In the autopsy room, Xue Mu and Nangong Xue came to the body immediately.
When Zheng Jun saw Xue Mu coming, he said to him, "Master Xue, there is something wrong with this body."
"Zhou Fu just told me, how is the situation now?" Xue Mu asked.
Zheng Jun explained: "It has been verified that the deceased did die from drowning."
"An accident?" Nangong Xue asked curiously.
Zheng Jun replied: "I don't think so. He found scratch marks on the backs of the necks of the two deceased people. Judging from the marks, it looked like someone was grabbing their necks with their hands, pressing their heads under the water, and suffocating them alive." die."
"Moreover, there are more or less bruises on their bodies, as if they were injured."
After hearing these words, Xue Mu also initially concluded that the Parkson couple must have been murdered.
Nangong Xue also thought so: "It seems that this should be a homicide case."
Zheng Jun asked at this time: "Master Nangong, can we join forces with Nanhua County to handle the case now?"
Nangong Xue shook her head, and she immediately explained: "The joint official document of the application has not been released yet. I will go to the Ministry of Justice tomorrow to see what the situation is."
Chen Baiming on the side said: "I think the murderer should be a neighbor. After all, it is impossible for such a couple to meet any masters."
"Indeed, murder cases like this are nothing more than conflicts of interest." Zheng Jun replied: "Perhaps, even without us taking action, it is very likely that the police officers in Nanhua County can find the murderer."
"Yes, this small case can be solved without the need of our arresting department." Zhou Fu also answered.
Nangong Xue saw that Xue Mu had not spoken, so she curiously asked: "What's wrong?"
Xue Mu came back to his senses, smiled and said, "It's okay."
"If you want to handle this case personally, I can still go to the Criminal Department tomorrow." Nangong Xue saw what he was thinking and said proactively.
Xue Mu knew what she was thinking, so he smiled slightly: "Thank you so much, Mr. Nangong."
Nangong Xue knew that this case might not be simple.
But Xue Mu did not tell her the specific reason.
Then she wouldn't test it.
If he needs help from himself, he will naturally ask for it.
So Nangong Xue looked at Zheng Jun and others and said: "If Mr. Xue wants to get to the bottom of this case, then you must do your best to cooperate. No matter whether the case is difficult or easy, you must treat everyone equally and handle the case with all your strength."
"Yes, Lord Nangong."
Since the temperature in the autopsy room is a bit low, it is not advisable for everyone to stay for too long.
After a few simple words of advice, everyone left.
Walk out of the autopsy room and into the backyard.
Nangong Xue looked up at the moon in the sky, then glanced at Xue Mu who was meditating next to her, and finally asked: "Why, are you still thinking about it?"
"If you believe me enough, you might as well tell me the real reason."
When Xue Mu heard what she said, he said calmly: "There is no real reason. I just feel that those two old people were so miserable. They worked hard all their lives and did not enjoy the blessings. They just passed away like this."
"Indeed." Nangong Xue also sighed with emotion: "It seems that outside the city, there are still many victims who have not had a meal. It has been a while since the disaster. Why hasn't the court properly dealt with these victims?"
She then looked at Xue Mu and said with expectation: "I believe you can definitely solve this case. Although we can't save more people, we can still help some justice."
"Don't worry, Sister Xue'er, I will do this."
While talking, Xue Mu realized that Haishi had arrived.
His eyes gradually regained their vision.
He looked at Nangong Xue’s face.
At this moment, she was looking straight at envy.
The eyes seemed to be telling something.
But in the end he didn't say it.
Xue Mu knew that Nangong Xue had a good impression of him more or less.
But if she expressed her feelings at this time, if she found out that Xu Ruyan and Leng Mei were still at home, she would probably take a step back.
Let’s wait until later.
Xue Mu returned home.
Walking into the house, Xu Ruyan was already waiting in the front hall.
After seeing him coming, he immediately stepped forward and said, "Mu Lang, you are back."
"You haven't rested yet?" Xue Mu asked with concern.
"You haven't come back yet, so I wanted to wait a little longer." Xu Ruyan explained.
Xue Mu replied: "You don't have to wait for me in the future. I may be very busy recently."
"fine."
With that said, Xu Ruyan walked into the kitchen and prepared a bowl of noodles for him.
During this process, Xue Mu looked around.
Found Leng Mei's room tightly closed.
So he asked about Xu Ruyan.
"Ruyan, isn't Sister Leng here?"
"Sister Leng went out today and hasn't come back yet." Xu Ruyan explained.
"That's it."
Xue Mu was a little strange.
You know, how could you still be wandering around outside this late at night?
