activa-t Chapter 409 What are you saying? I don't understand.
Chapter 409 What are you saying? I don't understand.
This person was none other than the Third Princess's personal guard.
Qin Miaoxi demanded sharply, "Who sent you? Who is your master?"
The guard remained silent, only baring his teeth in a sinister smile.
Suddenly, a flash of white light appeared before her eyes. Upon closer inspection, Qin Miaoxi noticed that he was wearing nine white pendants around his neck.
No, those are teeth, the child's thin and long lateral incisors.
she was
Judging from the yellowish color of the crown rather than the milky white color, and the sharp tip and neat edges, it can be determined that it is the tooth of a child around eight years old.
Three of them were yellowish-brown in color and had a noticeable sheen, indicating that they had been removed from the body no more than a month ago.
Qin Miaoxi's gaze was icy and sharp. "You really killed the three girls."
It turns out that ghosts are madmen, and ghosts are also murderers.
The guard stared at her menacingly, a forced smile playing on his lips, which only made him appear more sinister.
The next second, the muscles in his face twitched without warning, his eyes suddenly went out of focus, his eyeballs rolled upwards uncontrollably, and his whole body twisted.
"you……"
Before the words were even finished, a horrifying scene came into view.
Countless tiny insects were struggling to crawl out of the pierced chest. They were sticky and wriggling, and in the blink of an eye, they covered the other person's entire body, even surging towards her along the cold, long whip.
slap~
She quickly untied the whip, and the guard fell to the ground, almost instantly engulfed by insects. His body twitched twice and then fell still.
But insects continued to crawl out of his chest and disappear into the surrounding soil.
Qin Miaoxi lit the flint and steel, and this time she could see clearly that the insects were not Gu worms, but maggots. Hundreds and thousands of maggots were currently clinging to his body and feeding on him.
The disgusting scene made her frown. She couldn't understand why there would be so many maggots inside his body. He wasn't a Gu person made from Gu worms, even if...
Her heart suddenly skipped a beat, "A puppet!"
The dry grass on the ground was lit, and thick smoke filled the air.
In a short while, the maggots that had been hiding were all driven away, revealing the mutilated and gruesome corpse beneath.
She strode forward and pulled open the front of her dress, revealing the familiar yet intricate totem on her chest: the Mad Demon Puppet.
"Miss!"
Ziyan rushed over, and her pupils contracted sharply when she saw the man on the ground. She instantly stepped in front of him, shouting, "Miss, be careful!"
"It's nothing, it's just a puppet."
Ziyan exhaled, and Lu Qingchen, supported by Wenzhu, walked forward from behind.
"Honey, it's too dangerous for you to go out alone."
Just as Lu Qingchen was about to step forward to check on him, Wen Zhu reminded him worriedly, "Master, you've only just woken up, be careful!"
Qin Miaoxi looked up at him. "What's wrong?"
Wen Zhu immediately said, "Master just fainted."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Qingchen stretched out his hand to Qin Miaoxi, pouting pitifully, "Wife, I feel unwell~"
Qin Miaoxi: "..."
All his worries vanished instantly, but after taking Wen Zhu's pulse, his heart tightened, and he stared at her, asking, "Didn't you take your pills?"
"have eaten."
Qin Miaoxi remained silent. "Go back and have the Poison King change your medicine."
"Madam, is the Poison King truly sincere in his desire to cure the master's poison?"
"Don't worry, he wouldn't dare to do anything wrong."
With Qin Miaoxi's promise, Wen Zhu finally felt relieved.
Lu Qingchen was more concerned about the person who tried to assassinate her. "Who is he? Why did he try to assassinate you?"
"The Third Princess's guards are actually Mad Demon Puppets."
"Good! Her name is on the list of fabrics and cinnabar, so it must be the Third Princess now! Wenzhu, gather the men and go to the Third Princess to take her away."
Lu Qingchen rubbed his hands together in anger. How dare they bully his Marquis's mansion! He would never let this go.
"Wait."
"Why?"
Qin Miaoxi hesitated, "I feel like it's a bit too fast."
"It's your skill to solve cases so quickly, my wife. Why are you being so modest?"
In Lu Qingchen's view, there was both a motive for murder and evidence, so what else could it be but conclusive evidence?
Qin Miaoxi remained silent. Ziyan looked at the two of them and asked, "Miss, should we take the body back?"
"Yes, send it to the Ministry of Justice first."
In the time it takes to say two sentences, Lu Qingchen had already slipped away silently with Wen Zhu.
Qin Miaoxi: "..."
He ran quite fast, but failed to consider the key point: if it really was the Third Princess who did it, they did not yet have solid evidence, and taking action now would only alert her, since the Third Princess had plenty of ways to shift all the blame onto the guards; but if it had nothing to do with the Third Princess, it would be unwise to cause trouble between the two sides for no reason.
An hour later, a series of banging sounds came from the Third Princess's residence.
"Open the door!"
Wen Zhu knocked loudly on the door, and Lu Qingchen stood with his arms crossed, looking confident of victory.
The gatekeeper called out loudly through the door, "Who goes there? This is the princess's residence."
"Lord Xuanping is investigating a case, open the door immediately!"
A flurry of footsteps sounded behind the door. After a long while, the door finally opened, and a servant said tremblingly, "Lord Xuanping, His Highness requests your presence!"
Lu Qingchen swaggered in, and as soon as he entered the front hall, he heard sarcastic remarks.
"Young Marquis, you're really working hard, investigating cases in the middle of the night and even bringing this matter to my head." The Third Princess glared at him, her eyes blazing with fury.
Lu Qingchen ignored her and threw a waist token in front of her without saying a word, "See if this is from the princess's residence."
The third princess was suspicious and gave a wink to the maid beside her. The maid picked it up, glanced at it, and nodded to her.
Where did you come from?
Lu Qingchen did not answer directly, but instead asked a completely unrelated question.
"Did your household purchase a batch of silk like this from a silk shop some time ago?"
The Third Princess sneered, "What's wrong with my household buying some silk? Young Marquis, you're overstepping your bounds. Aren't you afraid the Censor will impeach you for overstepping your bounds?"
After being ridiculed, Lu Qingchen turned red with anger and demanded, "Then why did you buy cinnabar?"
The third princess was shocked: "You even found out about this."
"Can't say it now, huh! You still say you didn't kill anyone."
"What murder?"
The Third Princess instinctively gripped her teacup tighter. [He knew she was involved in the death of the maid in Princess Xinglan's residence, and now he's here to interrogate her?]
"We found your guard's handkerchief on the dead body. You even dared to send your guard to kill my wife to silence her tonight! And you still say it wasn't you who committed the murder!"
The Third Princess frowned. "What are you saying? I don't understand."
"The fact that your household purchased cinnabar that caused the deaths is irrefutable evidence," Lu Qingchen said decisively. "Speak! Why did you kill those girls? Was it to frame Princess Xinglan as revenge?"
"I do not have……"
The Third Princess's gaze darted left and right, and Lu Qingchen's eyes lit up immediately. This time, he had finally caught her by the tail.
A cold voice suddenly came from outside the door, "Cinnabar is used for alchemy."
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