Farewell Flower Festival

When they arrived at the study door, Mu Tianling asked Chaoyan to stay outside. She plucked up the courage to take a look into the room. This glance almost scared her to death. The corpse was still hanging on the beam and had not been taken down.

As luck would have it, Wei Chang's wide-open eyes were staring at the door.

Chaoyan quickly turned her head, took a few deep breaths, and obediently stayed outside.

After Mu Tianling went in, he asked Qianfeng to close the door.

Unable to see what was happening in the room, Chao Yan felt a little more relaxed.

After calming down, she searched for clues in the yard, instantly turning into Sherlock Holmes, searching inch by inch with her head down.

At the same time, Mu Tianling checked the study. Except for a vase broken on the ground, everything else was intact. There was no sign of fighting, and there was a hidden arrow stuck in the window.

Qianfeng took off the sleeve arrow and handed it to Mu Tianling to look at. It was the same one that Wei Chang had used during the sneak attack in the melee in Jinyu Garden.

After checking the situation in the room, Mu Tianling had the body lowered from the beam. He first checked Wei Chang's right hand and found that the sleeve arrow tied to his wrist was still there.

This person always carries a hidden weapon for self-defense when sleeping, and his alertness is very strong. Even though he was drunk last night, he still shot the murderer with a hidden arrow.

A drop of blood dripped under the windowsill.

After the autopsy, the coroner reported to Mu Tianling that the deceased's cervical vertebra was broken, and it was possible that he was strangled to death and then hung from the beam.

On the other side, Chao Yan found something by the wall, took out a handkerchief and picked up the evidence. Her intuition told her that the murderer had accidentally dropped it. It would be great if there was fingerprint detection technology here.

At this time, the door of the study opened. Mu Tianling came out first, and then Captain Yu brought people to carry the dead person out and left with the housekeeper.

After Captain Yu left, Chao Yan ran over and showed Mu Tianling a hairpin wrapped in a handkerchief, and told him her inference based on her intuition that the hairpin belonged to the murderer, and that the murderer might come back to look for it, so all they had to do then was sit back and wait.

Mu Tianling picked up the hairpin and took a look at it. It was of ordinary style and seemed to be something that might belong to an ordinary family.

"Master, could the murderer be a girl?" Qianfeng speculated.

Chao Yan raised her index finger and waved it, saying confidently, "This must be a murder of passion."

Mu Tianling raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "How do you know it was a murder of passion?"

Chao Yan said: "How about I make a bet with His Highness. If I'm right, His Highness will increase my monthly salary."

Mu Tianling asked: "What if it's not right?"

Chao Yan said: "Then don't raise it."

Mu Tianling: “…”

After leaving, Mu Tianling asked Feiyu to send Chaoyan back, and he took people to two other crime scenes.

The first place was in an alley near Chunfeng Tower. There were no external injuries on the body of the deceased. The cause of death was also a broken neck. The method was quick and neat. The murderer was either a well-trained killer or had undergone repeated training.

The second location was in an alley near the victim's home. Unlike the first two victims, this one had obvious external injuries on his body. There were more than a dozen bloody holes stabbed from the chest to the abdomen, which showed that the murderer hated this person the most.

It was already dark and Mu Tianling hadn't come back yet.

Chaoyan came to the gate again and took a look. After a while, Eunuch Wu came over.

"Uncle, His Highness will not be back tonight?"

Eunuch Wu prepared a midnight snack for her and asked her to eat while waiting to avoid catching a cold.

The moonlight gradually rose higher, and the shadows of the trees on the ground gradually changed positions.

Chao Yan sat on the swing, her feet on the ground, swinging boredly.

The night watchman who was striking the gong announced the second watch.

Mu Tianling hasn't come back yet.

She got up and went back to the house to put on a cloak, and came out again after a while.

By the time the night watchman struck the gong again, it was past the third watch.

A carriage slowly drove up from the other end of the alley and stopped at the gate of the palace. Mu Tianling got off the carriage and took Qianfeng and Feiyu back to the palace.

After coming back, Mu Tianling stopped and looked at the small courtyard behind where Chao Yan lived.

......

Under the moonlight, a figure was lying on the swing, curled up like a kitten.

He walked over lightly, stopped to look at her sleeping posture like a kitten for a while, and a smile unconsciously appeared on the corners of his lips. Then he bent down, gently picked her up and went back to the house.

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The next day, when Chao Yan woke up, she felt like there was someone next to her. She was shocked. Was it a pervert? !

When she looked up and met Mu Tianling's face, her mind went blank.

After a brainstorm, she realized that they were too close, so she immediately distanced herself from them and pulled the quilt over.

Mu Tianling was also awakened by her noise, or perhaps he had already woken up.

"You...why are you in my room?" Chaoyan pulled up the quilt and took a look. Her clothes were intact. Her tense nerves relaxed. Nothing should have happened last night.

Mu Tianling smiled and said playfully, "What did you do yesterday? Don't you remember it?"

Asagao's relaxed nerves tensed up again. She shouldn't have done anything embarrassing that would make her lose face. . . . .

"It's okay if you don't remember. I don't intend to hold you responsible." Mu Tianling raised his hand and touched his lips.

Chao Yan felt a mushroom cloud explode above her head. Could it be that she had kissed him? ! ! !

Mu Tianling found Chao Yan's shameful reaction of covering her face with her hands quite interesting.

At this time, Feicui's voice came from outside the door, "Is the girl awake?"

Chao Yan hurriedly stopped him and said, "Wait a minute, don't come in."

Jade and Amber looked at each other, wondering what was going on inside.

Then the door opened and Mu Tianling came out. He left without explaining anything.

Jadeite and Amber blushed when they realized what was happening.

The next moment, Chaoyan chased out and explained, "It's not what you think." Before she finished speaking, the two of them bowed and congratulated her. Chaoyan felt that she could not wash herself clean even if she jumped into the Yellow River. . . . . .

During breakfast, Mu Tianling acted as if nothing had happened, but Chao Yan seemed to have ulterior motives. She stole glances at him from time to time, trying to recall what happened last night, but to no avail.

After breakfast, Mu Tianling took Qianfeng and Feiyu out.

After leaving the house, the carriage did not go towards the Jiuxingsi, but towards the West City.

Yesterday, Mu Tianling apparently withdrew the people guarding Wei Mansion, but actually left Captain Yu and Qian Feng to guard near the study.

In the second half of the night, a dark shadow appeared in the yard, searching for something along the wall. When Captain Yu and Qian Feng were about to arrest the person, the other party seemed to sense the danger and left quickly.

The two men chased him relentlessly from South City all the way to West City, and saw him enter the Ghost Market. When the two men chased him in, he had disappeared.

The ghost market is a mixed bag of people from all walks of life, and the complex terrain makes it very suitable for Tibetans.

When he arrived near the Ghost Market, Mu Tianling found a teahouse to kill time and wait for the Ghost Market to open.

The rules of the ghost market are that it opens at sunset and closes at sunrise.

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