Chapter 17 - Judgment of Two

The two glanced at each other, and saw the same confusion and incomprehension in each other's eyes. Beigong Han raised his head, caught a glimpse of Ye Shi who had already walked away, and pulled Shen Wan and said:

"Let's keep up with each other."

"Hmm."

Ye Shi strode into the yamen, and Zhang He, who was sitting in front of the desk and painting, suddenly got up, raised his eyebrows in surprise and said:

"Miss Ye, are you okay?"

"It's fine." Ye Shi paused and continued:

"Call Commander Jiang and ask him to send soldiers to patrol the area around all the victims' families, especially around the bazaar in the capital. As soon as there is news, report it immediately. ”

A serious look flashed in Zhang He's eyes, and he nodded:

"Okay, I'll give you the order. In the past few days of your absence, I have asked Aunt An to claim the body back and bury it. They...... Although the grief is overwhelming, it will always recover slowly, and you don't have to worry. ”

Ye Shi frowned when he heard this, and spoke:

"Wait...... You just said, how many days have I been away? How many days did I sleep? ”

"Three days." Zhang He looked at her eyes and asked slowly:

"Did something happen that day? I heard that you were unconscious when they found you. ”

Ye Shi's eyes suddenly flashed with a fierce color:

"I've found the killer...... It is an accomplice of dyeing. ”

"What? Is it really murder? Then you...... They ......" Zhang He's eyes widened in shock, his expression exaggerated in disbelief and a little funny.

"You know, too. They kill people for pleasure and fun, and I'm not the person they want to seek, so I'm fine. In the past three days, what new cases have emerged? ”

Zhang He shook his head and said:

"Since then, the capital has been peaceful, and there have been far fewer ordinary robberies, let alone disappearances...... You say, will they be in Taoguang to keep more people in the dark, so that they can get rid of more people at once? ”

Ye Shi unconsciously tapped the table with his five fingers, thought of something again, and hurriedly asked:

"How many days has it been since the second disappearance?"

"Three...... On the third day, "Zhang He's heart swelled up with panic for no reason,

"You mean......" Ye Shi jumped off the table, and as soon as he stepped out of the threshold, he saw Beigong Han and Shen Wan hurrying over, followed by a few soldiers and a man in cloth.

Her eyebrows jumped subconsciously, and she listened to Beigong Han:

Ye Shi, another corpse was found. This time, it was in an abandoned warehouse next to an alley near a pharmacy in Manqin Pavilion. ”

"I knew ......" Ye Shi gritted his teeth, unconsciously embedded his nails deep in the palm of his hand, wanting to use pain to relieve his anger. She scratched her scalp with both hands, and after the anger in her heart, the rest was a cold despair.

With Zuo Sheng's ability, he can completely target all the targets to death in a short period of time, kill them one by one according to the schedule, and then disguise it as suicide without a trace. Now...... Is he humiliating her by letting the corpses appear one by one with such a pattern? After a while, she slowly raised her head, took a deep breath, and slowly regained her calm in her eyes:

"Take me there."

Passing through the busy streets, the group walked into the dimly lit alleys, where high walls cut off the noise of the bazaar. A damp musty smell came from the surface, and the cold, clammy air adhered to the skin, instantly stirring up countless goosebumps. On this February day, the cold feeling mixed with the musty smell quickly penetrated into the beating heart, eerie and treacherous. The deeper Ye Shi walked, the more familiar his heart felt, as if he had been here before. But when she looked at the terrain around her, she could feel that she had never set foot in this place, so ......

The sound of the door being pushed open interrupted her thoughts, and she was greeted by a small, dilapidated bungalow with a half-hidden door and dusty interior, presumably abandoned for a long time. Behind the square is a small warehouse, Ye Shi walked over, and the scene of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival suddenly flashed in his mind: they were chased by ghosts at that time, and they also hid in such a warehouse...... It's just that at that time, he was still the original left judge.

She shook her head and didn't think about it, followed the man who reported the official into the warehouse, and saw the person lying in the corner.

Shen Wan approached and saw that his face was sallow, there seemed to be no skin trauma on his body, and the whole person seemed to be asleep, extremely peaceful, and couldn't help frowning:

"Is he really dead? Could it be suspended animation? ”

The accompanying pestle shook his head, sighed and replied:

Don't look at him as if he is okay on the surface, in fact, the essence of his body has been hollowed out, so his face is in a sallow state. I vouch for the credibility of my many years in the industry that this is certainly not an ordinary death. ”

Ye Shi nodded and said to Beigong Han and Shen Wan:

"I'm sure they did it." When the two of them heard this, they were shocked, and they heard Ye Shi say:

"Come here." Zhang He didn't know why, and wanted to follow along, but was stopped by Ye Shi:

"Master Zhang, you can let the victim's family claim it."

"Yes." He watched the three men go to the corner of the door, as if plotting something, and muttered:

"What is there that I can't know? Anyway, I'm also the judge of the Yuguo Yamen......"

