In the morning, the county hall of Panlong County.

In the hall of the county government, there were the three girls from Lichun Courtyard last night, Liu Yuanwai and his wife and the housekeeper, and two other couples who looked like farmers, and the two women were sad and weeping: "My daughter, my poor daughter...... Why did you just leave?"

"Girl, who hurt you, you are in the spirit of the sky, you must tell your mother, and your mother will avenge you!"

The two men comforted them frequently, "Madam, take care of your body, Madame......

"the kid...... Don't cry, if you cry again, I'll cry too......" sighed and looked sad.

The three girls from Lichun Courtyard were also sad, and when they saw the two couples sad, they frequently wiped their tears.

At this time, Yu Zhutou came in with the two yacha and the servants, and when everyone saw it, they hurriedly greeted him and shouted, "My lord, you must be the master for me, my daughter died so miserably."

"My lord, you must find the one who killed a thousand knives and avenge my daughter!"

"My lord, let us call the shots!"

"My lord, I beg you, my lord."

"Your Excellency, you must find the murderer and avenge our poor sister, Your Excellency." …… Qi Qi surrounded Yu Catcher and pleaded.

Yu Zhutou persuaded: "Don't worry, don't worry, such a big case, our county government will definitely find out, and give you justice, this murderer blatantly injured three lives in Panlong County, this is a blatant provocation to our government, I, Yu someone, am here to assure you that I will never let him go, you can rest assured."

Everyone hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, my lord, I must not let them go."

"My lord, my daughter's grievances are all up to adults."

"My lord, if you catch that murderer, you are truly our great benefactor!"

……

Yu Zhutou hurriedly said, "Okay, you all stand up, I want to ask you some information first, so that I can help you catch the murderer, you know?" Okay, everybody's on their feet, and when I ask whoever I ask, they'll come forward and reply, okay?" As he spoke, he returned to the desk and sat down, and everyone hurriedly stood up.

Yu Zhutou saw that everyone was standing, so he said, "Okay, then let's start with you who reported the case first, hey, why don't you see your boss lady coming?"

The leading girl said, "Our godmother, she went back to the countryside to run errands."

Yu Zhutou suddenly realized, nodded and said, "Oh, okay, then you can tell me what the situation was like at that time."

The leading girl hurriedly said, "My lord, I said."

Yu Zhutou nodded and said, "Well, I know you, you are the Pear Blossom Girl, okay, then you can say it."

The pear blossom smiled and said, "Yu Zhutou, it's rare that you still remember the little girl, I thought you forgot me, but you haven't been here for a while."

Yu Zhutou was embarrassed for a while, and hurriedly coughed a few times and said, "Well, Pear Blossom, don't talk about anything else, what happened at that time, tell me quickly."

Pear Blossom comprehended, embarrassed for a while, and hurriedly said: "Yes, Pear Blossom said, last night around midnight, these two sisters and I sent a few guests out, and just about to turn back, I suddenly heard a woman's terrible scream from the alley next to me, which startled a few of us, and we felt strange, so we dared to go over and look...... At that time, the alley was pitch black and I couldn't see anything, so I dared to touch it and walk...... As I walked, I suddenly tripped over something, and I was really scared at the time, and when I turned over the thing, I found that it was a corpse, motionless, with wide eyes, and blood stains on my neck, and I was so frightened that I almost fainted......" said in a danced voice, and I was terrified.

Yu Zhutou hurriedly said, "What happened then?"

Rika hurriedly said: "Later, we hurriedly ran back and asked someone to go to the government to report the case, and later when the government came, we carried the body out, and we knew that the body was actually ...... It's our good sister Safflower." As she spoke, she burst into tears, and the other two girls also wept and wept sadly.

Yu Zhutou thought for a moment and asked, "Then do you know Honghua's whereabouts that night

Is it? Where has she been? Why is it in that alley?"

Rika thought

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After that, he hurriedly said, "Ah, I remember, last night she was invited out for a drink by Wang Jinping and Wang Gongzi in the north of the city."

Yu Zhutou was surprised: "Drinking? So why did she end up in that alley? Wang Gongzi didn't send her back?"

