Song Yingkui's attitude showed obvious signs of loosening.
Lin Mengya understood that it was because of her strength and confidence that the other party was afraid of her.
The "forced palace" situation that Deputy Palace Master Qin was worried about did not occur.
At first glance, I thought they had a harmonious atmosphere and the guests and hosts were enjoying themselves.
"Elder Song is right. I have sent people to Longdu to investigate the situation." She smiled.
But Song Yingkui said, "This matter cannot be taken lightly. I have heard that Madam has a quick mind, and everyone praises Madam as a wonderful woman who is not inferior to women. So I thought it would be better for Madam to go and supervise this matter in person."
Besides, you and the Palace Master are also deeply in love as husband and wife. If something like this happens to the Palace Master, Madam should be the most worried."
Lin Mengya's expression remained unchanged, but she felt as if she had a clear mind. She was trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
If she leaves now, she will make room for others.
By the time she comes back, I'm afraid things will have changed.
These people are really difficult to deal with.
She and Deputy Palace Master Qin looked at each other and sighed quietly.
"Elder Song didn't know something. After learning the news, I really wanted to fly to Longdu City to find my husband, but..."
She touched her belly lovingly.
"Now, my health is no longer easy for me to travel long distances. Even if His Highness knows about it, he will probably let me take good care of myself in the temple."
At this time, Song Yingkui was dumbfounded.
I thought that by inviting this woman out for a while, they could take the opportunity to cleanse the forces that were loyal to the couple.
At that time, even if the woman tried her best, there was nothing she could do.
But now
Deputy Palace Master Qin was also confused.
Did the wife have a baby? When did it happen? Why didn’t even he know about it?
But soon, he reacted.
Regardless of whether the child is real or fake, it is definitely not appropriate for Madam to leave now.
He immediately said worriedly, "Oh, Madam, she is weak. She was shocked by the bad news a few days ago and she fainted once.
Fortunately, my wife's teacher is an expert, and now my wife's health is no longer healthy.
It’s just that I’m afraid the bumps on the road will be unbearable.”
Deputy Palace Master Qin is an old ginger, and his words are impeccable.
In order to block the other party's mouth, and for fear that the other party would deprive the wife of her right to take charge because of her physical discomfort, she said everything in full.
Lin Mengya also nodded, "Yes. I can feel more comfortable if I help with some affairs every day. By the way, didn't the law enforcement elder say before that someone made a mistake? Who made the mistake? Deputy Palace Master Qin, you
We must cooperate well with the law enforcement elders to catch this person."
Song Yingkui was repeatedly robbed by the two of them, and finally had to suppress the words on his lips for the time being.
"Oh, it's a prisoner who escaped from the inner temple. We suspect that this person is colluding with someone in the temple. Therefore, the great elder of the inner hall sent us to arrest the fugitive."
Lin Mengya didn't take it seriously.
She felt that this matter must be an excuse made by the elders of the inner palace to seize her power. > But the next day, after the temple, which had been quiet for a long time, took another life, she realized that what the law enforcement elder said was true.
After a confrontation with her, the six law enforcement elders temporarily acquiesced to her status.
And because of the arrest of fugitives, she also asked her for some permission to walk in the temple.
As expected of a law-enforcement elder, he follows the law the most.
Lin Mengya also saw some characteristics of the inner palace from the behavior of several people.
As Deputy Hall Master Qin said before, the existence of the inner hall is to ensure the normal operation of the temple.
Therefore, they did not use despicable coercion methods to force her to hand over the authority of the temple.
But she also understood that if the inner temple was sure that Long Tianyu would never come back, they would definitely find a new leader for the temple at any cost.
The situation is urgent.
The next day, while she was having breakfast, a saint hurried over to report her.
"Madam, a saint on the fifth floor disappeared last night, and we only found his body this morning."
Lin Mengya frowned.
"What's going on? Why do people die for no reason?"
"My subordinates don't know either. I only know that the man suddenly disappeared. He had no conflicts with anyone before this.
Moreover, his death was extremely miserable, and his entire face was peeled off."
After hearing this, she didn't have the appetite to eat, so she immediately led people to the fifth floor.
But what surprised her was that the six law enforcement elders in front of the palace were also here.
After the six people saw her, Song Yingkui took the initiative to say hello to her.
"Madam, this place is bloody and really not suitable for your situation.
Please go back first. If I find anything, I will notify you in time."
"No need."
Lin Mengya shook her head and declined Song Yingkui's kindness.
Song Yingkui only thought that she was holding on, but he didn't expect that the girl's expression did not change after seeing the corpse.
"Who first discovered this body?"
From the crowd, a trembling little man walked out.
"To tell you my wife, it was the younger one who discovered it first. The younger one is usually responsible for cleaning this place. When I came here today, I didn't expect that..."
When the little man said this, he seemed to remember the fear he felt when he first discovered the corpse.
He couldn't help but look pale and his body was shaky.
Lin Mengya glanced at the other party.
Then, he took the gloves from Bai Su and touched the face of the corpse.
Among the onlookers, the bold ones could not help but frown.
