The uncle borrowed some merits, and the princess drew the talisman fiercely

The movement behind gradually subsided.

The others didn't dare to come over anyway, so they just stood outside a patch of flowers and watched the two people hugging each other.

It wasn't really an embrace, but it was just that Prince Jin unilaterally held Miss Lu in his arms.

"Miss Lu is so powerful, Your Majesty, there's no need to protect her like a hen, right?"

Lord Chen muttered something to the men beside him.

The officer: "......"

Sir, if you have the courage, why don't you speak louder? Sir, you are really bold now, you dare to say that the King of Jin is like an old hen, and Miss Lu is a chick.

Lu Zhaoling pressed against Zhou Shiyue's chest, with the back of her head pressed down by his big palm.

At first she wanted to struggle free and try to work, but when she heard his nervous heartbeat and felt the strength of his arms, she suddenly didn't want to move.

Lying quietly in his arms, she silently paid attention to the movements in the grave behind her.

Zhou Shiyue also felt it now. There was no danger behind him, only some mud splashed on his back.

After hearing no more noise behind him, he looked down at Lu Zhaoling. Seeing her leaning so obediently in his arms, he felt a strange sense of satisfaction in his heart.

but......

"When I lower my head like this, I can see the top of your head. You are indeed much shorter than me. Can you still grow taller?"

He said as he gently pressed her bun.

Lu Zhaoling pushed her away.

"I'm not short anymore, okay?"

She has never measured her height, but estimated that she is over 1.634 meters tall. She is only sixteen now. She did not have enough nutrition before, but now that her body absorbs spiritual energy, she will definitely grow taller.

Even if she wasn't tall, she wasn't short. It was just that he was too tall, so she looked petite when she was with him.

What the hell is a fast heartbeat? It could be that he was hit by a spell and has an irregular heartbeat.

After pushing Zhou Shiyue away, Lu Zhaoling walked towards the grave.

Zhou Shiyue turned around, his eyes fell on the grave, and he took a deep breath.

There was originally a grave mound, but now it has collapsed and exploded a little. Faintly, it seems that a small corner of black can be seen.

When Lu Zhaoling was treating Lord Chen for that disgusting thing, he said that there should be a black coffin in this tomb.

So the black corner you see now should be the corner of the coffin.

"Master Chen."

Lu Zhaoling took a look and waved over there, "You can come over now."

Lord Chen subconsciously touched the back of his waist and felt a little scared.

"Trust Miss Lu Er and keep her safe."

He repeated this sentence silently in his mind before he dared to walk towards that direction.

If it weren't for Second Miss Lu being here, he really didn't want to set foot near this place.

"Qinglin, ask someone to go to the villagers' homes to borrow a shovel or something. I want to open the coffin later." Lu Zhaoling said to Qinglin again.

Qinglin obeyed the order immediately.

"Miss Lu, is it okay to blow up the tomb?" Lord Chen came here and saw the corner of the black coffin.

"Nothing will happen, and nothing will happen."

Lu Zhaoling then asked him, "I remember Lord Chen said that the tomb was dug up in order to find evidence. What was the case? What evidence was they looking for? Did they find it after digging the tomb?"

Lord Chen nodded. "At that time, a big merchant from Jiangnan came to the government office to report a case. He said that he met a few people on the official road nearby and had some conflicts. After the conflict, he thought everything was fine, so he packed up and went into the city."

"But after entering the city, he discovered that he had lost his most important and valuable item. He came to report the case because of that item. After his own speculation, he suspected that the people he met before entering the city stole it during the chaos. So according to his description, I found those people."

Lord Chen recalled the situation at that time.

"Those people were very stubborn at first, but only confessed after being tortured."

When talking about torture, Lord Chen looked at Lu Zhaoling with some guilt, for fear that Lu Zhaoling would say that he was a cruel and ruthless official who abused private punishment.

He quickly explained, "I am not the kind of person who likes to torture suspects into confessing. I could see at the time that they were lying, so I tortured them."

"I'm not interfering with Mr. Chen's investigation. Mr. Chen doesn't need to tell me these things."

"Yes, yes." Lord Chen breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "They later confessed that they did see the big merchant on the official road and he looked very wealthy. They were greedy and deliberately provoked a conflict. Some people were responsible for quarreling and muddying the waters, and some took the opportunity to steal things."

"They found a palm-sized golden box and thought it was the most valuable, so they stole it. But they also thought the merchant would find it soon, so they had to hide it well in a short time and not rush to sell it."

"No one dared to take the thing home for fear of losing it. So one of them thought of a grave not far from their village."

When Lord Chen said this, he quietly glanced at the grave that no longer had a mound.

"It's the one in front of us. They said that no one in the village dares to come here, and it is even less likely that people from the official road would come here. It must be safest to bury the things in the tomb first."

When Lu Zhaoling and others heard this, they couldn't help but sigh.

"Those people are really brave. The world is so big, and there are so many places at home and outside, but they just thought of burying this thing in the tomb." Qingbao shook his head after hearing this.

"Isn't it?"

Lord Chen thought so at the time.

But he was not from that village, so he knew nothing about the grave and was not that afraid.

He brought people over to dig.

"Those people said that this tomb was a little strange. There was a bamboo tube that went straight into the tomb, and it was most convenient to dig near the bamboo tube."

Anyway, in order to find that thing, Lord Chen had to bring the officials to dig the grave.

"They are very capable. They hid the thing very deep. Finally, I had the grave dug almost empty before I found the thing."

"Was Lord Chen scratched at that time?" Lu Zhaoling asked.

"Exactly."

"Where is that thing?" Lu Zhaoling asked again.

"After we go back, we will naturally return it to that big merchant, and I will have people restore the tomb as much as possible." Lord Chen was quite scared when he said this, "Second Miss Lu, the tomb was not buried properly, so now the tomb owner wants revenge?"

He began to tremble.

If the tomb lord wanted revenge, could he still escape?

"No."

Lu Zhaoling looked at him and motioned for him to step back.

The guards had already borrowed tools such as hoes and shovels, and when Lu Zhaoling gave the order, they immediately opened the tomb according to her instructions.

While they were carefully digging the grave, someone in a temple not far behind the village suddenly stood up with a changed expression.