Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 431
Xue Qinglin rushed to the door of the back hall angrily, only to see that the door of the back hall was wide open, and the corpses of several house slaves lay in front of the door.

In the hall, the tables and chairs were broken, the bookshelves were overturned, and the books were scattered all over the place. The secret door was opened, revealing the dark room inside.

Xue Qinglin sat down on the ground like a deflated ball.

Several house slaves walked in quickly, and one of them said softly, "Master Hou, what should we do now? Report, report to the officials."

Xue Qinglin jumped up and slapped him hard: "Report to your mother's officer, you are afraid that I will not die!"

The house slave covered his face, and hurriedly took a few steps back in fright.

Xue Qinglin stared at him viciously, and after a while, the fierce light in his eyes gradually faded, and he sighed, "Go and see if there is anyone alive in the mansion."

The servants agreed and ran out of the back hall.

Xue Qinglin took a deep breath, thinking quietly.

The house slave walked slowly towards the east wing room where Feng Wanchun lived, and when he entered the room, he heard a "bang", the door closed, the house slave screamed in surprise, a cold light flashed, and a steel knife was inserted into his chest. heart.

Hearing the sound, Xue Qinglin ran towards the east wing, rushed into the room, and was immediately stunned by the scene before him.

The body of a house slave was nailed to the door with a steel knife, his eyes were wide open, as if they were about to fly out of their sockets.Xue Qinglin turned around and looked around in horror.

The house was empty, and there was silence all around.

He swallowed lightly, and tightened the steel knife in his hand.

Suddenly, another scream came from the direction of the back hall.

Xue Qinglin jumped up like a frightened rabbit and ran away.

In front of the back hall, a house slave ran forward unsteadily, screaming "He He".

Xue Qinglin rushed towards him: "What's wrong?"

The house slave stopped and looked up.

Only now did Xue Qinglin see clearly that the slave had a steel knife stuck in his chest, and his body was shaking.

Xue Qinglin gasped, and asked in a trembling voice, "Yes, who is it?"

The house slave intermittently said: "Yes, yes, ah..."

Before he could finish speaking, his body fell to the ground with a "bang".

Xue Qinglin jumped up and screamed into the air: "Who are you? Who are you? Stand in front of Lord Hou! I'm going to kill you! Kill you!!"

Another scream came from the main hall.

Xue Qinglin roared hysterically, pulled out the steel knife from the body of the dead slave, and rushed towards the main hall.

A house slave stood upright in front of the screen in the main hall, a blood hole was opened in his chest, and blood spurted out wildly.

Xue Qinglin rushed into the door like crazy, his pupils were scattered, and he let out strange screams, and the steel knife in his palm slashed wildly at the seriously injured house slave, blood spattered everywhere in an instant, and the body of the house slave "bang" fell to the ground with a bang.

Xue Qinglin yelled wildly: "Come out, come out! I, Xue Qinglin, am the Marquis, I am not afraid of anyone, I am not afraid of anyone! I am the Marquis, the one conferred by the emperor..."

As he shouted, he swung the steel knife aimlessly, and the candlelight cast his shadow on the wall, like a devil dancing.

In the end, he staggered a few steps exhausted, sat down on the ground with a "plop", and muttered in his mouth: "I, I, I, Xue Qinglin, is Hou, Lord Hou..."

A pair of feet slowly walked in front of him.

Xue Qinglin raised his head and screamed suddenly: "It's you!"

In the darkness, a pair of eyes quietly watched what happened in the Hou Mansion.

……

Late at night, in a small courtyard in the city, several men in black were quietly guarding with steel knives in their arms.

The light in the main room was on, and Xiaoyun had finished washing and dressing, and changed into a blue robe, with a bandage hanging on his left arm.

There was a sound of chaotic footsteps outside, and she raised her head.

A masked man in a green robe strode in, and Xiao Yun hurriedly stood up: "Commander."

The green-robed man waved his hand at the black-clothed man behind him, and everyone exited the room and closed the door.

