"How come you all don't know? It's Jiao Jiao from the Jade Palace. Jiao Jiao, don't pretend you don't know us. I know you all too well."
Jiaojiao is considered the most popular female "waitress" in the Jade Palace. Every young master who has been to the Jade Palace knows her.
"Alright, alright, we all know Jiaojiao, so stop keeping us in suspense. What happened to Jiaojiao? Just tell us."
"Ahem..." Zhang He deliberately cleared his throat and said slowly, "Jiaojiao is dead."
The remaining men looked at each other, somewhat incredulous.
“I’m telling the truth!” Seeing that no one answered, Zhang He thought they didn’t believe him, so he told them everything. “At dawn, someone called the police and found a woman’s corpse in the women’s restroom outside the Bi Palace. The woman’s corpse was gruesome; her entire face was slashed and unrecognizable.”
"You said it's completely unrecognizable, so how do you know it's Jiaojiao?" Zhao Jun asked, puzzled.
Zhang He: "The Bigongdian (碧宫) also called the police in the early morning, saying that Jiaojiao was missing. When the police arrived and investigated, they confirmed that the female corpse was Jiaojiao. Bigongdian employees also went to identify the body, saying that the height and build of the female corpse were exactly the same as Jiaojiao's. And..."
"what else?"
"And the female corpse was found completely naked."
It sounds like something that sends a chill down your spine.
Zhao Jun pushed up his glasses, expressing his doubt, "Look at how convincingly you're talking. Such a big thing has happened, how come there's not a single word about it in the media? Your family hasn't mentioned it either. There's been no news from the Bi Palace either. You're spreading rumors."
"Hey, what I'm saying!" Zhang He exclaimed angrily, hands on his hips, pointing at Ouyang. "Ouyang, tell me, am I telling the truth?"
Ouyang pursed his lips, remaining noncommittal.
Zhang He became even more anxious and retorted, "There's no news because it's been blocked. Think about it, Jiao Jiao died so tragically, and the murderer's methods were so cruel. If the news leaked out, wouldn't everyone be panicking and living in fear? Besides, how can such a big club as Bigongdian continue to do business after something like this?"
"If that's really the case, it's such a pity. Jiaojiao is such a good person, how could she encounter something like this? But it's also strange, what does it mean that the murderer stripped her clothes and slashed her face?"
"How should I know? I'm not the murderer..."
While the group was discussing, Ouyang mysteriously walked up to Mu Nanxun and whispered, "Old Mu, aren't you curious about this?"
"What's there to be curious about? So many people die every day, you can't even count them all. Who has time to be curious about the cause of death for each person?"
“That’s true, but this time the situation is special. Besides, this isn’t the first time this case has happened.” After thinking for a moment, Ouyang continued, “As far as I know, there have been two similar cases in Yancheng, one involving a man and the other a woman, and they died in the same way. Their faces were slashed beyond recognition, and importantly, neither of the women was wearing any clothes.”
"so……?"
"So the murderer in these cases must be the same person. Before, the murderer was in Yancheng, which was quite far from us, but now he's in our territory. Don't you feel a chill?"
Mu Nanxun glanced at him. "I don't think so." He was someone who had survived a hail of bullets and had seen far more cruel things than this. His willpower had long been forged to be incredibly strong.
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