The Tianxiang Pavillion has been operating for many years, and although there have been occasional fights over the female perforrs, there have never been any murder cases. However, upon seeing the blood pooling on the floor and Chen Du’s expression of unwillingness to die, the girls at Tianxiang Pavillion panicked.
Shrieks and cries resounded continuously with so people running back and forth and others just dashing away. The place was in chaos for a brief period.
"No one is allowed to leave!"
A shout from outside broke through the noise—it was soone from the Inspection Departnt.
The Inspection Departnt is responsible for the safety and defense of the Capital City. Whenever small disturbances occur, it falls under their jurisdiction. However, when it cos to murder cases, they must first maintain order and then transfer the case to the Capital Governor Mansion. If the situation is serious, even the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Justice may get involved.
Tonight, the only son of Chen Fang’en, a second rank Official of the court, was found dead here; the affair would surely be difficult to manage.
As soon as the Inspection Departnt arrived, they surrounded Tianxiang Pavillion tightly, prohibiting any entry or exit. The place was instantly put under lockdown.
"Do not move, anyone who dares to act recklessly will be killed without rcy!"
The leader of the Inspection Departnt arrived, and upon seeing that the deceased was Chen Du, he felt a headache coming on. This was the only son of Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Chen Fang’en. He had gotten this precious son at the age of thirty, and now he’s gone. Wasn’t this as good as taking his life away?
It’s over, it’s over; I’m afraid he wouldn’t be able to continue as the Inspector Leader of the Inspection Departnt.
"Who is the killer, who is the killer?"
"He, it’s her! She just fought with Mr. Chen, kicked Mr. Chen, and then he died!"
"No, it wasn’t , it wasn’t !" cried a girl from Tianxiang Pavillion, accusing Lin Xu. In terror, Lin Xu shouted loudly, "It’s really not . I just pushed him lightly. I didn’t kill him, I didn’t kill him!"
"Mr. Lin, you... better co with us!"
Upon seeing Mr. Lin, the head of the Inspection Departnt also felt a headache coming on; these were all big shots, and he couldn’t handle them!
"Don’t grab , don’t grab , I didn’t kill the man; it really wasn’t ..."
"Yeah, he really didn’t kill the man. He just... kicked, how did the man die?"
"Boss, there’s a new discovery. Mr. Chen’s back got pierced by sothing... looks like a candlestick!"
At this mont, several soldiers from the Inspection Departnt examining the corpse had a new discovery. They flipped Chen Du’s body over from both sides.
Indeed, on his back was a candlestick stabbed right through his abdon.
"Logically, sothing as thin as a candlestick shouldn’t kill instantly. Could it be... poison! This thing is poisoned! Soone poisoned here! Search, search!"
With these words, people from the Inspection Departnt rushed into the crowd and started searching, making everyone in Tianxiang Building fearful.
Long Yue quietly watched all of this, while checking herself to prevent being frad.
This was a ga between the Third Prince and the Crown Prince, which she didn’t want to be involved in, nor did she care to partake.
However, as the tree wants to remain still but the wind does not cease, just as Long Yue finished examining, the people from the Inspection Departnt ca over. In their search, they surprisingly found a wax ball inside a pastry.
Long Yue saw them break open the snack with her own eyes, and inside was hidden a wax ball filled with poison identical to the poison on the candlestick!
"Did you poison this?"
The head of the Inspection Departnt looked at Long Yue coldly, as if she was dead.
To dare to poison and kill the only son of the Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice was not fearing death?
With a cool face, Long Yue said, "This pastry wasn’t brought by ; it was given by those from Tianxiang Pavillion. You found poison in the pastry; you should ask those from Tianxiang Pavillion, shouldn’t you?"
The head of the Inspection Departnt hesitated but then sneered and said, "The people at Tianxiang Pavillion wouldn’t do such a foolish thing; this matter is certainly related to you! Take her away!"
The head of the Inspection Departnt now just wanted to find a scapegoat, as he didn’t want to offend the Minister of Revenue, making Long Yue, who had no background forces, beco the scapegoat.
Long Yue felt like swearing. This was really avoiding trouble yet trouble found her! She glanced around, noticing others were accompanied, whereas she was alone, making her an easy target?
Ridiculous, truly ridiculous; how could she be easy to bully?
"Get lost!"
Seeing that two mbers of the Inspection Departnt were approaching to bind her, Long Yue shouted coldly, broke free from them, and pushed them to the side.
"Impudent, daring to resist, take her down!"
"I can find the murderer!"
Just a single sentence from Long Yue made everyone stunned, but the head of the Inspection Departnt didn’t want more complications, and only wanted to take Long Yue away.
He charged up on his own to seize Long Yue, and Long Yue naturally resisted. In the tussle, she accidentally pulled off her hairband, causing her long hair to fall instantly.
"This..." The head of the Inspection Departnt looked at the woman in front of him, dumbstruck, "You... you are a woman? Oh, pretending to be a man, you dare to sneak into Tianxiang Pavillion, you must be the..."
"Bang!"
Long Yue couldn’t stand it any longer and punched him hard.
"I ca to watch Miss Anxiang dance, what’s wrong with that? This place doesn’t prohibit won from coming, but I fancy so of the girls’ dance and musical skills, so I had to disguise myself as a man to co in. Because of this, you accuse of murder? You, the Inspector Leader of the Inspection Departnt, are really not competent!"
"Humph, you think you’re impressive? Fine, then. At that ti, find out who killed Mr. Chen for ? As long as you can catch the murderer, I’ll believe you’re innocent!"
Long Yue rolled her eyes, finding the murderer, do I need you to validate my innocence?
This person is really sick!
Long Yue stepped back, flicking her silky hair lightly, "The murderer is among the people here! You, seal off all the people here; no one is allowed to leave!"
She didn’t need to worry about this; with her words finishing, the people from the Inspection Departnt surrounded the second floor thoroughly.
Long Yue walked slowly to the candlestick, crouched down to examine: "This candlestick, judging by its angle of inclination slightly downward, was pressed when the other party placed it here. It can be seen the candlestick was placed here temporarily. It’s odd, that soone could accurately estimate Mr. Chen crashing into here? That’s weird!"
"Humph, definitely odd, so where is the murderer you ntioned?"
"The murderer... actually it’s quite simple, when Mr. Chen and Mr. Lin were scuffling and insulting each other, it was chaotic here. As long as the other party is quick and accurate, they could put the candlestick at the position Mr. Chen crashed into. In such haste, fingers would definitely have so candle debris. We just need to check everyone’s fingernails, then we can find the real murderer!"
"Makes sense!"
The head of the Inspection Departnt heard Long Yue analyze, finding it indeed plausible, for he has also seen fast movers who can place a candlestick at the first mont.
So, he waved, "Check, check everyone’s nails, none of them should be let go!"
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