Three days have passed.

Mingqian Palace.

"Your Majesty, I have found the murderer who killed countless young girls!"

"This murderer is very good at hiding. If we hadn't put in so much effort, it would have been difficult to track him down!"

Gu Qingluo raised her head slightly, her eyes full of anticipation, and a smile appeared unconsciously on the corners of her mouth: "Oh? Could it be that the murderer is someone in the court?"

"Or is it someone I know?"

Pei Zhiyan immediately clasped his fists and saluted, his tone firm and serious: "Your Majesty, this person is in the court right now!"

Gu Qingluo widened his eyes and said in surprise: "Is it really like this?"

Pei Zhiyan continued to explain: "It turns out that the official has been murdered, and the one standing here now is just a substitute! This person is cruel and cunning, and is good at using face-changing techniques and human skin masks to disguise himself almost perfectly!"

"That's why we haven't been able to find out his background after tracking him down for such a long time. It turns out that he has become a completely different person now!"

Gu Qingluo's face turned extremely pale in an instant, and she opened her mouth wide, as if she was extremely frightened, and she was completely stunned. It was indescribable.

"The human skin mask boss?"

"That's quite interesting."

"Who is this person?" Gu Qingluo stared at Pei Zhiyan quietly with a sharp gaze.

Pei Zhiyan smiled, pointed his finger at Lei Ling, and said sharply: "Your Majesty, this person is Lei Ling!"

Gu Qingluo frowned slightly, with a hint of doubt and surprise in her eyes, but she quickly regained her composure, looked at Lei Ling and sneered, "My dear Lei, what's your explanation?"

"Or is Pei Zhiyan deliberately wronging you?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and they all looked at Lei Ling, their hearts filled with shock and confusion.

But at this moment, Lei Ling had a calm expression, as if he had already expected such a situation to happen.

He said slowly: "Your Majesty, please trust Lord Pei, but there are some misunderstandings here, I hope Your Majesty can see through it."

Gu Qingluo leaned back in his chair, his face looking a little ugly, and said in a firm tone: "Humph, misunderstanding? I think you are deliberately pretending to be Lei Ling in an attempt to confuse people! The real Lei Ling is dead!"

"And you are nothing more than a murderer."

At this time, someone who had a good relationship with Lei Ling also stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is indeed a bit strange. Lei Ling had always been loyal before, why did he suddenly do such a thing? There must be a hidden reason."

Gu Qingluo pondered for a moment, then looked at Lei Ling and said, "Lei Ling, do you have any evidence to prove that you are not the murderer?"

"I'll give you one chance to argue!"

A trace of cruelty flashed across Lei Ling's face, and his expression was extremely gloomy: "Your Majesty, I was wronged! Pei Zhiyan is taking revenge on me."

Gu Qingluo was already annoyed, and seeing that he couldn't produce any evidence and wanted to throw dirty water on Pei Zhiyan, she looked at him carefully and her face gradually became gloomy.

She shouted angrily: "Well, since you can't produce evidence, you have to go to jail!"

"Come here, put the criminal Lei Ling in jail and sentence him to death!

However, at this moment, Lei Ling suddenly took action, quickly subdued the two guards, and took the weapons from their hands.

At the same time, he flashed to Gu Qingluo's side and put the knife on Gu Qingluo's neck.

Everyone was horrified when they saw this; no one expected Lei Ling to suddenly take action.

Ji Yanchen's face turned pale: "Your Majesty..."

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry." Lei Ling said in a low voice.

Gu Qingluo looked down at the knife on her neck, sweat pouring down her forehead. She asked in a trembling voice, "What...what do you want to do?"

"I am not a young girl. There is no benefit in killing me!"

Lei Ling smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I have no ill intentions. I just want Your Majesty to listen to me."

Gu Qingluo nodded helplessly and motioned Lei Ling to continue.

Lei Ling took a deep breath and said slowly: "Your Majesty, although I am not the real Lei Ling, my loyalty to Your Majesty is not fake!"

"As long as Your Majesty allows me to leave Mingde Palace safely, I will stop from now on and never kill innocent people again!"

Gu Qingluo frowned, clearly unconvinced: "You want me to believe the words of a murderer, isn't this just a fantasy?"

"Maybe you say one thing to me here and another thing when you go out. I can't trust you!"

After Gu Qingluo felt some pain in his neck, he said to the system with his consciousness: "Hurry up, use electricity, shock me!"

"I'm about to die at the hands of this idiot!"

System: "Okay, host."

Suddenly, a crackling sound was heard. After Gu Qingluo was electrocuted, the electricity passed through Lei Ling's hand and into his body.

His face changed drastically, and he said in panic: "Gu Qingluo, you..."

Gu Qingluo ignored him and heard his screams of pain.

The emperor was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "If you don't let me go, you will only suffer more."

Lei Ling shook his head and insisted: "Impossible, you must be using some magic, otherwise why would my body feel numb!"

Gu Qingluo sighed and said, "Forget it. If that's the case, I won't pursue your guilt any more. But you have to let me go."

Lei Ling said: "I don't believe what the emperor said!"

As the current gradually increases.

Afterwards, he had no choice but to let go of Gu Qingluo. Ji Yanchen hurried over, kicked Lei Ling away, and supported Gu Qingluo's body with a worried look on his face: "Your Majesty, are you okay?"

Gu Qingluo stood up and dusted himself off, then looked at Lei Ling who was paralyzed by the electric shock and said, "Lei Ling, you're dead."

Lei Ling whimpered, then turned to look at Pei Zhiyan, a hint of murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

Pei Zhiyan smiled at him: "Master Lei, have a pleasant journey!"

Seeing this, Gu Qingluo waved his hand and said, "Lock Lei Ling into the prison, and the rest of you can leave if you have nothing else to do."

Everyone took their leave and left the hall.

Only Pei Zhiyan, Gu Qingluo, and Master Ji were left.

Gu Qingluo walked up to Pei Zhiyan and said, "By the way, do you have any clues about the mastermind behind this?"

Pei Zhiyan shook his head and said, "There is no definite clue yet, but based on various signs, it should be done by a minister in the court."

Gu Qingluo frowned and said, "Oh? Do you have anyone you suspect?"

Pei Zhiyan said: "It is not certain yet, but I will investigate secretly and find the real culprit as soon as possible."

Gu Qingluo sighed and said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work. If you need any help, just come to me."

Pei Zhiyan bowed his hands to express his gratitude, then left the palace.

Back in the Dali Temple, Pei Zhiyan began to think about the next plan of action.

He knew very well that the mastermind behind this must be hiding very deeply, and it would be very difficult to catch him.

But no matter what, he must do his best to find the murderer as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

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