That night, Shen Lingxi and Chu Yan changed their clothes and went to the flower shop.

Shen Lingxi was dressed in an indigo silk robe, a gold crown, and a jade belt around his waist, and embellished the Pisces in the most conspicuous position, pretending to be a rich boy.

And Chu Yan was wearing a dark color suit, with a heroic face, a scar, looking fierce and vicious, pretending to be a guard, and his body was filled with evil energy, which made people dare not look directly.

Shen Lingxi remembered that when Mu Huai'an gave her this jade pendant, he said, "...... This is a family heirloom of the Mu family, which can mobilize the hidden stakes left by his grandfather...... Those dark piles only listen to the orders of the owner of the jade pendant, if there is something to tell them to do, just tie the jade pendant around the waist, go to the most lively tile shop in the capital to walk around, naturally someone will connect with the owner of the jade pendant. They have been wandering in the land of three religions and nine streams all year round, and sometimes they are better used than the people in the government. ”

According to the information of the embroidered envoy, after Mu Huaijie got this jade pendant, he often went in and out of the land of Goolan and tiles.

Shen Lingxi had to suspect that he did it not by chance.

Not to mention......

When Sheng Kun was "autopsied", he relied on the power of the Dark Yang Jade.

And this Pisces pendant also happens to be an ancient jade......

She couldn't help but think about it too much.

In the middle of summer, the flower shop is much more lively than in other seasons.

The rich aroma of fat powder spreads far away in the night breeze, and the laughter between the flower girl and the benefactors also makes people red-faced.

Shen Lingxi shook his fan, swaggered around one green building after another, and finally waited for the person who took the initiative to connect in an inconspicuous hook bar.

An old bustard who still had charm glanced at the jade pendant on Shen Lingxi's waist, and then took the initiative to meet him, flicked his handkerchief and said with a smile: "Childe, the Tianzi No. 1 room you ordered has been cleaned up for you, and Miss Begonia is waiting for Childe in the room." ”

Shen Lingxi glanced at her, smiled, didn't say anything, and walked upstairs with her.

Compared to the previous ones she had visited, this hook bar could only be described as a doorman.

On the stage in the middle hall, there were only two servants, babbling and singing small songs.

A few scattered guests who looked like outsiders sat behind the hanging gauze tent with the flower girl and drank the flower wine.

On both sides of the corridor on the second floor, it is so cold that there is not even a lit wing.

Shen Lingxi and Chu Yan followed behind the old bustard and walked up to the second floor.

At the end of the dimly lit corridor, the only room with lights and candles lit, the people inside seemed to hear footsteps, and opened the door from the inside with a "squeak".

On the eye-catching cyan embroidery screen, there is a silhouette of a woman holding a pipa obliquely illuminated by lamps and candles.

The silhouette swayed by the candle flame looked graceful and charming.

It's a pity that Shen Lingxi can see at a glance that this is just a false silhouette projected by a candle.

When this trick was originally in the Weiguo Mansion, the famous Zhang Xianchang used it to "summon spirits".

It may be okay to deceive others, but when you meet Shen Lingxi, it is simply a big axe in front of Luban.

Although Shen Lingxi has no martial arts, he is extremely sensitive to smells, and there is a faint smell of medicine with blood in this room, except for the fat powder.

It can be seen that what is hidden in the room is not a woman, but a man.

Chu Yan also noticed the abnormality, and walked in front quietly, protecting Shen Lingxi behind him.

The bustard walked to the door and smiled and gestured to them with a "please".

Shen Lingxi paused, his eyes wandered, and he looked at the old bustard, "It seems that you, the begonia girl, don't really want to see this son, what do you mean?" This jade pendant is not good, you are planning to rebel against the master? ”

The smile on the bustard's face froze.

"Mother Xu, please come in."

At this moment, a hoarse male voice came from the room.

When Shen Lingxi heard this voice, his expression was slightly condensed, and he walked towards the room with his steps.

