During the conversation on the carriage that day, Murong Ci did not get an answer from Murong Yu, and neither did he get an answer from her.
They tacitly kept silent.
Yue Jingchen, the third prince of the Nanyue Kingdom, hung on the gate of Chaoyang Avenue for half a month, and there were many people gathered below the gate every day to watch and discuss. Stories about him also spread throughout the imperial capital, and spread to the Northern Yan Kingdom, and everyone in the world knew about it.
This move by the Regent of the Northern Yan Kingdom caused great shock in the courts of all countries.
The face and national prestige of the emperor of Nanyue Kingdom were almost lost.
Murong Ci sent an order to Rong Zhan to send someone to watch the gatehouse, if anyone steals the body, he must be captured.
Rong Zhan sent back the news, Murong Yu also sent someone to watch, the purpose should be the same as theirs.
She smiled coldly, Murong Yu wanted to use Yue Jingchen's body to attract people from Nanyue Kingdom. As long as you catch the person who stole the body, you can make a difference.
Unfortunately, for half a month, neither party found any suspicious persons haunting Chaoyang Avenue.
She was thinking, the emperor of Nanyue Kingdom is so hard-hearted
The autumn wind is blowing, and the heat is gradually receding.
The day was sunny and sunny, Murong Ci and Qin Ruo wandered around the street, planning to visit the gatehouse of Chaoyang Street.
"My lord, the tofu curd at the street is the best in the imperial capital, and I want to try it today." Qin Ruo smiled.
"I happen to be a little hungry too, so let's try it."
The master and the servant sat down at a rough four-corner table on the street, and after a while, the aunt brought two bowls of salted bean curd.
Qin Ruo took a sip and raised her head as if intoxicated, "The bean curd is fragrant, smooth and tender, so delicious."
Murong Ci laughed, "Why don't you be so exaggerated."
"My son doesn't know this. The servant's family is poor. When I was a child, what I wanted to eat most was a bowl of warm tofu curd. When the new year was approaching, the servant would ask his mother for a few pennies to eat bean curd in the street. I remember, it was a slave Happiest day of the year."
"Then you eat two more bowls, my son please."
"Thank you son." Qin Ruo said with a smile.
To Murong Ci's surprise, she ate three bowls of bean curd before giving up, and kept hiccupping after eating.
Qin Ruo burped for the last time, and said embarrassedly: "I made you laugh."
They paid the money and were about to leave when they saw a big black dog running towards him step by step.
Qin Ruo subconsciously stood up and stopped in front of His Highness, ready to fight back before the black dog attacked.
However, the black dog stopped half a foot in front of her and barked at her three times.
She frowned and thought, this black dog is weird.
However, it can be seen from its dog eyes that it is docile and has no hostility to attack people.
Seeing that she didn't respond, the black dog walked a few steps and squatted down by her feet, looked up at her, and barked again.
The guests next to him saw the black dog barking loudly and fled in fright.
Seeing this, the aunt at the food stall was very angry, and picked up a wooden stick to drive away. However, the black dog just didn't leave, squatting at Qin Ruo's feet.
Murong Ci frowned, and found that there was a patch of blood on the black dog's belly, which was so eye-catching under the sunlight.
black dog hurt
She walked over to pet it's head. It seemed to know her kindness, rubbed its head against her palm, and barked three more times, loud and high-pitched, obviously not hurt.
Then, the black dog turned and ran away. After running not far, it looked back, as if to see if they had followed.
Murong Ci and Qin Ruo looked at each other and followed immediately.
"My lord, this servant thinks this black dog is a bit weird."
"Well, I think so too. This black dog seems to be taking us to a place, so follow along."
Guided by the black dog, Murong Ci and Qin Ruo turned into an alley, then another street, and came to a house.
The black dog stopped at the door, as if to see if they were coming, and then rushed in.
Murong Ci looked up, it said Zhou's house, the door was ajar.
Could it be that something happened to this family
They looked at each other in blank dismay, then restrained their strong curiosity, and slowly pushed the door open.
Nothing wrong with the vestibule, everything is in order. They walked inside and shouted: "Is anyone there?"
Walking back through the hall, Murong Ci's heart suddenly grabbed, and he slowly covered his mouth, his bright eyes slowly opened wide.
The same is true for Qin Ruo, who was so shocked that she lost her words.
The black dog squatted there, blinking sadly and panting, as if crying for its master.
The atrium is not big, but there are three corpses lying there, bleeding all over the place.
They confirmed that there was a murder in Zhou's house.
Continuing to walk in, they saw the corpses of many servants, at least a dozen.
Murong Ci felt that he was brave and had seen many corpses, so he was not too scared. However, facing this tragic scene, he still couldn't help his scalp
Numb, limp and cold limbs.
Blood flowed, and the corpses of these servants were horrible, with severed limbs and hands scattered on the ground. Many people died with eyes wide open in fear and despair. This is not the scene of a murder, but Shura Hell.
