On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

Chapter 1843 1 corpse, 2 lives

Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe came to the front hall to meet Governor Cao.

Governor Cao also drank a little tonight and was a little drunk, but he is now fully sober.

Mrs. Cao was not there. She must have been sent back by Cui Chong as soon as she left the mansion. Governor Cao went to the west city alone with a few yamen runners.

Governor Cao was pacing back and forth in the front hall, looking uneasy.

Huo Changhe stepped into the front hall and he immediately came to greet him.

"Master Cao, please speak slowly. Don't be in a hurry."

Governor Cao took a deep breath, and felt much more at ease when he saw Huo Changhe and Yan Ruyu.

"Your Majesty, Princess, I was near West City and heard someone crying. It was a family that lost a girl."

Huo Changhe asked: "What kind of woman? An unmarried woman?"

"No, their daughter-in-law got married last year. She is three months pregnant. She has been having a bad appetite these past few days. But today her appetite is better, so she wants to go out to eat something."

"Her husband was accompanying her to buy her food. He was right beside her, but after buying the food, he disappeared in the blink of an eye."

As Governor Cao spoke, his face became anxious.

Yan Ruyu asked, "Have you searched everywhere?"

"They did. Her husband went home and called the neighbors to help him look for her. After an hour, there was still no news. He was so anxious that he cried on the side of the road."

Governor Cao swallowed his saliva and said, "My Lord, Princess, please forgive me for being frank. My eyelids are twitching and I have a bad feeling."

Governor Cao had seen big scenes before, but this time he couldn't help but feel nervous.

Yan Ruyu was about to speak when two yamen runners came in quickly, looking unhappy.

"My Lord, my Princess, my Lord, we have found the woman."

Governor Cao was still worried: "How is it? Is everything safe?"

The guards looked at each other and one of them shook his head: "She... is dead."

Governor Cao's head buzzed.

Yan Ruyu's heart sank: "How did he die?"

"Yes...she was raped and then stabbed in the heart. That's what it looks like at first glance. We'll have to wait for the coroner to perform an autopsy to find out the details."

Governor Cao couldn't help but curse: "Who the hell is that beast?"

Yan Ruyu also felt that this matter was not that simple.

"Your Majesty, let's go take a look too."

"it is good."

Everyone left the house immediately, and with the bailiff leading the way, they headed straight to the scene of the accident.

The incident happened in a dead end alley. There were originally three families in the alley, but they have all moved away. Two of them have been almost demolished, leaving only the last one.

This place is less than 500 meters away from where the deceased's husband bought things for her.

Before she arrived, Yan Ruyu heard heart-wrenching cries and the sobbing of several people.

Torches had been lit all around, as bright as day, illuminating everyone's painful faces.

The coroner has arrived and is trying to persuade the family to agree to an autopsy.

A man hugged the corpse, crying loudly and refusing to let go.

There were two old men next to him, crying and trying to persuade him. They must be his parents.

There was also a girl, who, the yamen runner said, was the deceased's sister-in-law.

When Yan Ruyu and the others arrived, everyone looked at them and saluted.

When she got closer, Yan Ruyu saw the profile of the deceased. There were several purple finger marks on his face, which should have been caused by the murderer's strangulation.

Blood was oozing from her forehead, and there were strands of pulled-out hair on the ground. Half of her sleeve was missing, and her legs and feet were covered with a man's robe, which must have been torn off as well and covered by her husband.

The coroner couldn't bear it and was embarrassed: "This..."

Yan Ruyu waved her hand and asked them to step aside.

Leaning over the man, he said, “Your wife died tragically. I don’t want to say I understand you, but if you want to seek justice for her, find the murderer, and take care of your elderly parents, you must suppress your pain and cheer up.”

The man's eyes were red with tears and he turned to look at her.

"princess……"

Yan Ruyu nodded: "If you want to know the cause of her death, you have to do an autopsy. I understand your concerns. Later, the master will ask everyone else to leave, and I will do the autopsy myself. How about it?"

The man looked at his wife in his arms with tears in his eyes, nodded, and big tears dripped on his wife's cheek.

Yan Ruyu glanced at Huo Changhe, and Huo Changhe whispered a few words to Governor Cao, and immediately dismissed everyone present and asked them to wait outside.

His parents wanted to stay, but Yan Ruyu refused.

The sister-in-law timidly said: "Can I stay and see my sister-in-law?"

She was a little girl and couldn't help if she stayed. Besides, Yan Ruyu was afraid of scaring her.

"Go out first. After the autopsy is completed, you can take the body home."

Go home, change your clothes, comb your hair again, it’s not too late to see the result later.

Except for the deceased's husband, everyone else retreated.

Yan Ruyu asked, "Is the outer robe yours?"

The man nodded.

Yan Ruyu glanced at him and said, "You come and lift it up, just use your clothes to block it."

The man endured the pain, fingers trembling, picked up his outer robe, spread his arms and tore open his clothes to block the outside.

Yan Ruyu was mentally prepared, but when she saw it clearly, she still took a deep breath.

The woman's pants and skirt were gone, her legs were covered with purple scars, and the nail on her right big toe was gone.

Yan Ruyu also cursed "beast" inwardly, calmed her mind, suppressed her emotions, changed her gaze, and looked at the corpse carefully.

As the bailiff had said before, the fatal wound was in the chest. The sharp blade stabbed the heart and killed him instantly.

However, the shape of this wound...

She leaned over to take a closer look. The wound was not big, about as thick as a thumb, but the wound was not caused by a knife or a sword, but by a strangely shaped blade.

The sharp blade was pulled out, blood gushed out, leaving a mark on the skin like a small red flower.

Yan Ruyu’s eyebrows twitched—flowers?

Is it...

Looking further, I saw that he had a lot of skin and flesh injuries, two broken ribs, and a fracture in his calf.

Yan Ruyu clenched her fist slightly and looked closely at her abdomen. She was indeed pregnant.

One corpse, two lives.

Yan Ruyu remained silent. The man asked softly, "Princess, my wife..."

The external injuries are all visible, so this cannot be concealed. As for the fractures...

Yan Ruyu didn't know what to say for a moment. The person was already dead, and the tragedy was enough to make the family members feel devastated.

If I tell you about the broken bone, it will probably make me feel even worse.

Sometimes it’s necessary to seek justice for the dead and comfort the living.

Yan Ruyu hesitated for a moment: "The fatal wound is in the heart."

"Take the body back. I believe that Governor Cao will catch the murderer and avenge her."

The man nodded, tears rolling down his cheeks again. He put his clothes back on the body, bent down and picked up the body.

He put his hand to the corpse's face and whispered softly, "We are home."

He walked out holding the corpse, leaving a long shadow on the ground.

When they went out, they were a couple, but when they went back, they were alone.

Yan Ruyu felt upset as she watched him slowly walk out of the alley. The family members waiting at the entrance of the alley came forward, hugged their heads and cried for a while, then went home together.

Yan Ruyu stood there, Huo Changhe strode over to her side and gently held her hand.

"Are you okay?"

Yan Ruyu whispered, "Your Majesty, I didn't tell him the truth."

"In addition to the fatal wound on her chest, she also had two broken bones and countless bruises on her skin."

"Not only was she...she was also violently treated."

Yan Ruyu took a deep breath and said, "This murderer must be caught and blood must be paid with blood."

Huo Changhe said solemnly: "Okay, Governor Cao and I will do it ourselves."