C24 Part1

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Murong Ci told him about the matter briefly, and Shen Zhiyan immediately guessed the intention of His Highness,

"Your Royal Highness wants to go to the mass grave?"

Qin Ruo thought that His Highness had just come to discuss with Shen Zhiyan, but she didn't expect it to be like this.

She hurriedly said:

"Your Royal Highness, it's late at night, it's not good to go to the mass grave."

Murong Ci ignored her and said excitedly:

"Let's go find those two corpses."

'With new clues and breakthroughs, of course they have to investigate and it's already too late to stop them...

Shen Zhiyan is already excited at the idea, how could he refuse?'

'It's just that His Royal Highness is a girl...

How can you go to a dirty and evil place like the mass grave?

If you run into something evil, what should you do'

Qin Ruo thought helplessly.

"Don't try persuading this Prince, 'cause I've already decided."

Murong Ci resolutely said.

"Your Royal Highness..."

Qin Ruo wanted to persuade her again, but was interrupted by Shen Zhiyan.

"Don't worry, I will protect His Highness."

Shen Zhiyan knew His Highness well, so Qin Ruo decided to say nothing more.

"Qin Ruo, Ruyi is in the East Palace alone, and this Prince is not at ease.

You go back and pretend to go sleeping as normal in the Palace.

Then do as usual, you know?"

Murong Ci exhorted and patted Qin Ruo on the shoulder,

"Later you ride back here."

Qin Ruo wanted to speak and stop her, but with Shen Zhiyan accompanying His Highness, there should be nothing wrong with it.

Shen Zhiyan went back to change clothes, took a delicately shaped rosewood box, and then rode his horse to the mass grave.

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The mass grave was ten miles away from the north gate.

The servants in the Palace dragged the body out of the Palace and then dragged it to the mass grave with an ox cart.

At this time, the northern city gate was already closed.

However, since it was urgent to investigate the murder case, Shen Zhiyan had the token of the Dali Temple with him.

Thus going through the gate was smooth and with no inconvenience.

The summer night was covered with hazy and blurred clouds.

The moon with its brightness spread a sense of hope in the lone dark blue night, full of sparse stars which emitted a shiny thin light with their brilliance.

The sound of dogs barking came from afar, and the cries of owls and crows made the night road feel even more quiet.

Upon arriving at the mass grave, Murong Ci and Shen Zhiyan tied the horse to a tree.

There were several trees nearby, with luxuriant foliage in summer, and their rustling sounds were like ghost sighs when the night wind passed.

Looking over it, the uneven mass grave under the night looked creepy, like a tomb that had been silent for a thousand years, gloomy and eerie, shrouded in the blue light and fog.

Two crows flew up suddenly and quacked.

Shen Zhiyan was a brave man, with dead bodies as his team, cemeteries and mass graves were like his home, so he was even more excited and motivated that day.

Because he felt that the two people who died in the Spring Wuyuan Courtyard might be the breakthrough of what happened in the past few days.

On the other hand, Murong Ci had always been brave and careful, but the first time she witnessed the scene of bones, her scalp was numb and she hesitated.

The air was filled with a strong smell of rotten corpses, it was the smell of death, the smell of hell.

Shen Zhiyan opened the small box he had specifically brought with him, and took out two cloth towels,

"This is something I specially made.

I soaked it in an exclusive secret potion for three days and three nights.

It's good for digging a grave for autopsy and for performing a laparotomy to a corpse. Your Highness, you should also wear it."

She took it and smelled a scent of ginger vinegar,

"How come it smells like ginger vinegar?"

"I used ginger vinegar as part of the secret recipe of this potion, and several other medicinal materials."

Having said that, Shen Zhiyan covered his mouth and nose with one of the cloth towel, and then put on his thin gloves,

"Your Royal Highness, you stay here and wait for me."

Now that she was already there, she was willing to go until the end of it, so Murong Ci resigned:

"I will look for those corpses with you, so it will be faster."

"Your Royal Highness, be careful."

He picked up a thick branch of tree and handed it to her,

"Your Royal Highness, remember not to touch them with your barehand."

She nodded and saw him walking to the mass grave familiarly.

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END of CHAPTER 24 PART 1

.....................to be continued