Chapter 709

[Deceased: Heng Hui]

[Cause of Death: A sharp blade pierced through the heart (an old wound)]

[Autopsy Result: The flesh and internal organs are dark purple. There are corpse parasites in the flesh and blood to prevent the body from rotting. She is also a walking corpse and has been dead for more than a year.]

[Deceased: Unknown Corpse]

[Height: 5 feet 4 inches, female, well-proportioned bones, no fractures, no signs of poisoning, well-proportioned finger bones, not good at manual labor …]

In the yamen, Xu Qi'an finished reading the autopsy reports and handed them to the coroner. Then, he turned around and entered the front hall next to the autopsy room.

Ten Jinluo officials gathered together. Wei Yuan sat at the head of the table, drinking tea with a solemn expression.

Xu Qi'an silently walked behind Wei Yuan and listened to the Jinluo officials arguing about the real body of the female corpse, the connection between Princess Pingyang and the Sampo Case.

Princess Pingyang's case was considered to have been preliminarily closed. I don't think I can intervene in the follow-up investigation … This case involves the murder of a princess, and it's not something I can participate in.

But the Sampo Case is still not solved … I don't know if my contribution to Princess Pingyang's case can make up for my crime … If not, I'll f * ck the Yuanjing Emperor.

While he was cursing in his heart, an official stood at the door and said, "Duke Wei, everyone, King Yu is here."

"King Yu is here …" The Jinluo officials exchanged glances with each other and then looked at Wei Yuan.

The eunuch with gray hair at his temples drank the last sip of tea and looked at the official. He said gently, "King Yu, please go to the autopsy room."

After that, he put down the cup and sighed. He went to the autopsy room first, and the people in the side hall followed him.

When they arrived outside the autopsy room, the Jinluo officials did not go in. Instead, they stood on both sides of the door, and only Wei Yuan entered.

King Yu was here. The sickly man walked toward them expressionlessly. There was no expression on his face, but it seemed to gather all the expressions on it.

His footsteps were neither fast nor slow, but it was as if an evil spirit was chasing after him …

When he walked to the door of the autopsy room, he paused for a few seconds and then lifted his leg to step over the threshold.

The autopsy room had excellent lighting. The bright sunlight shone through the lattice windows, leaving uniform spots of light on the ground.

At a glance, King Yu saw the corpse on the wooden bed. At this moment, he had the urge to run away.

But as a father's obsession, he slowly walked over.

Wei Yuan was alone in the autopsy room. He took out the golden hairpin from his sleeve and said softly, "I found this on her body. She used it to commit suicide. Take a look and see if you recognize it."

King Yu's gaze froze, and so did his expression. He was like a statue that was gradually eroding away.

"It's" King Yu said bitterly.

"It's King Yu of King Yu," King said bitterly.

After a long time, King Yu lowered his head to look at the golden hairpin and asked in a hoarse voice, "Who did this?"

"We only found three people: Count Pingyuan, Zhang Feng, the Minister of War, and the Minister of Revenue." Wei Yuan stared at him, his deep eyes containing the vicissitudes of time.

"Their original plan was to lure her out of the capital city, but their childe was tempted by her beauty and never thought of letting the Commandery Princess go back alive."

"She was humiliated?" King Yu's voice was terrifyingly calm.

"She swallowed the hairpin and committed suicide." Wei Yuan shook his head and looked at King Yu deeply. "But we still can't be sure that she is the Commandery Princess. A golden hairpin doesn't mean anything.

"I think you know what to do."

King Yu left. Except for the time when he stepped into the autopsy room, he never looked at the corpse again, not even once. It seemed that it was something horrible.

Xu Qi 'an did not know if it was an illusion, but as he looked at King Yu's departing figure, he felt that King Yu had aged a lot in an instant. His back seemed to be desolate, like he was in his twilight years.

On this day, King Yu entered the palace with the blood letter.

…

After King Yu left, Xu Qi 'an, who had planned to wait for the case of Commandery Princess Pingyang to come to an end and collect important clues about the Sampo Case, received an invitation from Princess Royal, Huaiqing.

The messenger was a delicate-looking servant, who was a little eunuch.

"Why does Princess Royal want to see me?" Xu Qi 'an asked.

