The Crown Princess is reborn and returns to subvert the world

When Jixiang and Jiang Peipei arrived, they smelled a foul odor coming from the butcher's shop. When the officer opened the door, the stench rushed towards them.

The shop assistants and passers-by in the nearby shops also smelled the strange odor and started to speak out.

"I started smelling a odor yesterday and initially thought there was something wrong with the sewer nearby, but it turned out to be Old Sun's butcher shop. But why haven't they opened for three days? This has never happened before," said a woman in her forties from a neighboring shop.

"I thought there was a dead rat in my shop, so my wife and I cleaned the room yesterday and found nothing." said the owner of another shop.

"They haven't opened for three days? Then did the owner of this butcher shop do anything unusual three days ago? For example, did anyone come to see them? Did anything happen at home?" Jixiang asked.

The woman thought for a moment, "Three days ago, I was the one packing up and closing the shop. There was nothing unusual about their shop that day. The eldest son of the Sun family was looking after the shop all day, and there was nothing unusual until closing time. Sir, did something happen to their family?"

Li Sizheng stepped forward, "There is something going on, so if anyone feels anything unusual, you can talk to the people at the Dali Temple."

"Yes, if you remember anything, you can go to the Dali Temple and talk to Li Sizheng and others at any time." Jixiang turned around and pointed at Li Sizheng behind him.

Li Sizheng nodded at the woman.

The woman was happy: "Okay, okay, but what happened to the Sun family? They haven't opened the door for three days. What have all the family members been doing?"

Jixiang said nothing and walked towards the shop.

There wasn't much meat left in the store, and although it had changed in taste, it was still in good shape.

Li Sizheng looked around and said, "My lady, everything here is intact. The murderer should not have been here."

Ji Xiang nodded.

The knife on the chopping board did not move at all, and everything was the same as when the owner left.

"Ask the neighbors if anyone in the Sun family has offended anyone?"

Li Sizheng immediately arranged for his subordinates to investigate, and soon heard the lady next door say loudly, "No, no, the Sun family father and son are all easy to get along with. Why is their business so good and they sell much more meat than other families? It's because they are kind and fair in business, never shortchanging people, and when it's time to close the stall, they will sell to everyone at a low price. We all like them very much."

Jixiang: "How could such a good family be wiped out? This doesn't make sense."

Li Sizheng: "We at the Dali Temple will definitely find out the reason behind this as soon as possible."

"Things that don't make sense must have reasons we can't imagine. Li Sizheng, let's start by investigating this butcher shop and find out if the four members of the Sun family have seen anything or people they shouldn't have seen in the past few days."

Li Sizheng was stunned, "But they have already..."

"The four of them are not the only ones who have eyes on them. The neighbors around the butcher shop, as well as the customers and passersby, may see something."

"Yes, yes, I will arrange someone to check it out immediately." Li Sizheng responded.

Li Sizheng arranged to inquire the shop owners and employees near the butcher shop, and he actually asked some questions.

It was the same woman next door who told Li Sizheng a strange story:

About five or six days ago, a merchant from outside the area wanted to buy the Sun family butcher shop. The eldest brother of the Sun family was in the shop at the time, and he rejected the visitor without hesitation.

Afterwards, the man came again and offered a high price for the transfer of the shop, but the head of the Sun family still did not agree.

After hearing Li Sizheng's report, Fu Shoutang and Jixiang were both silent and thoughtful.

"The Sun family's massacre, I think it might be related to this foreign guest. Maybe he killed them just to get this shop." Seeing that Fu Shoutang and Jixiang didn't say anything, Li Sizheng spoke first.

"Since his target was the Sun family butcher shop, it seems that after all the Sun family members died, the shop didn't come to inquire again." Fu Shoutang said.

Jixiang nodded, "But what Li Sizheng said makes sense. The Sun family has always been kind to others and has never had any enemies. So the murderer's purpose may not be revenge, but another reason."

"Li Sizheng, has the Sun family butcher shop sent anyone to check it carefully?" Jixiang suddenly asked.

Li Sizheng, "I have already arranged it. We will dig deep to find out what is there in this butcher shop that is of concern to us."

Li Si had just finished speaking when an officer from the Dali Temple came to report. Seeing that Fu Shoutang and Jixiang were both there, the officer hesitated and didn't know what to say.

"Just tell me what you want to say," Li Sizheng instructed his men.

The officer said, "A large amount of gold and silver was found under the Sun family's butcher shop."

"How many are there?" Fu Shoutang was the first one to lose his balance and stood up in surprise.

The officer said, "In the yard behind the butcher's shop, which had been dug up, we found more than a dozen large vats filled with gold and silver."

"It seems like the murderer did this!" Fu Shoutang looked at Jixiang, who nodded.

"Your Majesty, what should we do next?" Fu Shoutang said again, "If the murderer is after the silver, he will definitely break into the Sun family butcher shop again. If he knew that we have dug out the gold and silver..." He did not continue. If the murderer really knew about this, he was afraid that they would never show up again, and by then the Dali Temple would not be able to arrest them.

Jixiang looked at the officer and asked, "Did your actions at the Sun's butcher shop attract attention in a big way?"

The officer looked at Li Sizheng and said, "Master Sizheng didn't allow us to make it public, so even the neighbors next door may not know what happened in the backyard."

"That's it, don't dig up the yard anymore, just restore it to its original state, and then assign someone to watch over it." Jixiang looked at Fu Shoutang, "If you don't have enough manpower in the Dali Temple, you can transfer people from the Imperial Guard to help."

Fu Shoutang was delighted and quickly bowed to Jixiang, "Thank you, Your Majesty."