Half in the river wind, half in the clouds

Chapter 179 Weaving a Web

Zhaoxingfang is located at the southernmost end of Chang'an City. The people living there are peddlers, vagrants, and demoted commoners.

Princess Cheng'an lived here after she was demoted.

The small courtyard was already crowded with people from all walks of life, and the Dali Temple, the Eastern Palace and Princess Taiping's Mansion all sent people to inquire about the matter.

Jiang Feng recognized the person on duty at the Dali Temple. Shen Guxing had asked him to invite Jiang Feng to question him.

Wang Maozhong of the Eastern Palace and Cui Shi, the representative of Princess Taiping, came over to pay their respects to Li Longye when they saw him.

When Cui Shi saw Jiang Feng following behind him, he curled his lips and snorted.

Jiang Feng was not to be outdone. He also curled his lips and snorted back.

The Dali Temple officer came up quickly and said, "Your Majesty, there's someone inside."

Jiang Feng was about to go in with a group of people. The Dali Temple guard looked at Li Longye and said hesitantly, "It's bloody inside, I'm afraid it's not suitable for Miss Jiang."

Li Longye thought for a moment, then said to Jiang Feng, "Stay outside and wait for me."

Jiang Feng was obedient, nodded and said, "Okay!"

After Li Longye and his group went in, Jiang Feng walked forward tentatively. As soon as he reached the door, he smelled a bloody smell that made him nauseous.

She looked into the room and saw a woman in plain clothes lying on the ground, her face facing outside, her eyes open, a jade hairpin inserted around her neck, one hand still holding the hairpin, and blood flowing all over the ground.

She looked in the direction of the blood flow and found that it had reached her toes.

She suppressed the urge to scream and took two steps back.

Someone pushed her gently from behind and she finally stood firm.

Looking back, it was Guan Shanyun.

Her face turned pale and she asked, "Brother, why are you here?"

Guan Shanyun said, "I want to pay my respects to Prince Xue. The palace said that the prince went to your house, and my aunt said that you and the prince came out, so I followed him here."

Jiang Feng said, "Brother, you came here in a hurry. Is there anything urgent?"

Guan Shanyun said: "It's Chu Yan."

Jiang Feng stamped his feet and said, "She's making trouble again! What's going on this time?"

Guan Shanyun was about to speak when Li Longye and his group came out holding handkerchiefs and covering their noses.

Huaxi Tower.

Having just watched the tragic death of Princess Cheng'an, the three of them had no appetite and only put tea on the table.

Jiang Feng said: "Princess Cheng An definitely did not commit suicide."

Li Longye said: "She took the hairpin and pierced her artery, causing her to die of excessive blood loss. Before she died, she left a suicide note."

Jiang Feng said: "She was killed after she died when someone pierced her artery with a hairpin."

Li Longye said: "You didn't see it."

Jiang Feng said: "When I was at the door, I peeked inside. Her blood flowed to the door, but there was no blood splattered on her clothes or on the table near the body."

Li Longye and Guan Shanyun were silent. Jiang Feng thought they didn't believe him, so he explained, "If a person's carotid artery is punctured while alive, blood will spurt out. Cheng An's blood all flowed on the ground. So, it must have been after death that someone..."

Before Jiang Feng finished speaking, Li Longye asked, "How do you know all this?"

Saw it on TV.

Of course not.

Jiang Feng could only laugh: "This is not important."

Li Longye asked: "Where did you hear that?"

The only ones who knew this common sense were the coroners in the Dali Temple, and the only person who could be related to the Dali Temple for Jiang Feng was Shen Guxing, who once served as the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple.

Jiang Feng had no choice but to say, "I read it in a book."

Li Longye asked: "What book?"

Jiang Feng felt that it was difficult to breathe. He glanced at Li Longye and replied randomly, "The Record of Washing Away Wrongs is about a minor coroner in the previous dynasty who solved countless cases in his lifetime. He summarized all the cases he handled. It contains detailed descriptions of various body injuries, such as strangulation, drowning, and stabbing."

Comrade Song Ci, the Chief Justice of the Song Dynasty, was born several hundred years later, otherwise there would be no need to waste so much time and effort to mention his name.

Li Longye: "Where is that book now?"

Guan Shanyun: "What are you looking at?"

Jiang Feng first answered Li Longye, confidently: "The book is in the study in Liangzhou. It will take some effort to find it."

Whenever he couldn't explain something clearly, he would attribute it to books.

When they first met in Liangzhou, she had seen all those strange but delicious foods from books, which unfortunately were lost.

However, this copy of "Xiyuanlu" is far away in Liangzhou, and it is not realistic to get it now.

Seeing that Li Longye finally stopped asking questions, Jiang Feng replied to Guan Shanyun: "If I were a man, I would definitely combine the strengths of all families and become an extraordinary person."

Guan Shanyun always praised her, saying, "You are a woman, and you are also very capable."

Jiang Feng benefited a lot from it.

Li Longye said: "You are so powerful, but do you know that Cheng An's suicide note lists all your crimes?"

Jiang Feng was startled at first, then he said: "Between the two of us, I am the victim anyway."

Li Longye said: "She said that you and Jiang Fei worked together to frame her. She also said that you instigated the relationship between the Crown Prince and Princess Taiping so that I could reap the benefits."

Jiang Feng was stunned and couldn't recover for a long time.

It felt like a large and dense net was being woven for her.

Guan Shanyun’s next words further confirmed this idea.