Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 97
The mournful cry startled the nocturnal owl.One by one fluttered its wings and let out a melancholy cry.

At this moment, the madam has run out of the planting house and is yelling loudly in the street.A group of soldiers on duty at night happened to be patrolling nearby. Hearing the sound, they hurriedly turned around and came over in a hurry.

When they came to the planting flower shop, the official at the head saw a group of prostitutes, and couldn't help frowning. "What's the number in the middle of the night?"

"Master Guan", the madam grabbed the official's eyes, "It's amazing..."

"Let go!" The official shook his arm and threw the madam aside. "Let's pick it out with you first, if the client owes you money, I don't care!"

"No," the madam beat her chest anxiously, "He's dead...someone has been killed!"

"What!?" The soldiers shouted and all showed the guy. "Has the murderer caught it?"

"It's still a disaster," the madam said in fear, "If we are still alive, we will be Amitabha Buddha. The one who hurt people...is a female ghost!"

"Nonsense!" The official stared, "How can there be a female ghost!?"

"Really!" Seeing that the officials didn't believe it, all the fans said anxiously, "We all saw it with our own eyes! The female ghost was floating in the air, and immediately threw Du Liuye to death..."

"Du Liuye?" The official stared blankly, "Which Du Liuye?"

The bustard hurriedly replied: "It's Du Kui Shao Du Liuye..."

"He's dead? It's not a small matter..." The official murmured a few words, then waved at the madam, "Go! Take a look inside!"

"Hey," the madam turned around in a panic, and led a group of soldiers into the Flower Planting Hall.

When they came to Xikuayuan, all the fans began to walk around and shy away, afraid to move forward.Where do the soldiers care about this?Pushing and shoving, they were all driven into the courtyard.

"Brothers, get all the exits ready!" The official gave the orders to the soldiers, and pushed the madam again. "Hurry up, where did the person die?"

Even though the madam was afraid, she had no choice but to lead the way. "It's just... over there..."

After hearing this, the officials hurriedly called a few soldiers, and walked forward with the bustard.

Turning around the corridor is the embroidered lady's bedroom.When it was on time, the moon was dim, the stars were scattered, and the foreground of the house was vaguely discernible.Du Kuishao's dead body lay there like a dead dog.

Everyone was about to step forward, when they heard bursts of sobbing from behind the old locust tree.

"Ah!" the bustard exclaimed, almost throwing herself on the ground. "That female ghost... that female ghost hasn't left yet!"

The soldiers shouted in unison, boldly gathered around them.Just before he raised his knife and slashed to kill him, a cry came out from behind the tree: "Help...don't...don't kill me!"

"Xiu Niang?" The bustard recognized the voice and ran to stop her. "Don't hurt her! She is a human, not a ghost!"

Hearing this sentence, all the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, quickly put away their knives, and carried Xiuniang out from behind the tree.

"My son... are you still alive?" The madam hurried forward to help her, "I'm really afraid that ghost will kill you too..."

Xiu Niang's face was pale, trembling all over, she threw herself into the arms of the bustard, crying loudly. "Mom...I'm going to be scared to death..."

The official looked at the embroiderer and asked the bustard, "Who is this girl?"

The bustard replied: "Her name is Xiu Niang, and tonight, Mr. Du Liu asked for it by name..."

"Du Kuishao accompanied by her?" The officials turned to Xiu Niang and said, "Don't cry, have you seen the murderer?"

The madam interjected, "It's the female ghost who did the harm..."

The official snorted, ignored the bustard, and just kept asking Xiu Niang.

Xiu Niang wiped away her tears, and slowly raised her head, "Go back to the official... I didn't see anything... Earlier Du Liuye wanted to drink, I saw it was gone in the room, so I went to the hall to get it. No promise I wanted to wait for the wine to come back, but I encountered such a miserable scene... I was so frightened that my feet were limp, and I fell under a tree and couldn't move... When you came here, I thought I was here to kill me..."

As she said that, Xiu Niang felt sad and fell on the bustard, sobbing softly again.

Seeing Xiu Niang's pitiful appearance, the officials believed it a little bit.I also caught a glimpse of pots, cups and wine utensils scattered under the locust tree, and my heart became more and more certain.

"It seems that this woman really doesn't know about it." While thinking about it, the officials turned to the side of the dead body.

There was no wound on the body, and the clothes were considered intact.The braids at the back of the head were scattered and covered the head and face.

Li Mu brushed away the messy hair with the tip of the knife, and couldn't help taking a step back in horror.Du Kuishao's eyes were bulging, and the whites of his eyes were bloodshot.The nose is slanted, the mouth is wide open, and the whole face is twisted, twisted so that it is inhuman.Both arms curled up stiffly, fingers digging on the ground like chicken claws.On the brick surface, a few shallow marks were scratched out.

A soldier came over, and was taken aback by the appearance of the dead body. "It's really scary... Is he that Du Queshao?"

The official nodded and settled down. "That's right, I've seen him a few times. There are no wounds or blood marks on his body. Did he die from poisoning?"

"It's not like that," said the soldier shaking his head, "I heard that people who were poisoned had purple lips and darker complexion, and this dead body is not like that. I think he died of fright... Could it be something? Is the female ghost taking her life?"

The official gritted his teeth and said, "I'm also being confused...Let's not say that the person who did this case is a man or a ghost. Du Kuishao's identity alone is very tricky. This man's hands and eyes are as good as the sky. His death will inevitably cause trouble." There will be some ups and downs..."

