"Is there a technique that specifically extracts a woman's blood and feeds her albizia medicine beforehand?"
The pavilion master was eating snacks when his face suddenly darkened and he asked: "Why do you ask this?"
Long Chen explained: "In this case of the flower-picking demon, the dead women were all fed with albizia medicine and then raped and bled."
"I don't know if this is a religious ritual or a heretical practice?"
After listening to Long Chen's explanation, the pavilion master's expression softened a little.
"There is a kind of evil technique that specializes in cultivating the evil spirit. This technique requires the blood of a woman in the yin phase of the yin moon as a primer."
The Pavilion Master thought carefully and realized that there was such a technique.
Long Chen quickly asked: "What technique? Which sect?"
If you follow this method and look it up, you'll get some clues.
The Pavilion Master shook his head slightly and said: "There is no name for the technique, and there is no sect. They are just a few masters and disciples who committed evil, and were later destroyed by the Jianghu and the imperial court."
Long Chen was greatly disappointed and asked: "Is it possible that there is a fish that slipped through the net?"
The Pavilion Master said: "It's possible, but even so, we don't know who it is."
Long Chen thought for a while and asked: "Do people who practice this evil skill have any physical characteristics, such as femininity?"
The Pavilion Master said: "Yes, they will be very feminine after cultivating Yin blood, not as masculine as you, and they will look like men."
Long Chen smiled awkwardly
"Thank you, Master, for your advice. I will say goodbye, junior."
Long Chen got off the Cangwu Pavilion and thought about it while walking.
The information given by the pavilion master was unknown to me, but it was of no use.
I only know that there is an evil technique, but no one who has practiced it knows it, and still has no clue.
Back at Qiuxing Hall, Wu Xiangyun was talking to Xiang Ning.
"You're back? Is Tingting okay?"
During this period, Wu Xiangyun had been staying with Bai Tingting in the Li Mansion and almost never returned to Qiuxing Hall.
When Wu Xiangyun saw Long Chen coming back, he quickly said: "Tingting is missing. I guess she went to catch the flower-picking devil."
Long Chen secretly screamed, and asked: "When did it happen?"
Wu Xiangyun said: "Today, those literati jointly signed a letter to impeach you. When Tingting found out, she was very angry and said that she would catch the flower-picking devil for you. I advised him not to go, but when I went to the toilet, he disappeared."
Bai Tingting has the character of Ren Xia. If a woman from the capital is killed and Long Chen is involved, she will definitely take action.
"I should have thought of it earlier."
Long Chen had no choice but to immediately go to Di Luoxi for help.
When they arrived at the West Palace, Di Luoxi was drinking.
"Tingting went to find the flower-picking devil alone. I'm afraid she's in danger, so you send someone to look for her."
Di Luoxi frowned and said, "Isn't this nonsense? Xuan Yi, Qing Yue, you take people to find Tingting."
The two immediately took people out of the palace to search for him.
"Any idea?"
Di Luoxi didn't give Long Chen wine, and now Long Chen needs to think quietly.
"I don't have a clue. I asked the pavilion master and she said there is an evil skill that requires the blood of a woman's yin, moon and yin period, but there is no way to find the murderer."
Di Luoxi drank wine and thought: "All those who were killed were Yin Yue Yin Shi?"
Long Chen nodded, this is what is recorded in the documents.
Di Luoxi said casually: "How does this flower-picking demon know who Yin Yue Yin Shi is?"
One word awakens the dreamer.
Long Chen suddenly realized: "Yes, these murdered women have different identities. Some are women from ordinary families, and some are women from wealthy families. It is not easy to know their birthdays and horoscopes."
Di Luoxi put down her wine glass and said, "There is only one place where you can get this information, Jingzhao Mansion."
The local population and household registration are under the jurisdiction of the local government, and the capital is under the management of Jingzhao Prefecture. The birth dates of all people will be recorded.
"So, start the investigation from Jingzhao Mansion."
Long Chen stood up, changed into a cloak and covered his face before going out.
Long Chen is not afraid of those who make trouble, he just doesn't want to cause trouble.
After leaving the West Palace and walking on the street, almost everyone was talking about Long Chen.
"A female corpse was dug up in Commander Long's Mansion, and a female corpse was also dug up in the West Palace. The flower-picking devil is Long Cheng'en."
"I thought Long Chengen was the pillar of the country, but I didn't expect that he was the devil of the country."
"Knowing people but not their hearts, who would have thought he was such a person."
"Then why not deal with it? Just because he has made great contributions and fought in the war?"
"He is protected by the Holy Emperor and the Princess. Who doesn't know that he is the leader of the harem?"
The passers-by's words were unpleasant, but Long Chen didn't mind at all.
