Lu Anran had an epiphany, if there was another deceased, because of the same murderer, this case would be assigned to Yun Qi's office, and the nature of the murder was vile, which would inevitably cause panic inside and outside the royal capital.

At that time, the emperor will inevitably raise the criminal department to arrest the murderer within a time limit, so as to reassure the people, and the criminal department should not be able to respond.

She pondered, "Who died before?" ”

Yunqi didn't mean to speak, and Guanyue replied on his behalf: "The concubine from the concubine of Xu Duwei, the concubine of the fourth master of the Xue Mansion, and the little servant of the Jiang Mansion who is responsible for purchasing. ”

Lu Anran thought of what Chunmiao said on Chinese New Year's Eve, and said curiously: "What about the county lord of Rong'an in Gu Mansion?" I heard that among them, only Miss Gu picked up her life. ”

Everyone said that General Gu had a spirit in the sky, bless it.

Yunqi waved his hand: "It's different." ”

Lu Anran thought for a while, "So it's not the Lord of Rong'an County who has a big fate, and it's not the same murderer at all." ”

"Hmm." Yun Qi rubbed his chin with the handle of the fan, "The county lord of Rong'an didn't mention it, this case is a ghost." ”

The identities of the dead are different, but the scene is exactly the same-

The deceased knelt in a prostration, with his right hand clenched into a fist against his chest, his left palm facing up, and the back of his hand touching the ground. It looks like the most devout believer is kneeling down to see him. However, the head of the 'believer' was cut off separately and placed on his flat left hand, his eyes closed, and two red blood stains snaked down from the corners of his eyes, all the way down his face.

At the front were three bowls, and in them were not wine, but blood. There is a flag next to the wine bowl, which is a soul-attracting flag. It is different from the soul-attracting flags that people usually see, there is only a white coarse cloth on it, there is no name, family history, and birth history, only a bunch of ghost drawing talismans are drawn, and I don't know whose soul to lead and what to return.

Because the method of killing the three people is the same, it is initially concluded that it is a murderer, but there has been no progress. After the accident of the nearest deceased, Jiang Fuxiao, there was no movement for more than three months, as if the murderer had evaporated from the world after completing these three cases.

As it turned out, apparently not.

"Jun Tao ......" Yun Qi knocked on the table with a fan, "The deceased in the latest case, unfortunately she died so miserably. ”

Lu Anran nodded to show that he understood, Jun Tao was the name of the maid of the Gu Mansion.

But she cared about another thing, "Ignoring the soul banner for the time being, such a way of dying is like ......" rubbed her fingers against the teacup, frowned slightly, but didn't say anything for a while.

Yun raised his eyebrows, and Shi Shiran said: "Military punishment." ”

Lu Anran's pupils trembled, he suddenly looked at Yunqi, and then shook his head, "I have never heard of such a law in the military regulations of this dynasty. ”

"Who told you that this dynasty is over?" Yun Qi hooked his lips and smiled, and his peach blossom eyes turned out of the window, "After the Shengshi Dynasty unified the countries, Prime Minister Wen personally set the seventeen laws and fifty-four beheadings in the military regulations, and when the third emperor of the previous dynasty, Emperor Mingxian, ascended the throne, he added three more to it. ”

"Treason and escape, the one who commits rebellion, the five horses are divided into corpses, the bones are broken and the ashes are scattered, and the blood is sacrificed to the sky."

"Those who flee during the war and disturb the morale of the army will be bloody and bloody, and the corpses will be violent for three days to set an example."

"Those who sell their friends for glory and treacherous will take their own heads and bear the guilt of asking for it."

Just looking at the crimes, it is not an exaggeration to say that this kind of person is spurned by tens of thousands of people, but after Zisang Jiuxiu came to power, in order to show benevolence, many cruel punishments were abolished, and these three articles were also put into the ban.

Lu Anran lowered his head and looked at the calm and waveless tea in the cup, just a light blow to make waves again, just like the royal capital that seems to be stable and prosperous now, and even the Daning Dynasty.

