Bloody Kyoto

Not long after, the yamen runners who had come to investigate came out. The head yamen runner whispered a few words in Zhao Rongyuan's ear, and Zhao Rongyuan's expression changed slightly.

He looked at Fu Cheng and asked, "Lord Fu, what exactly was the cause of death of the third young mistress of the Fu family?"

Fu Cheng's face darkened, and he coldly questioned, "Lord Zhao, the investigation is currently focused on who killed this maid, and what does this have to do with my third brother's wife?"

Zhao Rongyuan was a man of resolute character who did not care about the ways of officialdom and was only devoted to serving the people.

Therefore, he was very popular with the emperor.

He was offered a promotion many times, but he refused each time, choosing to remain in the position of Prefect of the Capital for twenty years, all to seek justice for the people.

He actually preferred to go to the Dali Temple, but that position was held by the emperor's confidants, so he had no choice but to stay in the Jingzhao Prefecture.

If it were anyone else, seeing Fu Cheng's dark face would probably frighten them, and they might even stop asking questions altogether. But Zhao Rongyuan is different. Others may fear the Fu family, but he doesn't.

"Lord Fu, when the yamen runners came to the mansion to investigate just now, they received a message saying that the ghost of the Third Young Mistress has come to claim our lives."

"Does Lord Fu have any explanation for this statement?"

Fu Cheng stared directly at Zhao Rongyuan with icy eyes. "I didn't expect that Lord Zhao would actually believe in the existence of ghosts and monsters?"

Zhao Rongyuan shook his head with his hands behind his back, "What Lord Fu says is different. The reason I asked this is not because I believe in the existence of ghosts and monsters."

Rather, they wanted to find out exactly how the Third Young Mistress died. If she was truly murdered, they wondered if someone was seeking revenge and were simply following that lead to investigate the killer.

"No need. Before my third brother was recognized and returned to the Fu family, his wife's health was already poor due to years of hard work. Her condition worsened within a year of returning to the Fu family, which led to her passing away."

Looking at Zhao Rongyuan's completely disbelieving face, Fu Cheng flicked his sleeve and said, "Lord Zhao, you are free to investigate. My sister-in-law didn't even attend any banquets after returning to the Fu residence because of her health."

"This kind of thing should be easy to investigate!"

Zhao Yuanrong snorted inwardly. Wasn't the reason why the Third Young Mistress didn't attend the banquet because the noble ladies and wives of the capital were ostracizing and humiliating her?

All of this stems from Princess Ahui.

If I remember correctly, Princess Hui is getting married to Young Master Fu next month!

He simply couldn't believe that the Third Young Mistress had died of illness, given her abilities...

However, since the Fu family is unwilling to cooperate with the investigation, let's just investigate as we please, since the murderer's target for revenge is the Fu family anyway.

Although he was an official with a sense of justice, he was not a pedantic person.

If someone is truly seeking revenge for the Third Young Mistress, he would be happy to see it happen.

After all, the Zhao family had received great kindness from her.

But before he could repay the kindness, his benefactor died under mysterious circumstances.

Zhao Rongyuan cupped his hands in thanks to Fu Cheng, "Thank you for providing the clue, Lord Fu. I will investigate in this direction."

"Take the body back to the yamen."

Fu Cheng squinted as he watched Zhao Rongyuan and his entourage leave, then gave a heavy snort, flicked his sleeves, and turned to enter the mansion.

"Go and find out which maids are talking nonsense about ghosts claiming to be haunting you."

He made a gesture of wiping his neck.

The attendant who followed responded and left.

The incident at the main gate alarmed everyone in the Fu family, and they all gathered together to wait for Fu Cheng to return and explain the situation.

During the wait, all the women except Princess Ahui were pale.

Although they didn't see the corpse with their own eyes, they heard the servants' descriptions, and they were all quite frightened.

The men weren't intimidated, but rather furious, and all remained silent with dark faces.

The atmosphere was so quiet it was unsettling.

The tense atmosphere was broken when Fu Cheng entered, and Grand Tutor Fu immediately asked, "What have you found out?"