On the other side, Ye Shi briefly told the two of them about the night walk with a hundred ghosts that day, and Shen Wan muttered:

"Black magic uses the sacrifice of living souls to increase its power, which was originally only recorded in ancient books. Unexpectedly, they actually did it. ”

Beigong Han was still haunted by Ye Shi's words before:

"You said that Zuo Sheng rebelled, what's going on?" Even if all of them rebelled, Judge Left would not be one of them.

Ye Shi lowered his eyes, his expression was indistinguishable, and he said to the two of them for a while:

"Don't you want to know why I'm unconscious? I didn't believe that Aunt An's son drowned that day, so I went to the first scene of the crime to look for other evidence, but I didn't expect to meet the black magician there, and Zuo Sheng. But because they were far away, they didn't hear or see what they were planning. ”

"How can you be sure of their identity?" Shen Wan asked.

"That black-robed man has a Soul Gathering Bottle, I also saw it during the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, and it will definitely not be wrong." Ye Shi said.

"Did Zuo Sheng drug you?" Beigong Han asked in surprise.

"He's not Zuo Sheng anymore. He became ruthless and indiscriminate, and although he had the same appearance, he was a stranger with a completely different temperament. He couldn't tolerate others in his eyes, called himself a cripple, and said that Zuo Sheng had been devoured. Ye Shi paused, and there was a hint of hesitation and fragility in his eyes:

"Seeing his appearance at that time, I even want to believe that Zuo Sheng and him are two souls living in the same body, one good and one evil, one white and one black. But everything that is happening now is telling me that Zuo Sheng is disabled. When he met the Ancient Beast that day, his memories before the age of eighteen were shattered, and he was brought back to the old him. ”

After finishing speaking, Beigong Han and Shen Wan were silent for a long time, the information that Ye Shi told them was too shocking, and the two of them were a little difficult to accept and understand for a while. Even as friends, they still can't digest all kinds of things here, they don't know how Ye Shi, who has a special emotional bond with Zuo Sheng, said something like "Zuo Sheng's rebellion" calmly and calmly.

I don't know how long it took, Shen Wan put her hand around Ye Shi's neck and patted it gently:

"Now that you've made your decision, stick to it, we're all here." Ye Shi was made her nose sour by the sudden warmth, she hugged it back, nodded and said:

"Thank you."

Shen Wan seemed to remember something, and suddenly raised her voice:

"Oh yes! You probably don't know yet, do you? Shang Jin and Mu Ningjiu are going to get married! Ye Shi glanced at her in surprise:

"Now? Why didn't anyone tell me about such a big thing? Beigong Han hooked his lips and said:

"Don't blame them, even the two of them themselves only decided a few days ago - the situation is compelling, Shang Jin needs the ability of the Phantom Princess to fall asleep to find the soul fire that opens the ancient magic circle, and he must first marry Mu Ningjiu."

"Time flies so fast......," she muttered, and the scene of the two sitting in the practice room when they were young and discussing all kinds of bad things about men suddenly appeared in front of her, and Jiujiu said that she would not marry for the rest of her life. Unexpectedly, after many years, she found someone who was willing to entrust her life...... That's nice.

"How many days will the wedding be held?" When she heard the news, her heart, which had been shrouded in dark clouds for many days, seemed to have warm sunshine penetrating through her, which aroused her excitement.

"The wedding of the Shang Mansion is three days later, and they don't want to make it too grand, so they may invite a few friends to get together." Beigong Han said. Ye Shi clapped his palms and said happily:

"Good! Ninety-nine wedding, as a sister friendship from childhood to adulthood, I must go to carefully investigate this brother-in-law! If you don't pass the test, don't want to marry us easily! There was a sly flash in her eyes, and she looked eager to try.

……

Ice Clan.

"Ahh Shang Jin sniffed, as if thinking of something, and suddenly shook his head and said:

"It must be the little fox who is thinking about me! Also, after all, I haven't seen anyone for a day......"

"Your Majesty? Your Majesty? A middle-aged woman with a good face and high morality beside her screamed for a long time, but she saw that Shang Jin was stupid and didn't know what she was happy about.

"Huh?" Shang Jin suddenly came back to his senses, saw the pure black robe with gold trim in front of him, and was stunned:

"Is this a happy dress?" The woman nodded and said:

"The king has been away for a long time, and he doesn't know that this black is the representative color of the Ice Clan, and it will only be used on extremely solemn occasions. Today is your wedding to the princess of the Phantom Clan, so naturally you have to match it with black so that you don't lose your dignity. ”

When Shang Jin heard this, he let out an "oh", rolled his eyes, and asked:

"What about the representative colors of the Phantom Race?"

"White." The woman gestured to the few little palace maids behind her with her eyes, and they immediately bowed, grabbed the ends of the robe, and held up the wedding dress.

"Your Majesty, stretch out your hand." Shang Jin did so, hooked his lips, nodded and said:

"Black and white, it's a good match."

When the woman heard this, she sneered:

"Your Majesty, you and the princess have a very good relationship." Shang Jin squinted happily and hummed:

"That's nature. Ah Jiu was my first sight! ”