Detective Ghost Empress

162 Tricky case

“What are you doing?” One of the scholars asked as he looked at the two who pressed their fingers on the paper and then threw the paper away. Was this some kind of new ritual?

Disciple Ren shivered lightly, just now he was sure that something took over his body and he was not joking at all when he said that because something just happened to him right now, for a few minutes he felt everything go blank and now that he could hear what his friends were saying, Disciple Ren was rather confused and scared.

However, even if he was confused there was nothing that he could do or ask, if he was to tell them that the reason he did that was all because something came over him, he was sure that his friends would start treating him differently after all being possessed or having something weird happening to someone was not treated lightly by the people of this time.

“It’s nothing, my brush seemed to have lost some of its smoothness which was why I tried to see what was wrong with it,” Disciple Ren chuckled as he awkwardly looked at his friends who were looking at him in confusion but he needed to say something to save his reputation, so he could only go along with this half baked excuse. ” Isn’t that right, Xiao Li?” He asked his maid who nodded and replied, ” The brush has lost a bit of its touch, which is why I had to check the brush when I saw master checking the tip on his own.”

The scholars did not seem convinced but seeing that both disciple Ren and his maid were saying the same thing, they could only drop the matter and go back to their competition.

While Master Ren was working on the next poem, Xiao Li walked to the spot where the paper should have fallen but when she arrived at the other end of the room, she was stunned to see that there was no paper.

” What the...”Xiao Li looked left and right, her gaze dancing all over the place as she looked at the tea house’s main room. Where did the paper with her and Master Ren’s fingerprints go? Who will take that paper and why?

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“I have brought the paper with their fingerprints,” Grandma Lan Fen came floating towards Liu Hui Ying and then placed the paper that she brought with her in front of Liu Hui Ying who picked it up and then praised Grandma Lan Fen for her work, ” You have worked hard, Grandma Lan.”

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” Oh this was nothing,” Grandma Lan Fen waved her thanks aside but one could see that she was rather pleased after listening to Liu Hui Ying’s praise.

Liu Hui Ying rolled her eyes when she saw Grandma Lan Fen blush because of the praise she gave her and then took the paper with the fingerprints from the sword that she has brought with her out of the pocket and then looked at the fingerprints carefully trying to find out whose fingerprints matched with the one she has gotten just now.

However as she studied the fingerprints, her brows started to scrunch up more and more.

‘What is this?’ She frowned while looking at the fingerprints, she turned to look at the maid who was still searching for the paper and then she glanced back at the paper in front of her. This was going to be hard, she thought in her head before tucking the paper carefully back in her pocket and then asking, ” What about Scholar Wei? When will he return?”

Zhai Tianyu who was waiting for Liu Hui Ying to tell him that the killer was Master Ren but instead he heard her ask about Scholar Wei. His heart fell slightly as he looked at her with an anxious expression on his face and said, ” Is this related to Scholar Wei? There is no way he would have harmed my aunt.”

” I am not saying that he is the one who is behind this killing,” Liu Hui Ying very calmly stated. Her eyes flickered slightly as she licked the inside of her teeth and said, ” There is something about the situation that is a bit messed up and I need to clear up the situation only then can I say that something further but for that, I need to know where I will find scholar Wei.”

Zhai Tianyu exchanged a look with Zhai Heng and Yu Lingyun who looked back at him with similar torn expressions. Fortunately, their aunt could not leave the palace and did not follow them because if she has heard Liu Hui Ying ask about Scholar Wei, she would have gone crazy.

” He will be back in a few days.” Zhai Tianyu answered in a thick voice, his expression heavy as he clenched his fists that were sitting on his thighs. Scholar Wei? Scholar Wei ...how can that man do something so cruel to his aunt?

” Don’t jump to any sort of conclusion,” when he was thinking about how he was going to kill that man, a warm voice stopped him. He raised his head and the ice in his eyes melted as he looked at Liu Hui Ying who was looking at him with a calm expression on her face. ” Until and unless I tell you that the person is a killer hundred and ten per cent, you stay silent and keep your hands away from your swords.”

” But you just said–”

” I never said that those two are innocent either, there is a key missing and I need to get that key before I can announce anything.” Liu Hui Ying raised an eyebrow as she crossed her arms in front. ” I don’t want an innocent to be killed which is why I have to take a look at this mysterious Scholar Wei before I can announce the identity of the murderer and the reason why they did that.”

Because if what she was thinking was right then Zhai Chenguang will definitely go crazy.

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