"Very good, you can go back first. I still have a few things I need to tell Cai Ling."
Gong Si nodded with satisfaction, then blasted her out without mercy.
Tsk, what is this?
Because of Cai Ling's arrival, the Gong family was particularly lively today.
But he didn't expect that Lian Xing would send someone away just as Gong Wu finished helping to move things at night.
I don't know what exactly happened, but it seems that the person is so anxious that it must be something difficult.
Just after nightfall, her baby was delivered to her by Gong Si.
This boy is different from his father. He is very cute and makes people curious.
Even though the fourth brother is cruel to his father, he is very caring towards his children. ??
"We haven't seen each other for just one day, why do I feel that our Ning'er has gained some weight?"
After weighing the child in his arms, Gong Si said with a smile.
Now Ning'er has regained her previous fair and plump appearance, with exquisite pink and cute facial features. His personality is very similar to Lin Mengya's. He always smiles when he sees everyone, which offends Bai Su and Jun'er and hurts them to their bones.
"As a child, you are always the same every day. Who sent you back today?"
The only drawback is that the child doesn't like to talk.
But even if he did, he only said some very simple words.
Lin Mengya had checked his vocal cords before and found no problems at all.
It seems that the cause is not the child's health.
When she thought of what her baby had suffered before, she had the urge to kill.
But more importantly, it is self-blame for not being able to protect her baby.
"Forget it, how irresponsible do you think that person is? It's only been a few days, and he won't send Ning'er back in person. Hum, if you ask me, I'd better take the child over. It's not like our family can't afford it."
It was fine just now, but when Gong Si mentioned the child's father, he became furious.
Fortunately, Lin Mengya has not disclosed the status of the child's biological father, and although Ning'er looks more like Long Tianyu, she is still a snow dumpling and cannot be seen.
It’s really hard to imagine what the fourth brother’s expression will be like if the baby looks like his father in the future.
"There must have been some delay. Baby, come here, Mom will give you a bath."
She carried the baby to the inner room, and Gong Si also consciously left the room.
After both mother and son rolled into bed, they heard the sound of water coming from behind the screen.
"You wait here for mother first, and I'll go see what's wrong with your father."
No one but him could enter her house without her noticing.
What's more, with the blessing of Xiaoyao, she is even more alert than before.
Bundle After the baby was tucked into the quilt and allowed to crawl around, Lin Mengya turned around and went behind the screen.
Sure enough, it was her man taking a shower.
"You didn't tell me in advance that the water was already cold. I'll ask someone to boil a bucket of hot water for you."
"It doesn't matter, you stay away first, I'm afraid it won't be good for you and Ning'er."
Lin Mengya noticed a bit of rancid smell coming from him.
I think this person came home and changed his clothes first.
"This kind of medicinal powder can disinfect and remove the odor."
She turned around and brought a bottle, and then asked Bai Su to bring a bucket of hot water in.
After waiting on the bed for a long time, Long Tianyu came out from behind the screen with his long wet hair.
The man was casually wearing a robe, and there were still water marks on his muscular chest.
Lin Mengya only glanced at it and her face turned red involuntarily.
I couldn't help but curse in my heart, why am I so hopeless? I've seen this so many times before, why now, I still don't have any concentration at all?
While reciting the mantra to clear his mind, he turned his eyes away and took out a clean cloth to wipe his hair.
Unexpectedly, the guy who caused the crime actually hugged her waist!
Oh my god! If you can't bear it anymore, why don't you blame her for being so aggressive?
"Do I still have the smell of corpse on my body?"
There was a hint of exhaustion in his tone.
Lin Mengya sniffed it carefully, but fortunately, it was all washed away by her medicinal powder.
Over there, Ning'er also opened her eyes curiously and looked at his parents.
"Close your eyes and don't look at your mother, she is mine!"
Long Tianyu said domineeringly, and Lin Mengya couldn't help but push him angrily, telling him not to talk nonsense in front of the child.
Unexpectedly, whether the baby was too sleepy or he listened too much to his father, the baby actually closed his eyes after saying this.
"What kind of ecstasy did you give Ning'er?"
Lin Mengya asked curiously, but Long Tianyu's mood improved a lot, and he fell on the bed holding her.
"Ning'er may have to stay with you temporarily these days."
"Well, I can't ask for that. But what are you busy with? How do you make your whole body smell rancid?"
