Uncle Detective Di Renjie, I build a crime-solving team

This Xue Mansion is basically similar to yesterday's Xue Mansion, and every scene is exactly the same.

Apart from the strong smell of blood in the air, there didn't seem to be anything strange.

Several yamen runners were lying outside a side room, retching, unable to straighten their backs.

The doors of several other side rooms were also opened. Looking through the gaps, one could see one miserable corpse after another lying inside.

This scene reminded Li Cunxi of the death of Lin Daiyu in the new version of Dream of Red Mansions. Lin Daiyu's death seemed similar to these people. The postures were similar, but these dead people were not lying on the bed.

"It's such a tragic scene, and I don't know who did it. It's really chilling."

Wu Chengsi held Li Cunxi's shoulder, and the two stood in the yard and stopped moving forward.

From their perspective, they could see the miserable scenes in the five nearby side rooms just by turning their heads.

The door facing the main hall where Wu Chengsi and Li Cunxi lived was closed. It was there that Li Cunxi had a detailed conversation with Xue Aocao yesterday afternoon, and listened to Xue Aocao talk about the news given by Wang Zhiyuan.

At that time, Li Cunxi was secretly surprised. Wang Zhiyuan was not a member of the Snake Spirit, so how could he know that Jin Mulan sent people to rob and kill Di Renjie.

After one night, Xue Aocao and Li Cunxi were separated from each other and it was no longer possible to get any news from Xue Aocao.

Chen Ya immediately called the coroner and brought tools to perform an autopsy at Xue's house. However, the yamen runners were kneeling on the ground and vomiting bile, but they were still retching. They were really useless.

"Master, please go back to the county government office and ask the coroner to bring tools to the Xue residence to perform an autopsy."

"Yes."

With the departure of the master, the only sounds left in the huge Xue Mansion were the sounds of retching.

Wu Chengsi calculated the time and said to Li Cunxi:

"Your Majesty should have left the palace by now and brought all the officials to the Xue Mansion. It's time for you and I to start investigating this case."

Li Cunxi bowed and said sincerely:

"Now that my uncle is gone, I can only look at the divine appearance of my teacher."

Lao Hei and Ma Rong guarded Wu Chengsi and Li Cunxi respectively, and the four of them walked together to the steps outside the main hall.

"Go and open the door." Wu Chengsi said calmly.

"Yes."

Lao Hei reached out and took out the sword from his waist, holding the scabbard tightly with his left hand, walked to the door, and carefully opened the door of the main hall.

Ma Rong, who was standing next to Li Cunxi, frowned, and there seemed to be a gleam of light in his eyes.

"You haven't changed your habitual action yet. It's you. Haha, what Lao Hei? You are obviously the second dog of Bai Helin."

Ma Rong was secretly delighted to see his old friend again, but he was also prepared to fight the enemy with his bare hands.

The door to the main hall had not yet been fully opened, and Ma Rong could not see clearly what was inside from his perspective.

However, the old black man in front of him suddenly stopped breathing, and his eyes stopped on a man who was looking at him with his eyes open.

The handsome man rested his hands on the gold-inlaid armrests, and the back of the chair behind him was covered with expensive wild animal fur. He was wearing a Hu silk garment specially made by a senior tailor from Jiangnan hired by the Royal Clothing Bureau. This condition was basically the same as Wu Zetian sitting on the dragon bed in the palace. Even after the decision to move the capital, the chairs in Wu Zetian's bedroom were not as good as the one under his crotch.

Such a man had a half-smile on his face, but his eyes were cold as ice as he looked at Lao Hei... No, he was always looking in the direction of the main door. No matter who opened the door, the handsome man sitting on the chair opposite must be looking at the person who opened the door.

Lao Hei was startled at first, then he looked carefully and suddenly found that the man was dead.

Although the man's eyes looked cold, it was actually just because of the wrong angle of view and dim light. The man's pupils had long lost their brilliance. After he was killed, he was put in this position, so that everyone who came in would be severely frightened by him.

Taking a deep breath, Lao Hei looked around and confirmed that there were no hidden weapons. Then he felt relieved, opened the main hall door completely, and then went in to check again.

Ma Rong picked up a water and fire stick thrown away by a yamen runner, held it in his hand, and blocked Wu Chengsi and Li Cunxi behind him.

After a few sips of tea, Lao Hei poked his head out and said:

"King Wei, we have checked it out. There is no danger or trap inside."

Wu Chengsi nodded, walked past Ma Rong, and walked inside.

Lao Hei was guarding inside, Ma Rong was hanging at the back, and Li Cunxi followed Wu Chengsi. They felt safe in the strange yet familiar Xue Mansion.

"Isn't this Xue Aocao's brother, Xue Nanze? Is he dead?" Wu Chengsi exclaimed as soon as he entered the main hall.

"Yes, the King of Wei." Lao Hei said, "He's dead. I didn't notice it at first, but when I opened the door completely, I found a wound on his neck. This was the fatal wound... He was killed by a knife, but I didn't find Xue Aocao's body."

"Xue Aocao has a brother?" Li Cunxi asked in surprise, "I came to visit Xue's house yesterday, why didn't I hear that he had a brother?"

"Maybe you didn't ask." Wu Chengsi said indifferently.

"I asked him, and he said he had no brothers," Li Cunxi explained.

"No brothers? How could there be no brothers?" Wu Chengsi carefully examined Xue Nanze's wound. "Xue Aocao was called Xue Dabao, and his brother Xue Nanze was called Xue Xiaobao. We had planned to send them to the palace in two years for your majesty's entertainment, but we didn't expect them to die now."

After checking Xue Nanze's fatal injury, Wu Chengsi tilted his head.

After taking a quick look at the layout of the entire house and finding that there were no signs that the furniture in the house had been moved, he frowned and continued walking towards the back hall.

There is an exit at the back of the main hall, and the second hall is opposite.

Not finding any clues in the back hall, Wu Chengsi continued to walk towards the second hall.

The second hall is much smaller than the main hall. The courtyard where the path leading from the back hall to the second hall is located is quite nice and has the flavor of literati.

As Li Cunxi walked, he looked at the strange layout of the Xue Mansion.

"Did you see anything?" Wu Chengsi asked casually.

"It's very strange. Why is there a small path between the back hall of the main hall and the second hall, and even a door in the back hall? What is this for?" Li Cunxi asked puzzledly.

"Do you know who lives in the side rooms near the second hall?" Wu Chengsi smiled mysteriously.

"Forgive my ignorance." Li Cunxi bowed and accepted the advice with an open mind.

"The people living here are the boys and girls he bought from the people. They are boys and girls aged eight to twelve."

"This... I have only heard of pedophilia before, but I didn't expect to know about this today..."

"You should have seen it when you came to their house yesterday."