C26 (1/2)

In recent days, the weather around the capital had been dry. It had been two months since he had seen rain.

The day before yesterday, he had picked a husband to go up the mountain to gather firewood, but he had never thought that when he came down the mountain, the sky would be covered by dark clouds, and heavy rain would suddenly fall.

Just as he was thinking of going to the small temple to take shelter from the rain, he discovered that the small temple had already been burnt, and there was even a charred corpse inside, thus he came to the Jing Zhao Mansion to report this.

Sun Jinzi brought Mu Tan to Jing Zhao Mansion, where the Lord of Prefect was already waiting at the door.

”The micron gives!”

Without waiting for him to finish, he was interrupted by Sun Jinzi.

”Master, where are you looking for the Jade Plate?”

The first thing Sun Jinzi saw was the Jade Plate, it was the only clue and proof of Mu Lan's death.

As a result, Mu Lan was Grand Imperial Consort's personal maid, so the Jing Zhao Mansion was extremely attentive to this case. The Jade Plate was then taken away by the Prefect himself.

”It's this piece of Jade Plate with the word 'Mu Lan' carved on it. It must be Miss Mu Lan's treasure.”

This piece of Jade Plate was something that Mu Tan had seen countless times, and she only needed a glance to know if this was Mu Lan's treasure or not.

”Mu Lan, this is Mu Lan's Jade Plate, I've seen it before.”

Mu Tan was the first to shout out loud. That Jade Plate had a small corner accidentally knocked out by Mu Lan, and she was even feeling sad for a long time.

Sun Jinzi was much calmer than Mu Tan. Although the pain in her heart was once again evoked, she did not cry.

”My lord, did you find anything else at the scene of the crime?”

This Jade Plate was Mu Tan's, and in the end, it appeared outside the small temple. What did the person who was burned to death have to do with Mu Lan's death?

Prefect nodded and said, ”Reporting to First Prince's Consort, there have been no new discoveries.”

”What was the cause of death in the temple? Could it be that it was burned alive? ”

On the way here, Sun Jinzi had already heard from the two officials that the victim was a man in his prime.

”The deceased was stabbed in the vital parts while he was still alive and was seriously injured. I assume he didn't die at that time. He was burned to death and the coroner was examining his corpse.”

Sun Jinzi asked the Prefect to bring him to the autopsy room. This was the only chance to find the reason for Mu Lan's death, something that she absolutely could not miss.

When they entered the autopsy room, Sun Jinzi saw a coroner who was around thirty years old cleaning up the instruments used to examine the corpses. It seemed that the results of the autopsy had already come out.

”How did this man die?”

”Reporting to Grand Imperial Consort, the victim was stabbed in the middle with a dagger-like weapon. She fell to the ground after being heavily injured and was burned to death by the fire.”

Sun Jinzi walked over and removed the white cloth covering the corpse. A charred corpse appeared in front of him, and he was unable to identify it. She saw that the dead man's right hand was not burnt black like her left. Her five fingers were tightly clenched, as if she were holding something.

Prefect ordered a few bailiffs to step forward and open the corpse's hands. Maybe it was because he had been burnt to death, causing the corpse to be in extreme pain, his right hand was like a rock that had been formed naturally, it took a long time to open the corpse's hands.

A glowing green pummelo fructus fell from the corpse's hands.

The sky was dark and there were fewer and fewer people on the street.

A luxurious carriage slowly drove towards the outskirts of the city. Inside the carriage was a tall and thin youth, wearing a black bamboo hat on his head. A pair of black eyes looked out of the window, the sky was getting darker.

The horse carriage drove all the way to a tavern on the outskirts of the city. Although this place was close to the capital, it was remote and sparsely populated.

The young man slowly walked down from the carriage, Coachman drove the carriage into the forest beside the tavern.

The cold wind blew drearily. The youth quietly walked into the tavern.

After entering the tavern, the young man took off the black hat on his head, revealing a handsome face.

It was indeed the First Prince Jin Chua Ao. He had come here to meet with the Mrs. Oran.

Jin Chuao never thought that Mrs. Oran would choose to meet at such a remote place, but this was good too, it could hide things from others.

”First Prince, you're here.”

Lance's had arrived here half a day ago, so she knew that Jin Chuao would definitely come to fulfill his promise.

”Third Wife invited me here. I wonder what important matter you have?”

Jin Chuao never had a good impression of Advice Sun, even if the last time he saw Sun Jinzi in the Ancestral Hall, as well as when he intercepted his letters to Jin Chupei, she had to hand them to him, so that he wouldn't be kept in the dark forever.

But he just didn't like the cold and deep aura on Mrs. Oran's body, even if the two of them were to become allies in the future.

”Does First Prince recognize this jade bracelet?”