Chapter 68: This Prince Rong'an is not the same Prince Rong'an
The sky was turning pale, magpies were singing on the branches, and the servants in the mansion began to move around.
“Help—”
"Someone come quickly, my wife..."
Screams pierced the clouds, followed by hurried footsteps. It felt like a large crowd of people was pouring into the courtyard, instantly filling it up. People were thronging under the tree, jostling each other. No one dared to report the incident to Governor Su.
Su Lu Ning, the wife of the Su family, was found naked and died suddenly in bed.
As soon as the news came out, Governor Su almost fainted on the ground. Two servants rushed forward to hold him up and helped Governor Su sit back in the room. Another person took out a pure black pill from the table and stuffed it into Governor Su's mouth, forcing Governor Su to breathe again.
"Take me... take me to see Ning'er." Governor Su lay on the couch with one hand covering his heart, looking weak.
In the wing room.
Half of the white bed curtain was hooked up with a golden hook, and the other half fell to the ground. The bedding in the bed was not opened. Su Lu Ning was lying on her back naked, with her eyes bulging and her red lips wide open, looking like she had been ravaged.
The body was already stiff and cold, obviously having been dead for several hours.
Governor Su staggered forward with uncertain steps, but because his daughter was naked, he stopped three or two steps away from the bed, then turned around and covered his face and cried.
"How could this be! Who did Ning'er meet last night and why did she end up like this!" Governor Su yelled at the servant who was on duty yesterday.
A maid stepped forward with her head lowered, suddenly kneeling on the ground. Without saying a word, she slapped herself hard across the face. She wept, "Replying to the Governor, last night Prince Rong'an came to see my wife. I didn't dare stop him, so I... I let Prince Rong'an carry my wife into the room."
"What nonsense!"
Governor Su kicked the maid away, pointed at her and cursed, "Stop talking nonsense! Do you know what the crime is for making up stories about the royal family?"
"I'm not talking nonsense," the maidservant said, covering her face with her hands and lying on the ground, crying breathlessly. "Prince Rong'an has really come. If the governor doesn't believe it, he can send someone to inquire."
The servants in the room looked at each other and dared not say a word.
A moment later, Qin Yanheng and Luo Qingling, who learned the news of Su Luning's sudden death, hurried to the courtyard, but were stopped at the door by servants. They did not see the body, but could only vaguely hear someone talking.
"The news that my wife died suddenly in bed must not be spread!"
Another violent death.
Qin Yanheng suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart. He remembered his elder brother, the Crown Prince, who died suddenly of illness three years ago. He also died suddenly in bed like Su Luning today, and the truth has not been found out yet.
"Prince Rong An."
Governor Su had long since forgotten about formalities. He rushed forward, staring at Qin Yanheng and speaking directly, "I heard that Prince Rong'an visited my daughter's chamber last night. What was the urgent matter? And when did he leave?"
Hearing this, Qin Yanheng was stunned for a moment, and asked with a puzzled look: "When did I come to see Madam Su?"
It rained a little last night, and he was worried that Luo Qingling would not sleep well due to the heavy dew late at night, so he took out a hot water bottle from his bag, filled it with water, and personally brought it to Luo Qingling's yard. He chatted with her for half an hour, and only returned to his own yard after Luo Qingling was too sleepy.
From beginning to end, he never set foot in Madam Su's courtyard, and had never even seen a piece of her clothes.
Qin Yanheng was about to open his mouth to refute, but he heard the maid kneeling beside him say that the latter's right cheek was red and swollen, as if she had just been slapped.
"Last night, I saw with my own eyes Prince Rong An, dressed in a black and gold python robe, striding from the outside of the courtyard to the door of my wife's room. At that time, I was not far away and watched Prince Rong An carry my wife into the room. It is absolutely true and there is no falsehood."
"Besides, there are guards outside your room every night, so there's no way a man outside can sneak in. There's only Prince Rong'an in the mansion right now, and as a noble, you can go wherever you want in the mansion without anyone being able to stop you."
The maid's words and actions hinted that only Qin Yanheng came to see Su Luning last night.
Luo Qingling, standing nearby, glanced up at Qin Yanheng, who had already fixed his gaze on her. The two exchanged glances, each seeing a glimpse of understanding in the other's eyes.
It must be true that Prince Rong'an came to see Su Luning, but this "Prince Rong'an" was not Qin Yanheng himself.
She turned and looked directly at the maid, then pointed at Qin Yanheng and continued, "Did you see clearly that the person who came to see Madam Su last night had this face?"
Qin Yanheng's eyebrows jumped, and he smiled without saying anything, tacitly approving Luo Qingling's behavior of "bullying his superiors".
The kneeling maid nodded and answered bravely, "It is absolutely true. I usually sleep in the side room at night. Last night, after pouring water for the lady, I came back and saw Prince Rong An standing in front of the room, talking to the lady."
Everyone in the room looked at Qin Yanheng with different expressions on their faces. At this moment, Governor Su could no longer hold back, he covered his face and burst into tears.
"What is the important matter that Your Highness wants to talk to me about? Why do you come so late at night?" Governor Su looked at Qin Yanheng with red eyes, as if waiting for an explanation.
"I have never come to look for Madam Su," Qin Yanheng replied calmly, "It was a monster that killed her."
"monster?"
Governor Su and the maidservant were horrified, their pupils trembling, as if they could not believe it at all.
"This... There has never been a monster in this mansion for many years. Why did it happen last night..." Governor Su asked.
Qin Yanheng shook his head and did not answer.
