Wan Ruo frowned slightly and nodded in agreement. "Okay, but you must keep your word!"
Looking into Si Hongxi's determined eyes, she said, "Do you want to go with me to get it? Or should I send it to you? What do you think?"
"Mu Qing, I'll go with Miss Ruo Ruo later to get the physical evidence! You should send people to detain all of Li Xinghuai's family members temporarily. In particular, torture Li Xinghuai's subordinates severely. Once they confess to Li Xinghuai's crimes without reservation, have them sign the confession immediately! We'll meet in the cell later!" Si Hongxi instructed.
"Yes, Your Highness!" Mu Qing said and then retreated.
"Let's go too!" Si Hongxi accompanied Wan Ruo back to Shananfang.
When they arrived at Shananfang, Wan Ruo handed the package she had brought back last night to Si Hongxi.
Si Hongxi looked at the small package in front of him and opened it out of curiosity. Sure enough, it was the body of a newly - formed baby. Only...
"Why is this corpse golden?" Si Hongxi asked in confusion.
"Well! Right. Because it's gilded with gold powder. This is called a gilded baby corpse. It's said to be a very evil sorcery!" Wan Ruo explained.
A gilded baby corpse? Sorcery? Si Hongxi frowned tightly and asked doubtfully, "Did you gild it?"
"How could I? I don't have that kind of money... It was like this when I brought it back!" Wan Ruo immediately retorted.
"So, it was Miss Man Man who gilded it and enshrined the baby spirit. Is it possible that she killed her parents?" Si Hongxi speculated.
Hearing what Si Hongxi said, Wan Ruo suddenly widened her eyes in horror and looked at him in disbelief.
She stammered, "How... How could that be? Why would you think so?"
Actually, Wan Ruo had also wondered if Qin Manman was the one who killed the Qin Jiang couple.
But it should be impossible for her to harm her own parents. It just didn't make sense!
Seeing Wan Ruo's shocked expression, Si Hongxi also felt strange. Could it be that she had also had such a speculation?
"Ah! I just met Miss Man Man today and felt that her behavior was a bit strange. She wore a veil hat and seemed very mysterious. Moreover, she seemed very indifferent to her parents' death..."
Si Hongxi's slender fingers touched his lips as he carefully recalled Qin Manman's behavior at that time and said softly.
Wearing a veil hat? Could it be that her scar...
Wan Ruo replied seriously, "Your Highness, to be honest, actually... I've also had this speculation, but..." Wan Ruo shook her head and continued, "I think the possibility is very small. You know that Man Man is a bit willful, but it's unlikely for her to do such a cruel thing to her own parents!"
"Okay, I see! I'll go back first!" Si Hongxi said coldly and then turned to leave.
After Si Hongxi left, Wan Ruo frowned slightly and stood there, looking a bit dazed...
Then Si Hongxi took the baby corpse to the cell.
"Your Highness, you're here!" Mu Qing greeted Si Hongxi with a salute.
"Yeah! How's the interrogation going?" Si Hongxi looked at the detained people in front of him and couldn't help asking.
Mu Qing said in a low voice, "Your Highness, these people are very stubborn. They haven't confessed yet, but I will surely make them talk!"
After saying that, Mu Qing's eyes became fierce.
Si Hongxi snorted softly and said, "Humph! I guessed it would be like this! Being tough might not work! Do as I say!"
Then Si Hongxi whispered something in Mu Qing's ear.
After that, he handed the package in his hand to Mu Qing.
Mu Qing took the package, understood immediately, and said with a slight smile on his lips, "I'll go prepare now!"
"You, come out! His Highness wants to interrogate you personally!"
Mu Qing called out one of the leading servants from the cell and dragged him in front of Si Hongxi. The servant knelt on the ground.
"Look up. What's your name?" Si Hongxi asked coldly.
"Your Highness, my name is Guo Kun!"
"I'm asking you a question. You must answer truthfully! Your master, Li Xinghuai, forcibly abducted the civilian girl Zhao Qinglian and made her pregnant. Then he was so crazy that he dragged her to an abandoned house, forcibly cut out the unborn baby from her belly and threw it away. He also abandoned the dying Zhao Qinglian in the abandoned house to fend for herself. Tell me... Is there such a thing?"
The angrier Si Hongxi got as he spoke, and he loudly questioned.
Hearing what he said, Guo Kun was startled and looked very confused. How did he know so many details?
It was as if he had been on the scene at that time. Guo Kun was so scared that he was sweating profusely. While wiping the sweat, he said, "Your Highness, this... This is not true. There's no such thing! Your Highness, you can't frame someone like this! Please investigate clearly!"
Seeing that Guo Kun was still so stubborn at this moment!
"Very well! You don't admit it, right? Do you know how your master died? You should have seen with your own eyes how miserable his death was. When he died, his face showed horror, obviously seeing something he was afraid of... And his belly was like it had exploded. His intestines and stomach were all over the place... Don't you think this is very strange?"
Si Hongxi stared sharply at Guo Kun, helping him recall what Li Xinghuai looked like when he died.
Guo Kun kept trembling, and his hands constantly wiped the big beads of sweat on his forehead.
"Didn't you ever think that the unborn baby was also a living life? He wasn't even full - term! You cruelly cut him out of the belly. He was covered in blood, with a big head and a small body. He was casually discarded aside before he was fully formed! It's inhumane. Aren't you afraid that he'll turn into a vengeful ghost and come after you?"
As Guo Kun listened to what Si Hongxi said, he recalled the bloody scene in the abandoned house at that time. Instantly, his heart rate accelerated, and he began to feel panicked.
His master's death was really strange, and his appearance after death was really terrifying. Could it really be that the little ghost had come for revenge?
Just thinking about it, Guo Kun kept swallowing saliva, and a chill ran down his back!
"If you confess now, the wronged soul can be appeased, and maybe it will spare you... Now, I'll ask you again. Do you know about everything Li Xinghuai did?... Answer truthfully!" Si Hongxi emphasized the last four words and questioned loudly.
Guo Kun, who was already feeling guilty, was so scared that he trembled when he heard this shout. He almost lost his wits. He calmed down for a while and then replied, "Your Highness, I... I really don't know!"
So he's really as stubborn as a duck, is he? Very well!
"Very well! Someone, take him away! Lock him up separately!" Si Hongxi ordered.
Hearing that the interrogation was over, Guo Kun finally let out a sigh of relief and slumped to the ground.
The jailer took Guo Kun to a detention room. The detention room was at the innermost part. Along the way, there were no prisoners in the cells on both sides. It was empty. Could it be that he was the only one in this cell?
The already dark cell only had a small window high up that let in a faint light. Otherwise, it would really be hard to tell whether it was day or night.
The jailer threw him to the ground and then locked the cell door.
Probably because he had been too nervous just now and had sweated a lot, his clothes were soaked.
Now he was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.
He lay on the cold iron railing and shouted into the dark corridor, "Is there anyone? I... I want to drink water! Give me water. I want... water!"
Vaguely, he seemed to see something running past.
Was he seeing things? Guo Kun quickly wiped his eyes and looked into the dark corridor that seemed like a bottomless hole.
There was nothing there! He let out a sigh of relief. Just thinking about what Li Xinghuai looked like when he died, he couldn't help shivering all over!
At this moment, he seemed to hear some sound! It was eerie and strange!