The ghost-catching princess, she always pretends to be weak

Chapter 21 Not dead at all
  The palace is still magnificent, exquisite and solemn.

When she followed Shi Deyue into Anrui Palace, the Sixth Princess was sitting on the couch drinking the fragrant tea offered as tribute.

The room was filled with fragrance, dazzling and gorgeous, even more luxurious than the Queen's palace.

"Wen Jiu has met the Sixth Princess. How is the princess these days?" Wen Jiu clasped his hands in front of him and bowed.

"Jiu'er, get up quickly!" Si Huai'an helped Wen Jiu up, his eyes flashing with surprise, "I'm finally looking forward to you! I won't be bored anymore!"

She glanced at the package in the maid's hand behind Wen Jiu and asked, "What are these?"

"These are some folk food and toys. I know that the princess rarely leaves the palace, so I want to bring some fun and delicious food to share with the princess."

"Miss Wen is so thoughtful, no wonder the princess talks about you every day." Fenxiang, the maid behind the sixth princess, couldn't help but praise.

"Isn't that right? Jiu'er is my favorite!" The sixth princess happily pulled Wen Jiu to sit at the table and looked at the table filled with objects.

"Princess, this is Zhang Ji's walnut cake! And this one!" Wen Jiuyou brought a wooden box from the far end of the table, "This is the rouge and gouache that is most loved by girls in the capital nowadays, although it is not as good as the gouache in the palace. It’s inside, but it’s not a bad idea to play with it.”

"And this." Wen Jiu took a peace charm from the box, "This is the peace charm I asked for for the princess. The princess must keep it with her at all times."

It was indeed a peace talisman, but I didn't ask for it. I put Zhang's talisman to ward off evil spirits into it.

Si Huaian's nose felt sour. Since his mother-in-law left, no one has asked her for any peace charms.

"You all go down, Jiu'er and I want to have some fun."

It was rare for the maids to see the princess so happy, so they all withdrew.

The two of them had not been chatting for a while when the window near the door was suddenly opened.

"Where did the wind come from?" Si Huaian looked around and thought it was the wind that had blown the window open.

There was no one waiting in the room, so Wen Jiu got up and closed the window.

She wondered in her heart, if the window was blown open by the wind, the window should be opened outwards. How could it be facing inward?

Wen Jiuyuan was still a little confused, but a flash of clarity suddenly flashed in his mind. He was afraid that someone deliberately led him to close the window.

Sure enough, as soon as she walked to the window, she heard the sound of tiles, and Lou Wu was hiding on the eaves not far away.

Wen Jiu turned his head and glanced at the person on the mountain, and nodded slightly towards Lou Wu.

"Your Highness, when I first arrived, I saw that the flowers in the imperial garden were in bloom. Can I go pick some flowers and arrange them?" Wen Jiu's eyes were shining with anticipation.

"I'll just let the palace attendants pick it, come here!"

"Princess!" Wen Jiu quickly stopped her, "Of course you have to pick this flower yourself. I'll come as soon as I go."

Before the sixth princess could reply, she picked up her skirt and ran out.

"What do you want from me, sir?"

Behind the rockeries in the Imperial Garden, Wen Jiu found Lu Xu, who had been waiting for her for who knows how long.

Lu Xu hadn't seen Wen Jiu for a long time since they said goodbye on the street that day.

I saw that she was wearing a pale pink palace dress today, with a tender silk waist tied around her waist, and a purse embroidered with cuckoos hanging from her waist. Wen Jiu put on some light makeup today, which made her skin look better than snow, and her eyes were like a pool of clear water, breathtaking.

Lu Xu's heart moved slightly, and he was a little dazed.

"Sir?" Wen Jiu waved his hand in front of her eyes. Could it be that he didn't recognize himself after not seeing him for a few days?
  "I solved the case." Lu Xu narrowed his eyes and quickly put away his emotions.

"Sir, I'm just a ghost hunter. Exposing my identity will do me no good at all."

Wen Jiu said seriously, now everyone in the capital knows that she is Miss Wen Mansion, how can they catch ghosts everywhere with a piece of talisman?
  "You still have to help our company solve the case." Lu Xu reminded: "As you walk around Beijing now, your identity will be revealed sooner or later. I'm afraid the trouble will have just begun." "You have said everything." Wen Jiu His eyebrows twitched, "Is there any other case that stumps you, sir?"

"Follow me." Lu Xu glanced at her, his voice flat and without any fluctuation. "A palace maid was burned to death a few days ago, but some people saw her still walking around the palace. Now people are panicked, and even the emperor and queen were alarmed. Previously, the dense forest case was handled by Jin Yiwei, so the matter was handed over to our department."

"Another borrowed corpse to resurrect the soul?" Wen Jiu frowned slightly. He followed his master all over the country and never came across a few cases of borrowed corpses to resurrect the soul. Why do they appear so frequently in Beijing today? Are the ghosts here so powerful?

"Lu is not familiar with these techniques."

Wen Jiu lowered his head and said nothing. If he were to borrow a corpse to bring back the soul, with Lu Xu here, he would just waste a few talismans.

It's just that the palace has many eyes and ears, so be careful.

"This is where the palace maid was burned to death."

The place where the incident occurred was not far from the Imperial Garden. Wen Jiu raised his eyes and looked at the mess, ruins, and charred blackness.

"But after being burned to death, there is still a complete body walking around in the palace?" Wen Jiu frowned slightly, this seemed to be contrary to common sense...

"We have to ask our Miss Wen for advice on this kind of thing." Lu Xu turned to look at her.

"It's impossible. Even if there is a theory of resurrecting a corpse, it must look like it was just dead. What if..." Wen Jiu said almost without thinking.

"Shh!" Wen Jiugang wanted to continue saying something, but was interrupted by Lu Xu.

I saw him looking towards the hidden place in the grass with murderous intent on his face, and shouted sternly: "Who?"

Zhou Silouwu behind him heard the sound and rushed towards that place quickly.

Their skills were extremely good, and the palace maid was escorted to Lu Xu within a short time.

"Sir, please forgive me, I just...just came to see Sister Liuzhu..."

Lu Xu's voice was like a cold pool on a winter night, and even Wen Jiu was horrified when he heard it: "Which palace are you from? Everyone is in danger now, how dare you come here?"

"Your Excellency, you must be aware! This servant has a close relationship with Sister Liuzhu. This is something that many people in the palace know. Look, this is the veil her mother embroidered for her. It is the most important thing to her!"

Shiliu quickly took out the handkerchief from her sleeve. It was accidentally dropped on the ground when Liuzhu came to the kitchen in a hurry that day.

"This slave admits that she saw the master walking this way and followed her on purpose. I hope the master can help Sister Liuzhu find out the truth!"

"Detain him first." Lu Xu said expressionlessly.

After the people left, he turned to look at Wen Jiu, "What do you think?"

"My lord, please don't let what happened last time interfere with your thinking of solving the case. Most things in this world are done by living people."

"Then how do you explain the corpse of the deceased walking in the palace?"

"Someone is lying." Wen Jiu's eyes were light and he seemed to see something clearly.

"You mean no one saw her at all?" Lu Xu's eyes narrowed.

"It's impossible, sir. Many people have seen it. We can't all be lying." Lou Wu scratched his head. Why are these recent cases so weird?

"Perhaps, the person is not dead at all." Wen Jiu had just carefully looked at the relics provided by the palace maid, "If the veil was the most precious thing of the deceased during his lifetime, how could he not take a look at it if it was lost?"

"What do you mean?"

"There is no trace of ghost on the veil. I'm afraid this person is not dead at all."

　More, more, more!

　　
  　
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