The gate of Liu's Mansion was pushed open by Chief Governor Jin, and what he saw was really an empty house, the leaves had fallen all over the ground and no one cleaned it.Jin Ziwan raised his chin at Lu Duoyu, and the latter took the order to go, and in a few breaths, he looked at the big or small house, and shook his head at Jin Ziwan: "There is no one there. .”

Jin Ziwan frowned slightly, he looked around, there was nothing abnormal on the surface, but he always felt something was wrong.

Gu Zhaohong's gaze was fixed on a small garden on the right side of the gate. He stared at the flowers and asked Liu Zaibo: "Dare to ask the magistrate Liu, has this bright red geranium been planted all the time?"

Liu Zaibo was obviously not concentrating, and Gu Zhaohong had to repeat it again before he heard it. Following Gu Zhaohong's gaze, he saw a large area of ​​scarlet geranium, and his complexion was extremely ugly in an instant: "This, When was this planted! I have never had such geraniums in my house!"

The bright red geraniums are very beautiful, but these patches of geraniums are full of places in the garden, and at first glance, there is only scarlet everywhere, and even the gaps where the soil can be seen cannot be seen at all, which makes people feel chills.

At this time, the well-behaved cat in Jin Ziwan's arms suddenly became restless. He pinched the back of the cat's neck absently: "Calm down."

The cat was even more restless, and even let out a sharp cry. Jin Ziwan didn't hug him, and the cat slid down from his arms, and ran into the shocking blood-red garden in the blink of an eye. Lu Duoyu Just as he was about to fly to catch it, Jin Ziwan stretched out his hand to stop it.

Jin Ziwan has raised this cat for at least two months, it has always been very well-behaved, always acting like a baby, and occasionally bullying and bullying Lu Duoyu, but it has never seen such a strange behavior today, so Jin Ziwan simply let it go, Find out why it's so weird.

The snow-white Persian cat completely ignored the dirty garden soil, and ruthlessly pulled a bunch of geraniums aside with one swipe of its iron claws—it began to dig up the soil, and the soil flew up, and the glutinous rice balls quickly turned into small dirt Bag.

Gu Zhaohong hesitated: "Master Jin, this cat...why does it look like a dog so much?"

Jin Ziwan: "..."

But soon, Gu Zhaohong lost the intention of joking, because the cat's original pink paw pads were stained with blood, and when he was digging, he found that it had dug up a corpse, and the intestines inside were about to be dug out up.

Gu Zhaohong's expression froze, and he immediately stepped forward and hugged the little soil bag aside without thinking about the blood, and squatted down beside the corpse.

Jin Ziwan also came over, knelt down and stared at the corpse, it was a female corpse, the blue dress she was wearing was not very luxurious but decent, her facial features were distorted, very hideous, Jin Jinwan guessed that she died He must have experienced a lot of pain and was not at peace.

Jin Ziwan noticed that the forehead was worn on the head of the female corpse, which was a pattern that the magistrate's wife could wear.

He asked Liu Zaibo, the prefect, to come over to identify the dead body. Liu Zaibo couldn't stand up when he saw her, and fell to the ground, his lips moved for a long time without saying a word. Jin Ziwan saw his reaction like this Knowing that the corpse must be his wife.

His eyes were attracted by a green skirt next to Mrs. Liu's body. Jin Ziwan turned his head and glanced at the servant of Liu's mansion who had escaped with Liu Zaibo to the banquet. He was wearing a green shirt of the same color. .

Jin Ziwan stood up, brushed off the dirt on his sleeves, and said to Lu Duoyu, "Dig it out."

Although Lu Duoyu was puzzled, a loyal and likable subordinate would not talk too much at a critical moment, so he turned his head and gave Zhang San and Li Si orders to get everyone ready to dig, but Gu Zhaohong said, "Don't bother."

Jin Ziwan raised his eyebrows.

Gu Zhaohong said: "Please ask Lord Governor Jin to order his subordinates to step back slightly."

Lord Governor raised his hand to signal everyone to retreat.

Gu Zhaohong also stepped back slightly to the border of the garden, stretched out his hand and slowly pulled out the fish-swallowing sword from behind. The sword is different in that it is actually between a sword and a knife. Ordinary swords are larger and wider, silver-white in color, with faint golden broken lines on the edges, which are really shocking under the sunlight.

Gu Zhaohong held the sword in his right hand, and Tunyu couldn't be pulled out flexibly like an ordinary sword, and Gu Shaoxia didn't have so many fancy moves. Here, he let go of the sword, stretched out his palm and patted the blade lightly.

Of course Jin Ziwan would not think that it was just an unintentional pat, he could see how much skill was contained in Gu Zhaohong's understatement.

