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"Yes, just as I guessed." Li Lianhua nodded.

Fang Duobing asked, "What else did you find?"

"Before Li Fei died, he drew a circle on the table. I thought about it for a long time in prison but couldn't figure it out. But now I finally know what this circle represents."

"What?" Fang Duobing asked.

"well."

Fang Duobing was surprised. "You mean, the entrance to the Paradise Tower is very likely next to a well? But if such a large tower is still in the palace, it is impossible that no one has discovered it."

Li Lianhua nodded, "I still haven't figured this out, but the only thing we know is that these four people were killed, and Shan Gudao also lost the clues to the Paradise Tower. And since the third person behind the crime prevented others from looking for the Paradise Tower, he must know all the clues."

"So our goal now is to find the third person behind the scenes."

They returned to Shanyifang again.

Looking at the leftovers on the table and the bloodstains on the ground, Li Lianhua said, "This claw mark is indeed an animal claw, not a fake."

"I have seen the body reports of these four people. Their throats were bitten off and their abdomens were torn open by sharp claws. They were definitely killed by wild beasts." Fang Duobing said, "But you see, the bloodstains on the ground don't seem right."

"The bloodstains are all splashed around the corpse, and there is no trace of wiping them away." Li Lianhua thought for a while, "This means that none of the four people wanted to escape. There are four people in total, and the beast can only kill one person at a time. They have a chance to escape, so why don't they run away and let the beast kill them?"

Hearing what he said, Fang Duobing took out a silver needle and tested it in the food. Seeing that the silver needle did not change color, he said, "It's non-toxic."

"No poison?" Li Lianhua shook her head. "It doesn't make sense that there was no poison. Could it be that there really was a Heavenly Roar that made the people in the town unable to move?"

"Isn't the poison in the food and drinks?"

Li Lianhua recalled what she heard at the door, and thought of the map on their table at the time, "It was a map. It should be Li Fei and his group. They flipped through the map and found the poison on it. After flipping through it, they were paralyzed by the poison and lost consciousness, and were at the mercy of others."

"Now the map is missing. The murderer must be afraid of being tracked down. But it is not easy to find a map in such a big palace." Fang Duobing couldn't help but say.

"Since the beast's murder is real and the roar of the gods is fake, can't we just follow the scent?"

"Smell?" Fang Duobing was a little confused.

But Li Lianhua said, "This vixen has been lazy and greedy for so long, it's time for it to show up."

Led by the fox spirit, they soon arrived near a rockery in a garden in the palace.

Looking at the vixen yelling at the rockery, Li Lianhua nodded, "It should be here."

Fang Duobing and his companions walked in and searched on the rockery for a while before they found a mechanism. After they pulled it open, a secret door appeared.

The moment the door opened, a two-headed ferocious beast rushed out from inside, but before it could cause any harm to them, it was killed by Fang Duobing with a single sword.

Seeing this scene, Li Lianhua said with emotion: "Fang Xiaobao, you have made great progress recently."

"How about my self-created 'Night Rain Occupies Green Mountains'?" Fang Duobing looked proud.

"You'd better not be seen by Di Feisheng, otherwise he will pester you to fight." Li Lianhua smiled.

Fang Duobing also laughed. After he finished laughing, he looked at the beast's corpse on the ground and said, "I didn't expect that this two-headed beast, Ni Tianhou, was actually two mountain cats mixed together. That's why it's so ferocious."

"Let's go in and take a look."

The two entered the secret door.

As soon as he entered, Fang Duobing smelled a foul odor.

The source of the stench is the corpses all over the ground.

There was nothing else inside, and the smell was so bad, Li Lianhua gestured to go out first. When they got outside, Li Lianhua said, "Now I understand."

"There are so many mountain cat skeletons in the cave. It seems that the murderer has been playing tricks for many years. The palace maids and eunuchs who disappeared in recent years must have been killed by the murderer because they were close to the entrance of the Paradise Tower."

Li Lianhua nodded, "He just borrowed the mountain cat to kill someone, so he definitely won't come here for a while. In this case, we need to think of a way to find out who he is."

"The carcasses of the animals in the cave are what we feed the mountain cats. The inner palace is well guarded, and a large amount of meat is delivered every few days. It's hard not to attract attention."

"This rockery is built next to the palace wall. The small door in the hole leads to the outer palace, so he can feed from the outside." Li Lianhua said.

Fang Duobing frowned, "But even if it's outside, there are people watching over it. The materials coming in and out are all recorded. It would be difficult for him to steal or transport them."

