Until Mo Qingyu appeared outside the cell, bringing a glimmer of light.
Old Man Hu was once a scholar and took the imperial examination, but in order to send his descendants to this place, the officials had to rely on one after another.
He was supposed to be a top prospect in the Jinke family, but his test paper was actually changed by the young master of the Chang family. He had no way to ask for help, and he was depressed for a long time and resorted to drinking to drown his sorrows.
The family's property was sold off again and again, until finally only the thatched cottage left by the ancestors remained as a shelter.
After accepting the reality, Old Man Hu refused to let go of his status as a scholar. Those bosses hated his aloof appearance the most.
Only Brother Dou didn't dislike him and was willing to take him with him and give him some easy jobs.
He didn't have much money, but he could barely make ends meet. The money he earned was only enough for his own expenses. There was no spare money to marry a wife, so Old Man Hu never married.
He had no heirs, but he was grateful to Brother Dou for taking care of him, so he regarded Dou Sanniang as his own child.
Seeing that his own child had just lost his biological father, he was unjustly accused of having to pay for the executioner's death.
How could Old Man Hu endure it?
His usually straight waist was completely bent, and the arrogance of a scholar could not be abandoned in the face of life and death, but at this moment he actually achieved such a situation.
Wen Ruxi was a little moved. Her passion since elementary school was to help the world, to observe the suffering of the people and to overcome the difficulties of the people.
And as the eldest princess of Daxia, she never felt that her status was very noble, and such a thing could happen on her own territory. In addition to grief, Wen Ruxi only felt resentful in her heart.
"Old sir, there will be some justice in everything in this world. In the hearts of the people and in the court, we will not let people who bring harm to the world go unpunished."
"The death of Sun Zhen was like this, and the death of Dou Sanniang was the same. The emperor broke the law and the common people were equally guilty. The law is merciless. I will never let anyone who makes a mistake go."
Something seemed to be changing deep in Wen Ruxi's heart. Mo Qing and Mo Qing tilted their heads and looked at each other, their ears twitching.
Mo Qing's eyes were unclear, but there was a faint hint of ridicule in them.
She is not cynical, but rather sees things in this world as clearly as an outsider. Perhaps she sees things too clearly, which is why she always looks lazy and uninterested.
"It's getting late." Mo Qingyu glanced at the sky, then turned to Wen Ruxi and said, "We should go."
Wen Ruxi was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes."
"Old man, don't worry. Since I have accepted this matter, I will definitely give you an answer. We will leave first if we have something else to do."
Mo Qingyu did not wait for her. When Wen Ruxi caught up with her, Mo Qing and Jiang Si had already reached the end of the alley.
"Why are you walking so fast?" Wen Ruxi was a little confused.
Mo Qing said, "I've asked all the questions that need to be asked, what else is there left for me to do?"
Wen Ruxi frowned and said, "Why are you always so cold-blooded?"
"Cold-blooded?" Mo Qingyu's voice was obviously a little louder than usual. After she noticed it, she closed her eyes and returned to her usual nonchalant look.
Mo Qingyu said calmly: "I've always been like this."
"Are you familiar with that old man? Do you think you can handle anything just based on his words?"
Mo Qingyu pinched his eyebrows, paused, and then remembered that she had asked Wen Ruxi to take over this matter. She abruptly changed the subject and said, "I asked you to take Dou Sanniang away last time. Where is her?"
She changed the topic too quickly, as if she suddenly said something she shouldn't have said on a whim, but Wen Ruxi really didn't hear anything wrong.
He had no choice but to follow Mo Qing's last words and reply: "Place him in the inn in the east of the city, with Sun Wei."
"What?!" Mo Qing's eyes changed slightly. It was because she had forgotten and did not explain clearly to Wen Ruxi the reason behind this.
"Is there anything wrong?" Wen Ruxi didn't understand.
She is the eldest princess of Daxia. Since she has this status, she must live in the palace, but Sun Wei and Dou Sanniang cannot enter and leave the palace at will.
If you don't put these two together, do you have to separate them when you are looking for someone?
"My master and the others also live there, so there shouldn't be any serious problems." Wen Ruxi said.
Mo Qing asked Jiang Si to walk faster, but she frowned and said, "It's your master's presence that's the problem!"
There is a short distance from the west to the east of the city. Wen Ruxi did not ride a horse when she went out this time, and the Demonic Dragon Bone Spear was also kept in the Sumeru Ring.
She has practiced martial arts all year round and is a cultivator of immortality, but running half of the capital on one leg would have left her out of breath.
But today, she chased Mo Qingyu's back quickly and slowly, and when she got to the place, she actually felt very relaxed.
When did your body feel so good?
Wen Ruxi once again let out a soul torture.
Mo Qing and Yan Chun coughed twice, and only when they reached the downstairs of the inn did Jiang Si slow down.
As soon as the two stepped into the door of the inn, they were shocked by the scene in front of them.
In order to solve the case, Wen Ruxi simply booked the entire inn when she arranged Dou Sanniang here.
Therefore, the entire Chengdong Inn was occupied by Gu Yanzhi and his two brothers, as well as Sun Wei and their three children. But at this moment, all the tables in the inn lobby were smashed into pieces.
The shopkeeper and the boy were lying on the floor in a mess.
