Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

Chapter 541 Visiting Mrs. Hou

The news was really too shocking, even though Yan Mu expected it, he was still speechless for a long while.

The place where the broken arm was found was in a forest deep in Yunwu Mountain. The person who found the broken arm was a villager who went hunting nearby.

"The severed arm was buried shallow, and was dug out by the hunting dogs brought by the villagers." Dahei wiped his sweat and pointed to the east, "That's where the body of the maidservant of the Dingyuan Hou Mansion was found, not far from here. The official of the Zhaofu said that they searched the neighborhood three times, but they did not find the amputated arm. Later, they found the other in the lotus pond of Dingyuan Houfu. Because the weather was too hot, the body of the maid had already been given to her family for burial. There was no comparison, and the severed arm was directly handed over to the family to be buried."

After Yan Mu listened, he looked at the rotten severed arm on the ground, and heaved a sigh of relief, "So this severed arm belongs to that maidservant."

"I have re-compared the work, and this is the one."

Now the question is, whose amputated arm was found in the lotus pond earlier?

"Since the officials of the Jingzhao Mansion searched the area and found nothing, it means that the amputated arm may have been buried here later." Yan Mu said.

"It should be." After Dahei finished speaking, he looked confused again, "But why did the murderer do this? It doesn't make sense!"

"It's not necessarily the murderer who did it, but the amputated arm now tells us that there was actually another woman who had an accident the night the maid was murdered."

Dahei went on to say: "The two people may die in the same way, and the murderer is also the same."

Yan Mu took a deep breath, "There is only one severed arm right now, and the owner of the severed arm may not necessarily be dead."

Dahei nodded: "Then what shall we do next?"

"Find someone first."

"Our people searched the area again, but found no clues."

Yan Mu looked up the mountain, pondered for a moment, and said, "The scene of the dismemberment case was in the Zhuangzi of Dingyuanhou's Mansion. Later, the murderer moved the corpse here and buried it, and it was discovered by nearby villagers."

"Yes."

"Let's start with the Zhuangzi in the Dingyuanhou's Mansion, and see if there are any missing people in the Zhuangzi."

When it was time for dinner, Yan Mu came back from the outside with a very bad face.

Liu Yunxiang asked him to eat first. When he saw the food, he retched, turned around and ran out.

"Mother, is daddy sick?" Xingyi frowned and asked.

"Let's get Daddy a doctor quickly, and ask Aunt Qu to treat him." Yan'er also worried.

Liu Yunxiang smiled and said: "Daddy is not sick, you can eat first, mother will go and see him."

Liu Yunxiang asked Jinyan to watch the two children. She came out of the living room, looked around, and saw Yan Mu sitting on the west veranda, leaning on the railing, retching.

She frowned, went back and poured a cup of tea, and brought it over.

"Have a sip of tea first, Shun Shun."

When Yan Mu saw the orange tea, he couldn't help but vomited again.

Seeing this, Liu Yunxiang hurriedly put the tea aside and patted his back, "What's wrong with you?"

Yan Mu sat back on the veranda, took a moment to relax, and said, "Didn't we find another severed arm in Yunxia Mountain today?"

"But the servant girl's?"

"Yes."

"Then the one found in the lotus pond in the Dingyuan Hou Mansion belonged to someone else."

Yan Mu nodded, "Since we have no clues, we want to check the maid's body again to see if we can find any clues."

Saying that, Yan Mu retched again.

Liu Yunxiang's expression changed, "Stop talking, I know."

In this summer, the corpse buried in the soil must have rotted, and all parts were still disconnected. Thinking about the scene after opening the coffin, she would have vomited if she hadn't seen it.

"Damn it, this murderer is too perverted!"

"Indeed, he must be a person with an extremely dark heart."

"When someone is caught, I will stamp his arms and legs first!"

Liu Yunxiang smiled, "You King Zhenbei have never seen such a big scene, and there was a day when you were scared like this."

Yan Mu leaned against the wooden pillar at the back, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and let out a long breath, "Dahei took people to Dingyuanhoufu Zhuangzi to search again, but they were turned away. Ask them if anyone else is missing on Zhuangzi, and they say no one is missing."

Liu Yunxiang frowned, "The Ministry of Criminal Justice investigates the case, they should cooperate."

Besides, the scene where the maidservant was mutilated and dismembered was in their Zhuangzi, and now that another body was found, it is reasonable to go to their Zhuangzi to investigate again.

"It's the place where Mrs. Dingyuan Hou lives. She won't let me check, so we don't want to force our way in."

Liu Yunxiang thought for a while, "Well, tomorrow I will visit Mrs. Dingyuan Hou, and you will go with me."

"The steward said that their wife is ill, so even if you are the princess of Zhenbei, she may not see you."

"Let's try first."

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Yunxiang carefully dressed up Yan Mu, looking at the person in the mirror, she was absolutely beautiful, dressed in women's clothing, she was so heroic and bright.

It's just that he has a dark face, and he is staring at her through the mirror, with an appearance that he might give up at any time.

Liu Yunxiang covered his mouth and smiled, and said: "It's nothing else, as a servant of the Ministry of Punishment, you must be worthy of the black gauze hat on your head. You have to find out one or two lives, and give their families an explanation."

Because of these words, Yan Mu heaved a sigh of relief.

"I can pretend to be a boy."

"Mrs. Dingyuan Hou lives alone in the villa, and I'm afraid the servant can't enter the backyard. We have worked so hard, and we can't work in vain."

Yan Mu snorted, "You clearly did it on purpose!"

Liu Yunxiang held back his smile, bent down and moved closer, and the faces of the two of them were reflected in the mirror.

"Tsk, you are more beautiful than me!"

Along the way, Yan Mu ignored her.

When she came to Dingyuanhou Mansion's Zhuangzi in Yunxia Mountain, Zijin went up and knocked on the door, and a young man came to open the door. After she revealed her identity, the young man looked embarrassed.

"Our wife is sick and doesn't see outsiders."

"You just go and report, our princess is waiting outside."

After all, it was Princess Zhenbei, the boy didn't dare to dismiss her casually, so he could only run in and report.

Liu Yunxiang saw Yan Mu standing in front of the carriage looking into the distance, she walked over and followed his gaze, and saw that there was a Taoist temple on another mountain not far from here.

In the clouds and mist, under the cover of the jungle, you can only see the roof of the glazed tiles and the cigarettes curling up.

"Is that Yunxia Mountain Taoist Temple?"

"Ah."

"Hongxuan Daoist's Taoist view."

Yan Mu turned to look at Liu Yunxiang, "Do you know Taoist Hongxuan?"

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "at least no one in Shengjing doesn't know Daoist Hongxuan. He often goes down the mountain to spread the Tao, help the poor people, and save the poor people who died of suffering. The energy of the earth is the sage who has attained the Tao."

"The emperor is obsessed with Taoism. When I entered the palace a few days ago, I ran into Hongxuan. He asked me if I wanted to ask him to do a fortune telling."

"Foretelling?"

Yan Mu narrowed his eyes, "I don't believe this, so I call it a scam."

"He said he has the ability to reach the sky."

"I said let me see your skills first, he said that I can steal the sky above your head."

"what?"

Yan Mu fell into confusion, "That day was just like today, the sun was high, and I could see thousands of miles away, but in an instant, it was dark before my eyes, and there was no light at all."

(End of this chapter)