Chapter 1041: Murder and Silencing

When we came down from the mountain, the sky was completely bright, and groups of people began to appear in twos and threes under the official road of Wangyun Mountain. Sometimes these people would look at the anxious and angry Ouchi guards in novelty. After all, their costumes It is different from ordinary officers and soldiers.

But maybe because they were afraid of getting into trouble, the people just took a look at it and no one dared to ask.

Yang Yiyi just went to the village closest to Wangyun Mountain to inquire about it, but found no clues. Under the rising sun, she immediately rushed to the second closest village.

If it can't be found again, it will be difficult. The princess may have been transferred away.

This is a peaceful little village near the river, with probably only a few hundred people. When Yang Yiyi arrived, the strong laborers who had worked in the fields in the early morning had just returned home, and smoke was rising from the chimneys of every house.

"Uncle, are you busy? I want to ask something."

Yang Yiyi stopped an old man carrying a pole. The latter looked at Yang Yiyi's attire and looked like a Jianghu person:

"You don't have to be polite, heroine. What's the matter?"

"Are there any hunters in our village? I want to buy some leather."

Yang Yiyi turned sideways, revealing the mace behind her:

"Make a pair of holsters for my weapons."

When you go to the village to inquire, of course you can't just come up and say whether you have seen Princess Mingzhu.

The people who are very familiar with Wangyun Mountain are unlikely to be ordinary villagers. After all, who has nothing to do and goes up the mountain every day? There is a lot of work waiting to be done in the fields.

The most likely one is of course Orion.

There were no hunters in the first village he went to. Yang Yiyi made some insinuations and found no one suspicious, so he came to the second village.

When he heard that they were looking for hunters, the old man pointed to a house on the edge of the village.

"There is a hunter in our village. He also sells some furs to the town on weekdays, but..."

The old man seemed a little embarrassed to say it, but he still said:

"But that boy doesn't do his job properly. He goes to the city all day long to make money with a boy named Wang from the village."

This kind of person is indeed a shame in the village.

Perhaps because he was afraid of ruining the image of the village, the father-in-law added:

"If he makes any rude request, the heroine will treat him as a fart, and I will take care of him, old man."

When Yang Yiyi heard that there was an Orion, she felt that there might be something interesting and asked again:

"What happened to the boy named Wang you just mentioned?"

"It's not a good thing. The two of them have been together since they were children. The boy from the Wang family also likes to make money. Two acres of farmland at home have been lost, so he usually makes a living by chopping firewood in the mountains."

woodcutter?

As it happens, this is also a suspicious target.

"Where does he live?"

The old man was a little surprised why Yang Yiyi was so interested, but he still said:

"Right next to Orion's house."

"Thank you, husband."

Saying goodbye to her father-in-law, Yang Yiyi walked quickly towards Orion's house.

According to what my husband said, there was a woodcutter named Wang living next to Orion's house. Both of them were the kind of people who didn't do their jobs properly, and they seemed to have a good relationship with each other.

Since the woodcutter's house was relatively close, Yang Yiyi arrived at the woodcutter's house first.

I knocked on the door several times, but there was no response for a while.

People in the village had already gotten up at this time, and Yang Yiyi was confused.

At this time, a subtle smell of blood suddenly entered the nasal cavity.

"Climb over the wall and get in. It smells like blood. We may have found the right place."

The earthen wall of the farmyard was not high, so Yang Yiyi turned over and entered.

It wasn't an illusion. After entering the yard, the smell of blood was obviously much stronger.

There was only a dilapidated thatched house in the yard, and a chicken coop on one side, but there was not a single chicken in it. According to the old man, this bad gambler might have even sold the chickens for gambling capital.

The door of the thatched house was ajar. The closer Yang Yiyi got, the clearer the smell of blood became. She pulled out her mace, stood by the door and pushed it open.

The room was quiet without any sound. Yang Yiyi waited for a moment, then leaned over and looked into the room. At a glance, she saw a man in his thirties or forties leaning on the side of the simple bed, covering his neck with his hands, eyes wide open. It was round, and blood flowed from the gaps between his fingers, spreading all over the floor.

There was not much furniture in the house, and there was no place to hide people. Yang Yiyi confirmed that there was no ambush, and quickly ran up to check.

"This should be the Wang Woodcutter that my husband mentioned, but it seems that he was silenced."

Yang Yiyi moved his fingers away and saw a sword wound appeared in the middle of his throat. This man's throat was sealed with a sword. The person who struck was quick and accurate. It was obvious that he had martial arts skills and was not done by ordinary people.

Li Chengqi guessed the right place, but seemed to arrive a step too late.

"Go and see that Orion. I hope he is still alive."

My husband just said that Orion and the woodcutter have a very good relationship and have been together since childhood. If the kidnapping of the princess is really related to him, Orion will be very suspicious.

Yang Yiyi nodded when she heard the words, ignored the body, stepped on the bed board and got out of the window, and walked quickly into Orion's house.

There is no earthen wall here in Orion, just a fence around it. You can see a carport on the left, and something like a rack for drying furs on the right.

As soon as she got close, Yang Yiyi realized something was wrong, because the door of Orion's house was also ajar, and the closer she got, the more she could smell the smell of blood.

Speeding up her pace a little, Yang Yiyi rushed into Orion's house.

Almost like the woodcutter, a man in his thirties or forties fell not far from the bed, his hands covering his neck.

But the good news is that this person has not completely died.

He even had some consciousness and noticed Yang Yiyi coming in. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to ask for help, but only a "huh" sound came out of his mouth and he could not speak.

The hunter's wound was also a sword in the throat, but the sword was a little shallow, so he did not die on the spot.

Yang Yiyi immediately used a golden needle to stop the bleeding. When she wanted to ask him, the hunter's eyes turned white and he fainted very simply, probably because of excessive blood loss.

After finally finding a clue, one died and the other fainted. Yang Yiyi was so frustrated that she wanted to punch the wall.

"It seems that the princess's kidnapping must be related to these two people. Look at the firewood pile next to the stove. There is a butt mark on the left side. Someone should be sitting there."

And after Li Chengxi zoomed in, even if it was a pixel-style picture, he could recognize that it was a mark left by a woman's butt.

In fact, it is enough to distinguish between men and women just from the butt. After all, due to the need for reproduction, the shape of the pelvis of women is different from that of men, and the shape of the butt mark is also different.

Considering the operation of silencing these two people, it is very likely that someone hired them to kidnap the princess, and then relied on their familiarity with the mountains and forests to rush down the mountain and return to the village before the imperial guards blocked the way. The princess may have been sitting by the stove not long ago.

But the person behind the scenes killed the witnesses and took the princess away.

Li Chengxi suddenly thought that he saw a carport next to the hunter's house before entering the door, but there was no carriage inside. Maybe that thing was used to transport the princess away.

Just a step late.

"The clue is broken again, Brother Li, what should we do now?"

Yang Yiyi was already at a loss, not knowing what to do.

"Don't panic, look at what the hunter is holding in his hand?"

Hearing Li Chengxi's reminder, Yang Yiyi noticed that the hunter was holding something in his hand. He spread his fingers and found that it was a thing made of thin thread that looked like a sword tassel, and also like a jade tassel tied on a jade pendant.

The workmanship looks very delicate, not like an ordinary object. Looking at it from the other side, you can see a word "Tang" embroidered in black characters on a white background in the center.

"Fuck, could it be that Miss Tang Lianyu has something to do with the princess being kidnapped?"