"So he can steal food from a group of unspeakable subjects."

Hearing him say this, Fang Duobing remembered, "I know, it's the Zoo."

"That's right." Li Lianhua nodded, "Let's go."

They went to the zoo.

As soon as he entered the door, Fang Duobing greeted the steward inside enthusiastically, "Uncle Qian, long time no see."

"Fang family kid, I haven't seen you for a long time and you have grown up so much." Qian Bo put down the pen in his hand, looked at Fang Duobing and said with a smile: "Boy, you came here so late at night, don't you want to see tigers again?"

Fang Duobing smiled and said, "Next time, next time. I came here today because I want to ask Uncle Qian something. Uncle Qian, the meat from the wild animals you raise in your zoo is often lost."

Hearing his words, Qian Bo stood up immediately, "How did you know?"

"Don't worry, Uncle Qian. We are here to catch the thief." Fang Duobing comforted him.

Qian Bo sighed, "As for the loss of meat, I can't explain it clearly. When I entered the zoo decades ago, I only remember that half a stone of meat was enough for daily consumption, but one day, two catties were consumed out of nowhere. From that day on, the daily meat consumption would be less, and it increased month by month until it reached about ten catties. It has been like this for seven or eight years, and it has returned to two catties."

"It's strange, even. It's like..."

Before he could finish, Li Lianhua spoke up, "It seems like someone raised a wild beast from childhood until it was seven or eight years old, then it died, and they raised it from scratch, right?"

"Yes, that's right." Qian Bo nodded. "When I first wanted to investigate, others laughed at me and said I was too nervous. It's just that the appetites of the beasts in the zoo fluctuate."

Fang Duobing said, "That's right. It's convenient to smuggle a little mountain cat into the palace. We can raise it in seven or eight years, and when it's about to die, we can bring in two more." "Little mountain cat?" Qian Bo, who was listening at the side, was a little surprised. "We don't keep mountain cats in this zoo."

"Mr. Qian, we are talking about the case, not the zoo." Fang Duobing explained, and then asked, "By the way, Mr. Qian, where is the meat usually stored? Is it easy to be stolen?"

"That's why I was confused but didn't investigate." Qian Bo said, "The meat is usually locked in the warehouse. But besides me, the Ministry of Works has a spare key. Even if a thief wants to steal the meat for years, he can't do it."

Hearing him say this, Li Lianhua suddenly thought of something and said hurriedly, "Not good, let's go."

Hearing his words, Fang Duobing hurriedly left the Zoo with him.

After coming out, Fang Duobing asked Li Lianhua, "Why are you so anxious?"

"The Ministry of Works was responsible for the construction of the imperial palace. The rockery for the wild cats must have been built by the Ministry of Works. The Ministry of Works also had a backup of the key to the warehouse of the Hundred Beasts Garden. Li Fei and the other three were planted by the Ministry of Works. The Ministry of Works naturally also had the poisoned map. Therefore, after the four people chose the site at the beginning, they did not return to their residence, but went to Shanyifang instead."

Li Lianhua said: "Before, I always thought it was Shan Gudao, but now it seems that it is not the case. I guess I guessed wrong."

Listening to what he said, Fang Duobing said, "Someone in the Ministry of Works was afraid that the secret of the Jile Tower would be revealed, so they deliberately arranged for them to go to Shanyifang and let Shanmao escape. Those who can do this must not only have worked in the Ministry of Works for many years, but also have to follow the site selection in the past few days so that they can make arrangements at any time."

"Liu Kehe, the construction supervisor of the Ministry of Industry." Li Lianhua gave the answer immediately.

"If he didn't inform Shan Gudao, but secretly arranged for Li Fei and others to go to Shanyifang, Shan Gudao would also know that the murderer was Liu Kehe." Fang Duobing said.

"So let's hurry over there and go."

They rushed over, only to find Liu Kehe hanged on the beam.

Seeing this scene, Fang Duobing gritted his teeth and said, "It's still too late."

"Shan Gudao lost Li Fei and the other three. If he wants to find the Jile Tower, his only clue is Liu Kehe. This is going to be a difficult situation." Li Lianhua frowned.

Fang Duobing was puzzled. "What secrets does this Paradise Tower have that require him to risk his life to protect it? Could it be that he also knows about the Karma Fire Blight?"

"If he had known earlier, he should have noticed the Unruly Demon Monk from the beginning." Li Lianhua shook her head, "So he must have had other reasons."

