The day after Yin Xiu and his men broke into the Forbidden Palace and escaped, the gate of Yujing was still open for entry and exit, but the situation inside was in princes and ministers to ordinary people, the palace masters led by Di Wei and the nine-gate admirals almost turned the entire Yujing upside down. Fortunately, this place is under the feet of the emperor, and the masters of the palace did not do anything too excessive, otherwise, tens of thousands of people would have been thrown into prison for "colluding with the White Lotus Sect." The Ren family mansion where Yin Xiu and his friends lived was indeed extremely remote. Even the most thorough search did not reach their doorstep. "Alas, I haven't suffered such a crime in many years. Even when the foreigners invaded, they were not so unreasonable." The waiter in the teahouse looked at the chaotic scene outside, shook his head, and then turned around to greet the customers in the store. Yin Xiu was sitting inside and asked him with a smile: "Has your place been searched?" "Hey! Sir, you don't know." The clerk complained bitterly, "Even when there are no imperial prisoners, they come every few days. It's okay during festivals and when a child's full moon comes, but it just so happens that his third aunt's relative's nephew has his hair cut, and these bastards ask you to give a gift too." As he said this, the waiter went to add tea for them. "Is it really?"

Yoon Soo glanced at Ren Qi. Ren Qi looked unhappy, "I never ask them for anything." "Then you are still a good person." Yin Xiu sighed and thought that Ren Qi was not that bad. "But I will remember those who don't give gifts," Ren Qi added. "Then I misunderstood you." Yin Xiu held his chin with his hand, "To be honest, I feel that now is the best time to reenter the Forbidden Palace." "Are you looking for death?" Ren Qi glanced at him and said, "You think the most dangerous place is the safest place, because the number of people is always limited, so they will send more people to protect two places, one is the emperor's palace, and the other is where the Black Emperor's son is, right? You want to rely on this difference to find the location of the Black Emperor, but I dare say that if we dare to go in now, we will be surrounded by the masters of the palace as soon as we climb over the wall, and then those old monsters in the palace..." "I see." Yin Xiu deliberately provoked him, "I've told you everything. If you say so, we can buy a house in Yujing, marry a few wives, get married and have children, and wait for those old monsters to die of old age before we go in, right?" Ren Qi smiled coldly, "I just said that you can't climb over the wall, I didn't say you can't use other methods. Do you think that when I escaped from the Forbidden Palace, I climbed over the wall like last time?" Yin Xiu frowned, "Did you always skip school when you were a kid? Why do you like climbing over the wall so much?" He then thought of a heroic figure, a convenient door that all heroes in the world use. "Dog hole." "Don't say it so harshly." Ren Qi said unhappily: “And to be precise, that should be a secret passage. I think it might be a passage for concubines to go out and have affairs, or for eunuchs to resell treasures in the palace. Of course, it might also be a secret passage for the former Ming emperor to escape.

Anyway, that's what happened. The secret passage is probably still in the palace and hasn't been discovered." "Then didn't you tell me earlier?" Yin Xiu pretended to be annoyed, "If we had known, we would have gone through the secret passage. Why would we have to climb over the wall like those scoundrels?" "A gentleman judges by his heart, not his deeds. No matter what method he uses, as long as he can achieve his goal, it's fine." Ren Qi was rarely so blunt. He said, "We don't take the secret passage because there are too many people at the entrance to the secret passage." "Can there be more people than the Forbidden Palace?" "That used to be the residence of Princess Jinhua." "Princess Jinhua?" Yin Xiu searched for the name in his mind and finally remembered the rumors about her. "Oh, the one you first..." "not me!" Ren Qi's eyes were rarely filled with anger. "I'm running for my life, how can I have time to do something like this?" Yin Xiu stared at him. "That is to say, if you were not running for your life, you would..." "I won't……" Feeling that Ren Qi was about to lose control of his anger, Yin Xiu stopped talking. He just asked, "Then tell me, who raped and killed Princess Jinhua?" "How should I know?" Ren Qi said unhappily, “There is no room for good people in this world. Those who are capable and successful are all born bad. So maybe it was some perverted killer who did it. There are many such people, and I have caught many of them. " "That's it..." Although Yin Xiu had never seen the beautiful Princess Jinhua, he couldn't help but feel sorry for her when he heard that such a young girl had died so tragically. "actually……" Ren Qi suddenly mentioned it again, "I have thought about investigating before, but I was on the run and in Hong Kong Island, so I was powerless." "Oh? So you want to find out this time?" “It’s not that simple.” Ren Qi was not confident that he would find out the truth. "It has been more than eight years since the incident. Everything has changed. It is normal that nothing can be found." "But you want to go and see it, don't you?" "You think you know me well?"

