Early morning.

Sunlight gently pours into the house through the doors and windows, illuminating the house brightly, and the birds outside chirp happily in the morning, reminding people to cherish this beautiful morning light.

The room is spacious and bright, and it is clearly a hall. In the middle of the hall, the main and guest seats are neatly arranged, and the remnants of wine and food on them indicate that the host has just hosted a banquet here. The smell of wine and food filled the air, but there was a faint hint of blood.

At this moment, there was no one in the seats, except for a tall and burly figure sitting above the chairman, but his arms were drooping, the wine jug in front of him was poured, the wine had been spilled, and the dishes on the table were splashed with a large dark red color, which was blood!

If you look closely, the figure above the chairman is bare and headless on the neck, it is a headless dead corpse!

Lord Jingzhao Yin Yang Wenchang Yang was suffering a bitter gourd face at the moment, standing in front of the headless corpse and sighing.

Jing Zhaoyin was in charge of the arrest of the Jingshi Prison, and under his rule, the capital city, which was originally peaceful and prosperous, was already the third murder case within three months, no wonder he was bitter in his heart.

What's more, this is the mansion of Sun Dianchen, the commander of the Tiance Guard, and the headless body above the chair is likely to be Sun Dianchen himself. Although this Tian Cewei does not have a high status in the forbidden army, and has recently been given by the emperor to the King of Han to become the royal guard, the commander of Tian Cewei is also a military general of the third rank anyway, and the rank is even higher than that of Jing Zhaoyin, who is from the third rank. There is such a high-ranking official who died under his rule without explanation, I am afraid that his black gauze hat will not be guaranteed.

After checking for a long time, except for the flat and smooth neck of the corpse, which was obviously caused by the cutting of a sharp weapon, neither the head nor the murder weapon could be found. The guest seats in the hall were all toppled over, and the dishes and drinks were spilled all over the floor, so it can be imagined that the guests present at that time were rushing out of the hall in a panic. It's such a mess, and I can't find any other clues such as so-called shoe prints.

Yang Wenchang had a bitter face, turned around and slowly walked out of the hall door.

In the courtyard outside the door, the officials were searching around for clues, and there was a group of people standing in the center of the courtyard, most of them servants from the Sun Mansion, standing together in disbelief and fear. Since Sun Dianchen lost his wife two years ago, he has not continued to do so, and the affairs of the palace are all taken care of by these servants.

There were a few people standing next to him in military generals' costumes, who were probably the guests of Sun Dianchen's banquet last night. It is said that most of them are generals in the Tiance Guard, but one of them has a great background, and it is Fu Zheng, the commander of the Forbidden Army Standard-bearer Guard around the emperor today.

The flag guard, which was set up by Emperor Taizu in the eighteenth year of Hongwu, is also one of the twenty-six guards of today's Shangzhi, in charge of the large golden drum and flag in the palace, responsible for escorting the guards left and right with the emperor, and is the emperor's most trusted pro-army. This standard-bearer guard commander is also the emperor's henchman and favorite general.

Yang Wenchang cried out bitterly in his heart, but he still had to step forward to interrogate this official who was following the emperor's left and right.

He stepped forward and saluted respectfully: "General Fu, the lower official is polite." ”

Fu Zheng also hurriedly returned the salute, looking polite, and did not feel arrogant: "Lord Yang doesn't have to be polite, you are the official of the Jingshi parents, since this case happened under your rule, naturally there is no need to be polite." ”

Yang Wenchang made a little peace of mind in his heart: "Since the general was one of the guests present last night and was a witness to the murder, the official still has to ask according to the rules, please don't blame the general." ”

Fu Zheng waved his hand and said: "Where is it, this is a matter of duty, and I should know everything." ”

Yang Wenchang thought for a moment and asked, "I don't know why the general came to Sun's mansion for a banquet last night?"

Fu Zhengdao: "Yes, yesterday at noon, General Sun received a post sent by General Sun, saying that yesterday was General Sun's birthday, and specially set up a banquet to invite General Sun to come over the house in the evening. ”

Yang Wenchang glanced at the other Tiance Guard generals who participated in the night banquet, and let out a faint "oh" in his mouth, but he muttered in his heart. I have long heard that Sun Dianchen is upright, not good at socializing, and has no friends in the court. He and Fu Zheng had conflicts in the army when they were young, they never got along, and they rarely interacted with each other for many years, which is no longer news in the court. The people invited to last night's birthday banquet were all his subordinates, and there were no outsiders, how could he just invite a Fu Zheng who had a suspicion?

Fu Zheng also seemed to see Yang Wenchang's doubts, and said: "I also wondered why General Sun invited me to come, but between the banquets, he spoke earnestly, hoping to release his previous suspicions with Ben and reconcile as before." Thinking that Tian Cewei was now given by the emperor to the King of Han as a guard, he was afraid that he would soon be removed from the forbidden army, and his situation was worrying. ”

Yang Wenchang nodded, Fu Normal followed the emperor all year round, and won the trust of the emperor, if he could get a few good words from him, it would indeed be a good way to advance.

He then asked, "Then what happened during the banquet last night, and why did General Sun's head disappear?"

Fu Zheng suddenly had a strange expression on his face when he heard this, it was an expression of fear and horror and reluctance to remember, he looked back at the other generals around him who were participating in the banquet, and the same expression appeared on their faces.

Yang Wenchang felt a strange feeling in his heart, such a thing as killing and beheading should be a commonplace thing for these veteran generals in the army who had been battle-hardened in the bloody battlefield in front of him, how could he be shocked into such a scene? What happened at the banquet?

Fu Zheng's voice trembled a little, and he could feel the horror in his heart that was difficult to calm down: "Originally, the atmosphere at the banquet was very good, and our guests and hosts talked very happily, but after three rounds of drinking, suddenly the wind was fierce in this courtyard, flying sand and rocks, and it was almost impossible to see. ”

"The wind?" Yang Wenchang was stunned for a moment, and looked back at the yard, neat and clean, well organized, without a trace of chaos, where did it look like a strong wind was blowing?

Fu Zheng looked at Yang Wenchang in disbelief, and hurriedly argued: "The situation in the courtyard now, the general also finds it difficult to explain, but it was really stormy at that time, and all the generals here at that time saw it." ”

The generals of the Tiance Defense Department on the side also nodded yes one after another, making Yang Wenchang suspicious, even if he was suspicious, he had nothing to refute for a while, so he had to ask: "What happened next?"

Fu Zheng's expression was like seeing a ghost in broad daylight, and his pupils were bloodshot: "The wind stopped after a while, and then there was suddenly a woman in red in the courtyard." She slowly walked into the hall, her face was clearly visible under the light, bleeding from the seven orifices, this woman would have known, she, she turned out to be Sun Dianchen's wife Tan!"

When Yang Wenchang heard this, he was greatly surprised and said, "Tan, isn't it the wife of Sun Dianchen, who has been dead for two years?"

Fu Zheng's answer made him feel like he had seen a ghost: "Exactly!"

A gust of wind that left no trace, a lady who had been dead for two years, Yang Wenchang stood in place dumbfounded, feeling a burst of creepy.

Fu Zheng's words in front of him made him unable to believe it, but he couldn't help but believe it, is there really a ghost in this world? What does this ghost have to do with Sun Dianchen's death?