Chapter 311 The Man in Pink Tulle

What is in Yang Hezhi’s house?

Jingzhe had never been to a brothel, but he had the good fortune to accompany his master to a brothel once. In Yang Hezhi's house, there were a few rooms that were decorated more warmly and ambiguously than a brothel.

But there are also two rooms that look like prison torture chambers, but not quite. The footstools and whips look like they are just for playing house.

There are many types, but none of them seem to have much lethality. They look more like toys than torture instruments.

At first Jingzhe didn't understand why Yang Hezhi would put such a shabby thing in his own house.

Until he came across some picture albums.

"Princess, you don't know how perverted Yang Hezhi is. Most of the people in those atlases are tied up, both women and men.

Although the torturer's face was not depicted, I could tell at a glance that it was Yang Hezhi. His hairstyle and clothes were the same as they are today. I suspect that those albums were also created by him."

Jingzhe clicked his tongue, "Before I came here, I heard that Feng Zhao was more prosperous than Da Wei, and the atmosphere was relatively more open. I didn't expect it to be so extravagant."

Xiao Zhian was already extremely embarrassed, and after hearing this, he blushed and retorted, "He can't represent Feng Zhao."

But Yang Hezhi was indeed from Fengzhao.

It really brought shame to Feng Zhao.

After Jingzhe finished speaking, he realized that something was wrong and apologized quickly, "It was my fault for speaking out of turn."

He did not doubt Yang Hezhi at first, and even had the impression that he was a gentleman.

That's why he was so shocked when he saw those things. He was in a hurry to come back and tell the princess. He was in a state of excitement.

"Go to the charity cemetery." Shi Yu gritted his teeth, "If there's even a little mistake, you don't have to go back to Wei anymore."

How could he not go back to Wei? He still had to go back to marry Yan Lan.

Jingzhe subconsciously wanted to bargain, but saw Shi Yu's face was gloomy.

He finally realized something, his scalp tingled, and he quickly lowered his head, "Yes."

I was careless.

The princess has been married to the prince for so long, how can he still treat her as a man.

He took two steps, touched his arms again, and said hesitantly, "I also brought back a booklet..."

Do you want it?

Shi Yu is now a married man. In order to promote the relationship between husband and wife, he has also studied the "Art of War" in his spare time. Naturally, he understands what kind of scenes will be in those books.

It was really inconvenient to open it at this time, but today's events were too strange, so he, the only married man present, finally flipped through the book.

He quickly skimmed through it, yet read it carefully. Finally, his gaze stopped at one page. He folded the rest of the page, leaving only the face of the bound man. He gestured to Xiao Zhian, "Come and take a look. Is it Wang Peng?"

Because of these words, the awkward atmosphere in the room dissipated a little, because everyone knew that Shi Yu was reading this booklet at this time, it must be related to important matters.

Xiao Zhian walked up to Shi Yu with a serious expression and took a closer look. "His features do resemble his."

Wang Peng followed him throughout the day and was familiar with this face.

He used his hands to slightly pull the folded part apart and saw Wang Peng, an assistant officer of Wutong County, a middle-aged man with a beard, wearing a pink gauze dress and tied to the headboard with his hands tied behind his back.

Behind him was a faceless man in a long gown, swinging a long whip and hitting him on the back. The whip had velvet flowers and beads on both ends, and it was obviously not a normal whip used for execution.

Thinking of the purpose of the prince asking him to read this, he didn't care about the embarrassment and flipped through the entire booklet, and found a familiar face in it.

Today he waited in the government office for a long time, but no family member of the deceased came to report to the authorities or claim the body, so he started to suspect that there was something wrong with the posting of the portrait.

He went to the place where the portrait was posted in person. It was crowded with people, including the woman in the portrait.

At that time, she was dressed elegantly and squeezed in front of the portrait with the help of two maids. Her eyes were red. Xiao Zhian noticed her and determined that she was a relative of the deceased.

But she got on the carriage after reading it and did not stop in front of the government office. Xiao Zhian was unwilling to accept this, so he sent someone to ask the woman if she knew the person in the portrait.

The women replied that they did not know the women in the portraits, but they had just heard about the living burials and were horrified by it. They also felt sad for the girls who had died, so they could not help but go and take a look.