Ren Qi snorted coldly, "But the entrance to the secret passage is indeed in the Princess's Mansion. We can go and take a look." "Why don't you leave then?" Yin Xiu threw some tea money on the table, turned around and walked out. Ren Qi followed behind him and went to the Princess's Mansion with him. Princess Jinhua was the most favored daughter of the previous emperor, so she was rewarded with an entire mansion located in the East City of Yujing. However, after Princess Jinhua met with an accident, this mansion was awarded to another Beile to live in. Like Princess Jinhua's reputation in Yujing, this house declined silently with the passage of time. That Beile was a member of an unknown royal family, the kind of person who wouldn't make much difference if he was one more or one less, and no one would pay attention to him either, so he was given such a haunted house to get rid of. Like everyone else, he indulged in eating, drinking, gambling, cockfighting and running errands. He was a typical royal family member who did nothing. Such a person is destined to be ignored by others, which makes it easier for Yin Xiu and Ren Qi to infiltrate. Still climbing over the wall, Yin Xiu followed behind Ren Qi, who walked into each area with ease like a tour guide, taking him on a revisit of the old places. After a while, they arrived in front of a room. Ren Qi's face was cold, "That is Princess Jinhua's boudoir." "Let's go in and take a look?" Yin Xiu suddenly became curious. "is it necessary?" Even while saying this, Ren Qi still walked forward with Yin Xiu, gently opened a window, and went in. As soon as he entered the room, Yin Xiu frowned and looked at Ren Qi. Ren Qi was also very unhappy. He took a look at the roof that had been smoked black and smelled the stench in the air. He immediately recognized what it was. "That bastard is smoking opium here, making the place smoky and foul." "He must have just left." Yin Xiu pointed at the pipe beside the bed, the oil on it had not yet solidified. "The royal family can no longer live without this thing." Ren Qi looked at the surrounding layout and felt that this room had nothing to do with a girl's boudoir. The two stood in the room for a while. There were no more clues or connections to the murder case. Perhaps the whole house had been cleaned out after Princess Jinhua's accident. In this case, it would be more important for them to go to the entrance of the secret passage. Ren Qi pointed to the right, where there was a well. "There is a hole on the wall of the well that is invisible from above. After coming out from the end of the palace, you have to crawl here, dive into the water, and then climb up along the wall of the well." "Is this possible for those concubines?" Yin Xiu asked in confusion. "I don't know. Anyway, I saw a lot of bloody nail marks on the wall of the well. I think many people have tried, but failed." "Oh, that's really painful."

Yin Xiu shook his head and signaled Ren Qi to prepare to leave. Just then, they heard a sudden noise in the well. There was a gurgling sound of bubbles, as if something was trying to emerge from under the water. Ren Qi was most familiar with this voice, so he immediately pulled Yin Xiu and signaled him to find a place to hide. [Fuck you! I've only been in Yujing for a few days, and I've already played hide-and-seek for a whole year. ] Thinking of this, Yin Xiu jumped up and jumped onto the beam. Ren Qi dodged and hid behind a screen. After they all hid themselves, a figure appeared outside the door, with a hunched back. As the door was gently pushed open, a hunchbacked, short, sparsely haired middle-aged man with a pair of bulging eyes like goldfish eyes stood at the door. He was wet all over, obviously having just come out of the well. However, when he stepped into the room, a puff of light smoke rose from his body, and his whole body became dry instantly, without a single drop of water coming in. What a powerful inner strength! Yin Xiu has already noticed this man's extraordinary qualities. Ren Qi also stared at him closely. There were always various masters in this world who could not even grasp the sticking point, so none of them should be underestimated. Goldfish Eyes walked into the room and went straight to the bed. However, instead of lying down on the bed, he crawled under the bed and let out a comfortable groan. Yin Xiu and Ren Qi were both confused, not knowing what that guy was up to. Until the man sighed again. "Princess Jinhua, so many years have passed, but your soft skin, your refreshing fragrance, your voice, and your warmth are all still fresh in my memory, as if it was just yesterday." Hearing this, Yin Xiu felt a chill in his heart, and at the same time he realized that the goldfish eyes might be related to this matter. Because some murderers like to stay at their own crime scenes, wander around, and reminisce about their previous crimes. of "happiness". Ren Qi had even placed his hand on the sword. It was just a little bit of murderous aura that flowed out, but it was immediately sensed by the goldfish eyes. Without hesitation, he jumped out from under the bed, like a long snake, and rushed out along the ground. This time, Ren Qi finally recognized who he was. Sima He, the tiger who sticks to the ground, is a famous flower thief in the north! In this way, Ren Qi also understood that this man was the one who had killed Princess Jinhua before, and Ren Qi had been taking the blame for this for more than eight years. With anger gushing out of his eyes, Ren Qi drew his sword and stabbed it at Sima He's throat with a flash of cold light.

