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Feng Ning Yan looked at Shen Ling Jue's despicable appearance of acting all obedient after getting a bargain. She couldn't hold it in anymore and giggled.

Shen Ling Jue glared at her, blaming her for laughing at such an inappropriate time.

"…" Qi Cang was embarrassed. His mouth twitched a few times, but he didn't say anything. He silently cursed, "It was obviously your Prince Yu who set this trap on me. You sure are reluctant to do anything …"

As he looked at this incomparably handsome Prince Yu, he thought to himself, 'This Prince Yu looks ice-cold, but I never imagined that he would be able to protect his wife to such an extent. He's really giving it his all!' See how it ends when he can't find the murderer.

"All Ning Nan County's yamen runners heed the order, cooperate with Prince Yu to investigate the case!" He raised his voice as he gave the order, and followed behind Shen Lingjue and Feng Ningyan.

Shen Ling Jue ordered his personal guards to guard the surroundings of the Manor, while walking towards the entrance.

Qi Cang did not understand why he did not go to investigate the case first and instead went outside the Manor. He did not make a sound as he silently followed behind Shen Ling Jue.

He would not interfere with Shen Lingjue, but he had to watch over this prince's every step. He could not allow others to mess around in his territory.

Shen Ling Jue and Feng Ning Yan led Qi Cang and the yamen runners to the foot of the Green Plum Guild's stairs, looking at the sudden stop of the horse hooves.

Feng Ningyan knew that he had hurried over just now, and did not expect him to notice that the horseshoe seal was not ordinary. She could not help but ask, "Your Highness, what do you mean by the horseshoe seal?"

"What did Princess Hua-Yang think?" Shen Ling Jue knew that Feng Ning Yan definitely had her own plans, so he asked her to share her thoughts.

Feng Ningyan pondered. "The footprints disappeared into thin air, revealing a solid foundation underneath. It's as if a horse grew wings and flew away …"

Shen Ling Jue smiled, turning around and ordering all the bailiffs, looking for a horse nearby.

"Can military horses fly?" Qi Cang didn't understand what was going on, but he still urged his men to hurry up and go look for him.

Not long after, someone found a military horse in the forest on the east side of the manor.

Shen Ling Jue, Feng Ning Yan and Qi Cang walked together to the forest, where the constables had already gathered with lanterns in their hands.

The scene that appeared before them sent shivers down one's spine.

The horse on the ground was dead, and its limbs were twisted in an unnatural way after a painful spasm.

The ribs on the military horse's abdomen were completely broken, and a big hole was dug out in the chest just like Yue Qing. The heart was taken away alive, leaving only the chest cavity.

"It's Yue Qing's horse!" Feng Ning Yan covered her mouth, but didn't dare to get any closer.

This horse was called "Liu Feng", it was a wild horse. When Yue Qing tamed this horse, she stayed at the side of the horse farm and watched it for two days.

She really liked this horse, but since Feng Wei agreed to give this horse to Yue Qing, she chose a different horse.

Now, looking at this military horse that was in its prime, just like its master, who died without a complete corpse, her heart ached as tears welled in her eyes …

Shen Ling Jue turned his head to look at Feng Ning Yan, lightly holding her shoulders and softly saying, "Don't come near, I'll go take a look."

Feng Ning Yan replied. She covered her chest and didn't move forward.

Even if it was only the examination of the horse's corpse, Shen Lingjue was meticulous.

After a while, he stood up and moved aside to allow Qi Cang to examine the corpse.

In the end, Qi Cang had never examined a horse's corpse and did not know where to start. Being stared at by Shen Ling Jue and Feng Ning Yan was like a thorn in his back, he was extremely nervous.

After the test, Shen Ling Jue asked: "Has Master Qi found anything?"

