outside the imperial city

"In good spirits."

In the early morning of the next day, Bei Qianling commented on Yao Fanglan as soon as he saw it.It's not that Bei Qianling didn't notice his pale complexion yesterday, but he didn't expect to recover so quickly, and he was refreshed in just one night.

"Please don't say it." Yao Fanglan put his hands together and patted his face straight.When the hand fell, two red palm prints appeared on his face.

Damn, why did you soften your heart last night?Not only did he lure the wolf into the room, but he actually fell asleep; not only did he fall asleep, but he also slept so well.

When awakened by Jing Lingshuo's soft voice, what he saw when he opened his eyes was his gentle and distressed expression.This expression almost made Yao Fanglan want to kill himself with a single blow.

Saying to refuse, saying that long-term pain is worse than short-term pain, but I am always greedy for his warmth, thus giving him hope unconsciously.

Jing Lingshuo glanced back.He knew that once he took one step forward, Yao Fanglan would take ten steps back, and he shouldn't have done what he did last night, but his heart ached.Now that Yao Fanglan has deliberately opened such a large distance, it is her own fault.

"Speaking of which," Yao Fanglan said, "have you said goodbye to that kid Chu Jingqing?"

"No." Bei Qianling smiled, "I know that his happiness is enough, why bother to increase his sadness?"

"What a coincidence," Yao Fanglan also smiled, "Me too."

Jing Junxi said with jealousy: "Master, they chatted so happily."

Jing Yanshuo didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I'm not even jealous, why are you jealous?"

"That's not what you said." Jing Junxi said, "But, again, Master, when will you catch Master Mistress? I'm worried for you."

Jing Lingshuo patted him on the head: "You are so young, why do you want to do this all day long? You have mastered all the ten sword techniques I taught you?"

"Master, are you kidding me?" Jing Junxi held the wooden sword Jing Shuo gave him in his arms, "You gave me this sword for only five days, if I can really practice all ten moves, I will be a genius Is it done?"

"It took me five days to realize the ten moves back then."

"You are you, I am me." Jing Junxi said, "Master, you are so talented, both civil and military, how can I, an ordinary person, be able to do it?"

Jing Lingshuo reached out and rubbed his hair carelessly: "The mouth is poor."

Jing Junxi smiled "hehe" and said, "Master, what case were you talking about yesterday?"

"You don't have to worry about it." Jing Shuo stopped, suddenly remembered something, and said, "Junxi, remember, after we arrive in Zhongyue, no matter what happens, we must follow Bei Qianling closely."

"Ah?" Jing Junxi objected immediately, "I don't like him!"

Jing Shuo said: "Be obedient. Bei Qianling is one of the princes. No matter who our enemy is, we will not directly attack him. It is safest for you to follow him."

"Okay." Jing Junxi curled his lips unhappily, "A man can bend and stretch."

In principle, Jing Lishuo and Yao Zanglan were still "private visits in microservices" and should not have dealt with people from the government.But if you want an autopsy, you have to rely on the help of the government.In order not to be recognized, after entering Zhongyue, Yao Fanglan changed into the navy blue gown, and put the medicine hidden in the sleeve into a small bag and carried it on her body.

"You're really extreme," Bei Qianling said with a smile, "either you're wearing plain color, or it's such a dark color."

Jing Lingshuo also changed into a simple navy blue gown, and the two planned to dress up as Bei Qianling's personal servants to go out.

Yao Zanglan handed over a piece of black cloth to Jing Lishuo: "We only go to the government once, even if you are a servant dressed as Qianling, please bear with me. Just in case, when you get off the sedan chair, you can use this piece of cloth to cover you up." Shut your eyes. Don't be afraid, I will always be by your side."

"You don't have to be polite to me." Jing Shuo took the cloth, "Besides, as long as you are by my side, I am willing to do anything, not to mention being intolerant."

Bei Qianling: "..."

Jing Junxi: "..."

Both of them were speechless in their hearts and said to the sky: With you like this, can you still say that you are not together?

Jing Junxi was left on the sedan chair, and the three got out of the sedan chair.

Even though Jing Lingshuo was sensitive and blindfolded, he still couldn't get used to it for a while.He staggered out of the sedan chair, and felt a hand gently reach under his sleeve, holding his hand.Needless to say, I know who it is.

Led by that hand, Jing Lingshuo walked forward slowly and steadily.Although the senses are extremely uncomfortable, the mind is unprecedentedly peaceful.

Jing Lingshuo moved his fingers and held Yao Fanglan's hand even tighter.

"How much I want to be with you like this, forever." Jing Shuo whispered in a voice that only Yao Zanglan could hear.

Yao Zanglan's Adam's apple moved, and his fingers wrote two characters on the back of Jing Shuo's hand.

Sorry.

"Prince Li."

As soon as they heard the stranger's voice, their hands parted.

"Lord Wang." Bei Qianling replied politely.

"Who are these two?" Although he was asking about two people, Wang Puyi pointed at Jing Shuo.

Bei Qianling smiled and said: "This is the personal servant I brought over from Jingyang. The tall one is named Tianshu, and the short one is named Yaoguang. Tianshu has been blind since he was a child, but he is very skilled. Please invite Mr. Wang Don't be offended."

Wang Pu looked at Jing Lishuo with disdain on his face: "Oh, really?"

