Li Huaiyun used the aura technique and discovered that an old tree in the yard was quite strange, being shrouded in black aura.
He walked around the tree a few times, and then knocked on the trunk. There was a dull sound inside, and it sounded like it was hollow inside.
He pulled at the dry and brittle trunk, causing the surface to collapse.
Could there be something in it?
Mu Yuan saw Li Huaiyun standing next to the old tree and walked down, "What did you find?"
"This old dry tree is very strange. Do you still have an impression of it?"
Mu Yuan raised her head and glanced at the old tree in front of her. The past memories came to mind again. She said with endless thoughts, "This is a very old locust tree in Qihua Palace. The beautiful moments in my memory are just like this." My mother and I were enjoying the shade under this locust tree.
Later, after my mother died and I left Qihua Palace, there was no one to take care of or take care of it. Now the tree has become like this. "
She raised her head, looked at the bare branches above, and touched the fragile trunk with her hands.
Li Huaiyun stood on the other side, pointing to the ground under his feet, "Come and take a look at this!"
Mu Yuan turned sideways and suddenly discovered that there were three pillars of burnt incense stuck on the ground.
“It’s available here too!”
She frowned, feeling very puzzled, and shouted angrily, "Who is it? Why do they do such a thing in my mother's palace!"
Mu Yuan lost her mother in her early years. Seeing her mother's body fished out from the bottom of the lake deeply traumatized her.
And the current actions made her feel even more angry. This was the only place where she had the memory of her mother, but now this happened.
If it was just a simple worship, it wouldn't matter, but the talismans dug out of the soil still had hair inside. It was hard for her to believe that these were just simple worship.
If it was that kind of evil spell, she would be even more unable to accept it. She would not be able to live in peace after her mother died!
Mu Yuan clenched her fists, she was so angry that she couldn't speak, and she smashed a hole in the tree trunk.
"If I knew who was doing these things here, I would definitely not be able to spare him!"
Li Huaiyun squatted down and reached out to pick up the incense on the ground. This incense was about the same time as the potted plants inside.
"Is there something hidden in this tree trunk?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Yuan stood directly in front of the tree trunk and began to open the trunk with both hands. The dry and hollow trunk looked quite fragile, and sawdust continued to fall. After a while, a big crack was found in the trunk. .
Seeing that the other party was so angry, Li Huaiyun directly used his hands to pull the tree trunk. Fearing that the princess would be injured, Li Huaiyun hurriedly stepped forward to stop her.
"Mu Yuan! Calm down! If you don't let me come, you are not practicing martial arts and you can easily hurt yourself."
"No! I'll do it myself!"
As the sawdust continued to fall and float in the air, it made people feel uncomfortable to breathe.
At this moment, Mu Yuan suddenly let out a sharp roar, then took a few steps back and sat directly on the ground. She was trembling all over, huddled tightly, with some tears in her eyes.
Seeing this, Li Huaiyun squatted down and patted Mu Yuan's back gently, "What's wrong? What's wrong? Are you okay?"
"The tree...there's something in the trunk."
"What? What is it?" Li Huaairun turned his head and looked at the tree trunk with a big crack. He stood up and looked into the crack.
For a moment, his heart beat violently, and then he broke out in cold sweat.
In the gap between the tree trunks, there was a cyan female face, looking forward with wide eyes.
Li Huaiyun was also frightened and took two steps back. There was actually a corpse inside the tree trunk. This was something unexpected.
He calmed down the panic in his heart, put on his gloves, stretched out his hands to make a bigger crack in the fragile tree trunk, and as the crack gradually widened,
Finally, I saw the whole picture inside the tree trunk. It was a female corpse. The clothes on her body were in tatters. Her blue skin was covered with bloodshot eyes. Her hair was disheveled, revealing her dark and deep eyes. She had her hands crossed in front of her.
Who is this woman? Why in this locust tree? He wanted to go directly up and get the body out of the tree trunk, but when he thought that this was the palace, many things could not be done casually, so he turned around and asked, "Mu Yuan, what should we do now? We need to notify the guards of the imperial city. ?"
Mu Yuan sat on the ground, still a little frightened. He kept looking around, trying to forget the horrific scene just now, but the more he tried to escape, the clearer the scene became in his mind.
She stood up slightly tremblingly, and then glanced at the crack in the tree trunk. Because the body was inside the tree trunk, and the light was dim and the body was disheveled, she couldn't see clearly what the body looked like. appearance.
"Go and inform the two maids outside the palace, they will call for you."
"OK!"
Li Huaiyun brought Mu Yuan back to the pavilion, and then walked out of Qihua Palace. He found the two maids who had brought flowers and cakes before, told them what happened, and asked them to notify the guards quickly, and then hurried back to the pavilion.
Mu Yuan is sitting in the pavilion at the moment, her expression has relaxed a lot. She has actually been exposed to this aspect, but this time it was because she was too impatient and was frightened by the sudden corpse.
