Fu Zhu simply took Xu Zixiao directly to face the emperor.
Even if the palace is heavily guarded, a murder can occur, and Yan Xiu will never take this matter lightly.
When they arrived at Taiji Palace, Li Woyun was also there. Fu Zhuxian briefly introduced the case to Yan Xiu and the others:
"Your Majesty and Prime Minister, the deceased's name is Song Ning. She was fourteen years old. She was mainly responsible for the cleaning work of Yunguang Hall on weekdays. When she was killed last night, it was her fourteenth birthday. According to her roommate's maid, she was alone last night A man went out to collect water from a well and never returned until his body was discovered by the nun in charge this morning."
His eyes signaled Xu Zixiao to come forward and report the results of the autopsy.
Xu Zixiao said: "The time of Song Ning's death was around midnight last night. The cause of death was initially determined to be that his heart was ripped out and he died of excessive blood loss. There was a large amount of cat hair in the mouth, nose and body of the deceased, and the heart and neck were , there are also claw scratches on the lower abdomen. After inspection, the wounds are definitely not caused by ordinary sharp objects, but rather like..."
"It's like being scratched through the chest by an animal's claws and going straight to the heart."
Yan Xiu: "Animal claws?"
Xu Zixiao: "Yes, Wei Chen worked as a prisoner in the Yamen of Jinshui Town, Yangzhou before he took office in Beijing. At that time, he received a case of a headless corpse in the forest. Later, it was confirmed that it was caused by a local tiger. The tiger claw scratches on the dead villagers were It’s exactly the same as what’s happening on Song Ning.”
Li Woyun changed his posture and sat on the chair, his face full of suspicion: "If it was injured by a wild beast, it must have been a large wild beast such as a tiger, leopard, and bear that could have made such a deep wound, but how could there be such a wound in the palace?" animal?"
Fu Zhu: "There are tigers in Qishan Mountain."
Yan Xiu: "Absurd."
Qishan is the hiding place of Yanxue Tower. There are tigers in Yanxue Tower, and there is even a rare white tiger that is Yan Wei's pet.
Although Yan Wei was not in Xijing, how could his tiger come to the palace to attack and hurt people?
Xu Zixiao: "This is what I am confused about. If there is no tiger in the palace, who can injure Song Ning like this without alerting any imperial troops or guards."
Li Woyun: "That must be a person with extremely high martial arts skills, and he can also understand His Majesty's plan."
Yan Xiu thought for a while and then said: "Yes, the murderer is very smart and knows that all the dragon guards in charge of the palace have been transferred out of Xijing."
It is said that the King of Chu was not at peace these days, and even secretly recruited troops and trained troops in the field.
Yan Xiu had too many things on his hands, so he could only transfer the dragon guards in the palace away from Xijing and go to Chu Di to find out what was going on.
So this also gave the murderer an opportunity.
Fu Zhu: "I also went through the records of palace maids and found that there are only a few palace maids under the age of fourteen. The murderer is not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also fully aware of the palace maids' information. The scope of suspects is getting smaller and smaller."
Yan Xiu called Hu Shunhai over: "Go and check who has borrowed the palace maid's household registration record book recently."
Li Woyun asked Xu Zixiao again: "Mr. Xu just mentioned cat hair?"
Xu Zixiao nodded.
Li Woyun looked at Yan Xiu tentatively: "Your Majesty, I have something to say that is very important. I don't know whether I should say it or not."
Yan Xiu: "Then don't say it."
Li Woyun: "It has something to do with Empress Zhaoyi."
Yan Xiu: "Don't leave a single word behind."
Li Woyun told the rumors in Beijing.
Ever since people outside the palace learned that the cat demon appeared in the palace and entered Changle Palace without harming Zhu Sijia at all, the rumor that Zhu Sijia was the cat demon spread a lot.
Everyone said that His Majesty's sudden change of temperament, aggressiveness in militarism, increased murderous desire, and addiction to beauty were all due to Scarlett.
