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Chapter 17
"Fearing that the king is too slow, cross Lingkou."

Jiang Youzhi felt suffocated, and rushed out the door.

When she and Pei Xun arrived at Dulingkou, under the dense grass, a female corpse suddenly appeared.

Hurry up, but still failed to stop the demon, Jiang Youzhi frowned: "It's him, but why did you tell us this time?"

Pei Xun said: "Our previous investigations were all biased, which made him very arrogant and thought it was fun to play with us."

Jiang Youzhi looked at the incision of the corpse and said, "No clues were left, he was very cautious."

But as soon as the guards who came to clean up the scene arrived at Dali Temple, they saw Master Huang, the defense envoy, leading a group of guards in.

The guards escorted a person, the proprietress of Huancai Pavilion.

Mr. Huang seemed to be in a mixture of grief and anger: "Master Song, Mr. Pei, you have to decide for me. This poisonous woman is so cruel that she killed me...my wife..."

Speaking of this, Master Huang almost cried, but the proprietress suddenly broke away from the guards, ran forward excitedly, and hugged Jiang Youzhi's arm: "It's not me, help me!"

Half an hour later, according to Mr. Huang, he and the proprietress were old lovers, so he took her in after escaping from prison. But last night, he ran into the proprietress killing someone, knocked him out and fled.

But the proprietress was also injured, she didn't run very far, and was caught within a few hours, and what happened just now happened.

Jiang Youzhi looked at Master Huang's back, thoughtful: "The corpse at Du Lingkou is indeed his wife, but the time is not right at all, and he is vague about what he saw with his own eyes. He is lying, it's all bullshit. .”

Pei Xun just said: "First go to the brick kiln on the outskirts of the city."

The reason is that now that the case is getting more and more serious, Emperor Zhou Wen sent Mr. Qin from the Ministry of Criminal Justice to preside over the case himself. Today he found clay for making bricks near Dulingkou.

In the largest brick kiln in Kyoto, scorching heat waves hit layer by layer, and there are bare sticks and sweaty brickworkers everywhere.

The foreman here spoke very politely: "There is nothing unusual about the brick kiln these days."

Pei Xun asked again: "Are any brickworkers asking for leave these days?"

The foreman thought for a while, then seemed to suddenly think of something: "There is one, Yuan Qian, who was supposed to be on leave for three days, but he hasn't come for five days, and a batch of goods will be delivered tomorrow, and manpower is already in short supply. That kid still dares to be absent from work for no reason!"

Jiang Youzhi was already on the second floor, checking in the houses of the brickworkers, and a hidden compartment next to a bed in the southwest corner caught her attention.

Forcefully pull the secret compartment open, and a bloody night clothes suddenly appeared inside!

With a joyful smile on her face, she ran anxiously to the corridor, and shouted loudly to Pei Xun who was chatting with the foreman not far from the first floor: "My lord, there is something here... ah!"

But before he finished speaking, the bamboo slips under Jiang Youzhi's feet broke, and his body fell suddenly.

Seeing this, Pei Xun hurried over, and Jiang Youzhi fell firmly into his arms.

The breeze was blowing, the four eyes met, the feeling of tightening the waist due to the strength of the arms gradually became stronger, and Jiang Youzhi couldn't help shaking slightly due to the scorching sensation.

The palm held on her shoulder was warm, and in the cool night wind, it was easy to get an electric shock.

"You can let me down." Jiaojiao's small voice was tinged with cowardice, which made people's hearts itch.

Pei Xun put down the nephrite jade on her arms, and the hand on her shoulders naturally slid down to her waist, rubbing against her as if unintentionally.

His eyes were clear: "Why are you so careless?"

Jiang Youzhi's tone was a little unnatural: "I'm in a hurry."

After a pause, she said again: "There is something on the second floor."

Because of this bloody night clothes, Yuan Qian became the most likely person to be the murderer, besides, he used to be an experienced butcher.

At the same time, Dali Temple intercepted a secret letter from Master Huang to the proprietress.

The general meaning is that Dali Temple has secretly decided to behead her tomorrow, and it is really helpless to send her to see the official that day. He will never ignore friendship and refuse to save her.

Dali Temple had been closely monitoring Mr. Huang, so Jiang Youzhi suggested that it is better to use the plan.

She had learned disguise from her master when she was young, so she disguised herself as a small prison guard. According to the plan, she led the proprietress out of Dali Temple smoothly at Yinshi that night.

The two arrived at the place agreed in the letter, and sure enough there were guards waiting for a long time.

After walking some winding paths, they came to the corner of a narrow alley, and suddenly a person appeared from the other side, bumping into the proprietress.

The proprietress suddenly raised her head, looked at the person passing by in front of her, her eyes widened in astonishment: "It was him, he killed Mrs. He!"

Eager to clear up her grievances, the proprietress turned around and rushed up without hesitation, and Jiang Youzhi quickly followed.

At the end of the narrow alley, as soon as Yuan Qian saw Mr. Huang, he asked anxiously, "What about my reward?"

Master Huang laughed mockingly: "You are not doing well this time, and you still have the face to pay for it, no!"

Yuan Qian grabbed Master Huang's arm: "Are you going to make me a scapegoat!"

Master Huang threw him away in disgust: "If it weren't for your lack of success, Liniang would have died in Huancai Pavilion long ago, and I wouldn't be coerced by others now!"

However, these words were heard clearly by Jiang Youzhi and the others who had arrived earlier.

The proprietress rushed out from the corner in disbelief, her voice was furious: "So you wanted me to die early in the morning!"

Then he rushed towards Master Huang and beat her up, Master Huang threw her out fiercely: "Why are you crazy!"

The proprietress went up to tear him up again, and the guards who had just come to meet him had already moved behind Master Huang at some point.

Seeing that the two were arguing, Jiang Youzhi wanted to step forward, but seeing Master Huang was pushed out unexpectedly, the guard swung his arm up at him.

Then the guard pushed forward as if unintentionally, Master Huang couldn't restrain himself from rushing towards the proprietress, who was holding a dagger in her hand at the moment.

The dagger was completely submerged, Boss Huang slumped weakly on the boss's shoulder, and then slid down softly.

The proprietress trembled and let go of her hand, and suddenly ran to the other side, muttering nervously: "I killed someone..."

Just as Jiang Youzhi took a step, she was about to catch up, but there was a pain in the back of her head, and she fell to the ground, unconscious again.

A dazzling light struck, and when Jiang Youzhi woke up, he found himself in the carriage.

She moved her stiff neck, and then sat up, only to see Pei Xun reading a book indifferently opposite.

Jiang Youzhi seemed to be remembering something, and suddenly leaned over to him: "Master Huang is dead! The proprietress..."

But when Pei Xun raised her eyes suddenly, the distance between them was so close that she even saw herself in his eyes.

The breath around him seemed to be clearly felt by him, the white fluff on Jiang Youzhi's cheeks stood up slightly, and retreated abruptly.

But the back hit the back heavily, with a lot of force.

Pei Xun shook his head helplessly: "It was too late, the proprietress escaped onto the boat, but the boat capsized and everyone was gone."

After hearing this, Jiang Zhizhi drooped weakly, and the two powerful clues were all broken on the same day.

(End of this chapter)