Imperial City Investigative Department

Chapter 308 As Expected (Part [-])
Xing Yun nodded, feeling relieved, he sighed and said, "This case is finally over, and I can rest in peace to recover from my injuries."

Only then did Wu Chen remember and ask concerned, "How is your injury?"

"Can't die."

"I may fall to the ground in a while, that is after Li Yi's death, when these resentful spirits leave, don't worry, wait for me for a while, don't touch me, I will be fine in a short time."

"Like just now? Fell to the ground?"

Wu Chen nodded, and then asked, "It wasn't you who went down the tunnel with the officials last time?"

"What do you mean? You also fell over that time?"

"There are some ghosts in the tunnel, and they fell down after I sent them away. If the officials wanted to kill me, Xing Yun raised a knife and fell down. At that time, Xing Yun asked the officials, 'Will you kill me?'"

"The results of it?"

"Isn't this nonsense? Kill me and still stand here now?"

"That is to say, once you fall to the ground, anyone can kill you?"

Wu Chen smirked and said, "You can try it later."

Xing Yun nodded seriously and said: "If I really say that I kill you, maybe the officials will be very happy."

"Then I wish you success. You said that if you make this contribution, will you two brothers still be able to rise up? To protect the Queen Mother?"

Xing Yun glanced at Wu Chen, snorted and said, "You know the Queen Mother can protect herself."

"How would I know? I only met her once, and we talked a lot, but basically I was talking."

Xing Yun ignored Wu Chen, looked in the direction of the capital, and said, "I don't know if they've arrived, but I really want to watch Li Yi be tortured."

"It's okay. Chen Zhong and Yuan Shuchun will be tortured in public after dawn, so they should be able to see it."

"Do you think the officials will go to see it?"

"That's right. The officials may watch Li Yi being tortured tonight, and tomorrow he will be executed outside the palace. I'm afraid you won't go, and you won't have the chance to watch it. But civil and military officials will definitely have a lot of people watching. I bet you that the cooks in various restaurants will be busy tomorrow. Tables and tables will be sent out. Maybe there will be a good story."

"Can't you make it in your own kitchen?"

"That will also become a scene. You can't buy chicken, duck and fish?"

"I found that you really think a lot, what does this have to do with you?" Xing Yun asked puzzled.

Wu Chen said solemnly: "The number of people who died under Chen Zhong's hands is no less than those who died under Li Yi's hands. In my life, I hate people who use their power for their own personal gain..."

"You received 5000 taels of silver notes from Yu Shi'an, does that count as selfishness?"

Wu Chen widened his eyes and asked, "Can the officials know about this?"

"Otherwise, why do you think you are alive? The officials know everything you do and say."

Wu Chen narrowed his eyes and said:
"At that time, there were only a few of us, and I could hear that there was no one else around. If the officials knew, it must be someone among us who reported it. Not to mention others, even if you want to get close, I can hear it."

Xing Yun pursed his lips and did not speak.

Wu Chen continued to analyze:
"Sophomore and Xu Da didn't have a chance to meet the official family. Although Yu Shi'an hadn't been exposed at that time, he ordered people to confiscate the money at the Cao's house in Yang'an County. There was no reason to report it by himself. If he had a good habit of reporting everything, he wouldn't be used by Li Yi. Then only Song Gu would be left."

Xing Yun let out an 'oops'. He originally wanted to scare Wu Chen, but he didn't expect to expose the tipper instead.

Wu Chen chuckled and said, "It's okay, I didn't hide any other thoughts, with Song Gu by my side, the officials can rest assured, I won't expose it."

Xing Yun stopped talking. No matter what Wu Chen said, he didn't speak again, until Wu Chen asked him: "Before you left the city, you never thought about what would happen if the errand failed? Why didn't you advise the officials to let me go with you?"

Xing Yun snorted and said, "I only know how to obey orders. Besides, didn't you also come with me? The officials have their own arrangements."

"My coming is not arranged by the official. It just happened that the official announced me to enter the palace and wanted me to be the teacher of the prince. I mentioned it by the way, and I was in a hurry. I said that you may not be able to get out of this matter with people, and then chased me."

Only then did Xing Yun realize that Wu Chen wasn't riding a horse when he came.

"You, did you run here?"

"Otherwise? The officials said that you have been walking for more than an hour and I can't catch up, so I can only run here. I don't have time to find the horse again. Besides, the horse can't run as fast as me..."

Before Wu Chen could finish speaking, he fell down straight.

Xing Yun was startled, and immediately remembered what Wu Chen had said before, that after Li Yi died, the resentful soul hidden in the tree would leave, and he would fall to the ground at that time.

Xing Yun looked around, it was pitch black.

He held the hilt of the sword in his waist, as if he was guarding against someone's attack. As for whether he was guarding against a human or a ghost, he didn't think about it.

It was very quiet around, not even the sound of the wind.

After Xing Yun was on guard for a while, he looked uncontrollably at Wu Chen on the ground, and the sword in his hand stood on his chest out of its sheath.

But Xing Yun seemed to be hesitant. He sent the sword out and then took it back. In the darkness, Xing Yun's expression was sometimes frightened and sometimes ferocious. In the end, the sword he sent out did not take back, and he slashed straight at Wu Chen.

At the same time, Wu Chen stood up suddenly, held Xing Yun's hand, and bumped Xing Yun forward with his left shoulder. Xing Yun fell to the ground, but Wu Chen flew up, and swung his palm heavily in midair. In an instant, there was a gust of wind, and the forest rattled.

Xing Yun stood up slowly while clutching his chest, still couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of blood, and looked at Wu Chen where he could still see clearly.

"I left a piece of jade on the ground. If you hold it in your hand, you won't be caught again." Wu Chen's voice was in surround sound.

Xing Yun quickly bent down to find the jade and held it tightly in his hand.

Wu Chen looked at the resentful soul floating in the air, feeling uncertain.

He had this kind of worry before that some of these resentful spirits, like female ghosts, belonged to Prince Cheng and would not leave easily, so when chatting with Xing Yun just now, he deliberately said that he would fall to the ground.

It's a pity that he was right, but he didn't expect that Prince Cheng's blood would be useless to this resentful soul, and the resentful soul still got on Xing Yun's body.

When Wu Chen fell to the ground, his eyes could still see, the speed of light was flashing, but the number of people was wrong, and seeing Xing Yun's grim expression, the way he sent out the sword in his hand and retracted it, Wu Chen knew that the resentful spirit was on Xing Yun's body.

It is not difficult to force the resentful soul out of Xing Yun's body. Xing Yun's body can withstand a bump from him, but how can he take it back?

Wu Chen's consecutive palms had no effect on the resentful soul. At most, they moved him a little further away from Xing Yun. Wu Chen secretly rejoiced that only one resentful soul was left behind. If there were more...

Wu Chen took a deep breath, hard is not enough, let's try soft.

(End of this chapter)