When the sound of the bell gradually faded away and could no longer be heard, Shi Yaya got better. Because of Chao Muyun's company, she was not the same as before, and it took a long time to calm down. Give her a little rabbit, and give her She gave a carrot, and she carved a few small flowers with a kitchen knife, and the whole person fell silent.

Chao Muyun was always by her side, never far away.

"I'm sorry, I..."

After waking up, the little girl was very guilty. She fell ill again and troubled others.

Passed a wet handkerchief to Muyun, and wiped her hands: "The wind is good today, refreshing and slightly cool, go to sleep for a while."

Shi Yaya wiped her face, looked at him with big moist eyes: "Those bad guys... I remembered a little..."

Chao Muyun rubbed her head: "Don't worry, when you wake up, talk to me slowly, huh?"

Shi Yaya nodded obediently: "Okay."

The little girl entered the room, Hua Kaiji came back quickly and shook his head.

The sound of the bell is too far away, and it is not difficult to identify the general direction, but it is not easy to catch up. In the end, the sound of the bell disappeared. I don't know if it was deliberately hidden, or it was in a quiet place, and the bell no longer collided with it.

Chao Muyun lowered his eyes and pondered, different thoughts intertwined, and many things connected together, heading towards a result.

He didn't pay attention to the sound of Tamura's bell at the beginning, because the distance was too far away, and too many things happened that night. After recalling the details, he found that although the sound of the bell was far away, it was always faint and never stopped. Even if the women are rescued, they seem to have different reactions when they hear this voice.

It can be seen that the sound of the bell has a special meaning for them.

It may represent who is coming, it may represent a danger alert, or it may represent the torture of 'you are under my surveillance at any time'.

Shi Yaya is fine when she hears other bells, but when she hears such a bell, she immediately has a stress response. Has she ever had a similar experience, was she abducted by the Spider Empress?

But the opponent's organization is so strict, how did she escape?

The little girl is too young, not as mature physically and mentally as adults, in an unfamiliar environment, facing a strict organization... Did someone help her?

Chao Muyun recalled that Shi Yaya also had a stress reaction when the case of the Huang family was brought up in the temple. Yaya listened a lot, and there was nothing unusual about it, but at that time, she was suddenly stressed. Could it be that someone passed by with a bell similar to Tamura like today?

The death of the Huang family in Zhaoti Temple involved Liu Niangniang, who was a matchmaker for men and women, and benefited from it. Tiancun was the residence of Zhuniangniang, and she was doing a secret business...the two are definitely related.

If the spider empress's people had stayed at Zhaoti Temple, the things involved that night might not just be Huang's death, maybe there were other things as well.

People from the two organizations appeared at the same place, did the tasks accidentally overlap, or did they cooperate in some way?

Chao Muyun didn't expect that he would pass by these people at that time.

Regarding the murderer and accomplice in that case, the murderer Xue Tan, and Jiashan from the temple, before he entered Dali Temple, when the prisoners were transferred, both of them had an accident and died, although the confession explained everything related to the case , but obviously that's not all they know.

He felt something was wrong when he saw it at the time, so he wrote to Gong Zhi to ask about it, and Gong Zhi Daowen knew it well, so he could rest assured that if he had any questions, he could go and ask for advice.

Dali Temple Qingwen is a senior, over sixty years old, because of his poor health, he is not often in the official office, and because of his talent, he often walks around the palace.

Even if you are not often in the official office of Dali Temple, the affairs of Dali Temple have not been missed at all. Everything that needs to be managed and done, and the documents that need to be signed and sealed, are all in order. .

Chao Muyun has met Wen Renchang a few times, and has his own inner judgment. This is a very powerful and intelligent person, and he seems to want to train him a little bit. He doesn't explain many things clearly, and let him learn and understand by himself.

It's not that he didn't want to ask about the follow-up of the Zhaoti Temple case, but Wen Renchang didn't give a clear answer, implying that the time has not come yet.

