Attack Jade (攻玉) - Chapter 80

[Chapter 51 Where did the prince go last night?]

Teng Yuyi ordered the maids to step back, leaving only Cheng Bo and Duanfu at the door.

“Prince, that Specter came uninvited tonight, I was wondering if there might be other reasons.”

Lin Chengyou: “What do you think?

” She is obsessed with beautiful women’s skins and is extremely picky before starting her work. In addition to choosing a woman’s appearance, she will also pay attention to whether the woman’s skin is damaged

. Spreading out his palms: “This is my wound at the time, and I asked the prince to take a look.

Teng Yuyi added: “This wound is not shallow. When my sister entered the woods, the bleeding had not been completely stopped. The monster’s sense of smell is very sensitive, and you can smell blood from a long distance . Yes, but it ambushed the cousin, and according to the cousin’s retrospect, the tree demon should have been dormant in the forest long ago, and it was not to covet her skin, but to take her life. This is strange, whether in Yangzhou or Chang’an, my sister has never had a grudge against anyone, and the only one who can be considered a festival is Lu Zhaoan.

Lin Chengyou already knows these things, he will make people follow Lu Zhaoan, not only because this person may be harmful to others, he is also curious about how Lu Zhaoan controls the tree demon. Unfortunately

, after staring at it for almost a month, Lu Zhaoan has not been exposed until A while ago, Hu Jizhen suddenly lost his soul, and the matter took a turn.

“The prince should have noticed it long ago. I also sent people to follow Lu Zhaoan these days. I heard that a young master Hu suddenly suffered from a strange disease the day before yesterday. Even more suspicious of Lu Zhaoan.

Teng Yuyi said that Lu Zhaoan only cared about his own escape that night. Lin

Chengyou raised his eyebrows, so it was, he had guessed that Hu Ji really knew what Lu Zhaoan’s secret was, and he thought there was still this koan

. Just know? ”

Teng Yuyi nodded: “Young Master Hu almost lost his life on the spot. I thought he would definitely spread the matter everywhere, but he kept his mouth shut, and the client himself would not expose Lu Zhaoan’s true face, so I wouldn’t be able to do it for me. After a while, I listened to it. Saying that Mr. Hu had a strange disease, Shizi, don’t you think that the timing of Mr. Hu’s illness was too coincidental?”

“So you suspect that it was Lu Zhao’an?”

Teng Yuyi: “The imperial court will hold an election soon. The marriage is still pending, so it is not surprising that Lu Zhaoan would take risks for these two points. Now that Hu Jizhen is ill, there is another person who knows the details of Lu Zhaoan. That is my elder sister. My sister lives in the mansion, so I have reason to suspect that this female ghost was brought in by Lu Zhaoan.” The

last sentence was a bit far-fetched, but in this way, it made sense why she bumped into ghosts one after another.

Lin Chengyou laughed, Teng Yuyi seemed to be afraid of the reputation of “unlucky ghost”, but she should not forget why the corpse evil suddenly stared at her is still a mystery.

But when she said this, she was barely able to make sense. By using the ghost to get rid of the people who wanted to get rid of, the murderer can get away with his whole body.

Teng Yuyi glanced at the smile in Lin Chengyou’s black eyes, and knew that he still had some doubts in his heart, but even if he did not fully accept this statement, he could not deny the possibility.

“You get rid of your people.” He looked at her for a while, and said, “Lu Zhaoan is very vigilant. Too many people staring at him will startle the snake.”

Teng Yuyi hurriedly said: “Okay, I will let them tomorrow. Don’t follow.”

Lin Chengyou paused, agreeing so happily, he was actually a little uncomfortable. Except for the time when we dealt with the corpse evil together, it was rare to see Teng Yuyi willing to cooperate with her obediently.

“In addition, please ask Mrs. Du to give me the letter that Lu Zhaoan wrote to you at that time. If Lu Zhaoan has used something like cinnabar talismans, there will be some traces left on the letter. I have to determine whether he can know mysticism. ”

Du Tinglan and Teng Yuyi looked at each other. Although Lin Chengyou never advertised his character, he was even a little bit stingy at times, but after the last time Grandpa went to Qingyun Temple to tell Lin Chengyou the truth, it was true that there was no rumor from Changan that it was not good for the Du family. It can be seen that Lin Chengyou will do what he says, and will never leak if he says it will not be leaked.

