered on the side: "Lord Wang, the two masks that Widow Liu used to disguise themselves were made of human skin, and they were taken off the whole face. ”

Mu Yuanjing saw the corpse spot on Widow Liu's arm, and he already had a rough inference in his heart, "Escort Widow Liu back and send someone to the inn to take Chen Xuan into custody." ”

After Mu Yuanjing gave the order, he kept taking people back to the hermitage with his feet.

Below, Widow Liu and Chen Xuan of the inn were already kneeling on the ground, and the scene was almost exactly the same as two days ago.

Su Qingmo didn't hide behind the screen this time, she was dressed in men's clothes and stood under the hall with Wei Xu and Fang Mubei.

The guards placed the two human skin masks at Chen Xuan's feet according to Mu Yuanjing's instructions, and Chen Xuan was still smiling stupidly, saliva dripping down the corners of his grinning mouth, and his eyes were hollow and unfocused.

"The two human skin masks in front of you, one belongs to the hostess next door to your house, and the other was cut off from your mother's face, Chen Xuan, do you still want to pretend to be stupid with this king?"

Chen Xuan shook his body, and the expression on his face did not change.

Mu Yuanjing no longer paid attention to him, "Widow Liu, you are guilty." ”

"The women of the people do not know what sin there is."

Mu Yuanjing stated slowly: "You first participated in the killing of Wu Yuanniang, then killed Wu Zhong in prison, and then killed Wu Zhong's wife and Chen's mother after escaping from prison, can you recognize these four lives?" ”

Widow Liu's face was unwavering, "I only recognize Yuan Niang's life, and the other three have nothing to do with me." ”

Mu Yuanjing looked at her coldly, "A day ago, you were thrown into the prison, and in the middle of the night, a man in black sneaked into the prison with the unconscious Wu Zhong, and then you controlled the ghost baby to kill Wu Zhong, and planted a transformation Gu on Wu Zhong's corpse to disguise himself as himself, and finally escaped from the prison with the man in black, what this king said is right." ”

"How does the prince know that it is me and not someone else who controls the ghost baby?"

Mu Yuanjing didn't answer her, turned to look at Su Qingmo in the hall, nodded lightly at her, Su Qingmo took a step forward, "Since you know the ghost baby, then you must also know that there is only one way to continue to control the ghost baby after the ghost baby is burned, and that is to drink corpse oil, I don't know who told you this method, but the side effects after drinking corpse oil must have not been told to you." ”

Suspicion flashed across Widow Liu's face.

Su Qingmo pointed to her arm, "Look at your arm." ”

Widow Liu hesitated for a moment, slowly rolled up her sleeves, and looked up at Su Qingmo after seeing a large dark purple corpse spot.

"That's right, the corpse spots on your arm are corpse spots, although the person who drinks the corpse oil can control the ghost baby, but after seven days, the intestines will rot and die," Su Qingmo paused and then asked, "How many days have you been drinking the corpse oil?" ”

Widow Liu was still a little unconvinced.

Su Qingmo had to say the side effects in detail, "After drinking the corpse oil, corpse spots were born on the first day, slight pain in the abdomen on the second day, slight coughing up blood on the third day, intra-abdominal colic on the fourth day, coughing up a lot of blood on the fifth day, rotting internal organs on the sixth day, and death from intestinal penetration on the seventh day."

The more Su Qingmo said that Widow Liu's face became paler, she couldn't accept the truth, and muttered, "How can you lie to me, why lie to me?" ”

She still remembered the feeling when she drank the corpse oil, it was so painful, she endured the unpalatable taste and drank it, like being cut by a knife from her throat all the way into her stomach, but although she was spitting blood in a big gulp, her heart was satisfied.

Mu Yuanjing sighed lightly, as if he was not worthy of her, "The matter has come to this, are you still unwilling to tell the truth?" ”

Widow Liu was stunned for a moment, "I admit it, I killed Wu Zhong, as for the death of the other two, it has nothing to do with me, human skin mask..."

She snapped as she spoke, "The human skin mask was given to me by someone else. ”

"Who's that man?"

Widow Liu kept her mouth shut, and Mu Yuanjing changed the question, "Why did you give you a human skin mask?" ”

"I don't know, I'm just doing what I'm told."

Mu Yuanjing's expression was a little cold, "The person this king first saw in Wu Zhong's house was you. ”

It's not a question, it's an affirmative.