This timing may be due to the current situation of the court, or insufficient evidence...

But now, Chao Muyun has a hunch that it may be close to the truth of the matter.

Durian Empress, Spider Empress... who are these two organizations?

The case was being investigated outside, and the news about Zao Li and Hou Jiuhong had accumulated on the case one after another. There were already a dozen thick ones. Chao Muyun didn't go to rest, nor did he have time to rest. Read and organize these clues, while adjusting the subdivision direction, let the following people continue to check...

Including the present moment, this case, the details he missed in Zhaoti Temple a few months ago, and the death of the eldest son of the Hou Mansion 16 years ago.

He always felt that there were too many things hidden in the dark, under the dark lake that had passed through the years, those secrets and sins were waiting for someone to dig them out.

However, those pains that have oppressed too many people in the past need to be carefully preserved and protected, and they cannot be opened rashly, or they will be hurt instead.

"puff--"

Chest pain, when a mouthful of blood spit out, Chao Muyun had no idea that his body had stretched to the limit, and he didn't even see who was supporting him in front of him. On the paper I just wrote on——

"check……"

"I know, you rest first."

The other party's voice was very low, it seemed to have a gentleness that had to be cautious, but in fact it seemed to be angry, and he didn't know how to vent it.

Chao Muyun couldn't stand anymore, and was carried to the bed by others. In a daze, he felt his face was wiped by a veil soaked in warm water, and he was fed something bitter...Is it medicine?

I don't know how much more, he quickly fell asleep, only felt the other person's slightly hot palm protruding from his forehead, lightly, like a bird's feather gliding across the lake.

This sleep was very long, and Chao Muyun remembered that he became vague, looked at the newly sent clues and materials on the case table after dinner, sorted them out, issued new direction requirements, and then rested again and waited again...

When I woke up again, it was already the second night.

There is another pile of files on the desk in the study.

Chao Muyun frowned slightly, looked outside at the silent night, and felt the dull pain in his chest.Even the normal work and rest time cannot be guaranteed, and the poison on his body may be difficult to suppress.

However, since the day he came here, he didn't expect to live much longer, he just didn't want to waste the time doing nothing, so he came to Dali Temple, and everything happened as he wanted.

Sitting in front of the desk, he began to flip through the latest news files. There were more and more clues every day, and his thoughts became more broadened day by day. Two organizations are listed, related events, related murders, related people...

While tidying up and thinking, I even forgot to sit down in the middle. It wasn't until I wanted to take a sip of tea that I realized that my legs were numb, my body froze, and I couldn't move forward or retreat.

"Ugh……"

A person jumped in from the window, with the scent of gardenias in the dark night, he supported his waist at the right time, pressed him to sit down, and poured him a glass of water: "The murder of the imperial court, can you save others?"

Purple gauze, golden mask, and the ending of the voice is always loose, who is it not Ye Wugou?

Chao Muyun held the tea stuffed into his hands, and drank quietly: "Thank you."

Ye Wugou sat beside him: "Didn't I tell you before that there is a person who is good at making drugs in the southwest region?"

Chao Muyun: "Huai?"

"I have found out that this person is near the capital, and he may be doing some private business. He is sneaking around and no one can see—" Ye Wugou twirled his fan with his fingertips, and there were two words in his gesture, self-confidence , "But I will definitely find him."

Chao Muyun: "Then you cheer?"

Ye Wugou looked at his face and clicked his tongue: "Are you so careless about your own affairs?"

"You don't need to worry too much. I am lucky to win and lose my life. In my heart——I have never been anxious or sad."

Some things are like drinking water, and you know how warm and cold you are. Chao Muyun is indeed not emotional. The current case is more attractive to him, but most people will not understand it, so he simply changed the subject: "You came here at night, but what clues did you find?" ?”

Ye Wugou propped his forehead with the handle of his fan: "Master Chao is really forgetful, what you just ordered, you can't remember it in a blink of an eye?"

