Volume 2: Female Corpse in Monk's Clothes Chapter 64: Love at Linjiangxian (Part 1)
A few days later.
Xu's house.
The moon is bright in the sky.
Xu Zun sat alone at the desk, drinking by himself, still thinking about what had happened in the past few days.
The funeral of his adoptive father Shen Tiande has been held. Due to the father-son relationship over the years, Xu Zun still attended the funeral.
However, due to the obstruction of Shen Qian's two brothers, he could not lead the mourning in the front and could only follow the team to see them off.
At the time of the burial, Xu Zun still couldn't help shedding tears.
Although, with the appearance of Ku Niang, Mr. Shen's identity has become increasingly unclear, but the old man's kindness in raising him is irreplaceable.
The emotion that came from deep inside made Xu Zun feel extremely sad...
At the funeral, there was one thing that surprised Xu Zun. That was that Shen Tiande's eldest son, Shen Xingqun, who now holds a high position in the Ministry of War, had not shown up.
Later, after asking Huo Anu, I learned that Shen Xingqun was ordered to accompany the prince and the Minister of Rites on a diplomatic mission to the ten countries of the East China Sea.
There are ten island countries on the vast East China Sea, which have close trade relations with the Great Xuan Dynasty.
The so-called East China Sea Japanese are just a race, not a country, and they are distributed among these ten island countries.
Due to the long distance, Shen Xingqun could not make it back to attend the funeral, and he did not even know that Mr. Shen had passed away.
After Shen Gongan was buried, Xinye County finally returned to peace.
County Magistrate Luo was appointed to act as the county magistrate and was responsible for handling the follow-up matters of the iron coffin case.
According to the confession of the criminal, they indeed dug out a secret passage from the county government office, which connected the county government office, Xu's house and the prison.
There is not only one secret passage entrance in the warehouse, but also in the county magistrate's study!
Looking at these secret passages, County Magistrate Luo felt extremely emotional and at the same time very scared.
This group of criminals almost occupied the entire county government office, but as the county magistrate, I did not investigate. If the higher-ups blamed me, I would be held accountable.
The county government returned to peace, and Xu Zun's family gradually settled down.
He had quietly sealed the secret room under the stove. This secret must not be known to outsiders, including Liu Dong and his daughter.
Of course, before sealing it, he searched the entire secret room carefully again to make sure there was nothing else to find.
Over the past few days, thanks to the care of Liu Dong and his daughter, the house has basically returned to its original appearance and has even become more lively.
Originally , when Xu Zun arranged for Ku Niang to be Liu Dong's wife, he should have allowed the three of them to return home and live there.
But now Ku Niang's identity has not been figured out yet, so how could he let Ku Niang leave his sight easily?
So, he simply let the "family of three" move into the side room of Xu's house on the grounds that Liu Dongjia lived far away.
In this way, he could not only stop outsiders from gossiping, but also look for clues from Ku Niang with peace of mind, and it would also make it easier for Liu Dong to manage household affairs.
Although little Xiwa is only 6 years old, he is very smart and a good worker. He is good at washing, cleaning and tidying up, and he is especially good at taking care of others.
With her help, Ku Niang has changed into women's clothes and shaved off all her hair. When her hair grows back, she will surely look brand new.
Moreover, little Xiwa got some cosmetics from somewhere and used powder to cover up the scar on Ku Niang's cheek.
Unexpectedly, after covering the scar, Ku Niang was surprisingly beautiful, with delicate features and clear lines.
However, her eyes were still so ferocious that people dared not look directly at them.
At present, Xu Zun only has one most important and most distressing thing left, which is to find out the origin of Ku Niang.
Over the past few days, he tried every possible means but still could not find any useful clues.
Just as Liu Dong said, Ku Niang would carry out Xu Zun's orders. As long as she could do it, she would do it without hesitation and without blinking an eye.
Ask her to dance and she will dance, but her movements are clumsy and frustrating.
