Chapter 177: She's the Chief Murderer
The little girl who robbed Langjun with her?
Which is it?
Shen Lingxi's heart was full of question marks, and he hurriedly told Chu Yan about it, took three steps and made two steps, and walked towards the entrance of the underground palace very quickly.
They were under the dungeon, and they were delayed for a long time.
When I went up again, there was still lightning and thunder outside, but the heavy rain had already fallen, and there were large traces of water on the bluestone floor tiles.
If it weren't for the entrance of the dungeon, under the eaves of the inverted porch, the water would have to pour into the dungeon from the open entrance.
Chu Yan followed Shen Lingxi out of the underground palace and restored the mechanism at the entrance to its original state, and then chased after Shen Lingxi.
Shen Lingxi, who was walking in front, had just turned the golden body of the King of Jizo in the hall, and saw a woman wearing a plain dress and a scarlet cloak, hanging from the beam of the room.
The corpse's hair was scattered, and the wind that passed through the hall fluttered left and right under the beams, looking extremely strange.
Shen Lingxi walked under the corpse and picked up the wind lantern in his hand, wanting to see the corpse's face clearly.
It's too far away for the light of the wind lamp to shine.
She wanted to go back and ask Liu Meiren-——
One stumbled under his feet, and he almost tripped over something.
Shen Lingxi picked up the wind lantern and looked at the ground.
Then he saw two men in dark cloaks, lying silently on the ground.
The two are slender and look like women.
It's just that the hair is messy and covered the face, and I can't see the face clearly.
Shen Lingxi squatted down, brushed away their long hair covering their faces, and shone it with a wind lamp.
When she saw the faces of the two of them, she was shocked.
Xu Ziyao and Li Yuejiao.
How did they end up here?
"Boom ......"
At this moment, a bolt of lightning accompanied by thunder swept across the sky, and the light of an instant illuminated the entire hall as bright as day.
Shen Lingxi raised his head as if he felt something, and looked at the corpse on the beam of the room.
The hideous face of the corpse, under the light of lightning, instantly met her eyes.
Mu Xue'e!
Who would have thought that the hideous woman on the beam of the house was actually Mu Xue'e, the lord of Bingqing County!
Chu Yan strode in from the apse, and by the light of lightning, he happened to see the situation in the hall clearly.
He walked to Shen Lingxi's side and reached out to probe the snorts of the two on the ground, "It's alive." ”
Shen Lingxi pondered: "In such a cold place, you can sleep so soundly, you must have been drugged." ”
She and Chu Yan glanced at each other, and each other's eyes were solemn.
Underneath a hanged corpse, two living people slew.
Obviously, this is a deliberate game.
"This place is not to stay long." Chu Yan stood up and stretched out his hand to her, "I'll take you out of here." ”
The voice fell, and Liu Meiren also hurriedly floated over from the front hall, "The internal guards who patrol the night are here, the door of the palace in front is open, they will soon find here, you go quickly." ”
When Shen Lingxi heard this, he hurriedly blew out the wind lantern in his hand, and put his hand into Chu Yan's palm without hesitation.
Just like when he was in the Eldest Princess's Mansion, Chu Yan grabbed Shen Lingxi's waist, performed light skills, and left through the secret door, avoiding the internal guards, and walking through the night.
The female ghosts floated right beside them.
There were so many things that happened tonight that everyone had no intention of laughing.
There were many more internal guards in Yuxiu Palace, and Chu Yan took Shen Lingxi to Anhua Palace.
The two escaped the eunuch on duty, entered the dormitory, and lit candles.
Only then did I find that the other party's hair was the same as my own, wet and sticking to his face, and the clothes on his body were dripping down.
Although the rain outside is not heavy, after all, it is from the westernmost part of the palace, all the way to the easternmost part of the rain, and it is strange that it does not fall into soup.
Chu Yan took a dry robe and pointed to the screen on the side of the bed tent, "Change the wet clothes first, and I'll ask someone to carry the hot water." ”
Shen Lingxi knew that it was very inappropriate for a woman who had not left the cabinet to stay in a man's dormitory late at night.