Sima He was blocked by the sword and his body arched backwards, stopping abruptly. He kicked his feet again and forcedly changed direction. However, Ren Qi's sword was like a poisonous snake sticking to the bone, coming again. Sima He turned around and was stabbed and poked by the sword in the waist. A token fell off while he dodged. When Ren Qi saw the token, his pupils shrank suddenly. This badge is clearly the token of a master from the Imperial Palace. "This man is also a monster hiding in the Forbidden Palace!" Ren Qi shouted, and Yin Xiu also jumped down from the beam and reached out to grab Sima He. However, Sima He was incredibly fast. He stepped slightly and changed direction like a loach. The moment he passed Yin Xiu, he turned his head and slapped him. Yin Xiu felt a sudden strong wind behind him and immediately rolled forward to avoid it. However, this had caused him to lose his position and he no longer had the chance to pursue Sima He. Sima He smashed a window, laughed heroically, and jumped onto the roof. But just as he jumped up, a cold light stabbed at him from behind. The sword was like a meteor, carrying with it uncontrollable anger. The tip of the sword trembled and hummed, like crying and complaining, with seemingly endless sorrow and grief. Sima He saw this cold light from the corner of his eyes, but he only felt that this moment seemed to have lasted a long time. It reminded him of his previous love, hatred and desire for Princess Jinhua. He recalled the comfortable and happy days he had when he returned to the Forbidden Palace after committing a crime using the token. Soon, the memories disappeared in the blink of an eye, and his life disappeared with it. Ren Qi swept Sima He's neck with his sword, and blood gushed out from his neck like a fountain. When Yin Xiu came out of the room, Sima He had already fallen to the ground, shaking and trembling instinctively, and soon he could no longer move. "It's him." Yin Xiu didn't even need to touch his blood to activate [Bloody Memories] to confirm that it was such a bastard who raped and killed Princess Jinhua. Ren Qi didn't dwell on this question any more, and just said to Yin Xiu: "He probably has many secrets of the Forbidden Palace. If you are interested, you can explore it." "That's exactly what I was going to do." Yin Xiu first searched his body and found several bundles of hair. It seemed that Sima He had carried some women's hair on his body as trophies. Before casting [Bloody Memories], Yin Xiu glanced at Ren Qi who was wiping his sword with his head down. "That's great." "What good?" Ren Qi stopped moving. "I mean, if that's the case, then the suspicion on you will be cleared and your injustice will be redressed." "Oh, boring. Am I going to bring a dead body to the court? There will be no evidence against the deceased."

Ren Qi snorted coldly, "What does it have to do with me what others think? Whether they think it was me or not, it doesn't matter. Think whatever you want." "But it means a lot to you." Yin Xiu smiled, "As you said before, a gentleman judges by his heart rather than his deeds. Now that the truth has been uncovered, it can be considered an explanation to Princess Jinhua." As he spoke, he used his skills and entered a trance state, starting to search for the location of the Black Emperor through Sima He's memory. "Why should I give her an explanation? What's the point of doing that?" Ren Qi still showed disdain and continued to polish his sword with his head down. (End of this chapter)