Yunqi didn't let go of Lu Anran's expression changed, and he was excited: "Why don't you speak?" ”

Lu Anran opened his eyes, stared at Yunqi with dark eyes, and repeated: "Take your own head, and bear the guilt." ”

Yunqi: "Isn't it the same?" ”

Lu Anran didn't answer, and asked, "Will the prince come to answer my questions today?" ”

In fact, she has already heard the meaning of Yun Qi's words, this case may involve the previous dynasty, which means trouble, and she is a person who is very afraid of trouble.

The Daning Dynasty was only sixteen years old, and the fall of the previous dynasty was only sixteen years ago, even if the current Daning Dynasty was under the governance of Zisang Jiuxiu, the country and the people were safe, but they could float in the darkness under the surface, and those pairs of eyes that were ready to move, like wolves hiding in the shadows, just waiting for a little opportunity, immediately pounced on them and devoured them all.

"This son likes you to be so direct." Yun Qi slapped his fan in the palm of his hand, and blinked half of his eyes lightly, "Do you want to travel with this world at night again?" ”

Lu Anran half-lowered his eyes and raised his eyes again: "The prince wants me to give Jun Tao another autopsy?" ”

Yun nodded his head: "I can't get used to the other acts of the royal capital, after all, we have a tacit understanding." ”

Lu Anran pursed her lips, she didn't need it.

After pondering in his heart for a moment, Lu Anran said: "If I agreed, I would have owed a favor before-"

Before a few words could be written, Yun Qi's smiling demon said categorically: "Think beautiful." ”

—

The drizzle turned to a torrential down, and the roof of the carriage struck out short and varying movements.

Lu Anran opened the curtain of the carriage, the rain and fog were foggy, and the black clouds in the sky were rolling, faintly accompanied by a few thunders.

At the other end, Yun Qi leaned on the collapse leisurely, this time hooking a white jade pot in his hand, which was crystal clear, and he could see the wine in it swaying.

Lu Anran turned his head, his eyebrows frowning slightly.

This man never sat seriously, always looking like a lazy, careless nobleman, and no one could connect him with the black-clad killer in Montecost.

Yunqi poured a sip of wine into his mouth with the white jade pot, his posture was very chic, his thumb wiped a drop of wine stains from the corner of his mouth, and chuckled: "What?" ”

The aroma of the wine is mellow, as if it can arouse the desire of people's taste buds, Lu Anran's steady breathing was only a beat, and he said in a light tone: "There was thunder at the beginning of spring, and this year is uneven." ”

Yun Qi smiled a little deeper, "You still push the stars to calculate the hexagram?" ”

Lu Anran heard the ridiculous tone, but he was not annoyed by it, and nodded unexpectedly: "I know a little bit about it." ”

Yun became interested, leaned forward a little, and said, "Then what else can you see?" ”

Lu Anran: "The son of the world is very boring. ”

Yun Qi secretly pondered whether this sentence referred to him being idle and boring, or secretly sarcastically mocking him as boring.

The thunder rolled and roared from the thick clouds, like a struggling and roaring dragon in the sky, louder than the restless, about to rise into the sky and tear through the cage.

Lu Anran said in a low voice: "I don't know if this thunder has the power of the winter thunder that Yinjia Village encountered that day." ”

"Yin family father and son?" Yunqi said lightly: "If you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself." ”

Lu Anran looked at him, his dark eyes were clear, revealing a hint of sharpness, "The prince is not curious?" ”

"Oh?"

"The thunder came too coincidentally, and it came even more coincidentally."

Yun Qi smiled, suddenly like a spring breeze, a hundred flowers bloomed, and there were a few unfathomable hidden in his expression, "This is called heavenly punishment." ”

The carriage stopped, and Lu Anran looked at the big words 'Zhongwu General's Mansion' on the door of the mansion, and subconsciously looked at Yunqi, his eyes full of puzzlement.

