A Piece of White Cloth
Ji Yunshu was in front!
Li Shiyan was behind her!
Looking at the slender figure walking in front of him with difficulty, Li Shiyan was somewhat worried. He raised his vigilance and decided to protect her.
After walking for a while, Li Shiyan asked, "Now, which direction are we going?"
"Southeast," Ji Yunshu replied.
"Then I don't understand. Why do you want to go through this forest? Look at this place. It's so humid and dark. Why don't we go around the foot of the mountain? "
Li Shiyan frowned.
Ji Yunshu was walking carefully in front of him. She poked the ground with the wooden stick in her hand and asked without turning her head, "Do you really want to know?"
"Of course." Li Shiyan nodded. "If you think that my talent is good, there's no harm in accepting me as your disciple. Maybe in the future, I will be able to solve cases as easily as you."
'Easily?'
These words made Ji Yunshu smile, but she didn't answer him.
However, Li Shiyan's doubts became more and more serious because of her silence.
He continued to ask, "Since you agreed to let me follow you, why hide your thoughts? Maybe if you tell me, I can help you come up with some ideas."
Ji Yunshu didn't seem to be annoyed. She took a deep breath and said, "Since you agreed to let me follow you, why are you hiding your thoughts?
He said, "The deceased came from the official road, passing through this forest, and ran to the southeast corner."
"How do you know?"
"Although this area is surrounded by mountains, woodcutters often come and go, so it's impossible to hide someone. Moreover, the Capital Magistrate also investigated the area and confirmed that it's impossible to hide someone. Based on the deceased's physical condition, it's even more impossible for her to travel from a faraway place to Liang Mountain. Therefore, there is only one explanation."
"What is it?"
"At that time, the deceased must have escaped from a carriage on the official road or something that could hide a person. At that time, there must have been someone chasing after her. In a moment of desperation, it was impossible for her to go around the foot of the mountain to the southeast. Instead, she ran into this forest and ran southeast. Unfortunately, she fell and hit her head on a rock, killing her on the spot."
Her explanation was very patient.
Li Shiyan was shocked and nodded his head a few times. His face was full of worship, but he did not forget to ask, "Then what do you want to know by walking the path that the deceased walked?"
"Find the traces left by the killer, or something else that I don't know."
The explanation was quite clear, but Li Shiyan's brain was working at high speed, so it took him some time to understand everything.
His face was full of amazement!
He really wanted to open this woman's head and take a good look at what was inside!
Ji Yunshu strode forward and continued, "There is one more thing. Liang Mountain is just outside the capital, and there is only one official road. To hide the dead, there is a higher possibility that it was a carriage. Moreover, the direction the carriage was traveling in is likely to be the exit of the capital."
"Why?"
"Because of the missing girls case, the city has been heavily guarded, and they are searching everywhere. The murderer might have been afraid of being discovered, so he was in a hurry to move the deceased out of the city. However, there is one thing that I still don't understand. If it was really a carriage, it would be easy to hide the deceased inside, but entering and exiting the city requires a strict search. How did the murderer avoid this and move the deceased out?"
Ji Yunshu's heart was gradually filled with doubts.
In short, there were all kinds of suspicious points.
She didn't have any clues, so she could only hope to find something in this forest.
"Forget it. Let's find something related to the case here first," Ji Yunshu said.
Li Shiyan didn't continue asking. Ji Yunshu's words were enough for him to digest.
Suddenly …
"Wait!"
Ji Yunshu stopped walking.
"What's wrong?"
"Look, isn't there a piece of white cloth over there?"
Ji Yunshu pointed at a place.
Not far from them, there was indeed a piece of white cloth hanging on a pile of branches.
However, the branches were growing on a steep slope, so they had to carefully step down to reach the white cloth.
Li Shiyan squinted his eyes and looked at it. He nodded and said, "There is a piece of cloth, but it might be an ordinary one."
"Let's take a look and we will know."
In the next moment, Ji Yunshu walked over with the wooden stick in her hand. She bent down and stretched her hand, but she couldn't reach it.
"Let me!"
Li Shiyan pulled her onto his body and prepared to walk down the slope.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh! Something suddenly brushed past the treetops.
In this gloomy and gloomy forest, it was very ear-piercing.
Suddenly, more than ten black-clothed men jumped down from the tall and straight tree. Each of them had a sword in their hand, and they rushed toward the two of them.
When the sharp swords came toward Ji Yunshu, Li Shiyan immediately shielded her hand behind her back.
"Be careful!"
Li Shiyan waved the delicate folding fan that was originally only good for show. When it opened, several sharp silver needles shot out.
The needles accurately pierced the throats of several black-clothed men, killing them on the spot.
Ji Yunshu didn't expect that the folding fan was such a powerful weapon.
"Lean against the tree and don't run around." Li Shiyan glanced at her.
In an instant, he and the black-clothed men were engaged in a fierce battle.
However, Ji Yunshu didn't know when, but another black-clothed man jumped down from the top of the tree she was leaning against. His sword was pointed downwards, and he mercilessly thrust it toward her head.
When she raised her eyes, the blade of the sword suddenly enlarged in her pupils like a meteor.
'Am I going to die without a doubt?'
She had survived from Jinjiang until now, but the missing girls case and the Lin Capital case were still unsolved.
Moreover, what about Wei Yi?
Would Jing Rong take care of him for her? Would he treat him well?
When the sword was only 0.0001 millimeters away from her line of sight, a pebble flew over and flicked the sword away. The sword flew out of the black-clothed man's hand and steadily fell into a wide palm.
Jing Rong took the sword and stabbed it into the black-clothed man's chest.
At the same time …
Jing Rong forcefully pulled Ji Yunshu and held her in front of him.
"The next time you dare to leave this Prince behind, this Prince will personally kill you." His eyes were filled with intense anger.
Although the surrounding light was dim, Ji Yunshu could clearly see the solemn and angry expression on his face.
"I …"
He didn't wait for Ji Yunshu to explain and pressed her against the tree again. "Stay here."
Then, he picked up the sword and went to fight with the black-clothed men.
Ji Yunshu clutched her chest and only reacted after a long time.
When she saw that both sides were engaged in a fierce battle, her gaze once again fell on the piece of white cloth. After thinking for a moment, she became vigilant and slowly moved toward it.
Her white fingers grabbed the messy branches beside her and descended the steep slope. With her other hand, she struggled to reach the piece of white cloth.
A little more!
Just a little more!
She finally reached it!
She grabbed the white cloth in her hand, but … …
"Ah!"
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