The green-robed man walked up to Xiaoyun and said, "Is your injury okay?"

Xiao Yun said, "Don't worry, I'm fine."

The man in Qingpao said: "Tonight, I led people to raid Pingnanhou's mansion, searched every corner, but did not find that letter."

Xiao Yun was startled: "What, raiding the Marquis Mansion?"

The green-robed man nodded: "Yes. If your identity hadn't been revealed, I wouldn't have made such a bad move."

Xiao Yun let out a long sigh and said, "It's because the subordinate is incompetent. He has been undercover for two years and failed to complete the task. Please punish him."

The green-robed man waved his hand and said, "Okay, I can't blame you. It seems that Xue Qinglin doesn't have that letter."

Xiaoyun said: "I think so too. During the two years in the Hou Mansion, I searched all the places, and finally found the dark room.

I sneaked in twice, searched every corner of the dark room, but found no trace.

You know, Xue Qinglin is an extremely conceited and suspicious person. If the letter is really in his hands, I believe he will never hide it elsewhere.Commander, I don't know if I should ask something? "

The green-robed man said, "Speak."

Xiaoyun asked: "Does this letter exist?"

The green-robed man pondered for a moment and said: "I can't say this, but if there is an order from above, we have to find it. And now that the above has come, she is very dissatisfied with us, and we can't find it anymore..."

Xiaoyun was taken aback: "The people above have already reached Wuping?"

The green-robed man nodded: "Yes, but there is no news at all."

Suddenly, Xiaoyun said: "In my opinion, the easiest way is to kill Xue Qinglin. Once this thief dies, the matter of faith will be over."

The man in Qingpao said: "It's not our problem to solve Xue Qinglin. Our task is to find that letter as soon as possible. Before that, Xue Qinglin must not die."

Xiao Yun asked, "Why?"

The green-robed man said: "I don't understand, as long as the surname Xue is alive, sooner or later we will be able to find out the whereabouts of the letter.

But once he died, the clues were completely cut off.

We can't find the letter, do you think the higher authorities can spare us? "

Xiaoyun sighed and nodded.

The green-robed man said: "Xiao Yun, think about it carefully, is there any other possibility?"

Xiaoyun pondered for a moment, then suddenly exclaimed: "Jin Niang!"

The green-robed man said nervously: "You mean that letter fell into Jinniang's hands!"

Xiaoyun said: "It is very possible, otherwise, with Xue Qinglin's identity and status, how could a little girl deserve such a big fight!"

The green-robed man said, "Where is this Jinniang now?"

Xiaoyun shook his head and said, "I don't know, according to Xue Qinglin, he escaped."

Suddenly, the green-robed man said: "Not good! Not good! This is what I'm most worried about. Xiaoyun, it's not too late. We must find out Jinniang's whereabouts as soon as possible!"

Xiao Yun said nervously: "Commander, there is one more thing I want to ask."

The green-robed man said, "Say it!"

Xiaoyun said: "How did you know that I fell into Xue Qinglin's hands?"

The green-robed man paused, and asked strangely: "Didn't you leave a message in the Lan Xin Pavilion and tell us Xue Qinglin's plan? I just arranged for Lan Xin Pavilion and Ping Nanhou Mansion to go together overnight."

Xiaoyun was stunned: "Me? The words I left?"

The green-robed man asked back: "Isn't it?"

Xiaoyun shook his head: "Yesterday, I was captured by Xue Qinglin when I visited the back hall at night, and I was kept in a dark room. I didn't know Xue Qinglin's plan, and I didn't go to Lanxin Pavilion to leave a message."

The green-robed man was stunned: "What? Didn't you leave that note?"

Xiao Yun said, "Of course not. Where is the note?"

The green-robed man hurriedly took out a note from his pocket and handed it over. Xiao Yun stretched out his hand to take it, looked it over, and gasped: "Who is it? Who left this note?"

The green-robed man waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about anything else, we must find Jinniang in the shortest possible time!"

(End of this chapter)