Li Huaiyun finally understood why Mu Yuan had such an attitude towards the current emperor, "No wonder, from what you said, I can tell that you hate the current emperor very much!"
This woman has always called the current emperor "Hunjun". I don't know if the emperor knows it. It doesn't matter if he doesn't know. If he knows, he has not been severely punished so far. It can only be that the emperor is too fond of this daughter.
He pinched his chin hard, with a complicated expression on his face. This case was old, and the only person who had memories of the whole case was the woman in front of him.
At that time, Mu Yuan was only more than ten years old, and it was impossible to remember it so clearly. The only thing that could best understand the case now was the files of Dali Temple.
"Mu Yuan! Otherwise, it's better to go to Dali Temple to read the files. It's more direct."
Mu Yuan pondered for a moment, "Okay! But, I want to go to my mother's palace first!"
"Okay!" Li Huaiyun didn't have any objections. After all, it was normal for him to pay homage to his children. "Then we don't have to go to the palace now."
"No! When I go to the palace this time, in addition to going to the bedroom, I also want to say a few words to the Hunjun."
Li Huaiyun complained in his heart, if it weren't for your status, the emperor would have killed you long ago.
Imperial City, sewers in the palace.
The hurried footsteps walked on the road paved with blue tiles, making a crisp sound.
The architecture of the Imperial City of the Zhou Dynasty was built and renovated by a craftsman named Lu Gong himself not long after the founding of the dynasty. It took twenty years and a large amount of manpower and financial resources to complete the entire palace.
Because there are several wide rivers near Kyoto, there is a lot of rain in summer, and the water level of the river banks often overflows both sides.
Therefore, when the imperial city was initially built, a huge sewer channel was dug, about several thousand square meters in size, with many strong pillars erected in the middle.
On the steps leading to the sewer, a man in his fifties with white hair wearing an official robe was slowly walking down. He held the torch in his hand tightly and felt a little panicked. After all, the four people around him were walking down the steps. There was no one there, it was dark and empty.
The steps were surrounded by darkness, and only two or three meters below the feet could be seen. This place was dark and humid, making people feel quite uncomfortable, and even the air they breathed carried a rotten smell.
Although it was cold and cold down there, sweat still broke out on his forehead. Every time he came down, he had to walk up the stairs for a long time.
Fortunately it wasn't Chang Lai, otherwise my body wouldn't be able to withstand it.
As he continued walking down, rough voices came from the sewer floor, and he heard a familiar voice, which made his inner fear dissipate a lot.
When he stepped down the last step, he felt much more relaxed. As he walked down, he was worried that he would step on the wrong step and fall down.
The middle-aged man gritted his teeth and walked towards the clusters of firelights in front of him. A burly man stood beside the spacious ditch.
The firelight kept dancing on the man's face, covering up the solemn look on his face.
When he heard footsteps approaching, the man turned his head and looked at the middle-aged man who was walking towards him.
He said in a heavy voice, "Master Shangshu, you should not come here."
"Shouldn't it? I still think it's too late! General Li, it's hard for me to get away from something like this happening here!" Xing Shangshu stood next to Li Feng and sighed heavily, "Besides, this matter has spread. Once you get to the palace, I’m afraid there will be more gossip.”
Li Feng's arm holding the sword hilt trembled slightly, and the scabbard made a slight sound when it hit the armor. "If someone talks nonsense about this matter, let's see how I deal with him!"
"Good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles." Xing Shangshu looked at the ground aside, "What is the situation here?"
Li Feng responded, "There are a few more corpses here!"
"More? Have you confirmed your identity?"
"We are asking people in the palace to check. We hope to know the identity of the missing person as soon as possible."
"The last one was the guards from the south gate, and this time there are also palace maids!"
"Why are they here?"
Li Feng responded helplessly, "This is what I want to know too!"
Xing Shangshu raised the torch in his hand and took a few steps forward. "I'd better take a look myself. Maybe I can find something."
Li Feng immediately raised his hand to stop, with a look of disdain on his face, "Xing Shangshu, I advise you to stay where you are. The scene is quite bloody. If you go and see it, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it and wet your pants!"
Xing Shangshu shook his sleeves vigorously, a little angry at Li Feng's words. This warrior clearly looked down on him, "General Li, you have said this before. I have also been in the Ministry of Justice before, and I have seen some things in the world."
Li Feng still had the same attitude, "What's so common about the world? I've been among the dead and I've never seen anything like this before!"
He snorted, "I'm afraid your heart won't be able to bear it after reading it."
Shangshu Xing cupped his fists and saluted, "Then don't bother General Li!"
"I would like to advise you, Lord Shangshu, to leave here quickly. This place is not a place for a weak scholar like you."
Xing Shangshu took another step forward, "General Li, if something like this happens in the palace, I have certain responsibilities as Shangshu Ling,"
The more the other party tried to stop him, the more he wanted to find out. Because of his previous experience in the Criminal Department, he was not afraid.
Li Feng had already taken his hand back.