Not to mention the changing of clothes......
But in this situation, there is really no other way.
She pressed the idea in her heart and turned to go behind the screen.
Although Chu Yan gave her a Taoist robe, his figure was too burly and tall, and the robe was worn on Shen Lingxi's body, which was loose and saggy, and there was no suitable place for it.
Shen Lingxi came out from behind the screen, and Chu Yan had already changed into a dry robe out of nowhere, just like her, it was all snow-colored.
The two looked at each other, and they both saw a look of surprise from the bottom of each other's eyes.
Shen Lingxi felt that it was rude to meet people in ill-fitting robes.
And Chu Yan's surprise was that when he saw his robe on the woman he liked, he only felt that the tip of his heart was slightly hot.
"I asked people to carry water, you go wash it quickly, don't catch a cold." Chu Yan pointed to the clean room on the side, coughed, and urged uncomfortably.
Shen Lingxi shook his head, feeling a little nervous inexplicably in his heart, "It's good to change your clothes, and you don't have to wash and take a bath." ”
Chu Yan thought about it for a while, and knew what she was afraid of.
He turned around and went to the clean room, took a wide handkerchief, and handed it to Shen Lingxi, "Then ...... Wipe your hair. ”
Shen Lingxi's expression was slightly relaxed, and he hurriedly took the handkerchief, untied his hair, and wiped his hair by himself.
The candles in the dormitory were dim, shining on the side of her fair neck, and the black and soft hair poured down like flowing clouds, hanging down on her thin waist, making her whole person have a kind of lazy and seductive beauty.
Chu Yan sat at the table cooking tea soup, and when he saw Shen Lingxi like this, he lost his mind for a moment.
Soon, however, he lowered his eyes, and the heat rising from the red clay stove made his handsome face warm outline.
In such a stormy night, the bubbling tea soup and the fragrant aroma of tea made both of them feel a rare moment of peace.
The two of them were thinking about each other, and they were speechless, and after about half an hour, when Shen Lingxi dried his hair, the door of the main hall was suddenly knocked from outside.
Chunjun took Gonggong Zhu and asked to see him outside the palace.
Chu Yan separated the palace gate and asked coldly: "Gonggong Zhu came late at night, why did he come here?" ”
Gonggong Zhu replied in a solemn tone: "Your Highness, the internal guard who just patrolled the night was in the Dizang Hall and found the body of the county lord of Bingqing, as well as Miss Xu and Miss Li, who were also at the scene of the crime, and the emperor ordered you to investigate the case thoroughly." ”
He paused, and then said: "There is also the whereabouts of the Miao Ling Dao Chief, the palace maids of Yuxiu Palace said that at dusk, Miao Ling Dao Chief, Miss Xu and Miss Li had a dispute with the Bingqing County Lord, it is possible that Miao Ling Dao Chang absconded in fear of crime after killing people......
"The emperor is furious, and has ordered the internal guards to search the palace, be sure to find out the Miao Ling Dao Chief, and the deputy commander of the Yulin Army also asks you to send some embroidered clothes to help find people."
Chu Yan and Shen Lingxi glanced at each other, and both of them had a look of surprise in their eyes.
Unexpectedly, Shen Lingxi was not in Yuxiu Palace this time, but instead became the chief suspect in this case.
Right now, if there is no convincing alibi, I'm afraid that this game will end up on her head.
Chu Yan's sword eyebrows frowned.
The face that has always been resolute and resolute has a hesitant look for the first time.
To prove that Shen Lingxi was not present, he only had to say that Shen Lingxi had been with him all night.
But in this way, I am afraid that it will ruin her reputation.
What Chu Yan could think of, Shen Lingxi couldn't think of.
She groaned slightly, walked directly to the temple door, opened the temple door, and walked out.
When Gonggong Zhu saw Shen Lingxi walking out of the imperial grandson's bedroom, his eyes were so shocked that they were about to fall out.
"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful? How could you be here, Your Highness? ”