After pausing for a moment, Zhao Muyun lowered his eyes: "It was you who carried me to the bed the night before yesterday."

Those things that were ordered to be investigated were also confessed by Ye Wugou.

But in the news file returned to the book case, there are clear answers to these questions, Ye Wugou... There is no need to come in person.

Ye Wugou covered his lips with his fan, and gave a chuckle. When he finished, his voice was not ambiguous like before, but turned into a serious posture: "Speaking of this case, after you mentioned and compared it, I also found out the timing There are some strange things, the fortune and rise of Zhuniangniang and Liuniangniang are very close to the time when the two sons of Marquis Fen'an died, and then the short-term hiding, and then the low-key development later, the situation is also very similar, there are subtle avoidances And competition consciousness, except that the two organizations may be closely related, is there a possibility—”

He lightly tapped the handle of the fan on the table, the case information from 16 years ago: "Here, there are the initial timing and reasons for the establishment of the two organizations."

Everything does not appear out of thin air. What are these two organizations trying to do in the first place?

This is also the direction he was thinking towards Mu Yun, his eyes drooped, and his fingertips also landed on the table, except for the death of the son of the Hou Mansion 16 years ago, there were also some details before and after the capital: "It was not the Hou Mansion that was in chaos at that time. "

In this year, around this time, Emperor Chengyun was assassinated, and the only two sons under his knees died. The eldest son, the prince, died on the spot. Some people say that there are no bones left, while others say that they have already been put into a small coffin and have been buried in the imperial mausoleum.

The assassination of the Son of Heaven is a very sensitive event. Afterwards, the murderer was arrested and liquidated, blood flowed like a river, and both sons were killed. It was equivalent to breaking the imperial inheritance. Even the time and characters are blurred, so that outsiders are not allowed to pry into it. In the files before Chao Muyun's case, it is only known that there is such a thing, but the general situation is not clear.

Ye Wugou tapped his fan on his palm: "If you want to investigate this matter, it will be a big deal."

The two looked at each other, and after a while, they took it tacitly without mentioning it, but they both understood what the other said.

Chao Muyun pointed to the name of the housekeeper Chai Fang on the paper: "He is a member of the Cao Gang, and he has been in the Marquis of Fen'an for many years, either to obey his master's order and do things conveniently, or his master is outside, He was ordered to lurk there."

"It's Cao Gang again..."

Ye Wugou is very familiar with his own gang, and he has done a lot of homework in order to deal with the main gang, but there are so many members in the gang, it is impossible for him to know everyone, and he can tell who is who at a glance. It was a surprise to him.

Chao Muyun: "That night you fought against the masked man in black. I have seen Chai Fang. Although all of them were dressed in black and covered their faces, it was the first time I saw most of them. The strangers were not in the same shape. I'm not familiar with it, but I can see the scar on the pulp of his left index finger very clearly because of some angles."

Ye Wugou has already followed the clues provided by Chao Muyun to find out the identity of Chai Fang. Although the mission is kept secret and there is not much left in the main gang, his identity is correct. This person is the hidden nail of the Cao Gang.

But he is still very interested in Chao Muyun's analysis: "What kind of scar?"

"Similar to this kind, a thinner and sharper knife is used to cut it, leaving a slightly deeper wound," Chao Muyun gestured with strokes on his hand, "For example, the knife used to cut envelopes is usually slender and thin. , when you hold a knife in your right hand and press the envelope with your left hand, if you are not careful, it is easy to cause this kind of cut. The wound may be slightly long, but it is very thin. Even if it is deep, it is not difficult to heal. It is difficult to leave calluses on the fingertips after recovery , but there will be a white mark like this."

There is not just one white mark on Chai Fang's fingertips, he has many.

Ye Wugou narrowed his eyes slightly: "He needs to open letters frequently..."

"It doesn't have to be a letter, it might be something that is sealed and doesn't need to be kept secret."

