Chapter 380 Beauty Blood Bank

After all, the Shadow Guard's main responsibility is not to handle cases.

But the world is so big that there are many officials like Fenglu Chief Minister who do nothing but commit crimes. With Shadow Guards assisting in handling cases, it is natural to get twice the result with half the effort.

But how can an ordinary imperial minister have the conditions to prepare such a powerful shadow guard every time?

Therefore, whenever there are powerful forces committing crimes in various parts of the world, and the emperor sends people to conduct a thorough investigation, it is inevitable that the lives of several imperial ministers will be lost.

"The territory is too big, and there will indeed be areas that cannot be taken into account when it comes to governance." Mu Cang held her hand, "So no matter what decision you make, I will support you."

Yan Li smiled lightly: "If I can't return to my previous body and can't be Xuanyuan Xihe again, what should you do?"

"You are you, no matter what you become, you will always be you." Mu Cang's voice was low and firm, "What I like is you, regardless of your appearance."

Yan Li said: "Isn't it Xuanyuan Xi and that face that you fell in love with at first sight?"

"To be precise, it's Xi He's face that matches her demeanor." Mu Cang corrected, and frankly admitted his superficiality, "I did like her appearance at first, but then the more I got to know her, the deeper my feelings became, and then step by step The love is so deep that I can’t extricate myself.”

Yan Li squinted slightly and heard some traces from his words: "The more you understand, the deeper your feelings will be?"

She wanted to know how a war king who was busy guarding the border and fighting with other countries came to know more and more about the Empress of the Southern Kingdom.

Mu Cang turned his head and looked at her: "Now that I know you are her, am I going to abandon you and ignore you and cling to a cold corpse just because your appearance has changed?"

"That's not what I meant." Yan Li laughed, "It's just that after experiencing so many things, I feel that my mood has changed a lot."

Mu Cang nodded slowly: "I can feel it."

Yan Li pondered: "Mu Cang, tell me honestly, have you heard anything about Fenglu's affairs?"

Mu Cang didn't seem surprised that she asked, "How did you guess that?"

"You and I came to Fenglu alone. Except for me who sent a message to Ming Qi on the way, we both took a few shadow guards with us." Yan Li looked at the blooming flowers in front of him, which did not look like the scenery of an official residence at all, "But After arriving at Fenglu, you acted swiftly and skillfully, not like you were new here, but more like you were fighting on familiar territory, with ease and amazing efficiency."

Mu Cang was silent and raised his hand to gently rub her head: "You are always in a state of observation at any time. If there is anything wrong, you can immediately detect the abnormality."

Yan Li said: "When the Fenglu incident happens, should you give me an explanation?"

"Yes." Mu Cang nodded, "I must give it."

Yan Li didn't say anything more and started to concentrate on business.

Facts have proven that any crooked approach is vulnerable to absolute strength.

Lin Jian immediately mobilized 500 troops and followed Tianshu to the other courtyard where Shen Yunniang was. Because he had explored the area in advance, he subdued all the guards in the other courtyard in three strokes.

Qie Tianshu arrived in the secret library in person, and before Shen Yunniang could use her charm, he knocked her out with a lightning-like palm.

When each case has no clue before investigation, it will feel complicated and unpredictable, and there is no way to start. However, when you look at the secrets from another angle, you will suddenly find that everything is so simple.

Shen Yunniang had only been in Fenglu for two years, and already eight living women were locked up in the secret vault. All of them had their hands and feet chained and were kept in separate compartments.

The secret warehouse was spacious, and the night pearl illuminated the interior as brightly as day. The women were imprisoned in separate compartments. Every day, someone would bring bowls of carefully brewed soup for them to drink. The person who brought it said it was a tonic.

"Every month, a woman comes in to get blood." A pale woman said with a weak voice, "I have been locked up here for a long time. I drink a bowl of jade dew with three meals a day. A total of...a total of Forty-nine days, then they started to bleed me. The knife cut open my wrist, and the blood flowed out and dripped into the bowl. Half of the bowl was filled with blood, just like the jade dew I drank before. I felt like I was about to die..."

The other women also looked horrified, obviously frightened: "They... some of them had their blood drained, dragged out and thrown away..."

Yan Li and Mu Cang quickly rushed to the other courtyard and watched the women come out of the secret vault one by one. Two of them were too weak and were helped out by others.

After listening to them talk about their experiences, Yan Li roughly understood something in her heart.

Women who practice seduction need to keep their youthful appearance all year round, and they believe that the most beautiful beauty product that can keep them young is the blood of a virgin beauty.

But blood is not taken casually.

The hard-to-find snow lotus was used as medicine, and the women were asked to fast from water and food. They were nourished with snow lotus and other treasures every day until they were clean and stain-free, and their blood was filled with fragrance. Then they took the blood according to the amount every day.

The beauty blood blended with the holy snow lotus has extremely high natural medicinal value and is a holy beauty product.

Therefore, Shen Yunniang, who is regarded as the treasure in Han Yunping's arms, probably only she knows her true age.

"It's really heartbreaking." Yan Li looked cold and couldn't help feeling angry. "In order to achieve his goal, he can think of such cruel and sinister means."

The world is so big that there is really no evil.

Yan Li asked coldly: "How much gold is there in the secret vault?"

"More than 20,000 taels." Lin Jian had already asked someone to count the total. "Most of them were obtained from Han Yunping."

"Han Yunping is the highest official in Fenglu. Didn't he also get his money from the people?" Yan Li said, and then ordered, "Lin Jian, you should arrange more people to count how many poor people in Fenglu can't even afford to eat, especially the old, weak, women and children who have lost their strong men, and the seriously ill patients who have no money for treatment. Draw up a list and give it to me. I'll see if I can find a way to exchange the more than 20,000 taels of gold into silver and copper coins and distribute them to the people as needed."

"Yes!"

Yan Li looked at the women in front of him. Dugu Ying and Dugu Xue huddled behind them. I don't know what they have been through. When they saw Yan Li, they didn't even dare to say a word. They just kept looking at her with hesitant eyes.

"Princess Dugu." Yan Li walked over and said lightly, "I'm sorry to scare you. Rest and eat something later. I'll order someone to send you to the prince to meet up."

Dugu Ying and Dugu Xue nodded silently without saying a word.

"Several officials from the Provincial Administration Office are already waiting outside." Lin Jian asked, "Does the princess want to hand Shen Yunniang over to them for interrogation?"

"No need." Yan Li refused and made her own arrangements, "First find a safe place for these women to stay, borrow some maids from nearby wealthy families to take care of them, and invite all the famous local doctors to check their bodies."

"Yes."

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