Fu Cheng lifted his robe and sat down, taking a large gulp of tea before replying, "The coroner said those vines were soft vines, and they were only a year old, so they couldn't possibly pierce a person's body."

"But it just couldn't have happened, those vines were inserted into the body while the person was still alive."

Upon hearing this, several gasps were heard in the hall, and Old Madam Fu fainted immediately.

Several other women were also swaying precariously, but fortunately, their maids caught them, preventing them from falling off their chairs.

"Mother!"

In a flurry of activity, everyone helped Madam Fu lie down and then called a doctor. After confirming that she was alright, they left a maid to take care of her.

Everyone else went back into the hall.

As soon as she sat down again, Princess Ahui said, "That maid is from the old lady's courtyard. Send someone to ask the old lady's nanny if that maid did anything in the matter of Huo Yunxia."

Upon hearing this, Grand Tutor Fu instructed the steward standing beside him, "Go and call Granny Liu over."

The steward responded and left, returning shortly afterward with Granny Liu.

When asked if the maid had done anything, Granny Liu immediately replied, "Yes, she told the Third Young Master that the woman lost her powers because she was the one who delivered the medicine."

Upon hearing this, most of the women felt even worse, while the men remained eerily silent.

After dismissing Granny Liu, Grand Tutor Fu sneered, "They really have come for revenge. They've got some nerve."

"Stop playing tricks, let's start killing. This person is unpredictable, so everyone be careful until we catch him," Fu Feng said calmly.

Fu Yanji lowered his head, a fleeting glimpse of madness and excitement in his eyes.

Ah Hui thought he was scared, so he patted his hand to comfort him. Then he looked at everyone and said, "Based on the way that maid died, I suspect she might also be from another world."

Since they are from another world, their abilities are naturally not to be underestimated. I plan to send a message to my master and ask him to send someone to help me.”

Upon hearing this, the women's expressions immediately improved. Princess Ahui's sect was one of the most mysterious entities in the world. With them taking action, the person behind her was not scary at all.

Fu Cheng stood up and cupped his hands to Princess Ahui, saying, "Then I will thank you in advance, Third Sister-in-law."

The phrase "third sister-in-law" made Princess Hui blush, and she awkwardly brushed aside a non-existent strand of hair by her ear.

"Brother, you're too kind. It's what I should do."

Everyone burst into laughter.

Amidst the laughter, the weeping crabapple trees outside swayed merrily in the wind.

Li Nanle, who was in the abandoned courtyard of the Fu family mansion, received the words spoken in the hall, remained silent for a moment, and then entered the space.

With a blank expression, she heated up a bowl of tomato and beef brisket rice and a bowl of egg drop soup for herself. After eating, she sat in front of the dressing mirror and did her makeup.

After applying a middle-aged makeup look, she stared at it for a long time before washing it off.

He sat down on a chair under the big willow tree outside, rocking back and forth with a thoughtful expression.

Princess Hui has already guessed that she is from another world; she is indeed very clever.

There's also that hermit family that can make medicine to suppress supernatural abilities, and those people are coming to capture her.

She wasn't afraid of death, but she was afraid that she hadn't finished avenging herself.

Therefore, she absolutely cannot die before she has avenged herself; she must be extremely careful.

First, she needs to figure out how they distinguish people from other worlds, otherwise she can't show herself in front of others, and even if she deliberately changes her appearance, it's not safe.

The maid also said that many other people were involved in harming Yunxia, ​​and she needed to find them one by one and deal with them.

She didn't believe that simply capturing one informant would guarantee getting information out of them. The maid was timid and frightened, which is why she confessed so easily.

Therefore, she had to secretly investigate them, preferably by becoming someone's confidante, so that she could know things that others did not.

Well, all of this will have to wait until we find out how they identify people from other worlds before we can implement it.

We can't afford to get ourselves involved all at once.

However, she preferred hypnosis to infiltrating and conducting slow investigations.

Yes, I can learn it now.

If you really can't learn it, then try to go undercover.