Jalang

But Gongqing's efforts were not in vain, at least he was not driven out of the carriage again, and he also got a blanket and good food.

It's just that the prince never looked at him again, completely treating him like air.

Eight days later, the carriage stopped in front of a small county town.

Although the environment on the carriage was average, Wei Gongqing's injury improved during the bumpy journey, the bandage around his neck became thinner, and he no longer needed help when walking.

As soon as the carriage arrived, someone came to pick it up. There was no exaggerated formation as imagined, only three or two people. It was obvious that the other party knew the identity of the prince, but neither of them wanted to say anything.

After entering the city, Qin Yunshan was in charge of arranging the carriage, the prince had other things to do, but Gongqing was about to follow Qin Yunshan to rest when he was stopped.

"Where is the young master going?"

He stopped in his footsteps, and when he turned around, everyone was looking at him, especially the prince's face.

The expression did not change, but Wei Gongqing felt that the prince seemed quite displeased.

……

When the prince arrived at the county seat, the first thing he did was not to clean up the dust, not to sing and dance, but to go straight to the morgue.

Of course, it was called Yizhuang in ancient times.

The eternal lamp was burning quietly, and the corpses were neatly arranged. Under the influence of the light, the stiff outlines under the white cloth could be vaguely seen, but the chests of these people no longer rose and fell, and everything was so quiet.

Yizhuang is just a house, perhaps because of the storage of corpses, near dusk, it is extremely cold here, even the temperature is much lower than outside, but Gongqing was originally afraid of the cold, so now he simply puts his hands in his sleeves.

No matter what age the morgue is, it's eerie and terrifying, and there are dark connotations, but Gongqing didn't want to come, but the man refused to change his clothes and put on a muffler, and walked in directly. He had no choice but to keep up.

"This is the first body found," people who looked like officials and officials led the way. They lifted the white cloth on one of the beds to reveal the body inside, and told the prince, "A month ago, in the On the bank of the river, the corpse showed no signs of drowning, no signs of struggle, no poisoning, no obvious trauma, the fatal place is right here..."

The prince's gaze moved down, and when he saw the wound, his eyes narrowed slightly. The official glanced at the prince quietly, and seeing that he had nothing to say, he continued, "It's strange that there is no blood around. , it is certain that it is the scene of the crime, but no matter how clever the criminal's technique is, it is impossible not to leave a drop of blood behind, this is the strangeness of this case."

While he was speaking, the prince carefully checked the corpse.

Seeing the prince approaching the corpse, the official took a step back subconsciously. He swallowed and said, "It's been a month since I died, and we've tried to preserve it as much as possible, but after all, it's been too long, it's still a bit..."

The corpse had already begun to rot, and the smell was quite unpleasant. He really admired the prince for looking through the corpse without changing his face.

"continue."

After seeing it, the prince got up, the official nodded and led him to another corpse.

"These two corpses were separated by six days." The official lifted the second white cloth again, "Because the way of death was too strange, we didn't say anything about it. Except for the person who discovered the corpse, the people didn't know about it, but the death of these two corpses The method is the same, both the wound and the scene are exactly the same, so we suspect that this is done by the same person..."

The prince nodded and continued to check.

This month, a total of five people died, and the method was exactly the same. The analysis of the local officials was correct, and this was also consistent with the information received by the prince.

But Gongqing didn't like this place at all. From the time he entered the door, he never lowered his head. No matter what the prince said to the official, he didn't look at it curiously. He waited for the prince to check and leave. But, at the last inspection When he saw the dead body, the prince suddenly turned his head, "What do you think about this, young master?"

Wei Gongqing, who was named, gave a pause. He had no intention of participating, but the prince seemed to have to drag him into the water, otherwise he would not have asked him to come to Yizhuang with him.

He couldn't avoid it, and it was impossible to embarrass the prince in front of others, so he could only look at the corpse reluctantly.

Seeing this, Wei Gongqing was immediately stunned.

He had never seen such a strange corpse.

As the official said, there was no trauma on the whole body, not only no signs of struggle, but even the facial expression was peaceful, no fear or panic, just...

Looking down, the man's abdomen was cut open, from the ribs to the pubic bone, the incisions were neat, and inside, all the internal organs were missing.However, Gongqing could clearly see the back wall of the body cavity. After removing the internal organs, there was no extra scar on the body cavity. It can be seen how clean and neat the other party's technique was, like a human specimen in a biology class.

It's just that this one isn't plastic, it's a real person.

This perverted method of killing.

Reminiscing what the official said just now, there was not a single drop of blood around the body at the scene of the first crime. Wei Gongqing was also curious as to how the other party did it.

The official carefully peeked at the expressions of the two men. When he saw the corpse, even the assistant screamed in fright. It was fine if the prince did not change his expression. Is your courage different from others?

Wei Gongqing looked around but couldn't figure out why, but the prince kept staring at him, so he could only cough and said casually, "Well, the method of removing internal organs is very neat and professional, maybe A butcher or something...'

But Gongqing was facing the prince. Others didn't see these words. As soon as he finished speaking, the prince's eyes sank immediately, and then this night, the prince's face was black all the time, and the whole atmosphere was quite tense.

This time, he seemed to have really angered the prince.

……

Leaving from Yizhuang, the prince went to the government to check some things. After everything was over, it was approaching Haishi, so he refused to be escorted by the government, and the two walked to the inn.

Wei Gongqing could feel the prince's anger, which was completely different from the feeling in the carriage. It was okay when there were other people around, but now it was only the two of them, and even being close to them felt oppressive.

But Gongqing is extra careful when walking.

But since that was the case, halfway through, the prince suddenly stood in front of him and said coldly...

"How long is the young master going to pretend to be garlic?"