Chapter 55: The Mystery of Baiyue

Arriving in the room where Liu Yi was murdered.

Liu Yi's body had already been collected.

This seemed to be a study, the place where Liu Yi usually handled government affairs. In the study, there was also a bed, which should be the place where Liu Yi rested when he was tired from handling government affairs.

Su Xuan could not help but be somewhat surprised; he had not expected that this guy Liu Yi would actually handle government affairs at home.

However, thinking about it carefully, it was not strange.

After all, he was a successful person who had defeated his competitors and won the beauty. The only shortcoming was that he was slightly ugly. If he were a bit more handsome, would his wife still be thinking of that dead ghost Li Kai? She would have long since surrendered her heart to him.

After Han Jiuli and Su Xuan followed Lady Hu here, they looked around.

"This crime scene is too tidy, isn't it? Has anyone moved anything?"

He was an Imperial Guard in the palace and could be considered to have seen the world.

Liu Yi, as the Left Sima, was a heavy official in military and political affairs. His position as Left Sima was earned through military merit on the battlefield. In other words, Liu Yi himself was not someone without the strength to truss a chicken.

Even if he had not held a sword for many years, his foundation should still be there.

Even if someone wanted to assassinate him, it was impossible for Liu Yi to have no precautions at all; at the very least, he would have tried to fight the enemy.

Unless the enemy's strength was incredible to the point of absurdity, killing Liu Yi in one blow, otherwise, no matter what, clues would be left behind.

"Except for collecting my husband's body, no one has moved anything here!" Lady Hu answered Han Jiuli's question.

Su Xuan said faintly, "The reason it is tidy here is because this is not the primary crime scene."

"Not the primary crime scene?" Han Jiuli was stunned.

Lady Hu was also stunned.

Su Xuan smiled faintly, walked to the bookshelf filled with many bamboo slips, and casually summoned a gust of wind. The wind blew through the gaps in the bookshelf, and Su Xuan sensed the situation of the bookshelf through the power of the wind.

Finally, his palm pressed on a certain spot.

Instantly, the bookshelf separated from the middle to both sides like a door.

"This is... a secret room?"

Han Jiuli was stunned.

Lady Hu's gaze also froze. Although she was Liu Yi's wife, she also just learned that there was such a secret room hidden in this room.

In the secret room, the light was dim.

However, as the door opened, the light from the room spilled into it, and one could barely see the situation inside.

It was also after seeing the situation inside that Han Jiuli's complexion changed slightly.

On the ground, there was blood everywhere, and the layout inside was quite chaotic.

"Without a doubt, this is the primary crime scene!"

Su Xuan voiced Han Jiuli's thoughts, then walked slowly into the secret room.

Han Jiuli followed closely behind Su Xuan. Lady Hu was stunned for a moment, and finally, she summoned her courage and walked into it.

As she stepped into the secret room, soon, a box caught her eye.

"This box is..."

She was very familiar with this box; how could she not recognize it?

This was clearly her father, Fire Rain Duke's, treasure chest.

She was once the eldest daughter of the Fire Rain Manor in the land of Baiyue. Her father, Fire Rain Duke, was a famous wealthy merchant in Baiyue. When the State of Han conquered Baiyue, Left Sima Liu Yi and Right Sima Li Kai passed through the land of Baiyue and stayed at the Fire Rain Manor. She and Li Kai fell in love at first sight. As a result, because the war was tight, Li Kai had to leave.

She had been waiting at the Fire Rain Manor for Li Kai's return.

As a result, she did not expect a disaster to descend abruptly.

The great thieves of Baiyue, the Three Wolves of Broken Hair, took a fancy to the treasures of the Fire Rain Manor, slaughtered her entire family, and set fire to the Fire Rain Manor.

In the huge Fire Rain Manor, only she and her younger sister remained.

Not long after, she was shocked to hear the bad news that Li Kai had died in battle.

Just when she was in despair, it was Liu Yi who appeared before her and protected her and her younger sister.

In order to repay Liu Yi, and also to protect her younger sister who was still young, she had to marry Liu Yi.

Earlier, when she answered Su Xuan's question, saying that she had gone to sleep very early that day, in fact, there were some things she did not tell Su Xuan, and that was, on the day Liu Yi was murdered, she and Liu Yi had a quarrel.

The reason was that she went out to watch a play that day and saw a familiar figure in the theater.

Even if the other party had become unrecognizable, she still recognized the person at the first moment.

It was also because she saw that figure that she could not help but have many speculations in her heart, and subsequently, she suspected Liu Yi, so she had a rare argument with Liu Yi.

She also did not expect that after that argument, Liu Yi was murdered, and she also did not expect to see things belonging to the Fire Rain Manor in this secret room, to see the treasure chest that was snatched away by the Three Wolves of Broken Hair back then.

"Looking at your appearance, My Lady, it seems you recognize this box?" Su Xuan's voice rang in Lady Hu's ear, making her suddenly come back to her senses.

Lady Hu took a deep breath, thought for a while, and chose to tell the truth. "This box was originally my father's object. I came from the Fire Rain Manor in the land of Baiyue. The Fire Rain Manor was slaughtered by thieves, and this box was lost because of this. I did not expect it to be here."

"The thieves slaughtered the Fire Rain Manor, and the box that should have been in the hands of the thieves appeared in this secret room. It seems that your husband, Liu Yi, hid many secrets from you, My Lady!" Su Xuan spoke eloquently, his words containing deep meaning.

Lady Hu's complexion sank, looking somewhat ugly.

She stepped forward, looked at the mechanism on the box, thought of her father's teachings when she was a child, and then, her fingers fell on the mechanism, flicked it a few times, and the box was opened by her.

After opening the box, there was nothing inside.

No, there was only one symbol.

"This is?"

Han Jiuli was listening to the conversation between Su Xuan and Lady Hu on the side and could not help but have many sighs. From Su Xuan's words, he also guessed some things.

That was, Liu Yi probably had an unusual relationship with the thieves who slaughtered the Fire Rain Manor.

Otherwise, it could not be explained that the box taken away by the thieves who slaughtered the Fire Rain Manor would fall into Liu Yi's hands.

At the same time, he also had some other speculations.

However, after seeing the symbol in the box clearly, what he wanted to know most was what this symbol meant.

"This is a symbol circulating in the land of Baiyue, meaning 'Life and Death Promise'."

The Fire Rain Manor was located in the land of Baiyue, so Lady Hu recognized what this symbol meant at the first moment.

"Life and Death Promise?" Su Xuan said faintly, "The traces of this symbol are still very new; it should have been left by the murderer who killed the Left Sima. He killed the Left Sima and left the Baiyue symbol in this box. It seems that the death of the Left Sima is not as simple as imagined!"

Han Jiuli nodded in agreement. Indeed, just based on the clues discovered so far, he felt that this case was shrouded in doubt.

He heard Su Xuan say again: "But it doesn't matter. Just perform the Technique of Penetrating the Nether, summon Liu Yi's ghost, and all the doubts will be broken!"