Chapter 2661 The murder weapon
Xie Jiaojiao stood behind him, tilting her head to look at him, and said, "So, are you writing to your Emperor, or to that... Imperial Concubine?"
A cold light suddenly flashed in Li Bushang's eyes.
Turning around: "What did you say?"
“…”
"How do you know about the Imperial Concubine? Did someone in your city tell you? What do you want to do to her?"
Xie Jiaojiao looked at him with sparkling eyes.
Suddenly he smiled and said, "This is the most you have ever spoken to me since we met."
“…”
Li Bushang frowned.
Xie Jiaojiao continued, "I don't know her, and no one in our city knows her either."
Li Bushang asked, "Then why did you ask her?"
Xie Jiaojiao said, "Because I have good hearing, when I walked over just now, I heard you telling your subordinates in the tent that you were going to give the letter to the imperial concubine, so I just asked. Aren't you the emperor's servant? Why are you writing a letter to the imperial concubine?"
Li Bushang gave her a cold look.
Unlike those people who were immersed in power struggles, had complicated minds and deep eyes, Xie Jiaojiao's eyes were very clear, even black and white, as if he could see through everything at a glance.
But, even after seeing through it, I can't see anything.
She opened her bright eyes wide, but it was impossible to tell what she was thinking.
This feeling made Li Bushang feel very uncomfortable.
He said coldly: "It has nothing to do with you."
Xie Jiaojiao seemed to be used to this when she heard it, and said with a smile: "It seems that this imperial concubine has special feelings for you."
“…”
"No matter what I say, you only reply with four words - it has nothing to do with you."
“…”
"But, when you mention her, you will say a few more words to me."
“…”
"I can't wait to meet her."
Li Bushan's expression remained indifferent, but impatience was evident in his eyes. He didn't respond, but turned around and said, "What exactly do you want to discuss with me?"
Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said, "It's nothing, actually. I just wanted to come and see you."
Li Bushang frowned again.
Xie Jiaojiao said, "We are now of the same blood, right? Can't I come and see you?"
Li Bushan said coldly: "If there is no serious business, I don't want to waste time talking to others."
After he finished speaking, without waiting for Xie Jiaojiao to say anything, he said to the outside: "Come here, show the guests out."
Xie Jiaojiao was stunned. Tian Ye had already walked in.
Instead, he politely raised his hand to Xie Jiaojiao: "Miss Xie, please."
As he spoke, as if worried about the other party's loss of face, he added: "Besides, Miss Xie has been traveling day and night for the past few days. She must be tired. She should rest early."
Xie Jiaojiao pouted and glanced at Li Bushang again, but she didn't seem too angry. She just said, "Okay then. I'll go back first."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Looking at her receding back, Tian Ye breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Li Bushang carefully again.
He whispered, "Sir, this Miss Xie seems to be very nice to you..."
Li Bu Shang raised his hand to stop him from continuing and said lightly: "Okay, I need to rest too."
"yes."
Tian Ye immediately left his tent.
Seeing the tent being lowered, and looking at Xie Jiaojiao's back as she walked alone towards the camp in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
This night passed quickly.
But life was not peaceful.
Except for the people sent out to investigate the surrounding clues, the rest of the troops patrolled all night, and the camps on both sides were silent.
Until noon the next day.
Everyone guarding the door of the tent saw that the lights were on inside all night, and from time to time they could hear the sound of Li Bushang moving around. Obviously, this murder case kept him awake all night.
It wasn't until dawn that things quieted down inside.
The candlestick went out, and his heavy and long breathing could be faintly heard.
There were people walking around in the camp. Those who were out on patrol had to come back for their shifts, but no one came to disturb Li Bushang until noon, when a loud noise was heard.
Li Bushang was originally just taking a light nap at his desk, but the sound woke him up immediately.
He opened his eyes, stood up and walked to the door.
"What's up?"
Tian Ye and his men were also in front, a large group of people in a mess, as if talking about something. Upon hearing his voice, Tian Ye immediately turned back and said, "Sir, the people sent out to investigate for clues are back."
"So soon?"
Logically speaking, it would take these people at least a day to check the surrounding area as he said. They came back so quickly, probably because they found some clues.
Li Bushang immediately asked, "What did you find out?"
"I heard that the murder weapon was found."
"oh?"
Upon hearing this, Li Bushang's eyes flickered.
Ever since last night, or rather, early this morning, after seeing Cheng Ye's body, he has been thinking about one thing in his mind, which is the murder weapon.
No murder weapon was found in the entire camp, including the camp over there.
Although he did not examine the wound, he looked at it carefully for a while. The bloody wound gave him a familiar feeling.
He immediately said, "Go and have a look!"
"yes."
Li Bushang tidied himself up a bit and walked over. He saw the troops from both sides crowded in the open space between the two camps, making a lot of noise and seemed to be arguing about something.
Song Zhiwen's voice was mixed in: "Everyone, please calm down and figure things out first."
And then, Murong Qiu Ming's cold voice was heard.
"Zhiwen, how can we figure this out?"
“…”
"Are you still trying to say that this murder weapon has nothing to do with the murder?"
"I, I didn't say that."
"In that case, the facts are already before us, what else needs to be clarified?"
Li Bushan frowned when he heard these words. He immediately called away the Jinyiwei who were surrounding there and walked forward. He saw that the leaders of Song, Xue, Xie and Murong families were all there. The guards behind them looked indignant, especially the guards of Cheng family who had no leader. They were even more furious. When they saw him coming, many of them looked like they were about to rush up to fight.
The Jinyiwei immediately came over to protect him.
Li Bushang walked over under the gaze of everyone and said to them, "Hey everyone, I heard that the murder weapon has been found?"
Murong Qiuming sneered, "This time, you ran slower."
“…”
"Why, you want to say something else?"
Li Bushang said calmly, without even looking at him, and simply said to Song Zhiwen, "Can I see the murder weapon?"
This time, even Song Zhiwen showed a hint of hesitation on his face.
Li Bushang asked, "What's wrong?"
Murong Qiuming sneered and said, "Show him what he has prepared."
Song Zhiwen had no choice but to wave at Ma Yuanju, and then he saw several guards walking towards him holding knives.
As soon as he saw the knife, Li Bushang's heart sank.
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