In the past, although Long Tianyu was a casual person, but in the royal family, he usually paid great attention to appearance.
Even now that she has become Murong Xi, her former habits still remain the same.
Not much has been changed from the old one.
"Do you still remember those children from aristocratic families who died inexplicably on the winter solstice?"
Of course she remembered. If she hadn't been clever, she might have become one of them.
"Although we found the bodies of these people at that time, because too many people died that day, and their families would definitely claim them back afterwards, we temporarily placed them in a snowfield outside the city. These days
On the same day, people came to claim them one after another. But what I didn’t expect was that many bodies were missing.”
Lin Mengya was a little surprised. There were indeed many corpses on the winter solstice.
Putting it in a snow resort is also a fear of the body rotting.
But, who would want this thing?
"Then Lian Xing invited my fifth brother out today, is it also for this reason?"
"Well, the Imperial Guard should have been responsible for this matter. Presumably Lian Xing also wanted to help his brother." .??.??
Lian Sheng's health has improved a lot and he should be back to normal soon.
"Has this kind of thing happened before?"
Long Tianyu hesitated for a moment before answering her question.
"Actually, theft of corpses is not uncommon in Weiguo. Unfortunately, there has been no conclusion for so many years."
"Why?"
Lin Mengya found it even more strange. Although this kind of thing happens from time to time in modern times, it is all driven by profit.
As far as she knew, Weiguo didn't seem to have any weird customs, and they probably had something to do with corpses.
"I'm not very sure, because after that, stolen bodies were rarely recovered, so there's no definite answer to this matter now. Although every household will guard it, this kind of thing,
It still happens from time to time. I don’t know where the bodies are transported.”
Long Tianyu's words made Lin Mengya think a lot.
"What do the missing families have in common?"
"Most of the corpses were stolen when they were intact. I also heard that in some places, the corpses were lost the day before the funeral before they were buried.",
Actually, there is such a thing?
But Lin Mengya was even more surprised that a guy who didn't even remember his wife and children knew so much about this matter.
"Because I am actually responsible for thoroughly investigating this matter."
Long Tianyu said with some embarrassment. After saying that, he even kissed his wife's hair flatteringly.
"Is this the emperor's decree?"
"No." Long Tianyu shook his head and said, "It's my master, the current holy master."
"The temple actually wants to investigate this matter?"
< br> Unexpectedly, Long Tianyu shook his head again.
"It has nothing to do with the temple. My master asked me for help privately. And he also told me not to let other people in the temple know."
This is strange.
It is useless to report a missing body to the official.
After all, the dead are no better than the living. If someone else hides it intentionally, they won’t be able to find it.
But what made her even more incredible was why something like this happened to Weiguo.
"Besides these, do you know what else they have in common?"
After hesitating for a moment, Long Tianyu shook his head.
Lin Mengya could tell that he was unsure, so he couldn't say anything.
"It's okay, just tell me what you have and maybe I can help you."
"I discovered this a month ago. However, I didn't even tell my master."
"What do you think."
Long Tianyu hesitated for a while, and then spoke in a low voice after a long time.
"I have checked many case files. The frequent theft of corpses started more than 40 years ago. It was not until more than 20 years ago that the number gradually decreased. Unexpectedly, in the past few years, the number of corpses stolen has gradually decreased.
It actually got up again. I thought there must be some reason, but unfortunately, I could never find out."
This time is a bit strange.
But Lin Mengya couldn't explain why. This question stumped both of them.
"Weiguo is so big, I'm afraid we can't count the number of missing corpses. But I think if you want to find out the answer, you can first investigate what these stolen corpses have in common. Except that the corpse has not been damaged.
In addition, I think it is related to other things. Moreover, we can start from the recently lost corpses. Although they cannot represent the number of lost bodies in the entire Wei Kingdom, they are just right and can be used as a sample."
This kind of thing is difficult not only because of the vast territory, but also because of the large number.
And since bodies are all lost, this time, if it has anything to do with the previous ones, is the best entry point.
"You mean, let me focus on investigating the situation of these people, right?"
Lin Mengya nodded and continued.
"If you think about it, the strange deaths of these corpses indicate that they were premeditated. Maybe what happened on the winter solstice was actually just to cover up this incident."
"But didn't Huang Zun say that this was a lesson the temple taught them?"