The day after Yin Xiu and the others broke into the forbidden palace and came back, the city gate of Yujing was still free to enter and exit, but the inside was completely changed.
From the princes and ministers to the common people, the masters of the inner circle led by Di Wei joined forces with the nine admirals to almost turn the entire Yujing upside down.
Fortunately, this place is considered to be at the feet of the emperor, and the masters in the palace did not go too far. Otherwise, tens of thousands of people would have been imprisoned for "colluding with the White Lotus Sect".
The Ren family mansion where Yin Xiu and the others lived was indeed remote to an extent, and even this dragnet-like search did not reach their door.
"Oh, I haven't suffered such a crime in many years. Even when the foreigners came in, they were never so unreasonable."
The waiter in the teahouse looked at the noisy scene outside, shook his head, and then turned to greet the guests in the store.
Yin Xiuzheng was sitting inside and asked him with a smile: "Has your place been searched?"
"Hi! Sir, you don't know."
The clerk complained bitterly, "Even when there are no criminals, they come here every three days. It doesn't matter if it's a festival or the child is one month old. But the nephew of his third aunt's relative has his hair shaved. These bastards want to call you too." It’s a gift.”
With that said, the waiter went to refill tea for them.
"Is this really true?"
Yin Xiu glanced at Ren Qi.
Ren Qi looked unhappy, "I never ask them for it."
"Then you are a good person."
Yin Xiu sighed, thinking that Ren Qi was not that bad yet.
"But I will remember those who don't give gifts." Ren Qi added.
"That's because I misunderstood you."
Yin Xiu held her chin with her hand, "To be honest, I feel that now is the best time to enter the Inner Forbidden Palace again."
"Are you looking for death?"
Ren Qi glanced at him, "You think the most dangerous place is the safest place, because the number of people is always limited, so they will send extra manpower to protect two places, one is the emperor's palace, and the other is the black Where is the emperor's son, right?
You just want to rely on this difference to find the location of the Black Emperor. However, I dare say that as long as we dare to go in at this time, we will be surrounded by the masters of Ouchi as soon as we climb over the wall, and then those old monsters in the palace..."
"I know."
Yin Xiu deliberately provoked him, "I've told you everything. As you say, we will buy a house in Yujing, get a few wives, get married and have children, and wait until those old monsters die of old age before we go in?" ”
Ren Qi smiled coldly, "I just said you can't climb over the wall to get in. I didn't say you couldn't use other methods. Do you think I escaped from the Forbidden Palace by climbing over the wall like last time?"
Yin Xiu frowned, "Did you always skip school when you were a child? Do you like to climb over the wall so much?"
He then thought of a convenient door that heroes and heroes would use.
"Dog hole."
"Don't say it so harshly."
Ren Qi said displeased: "And to be precise, it should be a secret passage.
I think it might be a passage for concubines to steal people, or for eunuchs to resell palace treasures. Of course, it might also be a secret passage for the former Ming emperor to escape.
Anyway, that's what happened. The secret passage is probably still in the palace and has not been discovered. ”
"Then didn't you tell me earlier?"
Yin Xiu pretended to be annoyed, "If I had known we would have gone in through a secret passage, why would we have to climb over the wall and walk like those young men?"
"A gentleman talks about his heart but not his deeds. No matter what method he uses, as long as he can achieve his goal, it will be fine."
Ren Qi was rarely so straightforward. He said: "I don't take the secret passage mainly because there are too many people at the entrance of the secret passage."
"Can there be more people than the Great Inner Forbidden Palace?"
"That was once the residence of Princess Jinhua."
"Princess Jinhua?"
Yin Xiu searched for this name in her mind and finally remembered the rumors about her.
"Oh, you were the one who..."
"Not me!"
There was a rare anger in Ren Qi's eyes, "I'm running for my life, how can I have time to do such a thing?"
Yin Xiu stared at him, "In other words, if you didn't run away, you would..."
"I won't..."
Feeling that Ren Qi could hardly hold back his anger, Yin Xiu stopped talking.
He just asked: "Then tell me, who raped and killed Princess Jinhua?"
"How do I know?"
Ren Qi said angrily: "There is no room for good people in this world. Those who are capable and successful are all born bad.
So maybe it was some perverted murderer who did it. There are many people like them, and I have arrested quite a few. ”
"That's it..."