If you ask her to practice martial arts, she will do so, but her martial arts skills are not as good as dancing.
When she was asked to work, she worked, but she did a terrible job.
Asking her to cook almost burned herself to death...
A thought flashed through Xu Zun's mind: What if she was asked to do that? Or, if she was asked to commit suicide, would she die without hesitation?
Of course, this is just a thought.
After a long time, Xu Zun discovered another situation. He didn't know if it was because of the protagonist's halo, but Ku Niang just listened to him and didn't pay much attention to what Liu Dong and Xiwa said.
Could it be... because I was the first person to give her orders?
Or... the Three ?
No, that's not relevant. The three laws of robotics seem to be not to harm humans...
Although she did not listen to the orders of Liu Dong and Xiwa, her performance in the past few days was enough for Xu Zun to let down his guard and realize that she had no killing power.
If Xiwa shaves her head, she will cooperate unconditionally.
She remained indifferent when Xu Zun had physical contact with her. Although her eyes were still cold and captivating, there was no movement.
In order to awaken something, Xu Zun even took her to the underground secret room and let her touch the iron coffin left by the fake Qiu Yongnian and others.
But when she saw the iron coffin, Ku Niang remained indifferent...
Tsk tsk…
At this moment, Xu Zun took a sip of the liquor and thought to himself, what other solutions are there?
If we can't find anything from Ku Niang, wouldn't it be a waste of time?
Does this mean... we have to go back to the beginning and start investigating this case all over again?
origin……
Xu Zun turned his thought to his adoptive father Shen Tiande.
Previously, when the two met and talked in the county government office, Xu Zun had raised his doubts and asked whether Mr. Shen had participated in the first iron coffin case?
At that time, the reason why Xu Zun suspected him was because two years ago, around the time of the first iron coffin case, Xu Zun had discovered that Shen Tiande's behavior was abnormal.
At that time, their family was still living in the Shen Mansion in Xuanmiao City, the capital of the Great Xuan Kingdom.
Late one night, Xu Zun had diarrhea and went to the toilet, but he heard people talking outside the wall.
He could clearly hear that one of them was his godfather Shen Tiande.
However, he could not hear clearly because of the wall, and he was already confused, so he only heard words like "everything is ready", "on the bridge at the back mountain" and "start at midnight".
No matter how dumb Xu Zun was, he knew there was a problem. Outside the toilet was a dead corner of the courtyard where no one would go. How could Mr. Shen be chatting with others in such a place in the middle of the night?
Now that I think about it, the words of Mr. Shen and others seem to be closely related to the first iron coffin case.
Moreover, judging from the tone of Mr. Shen's speech at the time, it seemed that Mr. Shen was not the highest-ranking among the few people, and he should also be following orders.
In other words…
Xu Zun brought the wine glass to his lips and sipped the taste. Mr. Shen had a superior, and he was just a participant.
After the task was completed, Mr. Shen retired and returned to his hometown, Xinye County.
So his superior handed Ku Niang over to him for secret interrogation in order to cover up the truth.
Who would have thought that the things in the iron coffin had always been in Xinye County?
Tsk tsk…
I don’t know if Mr. Shen’s superior will come to find me in the future?
And who exactly does Mr. Shen serve?
Presumably, they must be the dignitaries, princes and ministers in the court, right?
This case...
Xu Zun was savoring the mystery when someone suddenly knocked on the door outside!
Bang, bang, bang…
The urgent voice woke Xu Zun from his thoughts.
"Here, here...who is it?"
Xu Zun got up and went to the yard to open the door, thinking that the person knocking on the door was the captain of the police, Zhao Yu, again.
But before the door opened, Huo Anu's anxious voice was heard from outside:
"Xu Zun, go and take a look! The young lady... the young lady..."
ah!!?
Hearing this, Xu Zun almost fell down, and quickly opened the door and exclaimed:
"What's wrong, miss?"
"She...she..." Huo Anu grabbed Xu Zun's collar and said, "She became a nun..."