"That's right," said the soldier. "The superiors are the most troubled by such troubles. If they find out that we have taken over this case, they might be furious. Why do you do such a thankless job? Boss... …How about we withdraw? Just pretend you didn’t see it!”

The official sighed: "It's all here, so it's definitely not possible to withdraw like this."

The soldier asked, "Then what should we do?"

"It's easy to handle," the officials rolled their eyes, "We're not the only ones who can handle this kind of case. Shouldn't it be enough to hand it over to the Shuntian Mansion?"

"That's right!" said the soldier, Yile, "there is a man named Feng in Shuntian Mansion who specializes in solving such cases! Boss, you are really skilled!"

"Stop talking," Li Mu ordered, "Seal this place, don't mess with the corpse, I'll go to Shuntian Mansion myself. As soon as their people arrive, we'll evacuate as soon as possible!"

After Li Mu finished speaking, he rushed to Shuntian Mansion without stopping.When he came to the front of the government office, he handed over the famous stab to the night guard, and waited for the letter.

After receiving the communication, the new Governor Li Xijie was a little displeased.He rubbed his sleepy eyes and threw away the greeting card. "What is that man looking for in this house?"

The officer replied: "He only said that there is a serious murder case, so please come and ask the adults to make a decision."

"Homicide case? Then go and have a look." Li Fuyin had no choice but to change clothes and enter the hall.

After seeing Fu Yin, the official hurriedly paid respects and paid homage, and then gave a general account of the flower planting hall.

After hearing this, Li Fuyin twirled his short beard and said with a sneer, "Since you found out about the murder, why didn't you report it to the Army and Horse Division, and instead came to my Shuntian Mansion?"

"This..." When asked about the central matter, the official could not help but hesitate. "Humble job... I don't think so much about my humble job..."

"Hmph", Li Fu Yin said, "Is it because you are afraid that you will not be able to solve the case, so you want to shirk the blame?"

The official's eyes wiped away the sweat in a panic, "I don't dare to be in a lowly position, I don't dare to be in a lowly position..."

Li Fuyin ignored it, thinking to himself: Since he took over as Shuntian Fuyin, he hasn't performed it seriously yet.Why don't you take advantage of this strange case to stand up in front of your bureaucrats.

After thinking about it, Li Fuyin said: "Forget it, this case has been taken over by the government!"

"Thank you, my lord, for making it happen." The officials were overjoyed and kowtowed.

Li Fuyin summoned Lu Bantou and asked him to investigate the case with Feng Shen.Head Lu Ban took the order, picked up a few yamen servants, accompanied the official, and rushed to Feng's house.

After fighting the corpse case, Lu Ban turned to Feng Shen, not as presumptuously as before.So when he was in Feng's house, he purposely knocked softly on the door so as not to offend the Feng family.

Feng Quan opened the door when he heard the sound, and when he learned that there was an urgent business, he quickly woke up Feng Shen.When Feng Shen heard this, he quickly dressed neatly and came outside the door.

"Feng Jing," Lu Ban bowed his hands, "There is a murder case, my lord told us to go and check it."

"Oh?" Feng Shen frowned, "Where did the crime happen?"

"It's in the flower planting hall," said the official.

Before the words were finished, a soft voice suddenly came from behind Feng Shen: "The Planting Flower House? Where is that?"

When everyone looked back, it turned out that Xianggua heard the movement and got up to follow.

"Don't ask around," Feng Shen stopped her, "Go back to your room."

"I'm just asking," Xianggua pursed her lips, "What kind of fun place is the flower planting hall?"

Lu Ban was straightforward, and blurted out, "Where could it be? A kiln!"

"Ah?" Xianggua was dumbfounded immediately, "Brother Feng, are you going to visit a brothel? That's impossible!"

Feng Shen couldn't smile bitterly, and had no time to argue, so Feng Quan caught the melon, and rushed to the flower planting hall with Lu Bantou.

When I arrived at the Planting Flower Pavilion, it was already dawn, and the sky was about to dawn.As soon as he stepped into the Xikua courtyard, all the fans surrounded the official, complaining about their hardships:

"Officer, it's not us who killed people, why did you ask people to watch us?"

"Yeah, I've been tossing all night, and my waist is almost broken..."

Feng Shen didn't want to pay attention to all the fans.He turned his body sideways, trying to bypass the crowd.But as soon as he dodged, he caught sight of Xiuniang at the end of his eyes.

Feng Shen felt a "thump" in his heart, and immediately stopped.This appearance is exactly the same as the woman in Su Wang's painting!
Seeing Feng Shen looking at her, Xiu Niang hurriedly lowered her head and face.

Feng Shen remained calm and walked towards Xiuniang slowly. "Dare to ask the girl's name?"

Xiu Niang's pink cheeks were flushed, her tears were still wet, she took a few steps back timidly, and said nothing.

Seeing this, the officials pointed to Feng Shen and said to Xiu Niang: "This is Feng Jing of Shuntian Mansion, who came here specially to investigate the case. If you ask any questions, you must answer honestly."

"Yes", xiu niang, turn to Feng Shen and say, "it's good for the official to call me xiu niang..."

The official's eyes interjected again: "Feng Jing, that Du Kuishao was accompanied by this embroiderer before his death."

Feng Shen asked in a daze, "The deceased is Du Kuishao?"

(End of this chapter)