The Demon Concubine of God

Yan Saner knew that the gold-thread waist pendant could not be concealed. People who were not of noble status would not wear such a thing. Moreover, when he took the item back upstairs, the servant guarding the stairs also asked about it, and he told the truth. Then he said, "This is our young master."

Shen Wen nodded and said, "So your master also knows that you came to Yixiang Tower. Let me ask you again, do you really not recognize that Miss Panpan?"

Yan Saner kept silent, thinking that this woman was very good at talking and he would be fooled by her if he was not careful.

Shen Wen said, "This matter is easy to investigate. You can ask others what time you came to Yixianglou and what time Miss Panpan and Mr. Chen came. You can also find out what time you went to Xiyaolou and what time Mr. Chen went to Xiyaolou. You can also find out what the relationship between you two is."

Shen Wen saw that he looked a little nervous and continued, "Your Second Master Zhan probably hasn't left Xi Yao Lou yet, right? Did he tell you to report this matter after you return home or tomorrow?"

Yan Saner remained calm and composed.

Shen Wen said: "It should be tomorrow, otherwise you wouldn't have the leisure to hang out in the gambling room after killing someone. You are a good gambler and you are smart in finding partners."

Shen Wen was leaning over Yan Saner, and his delicate fingers pulled the front of Yan Saner's chest. He moved his nose and said, "You are a good person who doesn't drink. There is no smell of alcohol... but there is a faint fragrance. Are you looking for a woman? Which woman?"

Yan Saner smiled and said, "Yes, he is looking for a woman. How can he not look for a woman when he comes to Yixiang Tower?"

Shen Wen said: "Are you sure you didn't find a woman from another brothel?"

Yan Saner shook his head and said affirmatively: "No, I am looking for the girl from your Yixiang Tower, her name is... Qingying."

Shen Wen said: "There is a smell of rouge. The rouge used by the prostitutes of the upper, middle and lower ranks in Yixiang Tower is different, but..."

She looked at Yan Saner and said, "This fragrance is not from the girls here. It contains the mermaid oil from the South Sea. I heard that a girl came to Xi Yao Lou in recent years and she is very good at making fragrances. She doesn't sell the fragrances she makes to anyone, but only gives them away as gifts. She only gives them to a few people. Do you think it is more reasonable for her to give it to you or to Miss Panpan? Or to your second son Zhan?"

When Yan Saner heard this, he was so anxious that sweat broke out on the tip of his nose and blurted out: "If it's not my young master...how can I have such a fragrance? You are talking nonsense, there is no such fragrance..."

Shen Wen said: "Is there anything easy to check? Just get a civet cat to come over and sniff it out. Civet cats are different from ordinary cats. They are very sensitive to mermaids and can smell them from a hundred miles away. They will stand up and attack."

Shen Wen looked at Chu Yanqiu and said, "The third master of the Ji family only has one, right?"

Chu Yanqiu nodded and said, "Third brother does have one. Let's ask someone to go get his cat now."

Shen Wen looked at Lord Fang and said, "Lord Fang, please send someone to check both him and Miss Panpan, and then we will understand."

Yan Saner finally realized that he couldn't escape this time. He was fighting a desperate battle in his head, and kept muttering, "Impossible... Impossible..."

He did it very neatly. He didn't even touch the woman at that time, okay? How could he be infected with her scent?

Shen Wen wanted him to lose his mind, so he suddenly asked loudly: "Yan Saner, why don't you tell the truth! You said you are not familiar with Miss Panpan and have only met her a few times, but why did you go to her house and give her money?"

Yan Saner suddenly raised his head to look at her...

She said, "Do you want me to remind you what you said to Panpan's parents and brother? You said that the money was given by my master as a reward to your daughter. She did a great job for my master, and we would not treat her badly. We knew that she was a filial daughter, so we asked me to give you a large sum of 500 taels. Did you know that this happened? What did you say to Miss Panpan when you returned to Xi Yao Lou?"

After hearing this, Yan Saner remembered the whole incident as if it were yesterday.

Seeing this, Shen Wen couldn't help but shout, "How dare you kill a county magistrate of Xuancheng like this? You did it so flawlessly."

Yan Saner could no longer hold back his energy, his eyes were red, he looked up and said, "You can't possibly know! How could you know? Miss Panpan doesn't know about this, how come? How do you know everything? Who are you? Are you...are you a human or a ghost?"

In this way, Yan Saner's testimony was available, and it also involved a previous case of an official being murdered, so Yan Saner was imprisoned and investigated.

When Lord Fang and the yamen runners who arrived later took Yan Saner away, they said goodbye to Chu Yanqiu and Shen Wen. He looked at Shen Wen seriously and said, "The young lady is truly a deity!"

Shen Wen thought to himself, come on, I can tell from the look in your eyes that you love me for my talent but dislike me for being a woman. You are just complimenting me for the sake of the man next to me.