Qi Cang hesitated for a moment, looked at the broken tree above the horse's corpse, and said after some thought, "This horse shouldn't have come by itself, but it seems like … Descending from the sky. The wound on its heart has been torn, so the murderer must have been empty-handed and did not use any weapon. "

Shen Ling Jue nodded his head and replied, "There are two deep claw marks on the horse's abdomen, and they are the size of an average adult man's palm. On the belly of the horse in the palm of the hand, there is a purple bruise caused by gravity, and it should be the culprit that is standing under the horse's abdomen, lifting it with both hands and throwing it into Sang Lin. Only the upper branches of the horses have been broken, and there is a hole under the horse, which shows that. "

Hearing that, Qi Cang knew that Shen Ling Jue was indeed capable, but he was a little puzzled: "Is that possible? A military horse as valiant as this should at least weigh around seven or eight hundred Jin; how could a single person possibly be able to lift it up? "

Listening to Shen Ling Jue's description of the situation, Feng Ning Yan couldn't help biting her lips, her eyes turning red with hatred.

"There is always a heaven above the heavens and a man beyond men. There are many strange people in this world. There are many people who are as strong as a thousand jin in my army camp in Ningnan."

When Qi Cang heard this, he could not refute her, so he could only shut his mouth.

Shen Ling Jue used a brocade handkerchief to wipe his hands and said, "Go back to the village."

Afterwards, they returned to the manor and began to examine the corpses on the terrace in front of the main hall.

Shen Ling Jue rolled up his sleeves and tied the corner of his robe onto a jade belt at his waist. He personally went up to examine the corpse, but still did not let Feng Ning Yan get too close.

He knew that there were many Crimson Flame Battalion soldiers there. They were all good brothers that risked their lives and risked their lives with her.

Feng Ningyan stood in the distance, looking at the blood dripping from the balcony railing, feeling extremely sad in her heart.

Shen Lingjue examined them one by one, confirming his previous judgement.

Following that, he even opened his chest to inspect Yue Qing who had already been burnt to a crisp.

After inspecting most of the corpses, Qi Cang was already deeply impressed by Shen Ling Jue's methods. He personally ran to the well and fetched a bucket of water to wash Shen Ling Jue's hands.

At this moment, the sky was already slightly bright.

Shen Ling Jue's bare hands were stained with blood and firewood ash. He washed them two or three times before he finally washed them clean.

His clothes were also stained with blood. Even his handsome face was tainted. A few strands of his messy hair were all stuck to his face.

Feng Ningyan's heart couldn't help but feel sour. She thought back to the day he killed the tiger, when his body looked like it was spotlessly clean, as elegant as a fairy.

He was very afraid of dirt and smell, and he didn't want to be stained with blood.

But today, in order to investigate the tragedy at the Green Plum Guild and prove her innocence, there wasn't a single clean spot on his body, but he didn't care at all.

Shen Ling Jue walked to the side of Feng Ning Yan, held her ice-cold hand, and calmly told her the results of the autopsy.

"Princess, I have not failed you. I have finally proven your innocence."

Feng Ning Yan's eyes warmed up as she raised her head to look at him expectantly.

Qi Cang and the rest of the yamen runners had been waiting for the result of Shen Ling Jue's inquest.

Shen Ling Jue turned to Qi Cang and said, "Green Plum Guild's tragic case, there was only one culprit."

"One person?! How did he do it!? The time of death of dozens of people is almost the same, and there are twenty of them from the Crimson Flame Battalion! "

Qi Cang couldn't believe it, and he couldn't help but question it.

Shen Ling Jue knew that Qi Cang was only anxious to solve the case, so he didn't blame him for losing his composure and continued to explain:

"The army and horses were attacked from the abdomen, which proves that the murderer was extremely powerful, with claws like an eagle's hook. If we take into account the wounds of others, the culprit is only three feet tall, so many of the wounds must be from the bottom up, and the culprit should be a dwarf. "

"Gnomes!"

When the result of the autopsy was revealed, everyone was so surprised that they couldn't believe it.

A dwarf was able to easily lift a warhorse that weighed a thousand pounds?

A dwarf was actually able to kill all of the soldiers of the Crimson Flame Battalion in an instant. Even Feng Wei's capable subordinate, Yue Qing, was not a match for him?

Everyone was waiting for Shen Ling Jue to give them further evidence.