After taking a quick look at the situation in the house, Fang Duobing said, "It's a complete mess here, there's no way to find any clues."

"Think about it, Liu Kehe would rather commit suicide than keep the secret of the Paradise Tower. I'm sure he wouldn't leave any clues behind."

After Li Lianhua finished speaking, she looked at the books scattered all over the floor. She also saw a piece of paper on the floor that said, "The Paradise Tower must not be seen again, otherwise there will be chaos in the world."

Fang Duobing picked up a book from the ground and looked at the contents. He said, "Li Lianhua, I remember you said before that Li Fei and the others said before they died that they saw the osmanthus tree and deduced the entrance from it."

"Yes."

"Seeing the osmanthus tree brings back memories, which means the scenery at the entrance is very different from what it was more than a decade ago. The fact that an abandoned palace has undergone such a big change may itself be a clue." Fang Duobing guessed wrong.

Li Lianhua nodded, "Perhaps after they mistakenly entered the Paradise Tower, Liu Kehe used his authority to transform the abandoned palace in order to hide the entrance."

Fang Duobing stood up and handed the booklet to Li Lianhua, "This is the record of the Ministry of Works' construction work near the abandoned palace over the past decade."

Seeing the densely packed records above, Li Lianhua said, "There are quite a lot of actions."

Planting trees, leveling mountains, filling wells, repairing ditches...

Closing the book, Li Lianhua said, "The circle drawn by Li Fei is indeed a well."

"Let's go to the abandoned garden now."

Before leaving, Li Lianhua walked to Liu Kehe's body and took off the jade pendant from him. Seeing his actions, Fang Duobing frowned, "What's wrong?"

"The jade pendant on my waist shouldn't be so heavy." As she spoke, Li Lianhua pressed hard, and the jade pendant broke, revealing the gold medal inside.

Fang Duobing was a little surprised when he saw the words on the sign, "A promise of life and death, a jade of life and death?"

"You also recognize this thing?"

Fang Duobing said, "The Life and Death Jade is the proof of the contract with the royal family. Once this contract is signed, one will be driven by the royal family for generations. But Liu Kehe's family has served in the Ministry of Works for generations, and their positions are not high. How can they also have the Life and Death Jade? And with whom did they sign this contract?"

"The answer to the question must be in the Paradise Tower." Li Lianhua said.

While they were talking, the Unruly Demon Monk was walking around the abandoned garden with Eunuch Wang and others.

Eunuch Wang trembled and said, "Master, why are you out here in the middle of the night to choose a location? A murder happened the day before yesterday. It's always unsafe at night."

"I deliberately chose the location at night because the direction of the feng shui is most obvious when the moonlight is at its brightest." said the Unruly Monk.

Looking at the craftsmen following him, Eunuch Wang frowned, "Why are there new people today?"

"The craftsman from the Ministry of Industry was killed, and we are short of manpower." The Unruly Demon Monk looked helpless. "So I asked the people from the Ten Thousand Saints to help. This matter has been delayed for too long, and we really should speed up. I will ask them to search this place right away. Come on, everyone..."

Before he could finish his words, a eunuch hurried over and said, "The Queen Mother has ordered that Eunuch Wang bring the Imperial Master and all the craftsmen to Mingluan Garden immediately. We have something important to discuss."

"Everyone?" The Unruly Demon Monk frowned and couldn't help but look at Shan Gudao. Seeing the latter nod, he agreed.

After they left, Li Lianhua, who was hiding on the side, couldn't help but say, "Fake the Queen Mother's order, Fang Xiaobao, you owe the princess another favor."

"This is a serious matter. I hope we can delay them for a while." Fang Duobing said, "Let's look for it quickly."

The two began searching in the abandoned garden.

"Strange, we have searched back and forth so many times, but it doesn't look like there is a tower hidden there. Could it be that we are looking in the wrong direction?" Fang Duobing asked, "Or is there some trick that we haven't discovered?"

After he finished speaking, he saw Li Lianhua staring at the lantern in her hand, "Li Lianhua, why are you daydreaming? If you can't find it, the demon monks will come back."

"It should be nearby. The Paradise Tower is a tower, so why is the entrance a well?" Li Lianhua wondered.

"Maybe the tower is no longer there, but the treasure is still there, so they entered a secret room in the well?" Fang Duobing guessed.

Li Lianhua did not comment, "Think about it, Li Fei and his friends have been to the Paradise Tower before, which means that if we fall into this well, we can find the Paradise Tower." (End of this chapter)