From eunuch to emperor

"Is there a kung fu method that specifically draws a woman's blood and feeds her acacia medicine in advance?"

The pavilion master was eating snacks, his face suddenly sank, and he asked, "Why are you asking this?"

Long Chen explained: "In this case of the flower-picking devil, the dead women were all fed acacia medicine, and then were ruined and bled."

"I don't know if this is a religious ceremony or an evil practice?"

After listening to Long Chen's explanation, the Pavilion Master's expression softened a little.

"There is an evil technique that specializes in cultivating yin and evil qi. This technique requires the blood of a woman in the yin and moon as an introduction."

The pavilion master thought carefully, there is such a kind of exercise.

Long Chen quickly asked: "What kind of exercise? Which sect?"

If you follow this method of cultivation, you will find some clues.

The pavilion master shook his head slightly, and said: "There is no name for the technique, and there is no sect. They are just masters and apprentices who committed evil, and were later wiped out by the Jianghu and the court."

Long Chen was greatly disappointed, and asked: "Is it possible that there are fish that slipped through the net?"

The pavilion master said: "It's possible, but even so, we don't know who it is."

Long Chen thought for a while, then asked: "Do people who practice this kind of evil kung fu have any appearance characteristics, such as softness?"

The pavilion master said: "Yes, they practice the blood of the most yin, they will be very feminine, not as masculine as you, they look like men."

Long Chen smiled awkwardly...

"Thank you, Pavilion Master, for your enlightenment, and this junior will bid farewell."

Long Chen got off the Hidden Martial Arts Pavilion, thinking while walking.

The information given by the Pavilion Master is unknown to him, but it is useless.

I only know that there is an evil and evil technique, but whoever has practiced it has no way of knowing, and still has no clue.

Back at Qiuxing Hall, Wu Xiangyun was talking to Xiangning.

"Are you back? Is Tingting okay?"

During this period of time, Wu Xiangyun stayed with Bai Tingting in the Li Mansion, and almost never returned to Qiuxing Hall.

Seeing Long Chen coming back, Wu Xiangyun hurriedly said: "Tingting is gone, I guess she went to catch the flower-picking demon."

Long Chen cried out secretly, and asked: "When did it happen?"

Wu Xiangyun said: "Today those literati jointly wrote a letter to impeach you. Tingting was very angry when she found out, and said that she would catch the flower-picking devil for you. I advised him not to go, but when I went to the bathroom, he disappeared."

Bai Tingting originally had the character of Ren Xia, if the woman from the capital was killed and Long Chen was involved, she would definitely take action.

"I should have thought of that."

Long Chen had no choice but to immediately go to Di Luoxi for help.

When they arrived at the West Palace, Di Luoxi was drinking.

"Tingting went to find the flower-picking demon alone. I'm afraid she might be in danger. You send someone to look for her."

Di Luoxi frowned and said, "Isn't this nonsense? Xuanyi, Qingyue, take someone to find Tingting."

The two immediately took people out of the palace to look for it.

"Any ideas?"

Di Luoxi did not give Long Chen wine, now Long Chen needs to think quietly.

"I don't have any clues. I went to the pavilion master. She said that there is an evil skill that needs the blood of a woman in the moon and moon, but there is no way to find the murderer."

Di Luoxi drank the wine and thought about it: "The victims are all Yinyue Yinshi?"

Long Chen nodded, it was recorded like this in the documents.

Di Luoxi said casually: "How does this flower-picking demon know who is Yinyueyinshi?"

A word to awaken the dreamer.

Long Chen suddenly realized: "That's right, the identities of these murdered women are different, some are from ordinary families, some are from rich families, it's not easy to know their birth dates."

Di Luoxi put down his wine glass and said, "There is only one place to get this information, Jingzhao Mansion."

The local population and household registration are under the jurisdiction of the local Yamen, and the capital is under the management of the Jingzhao Mansion, and the birth dates of all the people will be recorded.

"So, start the investigation from Jingzhao Mansion."

Long Chen got up, changed into a cloak to cover his face and went out.

Long Chen was not afraid of those troublemakers, he just didn't want trouble.

After leaving the West Palace, walking on the street, almost everyone was talking about Long Chen.

"Long Shuai's mansion dug up the female corpse, and the West Palace also dug up the female corpse. The flower-picking demon is Long Cheng'en."

"I thought Long Chengen was the pillar of the country, but I didn't expect to be the devil of the country."

"Knowing people, knowing faces but not knowing hearts, who would have thought that he is this kind of person."

"Then why not deal with it? Just because he has made great contributions and fought in war?"

"He is protected by the Holy Majesty and the princess, who doesn't know that he is the face of the harem?"

