Chapter 40: The Body in the Well
The three-day deadline for solving the case ended the next day in the search for the palace maid Li Skirt.
After nightfall, foreign ministers like Shen Lian could not stay in the harem, and the search and arrest work was continued by the celebrant and the red feather guard.
Yun Shuiyao followed Shen Lian and left.
When he walked out of the palace gate, Shen Lian invited Yun Shuiyao to dinner again.
Like last time, Yun Shuiyao refused.
It's not that she doesn't want to go, it's that Princess Dening is anxiously waiting to learn about the situation from her, and she can make an appointment another day to have dinner with Shen Lian, but it really makes Princess Dening angry, and it's still quite troublesome.
Shen Lian casually ate on the side of the road, planning to go to the General Office of the Shadow Secret Guard to report the progress of the case to Tie Wuru.
Although the commander had said that there was no need to report to him.
But as a subordinate, you must have the attitude you should have.
Whether the leader listens or not, that's another matter.
At this time, it was getting late, and the rest of the people in the shadow secret guard yamen were all released except for the colleagues who stayed on duty at night.
Standing at the bottom of the general office, Shen Lian saw that the third floor was brightly lit.
There is no need to guess, the command makes the iron ruthless definitely there.
Shen Lian was about to go upstairs, but he happened to meet Jiang Mingjie running out of the building in a hurry.
Looking at his impatient face, something big must have happened.
"Boss, what's going on?" Shen Lian took the initiative to step forward and asked.
"Bad situation, bad situation, I forgot to go home to cook for my mother-in-law, I'm afraid I'm going to sleep in the firewood room tonight, bad situation."
Looking at Jiang Mingjie's figure leaving in a hurry, isn't Shen Lian's Shadow Secret Guard not afraid of heaven and earth?
Shrugging his shoulders and no longer thinking about Jiang Mingjie, Shen Lian went upstairs and came to the third floor.
At this time, Tie Ruthless was pushing the cup with Ren Changfeng to change the lamp, and when he saw Shen Lian coming, Tie Ruthless waved his hand and beckoned him over.
"Have you eaten? Come over and have a drink together. Tie Ruthless took the initiative to ask.
Shen Lian wanted to tell the truth that he had eaten, but he thought that the opportunity to accompany the leader to eat was not something that could be had casually, and it was the leader who took the initiative to invite him.
"Hehe, I really didn't eat it."
"There are dishes and chopsticks in the chef next to me, go get them yourself." This time it was Ren Changfeng who spoke.
Shen Lian sat down at the table and saw a pair of used dishes and chopsticks.
This must be Jiang Mingjie's, right.........
This guy is also a good person, first accompany the leader to eat, and then "accidentally" remember, he needs to go home to serve his wife, and it is really not easy to enter the shadow secret guard.
Shen Lian picked up the wine jar next to him and took the initiative to pour a full bottle of wine for the commander and the Lord of the Thousand Households.
"Hello, boy, good eyesight, now that you're here, I don't have to pour wine." Ren Changfeng patted Shen Lian's shoulder with the oily hand that had just taken the chicken leg, and the originally brand-new unicorn suit immediately had an oily palm print, fortunately, the clothes were black, but now the sky was dark and not so obvious.
Shen Lian had a sentence in his heart, mamaipi, and he didn't know whether to say it or not.
During the banquet, Tie Ruthless and Ren Changfeng had been chatting, and Shen Lian couldn't interject, so he could only cook with his head bored.
The idea of reporting on the progress of the case has also been put on hold.
Ren Changfeng was here, Shen Lian wasn't sure whether to say it or not, he decided to wait, wait for Ren Changfeng to eat and leave, and then report to Tie Ruthless alone.
However, at this moment, there was a sudden sound of eager and noisy footsteps.
After a while, a little flag on night duty ran up in a panic.
"Lord Commander, the master of ceremonies has come to a father-in-law, saying that he wants to see Shen Zongqi."
"The celebrant?" Tie ruthlessly frowned, looked at Shen Lian and said, "Go ahead, maybe it has something to do with the case you investigated." ”
Shen Lian got up and left in a hurry.
