Li Qingmu looked at the large pit that appeared out of thin air on the ground and was stunned for a long ti, unsure of what to say. Did Lord Zhao step on a landmine for him first?
He hurried to the edge of the pit.
The pit was very deep, and the space inside seed larger than it appeared from the outside, making the inside a bit dimly lit. He saw Zhao ngran rolling around on the ground, screaming in pain.
"Quick, rescue him!"
Li Qingmu shouted, quickly instructing others to fetch a rope to pull him up.
"Lord Zhao? Lord Zhao, hurry, grab the rope, we’ll pull you up!"
"Oh, it hurts so much, almost broke my old back... Mr. Li, thank you, thank you... ah ah ah..."
The rope was thick, and Zhao ngran only needed to tie the rope around his waist to be pulled up. But just as he secured the rope, he suddenly scread, as if seeing sothing terrifying.
"Lord Zhao, what’s wrong?"
The light below was dim, coupled with the perspective problem here. It was unclear what Zhao ngran saw.
"A ghost—"
Monts later, Zhao ngran’s hysterical screams echoed.
Well...
Li Qingmu’s face twitched, speechless; is it really that scary?
"Go down, bring Lord Zhao up!"
"Yes!"
The little eunuch climbed down the rope and then also let out a series of piercing screams.
"Mr. Li, a dead person, another dead person, so scary, too scary, her death is more grueso than the one above!"
"Co up first, let’s talk later?"
"Okay, okay..."
Holding the rope, Zhao ngran was pulled up, and Li Qingmu could hear Zhao ngran’s teeth chattering, his face filled with terror.
Li Qingmu looked at him with curiosity.
Zhao ngran swallowed and said: "The one below... was pressed under . All the bones in her body were smashed, crushed, and she lay limp on the ground like a flattened bug. If you don’t look closely, it’s hard to tell it’s a person..."
With the latter words, Zhao ngran’s voice carried sobs.
Li Qingmu was shocked, is it really that scary? It seed just like that!
He didn’t realize it. For soone seasoned in battlefield bloodshed, this was naturally no big deal, but Zhao ngran was a pampered official who had never seen such cruelty. His loss of composure was normal.
"Go, bring the corpse up!"
Several eunuchs looked at each other but remained silent.
"What’s there to be afraid of? Are you all afraid of a dead person? If everyone’s this afraid, who dares to use you for their work?"
With a few simple phrases, Li Qingmu struck a chord, and these eunuchs were frightened, worrying that their weakness and uselessness would be reported to their masters, ending any hopes of promotion.
So, soone plucked up the courage to go down and bring the corpse up.
Then Li Qingmu felt his scalp crawl. He wasn’t afraid but thought the death was truly grueso.
All the bones were smashed inch by inch, lying like mush. As for the clothes, they were tattered and soaked in blood, turning dried black-red.
"She was brutally beaten to death, and the thods used were so severe they didn’t let her die imdiately but instead made her die painfully as her bones shattered, thus her expression is even more ferocious, and her skin has a layer of dried blood on it."
During the flogging, each blow would send the body’s blood rushing out, and when the pressure reached a peak, the skin would crack and bleed.
"Such a thod, truly inhuman!"
After hearing Li Qingmu’s explanation, Zhao ngran couldn’t help but gasp, filled with righteous indignation.
Who could be this vicious? To commit such an act?
He must bring the mastermind to justice!
"Lord Zhao, the first thing we must do now is to check if anyone else nearby has died. As long as they died gruesoly, it’s related to this matter. Second, verify their identities, see which palace gate’s maids they belonged to. Third, examine their cause of death specifically, checking for poison or anything else."
"Mr. Li, brilliant!"
Just a few steps and Zhao ngran was in awe of Li Qingmu, incredibly formidable, thodical, and logical, facing everything calmly, wise and smart...
Thinking of his own ghost-like screaming earlier, Zhao ngran felt a wave of sha.
"Go, do what Mr. Li said imdiately!"
Chief Clerk Wang Qi was right by. With two leading figures present, he was a minor figure who definitely wouldn’t vie for attention.
Now he was needed, and he stepped forward imdiately.
This man was very astute.
Li Qingmu and Zhao ngran waited here for half an hour; Wang Qi returned, panting and wiping sweat from his forehead, saying: "Lord Zhao, Mr. Li, I checked, just these two people died.
They were cleaning maids outside Kunyuan Palace. I also investigated; they were good people, truly perplexing why soone would commit such a vicious act against them?"
"So, this isn’t revenge killing? Why then? Or did they hear or see sothing they shouldn’t have?"
Zhao ngran fell into doubt.
"In my opinion, perhaps there’s more to their deaths!"
Zhao ngran was startled, saying: "Mr. Li, so words are not to be spoken recklessly!"
However, just as he finished, a palace maid suddenly rushed over like a madwoman, exclaiming: "Haha, hahaha... Yes, it’s them. They’re back for revenge, ahahaha... Die, die, die! You all must die, everyone must die! No one can escape, you must die, you too must die, even the Empress, they all must die, hahaha..."
Zhao ngran’s face twitched furiously. He had just told Li Qingmu not to speak recklessly, but now the situation developed exactly as he said, a complete slap to the face.
Zhao ngran felt his face burning.
Li Qingmu said calmly: "Catch that crazy maid, don’t let her babble everywhere."
"No, don’t catch , none of you catch , I am the ssenger of Heaven, I am her walking embodint of justice on earth, I am here to eliminate evil, slay demons, don’t touch ! Whoever dares touch won’t die well! Hahaha..."
This palace maid, sohow gathering strength, broke free from the two eunuchs trying to catch her and scread madly.
The eunuchs heard her hysterical words, montarily afraid to approach.
Li Qingmu frowned, appearing impatient, unwilling to waste words with them, he rushed forward and chopped down on her neck directly.
The person quietened down, Li Qingmu said coldly: "Watch her closely, also, have Mr. Shen Chong examine her to see if she’s possessed or poisoned!"
After giving instructions, Li Qingmu returned to Li Mansion and spoke to Long Yue about it.
"Perhaps if Master cos, he could see sothing?"
Long Yue said instinctively, but regretted it imdiately after.
She couldn’t, she couldn’t drag Master into this anymore.
"Let go to the palace to check!"
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