Passers-by's words were ugly, but Long Chen didn't mind at all.

Those who achieve great things do not care about small details, nor do they care about gossip.

If someone says a few words and can't bear it like a stick in their throat, such a person is destined to not be able to achieve great things.

Think about Wang Situ and Sima Yi, one was scolded by Zhuge Liang so much that he vomited blood, and the other finally replaced Cao Wei. Thick-skinned and not caring is a necessary condition for great things.

Long Chen arrived at the Metropolitan Procuratorate on horseback, and the yamen servant at the gate hurriedly reported to Bai Anning.

Entering the front hall, both Bai Anning and Li Junjun came to see him.

"General Long, why are you here?"

Bai Anning was a little strange, Long Chen kept saying that he would not interfere with this case, why did he come to the door in person again?

Before Long Chen could speak, Li Junjun said first: "General Long, Tingting is gone. General Wu said that she went to catch the flower-picking demon. Please help me find her. I'm afraid something will happen to her."

Long Chen comforted: "I already know, the princess has sent someone to look for it, don't worry."

Hearing that Emperor Luoxi sent someone to look for it, Li Junjun felt relieved.

Long Chen said to Bai Anning again: "Bai Yushi, I have some new discoveries, let me tell you."

Long Chen told about his discovery, and Bai Anning praised: "That's right, why didn't I think of it, the murderer specifically targets women in Yinyueyinshi, he must have a way to know."

"Let's go to Jingzhao Mansion to inquire now."

Bai Anning immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare to leave, and at the same time notified the arrest department of the Criminal Ministry to go together.

Long Chen said: "My identity is ambiguous right now, and I am waiting for news at the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

Now Long Chen has become the accusation of everyone and is still a suspect. It is inappropriate for him to go to Jingzhao Mansion to interrogate.

Bai Anning also understood, and said: "Then I am wronged and wait for the news, let's go now."

Bai Anning and Li Junjun rushed to Jingzhao Mansion together with the people from the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Long Chen had nothing to do in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so he went to see the woman's corpse.

After entering the mortuary, a maid took off the white cloth, untied the clothes, and indicated the location, length and depth of the wounds one by one.

"The scars on these women's bodies are different, but they are all in secret places. The murderer was brutal and the nature of the insult was obvious. Two chests were scratched."

The female widow had a bad complexion, obviously she hated this flower-picking demon.

Long Chen looked carefully and found a very strange place.

The wound should have been split open by the nails, and it stands to reason that such a wound should have obvious cracks, but the cuts on these women's bodies are not big.

"Why are these wounds not open obviously? Is it because of the cold weather?"

Long Chen didn't understand autopsy, so he asked the maid to do it.

"No, people are warm-blooded. Before the body loses temperature, the cold weather will not affect the wound opening."

The female widow Zuo also realized that the wound was unusual, and secretly admired Long Chen for observing it carefully.

"Such a madman, damn it!"

Long Chen covered the white cloth and bowed to the female corpse.

The deceased is the greatest, and this ceremony should be done.

After leaving the morgue, Long Chen waited until dark in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but still did not see Bai Anning coming back, so Long Chen talked to the people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he went back to Qiuxing Hall first.

Back at Qiuxing Hall, Feng He entered the room.

"How about it?"

"Together with Yingfeng, I checked all the suspicious people in the harem, and found no hidden fake eunuchs."

"Checked everything?"

"Except for you, my lord."

Long Chen was speechless, how could he check it?

"That's weird, there are no fake eunuchs in the harem, so whose child is in Ruyan's belly?"

"Is it possible that she left the palace and met her lover privately outside the palace?"

If there is no such thing in the palace, it can only be the seed left by the lover outside the palace.

Feng He shook his head and said, "Ruyan hasn't been out of the palace in the past year, so it's impossible to have a lover outside the palace."

Long Chen asked again: "Are there any men disguised as women? Have you checked?"

Feng He nodded and said: "I also checked, it doesn't exist."

Long Chen leaned on the chair and closed his eyes to rest.

This case was more difficult to investigate than expected, no wonder Li Tianze was helpless at the time.

"Li Tianze's suspicion can almost be ruled out. The murderer is practicing evil skills. He knows the birthdays of these women..."

Long Chen slowly recalled various clues, trying to connect the problems together.

"Think slowly, my lord, I'll go first."

Feng He left the room, Long Chen continued to close his eyes and think.

dong dong dong...

Xiang Ning knocked on the door and came in, saying, "Bai Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate has delivered a letter."

Long Chen opened his eyes and said, "Give it to me!"

Xiang Ning handed over the letter, Long Chen quickly opened it...