All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

All timings were calculated just right.

Shen Lingxi wrote the word "embroidered picture" on the white paper.

The man took it seriously and gave her half of the embroidery picture.

In the manner of a murder.

The Kunlun Slave mask on the corpse of the man in white was painted with a grinning pattern, as if the person behind it was mocking the two of them arrogantly.

It is enough to show that the person behind him has strong self-confidence and self-righteous intelligence.

Shen Lingxi squatted down, opened the gilt incense burner, and pinched off the newly lit incense stick with her bare hands.

She put the piece of incense to the tip of her nose and sniffed it for a few times. After identifying the medicinal smell contained in it, she looked at Yun Chong, who had been floating about a foot away from her, with a half-smile but not a smile.

He said mockingly: "This scorching sun has made you look like cabbage everywhere. You were so generous and gave all the good medicines you brought from the Medicine Palace to this person. People like you will be plotted and killed." Sorry, there are too few idiots in this world who still pay for people after death."

Yun Chong's face was extremely gloomy, "I died in the hands of King Rui, what does it have to do with him?"

"Oh? Since he died in the hands of Prince Rui, guess what... everyone accompanying the emperor will be searched by the internal guards to prevent assassins from harming the emperor. Have you ever pretended to be Prince Rui's servant? Do you know that he hid a dagger in his sleeve beforehand?"

Yun Chong choked.

In the days before his death, he always stayed with King Rui in order to ensure that his plan was foolproof.

But he really didn't know that King Rui avoided the search by the internal guards and carried a dagger with him.

Thinking of this, Yun Chong's face became even more gloomy.

Seeing that he was speechless, Shen Lingxi sneered.

She leaned closer to the body, looked at the color of the wound, and then lowered her eyes to estimate the size of the blood stain.

"The time of death was about a quarter of an hour ago." She looked at Chu Yan, "This means that the sound of the piano we heard just now was played by someone else."

Chu Yan seemed to have expected it and had already begun to search around the room for clues.

"Click" sound.

In the silent room, there was suddenly the sound of the machine starting up.

I don't know what Chu Yan touched, but a secret door suddenly opened on the wall to the north.

Behind the secret door is a long and narrow corridor.

There were candles burning in the corridor, which was very bright.

It seems a bit like "asking you to enter the urn".

Yun Chong bypassed the range of Chu Yan's evil aura and floated into the corridor first. He turned his head awkwardly and said, "The murderer is hiding in this secret passage. For the sake of you and my brother and sister, I don't mind. I'll give it to you." Lead the way."

"If I remember correctly, you were knocked unconscious last time and sent in, right?" Shen Lingxi asked mockingly, "Are you sure you remember the way?"

Yun Chong gritted his teeth and looked at her, "Shen Lingxi, you must be ignorant of good and evil."

Shen Lingxi had no intention of giving him any face.

"Thanks to you being knocked unconscious, you showed Liu Meiren the way. Do you think I know how to get through this secret passage?"

Yun Chong knew that she was always very powerful, so he was stunned, snorted angrily, then turned around and floated towards the end of the corridor.

On the contrary, Xu Yuanshan, with a gloomy face, followed them not far or near, as if he was afraid that they would turn around and walk away.

Yun Chongshang was still a little bit aggrieved by the fact that he was being used by others.

But Xu Yuanshan, even though he now knows that he was used by Li Xiangyang and that everyone in the family almost became the scapegoat of the Li family because of him, he still doesn't feel the slightest bit guilty or remorseful.

He just wanted to let Shen Lingxi die.

It can be seen that for this person, whether he was alive or dead, his family honor and blood relatives were not as important as himself.

Shen Lingxi raised her eyebrows and looked at him, "What are you doing here? Why don't you quickly lead the way for your master?"

When Xu Yuanshan heard this, a hint of evil flashed in his eyes.

But even so, he was very "obedient" and turned around to float deeper into the corridor.

Shen Lingxi winked at Chu Yan and followed Xu Yuanshan first.