Chu Yan's face sank, and he also walked in.

On the bed behind the screen, a bearded man in a black night coat, holding a short dagger in his hand, leaned against the head of the bed with a pale face.

If it weren't for those peach blossom eyes, as always, with a bit of affection for everyone, Shen Lingxi wouldn't have recognized who he was for a while.

"Long time no see." The man curled his lips weakly, as if to greet them.

When the bustard saw that they knew each other, his expression finally relaxed a little, and he carefully closed the door and retreated.

Chu Yan said in a cold voice, "You didn't stay in Yunjiang and secretly ran back to the capital, is it too long?" ”

That person was not someone else, it was Mu Huai'an, who he hadn't seen for a long time.

The generals on the border are not allowed to return to Beijing without a recall.

If someone finds out, not only will the head of the item be lost, but I am afraid that he will also be accused of rebellion.

"Your Highness wants to cure the sins of the officials, and it will not be too late to kill Sheng Kun."

Mu Huai'an said, his face suddenly showed a look of pain, he coughed hard, and the corners of his lips were bleeding.

Seeing this, Shen Lingxi directly stretched out his hand and cut it on the pulse on the side of his neck.

Then he looked closely at the blood on the corners of his lips.

The blood is bright red, not like poisoning,

She pondered and asked, "What are you......?" Internal injuries caused by someone beaten? ”

"I don't know what kind of injury it is." Mu Huai'an said weakly, "After Huai Jie's death, I sent the guards who came to the capital to deal with Huai Jie's funeral, and came back to report that Huai Jie's death was different. There were more than a dozen people in the calamity, and soon after they came into contact with him, they died violently one after another. They are all the henchmen left by my grandfather to protect the Mu family's life, they have an accident, I can't sit idly by, there is Xu Huan in Yunjiang now, it is very peaceful, and I quietly sneaked back to the capital. ”

"I went to examine their bodies, and found that there was something strange on them, and I accidentally touched that thing, and it became what it is now."

With that, he coughed deeply, and more blood spilled from the corners of his lips, "I suspect that that thing has something to do with the fact that you wrote to Sheng Kun about Sheng Kun's autopsy earlier......"

It was only a few words, and he was already out of breath.

Shen Lingxi took out a pill from his sleeve and handed it to his palm, "Eat this, the pain will be reduced." ”

Mu Huaian thanked him, took the pill, and swallowed it directly.

After about half a cup of tea, his pale complexion finally eased a lot, and he didn't continue to cough.

But Shen Lingxi knew that this was the effect of the medicine.

The pill temporarily suppressed the pain in his body, and if he couldn't find the cause, he was afraid that it would be a symptom but not a cure.

Maybe after the drug has taken off, he will be in even more pain.

"Where are the bodies?" Shen Lingxi asked, "I came today to check for blood. ”

Mu Huai'an looked at her, and then looked at Chu Yan who was cold-looking behind her, "The corpses are all stored in Yizhuang in the northern suburbs, and I will show you the way." ”

*

Half an hour later, more than a dozen black-armored guards and embroidered messengers, surrounded by a wide carriage, stopped at an abandoned Yizhuang on the northern outskirts of the capital.

Yizhuang is in disrepair, unguarded, and dilapidated.

Especially on this kind of summer night when insects and birds are singing everywhere, the night wind is mixed with a rotten stench, even people like Shen Lingxi, who are used to being with corpses, think of the corpse stopping here for so long, I am afraid that it has already rotted into shape, and I can't help but feel a little unbearable.

A group of three people, plus Su Xian, who was temporarily pulled, stepped down from the carriage.

Mu Huai'an walked on crutches and staggered in front to lead the way, saying: "Four months ago, Mu Huaijie took the Pisces pendant, in the name of testing medicine for the emperor, and asked them to find some helpless beggars to send here...... That disease is also the 'hemorrhage' that was rumored a while ago......"

(End of chapter)