The Demon Concubine of God

Chapter 253: Climbing Hongwan Mountain Again

Old Master Shen was very angry at Prince Rui's Mansion. He wanted to use Prince Rui's power to suppress the emperor and help Prince Rui to send Shen Wen to Prince Rui's mouth. However, he didn't know that Prince Rui was a lunatic.

Based on the investigation of Prince Rui over the years, Mr. Shen knew that Prince Rui was a man who could pretend and deceive. In fact, he had long harbored the intention to usurp the throne. Not only that, Prince Rui was lustful. Ever since he learned that Prince Rui had the Drunken Marrow and Illusionary Bone and had tamed so many women implanted with the Drunken Marrow, Mr. Shen knew that not only did he have the desire to be emperor, he also fantasized about holding the world in one hand like Sejong and studying the art of immortality with the other. He was indeed a man with overflowing ambitions.

Prince Rui is extremely cruel, especially towards women. He does not tolerate any arrogance from the women under him. He even knows that most of the women who fall into his hands do not have a good ending. Old Master Shen racked his brains to figure out what Prince Rui is thinking about Shen Wen.

Is it because Shen Wen is a man?

Old Master Shen shook his head. No! Shen Wen was no longer a man. He could not see any trace of a man in Shen Wen. Not only could he not see any trace of a man, but Shen Wen was also a soft and seductive beauty. Compared with the Fairy Concubine back then, he was even more seductive. Otherwise, he would not be so sure to give him to the little emperor. As long as the little emperor got involved with Shen Wen, he would definitely be unable to stop.

The next morning, Master Shen came to pay his respects to Old Master Shen. Old Master Shen did not sleep well the previous day. As he was old, he got up early again. He walked around the room in his middle clothes and said to the master beside him, "What do you think? Should I kick Shen Wen out of the Shen family?"

Master Shen didn't know what he meant, and he said "Ah?" in confusion, then he said, "Although our family has lost the title of Marquis, we still have a lot of connections in the court. With your father's disciples and old friends, we can still get what we want to know and do. From what I hear from you, do you want to make things difficult for Shen Wen in the officialdom?"

Mr. Shen was silent.

The master of the Shen family knew that he had guessed correctly, and his expression was filled with joy. He said, "Son knows what to do. I will spread the word and ask my housekeeper to inform Shen Wen and tell him that he has been expelled from the Shen family."

Mr. Shen didn't answer, he was still thinking about it.

After a while, he said, "Okay, do whatever you want. You can go down too."

Master Shen left happily.

As for Shen Wen, he got up early, dressed up and went to report to Ruan Qingxia. Now that he had a formal official position and a pardon token from the emperor, he had to report to the government office and pretend to be there.

Shen Wen got a headache whenever he thought of that troublesome little emperor. He didn't know what tricks the unreliable little emperor would play on him next. Thinking of his trip to the palace in the past few days and his current unhappy relationship with Chu Yanqiu, he felt that the little emperor was even more cunning than Chu Yanqiu. It seemed that no one who could sit on the throne of emperor was an easy person to deal with.

What had he missed? What had gone wrong?

Shen Wen thought about the details along the way, but he just couldn't figure it out.

Ruan Qingxia was working in the Yingtian Prefecture government office, and had been waiting for Shen Wen to come to him.

When Ruan Qingxia saw Shen Wen coming in, he nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "I was right about you. You are a talent who is devoted to studying cases. Since you are here, I will not follow you to do those empty officialdom things. You also know that I am a wild criminal detective who does not follow the routine. There are countless cases squeezed in our Yingtian Prefecture Yamen. Just tell me which case you want to handle, and I will promise you. I know that you are sure to solve as many cases as possible within ten days."

Shen Wen felt that he had some similarities with this man, and there was a feeling that they sympathized with each other. He smiled and said, "A few days ago, there was a case of an unknown rotting corpse near Hongwan Mountain. Lord Ruan, have you heard about it?"

Ruan Qingxia smiled more meaningfully when he heard this. He nodded and said, "Coroner Qiu told me about this. I found it interesting. I also read their autopsy records. It's a rare case. If this matter is handed over to other detectives, they won't be able to figure it out without special physiques. It will take them forever to find out. But if it's in your hands, it will be much simpler."

He glanced at Shen Wen meaningfully and said, "I know your special ability, but Constable Shen probably can't guess it. We can appreciate each other."

Shen Wen felt embarrassed by what he said. Although he didn't know whether what this person said was true or not, it was rumored that this person was a legendary figure who could interrogate ghosts at night.

Shen Wen said: "My Lord, have you agreed?"

Ruan Qingxia and Zheng Peng stood up. He thought carefully again and again before saying, "Okay! The first case I will investigate after taking office is this nameless rotten corpse. If we want to investigate this case, we should start from the crime scene. Detective Shen, I said that we should investigate this case together. Did you hear me clearly?"

Shen Wen said, "You are the most important person in this government office. Don't you have any cases given by the emperor? If you have an imperial order, I think you should not come with me. The cases given by the emperor are important and you should not be distracted."