Chao Muyun has gone through all the files, and is now basically sure that this Chai Fang is not an insignificant person. He may be an intermediary of communication, an information transfer station, and his existence must be low-key. Once exposed, it may mean With the exposure of certain secrets, my life is closely related to these things.

So is that the murderer's motive for killing him?

"...Regardless of whether Chai Fang's identity about the Cao Gang has been exposed or not, he has been in the Hou Mansion for so many years, and he knows many secrets." Ye Wugou slowly turned his fan, "The murderer's target is aimed at Leng Nianwen, at Yupei, no matter what. The death of the two princes of the Hou family 16 years ago, or the death of the Huang family a few months ago, this person must know something..."

He looked at Chao Muyun: "Didn't you speculate about Huang's death back then? A mother who loves her son so wholeheartedly and doesn't judge her own moral behavior must have something to save her son's life. Could it be this jade pendant? ?”

Chao Muyun pondered slightly.

"The origin of the jade pendant is not difficult to find out. If you don't wear it often, or if you wear it often, but in an unknown place, others will ignore it. But once you just take it out and someone finds it, something may change."

For example, Leng Nianwen only kept this thing with her at the mother's request, and she couldn't lose it, so she also wore it. Except for those close to her, most people would not know about it, but after Mrs. Huang died, the environment around this young man has undergone tremendous changes. , The mentality is also, will he often see things and think about people, often take them out to see, will he look back on the past, think about the present, and guess what?

Ye Wugou clicked his tongue: "If he guesses the metaphor of the jade pendant, and knows the inside story about the death of the two sons of the Hou family..."

In fact, it is the insider secret that is important, not the jade pendant itself.

Chao Muyun has analyzed it many times. If the jade pendants were important evidence of the murder of the two sons-in-law, the murderer would not be able to keep them until now, and would have found a way to destroy them. It's just that these two things are a bit sensitive. If they are deliberately guided, it is easy for people to think order something.

For example, Mrs. Huang, she may have kept this jade pendant on purpose to tell the person who murdered the two sons-in-law, you see, we are on the same boat, so don't ever think about leaving me, you can't leave me...

Huang may know too many secrets of the other party, but he did not expect that he would die suddenly, and many of the things he prepared for his son may not be handed over in time.

As for Zhang Chuqing, who owns another jade pendant, there is currently no evidence whether the abduction was accidental or intentional.

In any case, the death of the two sons of the Hou Mansion must be the beginning of everything. Whoever killed the person back then is the biggest suspect in today's case.

"That pair of wives and concubines are very suspicious." Ye Wugou held the pot with one hand and poured water for Chao Muyun, "Mrs. Hou, Xiao Wu, seems to be the ultimate winner. She may not like the first-born son born by her sister. If you are smart and capable in the future, you may not be close to yourself. If you are not smart and can’t do it, then you have raised yourself badly, and you are responsible for it; as for the eldest son born by yourself, he was born with insufficient womb, and was secretly called a little fool by others. Whether he wins or loses, he can't support the family... and she is already pregnant. I saw in your file that your husband has pinched his pulse and he looks like a son based on experience. Do you think she will want to take advantage of this opportunity? , let's fight, and get rid of the big Tang who is the biggest threat to her by the way?"

She was not the only one in the back house at that time, Da Tang's childhood sweetheart was too powerful, she often had to stay away...

Chao Muyun knew what Ye Wugou was thinking, and nodded slightly: "In this matter, Xiao Tang is also a beneficiary. If she likes the wealth of the Marquis Mansion and wants to come in, it will not only be the burden on her head. On a big mountain, there is such a powerful sister as Da Tang, and Mrs. Hou. No matter how careful she manages it, how can she succeed? She had been taken into the Hou's mansion for a month at that time, did she have any idea of ​​going along with the flow? Ready to count the birds?"

In the timeline at that time, both of them were unclear. Some had edible confidantes, and some had independent time for committing crimes. Neither of them could rule out the suspicion.

