Whether Lu Jianyu came to the king or not would not aggravate Lu Anran's headache. What made her pain worse was another matter.
After breakfast, Chun Miao went out to grab some medicine. Mo Yan immediately flew down from the roof and carried Lu Anran over the eaves and wall.
When his bones were still shaking from the cool morning breeze, he raised his eyes and met Yun Qi's deep black eyes. His heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad premonition.
"Wuka is dead." Yun Qi's voice seemed to be a little lower than a string.
Lu Anran held her throbbing head and followed Yunqi to the scene of the crime - the dilapidated Tu Tu Temple.
The Tutu Temple in the north of the city has been abandoned for many years. It is said that one night more than ten years ago, the incense candles in the temple fell down and water leaked out. Half of the roof of the Tutu Temple burned down. Due to various reasons, it has not been repaired and it has gradually become a place for beggars and wanderers.
The other half of the roof is tenaciously supported, casting a dark shadow under the blue sky and blue clouds, and it also becomes a small shelter from the wind and rain on rainy days.
The ground was covered with messy straw. At this moment, the withered and yellow grass, which had long been lifeless like the corpse kneeling next to it, was stained with blood.
There is a coquettish blood red in the pale, which is horrifying.
Kneel on the ground with your feet, spread your left hand flat, and place your head on it, just like other deceased people who were found.
The white flags were swaying in the wind, and the ink-colored talismans were twisting as if they were alive, as if ancient sacrifices had been opened and were chanting silently.
Lu Anran closed her eyes. Her headache made her react a little slower than usual. She stared blankly at the blood bowl and corpse on the ground.
"There used to be some people living in the temple, but today, the 22nd, every year at Mao hour, Sanyuan Palace will give out porridge." Yun Qi said from the side: "When they came back, they found the body kneeling in the center of the hall. "
It's called the palace, but Sanyuan Palace is a Taoist temple in the west of the city.
Unlike the previous dynasty when Daxing temples were established, the current emperor had no connection with Buddhism, but was quite compatible with Taoism.
"For an hour, the murderer brought the deceased here without anyone noticing, and then killed him and arranged the scene." Lu Anran pressed his forehead, shook his head and said, "How did he do it?"
Yunqi noticed that she was in a bad state, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Lu Anran took out a pair of deerskin gloves from his waist and put them on, pursed his lips and said, "Nothing." He knelt down and checked for a moment, and was surprised, "The time of death is not right."
Yun Qi: "Well, there are records in the manuscripts. Although the corpse appeared at Mao hour and Chen time, the time of death was around Zi hour."
"In this way, the murderer killed someone else, and then secretly moved the body to Sanyuan Palace in the east of the city while everyone in the temple was there."
"good."
Lu Anran suddenly turned his head, "Didn't you send someone to keep an eye on him?"
Speaking of this, Yun Qi showed a rare hint of helplessness on his face, spreading his hands and saying, "Who would have thought that he would seek death on his own."
It turned out that after returning last night, Yunqi's men were secretly watching as instructed. As a result, a man in black jumped into Wuka's room in the middle of the night. Uka yelled, and his men went after the man in black. When they came back, they found Wu. Ka was nowhere to be seen until he was found dead in the Earth Temple.
"Although Wuka is a concubine, he is the most educated among his generation in Lanzhou County. In addition, the mistress of the house cannot have children, so there is no legitimate concubine. They are both concubines, so they are chosen next to each other. Wuka is relatively outstanding, otherwise he wouldn’t have been able to get a place in Jixia Palace.”
Yun Qi gave Lu Anran a brief explanation, "After traveling thousands of miles to study in the royal capital, it's not an exaggeration for the Lanzhou County Sheriff to send two people to secretly protect him, right?"
The man in black is Uka's bodyguard.
Lu Anran still didn't understand something, "If that's the case, why would he do this?"
Yun Qi sneered: "I sent people to keep an eye on him. I guess he felt something, or his subordinates told him. In short, he had a guilty conscience, so there was an assassination in a dark alley. Seeing that my attitude was vague, he simply tried one more move and tried another one. To get rid of suspicion."
Lu Anran frowned and asked, "The Yin Pleiades case?"
Thinking about how weak Uka looked, and then thinking about the messy marks on Yin Subaru's body, she was considering whether Uka had the ability to do it.
As for Uka's guards, as long as they have received special training, they will not be so strenuous to kill someone.
"Originally I was just a little suspicious, but now..." Yun Qi raised his chin towards the corpse, "It's almost the same."
Lu Anran's head, which was a little sluggish due to the cold, turned around before he understood what Yun Qi meant.
After examining the body, no more clues could be obtained except that the murderer was more proficient in cutting his head with a sharp weapon.
However, the layout of the scene is slightly different.
"The original flags and flags were made of burlap, but this time they were replaced with fine linen. The words on them were not ink, but stone pens." Lu Anran looked around, "There is indeed human blood in the bowl, but this bowl seems... …”
Yun Qi continued: "Three broken bowls I randomly picked up in the Earth Temple." A sneer escaped from his throat, "The cloth shop, wine shop, and ink studio that can buy these have all received orders from the punishment department. He doesn't Dare to go."
Lu Anran glanced at the curved corners of the flag, nodded and said, "It looks like it was cut from the mourning robe."
Yun Qi asked people to carry the body back, used a jade bone fan to remove the smell from the temple, and mocked: "The Guizhou donkey is exhausted."
Lu Anran glanced sideways, "Does the Crown Prince have any clues about the murderer?"