Although Yin Xiu had never seen the beautiful Princess Jinhua, hearing about the tragic death of a young girl in her prime made her feel pity from the bottom of her heart.
"Actually..."
Ren Qi suddenly said again, "I have thought about investigating before, but I am running for my life and I am on Hong Kong Island, so I can't do anything."
"Oh? Do you want to find out this time?"
"It's not that simple."
Ren Qi is not confident that the truth will be found. "More than eight years have passed since the incident. Everything has changed. It is normal that nothing can be found."
"But you want to see it, don't you?"
"You think you know me well?"
Ren Qi snorted coldly, "But the entrance to the secret passage is indeed at the Princess's Mansion, we can go and have a look."
"Why don't you leave then?"
Yin Xiu threw a tea money on the table, turned around and walked out.
Ren Qi followed behind and went to the Princess's Mansion with him.
Princess Jinhua was the most favored daughter of the previous emperor, so she was rewarded with an entire mansion located in the east city of Yujing.
However, after something happened to Princess Jinhua, this mansion was given to another Baylor to live in. This house in Yujing, like Princess Jinhua's reputation, declined silently as time went by.
That Belle is an unknown royal family. He belongs to the category of people who are not much more than him, and no one pays attention to anyone less than him. Therefore, he was sent to such a haunted house to get rid of.
Like others, he eats, drinks, goes whoring, gambles, fights cockfights and lacks dogs. He is a standard member of the royal family who has nothing to do.
Such a person is destined to not attract the attention of others, which makes it easier for Yin Xiu and Ren Qi to sneak in.
Still climbing over the wall, Yin Xiu followed Ren Qi, letting him walk into each area as if introduced by a tour guide, taking him back to his old place.
After a while, they arrived in front of a room.
Ren Qi's face was cold, "That room is Princess Jinhua's boudoir."
"Go in and take a look?" Yin Xiu suddenly became curious.
"Is it necessary?"
Saying this, Ren Qi took Yin Xiu forward, gently opened a window, and got in.
As soon as he entered the room, Yin Xiu frowned and looked at Ren Qi.
Ren Qi was also very unhappy. He glanced at the smoked black roof and smelled the stench in the air. He immediately recognized what it was.
"That bastard smoked dirt here and made it smoky." "He probably just left."
Yin Xiu pointed to the smoke gun beside the bed. The smoke oil on it had not yet solidified.
"The royal family can no longer live without this thing."
Ren Qi looked at the surrounding decorations and felt that this room had no connection with a girl's boudoir.
The two stood in this room for a while. There were no clues or connections about the murder case. I am afraid that after Princess Jinhua's accident, the whole room was cleaned up.
In this case, it is more important for them to go to the entrance of the secret passage.
Ren Qi pointed to the right, where there was a well.
"There is a hole in the wall of the well that is invisible to people above. After coming out from the other end of the palace, you have to crawl forward here, then plunge into the water, and then climb up along the wall of the well."
"Is this possible for those concubines?" Yin Xiu asked doubtfully.
"I don't know. Anyway, I saw a lot of bloody fingernail prints on the well wall. I think many people have tried it but failed."
"Oh, that's really painful."
Yin Xiu shook his head and signaled Ren Qi to prepare to leave.
At this moment, they heard a sudden noise in the well.
There was a gurgling sound of bubbles, as if something was about to emerge from under the water.
Ren Qi was most familiar with this voice, so he immediately pulled Yin Xiu and motioned for him to find a place to hide.
【I’m going to attack you! I have only been in Yujing for a few days, and I have spent a year hiding behind me. 】
Thinking this, Yin Xiu jumped up and jumped onto the beam.
Ren Qi dodged and hid behind a screen.
After they all hid themselves, a figure appeared outside the door, somewhat hunched over.
As the door was gently pushed open, a stooped, short, middle-aged man with sparse hair and bulging eyes like goldfish eyes stood at the door.
He was dripping wet and had obviously come out of the well.
However, when he stepped into the room, a burst of light smoke steamed up from his body. His whole body was instantly dry, not a drop of water was brought in.
What a powerful inner strength!
Yin Xiu has noticed that this person is good.
Ren Qi also stared at him closely. There are always various masters in this world who can't even master the sticky rod, so none of them can't be underestimated.
Goldfish Eyes walked into the house and went straight to the bed.
