HPDBC Chapter 35 Amnesiac Heavenly Maiden of Fate; Murder Case in Langzhou!
Chapter 35 Amnesiac Heavenly Maiden of Fate; Murder Case in Langzhou!
Gu Lan fed Lin Dan'er while using the Qi-Insighting Technique to observe his own fortune. When he finished the bowl of medicine, he had accumulated 2,000 points of fortune!
[Current Fortune: 20,000]
[Grade: Blue] (Reached the upper limit for physique)
It seemed that he needed to continue improving his physique or acquire a new one to accommodate even larger amounts of fortune...
Not being greedy, Gu Lan gently put down the medicine bowl. Suddenly, he felt a gaze fixed on his face. Lowering his head, he saw that Lin Dan'er had awakened without him noticing. Her clear and watery eyes silently observed him.
Gu Lan was stunned for a moment. Was the medicine really that effective? Or was it because the recovery ability of the Heavenly Maiden's Ice Phoenix Demon Body was truly astonishing?
However, now was not the time to investigate the reasons.
"Don't get me wrong, I'm a good person," Gu Lan explained, creating some distance.
Any woman waking up to find a stranger sitting by her bed might panic, especially when she was powerless to resist.
However!
Lin Dan'er showed no sign of surprise. She simply nodded and softly said, "Yeah, I know you're a good person."
In fact, she woke up when Gu Lan first entered the room. She had been lying still, both for self-protection and to see what this man was up to. Fortunately, Gu Lan had no ill intentions towards her.
"You were awake the whole time?" Gu Lan understood now.
"Yeah," Lin Dan'er admitted without reservation.
"..." Gu Lan was speechless. The Heavenly Maiden truly deserved to be one of the female leads in the original work; her intelligence and methods were not what ordinary women could match.
"I'm Gu Lan, a friend of Lin Lu. He entrusted me to take care of you."
"Lin Lu?" Lin Dan'er frowned, showing a thoughtful expression. "Sounds familiar, but... who is he?"
"!!!" Gu Lan was dumbfounded. He asked in disbelief, "He's your younger brother, your close relative. Don't you remember?"
What's going on? Did the female lead in the original work also lose her memory after being revived by the male lead?
At this moment, Lin Dan'er revealed a slightly painful expression in her recollections. "I don't know... I only know that I'm Lin Dan'er, from the Jing Nation... Right now, I seem to remember a lot of things, but they're also blurry..."
She tapped her forehead with her wrist.
Could it be that her soul wasn't fully restored, leading to memory loss? It seemed like the medicine shouldn't be stopped...
Gu Lan looked at her and stopped her, saying, "If you can't remember, don't force yourself. First, take care of your body. These memories will come back sooner or later."
"Yeah," Lin Dan'er agreed calmly, following his advice.
"At worst, wait until Lin Lu comes back. Let him slowly help you recover your memories..." Gu Lan mumbled, pondering as he closed the door behind him and left the room.
"Old Yang, the patient is awake. Remember to cook for her in the future."
"Okay!"
Old Yang obediently responded, adding half a ladle of rice to the pot.
...
That night.
The two search the nearby area for a long time. Finally, in a dark corner, they find Young Master Ma's torn clothes scattered all over the ground. There's also a puddle of water on the dark, glossy surface.
"Why does it look like the young master's clothes?"
"Hey, what's this sticky stuff?"
"Let me see..."
The two wipe it off the ground and arrive beneath the moonlit area.
A glaring crimson color reflects in their gradually horrified eyes!
"Oh damn, it's blood!"
"Quick, go back and get someone!"
Late at night.
Many people in Langzhou City mysteriously go missing. The figures of the patrol camp gradually arrive on the streets, following the lead of an old man.
After the constables inspect the clothing fragments and confirm the death of Young Master Ma, County Magistrate Dou Fu curses, "Damn it! Committing murder in the middle of the night, is there no justice?"
"Everyone, take turns on watch. If we can't catch the murderer tonight, don't bother sleeping!" County Magistrate Dou Fu's grumbling echoes throughout the city.
He's frustrated to the core!
Not only because the Ma family is a somewhat famous martial arts clan in this area, with the family head, Ma Bo, being a half-step into the King Realm. But also because the Autumn Examination is currently underway.
If anything goes wrong at this time, the court might charge him with a serious crime. By then, even the punishment of being decapitated and having one's head hung on a wooden pole might be considered lenient.
The next day.
...
Langzhou was under full martial law.
During the Autumn Examination, soldiers conducted house-to-house searches on the streets.
On his way to the Prefectural Government Office, Gu Lan coincidentally encountered Dou Fu. After a brief inquiry, Dou Fu informed him of what happened last night.
"Master Gu, isn't it strange? Nothing unusual usually happens, but as soon as the Autumn Examination arrives, trouble brews. And the dead are from our Langzhou's prominent families!"
Dou Fu was frustrated.
"Have you determined the cause of death?"
"The constables say it looks like he was torn apart by a wild beast."
"How could there be wild beasts in the city?"
Gu Lan thought for a moment and warned in a low voice, "If it were an ordinary wild beast, the victim could have escaped. Dou Fu, could it be a demonic beast?"
Hearing this, Dou Fu suddenly recalled the incident in West Street, where Wu Feng and a group of commoners were almost slaughtered by the Fox Demon King.
If it weren't for the mysterious Sword Immortal's intervention, he would have faced a great disaster... The deaths of so many commoners would undoubtedly have resulted in severe punishment, potentially the entire family being executed!
However, no one could guarantee whether the Sword Immortal would come to the rescue of the commoners again this time.
Dou Fu glanced at Gu Lan with a horrified look and said bitterly, "Master Gu, if it's truly a demonic beast, what should this official do?"