Neither Yun Chong nor Xu Yuanshan knew that Shen Lingxi had already sketched this secret passage in the past few days based on Liu Meiren's description, so he was naturally very familiar with it.

She and Chu Yan walked in tandem, following the direction illuminated by the corridor, and after walking for about two-quarters of an hour, a fork appeared in front of them.

There are three roads at the fork, leading in different directions.However, every road is pitch black and there is no light at all.

Shen Lingxi naturally knew where these three roads lead.

But since they wanted to arrest someone this time, they should chase the criminal in the direction in which he escaped.

However, the other party clearly intended to let them enter the secret passage, but there was not even the slightest hint about the three paths in front of them.

Obviously, the other party has other motives.

"Go here." Xu Yuanshan rarely said.

He drifted directly to the road on the far left.

Shen Lingxi pondered for a few breaths, without any intention of moving.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

He wants her to leave, but she must not leave.

At this moment, Beauty Liu, who had disappeared for a while, floated out from the secret passage on the far left, "There is no need to continue chasing her."

When Xu Yuanshan saw her, his expression immediately changed, and he glared angrily, almost gritting his teeth.

"Mind your own business," he said bitterly.

Both Yun Chong and Xu Yuanshan were extremely disgusted with Liu Meiren's repeated tip-offs to Shen Lingxi.

Liu Meiren put her hands on her hips, smiled at him, and retorted: "You are so stupid that you don't know it."

Xu Yuanshan was so angry that his eyebrows knitted together.

Liu Meiren snorted at him and said to Shen Lingxi: "They deliberately let you in and left this three-way intersection just to test whether you can see ghosts."

"If you can accurately walk out of the secret passage they escaped from, the other party will know that you will definitely be able to see ghosts. Therefore, instead of continuing to walk in, it is better to go back the same way."

Shen Lingxi thought for a while.

"If you return the same way, you will probably be exposed."

She said and walked directly to the far right.

When Liu Meiren saw this, she understood what she meant and followed her with a smile.

As she walked, she said to Shen Lingxi, "As you guessed before, that man really didn't keep his composure. He killed Mr. Chunshan to prove how smart he was, but he accidentally exposed the fox's tail. Just now, I have been following the murderer. I seem to know where the person behind the scenes is now..."

*
The night passed.

Rumors spread like wildfire that Mr. Chunshan of Zuihuayuan died tragically at the sword of His Highness the Crown Prince late at night.

Some say that Mr. Chunshan provoked the prince by making disrespectful remarks, which led to this disaster.

It is also said that Mr. Chunshan had embroidery pictures but was unwilling to hand them over, so he was killed by the prince who was eager to collect the embroidery pictures.

Some people even said that His Highness the Crown Prince loved Mr. Chong Chunshan’s great talent and wanted to take him under his command. However, the Crown Prince was proud and unwilling to serve as an official, so he was harmed by His Highness the Crown Prince.

For a time, there were different opinions.

Since Mr. Chunshan appeared in the public eye, although he has been involved in three religions and nine streams, his reputation is very Tsinghua.Now he died suddenly and tragically, and there are many people who deplore his misfortune.

It will inevitably arouse people's heated discussion about Chu Yan, the prince.

"Violent", "bloodthirsty", "unscrupulous to achieve the goal", due to the tragic murder of Mr. Chunshan, Chu Yan's image in the hearts of the people gradually returned to what it was many years ago.

When the late emperor was alive, although he fought in all directions, he was famous for loving his people like a son.

Today, the world is also governed with benevolence and filial piety.

The founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty lasted only a few decades, and the tyranny of the previous tyrants and demon queens still lingered in the hearts of the people.

If the prince is violent and murderous, the people will lose all support and the country will be unstable.

Under such public opinion——

For three days in a row, Chu Yan never went to court and hid in the East Palace behind closed doors.

It wasn't until the fourth day that the Crown Princess invited the imperial doctor to come to her house overnight.

All the dignitaries, from the emperor to the capital, had just learned that the prince had suddenly caught a cold and was seriously ill...