Li Huaiyun asked with concern, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah!" Mu Yuan nodded, her face became much rosier. When she was sitting on the ground, her face was almost white. "Why is this body hidden in the tree trunk?"
"Who knows! Obviously this palace is not abandoned yet. Someone has stayed here."
"In the past few years, I have only been to this palace once or twice, but I didn't notice it..." Mu Yuan said this and sighed, "Maybe I didn't notice it myself."
She glanced at Li Huaiyun and said, "Can you tell when this body was placed in the tree trunk?"
Li Huaiyun shook his head, "I'm afraid we have to do an autopsy to know the specific situation."
"By the way, can you identify the body?"
"I don't come to the palace often. Even if I come, it's the two people outside who are waiting on me. I'm not familiar with the others!"
"Could it be someone who served here before..."
"I said it was impossible. After my mother died, those people were executed!"
"I'm wondering if there is another possibility, that is, that person survived for some reason, became anonymous, and hid."
Mu Yuan shook her head, her expression solemn. The sudden appearance of the corpse really made her confused.
Seeing her uncomfortable look, Li Huaiyun stopped asking, "Why was this living person stuffed into the trunk of the tree?"
"Like..." Li Huaiyun paused.
"What's it like?" Mu Yuan asked.
"Look at the corpse inside the tree trunk, as if it grew from the inside! It's incredible!"
Mu Yuan didn't dare to look.
Li Huaiyun asked, "Have you ever heard anyone say anything else about this locust tree?"
Mu Yuan pondered for a long time and shook her head, "No! After my mother died, I left here. At that time, the locust tree was still alive."
"In other words, the corpse was hidden in the tree only after the death of the princess, and someone put incense on the ground, which means they must know what is going on inside the tree trunk!"
"There is also a talisman hidden in the potted plant. There are a few hairs in it. There must be a special connection between them."
Li Huaiyun paced back and forth in the pavilion, trying to slowly connect these clues, but after thinking for a long time, he could not find the key points of these clues.
He glanced at Mu Yuan who looked disappointed. Perhaps after understanding the case of the princess throwing herself into the lake, he could know the general ins and outs.
At this moment, several guards wearing heavy armor were brought into the palace. Li Huaiyun took a look there and found that these guards were the same soldiers who had come to the house before.
Mu Yuan saw the guards coming to the courtyard, she got up and went to the locust tree.
The leading guard clasped his fists and saluted, "Fourteenth Princess! I don't know what the hell is going on here."
"Uncle Long! Get the body hidden in the tree trunk out!"
Hearing this, the guard named Uncle Long was startled and looked at the locust tree, "What? Is there a corpse in this trunk?"
"Yeah!" Mu Yuan nodded lightly.
Uncle Long thought about it carefully, lowered his head and said respectfully, "Fourteenth Princess, no matter what you think, I still want to advise you that there is no resurrection after death, so there is no need to investigate the cause of the princess's death. She once asked me to It’s better than asking me to protect you, so I will protect you!”
Li Huaiyun was very curious as to why Uncle Jiaolong's guard said these words, as he seemed to know the cause of Princess Luohu's death.
"Uncle Long, there is no need to say any more, I will definitely find the real murderer! No matter what the result is!"
Every time Uncle Long saw Mu Yuan, he would advise her that the reason why the princess fell into the lake was not simply man-made. However, he was just a martial artist and didn't know how to explain it.
Seeing that his persuasion was ineffective, he sighed helplessly, and then ordered those people to open the trunk of the locust tree and remove the body inside.
Li Huaiyun, Mu Yuan, and the two palace maids quietly watched the locust tree being opened by the guards, and then the corpse inside was taken out.
After a moment of disdain, the body was pulled down along with the tree trunk. This situation seemed quite weird.
Li Huaiyun put on his gloves and prepared to reveal the true purpose of the corpse.
He came to the tree trunk, took a look, and found that there was some blood in the tree fibers inside, especially at the heart, where the blood was even thicker.
He stretched out his hand and pressed the tree trunk hard, and some sap could still be squeezed out of it. No, if the tree was not dry, how could there be such a thing as water?
He squatted next to the corpse again and brushed away the long black hair that covered his face.
After observing closely, Li Huaiyun called Mu Yuan and other palace maids and asked them to take a closer look to see if they recognized this face.
Mu Yuan shook his head directly, while the other two palace ladies did not dare to look because they were afraid. They just stood in the distance and kept shaking their heads.
Li Huaiyun clasped his fists and bowed to Uncle Long, "Guard Dragon, I wonder if you have any impression of this person."
Uncle Long held the saber in his hand, "I've never seen him before! Besides, the skin on this man's body is wrinkled, so even if he's seen him before, he might not be able to recognize him."
Mu Yuan pushed the two palace maids forward, "You two, hurry up and take a look. If you can really recognize it, you will definitely be rewarded."
The two palace maids still did not dare to step forward to identify him.
Li Huaiyun's face was a little gloomy.
