Chapter 447 - 445: The Reappearance of the Heads (First Update)

Chapter 447: Chapter 445: The Reappearance of the Heads (First Update)

Everyone instinctively followed Xu Jing’s gaze towards Consort Fang, all puzzled.

Weren’t we talking about the two missing heads? What does it have to do with Consort Fang?

Xu Jing looked at Consort Fang, who had been keeping her head down, afraid to meet her eyes, and continued, "When I arrived at the Full Moon Building yesterday, I suggested taking a pulse reading for the Consort to ensure her safety, yet she repeatedly refused. That’s when I sensed something was amiss.

Later, I had Governor Zhang find the doctor from Xinzhou who had previously checked on the Consort. The doctor said he hadn’t actually taken her pulse; she gave him a bag full of money as soon as he entered her room and asked him to simply say ’everything is fine’ to others without doing anything.

Consort Fang said, wherever the Imperial Concubine went along the way, she would have a doctor examine her. I haven’t had the chance to find the other doctors yet, but unless I’m mistaken, all the previous doctors were sent away using various methods by Consort Fang."

The doctor was initially unwilling to tell the truth, until Governor Zhang personally interrogated him, and only then did he succumb to the pressure and confess everything. That’s why Xu Jing insisted on Governor Zhang conducting the investigation personally.

After all, Governor Zhang is the highest official in Xinzhou and naturally carries a certain authority.

The other soldiers listened, somewhat stunned, confused, and perplexedly staring at Consort Fang.

Why would Consort Fang do such a thing? As a pregnant woman, making such a long journey without a doctor checking on her condition—that’s quite hard to believe!

The investigating Governor Zhang, who knew this matter best, looked coldly at Consort Fang and said, "Consort, is it because the child in your belly is actually fake that you avoided having anyone take your pulse?"

Everyone’s gazes immediately focused on Consort Fang’s belly, all looking shocked.

Just as Governor Zhang finished speaking, Consort Fang said nothing, but her maid Sanye’s face turned pale, and she shouted suddenly, "How could the Consort’s belly possibly be fake! With Prince Ling gone, the child in the Consort’s belly is the last of his bloodline. If your baseless accusations harm the child, can you bear the consequences?"

Then, Xu Jing stepped forward and said calmly, "If it is real or not, we can just have a doctor examine it. Including myself, there are two doctors here today. Or is the Consort still unwilling to let us check?"

Sanye’s expression turned even paler, and the Consort supported by her stumbled a step backward.

At this moment, Nanny Lu sternly and sadly exclaimed, "Consort, what is really going on here? Could you have deceived us all? The bloodline of the royal family is at stake; this isn’t something to speak of lightly!"

Xu Jing couldn’t resist casting a slightly mocking glance at Nanny Lu.

Chen Hu, on one side, seemed unable to keep up with the pace, bewildered and said, "But... even if the Consort’s belly is fake, what does it have to do with those two missing heads?"

"Perhaps because..."

Song Qingyun bit her lip and said with a deep voice, "The two missing heads were hidden in the Consort’s belly..."

Chen Hu’s eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at her.

This is... what a horrific story!

To hide a human head in one’s belly, wouldn’t it feel nauseating?!

Then, Xu Jing laughed lightly and said, "That’s right, the two missing heads mysteriously disappeared from the crime scene through the Consort’s belly!

The first case happened when Prince Ling’s group was still relatively free to move; General Han mentioned that at that time, the Consort could even walk around the inn. It was then that she used the opportunity to sneak to the crime scene and hid one victim’s head in her belly.

By the time of the second case, although the Consort was watched more closely, her maid Sanye was still relatively free. The first person found dead was the maid Dongxue from the Imperial Concubine’s side, and almost all the guards were called by General Han to search the entire inn because of her death.

If I’m not mistaken, Sanye took advantage of this chance to sneak into the dead Shuangxi’s room, took his head to Consort’s room, and then hid it in the Consort’s belly!

The case files from the first two incidents state that the tables at the crime scenes appeared to have been moved by the perpetrator, pushed to the foot of the bed away from where the victim was killed, leaving a pool of blood on top that seemed to have something bleeding placed there for quite some time.

That ’something’ refers to the two missing heads!

The perpetrator deliberately placed the head there for the Consort to retrieve!"

Consort Fang was clearly terrified, having not spoken from the beginning, her face turning uglier and trembling more and more.

But Sanye, supporting her, was still unwilling to admit it, albeit her tone was not as arrogant as before, "Absurd! Absurd! Even if... even if our Consort’s belly is... is fake, we could never do something like hiding human heads!"

Xu Jing immediately gave her a cold look, "Oh, you admit that your Consort’s belly is fake?"

Feeling her scalp tingle under Xu Jing’s gaze, Sanye gritted her teeth and said, "Yes, our Consort’s belly is indeed fake, but so what! The Princess had always been hostile towards our Consort and came up with every possible way to suppress her. The Consort merely wanted to secure her position in the Prince Mansion, which is why she came up with this method!

But hiding human heads, we never did such a thing! If you don’t believe it, you’re welcome to have someone search the Consort’s body!"

Some soldiers gradually came to their senses too, hesitantly saying, "Indeed, the Consort’s belly doesn’t look like it could hide two human heads... Besides, if those heads were with her all this time, they would have rotted and started to stink a long time ago..."

The first murder case happened over ten days ago!

In such hot weather, ten days is more than enough to decay a human head completely.

No amount of incense could cover such a smell!

"Yes..."

Xu Jing looked at Consort Fang and her attendants with a slight, mocking smile, "Anyone with a brain would know those two heads couldn’t remain with her forever.

Governor Zhang!"

Governor Zhang responded, clapping his hands, and two Government Officials standing behind him immediately stepped forward, placing two black bags they had been holding onto the ground and opening them.

Only then did everyone realize that there had been two Government Officials following Governor Zhang from not too far behind all along.

Upon seeing the contents of those black bags, everyone couldn’t help but gasp.

In them were... two rotted human heads, barely recognizable!