Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 508: Possessed or Poisoned?

Li Qingmu looked at the large pit that appeared out of thin air on the ground and was stunned for a long time, unsure of what to say. Did Lord Zhao step on a landmine for him first?

He hurried to the edge of the pit.

The pit was very deep, and the space inside seemed larger than it appeared from the outside, making the inside a bit dimly lit. He saw Zhao Mengran rolling around on the ground, screaming in pain.

"Quick, rescue him!"

Li Qingmu shouted, quickly instructing others to fetch a rope to pull him up.

"Lord Zhao? Lord Zhao, hurry, grab the rope, we’ll pull you up!"

"Oh, it hurts so much, almost broke my old back... Mr. Li, thank you, thank you... ah ah ah..."

The rope was thick, and Zhao Mengran only needed to tie the rope around his waist to be pulled up. But just as he secured the rope, he suddenly screamed, as if seeing something terrifying.

"Lord Zhao, what’s wrong?"

The light below was dim, coupled with the perspective problem here. It was unclear what Zhao Mengran saw.

"A ghost—"

Moments later, Zhao Mengran’s hysterical screams echoed.

Well...

Li Qingmu’s face twitched, speechless; is it really that scary?

"Go down, bring Lord Zhao up!"

"Yes!"

The little eunuch climbed down the rope and then also let out a series of piercing screams.

"Mr. Li, a dead person, another dead person, so scary, too scary, her death is more gruesome than the one above!"

"Come up first, let’s talk later?"

"Okay, okay..."

Holding the rope, Zhao Mengran was pulled up, and Li Qingmu could hear Zhao Mengran’s teeth chattering, his face filled with terror.

Li Qingmu looked at him with curiosity.

Zhao Mengran swallowed and said: "The one below... was pressed under me. All the bones in her body were smashed, crushed, and she lay limp on the ground like a flattened bug. If you don’t look closely, it’s hard to tell it’s a person..."

With the latter words, Zhao Mengran’s voice carried sobs.

Li Qingmu was shocked, is it really that scary? It seemed just like that!

He didn’t realize it. For someone seasoned in battlefield bloodshed, this was naturally no big deal, but Zhao Mengran was a pampered official who had never seen such cruelty. His loss of composure was normal.

"Go, bring the corpse up!"

Several eunuchs looked at each other but remained silent.

"What’s there to be afraid of? Are you all afraid of a dead person? If everyone’s this afraid, who dares to use you for their work?"

With a few simple phrases, Li Qingmu struck a chord, and these eunuchs were frightened, worrying that their weakness and uselessness would be reported to their masters, ending any hopes of promotion.

So, someone plucked up the courage to go down and bring the corpse up.

Then Li Qingmu felt his scalp crawl. He wasn’t afraid but thought the death was truly gruesome.

All the bones were smashed inch by inch, lying like mush. As for the clothes, they were tattered and soaked in blood, turning dried black-red.

"She was brutally beaten to death, and the methods used were so severe they didn’t let her die immediately but instead made her die painfully as her bones shattered, thus her expression is even more ferocious, and her skin has a layer of dried blood on it."

During the flogging, each blow would send the body’s blood rushing out, and when the pressure reached a peak, the skin would crack and bleed.

"Such a method, truly inhuman!"

After hearing Li Qingmu’s explanation, Zhao Mengran couldn’t help but gasp, filled with righteous indignation.

Who could be this vicious? To commit such an act?

He must bring the mastermind to justice!

"Lord Zhao, the first thing we must do now is to check if anyone else nearby has died. As long as they died gruesomely, it’s related to this matter. Second, verify their identities, see which palace gate’s maids they belonged to. Third, examine their cause of death specifically, checking for poison or anything else."

"Mr. Li, brilliant!"

Just a few steps and Zhao Mengran was in awe of Li Qingmu, incredibly formidable, methodical, and logical, facing everything calmly, wise and smart...

Thinking of his own ghost-like screaming earlier, Zhao Mengran felt a wave of shame.

"Go, do what Mr. Li said immediately!"

Chief Clerk Wang Qi was right by. With two leading figures present, he was a minor figure who definitely wouldn’t vie for attention.

Now he was needed, and he stepped forward immediately.

This man was very astute.

Li Qingmu and Zhao Mengran waited here for half an hour; Wang Qi returned, panting and wiping sweat from his forehead, saying: "Lord Zhao, Mr. Li, I checked, just these two people died.

They were cleaning maids outside Kunyuan Palace. I also investigated; they were good people, truly perplexing why someone would commit such a vicious act against them?"

"So, this isn’t revenge killing? Why then? Or did they hear or see something they shouldn’t have?"

Zhao Mengran fell into doubt.

"In my opinion, perhaps there’s more to their deaths!"

Zhao Mengran was startled, saying: "Mr. Li, some words are not to be spoken recklessly!"

However, just as he finished, a palace maid suddenly rushed over like a madwoman, exclaiming: "Haha, hahaha... Yes, it’s them. They’re back for revenge, ahahaha... Die, die, die! You all must die, everyone must die! No one can escape, you must die, you too must die, even the Empress, they all must die, hahaha..."

Zhao Mengran’s face twitched furiously. He had just told Li Qingmu not to speak recklessly, but now the situation developed exactly as he said, a complete slap to the face.

Zhao Mengran felt his face burning.

Li Qingmu said calmly: "Catch that crazy maid, don’t let her babble everywhere."

"No, don’t catch me, none of you catch me, I am the messenger of Heaven, I am her walking embodiment of justice on earth, I am here to eliminate evil, slay demons, don’t touch me! Whoever dares touch me won’t die well! Hahaha..."

This palace maid, somehow gathering strength, broke free from the two eunuchs trying to catch her and screamed madly.

The eunuchs heard her hysterical words, momentarily afraid to approach.

Li Qingmu frowned, appearing impatient, unwilling to waste words with them, he rushed forward and chopped down on her neck directly.

The person quietened down, Li Qingmu said coldly: "Watch her closely, also, have Mr. Shen Chong examine her to see if she’s possessed or poisoned!"

After giving instructions, Li Qingmu returned to Li Mansion and spoke to Long Yue about it.

"Perhaps if Master comes, he could see something?"

Long Yue said instinctively, but regretted it immediately after.

She couldn’t, she couldn’t drag Master into this anymore.

"Let me go to the palace to check!"