24 A Delicate And Stressful Situation

Li Wenzheng's body was kept under refrigeration by the Justice Department, and was retrieved by the people from the Li family in Suzhou.

The Li family was the richest family in Suzhou, with industries all over the country.

Li Jiuhua had three sons. His youngest son, Li Wenzheng, was sent to Bishan Academy since he was a child. He worked hard to train him as a scholar, and spent countless money to pave the way for his national civil trials.

Although he was not the best, Emperor Ming still approved him as the number one civil scholar from the Li's wealthy family. 

Emperor Ming had his own reasons and consideration for this move. Dasheng had been fighting many battles for years. The treasury was nearly empty, and the surrounding three countries had been eyeing up Dasheng's territories. It took money to recruit troops, buy horses, make weapons, and prepare food and others.

Therefore, he desperately needed the support of wealthy people like the Li family.

But who would have thought that Li Wenzheng would be brutally murdered in such a fashion? When Emperor Ming learned of this, he was furious. He quickly called several Imperial Ministers to discuss the situations.

The number one civil scholar for the new generation of ministerial post was stabbed to death under the spotlight in a public place. If this spread out, he would be laughed at by other countries. But that wasn't even the main problem. Emperor Ming was most worried about Li Jiuhua's response.

If Li Wenzheng was killed before becoming the number one civil minister, perhaps Emperor Ming would not be so worried. However, he was stabbed to death after he approved him as the soon-to-be top minister.

The blow to Li Jiuhua was even greater, and his resentment to the court might be deeper. Human beings were like this. Once you got something and then lost it, it was the same as having had hope and then became desperate again. The grievances would only worsen.

Now the only way was to find the murderer as soon as possible, and find out the truth of the matter so as to give the Li family an explanation.

Dong Runan, the top minister of the Justice Ministry, not only couldn't laugh, but also had the urge of sitting down to cry. Who was the one who killed the number one civil scholar that made the whole nation feel uncomfortable?

In a few years, he plan on returning to his hometown and enjoy time with his family. But now that the nation was under distress, how could he retire happily?

So when Lu Ziqing and Yang Yiting inspected the murderer in the morgue, Dong Runan personally came to supervise the post-mortem.

As soon as he approached the morgue, he perceived a strong smell of blood. He instantly frowned and felt a little sick. However, as an older man with rich working and personal experiences, he could bear it.

Then, he saw a petite young man wearing a large lake-blue clothes, covering his whole body except his two eyes which were exposed, examining a corpse on the bed.

Dong Runan watched his gestures intently. The young man's actions were crisp, confident and calm, better than any other things he had ever seen. Dong Runan had been a prefect of too many places, he had been exposed to many works, but he had never encountered someone as outstanding as this young man.

When Lu Ziqing saw Dong Runan, he saluted him and shouted. "My lord."

Dong Runan nodded at him. Qin Nian, who was recording next to Yang Yiting, was about to salute but was stopped by Dong Runan.

Yang Yiting also knew someone came in, but she didn't like to be distracted while she was working, so she didn't even lift her head. She was concentrating on examining the lungs of the deceased, and at the same time dictating her findings concisely so that Qin Nian could write it down.

The lungs of the deceased were slightly enlarged and the blood vessels were blocked. Like Du Yu, he suffered an acute pulmonary embolism and died of suffocation. The black substance was also found in the teeth of the deceased, more than that in the fake Du Yu's mouth. It should be because of the shorter time of death.

After the examination, she neatly sewed the incision and covered the deceased with a white cloth. She raised her head and saw a kind-looking old man with a white face and long beard. Looking at the official uniform he was wearing, it must be Dong Runan, the top minister of the Justice Ministry.

She motioned to Qin Nian for help, took off the overalls, masks, and gloves outside, and then saluted Dong Runan: "Mo Xin, I have seen Lord Dong."

"Hm. Watching you just now, I could tell you're really good at what you do." Dong Runan nodded at her and asked, "So, what did you find?"

Yang Yiting replied calmly. "This person's cause of death was the same as that of the last deceased body. He died of suffocation caused by pulmonary embolism. It is initially suspected that the cause was some kind of medicine in the deceased's mouth."

"My lord, the two deceased people had poison in their mouths, and we believe that they were Death Warriors." Lu Ziqing added.

"Death Warriors?" Dong Runan's two pale eyebrows knitted together in a frown. "Then who sent them, and what is their purpose?"

Lu Ziqing couldn't answer, but glanced at Yang Yiting.

Yang Yiting suddenly remembered something and asked Qin Nian. "When I checked the surface of the corpse just now, didn't we find that the deceased had a circular tattoo on his upper left arm... I mean, an impression?"

It seemed that there was no tattoo in this era, and she changed to another word that they easily accepted.

Qin Nian quickly replied: "Yes, the death warrior had an impression."

Yang Yiting said to Dong Runan and Lu Ziqing. "My lords, the two of you should come and take a look at something."

Qin Nian lifted the white cloth on the body again, and the two of them approached and looked closely.