Detective Ghost Empress

155 the weapon

” The perfect way to hide evidence of a murder is either to destroy it but if it cannot be destroyed then it is to hide it somewhere no one can find,” Liu Hui Ying undid the string that was curled around her wrist and then continued speaking, ” For example lets say that a wife who wants to hide her savings from her alcoholic husband, she won’t hide it somewhere her husband will look for it, instead she will hide it in a place where her husband will not even think about looking for it, that is to say in his own belonging.”

She then threw the string of beads that were on her hand in the air and then watched it fall from the air to the floor. ” The killer still seems to be visiting the grave of your aunt which means that they are still feeling a bit smug about the kill that they have made without being caught which is why I think that instead of destroying the weapon, they must have hidden it somewhere you can look for it but haven’t which is why it is like a rewarding and thrilling experience for them.”

Liu Hui Ying turned her head and looked at Zhai Tianyu whose complexion has gone rather bad and smiled, ” To fool the Emperor I think they are feeling quite good about this.”

” Those bastards!” Yu Lingyun’s face flushed in anger as he realised what Liu Hui Ying was trying to explain, the ones in charge of investigating the happening were his soldiers, to think that the culprits behind the killing of Zhai Chenguang could fool him like this.

They actually hid the evidence here right where he has spent hours looking for something that would explain what might have happened with Zhai Chenguang, now that he has found out what actually happened, he could not help but get furious.

If Yu Lingyun was furious then Zhai Tianyu’s anger simply knew no limits at all, he could not believe that someone has made a fool out of him but as he looked at the string of beads that have fallen on the ground, what he could not understand was why would someone think of something so sinister and even spent so many efforts to fool him?

” Maybe they have a grudge against you or the imperial family,” Liu Hui Ying answered as she raised her hand and then took out a knife that Zhai Tianyu hasn’t seen her carry before she walked over to where the strings were placed and then dragged the sharp end of the knife on the back of her palm, a long gash appeared on her palm yet Liu Hui Ying did not even flinch as she picked the knife that has cut her skin in half and then placed it over the string of beads letting the drop of blood fall on it.

Her actions were so swift and ruthless that even Zhai Tianyu did not know what to say, it was only when she turned to look at him and then further continued to speak in a low voice did he snap out of his daze. ” That person must have had a deep grudge against the imperial family which is why their specifically targeted your aunt and even left the evidence intact such that they will be able to come back again and again and see what kind of amazing feat they have done years ago.”

“That is..” Zhai Tianyu did not get the chance to finish speaking as the string of beads started to smoke and then the entire space was surrounded in black fumes like night have already fallen.

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” What the... what is going on?” Yu Lingyun shouted as he looked left and right but before he could even look for a way out, he saw a multitude of shadows on horses looking around for something, he saw the black figures and then his eyes widened as he turned to look at Zhai Tianyu who solemnly said, ” This is an echo of what happened that day.”

” Ding Dong, you are right.” Liu Hui Ying said in a sing-song voice as she turned to look at the sight that was happening in front of her. ” This is simply a mirage repetition of what happened that day and how you all were looking for evidence because I have a feeling that the murderer might have come to hide his weapon here after everything turned silent, we are going to see where exactly he might have hidden it on this big cliff.”

And in front of them, as the shadows on horses vanished, a figure after a few minutes limped out, their long hair flying behind them wildly from the shadow of the figure one could see that it was a man but no sooner did the man rushed at the cliff, another figure, one that was smaller and petite rushed towards him and in the hands of the shadow was a sword like a lengthy rod.

Zhai Tianyu and the others watched as the two shadows talked with each other before they started digging the space a bit further away from them, as they crouched down to bury the sword the mirage vanished and then Zhai Tianyu turned to look at Yu Lingyun to tell him that he needed to dig the sword out but he did not even need to do that because Yu Lingyun who have taken great personal offence over being fooled by someone was already on his way to dig the sword out.

Even Zhai Heng who was upset at the thought of being fooled by a complete novice walked over to the spot where he watched the two people bury the sword, it was funny. He was the head commander and yet he was fooled by someone who did not even know how to kill someone!

The two of them did not have any digging tools with them unlike the shadows who were carrying a digging tool with them but they still somehow managed to dig the spot. How? With the use of their spiritual Qi, Yu Lingyun did not even need a digging tool instead he simply used his sword to destroy a part of the cliff with ease causing a cloth-covered old sword with blood spots on the cloth as well its blade to surface.