A female coroner arrived at the Jingzhao Prefecture.

Chapter 86 The Secrets of the Liu Family (2)

Recalling this, Liu Xiao's tone became anxious again, "Ever since my sister-in-law became pregnant, Yiyi has been constantly anxious and occasionally babbling incoherently, saying things like, 'Whether she's dead or not, she'll be next,' which I couldn't understand. When I asked her what she meant, she wouldn't say, she just hugged me and kept crying. Soon after, one of the maids in the manor disappeared, and a few days later, another one went missing. They were all servants who had signed life contracts, so they couldn't just run away for no reason. I wanted to investigate the reason, but before I could take any action, Yiyi also disappeared!"

"For the past two months, I've publicly claimed that Huang Shi has been divorced and dismissed from the household because she has no children. In reality, I've been secretly searching for Yi Yi, but to no avail. Yi Yi has vanished into thin air, just like those two maids! On September 10th, my sister-in-law suddenly came to me, saying that her father, Li Mu, had disappeared. We discussed it and wondered how so many people could have gone missing. All the strange things that have happened in the past two years seem abnormal upon closer examination. We've not only been passive but also manipulated and controlled by others. There must be some unspeakable secret hidden behind this!"

"In a fit of anger, I went to my father and mother to question them, but my father not only didn't offer a single explanation, but also grounded me and forbade me from seeing my sister-in-law. So, I felt more and more that something was wrong with my father, something was wrong with my older brother, something was wrong with my Yiyi, and something was wrong with our whole family, from top to bottom!"

"I made up my mind that I had to find Yiyi and figure everything out. I didn't want to live in a daze! So, I pretended to repent and tricked my father into lifting the restrictions on me. I secretly met with my sister-in-law to discuss how we could work together to break this deadlock. She said that we were caught in the middle of it all, like looking at flowers through a fog, unable to see the whole picture. Moreover, I had a weakness: as long as I had family members alive, I couldn't go all out to find the truth. So, my sister-in-law decided to sacrifice herself. She not only wanted to die willingly, but she wanted to die spectacularly, so that the whole world would know!"

"So, we made a meticulous plan, trying our best to make it a cold case and a big case, and each of us arranged for a servant to assist us. My sister-in-law instructed me that after the matter was accomplished, if we found her father and he was still alive, I should send him back to his hometown in Suzhou to live out his days. In the middle of the plan, I was ambushed. When I woke up, I rushed to Yuntai Mountain. When I heard that my sister-in-law's body had been hung on the temple gate with copper nails, I was completely stunned!"

“I don’t know who replaced me, but I’m convinced that the person who controls my family behind the scenes has planted eyes around me, watching me every moment! I dare not make any rash moves. I pretended nothing was wrong and returned to the mortuary. While Granny Yang was out, I opened my elder brother’s coffin, only to find it empty. The next day, I secretly sneaked back into the city to inquire about the situation and learned that Lord Li Mu had been murdered for several days!”

"From this, I had a bad feeling; I was afraid that Yiyi..."

Liu Xiao suddenly choked up and became incoherent. He grabbed Song Shuyu's clothes tightly, tears streaming down his face. "My lord, I... I was wrong. I knew that Shuanzi, Sanhu, and the others would confess sooner or later and lead you to the mortuary. I heard that the female coroner under your command is intelligent and shrewd, and she showed her talent when examining corpses at Yuntai Temple. So I wanted to try it myself. If she is really as rumored, then my Yiyi... can we find her?"

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