But Xiao Zhian believed in his own judgment, so he sent people to investigate the woman. Before the investigators came back, Jingzhe discovered this thing first.

The woman in the album, with her clothes disheveled, was stepping on a shirtless man...

"If these pictures are true, then they did such a ridiculous thing in Yang Hezhi's house, which means Yang Hezhi has evidence against them.

Therefore, this is why no one reported the incident to the police today, and no one claimed the body."

Xiao Zhian's eyes were filled with anger. "I was saying that the portraits were clear, how come no one recognized the deceased? It turns out they were afraid to report them to the authorities."

"But forty-nine girls are equivalent to at least forty-nine families. Can Yang Hezhi really cover up everything so easily?"

Wei Shijun was puzzled, "So is County Magistrate Yang the real mastermind behind this, or is he being kept in the dark by his son?"

Although she had not seen the picture album, but from Jingzhe's description, she knew that these were some shameful relationships. Could Yang Hezhi, the son of a county magistrate, really control forty-nine families by this means?

"Even if he has those forty-nine families under his control, they still have neighbors, relatives, and friends. Have they also seen those girls?"

Xiao Zhian nodded, "That's right. These girls were fifteen or sixteen years old when they died. Even the girls from the harem couldn't really be kept locked up at home."

Didn't the county magistrate's daughter, Yang Ling'er, save the brothel girl while on a pleasure boat? This shows that the girls in Wutong County also go out.

This is also the reason why he couldn't figure it out today.

"Unless they are not from Sycamore County."

After Xiao Zhian finished speaking, he denied it. The woman was clearly crying today, and he saw the painful expression on her face clearly.

What exactly went wrong?

Xiao Zhian frowned.

Suddenly, his expression changed and he looked at Shi Yu, "So, is there really someone who wants to destroy those corpses?"

The Crown Prince did not do this solely to punish Jingzhe.

Shi Yu nodded.

Today's abnormality made him realize that someone was suppressing this matter. Since they didn't want it to be publicized, they must want to destroy the evidence.

Without a victim and the body destroyed, the case will drag on. They can't stay here forever. Once they leave, some things will be out of control.

Moreover, he remembered that there was someone behind County Magistrate Yang, and as time went on, it was very likely that the matter would be left unresolved.

Wei Qingyan also shared his gains with everyone, "After being injured, County Magistrate Yang did not fall into a coma immediately, but instead held on for the entire night before falling into a coma.

I asked the secret guards to find the doctor who treated him, but when the secret guards found him, the doctor was already dead.

It is very likely that County Magistrate Yang fell into a coma because he was drugged. Judging from this album, the assistant officer Wang Peng is Yang Hezhi's man, and the relay room in the mansion is also Yang Hezhi's man.

In other words, since County Magistrate Yang was unconscious, Yang Hezhi was in charge of everything, and the person who drugged him was most likely Yang Hezhi. Based on the above, we can infer that County Magistrate Yang and Yang Hezhi were not the same kind of people.

Secondly, the formation was re-arranged after Yang Hezhi returned. Combining the previous and subsequent discoveries, I suspect he was the one who actually set up the formation."

Otherwise, when Madam Yang mentioned that she knew the mystical arts, Yang Hezhi looked calm and not panicked at all. Perhaps it was because he had rearranged the formation and she failed to break it again.

Because the new formation was better than the previous one, perhaps Yang Hezhi believed that she could not break the new formation and her ability was only so-so, so he looked down on her.

"Thirdly, even if the other girls aren't from Wutong County, Yang Ling'er is the daughter of the county governor, so many people would know her. But today, when I was among the crowd, they didn't even talk about me. This is very abnormal.

Therefore, it is very likely that there is some reason why they dare not mention this matter again."

"What's the reason?" Xiao Zhian asked anxiously.

Wei Qingyan shook his head. "The world is too long. Those incomplete grievances cannot tell me the truth. But to make the people of the entire county keep their mouths shut about this, it must be related to the interests of the people of the entire county, and their lives are at stake."

"But they refuse to speak. We can't arrest civilians and torture them." Xiao Zhian pinched his brows.

Shi Yu tapped his fingers on the table. "If the people dare not speak, then let County Magistrate Yang tell us."