Those who achieve great things don't stick to trivial matters and don't care about gossip.
If a few words from others are stuck in your throat and you can't bear it, such a person is destined to be unable to achieve great things.
Think about Wang Situ and Sima Yi. One was scolded by Zhuge Liang until he vomited blood, and the other managed to replace Cao Wei in the end. Having a thick skin and not caring is a necessary condition for success.
Long Chen rode to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the officer at the door hurriedly informed Bai Anning.
Entering the front hall, Bai Anning and Li Junjun came to pay their respects.
"General Long, why are you here?"
Bai Anning was a little surprised. Long Chen had always said he would not interfere in the case, so why did he come to the door in person again?
Before Long Chen could speak, Li Junjun said first: "General Long, Tingting is missing. General Wu said she went to capture the flower-picking devil. Please help me look for her. I'm afraid something will happen to her."
Long Chen comforted him: "I already know, the princess has sent people to look for her, don't worry."
Hearing that Di Luoxi had sent someone to look for him, Li Junjun felt relieved.
Long Chen said to Bai Anning again: "Bai Yushi, I have some new discoveries, let me tell you about them."
Long Chen told what he had discovered, and Bai Anning exclaimed: "Yes, why didn't I think of that? The murderer specifically targets women in the yin moon and yin time, so he must have a way to know."
"We will go to Jingzhao Mansion now to inquire."
Bai Anning immediately ordered his men to prepare for departure, and at the same time notified the people from the Criminal Investigation Department to go together.
Long Chen said: "My identity is ambiguous at the moment, so I'm waiting for news at the Metropolitan Procuratorate."
Long Chen has now become a target and is still a suspect. It is not appropriate for him to go to Jingzhao Mansion for interrogation.
Bai Anning also understood and said, "Then I'll wait for the news, sir, and we'll go now."
Bai Anning and Li Junjun rushed to Jingzhao Mansion together with people from the Criminal Department.
Long Chen had nothing to do in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so he went to see the female corpse.
After entering the morgue, a female widow lifted up the white cloth, untied her clothes, and indicated the location, length and depth of the wounds one by one.
"The injuries on these women's bodies are different, but they are all in secret places. The murderer is very cruel and the nature of the insult is obvious. Two of their breasts were scratched."
The female widow had a bad look on her face, obviously hating this flower-picking devil.
Long Chen looked carefully and found a very strange place.
The wounds should have been split by fingernails. Logically speaking, such wounds should be obvious, but the wounds on these women were not big.
"Why don't these wounds open obviously? Is it because of the cold weather?"
Long Chen didn't understand autopsy, so he asked the widow to do it.
"No, people have warm blood. Before the body loses temperature, the cold weather will not affect the wound opening."
Only then did the female widow realize that the wound was unusual, and she secretly admired Long Chen for his careful observation.
"Such a crazy person deserves to die!"
Long Chen covered the body with white cloth and bowed to the female corpse.
The deceased is the most important person, so this ceremony is appropriate.
After leaving the morgue, Long Chen waited in the Metropolitan Procuratorate until dark, but still did not see Bai Anning come back. Long Chen told the people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate that he would go back to Qiuxing Hall first.
Returning to Qiuxing Hall, Feng He entered the room.
"How about it?"
"Yingfeng and I checked all the suspicious people in the harem and found no fake eunuchs hidden there."
"Have you checked everything?"
"Except you, my lord."
Long Chen was speechless, how could he check it himself?
"That's strange. There are no fake eunuchs in the harem, so whose child is in Ruyan's belly?"
"Is it possible that she left the palace and had a secret meeting with her lover outside the palace?"
If there is no such thing in the palace, it can only be the seed left by the lover outside the palace.
Feng He shook his head and said: "Ruyan has not left the palace in the past year, so it is impossible for her to have a lover outside the palace."
Long Chen asked again: "Are there any men disguised as women? Have you checked?"
Feng He nodded and said: "I checked it too and it doesn't exist."
Long Chen leaned on the chair and closed his eyes to relax.
This case was harder to investigate than expected. No wonder Li Tianze was at a loss what to do at the time.
"Li Tianze's suspicion can almost be ruled out. The murderer is practicing evil martial arts. He knows the birth dates of these women."
Long Chen slowly recalled various clues, trying to connect the problems together.
"Sir, think slowly, I'll leave first."
Feng He left the room, and Long Chen continued to close his eyes and think.
dong dong dong
Xiang Ning knocked on the door and came in, saying, "Censor Bai of the Metropolitan Procuratorate has sent a letter."
Long Chen opened his eyes and said: "Give it to me!"
Xiang Ning handed over the letter, and Long Chen quickly opened it
