Lu Jing and Luo Yingying squeezed into the crowd and saw Wu Ritu's body.
He had been taken down from the tree where he had been hanging.
His eyes were protruding, his tongue was sticking out, his face was covered in bruises, and there were traces of saliva and snot. He was indeed dead.
The time of his death should have been not long ago, when Lu Jing and Luo Yingying were still waiting for him in the restaurant.
Luo Yingying couldn't believe her eyes when she saw this scene, "Wuritu is actually dead?!"
"It seems that someone doesn't want us to see him." Lu Jing said.
"But he is Wu Ritu," Luo Yingying said, "the most cunning horse dealer in Ganding County. He has gotten into countless troubles over the years and knows countless secrets. Many big shots want to kill him. , but he saves the day every time.”
"But this time it seems he can't save the day." Lu Jing looked at Wu Ritu's body and said.
Then he looked around the nearby streets, and his eyes finally stopped at a Hu Cake shop.
This Hu Cake Shop is less than five feet away from Wu Ritu’s residence, and the proprietress of the Hu Cake Shop is sitting in front of the door selling Hu Cake.
In other words, if someone passes by her door, they will probably not be able to escape her eyes.
Lu Jing brought Luo Yingying to her.
The proprietress of Hu Cake Shop's eyes lit up when she saw Lu Jing.
The business of selling Hu cakes is actually very boring. I have to stay in front of the stall every day and can't go anywhere. I can only watch myself aging day by day and watch the ruthless years leave traces on my body.
The proprietress still remembers that when she first started selling biscuits, the front of the shop was always crowded with young and handsome guys. Their eyes towards her were full of hotness and danger. However, as the world went by, these guys became more and more... The less.
Gradually, only some old men and women remained. It was rare to see such a good-looking man today. Although he was not too young, it still reminded the landlady of the good times before.
So she was very pleased with Lu Jing and said softly, "How many biscuits do you want?"
"We are not here to buy biscuits, aunt. There was a murder in the yard across the street. Your biscuit shop is the closest. We want to know if you saw anything?" Luo Yingying said.
"Two guards have asked me this question before," the boss's wife said, "Just half an hour ago I saw Wu Ritu walking past the door of my store, with a sullen face and a look of something troubled.
"I saw him walking into his yard, and not long after, the children in the yard next door climbed onto the wall and saw him hanging from the jujube tree in the backyard. During this period, I didn't A second person was seen entering his yard."
"What about before him?" Lu Jing asked.
"There was no one before," the landlady said with certainty. "At least there was no one before I opened the store. Of course, if someone had gotten in at night after I closed the store last night, I wouldn't have known."
Lu Jing thought about it and felt that this possibility was not very likely.
The timing of Uritu's death was too coincidental. He died almost as soon as they decided to come for him.
So it was difficult for Lu Jing not to connect the two things together, and since they only went to see Tong Qianxi early this morning, the possibility of someone ambushing and killing him in advance was very small.
And the most important thing is that the proprietress of Hu Cake Shop neither saw anyone else entering Wuritu's courtyard nor saw anyone coming out of it.
So how did the murderer kill the person? It's impossible for him to become invisible, right?
Lu Jing was thinking about this when he saw another nightingale flying from the direction of the palace.
Lu Jing recognized Qi Wenren's messenger at that time, so he stretched out an arm to let the nightingale stand on his arm, and then reached out to untie the note wrapped around its leg.
When he unfolded it, his expression changed.
Then without saying a word, he directly grabbed Luo Yingying, who was still unaware of what was going on, and carried her on his back. Then he started using Qinggong and rushed back to the palace where Tong Qianxi was in the shortest possible time.
As a result, I heard the sound of gobbling before I even entered the door.
However, the sound was not made by Tong Qianxi on the bed, but by Qi Wenren beside the bed.
The latter was currently holding a pig's trotter, chewing it until his face was covered in oil, as if he hadn't seen any meat in months.
"An, Mr. Anshi..." Luo Yingying exclaimed, then turned to look at Tong Qianxi on the bed. Tong Qianxi chewed grapes and said leisurely, "Don't look at me, I didn't do anything. This is what he became."
Her voice sounded a bit gloating.
Lu Jing was not too angry. After all, no matter who suffered a sudden change and turned into a meat ball that only knew how to eat, his psychology would be somewhat distorted.
Even though she was the daughter of Chief Tongtu, the owner of this palace, no one dared to talk about her in person, but she didn't know how to be laughed at behind the scenes.
Lu Jing walked up to Qi Wenren, whose eyes were filled with embarrassment, "I...I was careless. Not only did I fail to catch Bubule, but I also fell into trouble myself."
"It's okay. As long as we can find that thing, there is still a good chance that you will return to normal."
Lu Jing comforted Qi Wenren, paused and then continued, "Can you still recall where you have been and what you have touched during this time?
Qi Wenren nodded, "After you left, I stayed to monitor Bubul. He said that his stomach was still uncomfortable after vomiting, so the maids found a doctor to see him.
"The doctor first checked his pulse, then asked about his condition, prescribed medicine for him and then left. The two of them had no other communication on the surface, but I still felt that there was something wrong with the doctor.
"Because Bubul is currently under house arrest by Chief Tong Tu, and someone is watching him all the time. He must use his brains if he wants to convey the message to the outside world, so I followed the doctor to see what he would do next."
"The results of it?"
"As a result, after leaving the palace, he first went to the market to buy himself a pair of shoes, and then went to the bathhouse to take a bath. Then he suddenly changed his normal behavior and sneaked into an alley.
"When I saw this, I quickly followed him, but as soon as I entered the alley, I was hit on the back of my head, and then I lost consciousness. When I woke up again, I was already at the entrance of the palace.
"I just felt an unbearable hunger in my stomach. There was nothing else in my mind at that time. I just wanted to find food quickly. I remembered that there was food here, so I hurried over.
"Speaking of which, I would like to thank Miss Qianxi for sending me two plates of onion pancakes and this pig's trotters. I had already finished all the onion pancakes before you came."