Rika thought for a moment and said, "Well...... I don't know, but that alley is a shortcut back to Lichunyuan from the north of the city, and we usually come back from that alley."

Yu Zhutou nodded and said, "Well, then I understand, it is very likely that the murderer is ambushing in this dark alley and waiting for an opportunity to commit murder, someone is coming."

An official hurriedly replied, "Your Excellency."

Yu Zhutou said loudly: "You immediately take a few people to the north of the city and bring the prince back, Lihua, do you know where the prince lives?"

Pear Blossom hurriedly said, "That prince likes safflower very much and is a frequent visitor to safflower, of course I know, I can take you there."

Yu Zhutou nodded and said, "That's good, you can follow them and lead the way."

Rika hurriedly said, "It's my lord." Follow the officer out.

Yu Zhutou watched the pear blossom go out, then turned to Liu Yuanwai and the farmer and said, "Liu Yuanwai, do you recognize the prince of Wang Jinping in the north of the city?"

The farmer and his wife were stunned, shook their heads and said, "We've never heard of it."

Liu Yuanwai thought for a while and said, "Our family lives in the south of the city, and we rarely go to the north of the city, and we have never heard of a prince in the north of the city, and my daughter is at home and has no chance to meet outsiders."

Yu Zhutou thought for a while and nodded, "Well, then please tell me about your daughter now."

Liu Yuanwai thought for a while and said, "Originally, we had fallen asleep last night, and when it was about midnight, we were suddenly woken up by a scream, and when we heard the voice, it was our daughter's voice, so we hurriedly got up and ran over, and when we entered the room, we saw ...... See our daughter...... fell to the ground and died......" said in grief, and the couple hugged and wept bitterly.

Yu Zhutou comforted: "Outside Liu Yuan, people can't be resurrected after death, please mourn."

Liu Yuanwai begged: "My lord, my daughter died so miserably, you must help us find out the real culprit, and we must not let her die unjustly in vain."

Yu Zhutou persuaded: "Don't worry, our government will definitely do its best to investigate this, well, by the way, did anyone see the murderer commit the murder at that time?"

Liu Yuanwai thought for a moment and said, "My daughter's personal maid was sleeping next door at the time, and she said that when she heard the noise and ran over to look, she only saw a big black shadow jumping down from the window."

Yu Zhutou was surprised, "Black shadow? Do you see what the dark shadow looks like?"

Liu Yuanwai sighed and said, "I asked, and she said that she only saw a black shadow jumping down, and she couldn't see anything else."

Yu Zhutou sighed, "Hey, it's a pity." He turned to the two peasant couples and said, "Then how did your daughter die?"

The old farmer hurriedly said: "Back to my lord, as Liu Yuanwai said, we were also asleep, it was the middle of the day, I heard my daughter's shouting, and hurriedly woke up my wife to get up and go over to see, who knows, when I saw it, I girled her ...... At that time, the window was still open, and eighty percent of the murderers came in through the window to commit the crime and ran away through the window."

Yu Catcher hurriedly said, "You didn't see the murderer?"

Liu Laohan shook his head helplessly and said, "No."

Yu Zhutou said in his heart: "I haven't seen the appearance of the murderer, this is a bit difficult......" thought for a while, "I have heard your things clearly, okay, you are also tired for a day, just go back and rest first, and I will send someone to inform you of any news next."

Everyone hesitated, then hurriedly bowed and said, "Master Xie."

"Lord Raoh." Supporting their respective wives to go back and wait for news, the girls from Lichun Courtyard also withdrew gloomily.

At this time, the man came up and said carefully, "My lord, what is next...... What should we do?"

Yu Zhutou was dazed for a while, and said impatiently, "It's okay

What to do? No one saw the appearance of the murderer, so they could only send people to check around the crime scene and around the county town to see if there were any strange suspects."

He nodded and said, "It seems that this is the only way."

In the morning, the capital Luoyang Palace.

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In the pavilion of the Imperial Garden, Wu Zetian, Princess Taiping, and Wu Chengsi were chatting in the garden, and Gonggong Hong was standing aside and waiting.

Princess Taiping beckoned, asked the maid to serve a pastry box, and opened it, "Mother Emperor, the retainer has specially prepared some moon cakes, please try them."