There was no blood, and the corpses left behind seemed to have been half sucked dry, all as dry as firewood.
There was a piece of white silk hanging from the beam, and Dou Sanniang's body was half hanging on it like a sausage.
There was no blood, only signs of a fight. Dou Sanniang's body had not been sucked dry and looked like she was asleep.
There was no trace of resistance on her body.
The clothes are also extremely complete.
Wen Ruxi's expression changed drastically, and with one move of her hand, the Demonic Dragon Bone Spear appeared in her hand. She held the gun and ran upstairs.
Mo Qingyu's face didn't look very good either.
Jiang Si's little face wrinkled up and said: "This..."
Wen Ruxi kicked open the door of Sun Wei's room. The first thing she saw were the three children. Like the corpse of the shopkeeper, they had all been sucked dry. The skin on their faces was wrinkled together, so they could only Identification based on body shape and clothing.
After walking a few steps further inside, Wen Ruxi was suddenly hit by the oncoming smell of blood.
The smell is worse than the smell of corpses.
Wen Ruxi's face turned pale. If the mud on the bed could be called a human being, then it was probably Sun Wei's body.
As if it had been chopped into pieces, the entire window curtain was covered with the remains of broken bones and rotten flesh.
It is obvious that Sun Wei's death was not caused by evil spirits, but by living people.
Who could be so cruel?
He even specifically picked the time to attack when he and his master and uncle were not around.
The body was very fresh, and it had obviously been dead not long ago.
Wen Ruxi suddenly remembered the shadow she was chasing the night before, and the series of things that happened next.
Wen Ruxi's face became paler and paler, and she couldn't help but step back.
His lower back suddenly hit a hard object.
Mo Qingyu said coldly: "Why did I scare you to this extent? If you saw those things in the Ten Thousand Demons Cave, wouldn't you be scared to death?"
Wen Ruxi said subconsciously: "I didn't."
"Nothing?" Mo Qing withdrew the folding fan from the other party's waist, walked around to the front, covered his nose and squinted his eyes to take a look.
"Not scared?"
Wen Ruxi lowered her eyelashes and said, "If it hadn't been me, if I could have discovered earlier that it was the other party's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain, wouldn't Sun Wei and the others have died?"
Now that the most important clue has been broken, who knows how big a hand was behind Sun Zhen's death.
He can drive evil spirits, he can come and go freely in the place where his master has set up formations, and he can kill so many people.
"I don't blame you." Mo Qing said comfortingly.
She tilted her head and thought about it, then sighed helplessly: "The things behind Sun Zhen's death are probably not as simple as we thought."
"If it can be solved so easily, the emperor will not let me come."
He also threatened her with Li Yu.
But what Mo Qing couldn't figure out was how could the little emperor be so sure that he would be able to solve these things?
Did Li Yu tell the other party his identity?
But if the little emperor really knows her identity, it would be nice not to be afraid. Can he still think of using Li Yu to threaten her?
Who doesn't know that the Demon Lord is the most moody? Not to mention that Li Yu is just a Demon Guard who has left the Demon Realm long ago. Now he is not even a Demon Guard, and he is no longer a Demon Clan member.
Based on the image of Mo Qing and the people in the world, he is not that easy to talk to.
I really couldn't figure it out, so Mo Qing simply stopped thinking about it.
Mo Qing's ears twitched, and he suddenly looked at Wen Ruxi and said, "It's broken, I have a bad feeling."
Everyone in the Sun family lineage has been completely silenced, and even the biggest suspect so far is dead. It stands to reason that the clues should be cut off here.
But Sun Wei's death was obviously man-made.
That is to say, the hand behind his back is not an evil thing but a human being. Since it is a human being, it will definitely leave some traces.
Mo Qingyu looked at the upstairs from downstairs, and it looked like he was producing and selling it himself.
From the very beginning, Mo Qingyu knew that someone must be guiding Dou Sanniang behind her back.
After walking to the west of the city, Mo Qing and Cai were completely sure that the person who planted the Yin Gathering Formation for Sun Zhen must be Dou Sanniang. However, Dou Sanniang was just an ordinary citizen, how could she learn such a thing as the Yin Gathering Formation.
The Yin Gathering Formation was created by Mo Qing and Shao Shi, and no one knows the difficulty of depicting the Yin Gathering Formation better than her.
Dou Sanniang does not have this strength, but who in the entire Daxia officialdom has this strength?
Mo Qingyu pinched the bridge of his nose.
Wen Ruxi opened her mouth. Although she was reckless, she had a good brain, otherwise she would not have been ranked first in the academic performance of Yuqing Palace this year.
He immediately realized that Sun Zhen's death was due to party disputes in the officialdom of Great Xia.
In just a moment, her hair stood on end.
The next moment, "rumbling" footsteps were heard outside.
The entire Chengdong Inn was surrounded by the Forbidden Army.
The man at the head was clearly the emperor's personal bodyguard, Zhang Cheng, the commander of the Imperial Guard.
Zhang Cheng was wearing armor and holding a knife, with a serious face, and led the people up the stairs. The sound of uniform footsteps solidified the entire atmosphere.
Zhang Cheng said: "The guilty minister Wen Lan and the guilty daughter Mo Yi indulged in evil deeds to murder our important ministers in Great Xia. The evidence of their crimes is conclusive. Do you have anything to say?"
