Pursue and kill

  A fake corpse, a conspiracy surrounding Jing's family, no one knows what really happened.

  But Zhong Zong had already shown an attitude, a determination to thoroughly investigate the matter, and even went so far as to protect Jing Yuanner, the only remaining member of the Jing family in Chang'an.

  "Something's wrong, sir." A young servant hastily came to Pei Tan's side. "Just now, the coroner came to report that the corpse in the morgue has shown signs of deep decay."

  The morgue itself is a place where corpses are kept, built in the darkest and coldest place. Moreover, this corpse has a special identity and has been ordered by Pei Tan to be wrapped in ice for preservation. Besides, it's only been three days, how could the corpse possibly have deeply rotted?

  Jing Wan'er glanced at Pei Tan and subconsciously followed him.

  Upon arriving at the morgue door, a wave of putrid air first hit Pei Tan's face.

  After entering, the servant knelt on the ground, "Master."

  Pei Tan walked over and saw that the corpse's entire body had turned black, with many wounds starting to ooze pus. This was almost impossible.

  The corpse has been dead for a month and has stiffened, but such an abnormal change has occurred at this time, which is really unbelievable.

  "What's going on here?"

  "It's possible that the deceased was poisoned before death. The poison only took effect until now."

  Is there such a poison that takes effect after death?

  Jing Wan'er stared at the corpse with her eyes wide open.

  "This is the body entrusted to you by His Majesty, and the identity has not been confirmed yet. How can you let it be damaged like this? What kind of officials are you?" The newly arrived chief clerk scolded.

  The autopsy room had two bailiffs on duty, in addition to the coroner. At this moment, they couldn't say a word and could only kneel on the ground, admitting their mistake and asking for punishment.

  Pei Tan looked at Jing Wanyu's expression: "Everyone get down."

  The coroner suddenly raised his head and said: "Your Honor, it's better not to get close to the corpse, lest you be contaminated with poison."

  "If it's poisonous, you've already been poisoned."

  But in this house, people say less is more, and it's true that no one has seen anyone having a heart attack.

  The doctor saw that his advice was not being taken and had no choice but to follow others out of the house.

  Jing Wan'er walked directly to the corpse and was about to reach out when Pei Tan grabbed her wrist.

  "Didn't you just hear what the coroner said? The corpse is poisonous!" He stared at Jing Wanyan.

  Jing Wan'er looked at Pei Tan: "...But sir just said that if it's really poisonous, the people who came into contact with the corpse would have been poisoned already."

  Just because several of them are still safe and sound, doesn't it mean nothing's wrong?

  "Better safe than sorry."

  Jing Wan'er saw the handkerchief that Wu Zuo had dropped on the side, walked over to pick it up and put it on her own hand. Pei Tan looked at her and said: "The corpse is not your brother, this accident has already explained this point."

  Before, it was still possible to make guesses, but now that the bodies have started to rot, it's like the saying "this place has no silver, three hundred taels".

  Jing Wan'er's outstretched hand hesitated for a moment before finally reaching out and lifting the corpse's hand.

  As expected, the two hands of the corpse were the most severely decayed. If this was really some kind of strange poison that the mortician had spoken of, why would it specifically corrode only the hands?

  "Just as the adults said, there is no silver here, three hundred taels." Jing Yu'er dropped her rotten hand.

  Pei Tan looked at it quietly, the Dalisi Temple was heavily guarded, and the autopsy room had a special officer on duty. Whoever entered or exited the autopsy room would be very conspicuous. Those who secretly manipulated their hands and feet, unless they were the guards? But such a suspicious thing, would the guards dare to do it?

  Jing Wan'er this time, apparently thought faster than Pei Tan, she raised her head and looked at him: "By the adult's side, is there still someone trustworthy?"

  That chief clerk is already a person who eats inside and peels outside, with his body in Cao's camp but his heart in Han. Now even the coroner...

  The corpse's right hand had calluses, even someone like Jing Wanyan who was only half a scholar could tell that it was the hand of someone who held a pen all year round. Yet, an experienced coroner like him didn't notice it. Now that the corpse has suddenly changed again, he can still confuse people with his explanation that the corpse swallowed something before death.

  Poison.

  Pei Tan, this Da Li Temple Master, had only one servant from his hometown by his side. It seemed that not many people in the temple truly listened to him.

  "Pei County." Pei Tan called out to the empty air in a melancholic tone.

  As expected, the most loyal and devoted guard appeared immediately, "Young master, please give your orders."

  Pei Tan turned around and looked at him: "Where did Wu Zuo go?"

  Pei County's eyes sank, and it was a long time before he spoke up, "Just now, the young master had him leave the autopsy room, he has already left the Dalin Temple."

  Left the Da Li Temple... came to the morgue at an untimely hour and left at an untimely hour.

  "Find him," Pei Tuo's eyes sank: "I want to know who instructed him."

  "Yes." County Pei quickly left the morgue.

  Jing Wan'er looked at Pei Tan and said: "Is everything still reversible now?"

  Destroying the corpse and erasing all traces, what a ruthless method. Just like that chief clerk who deliberately reminded Pei Tan earlier, this corpse was ordered by Your Majesty to be examined and kept by the Dali Temple, now if anything happens, it will be Pei Tan's grave crime of defying imperial orders.

