The Delicate Lady Coroner Chapter 166: Eight Treasures Makeup 20

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Chapter 166 Eight Treasures Makeup 20

The Bird Garden is proudly guarded by the government officials, so the people in the garden can go about their business with peace of mind. In the evening, there are government officials patrolling the garden, and people no longer close their doors as soon as the night falls as they did a few days ago.

Because the dead bird was smashed to pieces, Wu Xiang and his servants checked out all the heavy objects that could hurt people. Except for weapons, swords and axes, even the stones on the bank of Yuehu Lake were smashed. The officials were thrown into the lake.

After two days of such a peaceful life, when Wu Xiang came to duty that day, he was thinking again, with such strict defense, the murderer couldn't even find a weapon to hurt people, how could he kill someone? Chen Mo and Liu Qing were under guard and had not left their rooms for many days. How could the murderer get in touch with the target?

With two yamen servants, Wu Xiang patrolled in the direction of the bird garden. In the past few days since the incident, the original banquet guests in the garden had stopped, and the servants everywhere were also greatly restricted. The birds in the bird garden The birds are not taken care of as they used to be. Among other things, the pungent smell of bird droppings makes people feel uncomfortable even before they walk in.

Seeing several servants pouring water into the water tank, Wu Xiang thought of the drowned bird in the water tank again.

He stood there without moving. Not long after, he saw two young boys coming from the direction of the kitchen. The two young boys looked familiar. They were serving Liu Qing and Yu Xun. Liu Qing and Yu Xun's status Although they are half tall, they are not serious masters after all. Therefore, in addition to serving them, these servants also do other chores, such as delivering tea and food to the masters in the bird garden.

The sun was shining brightly today, so Wu Xiang chose the shade of a tree and stood to enjoy the coolness. He saw two young men entering before even half a minute of burning incense. He frowned and led the others into the main venue of the bird garden. In the courtyard.

The courtyard was not as tightly guarded as Wu Xiang thought. He entered the courtyard and did not even see anyone in the courtyard. With the gatehouse so wide open, it would not be difficult for someone to enter the courtyard and drown the birds. After searching around, I saw several bird training masters and two boys in the northwest wing.

After asking, a servant came to deliver tea and rice every day, and there was nothing unusual about it.

Seeing the government officials coming, the two boys took away the food boxes and left. Wu Xiang checked around the courtyard and followed him out. As soon as he walked out of the door, Wu Xiang saw that the leaving boys were being beaten by two Only white cranes coming up from the lotus pond surrounded me.

One of the food boxes fell on the ground and the food inside spilled out. Perhaps because of this, the two white cranes stretched their necks to get closer. One person was so frightened that he backed away repeatedly. The other person looked calm and waved the cranes. He opened it, picked up the food box again, and then pulled the other person away quickly.

Wu Xiang raised his eyebrows, and took the Yamen to the courtyard where Liu Qing and Chen Mo lived. The Yamen were now guarding the courtyard day and night. The two of them were in their respective courtyards, unable to Taking a step out of the door, unless the murderer knows the art of transformation, he will not be able to hurt them anyway.

Wu Xiang arrived at Liu Qing's residence first and knocked on the door. Liu Qing opened the door from the inside with a defeated look.

He had confessed to his crimes back then, and would definitely be sentenced in the future, so he no longer had any thoughts of pretending to be himself. In addition, knowing that someone in the garden wanted his life made him even more frightened. During the two days since he came back, he had been frightened every night. It was hard to sleep, I was so sleepy that even if I slept even for a short while, I would be haunted by nightmares. However, after only two days, I started to lose weight, and I no longer looked as handsome as before.

"Captain, I dare to ask how long the villain will live here?"

Liu Qing's eyes were black and blue, her pupils were blurred, her speech was weak, and she was suffering. Wu Xiang glanced outside and said after entering the door: "After Jiang Xing died, you never thought that someone would come back to seek revenge. When Yu Xun died, you just thought about it. On the day you came back from the Yamen, did you and Ye Fei think about having a breather in private?"