Xing Shangshu took the torch and walked forward a few meters again. The sound of water flowing in the ditch became clearer. Then in the light of the torch, he saw several figures in front of him, lying in a mess near the ditch.
He swallowed his saliva and looked towards the ditch at his feet.
In the ditch at your feet, turbid water was continuously flowing down the river, passing through one place in front and turning to another.
Xing Shangshu took a few more steps forward. At this time, a half-broken body lying on the ground in front of him appeared in his sight.
Seeing that body, his heart trembled suddenly. Just as Li Feng said, this scene was quite terrifying! Half of the head and shoulders were bitten off, the arms and legs were severely twisted and hung on one side, and blood was pouring out from the wounds on the body.
This scene feels too bloody and terrifying.
Mr. It keeps flowing out from the wound.
Even if he closed his eyes, his mind was still full of bloody images, which made his stomach and throat feel acidic.
Xing Shangshu couldn't stand it any longer, so he stood up and stood aside.
He shouted angrily, "Who did this? How could he kill someone so cruelly?"
Li Feng walked up, "Judging from the damage to the body, it's most likely a monster!"
"Monsters!" Xing Shangshu immediately shouted excitedly, "How is it possible? The Demon Slayer Division has been responsible for the security of Kyoto. No monsters or ghosts can enter Kyoto, let alone the palace."
"Hmph!" Li Feng raised his saber and turned to look at the dark wall in front of him, "What if this thing didn't come from outside Kyoto?"
Cold sweat broke out on Shangshu Xing's forehead, "That's even more impossible! No one has been here for so many years."
Li Feng felt that Xing Shangshu's words were a bit funny, and he looked like those tough-talking people, "Just say it is true!"
"Since Xing Shangshu doesn't want to admit it, then you can tell me how this monster came from?"
Xing Shangshu was speechless and could only hesitantly say, "This...I don't know about this. Since General Li has an idea, I will let you investigate this case!"
"No need to check at all! I already know something."
"Ah! You know?"
Li Feng said with a smile, "It's probably easy to guess based on that situation."
Early the next morning, in the palace of the Fourteenth Princess.
Li Huaiyun got up from the bed, then washed briefly and walked out of the house. He still remembered what the wandering old monk said, that he should practice the Qi-Wang Technique every morning, so that he could improve his Qi-Wang Technique as quickly as possible.
After entering the palace last night, it started to rain lightly, so Mu Yuan took him to his palace and asked the serving maid to free up the wing for Li Huaiyun.
Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for him to live in the same palace as the princess. However, this woman Mu Yuan does not care about her reputation. She will not be angry if someone says her reputation is bad. On the contrary, if she says that she If she doesn't work as an organ, she will get angry and argue with you.
Li Huaiyun slept well all night. It was extremely quiet in the palace at night. Apart from his own breathing, there was no other sound.
Unlike his own house, there were people making noises and fighting on the streets in the middle of the night.
He activated his qi machine, diligently practiced the qi-watching technique, and spent some time regulating his breath.
Li Huaiyun slowly closed his eyes, and then let the energy in his body circulate in his mind. He suddenly opened his eyes and looked around. The atmosphere in the palace was quite complicated.
He discovered that a black air was spreading rapidly not far away. Skeletons were constantly emerging from this black air, screaming heart-breakingly.
What is that place? Li Huaiyun looked over there, and suddenly, the black air surged into the air, occupying the entire sight.
He felt a sharp pain in his eyes, as if two knives had pierced his eyeballs.
Li Huaiyun closed his eyes and turned his head to the side. After a while, his eyes slowly adapted.
What's going on with that black energy? Is there something scary in the palace?
Li Huaiyun slowly sat on the ground, and then opened his eyes. His eyes had recovered.
At this time, the palace maid came up and saw Li Huaiyun sitting on the ground, and asked curiously, "Master, why are you sitting on the ground?"
Li Huaiyun moved his shoulders and then stood up, "I just finished my morning exercise. I'm a little tired. Let's take a rest on the grass!"
The maid bowed politely and said, "Young Master, you can go have breakfast."
"Okay! Have you prepared it and put it in the room where I sleep?"
"No, it's in the princess's room."
"As a grown man, I have already been criticized for resting in the princess's palace, and now I go there to have breakfast, I'm afraid..."
The palace maid looked at Li Huaiyun and said with a smile, "The princess said that she is not afraid, and the master should not be afraid either."
"This is not a matter of fear. If someone finds out..."
"The princess orders you, sir, to go, or else you will tell the emperor that you slept in the palace last night."
Li Huaiyun was stunned for a moment. This woman is planning to tie me up! It's over, he's not really going to be recruited as a consort, and then he has to live in this deep palace compound, right?
It doesn't seem possible. Mu Yuan has been working in the Demon Slayer Division since he left the palace! Li Huaiyun pursed his lips, no dogs live in this place.
"Okay! I'll go right away!"
The maid bowed again and hurried back to the main room where the princess was.
He is looking forward to this breakfast!
