Chapter 31 (1/2)

[Please read for free on the source site, chichilations, and not support an aggregator or content thief Reposts are not allowed anywhere or for any reason

Translator receives no income from any ads shown – block away

All comments and discussions are appreciated (I read them all~), and do let me know if there's any typos afoot]

”Has the body already been examined? What did the coroner say?”

The corpse had been left in the cellar of the North Prison, as when the weather heated up, it re Yan Xiaohan didn't shun the uncleanliness of exa the body for himself The dead Golden Crow Guard was extremely thin, his face bloodless and eyes dark, not at all like an I Master that had his health deteriorate froht

For so was a bit fa

”What was the cause of death?”

Wei Xuzhou stood very far away as he spoke ”Acute Yang Dissipation [1] —— death during sexual intercourse He passed at the scene and couldn't be resuscitated”

Yan Xiaohan opened up both the body's pals on thehout their center and ether to create a loop, which was a typical symptom of a sex-induced death He put the palms back down ”Since the cause of death is clear-cut, what else still needs investigating?” he asked

Wei Xuzhou forced a sain carefully Do you really not recognize this man?”

Yan Xiaohan made a short short show of close scrutiny, thereupon finally see that he looked fa?”

”…No ThisHexuan, Sir His father is the prefectural governor of Tang, Yang Xu: he's a nephew of the Holy Eer matrilineal cousin to the Crown Prince, and is practically royalty considering the dimension of his blood relatives For that reason, apart froon Guard, which other office would dare to take up this case?”

As soon as he brought up the Crown Prince, Yan Xiaohan recalled so, that General of the Nine Gates Guard, his brother?”

”He is”

Yan Xiaohan laughed coldly and didn't say anything else Wei Xuzhou felt a chill on his back fro the feel that their superior's s to it that was yet undiscovered

In the Crown Prince's previous advisory, he had reco to the Yuantai Emperor in the hopes that he would be married to Fu Shen The matter had ultimately been rejected by the E a ar He hadn't the least bit of a good i faht say the words ”he deserved it”; counting on hih? Forget it

Besides, the E importance to it was only because two Golden Crow Guards died one after the other, and he was anxious that there was a conspiracy aimed at the Imperial Guard Yan Xiaohan knew that Fu Shen had dealt with Mu Boxiu and had no relevancy to Yang Hexuan's death He could also tell that there wasn't anything fishy going on with the case at all; it wasXu's reputations, so there was no option but to put up the front that it was a seriousme the statements of the witnesses so I can look over them” Yan Xiaohan discarded the kerchief he had just used to safeguard his hands with, then turned to find water to wash the as he walked ”All of you, disperse Brother Wei and Jiang Shu will be going with me to Emerald Pavilion tomorrow, and the rest of you should do whatever This case isn't worth us getting into a big fuss over”

Wei Xuzhou ad blasé He obviously wasn't that old, and he really wasn't high-born, yet aside from the E family – across the Emperor's relatives and every kind of official, Wei Xuzhou hadn't ever seen one he attachedout the entrance of the cellar, Yan Xiaohan see, then turned his head to warn the otherto the Eet out”

Wei Xuzhou reacted only after freezing for a second, the feeling of ad just a tad

Ilorious achievement of 'that position', and he felt for his conscience as he co like being henpecked?

To talk of the twoareas in the capital, one was ”Curio Court”, and the other was ”Goldmelt Grotto” Curio Court referred to the n athered there, and there were all kind of priceless treasures, products fro else one could think of Goldmelt Grotto, in contrast, referred to brothels, strip clubs [2], liquor stores, and ga dens in the western part of the city Yan Xiaohan and the rest were going to the Emerald Pavilion in the western section's Apricot Blossom Lane

On a survey of the capital, the Pavilion was a notable area for prostitution, but due to having theinto a murder case, its visitors all wanted to avoid its bad luck and successively went to others places to peruse Consequently, the entryas barren, and business wasn't as big as it was before

Yan Xiaohan's group of three had traveled in casual dress, not wanting to brazenly announce themselves Wei Xuzhou was a frequent visitor here, so the bawd recognized his face, i his identity In response to that, Yan Xiaohan had him stay behind to question the bawd and a prostitute, after which he walked up three flights of ver doors that had been sealed shut

The decor inside the roo a kerchief out of his sleeve to barrier his hand with, he inspected the dishware on the table one by one, then pulled open every s out a secret stash of all sorts of aphrodisiacs from within them He coolly pulled out a kerchief to wrap them up in preparation to take them back for individual inspection

Beside the vanity was a sold-plated suan ni censer[3] displayed on it, a faint lingering fragrance still able to be sh Yan Xiaohan wrapped up a paper packet of its incense ash, put it away, and then went and lifted the hanging muslin curtain The sheets on the bed were in disarray, with even a few personal, bed-related items exposed to the air Yan Xiaohan noticed that there were still cloth stockings on the bed that no one had the time to put away, and his heart suddenly ju around at the base of the bed and the floor Not finding what he was looking for, he thus got up and went downstairs Wei Xuzhou was in theto the bawd and the prostitute, Qin Zhen, as she complained with tears in her voice ”…and I don't kno it happened, but even though Young Master Yang was thin, he was getting increasingly brash Big Sister Shu Xian was unable to take his toying several times, and nearly died This slave——”

When she saw Yan Xiaohan come downstairs, her cheeks went cri her face with her sleeves, too ashamed to say more

Yan Xiaohan didn't notice ”What are you all talking about? You just said Yang Hexuan was 'brash'? Did he frequently use aphrodisiacs?”

Qin Zhen sounded like a , he… he used to loiter around Apricot Blossoy, so that— that was a usual thing, needing to take so froot a new fix froot weirdly bold This slave usually urged hi any drugs, and that this slave shouldn't s?” Wei Xuzhou was astonished ”Everyone who dies by sexual exhaustion is trying to i Master Yang had , apart froo?”