Liu Qing shook her head, "We said early in the morning that we would pretend to be casual till the end. When we returned to the capital, we would forget everything about the past. Although we were flustered at the time, we didn't want to be in front of the government officials. Take risks under the watchful eye."

Wu Xiang pulled his lips mockingly. At this time, he thought that when Yu Xun died, he had put two cups of tea in his room. If it had been before, he would have suspected that Yu Xun's death was related to Liu Qing and others. So far, this inference is not established, and the murderer left two cups of tea, was he deliberately misleading?

Wu Xiang looked at Liu Qing for a moment, "If those two little ones were standing in front of you, would you recognize them?"

Fear flashed in Liu Qing's eyes, and she shook her head hastily, "How can I recognize him after so many years?"

Wu Xiang asked again: "What did you learn in Zhao's class?"

Liu Qing smiled miserably, as if she didn't dare to think about it, "Learning everything...juggling, sword and horse movements, singing and opera..."

Wu Xiang didn’t know what he was thinking of, and suddenly asked: “Have you ever learned how to tame a bird?”

There was a trace of contempt in Liu Qing's eyes, as if he felt that the skill of taming birds was more despicable than his singing, "My master does know some methods of taming birds, but we don't learn these."

Wu Xiang pondered for a moment, then stood up and looked at his room again. He saw that the windows were all locked from the inside, and warned: "Don't be careless. Although there are people guarding the outside, the murderer is not an easy subject to deal with." Son, I think you also know that the dead birds in the garden are crushed to death, just like you used to torture others."

Wu Xiang’s eyes were cold and stern, and the blood on Liu Qing’s face faded in fear. He subconsciously closed his clothes and said, “Don’t worry, Captor, I know.”

Liu Qing knew how painful it was, and he would rather go to the guillotine than be tortured to death.

Chen Mo is more afraid than Liu Qing.

Among the five of them, the oldest one is Jiang Xing. After Jiang Xing is Yu Xun, and after Yu Xun is Ye Fei. Among the remaining Chen Mo and Liu Qing, Chen Mo is older. He is almost It has been determined that he will be the next person to die.

So when Wu Xiang arrived in his garden, he seemed to have seen a life-saving straw, "Captain Wu, when can we leave? You all know, the murderer's next target is me, it's me..."

He was even thinner than Liu Qing, with disheveled clothes and disheveled hair. He couldn't sleep for two days and had no food and water. His mind seemed to have collapsed. He looked at the door and window of the house with frightened eyes, "There is only one person outside." I'm afraid that guarding is not enough, the murderer can't wait anymore, he will always find a way, always..."

Chen Mo grabbed a handful of hair in pain, and unexpectedly grabbed a few hair strands. He brushed the hair away in a panic, "I don't understand, I don't understand why we were brought back. Do you want to use us to seduce us?" Has the murderer come out? I have confessed... I don’t want to stay here. Please arrest the head. Maybe let us go back to prison?"

Wu Xiang sneered when he saw him like this, "It's best not to let people outside see you like this. Do you know how painful it was to hurt people back then, so you are even more afraid?"

Chen Mo sobbed and squatted on the ground, "We regret it. We already regret it. If we hadn't believed the benefactor's words, we wouldn't have thought that way... He is a liar, and there is no Bodhisattva to protect us... Capture the head , please..."

Wu Xiang looked at him with pity and saw that he was speechless. He closed the door and walked out. When he turned around, he saw Lu Ke coming in from the outside. Lu Ke was wearing regular clothes, and because many government officials also wore regular clothes, the garden No one among the servants knows their identities yet.

Wu Xiang came up to greet him. Lu Ke raised his chin and gestured to the room, "How is it?"

"I broke down a little and started crying and begging for mercy. I also said I was scared and that it might not be enough to have one person watching outside."

Lu Ke thought for a while and said, "There is indeed one person missing. Let's send two more people over."

