Volume 2: Female Corpse in Monk's Clothes Chapter 123 Who can I share my secrets with (Part 2)
Snow is falling outside the window, and my thoughts are still unsettled.
Late at night that day, a heavy snow suddenly fell in Shangyuan City. The snow fell like goose feathers, and soon the ground was covered with silver frost, which was white all over.
Jinde Inn, in the guest room where Xu Zun lives.
Xu Zun did not go to the window to enjoy the snow scenery, but rested his head on someone's thighs, staring at the snowflakes falling silently outside the window.
In the Qunfang Courtyard next door, there were still lingering singing and dancing figures, and some light and shadows were reflected into the house, making it look enchanting, colorful and bizarre.
Ku Niang still sat upright, her eyes still fierce and fierce.
Xu Zun rested his head lightly on her thighs, feeling extremely comfortable and relaxed.
In the past few days, he didn't know what was going on. He originally used the excuse of giving Ku Niang psychological treatment, but as the treatment went on, it seemed like the opposite happened, and Ku Niang became the person he confided in.
With his head resting on Ku Niang's thigh, Xu Zun seemed to have found some kind of comfort and opened his heart for the first time:
"...Although I can trust Zhao Yu, I cannot trust him completely. I must be on guard against him. I can sense that he has a purpose...
"... In a few days, a new maid will follow me. She is very pretty. But generally speaking, she is not trustworthy...
"...Perhaps being beautiful is also a sin? If she really experienced what she said, I feel that she shouldn't be so worried. This woman is definitely not as simple as she seems...
"...The case of the female corpse in monk's clothing has been solved. Now I can be sure that this is a separate case. As long as we can find out the truth of ten years ago, we will know who the murderer is...
"...The governor has given me three days to solve the case," Xu Zun turned his head, buried his face in Ku Niang's belly, and said while holding her waist, "But I feel that two days is enough. Tomorrow... maybe we can know the result?
"However, no one knows that what really worries me is not this case. I have a bigger worry in my heart!
"...My dear, there are poisonous snakes all around, with their fangs baring. Can you see them?"
Feeling the soft jade and warm fragrance in front of him, Xu Zun finally relaxed completely, and his words became more and more casual:
“…From the beginning to the end, some people have been deliberately avoiding one question, which is where did the sixteen beautiful girls who disappeared from Shangyuan City go?
"No one cares, no one asks, no one looks for them. It has now been proven that, except for Lu Xiaofeng, none of these missing beautiful girls are in Chongtian Temple!
"In other words, their disappearance is the biggest secret of Shangyuan City!
"I know that if you are a normal person, you will definitely ask me why such an ordinary case is such a thorn in my side? Why does it make me feel like I am facing a formidable enemy?
"I said, you asked a good question, I can tell you now, I almost know who is related to the disappearance of these girls!
"Oh oh..." Xu Zun yawned in Ku Niang's arms, making sure that his voice could not be heard even if there were ears on the other side of the wall, and then he continued, "If you want to understand the whole puzzle, you have to go back to the beginning.
"After Lu Xiaofeng disappeared, Lu Mingyue sent someone to notify the county government, and then commissioned the Marquis to look for him, but there was still no news from Lu Xiaofeng and his family.
"In the end, Lu Mingyue was forced to stage a play about her disappearance, which attracted people's attention.
“Next… I came and solved the mystery of Miss Lu’s disappearance.
“And what happens next becomes even more intriguing.
"We soon got clues about Lu Xiaofeng, and thus broke into Chongtian Temple and rescued Lu Xiaofeng who had been missing for more than three months.
“Isn’t this… just a coincidence?
"It looks like there was a problem inside Chongtian Temple, and someone deliberately led us there.
"But what if we think about it more deeply? Could this be an excuse and a barrier to stop us from continuing to investigate the missing girl's case?
“What those people are really afraid of is that we might find out the whereabouts of those missing girls?
"Hehe..." Xu Zun closed his eyes and smiled foolishly, "I know, you might ask, what evidence do I have?
"It's not hard to provide evidence. The day we first arrived in Shangyuan City, when we were about to visit the Lu Family Bookstore at night, the store happened to catch fire!
“I think this fire is proof of that!
"If it was the bandits who destroyed the evidence, then why didn't the Lu Family Bookstore catch fire earlier or later, but only when we went to investigate?
"Also, let me tell you a little secret..." Xu Zun said with his lips almost touching Ku Niang's clothes, "That day when I asked Liu Dong to buy some wine, I didn't really want him to drink it. In fact, I wanted him to go to the ruins of Lu's Bookstore to help me check the scene!
“The jar does not contain wine but white vinegar. If you pour the white vinegar on the place where a bloody incident happened, the previously invisible blood stains will appear!
“As early as when I went to investigate the ruins of Lu’s Bookstore, I quietly took note of any suspicious points.
“When Liu Dong goes there, he only needs to pour the white vinegar to the place I marked, and then he will find something.
"Liu Dong has already taken care of this for me," Xu Zun said, "There are clearly large amounts of blood in the ruins of the Lu Family Bookstore.
"This shows that Lu Xiaofeng's family was not kidnapped outside, but was killed at home!!!"
After he said this, the room suddenly became quiet. Snow fell silently outside the window, and it seemed that even the singing and dancing in the distance had stopped.
However, Ku Niang remained as calm as ever and did not let Xu Zun feel anything unusual.
"When we investigated the case of the female corpse in monk's clothing, not only did we not have any problems, but we also had a lot of people cooperating and supporting us." Xu Zun said, "But when it comes to the case of the missing girl, we encounter all kinds of resistance.
“There seems to be a mysterious and powerful force behind this that doesn’t want us to touch this case!
“You may ask, who is this powerful force? Who is the person who doesn’t want us to investigate the missing girl’s case?
"Yes, I have roughly understood it," Xu Zun paused for a few seconds and continued, "This person... we really can't afford to offend him... and we don't know how many people are working for him and are his accomplices!
"This time, I really don't know whether I should continue investigating! If I continue investigating, I will face a storm! Sigh..."
Xu Zun sighed, but his arms gradually tightened, and he lazily hugged Ku Niang's body and continued:
“My sister is still in the dark. She has never thought about why she didn’t achieve the effect she wanted after she disappeared for so many days.
"Why, after Shangyuan City conducted an almost earth-shaking search for her, it still couldn't find any missing beautiful girl?
“She also didn’t understand why she wanted to go out and look for Lu Xiaofeng, and why did the Marquis agree to her request?
“Also, in Chongtian Temple, if it weren’t for that Taoist priest Wei who said he heard a woman crying, how could we have uncovered the secrets of the temple bandits?
“They thought that by using this method, they could divert the public’s attention and make us no longer pay attention to the disappearance of the beautiful girl. They thought that this could deceive me, Xu Zun.
"Haha..." Xu Zun said with a bitter smile, "How could they know? I just pretended not to see it..."
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