Widow Liu nodded slightly, "Someone asked me to lead Wu Zhongzhong Yuanniang's body." ”

Wu Rong's had already been killed at that time, although she knew that the person in the hidden world was investigating the crime scene, she had to pretend to be Wu Rong's appearance.

It's just that I didn't expect to meet the Wu family and Mu Yuanjing head-on.

After Widow Liu finished speaking, Mu Yuanjing stopped asking her, and he sneered on his face, "Chen Xuan, are you still going to play with this king here?" ”

Chen Xuan still looked stupid and stupid.

Mu Yuanjing sneered, "Someone is coming, and the punishment will be moved." ”

Seeing this, Widow Liu rushed to Chen Xuan to block the guards who wanted to make a move, and Mu Yuanjing asked Widow Liu to pull away, "If he can feed you corpse oil, he has already disregarded your life, so do you still want to protect him?" ”

Widow Liu cried and laughed, "Don't blame him, I'm willing." ”

Mu Yuanjing stopped the guard's movements and slowly exhaled, "Sure enough, it's him." ”

Widow Liu's face instantly turned pale, and she looked at Chen Xuan with a panicked expression, "Yes... I'm sorry... I didn't mean to..."

After these words, Chen Xuan, who was still salivating and stupid, slowly straightened his body, he raised his arm, wiped the remaining water stains on the corner of his mouth with his cuff, and looked at Widow Liu with a clear look, with a soft smile on the corner of his mouth, but spit out hurtful words, "Idiot." ”

Widow Liu sat weakly on the ground, looking at the man in front of her in a daze, unable to come back to her senses for a long time.

Although Chen Xuan no longer pretended to be stupid, he never answered all the questions asked by Mu Yuanjing next, and there was no direct evidence to prove that Chen Xuan was a murderer, and the hall was in a stalemate for a while.

Su Qingmo realized something when Widow Liu said that she was pretending to be Wu Rong's and Chen's mother, and connected the dead people with each other, she looked at Chen Xuan in disbelief, "You want to include the ghost baby in your body?" ”

Su Qingmo's voice was a little soft, but Chen Xuan still heard it, and his body stiffened.

"You first killed your wife with your own hands, and then you turned the child in her womb into a ghost baby, and then you killed Wu Rong next door, in order not to attract attention, you cut off Wu Rong's face and made a mask.

Let Widow Liu pretend to be her and kill Wu Zhong, then you kill your own mother, cut off her face to make a mask in the same way, let Widow Liu who escaped from prison pretend to be your mother on the second day and deal with the prince, and finally you let Widow Liu drink the corpse oil, and she will be killed by you in a few days. ”

Cold sweat gradually formed on Chen Xuan's forehead, but he still insisted on: "Why did I do this? ”

"The most valued person in Wu is his wife, Wu Rong. The person that Yuan Niang, Chen's mother and Widow Liu value the most is you, except for Yuan Niang and the fetus in the womb who were refined into ghost babies, the other three were all killed by ghost babies, and were killed by the closest people using ghost babies, and after death, the grievances of the deceased will all be absorbed by ghost babies. ”

Chen Xuan's face turned pale, "If it's really me, why don't I find an inconspicuous person to do it?" ”

"It's not that you don't look for it, it's that you can't find it, because this technique needs an introduction, and friends, wives and children, mothers, and lovers are all indispensable."

Su Qingmo looked at Mu Yuanjing, "Lord Wang, there must be a pattern in Chen Xuan's heart, now the ornament should be incomplete, and when Widow Liu dies, the ornament will be completed, the ghost baby will be completely devoured, and Chen Xuan can control the fate of himself and others at will." ”

Without Mu Yuanjing's orders, the guards in the hall rushed up to suppress Chen Xuan, and after taking off his clothes, he really found a strange pattern in his heart.

Chen Xuan was crushed to the ground, staring at Su Qingmo with a pair of eyes, and Widow Liu sat slumped next to him, not knowing what expression to use to face him.

Doesn't she love him anymore?

No, she still loved him, but she hated him too, not because he wanted her to die, but because of his deception, he had promised her the future.

Mu Yuanjing decided in court, "The prisoner Chen Xuan mutilated the lives of Yuan Niang, Yuan Niang's fetus in the womb, Chen's mother, Wu Rong's family, Wu Zhong, and Liu's widow, and the crime was extremely heinous, and he was beheaded in public at the end of today's Shen Shi. ”