The useless daughter-in-law is going to turn the world upside down

Chapter 1284 The lantern is made of human skin
The pavilion was surrounded by personal guards ten meters away. The guards were burly and murderous.

Gan Yu took two steps in this direction, but was finally captured by the aura of the guards, so he shrank back.

Although Dongming Ziyu didn't let the local officials play with him, Chu Yanqing didn't dare to take it lightly and knew their itinerary well.

Therefore, Chu Yanqing came quickly with the servants.

Chu Yanqing came with officers and soldiers on fast horses. The horseshoes splashed the fragrance of flowers, and with the beautiful background, it was as if he had rushed out of a painting.

If there were no murders, it would be extremely beautiful.

Chu Yanqing got off the horse, held the front of the official robe, ran quickly to the front of the pavilion, knelt down and kowtowed: "I have seen the Supreme Emperor, Empress, and Eldest Princess."

The tourists who stayed to watch the situation saw that the magistrate knelt down and kowtowed. After being slightly shocked, they also knelt down and kowtowed to pay their respects.

Dongming Ziyu and the others did not hide their whereabouts all the way. When they came to Jinling, many ordinary people also got the news. There was a magistrate kneeling in front of them. None of them doubted the authenticity of their identities.

Chu Yanqing kowtowed and said: "The crime of the lower official deserves ten thousand deaths. I didn't expect that such a brutal murder case would happen under the rule of the lower official, and it also destroyed the elegance of the Supreme Emperor, the Empress Dowager and the Eldest Princess. Please punish the Supreme Emperor!"

Dongming Ziyu said coldly: "This kind of tragedy is not the first time, is it?"

Chu Yanqing froze, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and hurriedly said, "I want to report to the Supreme Emperor, there was indeed a similar serial murder and skinning case, and the lower officials have been working hard to catch the murderer, but the murderer is too cunning..."

"Okay!" Dongming Ziyu interrupted him to find an excuse, and said coldly: "As a parent official, it is your duty to maintain the safety of the place. This kind of serious life death case must be taken seriously. You are limited to solve the case as soon as possible and redeem your merits !"

"I'm convicted, I'll obey! We will solve the case as soon as possible!" Chu Yanqing kowtowed repeatedly, but secretly heaved a sigh of relief, as long as there is no deadline to solve the case.

Dongming Ziyu hummed lightly, and said: "The lonely people have sealed off the Qionghua Forest, and will cooperate with you to investigate the people at the scene. Later, the lonely people will send people to the government office to understand the situation."

Chu Yanqing hurriedly sent a rainbow fart, "The Emperor Taishang cares about the common people, it is really a kind heart and a blessing for all the people."

Dongming Ziyu hugged Ling Yu and stood up, "Go and do your work, there is no need to send each other off."

"Respectfully send off the Supreme Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and the Great Princess!" Chu Yanqing led the servants and tourists to kowtow and send them off, feeling relieved.

The most honored person in Daming is watching, they are really hard to work.

The family came here in high spirits, but returned in disappointment, and boarded the carriage for the return journey.

Snowball was nestling in a corner, snoring soundly.

Ling Yao got into the carriage, sat beside Xueqiu, pulled it up, and tugged at its ears, "What's going on here?"

Xueqiu was sleeping soundly, having her dreams disturbed, she let out a very resentful "meow".

Shangguan Ruoli smiled and said: "Okay, don't make things difficult for Xueqiu, didn't you follow the hidden guard? The road is inconvenient, let's talk about it when we go back."

When Ling Yao heard it, she smiled and smoothed Xueqiu's hair. It purred happily and continued to sleep soundly.

"Meow! Meow..." Ling Yu was envious, and stretched out her short arms to hug the snowball.

Ling Yao hurriedly turned away, Shangguan Ruoli took out a finger biscuit to attract her attention.

Ling Yu is neither serious nor serious, but she can't be allowed to play with snowballs, she likes to hold snowballs and stuff them into her mouth.

After returning to the other courtyard where they stayed, Xueqiu woke up and meowed at the frogs and bunny lanterns in the porch.

Shangguan Ruoli gave a "thud" in his heart, and an incredible thought appeared in his mind. He took the frog lantern in his hand and examined it carefully, "Is this cowhide? It's so delicate that it doesn't even have a pore?"

The cowhide used to make lanterns has to go through complicated processes, but with the current level of craftsmanship, can it be handled so well?
Ling Yao thought of Xueqiu's abnormal call to the lantern in the morning, and the skinned female corpse immediately appeared in her mind.

Busily picked up the little rabbit lantern and touched it. When her hand touched the skin of the lantern, she was stunned for a moment, but she still had a last hope, "It feels like fine leather, and it may have been ground. Cowhide, also kind of like fine sheepskin."

Shangguan Ruoli didn't dare to be careless, took out a dagger, gently cut a hole in the lantern, cut off a piece of leather, held it in his hand, observed the texture and texture of the leather surface, his expression gradually lost control.

Seeing the change in Shangguan Ruoli's expression, Dongming Ziyu raised his eyebrows: "What? Could it really be..."

Shangguan Ruoli's fingers froze for a moment, then he turned his head and looked at Dongming Ziyu: "I think it should be human skin."

As he said that, he looked at Xueqiu squatting on Ling Yao's shoulder, and asked, "Snowball, are you going to tell us that these are human skin lanterns? Huh?"

Snowball nodded solemnly, "Meow!"

A chill suddenly appeared on the back of Ling Yao's neck, and she thought it was incredible, but she still threw the lantern on the ground as if it was scalded.

A servant girl remembered that she was holding a human skin lantern around in the middle of the night, ran to a distance and vomited.

Most of the people present were used to seeing big scenes, and they had seen bloody scenes a lot, but now, with a few human skin lanterns in front of them, they were somewhat uneasy.

Dongming Ziyu immediately ordered: "Anyi, take people to that lantern shop, and control everyone there!"

"Yes!" An Yi hurriedly led the people away like a gust of wind.

Shangguan Ruoli ordered: "Put away all the lanterns you bought last night as evidence."

"Yes!" Zi Yan responded, wanting to tell the little maid under her command.

But the little maids all vomited, so they had to do it by themselves.

Dongming Ziyu entered the room, cleaned his hands, and then called out the secret guard who had brought Xueqiu out to question him.

The secret guard replied: "This subordinate took Xueqiu to the lady's house according to the address provided by the troublemaker woman, and found the lady's clothes to confirm the smell. I walked around the pier..."

"Get to the point!" Dongming Ziyu interrupted coldly.

The dark guard hurriedly simplified the process and said: "We were at the pier and found the back door of the prefect Chu's mansion all the way."

Dongming Ziyu's expression turned cold, and he exchanged a glance with Shangguan Ruoli.

The dark guard continued: "This subordinate originally wanted to go in and have a look, but Xueqiu suddenly ran out of the city until he reached the Qionghua Forest, where he met the masters."

Dongming Ziyu waved his hand slightly to let the dark guard back down.

Shangguan Ruoli frowned and said, "The first crime scene is in the Chu Mansion? Could it be that Chu Yanqing did it? Then it's no wonder that the serial skinning case has not been solved for several years."

Dongming Ziyu frowned slightly, and said, "Go and investigate tonight."

Then he ordered Mo Xiang to take people to surround Chu Yanqing's mansion, and if there is a chance, go in and check it out.

Ling Yao said: "I will take Xueqiu to check at night, the murderer must be a master anatomist."

(End of this chapter)