Chapter 691 Like the shadow of a pregnant woman
After Mu Wanxi left Yizhuang and returned to the Princess Mansion, he had someone send out a notice.
A large reward is being offered for clues about the recent serial murders. If useful clues can be provided, the reward will be a thousand taels.
Then she ordered the garrison in the city to strengthen patrols at night.
For a time, because of this matter, people in the imperial capital were panicked.
The murderer was too cruel, and his target was not specific at all. He relied entirely on his own preferences. This was simply too terrifying and easy to kill.
However, no more bodies appeared in the next two days.
Mu Wanxi also received clues from various people who came for the bounty, but all of them turned out to be false clues.
On this day, in the backyard, Mu Wanxi was sitting on the swing watching three little kids practicing martial arts. Liao Jiu hurried over and came to Mu Wanxi's side, bent down and said in her ear : "Princess, there is a watchman who said that he would provide a clue and do not want a reward. I think it is somewhat credible."
Mu Wanxi knew that if it was not credible, Liao Jiu would not be credible either. Will come to annoy her.
Standing up, Mu Wanxi said to Liao Jiu: "Is anyone in the front hall?"
"Yes." Liao Jiu nodded.
Front room.
A ragged old man sat on a chair with restraint and looked at the gorgeous furnishings around him. He was so nervous that he had nowhere to put his hands.
Mu Wanxi walked slowly to the front hall. When the old man saw Mu Wanxi, he quickly stood up from his chair and knelt down to Mu Wanxi: "Your Royal Highness, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"
"Without courtesy, old man, please sit down." Mu Wanxi said softly.
Despite Mu Wanxi's gentle attitude, the old man was still very reserved. This was his first time dealing with such a big shot. "Old man, my princess is very gentle and doesn't eat people." Tangyuan, who was following Mu Wanxi, said with a smile, "The princess asks you to sit down, so you can sit down. Xiaoxiao, give this old man some tea."
Shen Chun, who followed the glutinous rice balls, nodded obediently and went to make tea.
After the tea came up, the old man took a sip of tea. His dry throat felt much better, and his mood became more stable.
At this time, Mu Wanxi asked: "Old man, you said you have clues to provide, and you don't want the reward?"
There are many people who have come to defraud the reward recently, but you don't want to provide clues? This old man is the only one receiving the bounty.
The old man nodded, looked at Mu Wanxi with some cloudy eyes, and said: "To be honest with the princess, Cao Min is a lonely man, and it is useless to ask for so much silver. Cao Min just wants peace of mind now. "
Mu Wanxi nodded and said with a smile: "That old man. Tell me, I am all ears."
The old man calmed down his emotions for a while, and then said tremblingly: "Cao Min is a watchman, and the fifth corpse was actually discovered by Cao Min. When the corpse was found, the grass people also saw other things.”
He originally thought that what he saw was an illusion, but since it was an illusion, why did he always think of that shadow intentionally or unintentionally.
Later, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the shadow was not his hallucination, so he came to provide clues.
Thinking of that terrifying shadow, the old man felt uncontrollable fear.
"Old man, don't be nervous first." Mu Wanxi saw the old man's fear and nervousness, and said slowly, "Speak slowly, don't be afraid."
"The grassroots have seen it. A shadow." The old man swallowed and said, his eyes slightly widened with horror. "It looked like the shadow of a pregnant woman, but it didn't look like a human being because the limbs were very thin and the belly was very special. ”
(End of this chapter)