Yunqi got up slowly, flicked his robe, and laughed, "By the way." ”

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Gu Mansion

After one tea, another tea.

Yun Qi knocked the rim of the cup with the tea lid, threw it on the tea table next to him, opened the folding fan with a 'swish', and said with a smile: "It seems that this son of the world can't see Second Master Gu today?" ”

The housekeeper of the Gu Mansion stood aside, bowed slightly when he heard the words, and repeated without seeing any emotion: "The second master has not returned home yet." ”

Second Master Gu was not there, and Second Mrs. Gu said that she couldn't afford to be sick, so she hastily sent the housekeeper to deal with it.

Yun Qi snorted lightly: "It's just a coincidence, have you seen this big beauty next to me?" She is a disciple of the Jixia Palace Doctor, and the second lady is unwell, so let her go and take a look. ”

Lu Anran swept over with a cold look - this doctor is not another doctor, she is a non-doctor living person, and she looks at death rather than life.

The housekeeper of the Gu Mansion grinned, and pulled out a dry smile: "Madame occasionally feels cold, and the palace doctor has prescribed medicine, so she will not bother the noble disciples of the palace." ”

"Eh, what is expensive or not, the heroic soul of the loyal military general will always be there, and your Gu Mansion can be regarded as an upstart in the dynasty, you can afford it, you can afford it."

The housekeeper of the Gu Mansion twitched his face, and he almost couldn't control the scolding, but his teeth itched in his heart with hatred, "It's true...... Shizi laughed. ”

Lu Anran has long understood Yunqi's bad nature, so he is not surprised by such overt and disparagemental words.

Yun raised his eyebrows: "The position of the criminal secretary in this world, do you have time to play with you here?" Do you want to sing as the son of this world? ”

The housekeeper of the Gu Mansion jumped his eyebrows, he had also heard a lot of Yunqi's deeds, whether it was true or not, but the reviews were not good. It is said that he has a gloomy temperament, especially likes to be rough with women in sexual affairs, and many women have been killed; It is said that he spends all his time drinking, and he even built a wine pond meat forest in Shengle County, a pool of fine wine, and he often indulges in it to have fun; It is also said that Yunqi has a hidden disease that cannot be spoken......

The housekeeper of the Gu Mansion didn't take this seriously, but when he really encountered it, Yun Qi glanced at him, which made him shudder involuntarily.

Therefore, this time the posture was lowered, and the "...... of the world" changed his words under the arrogant gaze of Yunqi: "My lord, forgive me, it is really a last resort, after the general passed away, the second master took on the affairs of the house and ran around all day, and the young lady met the villain again a year ago, and now the second lady is also sick......

Yun Qi waved his hand, stopped his words, and said, "Isn't there another master mother in your Gu Mansion?" ”

The housekeeper of the Gu Mansion changed his complexion, as if there was something unspeakable.

Lu Anran said from the side: "As a housekeeper, have you handled all the big and small cases in the house?" ”

"This ......" The housekeeper of the Gu Mansion pondered one or two times and said, "The master has commanded, and the little ones dare not be concerned. ”

Lu Anran bowed: "Tell me about Jun Tao." ”

Yun Qi tapped his finger on the table, the corners of his mouth curved into an arc, knowing that Lu Anran could also see that they were afraid that they would not be able to wait for the master of the Gu Mansion to come forward today, so it was better to simply ask the housekeeper.

"Jun Tao," the housekeeper of the Gu Mansion paused and replied: "She usually follows the second lady's side to serve closely, and she is very skillful and careful, which is very valued by the second lady. ”

"Since she is the eldest lady in the second lady's house, how many people are in charge of her hands?"

The housekeeper of the Gu Mansion said: "Jun Tao, like Chunzhu, is only responsible for the affairs of the second lady's room. ”

Lu Anran nodded and asked, "What is her temperament, how does she get along with people on weekdays?" ”