C18 A Murder in the Palace(1)

The day after the Xue Qilin had just left...

Unlike the Morning Snow Tower where Qi Qiqi and the Xue Qilin lived, the Deputy Palace Lord, Ye Zhen, and the other elders each had their own courtyard.

Apart from Elder Zhang Ming, who stayed outside the Sword Tomb due to his official position, and Lee Wanting, who often worked until she forgot to eat, the courtyard of all the elders was built at the Middle Peak, and it spread out with the Morning Snow Tower as the center.

Originally, Qin Chen's courtyard was also in the Middle Peak, but after his sudden change in temperament, he moved to the West Peak on his own accord.

After passing through a thousand twists and turns, Qi Qiqi finally arrived at Qin Chen's courtyard.

The courtyard was hidden in the bamboo forest. It was small and exquisite and had a lingering charm to it as if it had passed away.

This house was completely out of place with him. Although this was not the first time she had been here, Qi Qiqi could not help but ridicule him in her heart.

After passing through the courtyard door, Qi Qiqi was led by Yang Yuning into Qin Chen's room.

It was an elegant room, and one could vaguely smell the fragrance of the wine. Everyone knew about Qin Chen's wedding banquet. It was likely that the wine fragrance came from his wine collection.

The room was already filled with people.

"Palace Lord."

Everyone shouted in unison, except for the solemn-looking Ye Zhen who did not participate in the battle. Instead, he simply nodded slightly at Qi Qiqi.

Qi Qiqi, on the other hand, did not bother to argue with him. After all, Ye Zhen did not want everyone to know that he was the Palace Lord. Thus, she had already gotten used to his arrogant attitude.

Qi Qiqi shifted her attention away from everyone else and started to observe the room.

In the vast hall, the most striking thing was the body covered with a white cloth, and on the floor, at the center of the body, there was a distinct black color, the result of dried blood.

The thing that puzzled Qi Qiqi the most was that the room was too neat and there was no sign of a fight at all. In other words, Qin Chen was killed without any resistance.

"Palace Lord, you better take a look at the corpse first."

Xia Xue had a rare serious expression on her face. She whispered into Qi Qiqi's ear.

"I understand."

Qi Qiqi slowly walked to where Qin Chen's body should be. She squatted down and reached out her hand to remove the white cloth. At that moment, she suddenly remembered something and stopped moving.

"Elder Liu, don't you mind?"

The reason why she asked this question was because she was worried that Lau Chengzong would treat Qin Chen as if he was his own son. She was worried that she would provoke him if she revealed it without permission.

After all, Lau Chengzong was from Ye Zhen's faction, so he more or less had a grudge against Qi Qiqi.

"Please do as you wish, Palace Lord, but - "Lau Chengzong said in a threatening tone: "After the Palace Lord has seen it, you must give this old man an explanation, or else -"

The more Lau Chengzong spoke, the more Qi Qiqi frowned.

However, before he could finish his sentence, Ye Zhen interrupted him.

"Elder Liu, pay attention to your words."

Lau Chengzong was startled for a moment. He seemed to have noticed everyone's condemning gazes, so he cupped his hands and said to Qi Qiqi:

"Palace Lord, I apologize for my slip of the tongue. I hope you can forgive me."

"No worries. Senior Uncle Liu was just excited for a moment. I understand."

Whether or not the other party sincerely apologized, since the other party had at least admitted to his mistake, Qi Qiqi, as the Palace Lord, could not pursue the matter any further. It would be meaningless.

"Then I apologize for my lack of manners."

After receiving Lau Chengzong's permission, Qi Qiqi slowly pulled the white cloth away.

The first thing that entered her eyes was Qin Chen's handsome pale face. His lips had already turned pale white, and the muscles on his face seemed to be a little stiff. It was obvious that he had been dead for a long time. If it wasn't for the fact that it was already winter, and the weather had slowed down the decay, the stench of the corpse would have spread out long ago. The reason why they only found out that Qin Chen had died was probably because he had always been a lone ranger.

Qi Qiqi observed him carefully. Judging from the color of his lips and the color of his skin, she was able to rule out the possibility that he was poisoned. He was wearing a white robe that was stained with blood. The source of the blood came from the sword wound on his left breast.

The sword pierced through his heart.

"Huh?" Qi Qiqi suddenly called out softly.

The wound was not in an ordinary shape. Usually, the wound that was pierced by a sword would look like a flattened quadrangular or hexagon, but Qin Chen's sword wound looked like a flattened octagon.

Normally speaking, the body of an ordinary sword would only be ground into four or six sides. It was already rare for it to have eight sides, let alone a sword that had ten sides.

Ten swords were very rare. There was only one in Qi Qiqi's memory, but she was very familiar with it.

Mo Tie Sword - the Bionism Sword that Lee Wanting used was a ten sword.

Qi Qiqi did not doubt Lee Wanting, but what made her uneasy was that the size and shape of Qin Chen's sword wound matched Lee Wanting's sword.

Just this point alone was enough for Lee Wanting to be suspected, not to mention that everyone knew that she had a grudge against Qin Chen and had a motive to kill him.

Thinking of this, Qi Qiqi could not help but frown.

"It seems that the Palace Lord has also discovered that the situation is unfavorable for Senior Sister Lee..."

Xia Xue bent her body slightly and whispered into Qi Qiqi's ear.

Then, she glanced at Lau Chengzong with a meaningful look in her eyes. Qi Qiqi noticed this action out of the corner of her eye.

Was this why Uncle Liu asked her to give him an explanation? Almost everyone knew about the deep relationship between Qi Qiqi and Lee Wanting. It also meant that Lau Chengzong was asking her to be impartial.

Qi Qiqi covered Qin Chen's face with a piece of white cloth.

"Vice Palace Lord Ye, I'll leave Elder Qin's matters to you."

"I agree."

Qi Qiqi nodded her head to express her gratitude to Ye Zhen.

Given Qin Chen's current status, it would normally be the Palace Lord who would personally handle the matters behind him. However, compared to Qi Qiqi, Ye Zhen seemed to have more experience, which was why he said such a thing.

One had to admit that Qi Qiqi might not be as good as Ye Zhen when it came to handling sect affairs, but she knew her own limits and knew how to use others wisely. Thus, she was able to win over Xia Xue's loyalty.

Of course, Qi Qiqi knew that another reason was that Xia Xue already hated Ye Zhen and Lau Chengzong. As for Yang Yuening, she did not seem to put him in her eyes at all.

Qi Qiqi slowly straightened her body and looked around at the crowd. She asked in confusion:

"Where's Elder Li?"

Bang! Xia Xue was about to answer, but Lau Chengzong, who had angrily slammed the table, beat her to it.

"Lee Wanting? Hmph, that b * tch has already escaped."

When she heard the other party's insulting words, Qi Qiqi felt uncomfortable and emotionally wanted to retort, but her rationality as a Palace Lord told her she could not.

"Elder Liu, do you have any evidence?" Xia Xue questioned Lau Chengzong.