He waved his hand and said, "No!"

Then he followed Chu Yanqiu from the second floor to the third floor.

When we stood at the railing on the third floor and looked, Lord Fang and his entourage had already arrived at the gate of Yixiang Tower.

Chu Yanqiu looked at Shen Wen with a smile in his eyes.

Chi He scratched his head and said, "Miss, why did you ask someone to cover Yan San'er's head with a black cloth? For such a blatant murder case, it would be better to let everyone see the true face of the murderer to appease the people."

Shen Wen said: "Who said he was the real murderer? He was just a knife for the real murderer. Covering his head was just to paralyze the real murderer so as not to alert the enemy. By the way..."

Shen Wen looked at Chu Yanqiu and said, "After tonight I will go to Miss Panpan's parents' home to see if I can find some evidence or witnesses."

Chu Yanqiu took her hand and said, "I'm afraid it's a little late. I will ask someone to go to the deceased's home and keep an eye on him to protect the evidence and witnesses."

Shen Wen nodded and said, "It's best to protect her secretly. Miss Panpan was killed suddenly. If we rashly go to get the evidence, I'm afraid her family won't trust us and won't hand it over."

Chu Yanqiu nodded, and then smiled at Shen Wen and said, "Little clever boy, you put that fragrance there, didn't you? The fragrance on Yan Saner's body, wasn't it put there by him when you two were fighting?"

Shen Wen touched the man's chin and said, "You are the clever one!"

Chu Yanqiu put his arm around her waist, and the two of them walked affectionately down the corridor.

The gongs and drums sounded again, and Chu Yanqiu ordered a new short opera. He sat steadily on the chair, drinking tea and listening to the opera, while Shen Wen half-lying in the chair, with his feet on the brocade stool, holding a piece of cake in his hand, chewing it bit by bit like grinding his teeth, while his head was thinking about some fragments of the past, but they were scattered and not very clear.

The short opera was a martial arts play. The lively performance ordered by Shen Wen ended soon. After the performance, it was time to reward. Chu Yanqiu knocked on the table gently to wake up Shen Wen who was still in a trance. He pointed to the money bag on the table to indicate that he wanted to reward her. Shen Wen then picked up the money bag and opened it to see how much money was inside. Chu Yanqiu coughed lightly and said, "You don't have to pick up one or two coins from it. Just give away the whole money bag immediately."

Well, I have nothing to say about your wealth.

Shen Wen then handed the bag to the person who was kneeling to receive the reward.

After that, the next thing to happen was a literary play that Chu Yanqiu personally ordered.

Chu Yanqiu said that the young actress from the Huolin Opera Troupe had good singing skills, and asked her to listen carefully.

Shen Wen responded with a smile of appreciation.

Soon the female role with heavy makeup appeared on the stage.

As expected, her actions are graceful and elegant, and her voice is sweet and high-pitched when she opens her mouth, very elegant.

Shen Wen admired and clapped his hands to the rhythm while laughing, "Well! Very good, it's a good voice! Our second young master really has good taste."

As he said this, he looked at Chu Yanqiu.

Chu Yanqiu's originally enjoyable expression faded when the female role opened her mouth. When Shen Wen saw it, his smile had gradually faded, and turned into more of a curious and scrutinizing expression.

This shows that the female role originally selected by Chu Yanqiu was not the one who is singing now.

Shen Wen then looked at the actor who was singing with curiosity.

After looking for a while, Shen Wen smiled.

He looked at Chu Yanqiu with an expression of anticipating a good show.

Chu Yanqiu also understood at this time, and a smile with interest appeared in the corner of his eyes.

In this situation, Shen Wen suddenly thought of something and looked at Chi He and said, "Hey? Where is Doctor Sun? Where did he go? I invited this troupe for him, why is he not here?"

Chi He then said, "The Divine Doctor Sun was here just now, but then a servant from the backyard asked him to come downstairs, saying that there was something wrong with the patient in the side yard, and asked him to go and take a look."

Shen Wen couldn't sit still after hearing this, and wondered whether he should go downstairs to see for sure.

At this moment, a cold light flashed on the screen behind the stage. Shen Wen was quick-eyed and quick-handed. The moment the cold arrow was shot, Shen Wen predicted the direction of the wind. He pounced on Chu Yanqiu and rolled him and himself to the ground.

Look back.

An arrow had shot into the chair where Chu Yanqiu was originally sitting. The arrow was an inch long and made of steel, emitting a cold glow. If it had been a few seconds later, it would have pierced Chu Yanqiu's body, which was really scary!

Such a sudden assassination caused a surge of people on the entire third floor. Fortunately, Chu Yanqiu's secret guards responded in an orderly manner, without causing panic, and the matter was suppressed.

The Hua Dan who was singing happily also stopped talking, and the entire troupe was surrounded by Chu Yanqiu's guards.