Unless there's something urgent.
So he planned to wait for Leng Mei to come back and ask what the urgent matter was.
After a while, the noodles were cooked.
Xu Ruyan put the bowl in front of Xue Mu and warned: "Quick, eat this bowl of noodles quickly."
"good."
Then, Xue Mu suddenly thought of something and asked Xu Ruyan: "By the way, do you know Lu Yuantong, the Minister of Punishment?"
"I know, what's wrong?" Xu Ruyan asked.
Xue Mu immediately became curious: "Tell me about Lu Yuantong's personality and character?"
"He." Xu Ruyan thought about it, and then explained: "His relationship with his father is not particularly deep, but he has been here a few times, and he is relatively humble, and he has never heard his father say anything bad about him. "
"So that's it." Xue Mu nodded and said nothing more.
On the contrary, Xu Ruyan became confused: "Why did Mu Lang suddenly ask this?"
Xue Mu replied: "It's nothing, but I was investigating the matter of Zhangjiazhuang Liangtian recently. As a result, I just started investigating and found out that I was being targeted."
"Ah?" Xu Ruyan was a little surprised, and she quickly asked: "Will you be in danger if this happens? Why don't we stop the investigation?"
"But if we don't investigate, the truth about your father's case will never be known." Xue Mu responded.
Hearing this, Xu Ruyan hesitated.
You know, helping her father reverse the case was the only motivation for her to live in the world.
But now that she is Xue Mu's woman, she can't let Xue Mu take risks.
So she finally said: "I really want to help dad reverse the case, but if it's too dangerous, I hope you can protect yourself."
"Don't worry." Xue Mu smiled and rubbed Xu Ruyan's head: "I will naturally protect myself."
After Xu Ruyan heard this, she buried her head in Xue Mu's arms and whispered softly: "Ruyan is the only one in this world now."
"I know, I know everything."
Xue Mu comforted.
After a while, he asked Xu Ruyan to rest.
I was also ready to take a shower and go back to my room.
at the same time.
In a dark room.
An old man looked at the woman in front of him and said, "Yilan, it's time for you to tell him Xue Mu's identity."
When the woman heard this, she was a little embarrassed: "Sir, although Xue Mu is now a Qianhu of the Divine Catcher Division, he is not enough to influence our arrangements. My subordinates think that we need to wait a little longer."
The old man said: "Yilan, don't be emotional. I know that you have been with him these days, and I must have been moved by real feelings. But please don't forget the original promise you made with His Majesty. If we don't overthrow Daqing in one day, how can our country be?" Establish a family?"
The woman quickly replied: "Sir, Yilan has always remembered the promise she made to His Majesty and has never dared to forget it. But now that we have told Xue Mu her identity early, what will happen if Xue Mu refuses to cooperate with us? ?”
"To achieve great things, you must seek common ground while shelving differences. If you have dissent, I will let my subordinates make arrangements when the time comes." The old man said calmly.
The woman panicked, and once again she held up her hands and said, "Sir, this Xue Mu is a talented person. If he can be used by us, he will definitely be able to speed up the overthrow of Daqing."
"In that case, you have to convince him to unite with us. If necessary, use a honey trap." The old man suggested.
The woman obviously felt guilty when she heard this.
The old man saw her emotions and asked tentatively: "Is it possible that you have already used this method?"
"Before, in order to make him devoted to his subordinates, so..." the woman could only say this.
The old man nodded with satisfaction: "In this case, you have done a good job, then you should firmly tie his heart, and when the time is right, tell him his identity. Once he disagrees, you will find an opportunity to He drugged him."
As he said that, the old man took out a packet of medicinal powder from his arms: "This is poisonous powder. After giving it to him, he will die suddenly with a stick of incense. If you don't have a chance, I will send someone to kill him at that time." It’s not too late for him.”
"Yes" the woman took the powder and left anxiously.
After Xue Mu took a shower, he wiped his hair and came out of the bathroom.
He looked towards Leng Mei's room and found that it was still tightly closed.
He was also curious, where did Leng Mei go?
Just as I was thinking about it, the door to the yard opened.
Xue Mu looked back.
Leng Mei walked in.
She originally lowered her head, but noticed someone was looking at her, so she looked up.
After discovering Xue Mu, she looked a little nervous.
Xue Mu then asked: "Meier, where have you been?"
Ever since that night, he changed his mind after having a complete battle with Leng Mei.
Leng Mei looked at him, relaxed her mood, and then said with a smile: "I'm going home."
"Oh? What are you doing at home?" Xue Mu asked.