Beautiful women can confuse people the most, not to mention beautiful monsters.
Yan Xiu smiled disdainfully and said, "How can you believe what they say?"
The person who knows every step of his plans and ambitions best is none other than Li Woyun. All of Yan Xiu's actions and behaviors are his own decisions. What does it have to do with Zhu Sijia, a pampered concubine who is not interested in political affairs?
Thousands of years later, this incident may be twisted into a strange story about a tyrant and a demon concubine, and Zhu Sijia will be inexplicably labeled as a disaster.
Li Woyun shook his head: "I don't dare. What I mean is that someone deliberately created a dilemma for Zhaoyi, and then caused a murder closely related to cats in the palace. They must want to establish that Zhaoyi was the incarnation of a cat demon. .”
"Even if the rumors are false, people are easy to believe. In addition, the previous murder cases will inevitably hurt people with bad words, which will affect Zhaoyi's situation in the harem and even the former court."
The most intuitive consequence is that it will affect her status in Yan Xiu's heart, and even directly make her fall out of favor. Even if Yan Xiu insists on pampering him, how can the previous dynasty and the people in the world be willing to let her go.
Yan Xiu propped his head with one hand and slowly raised his eyes: "Important order, anyone in Xijing City who speaks ill of nobles, spreads rumors, and disturbs people's hearts will be killed without mercy."
Li Woyun: "Your Majesty is not worried about you..."
Now everyone outside believes that Zhu Sijia is a cat demon, and every murder of a fourteen-year-old girl is caused by her. If Yan Xiu stands up for her at this juncture, it will inevitably arouse deeper public outrage.
Fu Zhu: "Master Li, don't worry. The three murders of girls in the city, the case in Yi Mansion and the case in the palace were all committed by three murderers. On September 30th, I can guarantee that the first murderer will be caught in time." Stop the rumors for Zhaoyi."
Yan Xiu's expression softened slightly: "Fu Aiqing is so confident?"
Fu Zhulu said: "I have figured out the pattern of the first murder case. The murderer in the girl's serial murder case targeted a fourteen-year-old girl. Although the case in the Yi Mansion and the one in the palace deliberately imitated his methods to kill people, But one detail was overlooked.”
"The first deceased was a commoner living in the west of the city. Wei Chen checked her birth date and found that she was a pure yin girl with hidden stems and yin. The second one lived in the north of the city. What was completely different from the first girl was that she Her birth date and horoscope is the daughter of a pure Yang with a Yang in her Tibetan stem."
"Although the third one is an orphan in the east of the city, according to the oral accounts of the neighbors who knew her, she lost her father and mother when she was young, but she left her specific horoscope in Jixiang. She lived alone and was not known for her beauty. All the matchmakers who came to propose marriage were rejected by her one by one. It is normal for the matchmaker to ask about the date of birth and the horoscope of the man when proposing marriage. It is not difficult to get her horoscope."
"Her horoscope is slightly different from the first one. She is a daughter of all yin with a hidden stem and a yang. In other words, it is calculated from the three directions of west, north and east, as well as the horoscopes of the three victims and the time between their deaths. It is estimated that the murderer's next attack will be on September 30th, in the south of the city, looking for a yang woman with a hidden body and a yin.
"The three of them have all gone to Da Ci'en Temple, thirty miles outside the city, to seek marriage, and the horoscopes are all hung on the red strips of the marriage tree. Although the state religion of Da Qin is Taoism, Da Ci'en Temple is the most popular for women's marriage, so it is not popular. Absolutely. Therefore, the murderer may have also been to Da Ci'en Temple. The easiest way to find the next target is to look for it from the prayer tree on Ci'en Temple."
"Miss Yi's birth date, the location of the Yi Mansion, and the date of her death cannot be matched with the death pattern of several other people. Moreover, the injuries of the other women are completely different from hers. More importantly, Yes, the person who hurt her also had evil thoughts about her and ruined her innocence."