When he came to the staircase, he was suddenly stopped by Ren Changfeng.
"Boy, be smart, don't act recklessly."
Shen Lian nodded, "Lord Xie Ren reminds." ”
Watching Shen Lian leave, Ren Changfeng sat back in his seat, poured a glass of wine for Tie Wuru, and said, "Big brother, did you say that the palace maid Li Skirt was found?" ”
"Don't worry, the news will come soon, let's drink first."
Although Tie Wuru did not directly participate in the investigation of the case, and also instructed Shen Lian not to report the case to himself, the shadow secret guard was pervasive, and he was generally clear about Shen Lian's investigation in the harem.
Especially tonight's big move to comprehensively search for the palace maid Li Skirt.
"Big brother, do you want to make a bet, is Li Skirt alive or dead?"
Ren Changfeng took the initiative to toast Iron Ruthless.
"Okay, I'll bet a thousand taels, and the person is dead." Iron said ruthlessly and bluntly.
"Uh... Big brother, I'm kidding. ”
"Hehe, want to pay the bill? You owe me a thousand taels. ”
"Between our brothers, talk about silver and hurt and angry." Ren Changfeng is righteous and stern.
"Brothers still settle accounts, let alone righteous brothers? One thousand taels, not a single point less. ”
"Big brother, you said, we are closer than brothers." Ren Changfeng decided to struggle a little more.
"That was before, and from today on, you and I are passers-by."
“........”
Following Xiaoqi upstairs, Shen Lian saw the little father-in-law Sandezi standing outside nervously.
"Father-in-law, what's going on?" Shen Lian stepped forward, and in the face of Sandezi, who was full of impatience, he suddenly felt bad.
"Lord Shen, something is wrong, the palace maid Li Skirt has been found!" Sandezi wiped his sweat and said.
"Found it?" Shen Lian's eyes lit up, "Good thing, where are the people?" ”
"In the well." Sandezi frowned and continued: "When I found out, I was already dead. ”
"What?!" Shen Lian gasped.
was silenced, and the case was really complicated.
"When the emperor learned about it, Long Yan was furious, and asked our family to immediately take Lord Shen into the palace to investigate the case overnight."
"Okay, without further ado, let's go now."
Sandezi came in the carriage of the celebrant eunuch, and the carriage could not enter the shadow secret guard, so it could only stop outside the yamen.
The two got into the carriage, and the other little eunuch in charge of driving the horse immediately drove forward.
"How did my father-in-law know that I was in the Shadow Secret Guard Yamen?" Shen Lian suddenly thought of this and asked curiously.
"Our family originally planned to go to Lord Shen's house, but on the way, we met Jiang Mingjie and Jiang Baihu who were in a hurry, and learned from him that Lord Shen was in the shadow guard." Santokuko explained.
Oh well.
I thought you sent someone after me.
"Are you going to Qintianjian to pick up Yun Shuiyao?" Shen Lian thought that Yun Shuiyao was also responsible for investigating the case, so he asked.
"Fairy Yun's side has someone else to inform, let's go directly to the palace."
On the way, Sandezi explained the current situation to Shen Lian.
The celebrant and Chi Yanwei continued to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the harem to find the missing palace maid Li Skirt.
When the Internal Affairs Office was found, an old woman who was fetching water by the well suddenly screamed, and the surrounding Chi Yanwei and the celebrant immediately stepped forward to understand the situation.
Eventually, Li Skirt's body was found in the well.
Before Sandezi set off, Chi Yanwei's work was conducting an autopsy.
The old lady who fetched water found the body?
If you don't find it sooner, you won't find it later, but you find it at this time?
Hmph, it must be the actions of the celebrant and Chi Yanwei that made the people behind them feel dangerous.
Since the old lady is drawing water in this well, it means that the well is in normal use, and if this old lady is a pure passerby, it can be concluded that Li Skirt has just been thrown down.
Shen Lian analyzed useful information from Sandezi's words.
The road was unimpeded, and the carriage arrived at the celebrant smoothly, and when Shen Lian got out of the car, he saw Yun Shuiyao standing not far away, looking thoughtfully at Chi Yanwei in front of him.