He also didn't know why the monster targeted Su Lu Ning, and the cause of death was exactly the same as that of the prince's brother. Could it be that the person behind the scenes couldn't sit still anymore?
"Your Highness," Luo Qingling tugged at Qin Yanheng's sleeve and looked up at him, "It must be that monster that could transform into a human form not long ago that has appeared again. How are we going to catch it now?"
"Let this prince personally interrogate Su Luning."
Qin Yanheng waved his hand for everyone to leave the wing, and Luo Qingling immediately understood his intention. Standing beside the two of them, Inspector Su struggled to leave, confused, but since Prince Rong'an had spoken, he dared not disobey.
Only Qin Yanheng and Luo Qingling were left in the room, along with a body covered with a white cloth on the bed.
"Does the young prince need my protection?" Luo Qingling asked.
"No need." Qin Yanheng would not let her take risks.
After he finished speaking, Qin Yanheng flipped his palm, and the next moment a strong wind blew in the room, the bed curtains hanging on the ground rolled up, and Luo Qingling's skirt swayed, and she couldn't help but take two steps back.
On the bed, the corpse that was originally covered with white cloth shook slightly. Qin Yanheng raised his hand and exerted force in the air, trying to pull Su Lu Ning's soul out of the body.
For some reason, no soul appeared for half a day.
Logically speaking, Su Luning had only been dead for a few hours, so it was impossible for his soul to be unrecoverable, unless...
"Su Lu Ning." Qin Yanheng narrowed his eyes and spoke coldly.
As soon as the words came out, the entire bed shook violently, and the white cloth covering the corpse seemed to be lifted by a hand and gently floated over Su Luning. Seeing this, Qin Yanheng hurriedly pulled a talisman from his sleeve and placed it on the white cloth, trying to suppress the corpse aura.
At the moment the talisman paper touched the white cloth, a visible gas dissipated from around the white cloth, accompanied by bursts of corpse stench.
In a moment, the room returned to calm.
No matter how Qin Yanheng set up the formation, the corpse no longer responded.
Su Lu Ning's soul dissipated.
"How could the soul of a person who died not long ago be scattered?" Qin Yanheng put away the formation and stood in place, looking down at the white cloth. Su Luning's pale fingers were exposed from underneath.
"I remember Cui Susu was like this too." Luo Qingling stepped forward.
"It's not just Cui Susu, the prince was like that too." A dark look surged in Qin Yanheng's eyes.
Nothing can harm the soul except a rocket.
He was getting closer and closer to the truth he wanted.
Qin Yanheng squinted his eyes and stared at the white cloth for a while, then pulled Luo Qingling and left the room.
Outside the door, Governor Su had calmed down. Seeing the two figures, he quickly stepped forward and knelt in front of Luo Qingling without saying a word, looking up with a sad face.
"I beg Madam Luo to investigate the facts and give justice to my daughter Su Luning."
Governor Su could see what Qin Yanheng was thinking. Now, Prince Rong'an always put Madam Luo first in everything, so instead of asking Prince Rong'an for help, it would be better to ask Madam Luo directly.
"Please stand up, Governor Su," Luo Qingling stepped forward to help him up. "Even if you don't say anything, Your Highness and I will not sit idly by and watch Madam Su's affairs. We don't know who the murderer is, so we need your cooperation."
Governor Su nodded.
For an hour, Qin Yanheng personally interrogated everyone in the Governor's Mansion, especially the guards who were on duty in Su Luning's yard last night.
However, nothing could be learned. Everyone said in unison that at midnight they saw "Prince Rong'an" stride into the yard and go straight to Su Luning's room. Then "Prince Rong'an" hugged Su Luning and closed the door.
Although Luo Qingling had previously stated that there had been a monster that could transform into a human form recently, everyone still secretly believed that the person was Prince Rong An.
On the surface, no one in the mansion was suspected.
"Could it be that someone disguised himself as Prince Rong'an and came to meet Madam Su in private?" Xuanying asked from the side.
"It can only be a monster." Qin Yanheng immediately ruled out the possibility of human intervention.
"Could it be... Madam Su also saw the monster that tricked me away a few days ago?" Luo Qingling guessed. Although the monster disguised as a human was targeting her and Qin Yanheng, after failing twice, might it have shifted its target?
"It's possible, but the monster didn't catch you or me, so why would it catch an ordinary noble lady without any spiritual energy?" Qin Yanheng turned his head and glanced at Luo Qingling.
The two were discussing countermeasures when they heard a commotion outside the door.
The maid knelt on the ground and sobbed. In front of her, Governor Su was scolding her: "God, please stop talking nonsense. If I hear such nonsense again, I will beat you to death!"
"Governor Su, what's going on?" Luo Qingling hurried forward to separate them.
Upon hearing this, Governor Su turned and pointed at the maid, who sobbed and said, "Just now...just now I hadn't finished speaking. Last night, after Prince Rong'an entered the room, my wife called for water before turning off the lights. I brought the basin in and saw...I saw His Highness lying on the bed."
As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Qingling turned around and glanced at Qin Yanheng, who shrugged his shoulders.
This monster...is also very likely to damage other people's reputation.
Now we still don't know what the purpose of the monster is. We only know that it seems to disguise itself in different appearances to lure others into being deceived. So Qin Yanheng immediately ordered that all the people in the city are not allowed to go out in the next few days. If there is any important matter, they must report it and will only be allowed to go after approval.
The people in the city were in panic, and even the common people did not dare to trust anyone easily.
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