Dali Temple Conspiracy Records

Chapter 3 Blood Screen
The time of Zhao Qiuji's death was Choumo Yinchu.

The first person who discovered it was Xiaoqing, Zhao Qiuji's personal servant girl.At the beginning of the morning, she went to wake the young lady up as usual, but the young lady, who was usually light sleepy and easy to wake up, yelled for a long time without any movement. Everyone inside and outside the building was startled.

Therefore, the second person to arrive was Bai Sanxiu who was sleeping in the next room.When Xiaoqing crawled to call for someone, she heard screams and went to check, and found Zhao Qiuji lying behind a screen with blood profusely pouring from her neck.Zhao Qiuji had just taken off his coat, hadn't changed into pajamas, and hadn't removed his hair. It seemed that Chou Mo was killed while changing clothes after returning to his room.

When Li Quan and Murong Ke found Bai Sanxiu, she had just finished being questioned by the official, and her face was still a little pale.

"Are you okay? Do you want to take a rest?" Murong Ke asked worriedly.

"I met Li Sizhi, Mr. Murong." Bai Sanxiu shook his head, "I'll just take it easy."

"Let's go, go to my room and have a drink."

Because Zhao Qiuji's boudoir and the rooms on the left and right were sealed off, the three sat down in the guest room where Murong Ke was resting.With hot tea and a charcoal stove, after warming for a while, Bai Sanxiu's face recovered some blood.

"I didn't expect Li Sizhi to come here on a special trip."

Murong Ke almost raised his hand to signal: "Of course I called him over."

"No wonder. I just thought, Dali Temple generally doesn't investigate cases."

Dali Temple is mainly responsible for the trial of crimes committed by civil and military officials and cases of imprisonment in the capital. It does not involve ordinary cases and rarely participates in investigations.Therefore, according to the usual practice, Zhao Qiuji's case will not appear on Li Guan's desk until the case is clarified, the culprit is brought to justice, and Wannian County's verdict is closed.

When Li Guan arrived, the body had already been sent to the Wannian County Mortuary, so he only looked at the room where the crime occurred.So he asked: "Miss Sanxiu, can you tell me about the situation at that time?"

"Huiming!"

"Young Master Murong, it's alright." Bai Sanxiu thought for a while before slowly saying, "I'm only in charge of the young lady's meals, and Xiaoqing is in charge of the daily life, so she's always the one who calls the young lady to get up. This morning, I After hearing the scream, I hurried out to check. Xiaoqing had already run to call for someone. When I entered the lady’s room, the first thing I saw was blood sprayed on the screen. When I walked around the screen, I saw the lady lying on the bed On the ground, there was a big gash in the neck, and the clothes were all soaked."

"Which side is the wound on?"

Bai Sanxiu nodded her neck, and said with certainty: "The right side. Let me think about it, the door opens to the south...Miss is head south and foot north."

"Are there signs of a fight in the house?"

"No. The furniture and decorations are all intact and untouched. If it weren't for the bloody screen, it wouldn't be obvious at first glance that something happened."

"Did you hear any noise last night?"

Bai Sanxiu shook her head.

At this time, a servant girl said respectfully at the door: "Li Sizhi, Mr. Murong. Ten Niang asked Sanxiu to go."

"This is calling me to go to work. You two have a slow chat."

"Remember to save some more for me." Murong Ke still didn't forget to eat at this time.After Bai Sanxiu left, he looked at Li Quan, "How about it, what do you think?"

Li Guan nodded slightly: "Combining the direction and completeness of the blood splatter on the screen, the murderer was behind Zhao Qiuji's back. The wound is on the right side. When the autopsy results come out, it will be confirmed whether the murderer is left-handed. If it is..."

"That means 'he' has come out of the arena again." Murong Ke continued.

"So what?"

"Huh? You don't want to check?"

"Do not want to."

"You are an official of Dali Temple, don't you have any desire to explore?"

"Overstepping the authority. Are you a censor, openly encouraging me to violate the rules?"

"..."

Li Quan really didn't intend to investigate, and was about to leave after drinking two sips of tea, but he heard a commotion in the courtyard.

"You little county lieutenant, you dare to stand in my way after eating the guts of a leopard? You are a bitch, you will die as soon as you die, and you dare to bother me!"

Not surprisingly, it was that uncle Li Wei again.The person blocking his way was Wannian County Captain Xu Chaozong.He bowed respectfully, but just blocked people from leaving.

Although the Liang Wang family is named Liang, they are actually crooked beams handed down from their ancestors.During the Sejong Dynasty, he was also the son of Prince Liang, who bullied Princess Ning who was a commoner and gave her eye drops.But who is King Ning? At the age of 15, he led an army deep into the desert, and wiped out the murderous god of the Turkic royal court. He never showed affection, and directly responded with an eye for an eye, breaking the bridge of the prince's nose.Although few people still remember the matter of Chen Zhima and rotten millet, no one has a good word to say about King Liang.

Li Wei has also inherited the glorious tradition of their family, he is the worst man, and he does everything when he has fun.Judging from the content of his cursing, it should be Xu Chaozong who wanted to ask him about last night's situation. Of course, he would not cooperate with him as a person.

Xu Chaozong was still very responsible, and when he saw Li Quan coming out, he crossed his hands and saluted: "I have met Li Sizhi, the county captain of Wannian. There was a homicide here in the early morning. I heard that Master Li also attended the banquet last night. I wonder if I can invite you Tell me about the situation?"

"I probably left at the beginning of Chou, just after the conflict between Shi Zi and Ms. Zhao, and Ms. Zhao was still safe and sound at that time."

"You! Well you Li Quan, what do you mean? You want to detain me as a shit bowl?"

"May I ask the prince to explain where he went after the conflict?"

Xu Chaozong's questioning made Li Wei furious and yelled angrily: "I won't say it, why should I say it! If you have the ability, take me back to the county government!"

"It's also official business, please understand."

"Fuck your mother's shit, it's none of my business!"

Murong Ke's voice suddenly came out: "Your Majesty, this is a murder case, and the most important thing is to solve the case and arrest the murderer. If your testimony can help, I think the Holy One and the King of Liang will definitely appreciate it."

No matter how bad Li Wei was, he understood Murong Ke's implication—if he didn't cooperate, he would join him!Although Li Wei is an ignorant and incompetent demon king, he has always been arrogant, but he also knows that the Yushitai speech officer has a sharp mouth, so he finally restrained himself a bit, and reluctantly said: "That woman is so ignorant, I can still do it." What? Of course I went back to my room to sleep."

"Did you sleep until just now?"

The guard behind Li Wei hurriedly said: "What the prince said, the villain can prove it."

This guard was dull and reticent, he had followed Li Wei for many years, everyone had reservations about whether his testimony was true or not, but no one could tell.

"Is this okay? Hmph!"

"Thank you, my son." After Li Wei left, Xu Chaozong bowed again, "Thank you, Lord Li and Lord Murong."

"Hey, it's all for business. Hey, Huiming, you're really leaving!"

(End of this chapter)