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Chapter 23 Finding

The sound of chiseling the wall was heard, alarming the neighbors.

Some people walked out of the house one after another and looked into the depths of the alley curiously.

"What sound?"

"I don't know, it's quite a bit of noise."

"Why do I sound like I'm smashing something?"

"No, can you make such a big noise when smashing something?"

The excitement cannot be missed, and everyone soon gathered at the door of the house.

Unfortunately, the gate of the courtyard was closed, and people were not curious enough to push the door in, so they had to stand outside and talk.

"Cuigu, there are many neighbors gathered outside." A guard who noticed the movement outside came to report.

The female official stared at the smashed wall and blinked: "No need to pay attention."

Compared to Princess Yingyue's whereabouts, let alone those who watch the fun, even the owner of this house is irrelevant.

Even if the owner of the house is here, the wall will be smashed.

"Stop!" a guard suddenly shouted, "There is something in the wall!"

The female official rushed forward and saw the scene in the wall clearly, and the blood on her face faded.

It was a human bone that could not see the whole picture, and those empty eyes were facing her.

The female official went to the battlefield with Princess Yongping. She had seen all the corpses and blood, but at this moment she couldn't help but stagger back.

Such a loss of composure is naturally because of the possible identity of this skeleton!

When the female official forgot to react, the guards continued to slash the wall, but they were much more careful.

Not long after, a fairly complete human bone was presented to the human.

The courtyard was silent for a moment, and everyone looked at the female official.

The female official finally recovered and took a few steps forward, staring at the bones embedded in the wall.

She tried hard to identify the identity of the bones, but it was like a fool.

After a long time, the female official said hoarsely: "Go... and go to Shuntian Mansion to invite the coroner!"

A man who looked like a manager asked in a low voice: "Do you want to send someone back to report to His Highness first?"

"No!" The female official flatly denied the proposal, her face pale as snow, "Please read the coroner first."

How could she bear to let Your Highness see this?

It is said that good coroners can infer the gender, height, age and even cause of death from the bones. What if they are not the princess?

I don’t know how long I waited, but the coroner rushed over with two helpers, and a promoter came with him.

Because of Princess Yingyue's disappearance, the prosecutor remembered the female official's identity and hurriedly came forward to say hello.

The female official said unintentionally and waved her hand and said, "Let's talk about it after the coroner is finished."

The coroner got busy with two apprentices.

The skeletons were carefully raised from the wall and placed on the ground to piece together a complete human figure. The coroner was responsible for inspecting the skeletons, while the two apprentices were responsible for searching the wall soil inch by inch.

Time seemed to be infinitely stretched, and the female official felt like she couldn't breathe.

The coroner finally stood up and slowly said that he found: "The deceased is a girl in her twelve or three years old. She is over four feet tall and has a fracture of the hyoid bone. It is initially judged that she died of a neck stress..."

As the coroner continued, the female official's face became increasingly ugly.

The princess was twelve years old when she disappeared, and her age was consistent with what the coroner said, and her height was also consistent.

"You can't judge the identity of the white bone in this way, right?" the female official murmured, still unable to believe that the white bone in front of her was Princess Yingyue.

Princess Jin Zun and Yu Gui, even if she loses a hair, she will feel distressed. She wants her to believe that the little girl who was strangled to death is the princess.

What the female official did not expect was that after hearing her words, the coroner responded: "If you are lucky, you may be able to judge the identity of the white bones."

"What do you mean?" the promoter couldn't wait to ask.

The coroner pointed to the right hand of the bone: "The right hand of the bone is in a fist shape, and the victim may have held something in his hand before he died."

The magistrate nodded after hearing this and continued, "Yes, the thing that can be held by the deceased by experience is either related to the murderer or is something very important to the deceased."

Whether it is the former or the latter, you can often follow this clue to find the murderer. If you catch the murderer, you will naturally know the identity of the victim.

"Then they-" the female official looked at the two men who were sweating profusely looking for the wall.

The coroner explained: "The right finger bone was not destroyed. It is speculated that the deceased's hand was likely to have not been taken away. After the flesh and blood were corrupted, it might fall into these walls and soil."

Soon after this, a young man who was searching for the walls shouted excitedly: "I've discovered it!"

"Come on!" the advisor ordered.

"Sir, please see." The young man spread his hands, and there was a small bell in his palm.

The female official saw the bell's expression change and said sternly: "Take it over!"

The young man looked at the promoter, nodded slightly when he saw the promoter, and presented the bell to Cuigu.

The female official snatched it, wiped the mud on the bell with a snow-white veil and tried hard to wipe the mud on the bell. When the bell gradually showed its true colors, she immediately looked at the inner wall of the bell.

A full moon is engraved in the inconspicuous corner of the inner wall.

"It's the princess!" The female official blurted out, and she was already in tears.

The promoter did not dare to say anything for a moment.

Princess Yingyue, who had been missing for three years, was found in the walls of a house like Dongcheng. He could already imagine what kind of sensation it would cause.

The female official was unable to calm down after a long time, so she ordered: "Go to the coffin shop and pull a coffin, collect... the princess's bones and take them back to the eldest princess's mansion."

After thinking about it, the female official ordered another person: "You go to Qingya Academy immediately and tell the princess that she found it..."

Princess Yongping's husband is Du Nian, a talented man who was once famous all over the world. He is currently the chief of Qingya Academy.

The couple was originally an enviable couple, but unfortunately, Princess Yingyue disappeared and the eldest princess had a knot in Du Nian, and from then on Du Nian stayed in the academy for a long time.

The female official was resentful and was scolded afterwards, but she couldn't bear to let her master face such a tragic pain alone.

The best coffin was carried into the yard and then silently carried out.

The female official ordered two guards to stay here, and walked away with the coffin with heavy steps.

The people gathered outside to watch the fun have not dispersed for a long time and are guessing the situation.

It was almost time for the banquet to start at noon. In previous years, the eldest princess had left and allowed the noble girls to have a drink and have fun, but now she is still drinking tea with Miss Feng.

Faced with this abnormality, the girls were already confused, and some one whispered: "No matter how you look, you don't seem curious."

If the eldest princess was really curious about being able to keep Miss Feng to drink tea for so long, then her curiosity would be too heavy.

Princess Yongping kept her eyes closed and she didn't say anything. What satisfied her was that the little girl in the pavilion had never spoken.

For a mother who was anxiously waiting for news of her missing daughter, not to mention that someone was clamoring in her ears at this moment, even the rustling sound of the wind blowing flowers and trees made her feel upset.

The familiar footsteps came, and Princess Yongping suddenly opened her eyes and watched the female official walk in.

Her eyes fell on the pale face of the female official, and her heart tightened: "How?"

The female official subconsciously glanced at Feng Cheng and whispered: "Report to your highness, you did find a skeleton in the walls of the house that Miss Feng said—"

Princess Yongping shook her body and forced herself to ask, "What else do you find?"
Chapter completed!
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