Seeing that the two palace maids still did not dare to step forward.
Li Huaiyun decided to do it himself. He moved his shoulders and said, "In that case, let me dissect the corpse to see what special discoveries are in it."
Just as he was about to step forward, Uncle Long grabbed his wrist from the side. At that moment, he could feel the guard's surging inner energy.
This person's martial arts cultivation level is definitely not low.
Uncle Long glanced at Li Huaiyun and felt that this young man was quite immature. "Don't worry. If a body is found in the palace, it must be reported first, and then people from Dali Temple will investigate. You are from the Demon Slayer Division. Neither emotion nor reason should intervene."
When Li Huaiyun heard this, he immediately put down his hands, put away his gloves, and then thanked Uncle Long.
How could I have forgotten all my aunt’s instructions! Uncle Long is right, my identity does not give me the right to investigate the case in the palace.
Mu Yuan asked, "When will there be results?"
"At least within two days."
"Hmph! Two days?" Mu Yuan turned his attention to Li Huaiyun, "Give him two days and he can find the murderer!"
“Dali Temple’s case handling efficiency is really slow!”
"Oh!" Uncle Long was very surprised. Although he had never seen Li Huaiyun investigating the case, he had no doubt that this was the confirmation from the Fourteenth Princess.
Mu Yuan complained, "The case is clearly in front of us, but because of different positions, we are unable to participate in the investigation of the case. It is so inefficient and makes people feel funny."
"Princess, don't be anxious. This is an established procedure, and it is also for the sake of justice and fairness."
Li Huaiyun also consoled him, "What Uncle Long said makes sense. This is also to prevent someone from using the name of investigation to cover up evidence and frame others."
Mu Yuan still insisted on her point of view, "It's a waste of time to wait in vain!"
Li Huaiyun suggested, "In that case, let's go to Dali Temple now! Come back later and wait for the investigation results of the case."
Mu Yuan nodded and asked the two palace maids to leave first and prepare the carriage.
She saluted Uncle Long and said, "Uncle Long, we have something else to do, so let's take our leave first! I'll leave this place to you."
"Well! Go! You will find out those things sooner or later! However, let me remind you again, whatever you do, you must look at the occasion and don't mess around!"
"Yeah! Mu Yuan knows!"
"You are really similar to your mother!" Uncle Long sighed, "It would be nice if her thoughts were simpler!"
When Li Huaiyun heard this, he clearly felt that this person knew the princess very well, and it was very likely that they had a childhood sweetheart relationship.
Mu Yuan and Li Huaiyun left the palace and got on the carriage, and then quickly ran towards where Dali Temple was.
In the smooth carriage, Li Huaiyun finally couldn't help it and asked, "Uncle Long, what is it that you really want to know, but he never said anything? Does he know the princess?"
"You guessed it quickly!"
"Anyone can guess those words."
Mu Yuan looked aside and said, "Uncle Long and my mother have known each other since they were children. They can be regarded as childhood sweethearts."
Sure enough, there was such a relationship. Li Huaiyun looked at Mu Yuan to see if Mu Yuan was not the emperor's biological child, and then gave the princess to death.
Not right either! If this is the case, then why would the emperor keep this Uncle Long? He will definitely not be able to swallow this breath!
Li Huaiyun asked, "Is there really no other relationship between Uncle Long and your mother?"
Mu Yuan glared at him fiercely and said in a serious tone, "Mother and Uncle Long are innocent."
"That's abrupt!" Li Huaiyun realized that his words were a bit inappropriate.
There was sudden silence in the carriage.
Seeing that the atmosphere in the carriage was very strange, Mu Yuan asked, "What do you think about the body in the tree trunk?"
Li Huaiyun pondered for a moment, "According to my opinion, there has always been a mysterious person. He may often come to the palace to make talisman paper, add potted plants, burn incense on the locust tree, and bury the talisman paper on the way.
The motive is difficult to guess. If you want to understand more deeply, you have to know the meaning of the talisman with the hair on it and the talisman inside, as well as the origin of the corpse in the tree trunk! "
"What do you think that body might mean?"
"First of all, it is too difficult to rule out normal murders and hiding corpses. I think the most likely ones are sacrifices or revenge!"
"Sacrifice or revenge?"
"Yes! But this is just a guess!" Li Huaiyun shook his head helplessly, "The most troublesome thing is how the person was stuffed into the trunk. Before the body was found, the surface of the trunk was completely It’s a normal situation.”
After speaking, Mu Yuan slowly lowered his head, thinking about his words.
The carriage soon arrived at Dali Temple. Mu Yuan got out of the carriage, jumped out of the carriage, and walked towards the inside of Dali Temple.
Before she could walk in, the chief of Dali Temple, Dali Qing Xu Zuoji, came out directly to greet her arrival. The man had a smile on his face, as if he had been waiting for a long time.
This is a Dali minister who is over fifty years old. Although his temples and beard are half white, his resolute face still retains its charm.
After saluting Mu Yuan, he asked, "I didn't expect that the Fourteenth Princess came here today. I don't know why."
