Feeling shaken, Meng Peng had Ye Qun helped up and then took him away, bound hand and foot.
Ouyang Ye's gaze lingered on Xiao Yu for a few seconds. Although unwilling, he could only turn and leave...
"With this refined iron, the brothers can save a lot of trouble."
Xiao Yu looked at the group of refined iron with satisfaction. As expected of Master Ouyang's disciples, the refined iron forged by the craftsmen under their guidance had a very high purity.
"Next, I will teach you how to forge this refined iron into steel."
Afterwards, Xiao Yu gathered the soldiers together and began to teach them the essentials of the steelmaking method, instructing them to turn the refined iron into steel.
"It sounds easy, and it's even amazing."
Xiao Zhan's eyes lit up as he listened, his anticipation for this new type of metal, "steel," grew stronger, and he said, "Let's work harder and make the steel as soon as possible."
"good!"
The other soldiers were also united in their resolve.
Only Da Sha couldn't understand, but that didn't dampen his enthusiasm.
Just then, Xiao Yu suddenly noticed that Jin Mulan had arrived.
"My wife, what brings you here?"
Xiao Yu's eyes lit up, and he was initially very happy... but upon seeing Jin Mulan's expression, he immediately asked, "What happened?"
Actually, Jin Mulan's expression wasn't that bad, just a little heavy, but Xiao Yu still noticed it keenly.
Especially when Jin Mulan entered the workshop and saw Xiao Yu, she clearly breathed a sigh of relief.
"The guard you sent to the Prince's residence last night was killed in the outer city."
Jin Mulan spoke.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu's face darkened, and his fists clenched unconsciously... He knew those people were after him, and this soldier was meant to die for him.
In order to deceive Ouyang Ye and Ye Qun, Xiao Yu specially chose a soldier whose build was similar to his own.
While changing clothes, the soldier happily said, "I can wear such nice clothes too, hehe, the fabric is really good... I'll wear this tonight for my wife to see, it will definitely seduce her."
"Then you can have this outfit."
Xiao Yu said casually.
"How could that be... I, I dare not."
The soldier was flattered and quickly said...
"I said I'd give it to you, so I'll give it to you. Stop with the nonsense. Hurry up and go. Come early tomorrow."
Xiao Yu said with a smile.
As a result, he actually died... Xiao Yu remembered that the soldier's name was Zhou An, and he was in his thirties. Thinking about his conversation with him last night, Xiao Yu clenched his fists tighter and tighter.
“You didn’t come home last night, and Shen Youyu was very worried. She wanted to send someone to look for you, but she found that the city gates were closed.”
"When I went to Prince Xiao's residence this morning, I ran into Wang Chao. Seeing that he was looking for you, I came here..."
"When I arrived at the outer city, I learned that a murder had occurred last night. After questioning the victim, I found out that the deceased was a guard from the Xiao Prince's mansion. Zhou An's body has been collected by the yamen, and the coroner is examining the injuries."
Although the capital city also has a nightlife, the inner city gates are closed before 9 PM, and no one is allowed to pass through.
So, when Shen Youyu saw that Xiao Yu hadn't returned last night, she wanted to send someone to ask him, but the city gates were closed.
After listening to Jin Mulan finish speaking, Xiao Yu took a deep breath and said, "I need to go to the yamen to see Zhou An's body."
"I'll go with you."
Seeing that Xiao Yu was somewhat agitated, Jin Mulan reached out her fair and slender hand and took Xiao Yu's hand in hers, saying...
"good."
Xiao Yu nodded.
Afterwards, he and Jin Mulan each rode a horse and headed towards the yamen (government office).
Fifteen minutes later.
Xiao Yu and Jin Mulan arrived at the yamen.
Although this is also part of the capital, it is located in the outer city, and Lord Zhang of this yamen is still a county magistrate.
Upon seeing Jin Mulan and Xiao Yu arrive, Magistrate Zhang quickly bowed and greeted them respectfully, saying, "Welcome, Your Excellencies."
Just an hour ago, Jin Mulan had already come and identified herself.
As for Xiao Yu... Magistrate Zhang has already guessed that this person is most likely Xiao Shilang of the Xiao Prince's Mansion, who is now the Xiao Prince.
Where is Zhou An's body?
Xiao Yu had no time for pleasantries with Magistrate Zhang and asked directly.
"Please come with me, sir."
Magistrate Zhang led the way with a respectful tone.
A moment later.
Xiao Yu saw Zhou An's body in a room, where the coroner was already packing up his tools.
Zhou An lay on a wooden plank, his body covered in knife wounds, more than a dozen fatal ones. His clothes were soaked in blood, and his hair was disheveled...
Upon seeing this, Xiao Yu's pupils contracted sharply.
The other party was deliberately torturing Zhou An. They could have killed him with one blow, but they still slashed Zhou An more than a dozen times.
"grown ups."
When the coroner saw Magistrate Zhang arrive, he stopped tidying up his tools and quickly stood up to bow.
"How did the test go?"
Magistrate Zhang asked the question.
"Your Excellency, the deceased had twenty-one stab wounds, each one severe, but not fatal..."
A hint of pity appeared on the coroner's face as he said, "These knife wounds rendered the deceased unable to fight, then caused him to bleed slowly until he died from excessive blood loss! According to my calculations, the deceased died four hours ago."
About four hours?!
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu and the others' expressions froze for a moment.
Six hours have passed since Zhou An left last night... which means that those people tortured and killed Zhou An for a long time, and when he finally fell to the ground, Zhou An might not have died yet.
But because no one came to his rescue, he ultimately couldn't hold on.
"These beasts!!"
Xiao Yu squatted on the ground, looking at the bloodstains and knife wounds on Zhou An's body, and gritted his teeth, saying, "Zhou An, I will repay those people tenfold for the knife wounds they inflicted on you. For every knife they slashed at you, I will slash them back ten times. For every drop of blood you bleed, I will make them bleed a hundred drops!"
Xiao Yu slowly closed Zhou An's clothes.
Then, he took out two gold ingots from his sleeve and placed them in the coroner's hand, saying, "Buy him a nice set of clothes to change into, so he can be clean, and buy him a good coffin."
"Sir, we don't need this much..."
Feeling the heavy gold in his hand, the coroner quickly said...
Judging from Magistrate Zhang's attitude towards these two people, the coroner knew that Xiao Yu was no ordinary person and that he dared not be greedy.
"Buy the best clothes, the best coffin."
Xiao Yu left those words behind, glanced at Zhou An, and then left without looking back.
No matter how heartbroken you are, the dead cannot be brought back to life.
Xiao Yu wanted to go back to the Xiao Prince's Mansion first to tell his wife not to worry, and then he would go and check who else was in Zhou An's family... Last night, he said he had a wife.
Every soldier in Prince Xiao's mansion has their information registered.
"Shiro, don't be too sad."
This was the first time Jin Mulan had seen Xiao Yu so deeply saddened. Thinking back to how he used to laugh and joke around, and how he never acted properly when calling someone "wife," she couldn't help but feel sorry for him now.
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