Wu Xiang was surprised, but did not dare to question, and immediately went to give the order. Lu Ke looked around the yard and saw servants catching the flying parrots in the distance, and ordered the Yamen to drive them away. Go and order that all servants in the garden are not allowed to come near this place.

Chen Mo was given extra protection as he wished.

As night fell, lights lit up all the main roads in the garden, and the government officials stepped up patrols. People in the garden performed their duties, and no one dared to show any weird behavior. Around midnight, everyone The lights everywhere were extinguished, and the entire Bird Garden seemed to have fallen into sleep. Just when everyone thought it was another peaceful and ordinary night, the woods behind the pavilion where Chen Mo was staying suddenly lit up with fire.

The patrolling yamen and the embroidered messenger hiding in the dark were all alerted. At that moment, everyone headed towards Chen Mo’s residence. The westerly wind blew at night, and the fire spread more and more towards Chen Mo’s yard. This was Want Chen Mo’s life!

In the darkness, Chen Mo pushed open the door and ran out with disheveled hair, but was stopped by the guard at the courtyard gate.

Chen Mo was scared out of his mind, "Why don't you let me out! He wants to kill me! He wants to kill me! Fire...fire is coming..."

The government officials who were left behind were also ready to prepare. One of them said solemnly: "Don't worry, everyone has gone to put out the fire. We can't burn you here."

Chen Mo was so scared that his face turned pale, but he still rushed out, "Let me out, let me out——"

He started pushing and shoving with the official, and started howling like crazy. This attracted more people to come here, attracting almost the entire Aviary Garden.

Wu Xiang gritted his teeth and directed people to put out the fire. He stared around the garden like a hawk. Because the fire was not small, there were not enough yamen assigned to track down the person who set the fire. He was a little angry because he had never thought that the murderer would In such a stupid way.

He couldn't get close to Chen Mo's residence, so he wanted to use the wind to set a fire. But did he think everyone in the garden was dead?

The Yamen guarding Liu Qing also saw the fire. He frowned and looked in that direction, but only saw that the fire was getting bigger and bigger. The lights in Liu Qing's room had been extinguished. He was also awakened at this moment. He had no time to light the lamp. He opened the window and looked outside. When he saw the fire in the direction of Chen Mo's yard, he immediately said in horror: "The murderer has taken action! The murderer wants to kill Chen Mo——"

The officer guarding him gritted his teeth and shouted: "Don't come out, I'll go over and take a look."

Liu Qing responded with a trembling voice, closed the window and shivered in the room.

The footsteps of the cadre gradually faded away. Apart from the noise coming from far away, the quiet sound of needle drops could be heard in his garden. Liu Qing huddled on the couch, cold sweat overflowing her forehead. There were many tolerances in the garden. , just when he imagined that the murderer might have been caught, he suddenly heard a strange footsteps outside his back window.

The next moment, a vague aura floated into the room, his eyes trembled, and his body fell uncontrollably.

After a moment, footsteps arrived in front of the main door. A thin piece of iron was stretched into the door. After fiddling with it several times, the door opened in response. The night wind blew the hem of the man's robe up and down. He pushed the door open and entered the house. , his right hand reached under his robe, and a sharp ax with a cold light appeared in his palm.

He stared at the curtained bed due north, quickly approached, and then lifted the curtain.

The eyes full of anger froze at this moment, because there was no one on the bed, and there was no shadow of Liu Qing at all. He secretly screamed something bad, and before he could turn around, there were several footsteps at the door. The sound came in.

The oil lamp was lit, and the bean-like candlelight instantly illuminated the entire room. Lu Ke looked at the man with a ferocious face in front of the bed holding a sharp ax in his hand, with a somewhat surprised look on his face.

The person who came was dressed in coarse green clothes and had a thin figure. He looked to be no more than ten years old. Lu Ke thought carefully for a moment before he remembered his identity. He was the boy who took care of the second deceased Yu Xun in the garden.