“Okay, tomorrow will be handed over to the prince.” Du Tinglan’s tone was full of gratitude.

Teng Yuyi took the opportunity to say, “I don’t worry about my sister going back to the mansion, but I don’t know Taoism. Even if I have Xiaoyajian to protect me, I am still too tired to deal with the ghosts who are high in Taoism. Last time, the two little Taoists gave me There are a lot of talismans, but they don’t seem to be of any use. I’m afraid that in a few days, someone will lead a ghost to Teng Mansion—”

She said, and logically pointed to the bell on her wrist: “The Xuanyin bell still can’t be taken off, I’m very worried. I’m worried that the prince will be disturbed again, and with the formation of defense, it won’t disturb people’s dreams in the middle of the night.”

Lin Chengyou had guessed that this was why she went so far to entertain him, but what she said was exactly what he wanted, because he was also annoyed to death. ring the bell.

In addition, he was also curious about whether Teng Yuyi’s small courtyard would be anything strange. It is not easy to manipulate such a ghost, and even the most cautious person will leave traces nearby. After Teng Yuyi said this, he took advantage of the situation and looked out the window. Look: “The formation method, it’s not difficult, but I still have one thing to figure out. I have to trouble Lady Teng to call out all the servants in the house. I want to take a good look.

” Just buzzing for a while, Lin Chengyou suspected that there were thieves in the Teng Mansion.

Fortunately, after Lin Chengyou checked the servants in the mansion, he didn’t find anything wrong. The next step was to arrange the formation, which took a lot of work. When Lin Chengyou was finished, the sky turned white.

Teng Yuyi hurriedly ordered Cheng Bo to carefully prepare breakfast. The people in Teng’s house were so fast that they presented a table of good things in a blink of an eye.

Lin Chengyou was about to leave, but when he saw this frowning, Teng Yuyi seemed to want to give a hundred times more energy to entertain, and there were both soup and noodles on the table.

Teng Yuyi and Du Tinglan couldn’t finish so many things, what a pity it was wasted, he shook his head secretly, and had to reluctantly stay for breakfast.

The breakfast was set in the flower hall, and there was a screen in the hall. Lin Chengyou sat outside the screen, while Teng Yuyi and Du Tinglan sat inside the screen.

Lin Chengyou thought when he was raising the chopsticks, it seemed that he hadn’t had such a grand breakfast for a long time.

In the past six months, the grandfather and the second brother are not in Chang’an, and the younger sister is in the palace. hunger. Even if you have breakfast in the Chengwang Mansion, you can eat it casually. Teng Yuyi

and Du Tinglan were very disciplined when they dined. They didn’t hear the sound of bowls and chopsticks in the screen. Suddenly, Du Tinglan said in a low voice, “Eating this is good for your body. Don’t pick it out.”

The mind of a child, look, they are so big and they are picky eaters.

He ran out of it quickly, and glanced at the screen before leaving: “This formation is only set up around the Teng Mansion, I can’t guarantee anything if the formation is out, you and your elder sister are the best for these few nights. Don’t walk around.”

Teng Yuyi stood behind the screen to send her benefactor: “You walk slowly. Don’t worry, we will never run around at night.”

Lin Chengyou walked to the door, and he saw the rising sun, a faint light. There was a bright orange in the sky, so cute.

When going down the steps, he unconsciously stepped a little faster. It was strange to say that after working all night, he didn’t feel tired at all. After thinking about it, it was estimated that the Huoyu Linggen Tang he drank last time still had some residual medicinal effects. for the sake of.

When he arrived at the gate of Teng Mansion, Cheng Bo had already prepared his horse.

Lin Chengyou thanked him and drove his horse to Prince Cheng’s mansion.

Commander Chang and Kuan Nu were busy inquiring about the whereabouts of the little master, and they were overjoyed when they saw Lin Chengyou coming back.

“Where did the prince go last night?” Kuan Nu complained, “The villain went to Dongming Temple to find the five priests, and when he came back, the prince disappeared.”

Commander Chang also sighed: “When the prince left, he had a fight with the villains. call.”

Lin Chengyou threw the reins to the servants waiting at the door, and said with a smile, “I’m sorry, there was another haunted place last night. I walked too quickly and forgot to tell you. By the way, last night How about the Wudao?”