"Master Xu!" Mu Yuan also responded with a smile, "I didn't expect you to receive the news so quickly that I will be here!"
Xu Zuoji hesitated for a moment, then said with a smile, "My subordinate just happened to come out!"
"What a coincidence. As soon as we came here, Mr. Xu came out to greet us personally. What a coincidence."
"It's really just a coincidence!"
"Coincidence?" Mu Yuan curled her lips, "Isn't that Hunjun, people have been staring at us since I entered the palace?"
Xu Zuoji shook his head desperately, "Princess, you are joking. Your Majesty will not do such boring things, and your Majesty is wise and not that kind of foolish king. I hope the princess will not say such rude words in broad daylight."
"Sure enough, as soon as I say something wrong about the emperor, you will choose to teach me a lesson."
"I don't dare. I just hope that the princess will not be outside and be rude every time."
"Humph!" Mu Yuan was a little angry at being told this.
Li Huaiyun walked up and pulled Mu Yuan aside, "Let's get down to business first! Don't talk nonsense to him here."
"Um!"
Mu Yuan looked at Xu Zuoji, "We want to check the files. There should be no problem with this, right?"
"Of course it's no problem!" Xu Zuoji bowed and said. He actually knew that with Mu Yuan's ability, even if all the doubts were raised, it would be a bit daunting.
He took a sneak peek at the man next to Mu Yuan and felt that this man had an extraordinary bearing and seemed to be a thoughtful person from the very beginning.
"Please!" He raised his hand and walked inside.
Mu Yuan and Li Huaiyun were taken to a room filled with cabinets, and then they placed the files on top of the cabinets according to the time.
There is a black table in the middle, which is about the same size as the one in the county government office. It is just enough for the two of them to look through the files.
Xu Zuoji led them into the room, then pointed at the table, "Princess, the file you want has been placed on the table. You can read it carefully. If you feel it is not enough, you can also look for it here by yourself."
He saluted, "I still have business to attend to, so I won't stay here any longer!"
Li Huaiyun immediately stopped Xu Zuoji, "Mr. Xu, there are some things that I don't know after a few days, is it okay?"
"explain!"
"In recent years, have there been cases of artificial arson, resulting in mass casualties?"
"Artificial arson?" A trace of nervousness flashed across Xu Zuoji's face. He thought for a moment, then shook his head, "It seems not!"
"No!" Li Huaiyun frowned tightly. He was not sure whether this person was lying to him. After all, he was able to take out the file and put it on the table. It was obvious that he had already thought of a complete countermeasure.
"That's okay!" he responded with a smile.
Xu Zuoji turned around and left the room. Before leaving, he whispered a few words to the guard outside the door.
"It seems that Dali Qing's purpose is not pure!" Li Huaiyun pursed his lips.
"Leave him alone!" Mu Yuan said, "I'm afraid we will be stared at the moment we enter the palace!"
"Yeah! Otherwise, I wouldn't have put the files here directly!" Li Huaiyun asked curiously, "Does the current Holy Emperor support you in checking like this?"
"I have no idea!"
"If you don't know, wouldn't it be against the law for us to investigate like this?" Li Huaiyun was a little confused about this and felt that he was dragged directly into this by this woman.
Hong Yun glared at him with sharp eyes, "You can think about it this way, if this Hunjun really didn't want us to investigate, he would have sent people down to stop him long ago, and he still has to wait for us to come step by step?"
"Why do you say you don't know?"
"I don't know what this Hunjun is thinking. Maybe he has been struggling and guilty, so he doesn't want us to investigate, but he also wants to know the truth, and doesn't want to intervene directly!"
Li Huaiyun curled his lips. Hearing what Mu Yuan said, this emperor's character showed hesitation!
"Let me find out this thing first!"
"Too!"
Li Huaiyun and Mu Yuan stood on the same side of the case table, and then opened two files, which were summaries of the case made by the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple.
The biological mother of the Fourteenth Princess is Concubine Yi, the daughter of a doctor from Taiyuan Hospital. She gave birth to a daughter, Mu Yuan, today.
More than ten years ago, when Mu Yuan was about ten years old, he was walking in the central lake of Qihua Palace and fell into the water. It happened that no one in the palace or the eunuch was around. Judging from the footprints in the pavilion and the scars on the body,
According to the autopsy performed by He Fu, the princess's chest was swollen, there were some water plants in her nose, and some dirty things from the pool could be found in her mouth. Both files confirmed that the princess died from falling into the water.
The general content of the two files is almost the same, but there is a little more content in the two files. It mentions the old locust tree. There is some smell coming from the trunk, and there is a soft humming sound at night.
The files of the Ministry of Punishment include the case of the Fourteenth Princess. She just came back, played with others, and then fell asleep until the princess was picked up and buried. ,
People from Dali Temple used axes to chop the tree trunks, but they still could not find the source of the stench and low noise.
"The people from Dali Temple once complained about the stench and low humming in the palace, but they could never find the source. They also split the tree trunk before and did not find the body inside."
Mu Yuan pondered for a moment, "What does that mean?"