  So their target to deal with has always been just Ruan'er and Master.

  Pei Tan glanced at the girl, he was born into the Pei family, and the large clan behind him was a big target, with conflicts of interest arising at any time.

  It was as if he had been spoken to by Jing Wanyan, and Pei Xian did not return to the Dali Temple until nightfall.

  It's as if he vanished into thin air.

  Pei County was a well-trained Pei family dark guard, even if there were temporary changes, he would send a message to let Pei Tan know. But now, he had lost all contact.

  Pei Tan sat in his study, his face gloomy and depressed.

  Jing Wan'er looked at him, this matter had developed so quickly, in just three days it had reached this point, probably even Pei Tan hadn't anticipated. Otherwise, he wouldn't have ended up like this.

  The worst situation now is that even Pei County will encounter an accident, and there will really be no one available around Pei Tan.

  In the study, he fell into a deep silence, and even the oil lamp on the table was about to burn out late at night.

  Suddenly opened his eyes during the conversation with Pei.

  Jing Wan'er naturally couldn't fall asleep in this situation. She immediately looked out the window, vaguely, as if there was an unusual wind sound.

  Then, her eyes quickly swept over a black shadow at the corner, seemingly a person.

  The door of Pei Tan's study was pushed open from the outside, and Pei Xian, wrapped in the evening wind, rushed into the study. But he wasn't the only one who came back; both Pei Tan and Jing Wanyu saw that he had a body in his arms.

  "Sir," Pei Xian said in a low voice, only now noticing that he was covered in blood, as if he had just emerged from a pool of blood. Every step he took in the study left behind heavy bloody footprints.

  Pei Tan immediately stood up from behind the bookcase: "County Pei!"

  As soon as the voice fell, Pei Xian quickly turned around and brought up a gust of wind to close the door of the study.

  Then he knelt down on one knee and knelt in front of Pei Tan.

  Pae Dahn looked him up and down before Pae Hyun spoke in a heavy tone, "There's nothing wrong with my subordinate. Most of it is this young lady's blood."

  He bent his arm and gently placed the body in his arms on the ground.

  She was a woman, with countless bloodstains all over her body, her hair disheveled and her breathing almost gone. But what struck Jing Wanyu and Pei Tan dumb on the spot was her face.

  Isn't this woman Lin Jingjing, who came to the Temple of Great Awakening just yesterday and beat the drum to proclaim her grievances?

  "Subordinates tracked him down, and his trail was found in a hidden alley," said County Pei with a hint of coldness in his eyes. "He's already dead. His throat was cut and he was left in a basket."

  It's a well-deserved death. Eating inside and peeling outside, this ending is not unexpected.

  But if it were just that, Pei County shouldn't have returned until now. The discovery of Wu Zuo's death must mean something else has happened afterwards.

  "Subordinates have investigated the corpse, it was just killed, so subordinates quickly tracked down the whereabouts of that group of killers and followed them all the way." The dark guards of the Pei family would investigate any clue, no matter how small.

  Pei County's expression was cold and clear: "That group of killers is numerous, and their skills are not ordinary. The person controlling them from behind will not be an ordinary person either."

  So the subordinates would choose to hide their tracks first and find their old nest.”

  It turns out that this is the reason why Pei County has been out of contact, and there are indeed other hidden reasons.

  But what's going on with Lin Jingjing? Jing Wan'er looked at the woman's injuries and couldn't help but step forward to examine her.

  As Pei Xian continued to speak, his expression grew colder. He looked at Lin Jingjing in front of him: "But the subordinate found that they did not return to their master. Instead...they turned back to kill this woman."

  When they heard this, Pei Tan and Jing Yu'er were both shocked.

  Pursue and kill Lin Qingqing?!!

  Why must they hunt down Lin Jingjing, an ordinary woman? The situation is becoming increasingly absurd.

  "Apparently, the woman had already sensed that someone was after her and hid in her maid's room, but she was still betrayed. The assassins chased her onto the main street and eventually cornered her in an alleyway."

  The rest is unnecessary to say, Pei Xian must have appeared to save Lin Jingjing. He alone fought against a dozen or so masters, the blood on his body can explain everything.

  Don't say that Pei County's expression is cold, even when talking to Pei, his expression is very indifferent. This is in Chang'an, under the emperor's feet, so many people are chasing and killing a woman, even if it's in a remote alley, the Qian Niuwei and Jin Wuwei who patrol every day, can't they find out?

  Or is there another great figure with all-seeing eyes who deliberately made the guards of Chang'an become blind.

  Jing Wan'er hugged Lin Jingjing's body: "Sir, it's that corpse."

  The only thing that can link Lin Jingjing and the Temple of Dali is that corpse. Lin Jingjing went to the Temple of Dali to drum out her grievances, was sent away by Pei Tan, and was pursued and almost killed the next day.

  Is there an even more obvious clue?

  "Knowing that Lin Jingjing had gone to the public hall to cry injustice, it was just a few yamen at the time. "Jing Wanyi lowered her head and went back to that sentence, how many people in Pei Tan's Dali Temple were still trustworthy."