Ruan Qingxia said, "No hurry. The emperor has a mission for me, but he hasn't given me the order yet. I guess I have to wait a few days. It just so happens that I am very interested in this case of the unknown rotting corpse, so I will go to Hongwan Mountain with you to check it out first."

Shen Wen said, "In that case, my Lord and I will prepare today and set off to Hongwan Mountain immediately."

Ruan Qingxia also nodded in agreement.

The two men had just agreed to set off when a palace maid arrived outside the government office to deliver an imperial decree, specifically to Ruan Qingxia.

Ruan Qingxia went out to receive an imperial edict, and came back to say to Shen Wen: "It's really unexpected. The emperor was moved by his biological father's life yesterday, and went to the former prince's mansion to commemorate his biological father. Unexpectedly, he found several corpses in the prince's mansion. The emperor was frightened. After waking up today, he immediately sent me an imperial edict, asking me to investigate the white bones case in the prince's mansion. I'm leaving now. You have to investigate the Hongwanshan case alone."

When Shen Wen heard about the bones in the Prince's Mansion, he also became curious. He said, "There were bones in the former Prince's Mansion. How come they were only discovered today, and happened to be discovered by the Emperor? Didn't anyone enter the Prince's Mansion before?"

Ruan Qingxia nodded and said, "You don't know that the former crown prince was a criminal. When the emperor was still young, the power in the court was lost. Even if he wanted to visit the crown prince's mansion, someone would naturally stop him. Speaking of which, our emperor is also a rare wise ruler. He took back the lost power in just one year. It was not easy."

Shen Wen wondered, "Whose power has fallen into the hands of others? The prince or the minister?"

Ruan Qingxia looked around and said, "His maternal grandfather has one, and there are assistant ministers. Among them, your grandfather is one of the assistant ministers."

No wonder?

Shen Wen thought of his grandfather who always looked like a gift from God every time he saw him, and then he understood the deeper meaning.

Shen Wen shook his head and smiled bitterly: "No wonder I, Mr. Shen, fell so quickly."

Ruan Qingxia was also puzzled, and he said: "Did the Shen family not mention this to you before? When the emperor just ascended the throne, your old man was on guard against other ministers for the emperor, all out of his enthusiasm for the favor of the late emperor."

Shen Wen recalled the past and blamed his previous life for being so stupid and stupid that he really didn't realize that Mr. Shen had such a story.

Ruan Qingxia took people to the former prince's mansion to investigate the case, and Shen Wen also left the government office.

As soon as he went out, he met Li Fengnan, and the two of them went to Hongwan Mountain together.

Hongwan Mountain is very close to the capital. The two men rode fast horses and soon arrived at the foot of Hongwan Mountain, where people from the old man's side were waiting to pick them up.

The few people who came to pick them up were led by a young man in his twenties named Zhuo Feng.

Shen Wen asked Zhuo Feng what happened to the people he asked them to keep an eye on. Zhuo Feng said, "The five people from Guandi Temple are like a few frightened rabbits. They run around and hide in the mountains all day long, but those iron guys flying in the sky follow them like ghosts. They have been running for so many days, but they haven't escaped from Hongwan Mountain. As for the man called Master Qiushui, he is mysterious and weird. Some time ago, a few fugitives ran to the mountain and were targeted by him. After that, those people disappeared. But the strange thing is that in the past few days, those people appeared in Hongwan Mountain again, and two of them ran out of the mountain. Not long after, many people came to Hongwan Mountain one after another. Everyone looked at those people. They were all people from the martial arts world, and some were disciples of the immortal sect of Qianfeng Mountain. I don't know if these people have any relationship with Master Qiushui."

When Shen Wen heard him say this, he felt that this matter was difficult.

Moreover, Qiu Shui is very cunning, so it is best not to alert him at this time. Shen Wen thought about it and asked Li Fengnan and Uncle Guan to go back.

Li Fengnan was worried about her and said, "This is not appropriate. If Mr. Qiushui is really as scary as you said, I'm afraid that with your strength, you will fall into his hands, and your life will be in danger."

Shen Wen waved his hand and said, "I'm fine. It would only be a problem if you followed me and he found something wrong. Now between the two of us, he is in the open and I am in the dark. I know this man, but he doesn't know I am an old friend. In his eyes, I am a harmless weakling, so he won't be wary of me for the time being. You can go back without worry. I will send you a message when the time comes."

So the two groups followed his arrangements and went back.

Shen Wen went up the mountain alone.

But after walking a short distance up the mountain, he was discovered by two maids.

Moreover, the two maids were acquaintances. When they saw that it was him, and he was alone, how could they not feel frightened?

"Who was it I thought? It turned out to be the Seventeenth Young Master of the Shen Family. Tsk, tsk, tsk, in this desolate mountain and wilderness, the Seventeenth Young Master is a weak scholar. He is going to be in trouble!"

After saying this, the two women burst into laughter.

These two were the maids Qin and Hua who served Huang Yulian at that time.