Chapter 142
"Your Highness, are you referring to the case of Miss Huang's being killed?" Qin Muyang asked.

He thought that the clue of Ji Tianci's middle finger was the murderer of Miss Huang's family.

Who knew, Ji Tianci shook his head and smiled mysteriously.

"No!"

"I'm not talking about the old slave who killed Miss Huang's house."

As soon as Ji Tianci said this, Qin Muyang and Chu Yijun became even more confused.

"Your Highness, what is this clue?" Qin Muyang asked scratching his head and ears.

Ji Tianci cleared his throat and spoke unhurriedly.

"Huang Ping himself is the biggest clue!"

In Chu Yijun's bright eyes, there was deep astonishment and unresolved confusion.

Huang Ping himself is the clue?
"Your Highness, what do you mean by this?"

"Yijun, do you still remember Huang Ping's reaction when we visited Huang's mansion to investigate the murder of Miss Huang's family?"

Chu Yijun recalled the scene at that time, and blurted out.

"Huang Ping doesn't seem to be willing to let us investigate this case."

"Could it be that Huang Ping is related to the murderer? They conspired to murder his daughter... No, what good does Huang Ping kill his daughter?"

Chu Yijun was even more confused.

Ji Tianci didn't hold back anymore, and started talking.

"Mu Yang, when you went to investigate the case in Huang's mansion, what was Huang Ping's reaction?"

"Master Huang is very cooperative!" Qin Muyang paused, "This... seems to be different from what you said."

Qin Muyang was puzzled.

The Huang Ping that His Highness and Chu Yijun spoke of was completely different from the Huang Ping he saw that day, as if they were not the same person at all.

Ji Tianci's fingers kept tapping on the table.

"That's right!"

"This is the biggest doubt!"

"Before and after Huang Ping, why did such a big change happen?"

"What is it that made Huang Ping change from cooperating to not cooperating!"

"Even if you know that Gu is the prince, you still want to get in the way?"

Ji Tianci's words were like a flash of lightning, flashing through the chaos in the minds of Qin Muyang and Chu Yijun.

The two blurted out at the same time.

"Three murders in the brothel!"

"That's right, it's the three murders in the brothel."

"Three homicides in the brothel, four people died, what are their characteristics?" Ji Tianci smiled lightly.

Qin Muyang was so familiar with the common denominator of the victims of the brothel homicide.

"They are all related to the Guangling tragedy that year."

"Their parents all made great contributions to the Guangling tragedy and made great achievements."

Ji Tianci analyzed with a smile.

"That's right, it's the Guangling tragedy!"

"Coincidentally, Huang Ping also made his fortune from the Guangling tragedy."

"Therefore, when Miss Huang's family was killed, Huang Ping thought that the murderer was just an ordinary flower picker, so he cooperated with Mu Yang in your investigation."

"But after three consecutive murders occurred in the brothel, Huang Ping realized something was wrong."

"The murderer is not a flower picker, but for the Guangling tragedy."

"Then why didn't Huang Ping cooperate? Could there be something hidden about the Guangling tragedy that year?" Chu Yijun touched her white chin habitually, and two rays of light burst out from his bright eyes.

She seems to have caught some inspiration.

Ji Tianci nodded.

"Yijun, your guess is good."

"There must be something hidden about the Guangling tragedy that year."

"And this hidden secret must never be exposed."

"Once exposed, Huang Ping will not only surely die, but also implicate people he can't afford to offend."

"That's why Huang Ping strongly resisted our pursuit."

Ji Tianci had no idea what was behind the Guangling tragedy.

But this does not prevent him from using this to catch the murderer.

The murderer, in all likelihood, is also related to the Guangling massacre that year.

Kill Miss Huang's family, kill all the girls in the brothel.

It must be for revenge.

Since it is for revenge, there is no reason to stop.

He will definitely continue to do it.

The targets of the attack were the officials who made great contributions to the Guangling tragedy, as well as their relatives.

"Mu Yang, make a list for Gu of the officials who made great contributions to the Guangling tragedy and were promoted." Ji Tianci ordered.

"I'll do it right now."

Qin Muyang is very efficient.

The Guangling tragedy was the focus of his investigation.

He had read hundreds of files before, and he knew the whole picture of the Guangling tragedy like the back of his hand.

Which officials were cut.

Which officials did meritorious service.

Which officials were promoted.

He was clear.

A quarter of an hour later, Qin Muyang sorted out a list and gave it to Ji Tianci.

On the list, 25 officials were recorded.

These 25 officials ranged from Yamen arresters to Guangling county captains. What they have in common is that they made great contributions to the Guangling tragedy that year and made great achievements.

For example, the county lieutenant of Guangling County was the third in command of Guangling County.

It was he who reported on the sheriff and the magistrate, so that the court knew that the sheriff of Guangling County was actually attracting evil gods.

Only then did Emperor Xiaoyuan enter Guangling alone to quell the tragedy of Guangling.

After Emperor Xiaoyuan entered Guangling County, the same county lieutenant, with thirty officials, took refuge in Emperor Xiaoyuan, assisted Emperor Xiaoyuan, Dangping County Sheriff and others.

After the rank of Emperor Xiaoyuan, the county lieutenant also made great achievements, and now he is also Wei Weiqing, one of the nine ministers.

Those Guangling County officials who took refuge in Emperor Xiaoyuan, except for a very few unlucky ones who died in the Guangling tragedy, the others were promoted to three ranks.

These 25 officials were recorded in Qin Muyang's list.

25 years have passed, and these 25 officials have their own opportunities.

Some embraced the right thigh and continued to flourish.

Some were overthrown by political opponents, their families were destroyed, and their wives and daughters were oppressed by thousands of people.

"Of the 25 people, 15 people have fallen from the horse. Of the 15 people who fell from the horse, ten of them have no descendants. Play the violin and it's snowing."

"The remaining ten people are still active in the officialdom. In addition to Huang Ping from Honglu Temple, there are also Xu Yuanwailang from Taipu Temple, and Taizhuling from Taichang Temple..."

Ji Tianci took stock and found that there were eleven targets of the murderer.

"Mu Yang, what do you think the murderer will do?" Ji Tianci asked.

"This one……"

"Your Highness, I'm not a roundworm in the murderer's stomach. How can I know what the murderer will do?" Qin Muyang's face was full of helplessness and distress.

It is not easy to narrow down the murderer's target to 11 people.

How could he predict the murderer's next target.

"Since you can't guess, just stare at them all."

"Let the staff of Xuanjing Division keep an eye on all these eleven families, especially the female relatives, since they may be the murderer's target." Ji Tianci said firmly.

Under Ji Tianci's order, the entire Xuanjing Division soon began to operate like a precision machine.

(End of this chapter)

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