Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 19 Serial Rape and Murder Case

Yan Ci was alone when she came in the evening. Apart from her clothes, she only had a Ning sword. Now she had a few pages of piano music, two bottles of medicine and a roll of white cotton cloth. Apart from that, she didn't take anything else.

But she was traveling alone and could do without anything except money.

Moreover, she has not recovered from her serious injuries, and she will have to spend money on treatment and medicine.

That's why she wanted to see Liu.

Liu had promised her before that she would give her a sum of money as long as she was willing to stay and replace Chaolu's identity.

Now that she was planning to leave, it was time for Liu to settle the remuneration.

However, she did not wait for Liu, but waited for the butler Chaofu instead.

Two officials followed behind him.

Chaofu saluted with his hands crossed and said respectfully.

"Second Madam, someone has come to the government office and specifically wants to see you."

Yan Ciwan was very surprised: "Why do people from the government want to see me? What happened?"

Chaofu replied in a serious tone, "Recently, a series of young girls have been raped and murdered in the city. One of the victims is your maid, Lan Ying. The government wants to ask you about Lan Ying."

Lan Ying? Yan Ciwan felt that this name was very familiar.

She thought about it carefully and soon remembered that in that strange precognitive dream, the last two people Chaolu mentioned before committing suicide by taking poison were her mother and Lan Ying.

This maid named Lan Ying should be very important to Chaolu.

And everything indicates that reality is one step closer to the scene in the dream.

Yan Ciwan still has her own things to do and cannot be involved in the trouble of the court. She must leave here immediately!

Originally, she was planning to quietly leave the court, but now the government suddenly came knocking on her door, and implicated her in a major case of serial rape and murder, so it was impossible for her to leave quietly.

Yan Ci Wan thought quickly. Since the government had already intervened, she might as well go with the flow and use the government's power to help her escape.

Zhao Fu looked at the two officials who followed him and said helplessly, "You all saw it, it's not that my master doesn't cooperate with the investigation, it's that my second mother is really seriously injured and can't move. If you have any questions, just ask here."

In fact, given Chao Yuanzhi's status, these low-ranking officials had no qualifications to enter the backyard of the imperial court to question him.

But this recent serial rape and murder case caused quite a stir, and even the chief of the Internal Guards, who came to Xiangzhou from Chang'an on business, knew about it.

Upon hearing that the Grand Councilor had already inquired into the case, the Governor of Xiangzhou felt under great pressure and urged his officials to investigate the case as soon as possible.

As a recorder and military advisor, Chao Yuanzhi cannot hold his superiors back at this time and must give his full support.

Therefore, when the government officials came to his house, Chao Yuanzhi not only could not use his power to pressure them, but he also had to pretend to cooperate with the investigation and allow them to interrogate him at will.

Chaofu pointed at the middle-aged man wearing light blue official uniform and with a stern temperament and introduced him.

"This is the judicial assistant, Wei Lansheng."

Then he pointed to another tall and sturdy square-faced man wearing a plain black official uniform and introduced him.

"This is the captain of the police, Gao Dahai."

Yan Ci Wan's gaze paused on the two of them for a moment, and soon lowered her brows. She remembered these two faces. In that strange precognitive dream, among the constables and palace soldiers who broke into the palace and captured Chao Lu, there happened to be these two people in front of her.

She said softly, "Please take a seat, gentlemen."

This was the first time Wei Lansheng and Gao Dahai met the second wife of the Chao family.

They looked Yan Ciwan up and down and saw that she was pale, thin, and moved slowly. She seemed to be injured, so they believed Chaofu's words.

The two sat down, Gao Dahai spread out paper and pen, ready to take notes.

Wei Lansheng began to ask: "Chao Erniang, did you already know that Lan Ying was raped and murdered?"

Chaofu quietly winked at Yan Ciwan, indicating that she should answer that she didn't know.

Wei Lansheng keenly noticed Yan Ciwan's gaze. He immediately turned his head and looked at Chaofu sharply.

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