Yun Qi: "...I'll catch it sooner or later."
Lu Anran said coolly: "That means not yet."
If the murderer cannot be caught, there is no position to ridicule.
"Hiss—" Yun Qi suddenly had a toothache.
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The murderer was not caught, but Yunqi's man who was following Wuka brought back someone.
"Be respectful! My father is the magistrate of Mingshu County, and my husband is the Ming layman of Jixia Gongwu. You are just a small official..."
Yun Qi stepped into the threshold, raised his eyebrows at the clamoring young man, and raised a scornful smile: "Mingshu County Bai Liezhao, a disciple of Jixia Palace Liyue Sect, oh, by the way, you seem to have taken the monthly exam last time At the bottom? No wonder, he learned from Wu Ming."
The words Bai Liezhao put in his mouth to refute were lost in front of the bottom two words.
"Wu Ming layman has a thorough understanding of the etiquette system, and has passed down the etiquette to the world. He has written notes on music, xueji, and miscellaneous notes. He is full of poems and books. He has gathered the expertise of hundreds of schools of thought and has mastered Taoism and Buddhism." The person who refuted was not Bai Liezhao. But Lu Anran, with a serious look on his face, said: "Don't make irresponsible remarks, sir."
Yun Qi touched the corner of his mouth with the tip of his tongue, squinted his peach blossom eyes, and looked into Lu Anran's eyes, which were as quiet and cold as a pair of autumn moons, but also rare and persistent.
After a while, he chuckled and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
This inexplicably doting tone...
The head of the subordinate who brought Bai Liezhao was lowered.
Yun Qi lifted his robe, sat down leisurely, and wrote lightly: "I heard that you are a close friend of Yin Pleiades?"
Bai Liezhao rubbed his face and finally waved away the shameful and humiliating word 'bottom' from his head. He puffed up his chest and said, "Brother Yin has an open-minded personality and is a forthright man. Is it difficult to make friends with him?"
Yun Qi scratched his ear with his index finger and looked at Lu Anran - is he deaf?
Lu Anran thought for a moment, human nature is complicated, and it is not unusual for different people to see the same person with completely different appearances.
"It's a pity that people like Brother Yin were killed by the despicable villain Uka." Bai Liezhao was still sighing.
Yun Qi rolled his eyes: "You said Wuka killed Yin Subaru? Is there any evidence?"
"Who else could he be? Wuka is timid and fearful on the surface, but he is actually very scheming. Otherwise, if Wuna had so many sons, why would he choose him to come to Jixia Palace?" Bai Liezhao vowed: "He is used to hiding. He punched secretly behind his back. Well, whether that Xu is on or off is because he was deceived by Uka. Now, let’s just be a scapegoat. He’s so stupid.”
"You and Uka don't get along."
"I'm aggrieved for Brother Yin! The villain Wuka deserves to die."
"Oh." Yun Bei nodded and changed the topic, "Wuka is dead."
"Damn it, he is..." Bai Liezhao was half-sentenced, his eyes were speechless for a long time, and he said, "What did you say?"
Yun Qi propped up his chin and looked at him, the corner of his mouth curled up in a smileless arc, "He is dead. You and him happened to have a problem, yo, you are a suspect."
"No." Bai Liezhao was still a little confused and couldn't turn around for a moment, "What's wrong with him? I..."
Lu Anran didn't drink the medicine she was prescribed in the morning. At this moment, Lu Anran felt layers of dizziness pressing down on her head. She couldn't see it on the surface, but the covered face became paler. She endured the discomfort and said: "Why did you target Uka and not someone else?"
It took Bai Liezhao a long time to calm down, "My father said that Wuna's qualifications are mediocre, and Mingshu County is a poor settlement. In a few years, Mengdu's seven counties will become six counties, but he is quite good at catching heretics. This doesn’t make Uqaba fall in love with Brother Yin.”
"Relying on this friendship, the Wu family is trying to keep the Yin family in check. Mr. Yin will be exploited by villains like Wuka wherever he goes."
"Brother Yin said that the Wu family has the longest reputation for bragging about Wuka. It didn't happen at all. It was him who begged Brother Yin to go to Wuna and got this Jixia Palace admission ticket."
"But what did Uka do to Brother Yin? He used Brother Yin's name when he needed it, but when he didn't, he actually united with outsiders to humiliate Brother Yin everywhere."
"Do you think this kind of villain shouldn't be left in the world?"
Yun Qi and Lu Anran realized that Bai Liezhao was worthy of his surname, he was both white and strong, and he was a pure fool.
Yunqi tapped his knuckles on the table twice and asked him, "Are you a rubbing artist?"
He said it one by one.
"Ah?" Bai Liezhao said decisively, "Anyway, Brother Yin was killed by Uka."
Although Bai Liezhao had a dispute with Wuka, he asked Yunqi's men to bring him to the criminal department for interrogation. However, he was not the real suspect, so Yunqi only asked Bai Liezhao to be taken down and let the person in charge of the paperwork It will be temporary if people record it in detail.
After they left, Yun Qi asked Lu Anran: "What do you think?"
Lu Anran suppressed the fatigue and dizziness that came over her, and spoke with a dry voice, "We only thought about the relationship between the Wu family and the Yin family, but ignored Wuka himself. Perhaps apart from the two disputes, there are many unknowns entanglements."
"Well, I think so too, but I am thinking of another person."
"who?"
Yun Qi shook his wide sleeves, stood up and said, "Come and see with me?"
Lu Anran stood up. Before he could even say the word 'good', he stumbled and held the table with his right hand.