Not to mention that he was a dead person, but the bloody flesh on his face was enough to make people tremble with fear.
But not only did their wife not show any fear, she actually bent down and looked at it carefully.
The face of the corpse.
"Judging from the condition of the wound, his face must have been forcibly peeled off while he was still alive."
She said while checking.
"The fatal wound was on the throat. The knife cut the throat cleanly. It seems that the opponent must be a practicing practitioner."
The dead man was about 1.78 meters tall, and he was a very strong man.
The pain of his face being peeled off would make him struggle continuously, but the other party was still able to restrain him and peel off his face completely before giving him a knife in the end.
I think this person's strength is far greater than that of ordinary people.
After hearing her conclusion, everyone shuddered.
"Don't panic, everyone. Starting tonight, you must go out in at least two pairs.
If you find anything abnormal, please contact the escort team for help immediately."
After settling the frightened saints, she whispered to Song Yingkui, "I hope Elder Song can give me a reasonable explanation about this matter."
Song Yingkui was stunned for a moment, and then his face turned a little embarrassed.
Lin Mengya brought the law enforcement elders back to the main hall.
As soon as she entered the door, her expression changed.
"Although I have promised to give you the greatest authority to the elders, I have not promised you to take the lives of the saints in my temple in exchange for your merits.
Elder Song, I smell your pine scent on his body.
His inner clothes don't have this smell, Elder Song, I think you should know exactly what is the reason for this, right?"
When she arrived, she saw the surprise in Elder Song's eyes.
And when she examined the body and told the cause of death, a look of annoyance quickly appeared on Elder Song's face.
This can only mean that this person's death was unexpected.
In other words, Elder Song felt that this person should not have died.
Facing the aggressive Lin Mengya, Song Yingkui did not become angry.
He just let out a faint breath, "Originally I didn't want to cause any trouble to you, but now it seems that I overestimated my capabilities."
Then Elder Song took a small scroll from his companion's hand.
"Madam, please look, this person is the prisoner who escaped this time."
Lin Mengya took the portrait.
All I saw was that the man's face looked like it had been chewed by something, and it was very unsightly.
Elder Song also introduced this man's situation: "His name is Yinglong, and he was a skinned thief who ran rampant in the Wei Kingdom twenty years ago.
This person behaved cruelly and treacherously, killing people for no purpose at all, just to peel off the person's face and keep it as a collection.
It is said that he had a room full of dough that he had peeled off the faces of the dead.
Therefore, this person also has the unique skill of disguising himself and is very difficult to catch.
Later, the inner palace sent people to arrest him. Unexpectedly, twenty years later, he still escaped." Lin Mengya frowned slightly.
She knew that Song Yingkui might be hiding something.
For example, why did the inner palace arrest him but imprison him instead of killing him?
For another example, why is this person involved in the temple because he is so evil?
But now is not the time to get to the bottom of things, she just needs to know the characteristics of this person and cooperate with the law enforcement elders to capture this person as soon as possible.
"At the moment, it seems that we can only cooperate. With just the six of you, I'm afraid it will be difficult to catch this person."
Although this may not sound good, it is indeed true.
Even Song Yingkui had no way to refute, and could only say with regret, "Yesterday, we found the mark that Yinglong left on this person before he killed him.
I thought I could just wait and wait, but unexpectedly I let him escape again."
Song Yingkui's tone sounded very regretful.
But Lin Mengya did not agree with them. Without absolute safety protection, they actually used other people's lives to catch such a vicious criminal.
This is basically making fun of other people's lives.
"What mark?" she asked.
"All the targets he targeted would have a small cross wound on their necks before they died.
Many people were killed without being noticed. We also accidentally saw the mark on this person's neck, so we wanted to set up a trap to arrest him."
Lin Mengya knew that what the other party said was half-truth and half-false, but she still did not expose them on the spot.
"What characteristics does Yinglong look for when selecting targets?"
"Yes, they are usually good-looking adult men. He himself said that no matter how good-looking a young man's face is, it is still too delicate to be preserved."
When he mentioned this, Song Yingkui actually trembled slightly.
However, Lin Mengya had no time to care about the other party's reaction.
Most of the saints are adult males, and many are good-looking. This range is really too broad.
She couldn't just pick out all the good-looking ones and ignore the average-looking ones regardless of their life or death.
Unexpectedly, this skinning thief is actually a beauty addict.
While she was thinking about it, Qinghu, who had sent her a message, walked in.
Song Yingkui's eyes lit up, and he immediately pointed at Qinghu and said, "Come here, let me see the back of your neck!"
Qinghu raised his eyebrows, his peach blossom eyes full of disdain.
"Who do you think you are? If you let me go, I have to go?"
After scolding him, he walked over to her without hesitation and gave her a cup of hot tea.
"We are all twins, and we don't know how to take good care of ourselves."
Lin Mengya was speechless.
But now that there were outsiders present, she couldn't explain clearly to Qinghu, so she could only nod guiltily.
Ever since Qinghu came in, Song Yingkui's eyes had never left his face.
After seeing the two getting along, I couldn't help but ask, "Madam, is he also a saint?"