Jing Lishuo made a sudden move.In order not to expose his identity, he deliberately used a spare sword.The sharp edge of the sword just avoided the vital point and cut off a few locks of Wang Pu's hair.

Bei Qianling immediately apologized and said with a smile: "The servant has a strong temper and offended Mr. Wang, please take care of Mr. Wang."

"Prince Li, the servants must be disciplined." Wang Puyi was also a little scared, and straightened his official hat, "A mad dog must also look like a dog."

Yao Zanglan was afraid that something would happen to Jing Shuo again, so she grabbed one of his arms.Jing Lishuo is also a sensible person, he didn't intend to argue with Wang Pu, he just wanted to show him off.Therefore, even though Wang Puyi's words were unpleasant, Jing Lishuo still put the sword back into the scabbard.

Wang Puyi took Bei Qianling and the three of them down to the basement of the government mansion.The basement is very empty, only an ice coffin is placed in the middle, and there are handymen who are constantly replenishing new ice cubes.

"Knowing that Prince Li is coming, we deliberately left a complete corpse." Wang Pu said with a flattering smile, "New ice is replenished from morning to night every day, so the corpse has been well preserved."

Yao Zanglan walked away from Jing Lingshuo, and went to the ice coffin to have a look, it was as Wang Puyi said, it was intact.

"When did you discover this?" Yao Fanglan asked.

Wang Pu said, "This was discovered three days ago."

"Three days ago?" Yao Fanglan frowned, "So this is the sixth person?"

Wang Pu said, "Exactly."

Yao Fanglan glanced at Bei Qianling, and nodded towards Bei Qianling.

Bei Qianling understood, and took out an ingot of gold from his sleeve: "Thank you, Mr. Wang. Please take these handymen out."

Wang Pu took the gold ingot happily and called the servants to go out together.He wanted to go back to the basement after all the handymen came out, but Jing Lingshuo closed the door from the inside.

"..."

Jing Lingshuo took off the strip of cloth.Fortunately, the lights in the basement were dim, and he didn't feel any discomfort in his eyes.

Yao Fanglan has already started the autopsy.

He first pressed the man's chin with his fingers, sniffed, but found nothing.

He shook his head, took out more than a dozen empty bottles from his bag at once, and used a silver needle to take some of the person's blood and poured them into the bottles one by one.Thanks to the ingenuity of the government, Yao Fanglan had enough blood to use by storing the corpse in the ice coffin.

However, none of the vials produced the response he was expecting.When the last drop of liquid dripped into the bottle and nothing changed, he became completely irritable.

"Impossible," Yao Fanglan paced back and forth beside the ice coffin, "unless... no, it's impossible."

There was a series of sounds of glass shattering in the room, and Yao Fanglan waved his sleeves and knocked all the bottles to the ground.

Jing Lishuo looked impatient, and subconsciously wanted to rush to Yao Fanglan's side, but Bei Qianling blocked his way with a folding fan.

"It's the first time the prince has seen it, so I don't know anything about it." Bei Qianling smiled, "Once he is in a dilemma of thinking, it is easy to have this kind of situation. You look at him irritable, but in fact he is thinking again. Adjust the direction. If you go forward, his train of thought will be interrupted. In my opinion, why don't we go out and wait?"

Jing Shuo narrowed his eyes, but Bei Qianling didn't show any intention of retreating: "Remember to cover your eyes again."

Although he didn't want to admit it, Bei Qianling did know Yao Fanglan better than himself.Jing Lingshuo resigned to his fate and tied the black cloth again: "Let's go. Let's go out and wait."

A group of people arrived at the government office early in the morning, and it was not until dusk that Yao Fanglan came out from the basement.

"How is it?" Bei Qianling stepped forward and said.

"I already know the tricks of the prisoner." Yao Fanglan seemed a little tired, "But I'm hungry. So I have to wash my hands first, and then eat!"

"Where to eat?" Jing Lingshuo asked.

"I see, how about going to Yinzhen Restaurant?" Bei Qianling fanned his folding fan with an inscrutable expression on his face.

Yinzhen Restaurant is the tallest building on the entire street. Although the number of customers in the restaurant has decreased a lot due to the murder case, it is still not deserted.I really don't know if it's because of the fame or because the dishes are delicious.

Yao Fanglan took a piece of meat and put it in his mouth.

Bei Qianling said in disbelief, "Changlan, when did you start eating these?"

When Yao Fanglan was at home, he always ate vegetables and fruits, and even if he wanted to eat meat, he ate the leanest part of the livestock.In addition, you have to go through several water treatments to remove almost all the oil before you can swallow it.Now, he can even eat such a greasy thing?

Yao Zanglan glanced at Jing Lishuo: "Thanks to the prince's blessing, I started eating fireworks all over the world."

Jing Junxi had no scruples at all, and kept stuffing meat into his mouth.Jing Shuo put a few chopsticks of green vegetables into Jing Junxi's bowl, and said, "Eat meat and vegetables together, and the nutrition will be balanced."

"Don't run!" There was a commotion downstairs, and Jing Lingshuo looked down.

A waiter shouted at the door: "Stop those two freeloaders!"

Jing Yanshuo looked in the direction of the shop boy's finger, his pupils shrank suddenly.

Before he had time to explain, Jing Lingshuo jumped onto the fence, "I'll go back as soon as I go!" Then he disappeared into the night with a single leap.