Ye Wugou: "It's hard to find the evidence from back then. If you want to find it, you can only find the present one."

For example, the conclusive evidence of killing Leng Nianwen and Chai Fang.

"But it seems that these two people are not the only ones who have doubts?"

"There is also the Marquis of Fen'an." Chao Muyun nodded, "His views on things are very interesting, he indulges his wives and concubines, and raises a few children casually. He doesn't seem to want to kill, but he doesn't give too much. Protection, in his heart, his own interests are the most important, and everything else must be retreated, if there is a conflict—then he must sacrifice others, not himself."

Ye Wugou pointed his fingertips near the imperial city: "You mean, the assassination incident had an impact on him, so he ignored his son's affairs?"

Zhao Muyun nodded, and pushed another file forward: "Look at this again."

Ye Wugou glanced at it, and his expression changed: "Mother surnamed Chen, old lady surnamed Liu?"

"You should still remember that when we went to Tamura, there were two women who left a deep impression on us. One had bad eyes, but she was very kind and kind. She said her surname was Chen, and let us call her Aunt Chen, and the other was very fierce. Even if she is limping, she has to use crutches to drive people away, and everyone in the village calls her Granny Liu..."

Chao Muyun's eyes flickered slightly: "These two were servants in the Marquis of Fen'an's mansion back then. They were sent out of the mansion after two of their sons were murdered, and they have disappeared since then..."

Ye Wugou snorted: "Okay, these two people must have been sold out on purpose, and they must know something. The murderer is very clear about what he is doing and the current situation of these two people."

"And Zhang Xiaqing," Chao Muyun said, "Before Leng Nianwen's accident, he seemed to have been to Tiancun and met these three people."

In this regard, Hou Jiuhong and his younger brothers were able to inquire about the news better than the officials. These two older women seemed to have a different relationship with the Marquis of Fen'an. Their status in Tiancun was also very special. I have passed the childbearing age earlier, and I don't seem to be like others, unable to move around or come out.

But there were too many people at the garden banquet that day, and it was impossible to check them one by one. Whether these people were present or not, we can only look at their confessions.

"Because I got the clues, the government hasn't adjusted yet," Chao Muyun thought, "As for the confession, I'm thinking about how to get it, so I won't startle the snake and make the murderer vigilant."

Ye Wugou pondered for a moment: "Zhang Xiaqing, it seems that the suspicion cannot be completely ruled out..."

Chao Muyun shook his head: "He had a good family back then, and he married a concubine daughter of the Marquis, the concubine sister of the Marquis of Fen'an. It is impossible for the in-laws to stay away when there is a major event. After investigation, he was not in the marquis on the day the two sons were killed. However, he was there the day before, and his wife was as usual, and because of her low status, she felt a little offended... There are doubts about his timeline since then, and it is not easy to check."

Ye Wugou: "But you should have an idea."

Zhao Muyun nodded slightly, and leaned forward slightly: "As long as these few things are clarified..."

He whispered a few words in Ye Wugou's ear.

Ye Wugou smiled and raised his lips: "Okay, look at me!"

Chao Muyun handed him a cup of tea.

Ye Wugou looked at the soft and white fingers on the glazed green tea cup, he didn't feel thirsty just now, but now he suddenly became thirsty: "I have done everything, how about you?"

Chao Muyun: "I want to meet Zhang Xiaqing, Zhang Chuqing and Zhang Chuqing in person. There are some things that need to be answered."

This case seems to be divided, but in fact many things are related to each other. If everything goes well...

It seems that it is not difficult to solve the case.

The person in front of him seemed to be shining, as long as he talked about the case, the ink in his eyes would always be clear and moving.

Ye Wugou smiled: "I believe in Mr. Chao's ability."

"Is it?"

Zhao Muyun looked at him, his eyes were slightly dizzy with deep meaning: "If you believe me, why do you still refuse to reveal some things even today?"

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