“There are three Taoist priests in Guanli who are recovering from their injuries. They are the villains received by the two Taoist priests, Jianxi and Jiantian. They took the ingot of the prince and went to the nunnery to remove the trouble. That’s it.”

Commander Chang looked at Lin Chengyou’s expression, the little prince’s eyebrows stretched, and he looked surprisingly good after catching the ghost for a long time.

“Have you used breakfast yet?”

Lin Chengyou said casually, “I have used it.”

So early?

Lin Chengyou glanced at Chang Rong and Kuan Nu, and stepped into the mansion: “Hu Cake Shop just bought a piece of Hu Cake.”

Is there a Hu Cake Shop that opened so early? Commander Chang looked at the back of the little master and didn’t ask any more questions, he only secretly planned to ask the chef to make some more houto, and suddenly remembered a serious matter: “By the way, the yamen in Dali Temple just came to look for the prince and said that the prince should go to Dali as soon as possible. A visit to the temple.”

“What’s the matter?”

“It said that a strange female corpse was sent.”

Lin Chengyou was taken aback, and strode back to the backyard, making people prepare bath soup, put on official clothes after bathing, and drove his horse to Dali. temple.

It was still early, and there were not many carriages in front of the Dali Temple. Lin Chengyou went straight through the central hall and went in. Yan Wanchun, who was on duty last night, greeted him.

Yan Sizhi’s expression was much paler than usual, whether he was too tired or frightened.

“Lin Pingshi, come with Yan to the morgue.”

Lin Chengyou has never seen Yan Sizhi so complacent, so he can’t help but wonder: “What kind of corpse? Is it wrong?”

Yan Sizhi wiped away his cold sweat: “Look at it. I know, the prince only inquired about it last night,”

Arriving at the door of the morgue, Lin Chengyou smelled a strong suffocating aura before entering, which is the unique breath of Li Gui. Pushing the door open, he saw a corpse on the corpse bed. The top of the corpse was covered with a white cloth. It appears to be a female corpse.

Lin Chengyou walked to the corpse bed, raised his hand and lifted the white cloth. Although he was prepared, he was still surprised. What caught his eye was a familiar face, the female ghost who broke into Teng’s residence last night. .

His eyes moved down quickly, and sure enough, he saw the wound on the woman’s abdomen.

Yan Sizhi couldn’t hold back, turned his head and vomited, knowing that he had lost his way, and tried his best to restrain himself: “Yesterday when the prince inquired about the case in Tongzhou, Yan didn’t take it seriously, and only after seeing the woman’s corpse did he know how many murderers there were. Cruel. Such a small fetus can’t survive even if it is stolen, so why did the murderer do this?”

Lin Chengyou’s face was not very good-looking, but he knew that the more brutal a case was, the more careful the corpse was to be inspected, and the more he looked at it. Only then did she discover that the woman’s wound was messy and disorderly, not like being cut by a sharp blade, but torn open with bare hands.

“Is this a corpse sent from Tongzhou?”

Yan Wanchun was stunned: “No, this woman is from Chang’an, her name is Shu Liniang, she is only twenty years old this year, and lives in Chun’an Lane in Chonghua Fang—

” After speaking, there was a commotion outside, and the yamen shouted from outside: “Yan Sizhi, you were on duty last night, the judge from the Tongzhou government brought the case in person, and the body of the victim is now on the hall. Husband and wife, oh, come out and take a look, the death situation is too tragic.”

Lin Chengyou and Yan Wanchun looked at each other and walked quickly to the door.

The yamen saw Lin Chengyou coldly, and said stunned: “Did the prince rest in the yamen last night, or did he come early in the morning?”

Lin Chengyou didn’t care about gossiping: “The one who brought a couple? How did he die? The

yamen fought a cold war: “The wife was killed by caesarean section.”

Lin Chengyou was stunned, and Yan Wanchun was also shocked: “It turns out that the story of the prince is actually true. This, this is what the same person did… …”

Lin Chengyou went straight around the yamen and walked out: “I haven’t seen Tongzhou submit a case file two days ago, why did the corpse directly come over?” The

yamen followed Lin Chengyou step by step: “I heard the law Cao said that the local prefecture was trying its best to track down the murderer. , I don’t know that there is a ghost in the yamen. Anyone who has seen a ghost will say that the ghost of the couple is causing trouble. The Tongzhou government was afraid that the case would not be easy, so it had to order the corpse of the couple to be sent to Chang’an. .”

[End of This Chapter]