His old face trembled slightly as he endured the pain caused by his body and quietly welcomed the coming of death.
It was just a wisp of creaking sound that fell into my ears unexpectedly.
He barely opened his eyes and looked through a thin slit, and a familiar blurry shadow came into view.
While many elders were bowing, he silently came to the bedside, sat down, and lifted the quilt.
Li Zicheng's body was covered with dazzling torture scars.
There are red-hot iron brands, pus-producing scars from the brands, torn bloody holes where iron hooks penetrated the shoulder armor, and shocking bloody traces of whipping...
One after another, Li Zicheng's old body was tortured to pieces.
He is already old and has gone through many tortures, which seriously damaged his vitality.
The oil is now exhausted.
"Who did it?" The person who came was naturally Xia Qingchen. He gently covered himself with the quilt. When he lowered his head, no one except Li Zicheng could see his calm face clearly.
The elders were silent and found it difficult to speak.
Li Zicheng said hoarsely: "I... did it myself... it's okay, it's okay..."
My life is almost gone, are you still okay?
Xia Qingchen turned his head and looked sideways at the elders: "Let me ask you one last time, who did it?"
He didn't threaten anyone, but everyone could hear the suppressed storm in those words.
Several elders looked at Li Zicheng. After all, they couldn't bear that Li Zicheng suffered such torture in vain, and said: "It's the deputy palace master of Liushan Palace, Gong Yangqing!"
They explain everything in detail.
Six-fan palace?
Xia Qingchen remembered that when Xuanji asked, Liushan Palace relied on Xia Qingchen to get a few extra Luo Shen's legacy beads.
He didn't expect the other party to repay his kindness, but there was no need to add insult to injury, right?
As soon as he died, he couldn't wait to torture his people and help the Yu family seize his spiritual palace.
In silence, Xia Qingchen took out three bottles of good secret healing medicine, some for external injuries and some for internal injuries.
However, Li Zicheng's injury was so serious that Xia Qingchen could only guarantee that the injury could be cured. Whether he could survive was uncertain.
"Give him some medicine." Xia Qingchen put on a bamboo hat and silently walked out of the ward.
Several elders asked: "Sir, where are you going?"
Xia Qingchen looked at the dark sky and said slowly: "I will go and kill someone and then come back. You guys take good care of him."
After saying that, he walked out.
A gust of cold wind from the dark night blew up, lifting his black hair and flying gently...
Six Fan Palace.
Even late at night, in a study room of Liushan Palace, a lone fire burned brightly.
The Master of the Six Fans Palace was reviewing recent important cases, one of which made him frown.
That was the case of the murder of Jian Jiu, a former member of Princess Yanyu’s Qiren Pavilion.
To this day, we still don't know who the murderer is.
Some people suspected that it was Xia Qingchen, because Xia Qingchen and Jian Jiu had a violent conflict during the fairy-demon chess game, so he was the most suspect.
However, various evidence collections showed that Xia Qingchen did not have the time and evidence to commit the crime.
The case has been delayed for two months and has not been concluded, and Prince Liang is somewhat dissatisfied with this.
Jianjiu's master is the famous Madman Sword. The latter asked to see King Liang and begged him to make the decision, so King Liang paid special attention to the case.
As the Lord of the Six Fans Palace, he is under a lot of pressure.
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While he was deep in thought, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in." At this moment, the only person who can still find him is Gong Yangqing, who is the deputy palace master, a fellow who is also dedicated to his work.
The door opened, and an old man with a goatee, a thin face, and a bluish complexion came in.
"The deputy palace master came to see me late at night. Is there anything wrong?" the palace master asked casually, his tone was not very polite.
Although both of them have the highest mission of Liushan Palace, their philosophies on the case are different.
The Lord of the Palace of Six Fans is more inclined to evidence and would rather let the suspicious person go than unjustly accuse someone.
However, the deputy palace master is keen to please his superiors. All cases required to be investigated by the superiors must be finalized. Even if the suspect may be unjustly accused, he must do everything possible to convict him.
The two have had many quarrels over the years.
Gong Yangqing sat opposite the palace master and said: "I have strengthened the prevention of Purgatory Hell according to your instructions."
Recently, Liushan Palace has noticed some signs. Dark Moon seems to be planning to break into the Purgatory Hell under Liushan Palace and rescue some people, so Gongyang Qing is responsible for strengthening the defense.
"Well, be careful and you won't make a big mistake." The palace master nodded.
Gongyang Qing continued: "But the strengthening of defense means that we have fewer manpower to handle cases."
There are only so many detectives in Liushan Palace, and allocating some of them to guard the Hell of Purity means that the number of people specifically handling the case will be reduced.
After a pause, Gongyang Qing said: "Maybe some cases with solid evidence can be finalized as soon as possible. This can reduce everyone's pressure."
The palace owner's eyes flashed slightly: "What about?"
"For example, the case of Jianjiu's murder! Now that the evidence is conclusive, we can definitely convict." Gongyang Qing said.
This is the real purpose of his coming.
The palace owner said calmly: "The evidence is conclusive, what evidence? Show me."
Gongyang Qing said seriously: "According to our investigation, the only person who had an enemy in Jianjiu was Xia Qingchen. Only he could kill him, so we can speculate..."
The palace owner interrupted rudely: "What I want is evidence, not speculation!"
"But, the fact should be like this..."
The palace owner slapped the case, interrupted him, and shouted sternly: "What determines a person's fate is not the speculation of our detectives, but the evidence!"
"Our official duty as police officers is to punish evildoers, not to wrongly accuse innocent people!"
Gong Yangqing's already bluish complexion became even more unsightly.
He said in a low voice: "But this case is a case that Prince Liang is concerned about."
The palace owner said: "So what? Prince Liang is concerned, and the case should be settled by law!"
Gong Yangqing was annoyed. No wonder Liushan Palace was not favored by King Liang. With such a stubborn palace owner, could Liushan Palace please King Liang?
After a pause, the palace owner softened his tone and said, "I heard that you are currently trying a theft case involving the Spiritual Palace?"
Not all cases fall under the jurisdiction of the palace lord.
The deputy palace lord also has some powers to oversee cases.
"Yes, it's a case of the Palace Master of Ling Palace stealing materials from the Yu family." Gongyang Qing said, feeling a little guilty.
The palace owner said meaningfully: "The case is handled in accordance with the law, right?"
He just heard yesterday that a prisoner was sent away in the dungeon of Liushan Palace. After tracing, he found out that the man was the master of the Spiritual Palace.
And who the spiritual palace belongs to is known all over the world.
"Of course!" Gong Yangqing said without changing his expression: "Am I, Gong Yangqing, a person who violates laws and disciplines?"
The palace owner didn't ask any more questions.
For a simple crime of theft, Gong Yangqing would not resort to lynching indiscriminately.
"Well, let me explain to Xia Qingchen later that our Liushan Palace handles the case in accordance with the law and has no intention of targeting anyone." The palace owner casually ordered.
He didn't want to affect the relationship between Liushan Palace and Xia Qingchen.
After all, Xia Qingchen had some feelings for Liushan Palace and was the husband of his disciple, Jiang Xuexin.
However, based on his investigation of Xia Qingchen, he has a good character and a good heart, so as long as he makes it clear, there should be no problem.
"No!" Gongyang Qing said without hesitation: "When are we, Liushan Palace, handling cases, having to explain things in a nice manner to others? This will damage the prestige of Liushan Palace."