Wu Zetian was surprised: "Moon cakes?"

Princess Taiping smiled and said, "Mother, you forgot, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days, and every family will eat moon cakes on that day."

Wu Zetian was surprised: "Mid-Autumn Festival so soon? I forgot about such an important day."

Wu Chengsi hurriedly said, "That's the emperor, you are too busy with state affairs."

Wu Zetian sighed and said: "Alas, in the face of the piles of folds, I feel more and more powerless, and it didn't take long to feel that my eyes were sleepy, maybe I was old, hey, it's really unforgiving."

Wu Chengsi hurriedly said: "The emperor's body is ten thousand gold, and now is the time when he is full of energy, how can he say that the years are not forgiving?"

Wu Zetian smiled bitterly and said, "Cheng Hei, don't put sugar on your mouth, fool me with good words, hey Taiping, your moon cake looks quite chic, but I don't know how it tastes?"

Princess Taiping said: "This moon cake is specially invited by Erchen from Suzhou and Hangzhou to make the most famous master in the country, you see the moon cake, they are bean paste, rose, lotus paste, rock sugar, white filling, the mother and the queen like to eat it."

Wu Zetian nodded and said, "Well, this name sounds good, so I'll try this first...... This bean paste."

Princess Taiping hurriedly said, "Let Erchen help you cut it." picked up a silver knife next to him, cut a small piece of one of the moon cakes and handed it to Wu Zetian.

Wu Zetian took it and took a bite, tasted it carefully, and couldn't help but praise: "Well, it's really sweet, but it's sweet but not greasy, it's just right, it's good, it's good......

Princess Taiping said happily, "Mother Emperor, you can taste this lotus seed again." As he spoke, he cut it into pieces and handed it over.

Wu Zetian nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll try it again." I took it and tasted it carefully.

Princess Taiping saw Wu Zetian tasting it very seriously, and hurriedly said, "How is it?"

Wu Zetian nodded and said, "Well, Master Yu Hang is Master Yu Hang, this one is obviously lighter than before, but in terms of sweetness, it has just the right mastery, unlike the previous ones, which are too sweet."

Princess Taiping nodded and said, "Erchen thinks so too."

Wu Zetian said: "Hey, you guys should also taste it, don't patronize and watch me eat, come, taste it."

Wu Chengsi hurriedly said: "Thank the emperor, thank the emperor for Hongfu, so that the little nephew will also have the honor to taste the moon cakes of Her Royal Highness the princess, princess, you won't mind, right?"

Princess Taiping said, "You're welcome, Brother Wang, please feel free."

Wu Chengsi hurriedly bowed down and said, "Thank you very much." As he spoke, he picked up the knife, cut a piece and tasted it carefully, tasted it, and couldn't help but praise, "Ah, a famous family is a famous family, this is the most delicious mooncake I have ever tasted, I want to eat more, the emperor and princess, you won't mind, right?"

Princess Taiping smiled, "Of course not."

Wu Zetian said with a smile: "Look at your beauty, go back and let Taiping send you a basket, see if I can't eat you."

Wu Chengsi sneered and said, "If it's true, then Weichen can't ask for it, but for now, Weichen should try this first and see if it's as delicious as the emperor said." I cut it and tasted it, and I enjoyed it very much.

Wu Zetian smiled: "You, you are greedy, hey, Taiping, you also eat, why don't you eat?"

Princess Taiping hurriedly said, "Yes, Erchen will eat it", and as she spoke, she also picked up a piece and ate it carefully.

Wu Zetian was very happy when he watched the two of them eat moon cakes, but gradually his expression suddenly looked a little lonely......

too

Princess Ping noticed it and wondered, "Mother Emperor, what are you ......?"

Wu Zetian looked at the moon cakes and said bitterly: "The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, and on that day, every family will gather together to eat moon cakes, and they will be reunited, but ...... Your royal brother Xian, and my poor Dan'er...... Dan'er has been ...... so far Not even a single body was found...... What did I do wrong? God, you're going to punish me like this......" His eyes were moist, and some old tears overflowed from the corners of his eyes.

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