Sure enough, with this palm, the entire ground shook violently for a few breaths, centering on the tip of the fish swallowing sword, and then stopped, as if nothing had happened, and the next moment the large piece of soil in the garden was completely lifted!

However, no one admired Gu Shaoxia's skills, and everyone was shocked by the scene under the mud until their scalps went numb.

——Everyone in Liu's house was lying under the mud.Above the soil are scarlet geraniums that grow wantonly to occupy all the space of the land, but under the soil are dead bodies one after another, with hideous faces, twisted limbs, and dead eyes.

Jin Ziwan stared at the corpses for a moment, then turned to look at Liu Zaibo: "Prefect Liu—"

Before he finished speaking, Liu Zaibo rolled his eyes and passed out.

Jin Ziwan: "...Useless trash."

Lu Duoyu was still complaining for Liu Zaibo, if you use yourself as an indicator, then who is not a waste.

His gaze turned to Gu Zhaohong, who was sheathing his sword, looking at the dilapidated garden mixed with corpses and geraniums, with complicated eyes.

Jin Ziwan roughly scanned the corpses, there were only a dozen or so of them, and he asked Lu Duoyu, "Go to the government office and find the servants, and open up the whole house for me."

Gu Zhaohong said: "Just turn over the dirt. I saw that the burial was not deep. It can be seen that it was done in a hurry. It's easier to turn over the dirt."

Jin Ziwan turned his head slightly to Lu Duoyu: "You heard that."

Lu Duoyu took the order and left.

Gu Zhaohong thought about how to open his mouth to get Jin Ziwan to allow himself to participate in this strange case, and after much deliberation, he simply said, "Master Jin, Zhaohong has something to ask."

Jin Ziwan held the cat by the back of the neck and picked it up, took out a handkerchief from his bosom to wipe its bloody paws, and said, "Brother Gu, please tell me."

Gu Zhaohong said: "Feng Qidian accepted Madam Liu's mission, and must complete the mission, regardless of whether Madam Liu is still alive or not, this is the request of the sect, and it is also a respect for the assignee. So can I ask Governor Jin to allow me Find out the truth of this matter with the governor?"

Unexpectedly, Jin Ziwan readily agreed.

After thanking Gu Zhaohong, he was also a little puzzled. How could this rumored minister of good luck be so inconsistent with his reputation?

Tao Ying Restaurant

The yamen servants were busy digging the soil in Liu's mansion, and it would take them all night. Jin Ziwan left Zhang San as a supervisor, and then went back to the inn to rest.

He was sitting at the table holding the cleaned cat, the candle on the table was bouncing, casting flickering light and shadow on his jade-like face, the tear mole under his left eye made him more and more shockingly beautiful .

The door was knocked lightly, and then opened, it was Lu Duoyu.

Lu Duoyu closed the door, Jin Ziwan raised his chin at him, and he also sat down at the table, after thinking about it, he tried to speak just now: "Master Linfeng seems to be different from other people."

Jin Ziwan hooked the corners of his lips, his lips were very thin, his color was naturally reddish, his complexion was fair, he looked like a woman with light makeup on, but Jin Duzhu had a fierce temperament, like a red flower, There are not only thorns on the rhizomes, but also poison on the thorns that can kill you if you touch it.

He let go, and the white cat ran onto the bed, curled up into a soft white ball on the pillow.

Jin Ziwan reached out and picked up one from the plate of hazelnuts on the table, playing with it, he asked Lu Duoyu, "Why do you think Sheng Xiyun drove me out of the capital?"

Lu Duoyu almost had a heart attack, and murmured in her heart that this was called being driven out. This was clearly a fun and relaxing place to eat, drink, and negotiate, so she didn't dare to talk too much, so she held back for a long time, and said: "Conjecturing the holy will is a capital offense. "

Jin Ziwan cast a sideways glance at him: "The emperor isn't here, so he's just pretending for someone to see."

Lu Duoyu: "..."

Lu Duoyu probed: "The emperor wants the governor to relax?"

Jin Ziwan asked back: "Am I staying in the capital just to make trouble?"

Lu Duoyu scratched her head, and felt that what she said was outrageous.

Will Lord Governor make trouble in the capital?

Whoever dares to make Jin Ziwan uncomfortable, Jin Ziwan can make his whole family feel comfortable underground.

Seeing him racking his brains in the evening, Jin Zi shook his head and cursed with a smile.The only force with his clean fingertips was that he crushed the hazelnut into powder and was blown away by him lightly.

Jin Ziwan said: "I am a useful person to Sheng Xiyun, and Gu Zhaohong is a useful person to me."

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Easter eggs:

Master Jin held up the little white cat and said earnestly: You are a cat, don't dig around like a dog!

Little White Cat: Meow——

Lu Duoyu: That is, a cat must look like a cat!

Little white cat (stretches paws): Meow meow——!

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