Leng Mei hesitated at first, and then finally replied: "I told my mother about you."
"You told me?" Xue Mu did not doubt this.
"Well, I told her about you, and she admired you very much, and also said she wanted to meet you someday." Leng Mei explained.
Xue Mu said calmly: "That's okay. I have a way to deal with my mother-in-law. When will we meet?"
"No rush, no rush." Leng Mei quickly explained awkwardly: "Later."
"good."
Xue Mu noticed that her face seemed a little ugly and wondered if her father would scold her, so he comforted her: "Okay, just change your mood when you get back. Don't worry too much."
"Okay." Leng Mei then asked, "Have you taken a shower?"
"washed."
"Then you go to rest early. I'm going to wash up and take a shower too."
"good."
Xue Mu knew that she had something on her mind, but in the end he didn't ask any more questions.
Because he knew that if Leng Mei really wanted to tell him, she would speak sooner or later.
The fact is just as Xue Mu thought.
Leng Mei was a little hesitant now.
She soaked in the tub and recalled what Master Jiang said.
I don't know how long it took before the beauty came out of the bath.
Wrapped in gauze, she slowly returned to the room.
As for the packet of poison, she eventually threw it away.
Now, Leng Mei's feelings towards Xue Mu.
She didn't know whether it was true or false.
All she knew was that she now only hoped that Xue Mu could be safe and live well.
She can handle other things and doesn't need Xue Mu.
That night, she couldn't sleep all night.
in mind.
There is only the word Xue Mu
Early the next morning.
Xue Mu left after cooking breakfast for them.
Xu Ruyan and Leng Mei walked out of the room together.
Looking at the fragrant breakfast, Xu Ruyan said happily: "Young Master is really getting more and more skillful, isn't he, Sister Leng?"
"Yeah." Leng Mei sat down.
Xu Ruyan urged: "This noodle is delicious. Sister Leng, please try it quickly."
As Leng Mei ate the noodles, the issues she struggled with last night may have become clearer and clearer.
the other side.
Xue Mu and Nangong Xue arrived at the Criminal Department early.
When Nangong Xue asked to see Lu Yuantong, the Minister of Punishment, the official guarding the Punishment Department said: "Go back to Mr. Nangong, Mr. Lu did not come to the Punishment Ministry today."
"Didn't come?" Nangong Xue was a little confused: "But he just told me yesterday that he wanted me to come over today. Why?"
"I don't know."
Xue Mu seemed to notice something strange.
If this is avoided, there must be something wrong.
So he and Nangong Xue said, "No matter what, let's go to Zhangjiazhuang first to investigate and look for clues."
"good."
Then Nangong Xue asked one of the officials to go to the Shenhua Division to find Zheng Jun and others, and asked them to go to Zhangjiazhuang to meet the two of them.
On the way out of the city, Nangong Xue and Xue Mu said, "I heard that Huang Haigui, the magistrate of Nanhua County, is a treacherous person who specializes in oppressing the people in Nanhua County. Many people wanted to jointly submit a letter to the capital, but he suppressed them all. "
"How did Sister Xue'er find out about this?" Xue Mu asked curiously.
Nangong Xue explained: "Yesterday when you said you were going to Nanhua County to handle the case, I found an informant and asked him to collect public opinions."
"It seems that Sister Xue'er is really meticulous, and I admire her." Xue Mu sighed with emotion.
Nangong Xue laughed: "Don't think that I don't know that you also have an spy. Did your spy tell you the location of the two corpses?"
Xue Mu was a little surprised: "How did Sister Xueer find out?"
"Just think about it. Yesterday afternoon, the police officer in Nanhua County heard that someone reported a crime. Within a short while, you in the city learned the news. At this speed, I'm afraid you knew it earlier than the police officer."
Xue Mu smiled and said nothing more.
Nangong Xue did not ask further. Instead, she said: "This is a good thing. It is safer to be able to use informants to solve cases."
"But in the future, we should learn more from Sister Xue'er." Xue Mu flattered her.
Nangong Xue felt a little happy after hearing what he said.
Coincidentally, at this moment, a carriage was running forward quickly from behind, seemingly out of control.
The people on the carriage kept shouting: "Go away, go away, go away!!"
Seeing that he was about to bump into Nangong Xue, Xue Mu reacted immediately.
He grabbed her arm and pulled Nangong Xue into his arms.
Originally, Nangong Xue didn’t know what was going on.
It wasn't until she was in her arms that she saw the carriage behind her.
However, all this is no longer important.
Because for the first time, Nangong Xue felt that a man’s chest was so generous and so warm.
(End of chapter)