"I don't know." The little eunuch was a man of few words. He was good at survival in the palace, so he kept his mouth shut.

"It's probably about Commandery Princess Pingyang." Xu Qi 'an had a guess.

He rushed to the imperial city and entered the palace. The little eunuch led him to Princess Huaiqing's Elegant Garden.

In the pavilion in the garden, Xu Qi 'an met Princess Huaiqing, Second Princess Shanjuan, Crown Prince, and Princess Huaiqing's brother, the Fourth Prince.

"Greetings, Your Highnesses." Standing outside the pavilion, Xu Qi 'an cupped his hands.

Princess Lin An waved her hand and shouted happily, "Dog slave, come in and sit down."

Since when did 'dog slave' become a nickname for me? Xu Qi 'an was a little confused. He looked at the Crown Prince and Princess Huaiqing. The latter said coldly, "Don't be so polite. Give your excellency Xu a seat."

The palace maid brought over a chair and placed it opposite the princes.

Princess Royal, Huaiqing looked at him and said, "Today, King Yu entered the palace with the blood letter. Father summoned him and he didn't come out. I remember you are investigating the case of Commandery Princess Pingyang. Is there any progress? "

The Crown Prince, the Fourth Prince, and Princess Lin An were all staring at him, waiting for his answer.

Commandery Princess Pingyang was their cousin. They grew up together and had a deep relationship.

"Commandery Princess Pingyang …" Xu Qi 'an took a deep breath and began to tell the story.

This was a simple and plain love story, but it was destined to be extraordinary because the heroine in the story was a noble Commandery Princess. She should never have fallen in love with a monk.

The taste of love was so wonderful that she was willing to abandon everything, wealth, and status to leave the capital city with him and spend the rest of her life hand in hand.

However, not all love had an ending. The gifted scholar and beautiful woman in the story would always have a happy ending because it was a story. There were too many unpredictable changes in reality.

In the end, they became the victims of the political struggle. Perhaps before their doom came, the little lovers were still imagining their future together.

Xu Qi 'an calmly told the story and remembered a song he heard many years ago:

"Mandarin ducks and butterflies fly together, the garden is full of intoxicating spring scenery."

"Quietly ask the holy monk if his daughter is beautiful, if his daughter is beautiful."

"What about the royal power and wealth, what about the precepts and rules."

"I only hope that I can be with the one I love for as long as the world lasts."

He had never seen Commandery Princess Pingyang before but in front of him, it was as if he saw a bright and beautiful young lady with a pair of smiling eyes standing beside the handsome monk.

She placed a wild flower in her hair and asked him if the flower was more beautiful or if she was more beautiful.

"You, what did you sing just now?" Princess Lin An's eyes were red as she bit her lips and her voice had a sobbing tone.

Xu Qi 'an suddenly realised that he had unknowingly sung it.

He quickly got up and cupped his fists, "Your Highness forgive me. This official was unable to control himself and offended Commandery Princess Pingyang."

Princess Huaiqing stared at him deeply and after a few seconds, she then kept her voice calm, "BenGong already know. You may withdraw."

Xu Qi 'an quickly left and vaguely heard Princess Lin An's cries behind him.

It was only until he was out of the Imperial City that he broke free from that depressed mood.

…

A horse carriage galloped over and stopped at the bottom of the Stargazing Tower. Eunuch Liu who had a white face without any beard but had some crow's feet, did not wait for the attendant to bring the ladder and jumped down the carriage in a panic.

Eunuch Liu rushed into the Stargazing Tower and raised the Imperial edict in his hands, "His Majesty has an edict to summon the Supervisor to enter the Palace immediately."

He shouted it out three times in a row.

In order to prevent the Celestial Commissioner from colluding with officials, it was decreed that the Divination Technique would not work on officials of fourth grade and above.

But there was one exception, the Supervisor!

"Do not be noisy. Teacher has already gone to the Palace."

A voice suddenly sounded from the side. Eunuch Liu turned his head sharply and saw Yang Qianhuan who was dressed in white with his hands behind his back and his back facing him.

"Yang Qianhuan, when did you return to the capital?" Eunuch Liu jumped in shock.

"I came back when the capital needed me," Yang Qianhuan said in a calm tone.

