Chapter 148 Murder Case
Li San Niang was taken to the Jingzhao Prefecture by the captain. Although she was not treated as a prisoner, the people standing outside the door indicated that Li San Niang was under supervision.
Having escaped the fate of having her hands destroyed and her throat slit, Li Sanniang now holds a warm teacup, wondering whether she has escaped to safety or will fall into an abyss.
If you were to ask Li San Niang whether she regretted inserting the scalpel into the man in black's spleen, you would ask her...
I will never regret it!
In that situation, Li San Niang simply couldn't protect her own life, avoid harming the man in black, and simultaneously restrain his actions.
If Li San Niang had some martial arts skills, she would have had a better chance of winning.
However, Li Sanniang was just a doctor who knew human anatomy. After learning that the man in black was an enemy of the Bad People, in order to save her own life, Li Sanniang's instinctive reaction in that instant was to insert the blade into the spleen.
Given that position and the time allotted to it was only a few seconds, this was the only method Li San Niang could think of.
Li San Niang did not regret killing someone. It was a choice between death and her own, so how could she regret it?
Li San Niang was afraid. She was afraid that she could not bear the execution of herself, and she was afraid that her father, mother, and the rest of the Li family, especially Lu Zhu'er, would not be able to bear the pain of losing Li San Niang.
Changshoufang, the Li family.
Mr. Unreliable, who usually has a slight smile on his face, now had a dark cloud over his face.
It turned out that Mr. Bu Ke had received information from the spy monitoring the Li family, and that's how he learned that Li San Niang had encountered villains on her way home from work.
At that time, Mr. Bu Ke felt that this matter was extraordinary and must have a close relationship with the Bad People.
Mr. Bu Ke, having gathered information from several sources, and under the protection of his hunchbacked servant and several spies, arrived at the alley where Li San Niang had committed murder in Yongping Ward. He showed the Bad People's waist token to the soldiers of the Golden Guard before entering and carefully examining the scene under the torchlight held by his servant.
Mr. Bu Ke also examined the two living people left at the scene, as well as the black-clad man who had bled to death by Li San Niang. He was certain that the survivors were just ordinary thugs in Chang'an who did nothing but fight for others and bully good people.
Although Mr. Bu Ke did not turn over the body and had no recollection of the man in black's face, he found something strange about the dagger the man in black used to assassinate Li San Niang.
The dagger didn't look particularly special; apart from its relatively thin blade, it seemed to have nothing unique about it—just an ordinary sharp weapon.
However, Mr. Bu Ke, who is meticulous and observant, still found a small mark at the end of the dagger when he carefully examined it with a handkerchief as a pad.
It was a mark with a dot inside a circle.
This mark is related to the case of the lost military tally that the Bad People are currently investigating.
In addition to being monitored by the Bad People, the Li family was also being watched by secret agents of the Imperial Guard because Li San Niang's name was on the list of extraordinary people reported by the Commander of the Imperial Guard.
So, by sheer coincidence, just as Mr. Bu Ke finished surveying the scene and was about to leave, he encountered Xue Yao, who was extremely annoyed by his mother's nagging about finding a suitable wife. In order to escape his mother's nagging, he had left home under the pretext of his work to investigate.
Xue Yao was the commander of Emperor Wu's personal guards and the most powerful head of the personal guards in Chang'an.
Mr. Bu Ke is the head of the Chang'an branch of the Bad People, and secretly the number one person in Chang'an City.
Kings do not meet kings, queens do not meet queens.
The kings of their respective fields met for the first time by chance because of Li San Niang's case.
However, at this moment, neither of them was sure who the other was, or how they could be so capable as to have the Imperial Guards standing guard outside and allowing the Prefectural Government to enter and inspect the crime scene before the Prefectural Government had even entered to investigate.
Mr. Ke is conspicuous because he needs to use a wheelchair to go around due to his leg ailment.
Therefore, Xue Yao had a certain understanding of the situation.
The two did not speak or nod to each other, but simply brushed past each other indifferently.
At this moment, Mr. Bu Ke looked at the hopeful eyes of everyone present and calmly said, "Since Third Sister is one of my people, I will ensure her safe return home!"
Brother Li was a tactful man. Upon hearing this, he quickly stood up and bowed, saying, "With Mr. Bu Ke's words, we are at ease."
Then, Mr. Bu Ke inquired in detail about everything that had happened to Li San Niang from the moment she left home during the day until now. In order to protect Li San Niang, the Li family members told Mr. Bu Ke everything without reservation.
After Mr. Bu Ke left, Xue Yao and his men carefully examined the scene. They knew that Li San Niang's inclusion in the Record of Extraordinary People meant that some of her actions were useful to the Tang Dynasty.
A useful person should not die before he/she becomes useless.
Moreover, what exactly does Li San Niang possess that would warrant the other side sending an assassin to kill her?
Xue Yao had handled many cases, so he naturally realized that the man in black was a skilled martial artist, while Li San Niang was clearly described in the Record of Extraordinary People as someone who did not know any martial arts and was just an ordinary woman.
No, it's not ordinary either. At least the sleeping potion that Li San Niang concocted was very effective.
Xue Yao kicked the green-skinned man and the big man who were still unconscious and had been tied up by the Jinwu Guards.
Xue Yao felt that this matter was worth reporting to Emperor Wu, as other secret guards, such as the Bad People, might have other intelligence related to Li San Niang's case.
A residential building in Xishi.
"My lord, Black Wolf's mission has failed," the man in black, kneeling on the ground, reported.
The young man, dressed in a bright red Hu-style robe and sporting a head full of small braids but resembling a Han Chinese, took a sip of tea before uttering, "Oh? Dead?"
"Yes, my lord, Black Wolf is dead."
"Haha, interesting, very interesting. How's the situation now?"
"The cripple from the Bad Guys and Xue Yao from Emperor Wu's side have both gone to the scene. They might have figured something out. Black Wolf isn't very thorough in his work. My lord, will this affect our arrangements in Jiangnan?"
The man in red stood up, went to the window, opened it, looked at the moon that was still faintly visible in the sky, took a deep breath, and replied to the man in black, "It's alright. If it has any effect, we can do it again."
As usual, the Prefect of the Capital woke up around dawn. After getting ready, he was about to enjoy a bowl of mutton soup when someone came in to report: "Prefect, the Imperial Guard encountered a murder case last night. The murderer is currently waiting inside the prefecture, and the scene has been sealed off. Judge Chai learned from the Imperial Guard that Commander Xue Yao visited the scene last night."
When the Prefect of the Capital heard that even the Commander of Emperor Wu's personal guards had been mobilized, he realized it was a major case. No wonder the case was reported to him immediately instead of being handled by the Junior Prefect.
The Prefect of the Capital finished the last bit of soup from his bowl and said, "Hurry up, let's go check inside the mansion."
Li San Niang, dressed in a dress stained with the blood of the man in black—the bloodstains now black and obscuring its original pale yellow color—waited in vain until dawn.
Daylight broke, and the trial was about to begin.
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