All of these are combined into an extremely brutal and bloody visual impact.
At this moment, she realized that the murder scene she had seen before was not worth mentioning at all.
She was so shocked that her heart was pounding and her whole body was frozen.
Qin Ruo covered her mouth, her brows were filled with fear, "Your Highness, this is simply hell on earth, it's too scary and cruel"
They walked out, and when they came to the vestibule, they saw a man rushing in with three yamen servants.
A yamen servant shouted, "Who are you and why did you break into Zhou's house?"
Another yamen servant was more clever, and became suspicious, saying: "Could it be that they are murderers?"
Qin Ruo hurriedly said: "My son is a close friend of Mr. Shen, Shaoqing of Dali Temple. He accidentally found out that a murder has happened in this family, and he is going to report to the police. Go quickly to Dali Temple to find Mr. Shen."
The three yamen servants looked at each other, doubtful.
Murong Ci said solemnly: "The body in the house has been dead for many hours. If I were the murderer, why would I stay here and be seen by you?"
The three yamen servants finally believed their words, and one of them said: "We came to see him after hearing his report on the street. He is Luo Quan, the head of the Zhou family."
She nodded, seeing such a terrible murder scene for the first time, her face turned pale, but she has calmed down a little now. She looked at Luo Quan, the butler was so young, with delicate features, at most twenty years old.
Luo Quan's face was full of grief, his eyes filled with tears, and he choked up, "Master sent me to the countryside to collect rent. I rushed back early this morning. I didn't expect to see the master, wife, and young lady dead when I entered the mansion. Everyone died."
Tears rolled down, he wiped them away with his sleeve, and wept with his head down.
A yamen servant patted him on the shoulder and said, "Go ahead and have a look, I'll go back to the government yamen and report to the arrester and your lord."
Then, the other two yamen servants went in to have a look. When they came out, their steps were messy, their faces were pale, and they vomited up the food they had just eaten.
Qin Ruo joked: "Shouldn't you often encounter such things? Why is it so useless?"
"I haven't been involved in the Miemen tragedy since I was on a job. It's so tragic, it's like Shura hell," a yamen servant said weakly.
"I've never seen such a brutal and bloody murder." A yamen servant leaned on the wall and vomited again.
Murong Ci felt that any person, no matter how daring and tough, would have nightmares at night seeing such a scene.
She asked the housekeeper Luo Quan: "Your master's surname is Zhou, what does he do for a living?"
Luo Quan choked with grief, and replied, "Master is the head of the Ministry of Industry."
"How many people are there in the Zhou family?"
"There are thirty people in total." He said sadly, "Including me, there are twenty-five servants."
Not long after, Lord Yin Lu of Jingzhao Mansion arrived with Wu Butou, Bu Kuai and Wang Wuzuo.
Mr. Lu has naturally seen the prince, and when he saw the prince here, he quickly bowed to salute.
Seeing this, the two yamen servants panicked and knelt down to pay respects. They couldn't help but wiped off their sweat. Fortunately, they didn't offend His Royal Highness just now.
She asked them to get up, and said coldly: "The murder in Zhou's house should be a massacre, have you sent someone to report to Dali Temple?"
Master Lu replied: "The lower officials heard that it was a massacre, and have already sent people to report to Dali Temple."
"Don't wait for Zhiyan, let's go in and take a look."
"Your Highness, please."
Mr. Lu, Mr. Wu and Mr. Wu and Mr. Wu are well-informed, but when they saw the corpses of those servants, they couldn't hold back anymore. Their faces were all pale, and they didn't dare to look any longer. on the ground.
Wang Yuzuo kept shaking his head and sighed while inspecting the corpse, "The murderer is really inhumane, too cruel and vicious. The villain has done autopsies for most of his life, and I have never seen such a tragic case of extermination."
This time, Murong Ci calmed down a lot, his cold gaze swept over every corner and every corpse with a focused expression.
Master Lu asked Wang Yuzuo: "How did these servants die and when?"
"It should have been killed in the middle of the night." Wang Yuzuo's voice was full of compassion, "Some of these servants had their arms cut off, some of their feet were cut in half, some of their heads were cut off, and they had different stab wounds on their bodies. As a result, a lot of blood was shed, but what the fatal injury is, we need to bring the body back to the Yamen and then examine it in detail."
"Lord Lu, why don't you take a look inside." She suggested that the corpses she saw were all servants.
Lord Lu nodded, and walked to the inner garden first.
But I was thinking in my heart, how could His Highness the Crown Prince happen to be at the scene of the murder? His Highness the Crown Prince was an idiot, and following them around here for something
The corpses of the servants could still be seen in Neiyuan one after another. When they entered Master Zhou's bedroom, they saw two corpses of a man and a woman lying on the bed. They seemed to be lying in a sea of blood and heading to the underworld. The bedding was all stained red with blood, some blood spots were splashed on the wall behind the bed, and there were also some blood drops on the ground.