"You talk all day long. Don't you know how to speak properly?" Eunuch Liu spat at him unhappily, then turned around and left.

"…" Yang Qianhuan was speechless.

…

At the Night Watchman's Yamen.

In a quiet room, Xu Qi'an who was sitting cross-legged in meditation suddenly felt his heart palpitate. It was the kind of palpitations he felt when he heard his QQ beep after staying up all night.

This was the unique "message notification" of the Tome of the Earth fragment. He stopped his meditation and took out a small jade mirror.

[Number Nine: Number Six has been found. He is currently at the Night Watchman's Yamen. Everyone can be at ease.]

Seeing this, Xu Qi'an frowned. He thought to himself, 'Sir, are you not blatantly saying that there are traitors from the Heaven & Earth Society in the Night Watchman's Yamen?'

[Number Five: Number Six has been found? However, it's more dangerous for Number Six to be in the Night Watchman's Yamen. I heard that the Night Watchmen of Daibun are all ruthless and evil people.]

[Number One: Don't believe all the rumors. Sir, did you find Number Six?]

[Number Nine: As expected, Number Six has indeed been sealed. The person who sealed him is a powerhouse in a black robe. He exudes a dangerous aura, so I did not dare to act rashly. Thus, he revealed this matter to the Night Watchman's Yamen.]

'Sir, this is a good excuse. This explains my source of information. If Number One is in a high position in the imperial court, he must have already known about Princess Pingyang's case.

'Based on reverse reasoning, I, the Copper Gong who discovered Heng Hui's traces, will become very suspicious … Sir's words are equivalent to patching a patch on my cover.

'If anyone asks, I can say that it was a passionate citizen who reported it.

Thus, I can clear my relationship with Number Three.

[Number One: I received news that the Sampo Case is related to the disappearance of Princess Pingyang a year ago. Very soon, the capital will welcome a huge storm.]

[Four: What's going on?]

Number Four jumped out to join in the fun.

Number One briefly told the members of the Heaven & Earth Society about Princess Pingyang's case. With just a few sentences, he outlined in everyone's mind a political and political struggle without the slightest hint of blood.

This gave everyone ample room for imagination.

[Five: This, this … Is the heart of the Daibun people so black? How could they be so despicable and sinister?]

[Four: Who investigated this case?]

Seeing this question, Xu Qi'an raised his eyebrows and typed in the information: [I heard that it was a Copper Gong from the Night Watchman's Yamen. His name is Xu Qi'an.]

[Four: Xu Qi'an? Why does it sound so familiar?]

[Three: When Number One investigated Yunlu Academy's Soaring Spirit, he mentioned this person. I also paid attention to him and observed him. Then, I came to a terrifying conclusion.]

[Terrifying conclusion?] Several members of the Heaven & Earth Society expressed similar questions.

[Three: This person is extremely intelligent and talented. He is definitely not an ordinary person.]

To be praised by Number Three, this Copper Gong named Xu Qi'an must be an extremely powerful person … Everyone silently remembered this name.

The Jinlian Taoist priest was a little embarrassed and did not say anything.

At this time, Number Two popped up and said: [Three, I found traces of Zhou Chixiong.]

Number One, who did not respond when Xu Qi'an was boasting, immediately jumped out: [Where is he?]

[Two: One of my brothers saw him in a mountain village. That village happens to be the one I'm going to exterminate soon. Wait for me. After I exterminate the village, I'll send him back to the capital.]

'Did Number Two really find Zhou Chixiong? Yunzhou is so big and full of bandits. Even if she is quite influential in Yunzhou, she can't find Zhou Chixiong so quickly … Either it's a coincidence, or I underestimated Number Two's ability … 'Xu Qi'an clapped his hands excitedly.

'If I catch Zhou Chixiong, I'll know who the mastermind behind the collusion with the demons is.

[Three: Thank you.]

[Two: It's no big deal. My friends from all over the world are willing to do me a favor. Finding people is nothing to me.]

'You're doing me a favor …' Everyone thought.

After ending the internal communication within the Heaven & Earth Society, Xu Qi'an felt much more at ease. Zhou Chixiong was another insurance for him. If he caught this person, he would not panic even if Princess Pingyang's case could not let him off the hook.

Now, he just had to wait for the results of the case.