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"Yes." "After I washed my clothes, I went back to my room. On my way back to my room, I tripped over something and picked up a jade pendant. I wanted to see what it looked like, but I didn't expect to find Xiu-Er hanging on the beam when I lit the candle." The young maid spoke with tears in her eyes to Master Zhuang.

"Did you find anything suspicious besides the body?" Lord Zhuang coldly questioned the young maid.

"Yes, yes, sir. No." The young maid lowered her head, not daring to look at Lord Zhuang.

"What about that jade pendant?" Lord Zhuang looked at the young maid and asked.

The maid wiped the tears from her eyes and looked around. "When I saw Xiu-Er's body, I was so scared. The jade ornament fell to the ground."

"Milord." Ling Feng stood up from his chair and stood beside Lord Zhuang.

"Speak."

"I picked up this piece of jade from the floor after I entered the room." Ling Feng handed a crystal clear jade pendant to Lord Zhuang.

Lord Zhuang took the jade pendant and glanced at it before passing it to the young maid, "Is it this jade pendant?"

The young maid took the jade pendant and looked at it carefully. Then, she looked at the lord Zhuang with certainty and replied, "This is the jade pendant. This jade pendant originally had a little blood on it, but this servant has wiped it clean." The young maid pointed to a small dirty area on top of the jade pendant and said to Lord Zhuang.

Lord Zhuang placed the jade pendant on the table, and concluded, "The rope on this jade pendant has been broken, and the mark is still new. It should have been torn just now. Perhaps the victim had torn it from the murderer's waist. "As for the blood on the jade pendant, the victim must have accidentally injured the murderer and the murderer touched the pendant." Master Zhuang cut off a piece of the rope from the jade pendant and compared it with the red thing he just found in Xiu-Er's fingernails. "The red thing in Xiu-Er's nails is the same thing as the rope on the pendant. From this, we can determine that the owner of this jade pendant, in addition to the scratch on his right hand, is the murderer. "

"Someone, come." The Prime Minister called for the servants and a few guards who were standing outside.

A few guards and servants walked up to the Prime Minister one after another, lowering their heads respectfully. "Master Prime."

The Prime Minister looked deeply at the jade pendant on the table, then placed his hands behind his back. His face was ashen as he spoke slowly, "Bring the personal guard, Lu Zhao, to the Residence of Prime Minister."

"Yes, sir." The guards obeyed and left.

When Ling Feng, who was standing aside, heard Lu Zhao's name, he was stunned for a moment before calling out to a few guards who were about to leave, "Wait a moment." Then he looked at the Prime Minister, "Master, Lingfeng will accompany them. "Lu Zhao's martial art is powerful, Ling Feng is afraid that they won't be able to handle him."

The prime minister looked at Ling Feng and nodded, "With you accompanying them, I don't have to worry."

On the main street, a skinny youth dressed in men's clothing was following behind a burly man dressed in bright clothes. The man walked quickly, but he was fast. The man walked slowly, but he slowed down. After a while, the man seemed to notice that someone was following him. So the man walked up to the shop on the street and picked up a bronze mirror. He pretended to ask for the price and shone the bronze mirror behind him to see who was following him.

The corner of the young man's mouth curled up slightly as he inwardly snorted. He wanted to borrow the copper mirror to see just who was following him? " "A small trick."

Then he turned and walked into the alley so that the man wouldn't notice him.

When the youth walked out of the alley, an old woman fell in front of him. The young man hurriedly helped the old woman up. "Auntie, are you alright?"

The old lady leaned on her walking stick and waved at the youth. "It's alright."

Seeing that the old woman was fine, the youth walked past her out of the alley and looked at the small shop on the street. Where was the man?

The youth helplessly looked at the small shop on the street and then looked at the old woman. At this moment, a bright light flashed across the old woman's eyes. The youth secretly sighed. He didn't expect that man to be so smart. There was actually an old granny blocking his way, waiting for the opportunity to escape herself.