However, instead of lying on the bed, he got under the bed and let out a comfortable groan.
Yin Xiu and Ren Qi both looked confused, wondering what the guy was doing.
Until the man sighed again.
"Princess Jinhua, after so many years, I still remember your soft skin, refreshing fragrance, your voice, and your warmth, as if it was just yesterday."
Hearing this, Yin Xiu felt a chill in her heart. At the same time, she also realized that the goldfish eyes might be related to this matter.
Because some murderers just like to stay at their crime scenes and take a look around to reminisce about their previous murders
of "happiness".
Ren Qi even put his hand on the sword.
It was just a little bit of murderous aura flowing out, but it was immediately felt by the goldfish eyes.
Without hesitation, he jumped out from under the bed, like a long snake emerging from the ground and scurrying out close to the ground.
This time, Ren Qi finally recognized who he was.
Tie Dihu, Sima He, the famous flower-picking thief in the North!
In this way, Ren Qi also understood that this person was the person who killed Princess Jinhua before, and Ren Qi had been carrying the blame for more than eight years.
With anger gushing out of his eyes, Ren Qi drew out his sword and stabbed Sima He in the throat with a flash of cold light.
Blocked by this sword, Sima He arched his body backwards, stopped abruptly, kicked off his feet again, and forced to change direction.
However, Ren Qi's sword was like a poisonous snake sticking to the bone, coming back again.
Sima He turned around, his waist was stabbed and picked by the sword, and a token fell when he dodged.
Ren Qi's pupils shrank even more when he saw this token.
This brand is clearly the token of an Ouchi master.
"This man is also a monster hiding in the Forbidden Palace!"
Ren Qi shouted, and Yin Xiu also jumped down from the beam, reaching out to catch Sima He.
However, Sima He was really surprisingly fast. He moved his feet a little bit and changed direction. Like a loach, he turned his head and slapped Yin Xiu in the blink of an eye.
Yin Xiu felt the strong wind behind her and immediately rolled forward to avoid it.
However, this time he had lost his position and had no chance to pursue Sima He.
Sima He smashed a window, laughed boldly, and jumped to the roof.
But as soon as he jumped up, there was another cold light stabbing behind him. This sword was like a flying fire meteor, with uncontrollable anger. The tip of the sword trembled and buzzed, like weeping and complaining, and there seemed to be endless sorrow and sorrow.
Sima He saw this cold light from the corner of his eyes, but he only felt that this moment seemed to have passed for a long time.
It reminded him of his previous love, hatred and desire for Princess Jinhua. He recalled the comfortable and refreshing days when he returned to the Great Inner Forbidden Palace after committing an offense using the token.
Soon, the memory disappeared in a blink of an eye, and his life disappeared with it.
Ren Qiyi wiped Sima He's neck with his sword, and blood spurted out from his neck like a fountain.
By the time Yin Xiu came out of the room, Sima He had already fallen to the ground, just trembling and trembling with his body's instinct, and after a while he was motionless again.
"That's him."
Yin Xiu didn't even need to touch his blood to activate [Bloody Memories] to confirm that such a bastard raped and killed Princess Jinhua.
Ren Qi did not dwell on this issue anymore, and just said to Yin Xiu: "He probably has many secrets of the Great Inner Forbidden Palace. If you are interested, you can explore it."
"That's what I was going to do."
Yin Xiu searched him first and found several bundles of hair. It seemed that Sima He had put some women's hair on him as trophies.
Before casting [Bloody Memories], Yin Xiu glanced at Ren Qi who was wiping his sword with his head lowered.
"That's great."
"What's good?"
Ren Qi stopped moving.
"I mean, in this case, the suspicion on you will be cleared and your innocence will be cleared."
"Oh, it's boring. Should I grab a corpse and go to see the official? There is no proof of death."
Ren Qi snorted coldly: "What does it have to do with what other people think? It doesn't matter whether they think I did it or not. It doesn't matter what you think."
"But it means a lot to you."
Yin Xiu smiled, "As you said, a gentleman's heart is not about his traces. Now that the truth has been found out, it can be regarded as an explanation to Princess Jinhua."
As he used his skills, he entered a state of trance and began to search for the location of the Black Emperor's son through Sima He's memory.
"What should I give her an explanation for? Are you free?"
Ren Qi was still disdainful and continued to lower his head and clean his sword. (End of chapter)