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The man in black behind him immediately nodded in satisfaction and left.

The sun is scorching hot, and dark clouds are surging.

"Zhaoxue, where have you been?" Baizhi Xu Zheng was sitting at the table, when he saw Shen Zhaoxue coming in, he quickly stood up.

Shen Zhaoxue shook her hand at him, signaling that there is no need to stand up.

"I lost my way just now, so it's a bit late." Shen Zhaoxue found an empty space next to him and sat down.

Bai Zhixu nodded, didn't speak, and didn't know how much he believed.

But after a while, Mrs. Lin changed her clothes again and came up.

The three of them gathered around the table and ate their meals with their own thoughts. Shen Zhaoxue heard Lin's words after eating for a while.

"What position does Mr. Shen hold now?"

As soon as Shen Zhaoxue opened her mouth, she heard Bai Zhixu speak first, "Minister of the Ministry of Industry."

Mrs. Lin nodded thoughtfully and didn't say anything else, but after Shen Zhaoxue and Bai Zhixu had finished their meal, she said, "The imperial capital is heavily deployed, and they won't let you go easily."

Sure enough, she knew something.

Shen Zhaoxue turned her head to look at her, wanting her to continue talking, but she just shook her head, and led them away with one step while holding the hand of the maid beside her.

Shen Zhaoxue frowned looking at her figure.

"Zhaoxue is wondering?" Bai Zhixu didn't know the secret, "There is a lot of rumors about the relationship between you and His Majesty outside, and many officials and eunuchs regard you as a person with vain talent, so naturally they will set up many obstacles for you. you."

Bai Zhixu obviously didn't know about Shen Zhaoxue's other matter, so he naturally relied on what Lin said about the relationship between Di Yunge and him.

Shen Zhaoxue couldn't tell his mother about Princess Yichun, so she could only nod her head in agreement.

As soon as the two of them entered Dali Temple, a small soldier came up, and before the two could speak, the small soldier spoke first, "Are you Lord Shen and Lord Bai?"

Shen Zhaoxue and Bai Zhixu nodded, and the pawn made a gesture of invitation, "This way."

The files of those murdered women were sorted out, and they were neatly placed on the table at this time. Shen Zhaoxue took a look, then raised her hand and picked up a file.

Xiao Wenruo, from Yuanyuan, whose parents died young, came to the imperial capital to seek refuge with distant relatives.

Zhang Xijin, a native of the Imperial Capital, is the daughter of a wealthy businessman in the Imperial Capital.

Zhou Zhixuan, a native of the Imperial Capital, is the number one oiran in the Scarlet Flower of the Imperial Capital.

……

Shen Zhaoxue flipped through the dossier and found that there were many victims, nearly 20 of them.

Bai Zhixu was not idle either, and while Shen Zhaoxue was flipping through it, he also picked up a case file and flipped through it, but frowned after flipping through it a few times.

"Are the bodies of those women still there?" Bai Zhixu had some clues in his mind.

The servant hesitated and said, "Some are here, and some were taken back by their relatives to be buried, saying that they have not been found out after a few days of investigation, and they will be buried in peace."

Bai Zhixu frowned again, he put down the file and sighed, "Then take Zhaoxue and me to see the unburied corpses."

Seeing his expression, Shen Zhaoxue knew that he might have guessed something, so she put down the file, and the two followed the pawn to another place.

The room was so dark that the five fingers could not be seen, the pawn called the two of them to stop, went to the side to light a torch and brought them, and then walked in with the two of them.

"The mortuary is like this, Mr. Shen, don't blame it." The soldier said as he walked.

Shen Zhaoxue knew in her heart that he was afraid that she would speak up next to Di Yunge, so she deliberately came here to make a fool of herself, so as not to suffer unexpected disasters, so she nodded her head in response.

Hearing his answer, the pawn suppressed the disdain in his eyes and led the two of them to continue walking.

"It's here." The pawn waved the torch in his hand, and the faces of the corpses in the room were illuminated.

"I'll go and light the fire for the two adults." The pawn passed the torch through Shen Zhaoxue to Bai Zhixu behind Shen Zhaoxue.

Shen Zhaoxue watched his movements without making a sound.

After the pawn handed over the torch, he saw that Shen Zhaoxue looked a little unhappy.

Only then did he think of Di Yunge's cruel past, so he shook his body and said euphemistically, "Your Majesty values ​​you, let us do these trivial things."

Although she said it nicely on the surface, Shen Zhaoxue still felt the little pawn's resentment towards him being slapped by Di Yunge both in and out of words.

Although she was misunderstood, Shen Zhaoxue still lowered her eyes and nodded.

The pawn moved swiftly and lit the torch of the whole room in a short while, Shen Zhaoxue saw the corpse in the room clearly under the dim yellow light of the fire.

There are a total of five corpses in the house, and they are now emitting a foul smell because they have been placed for a long time. Their complexions are somewhat pale and blue, and they look like rotting carrion.

Bai Zhixu glanced at the corpses, then took out a handkerchief from his arms and gave it to Shen Zhaoxue. Shen Zhaoxue looked at the handkerchief handed over and looked at him with some doubts.

"Use it." Bai Zhixu stuffed the handkerchief into his arms, covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve, and went to look at the corpse.

Shen Zhaoxue picked up the square embroidered sleeve handkerchief and swallowed, maybe Bai knew that maybe she misunderstood it, right?

He shook his head, covered his nose and mouth with a handkerchief, and followed Bai Zhixu to look through the corpses.

As soon as Shen Zhaoxue pushed aside the corpse's ear, she squinted her eyes and looked at it. The light in the room was extremely weak, and he looked for a long time before he could see clearly that there was a tiny pinhole behind the ear.

Because he is also used to using silver needles, he had a keen feeling as soon as he opened it—that place had been pricked with a needle.

Shen Zhaoxue put down the corpse, and wanted to check if other corpses also had this small hole behind the ears, but he didn't expect that just after putting down the corpse, he would be attracted by the scar on the jaw.

The scars were extremely small, and I might not have found anything when I checked them a while ago, but now that the blood of the corpse has solidified, those wounds naturally appeared on the surface of the corpse one by one.

Just as Shen Zhaoxue got up, she wanted to examine the wound carefully, but she didn't expect to be frowned by the sudden pain, and when she looked back, she saw blood flowing from her fingertips.

"Your hand." Bai Zhixu was the first to discover Shen Zhaoxue's situation.

He frowned and came over to grab Shen Zhaoxue's hand, then his eyes fell on the silver line at the scar.

"This thread..." As soon as Bai Zhixu opened his mouth, Shen Zhaoxue broke away from Bai Zhixu's hand.

"Extremely fast." Shen Zhaoxue picked up the silver thread with the square handkerchief, but she didn't expect that it was this action that caused the five corpses to drop their heads in an instant.

The round, beautiful faces were pale and pale, rolling off the board, looking horrifying under the dim light of the fire.

"Ah!" The pawn was terrified by the sudden head that rolled into his arms, and screamed out loud for a moment, his pants were wet with urine, and the urine was dripping down.

The smell in the house was already bad, but now it was mixed with the disgusting smell of urine, which made Bai Zhixu and Shen Zhaoxue's stomachs twitch when they smelled it.

Shen Zhaoxue's eyes sank, and she looked at the silver thread that had been cut into pieces from the veil.

The room was silent for a long time before I heard him say, "I am familiar with this silver thread."