You were taken hostage, why pursue the Enemy's Empress?

Chapter 1 – Hostage for exchange is dead!

Night!

Capital of the Great Li.

Flying Fish Guards, Northern Independent Judiciary.

Although it was late at night, as the Detective Bureau of the Great Li Dynasty, there were officials in Flying Fish Robes coming in and out, and every noisy sound represented a major case.

However, there was one place that was particularly quiet.

That was the mortuary where the corpse was examined. Several people in official robes stood outside the mortuary, and the leader was even one of the Nine Ministers.

The diplomat was one of the Nine Ministers and was in charge of diplomatic power.

There were no less than ten officials outside the courtyard, but no one spoke, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

All of this came from a corpse in the mortuary.

The hostage for exchange from Kingdom Qian in the Great Li...

Is dead! Died in the capital of the Great Li.@@@@

No matter what the cause of death was, this was a serious diplomatic incident.

Mortuary.

"Painful, too painful!"

Ying Wuji felt pain all over his body. This pain was not the pain of broken tendons, broken bones, or cut skin, but the feeling of stiff muscles all over the body, like being stuffed with stones.

Heart and lung obstruction, no heartbeat, no breathing, suffocating to the depths of the soul.

Even the eyes couldn't be closed, and they were extremely sour.

All signs indicated... that he was a stiff corpse.

"But, did I cross over to a corpse?"

Ying Wuji had a headache. He didn't know what the point of crossing over to a corpse was, but he knew that if he couldn't regain control of this body soon, he would be buried in the ground in a few days.

Just then, a series of footsteps came.

He wanted to ask for help, but he couldn't make a sound.

After a moment, several women appeared in his line of sight, all wearing female officials' robes, looking at him nervously or curiously.

"So this is the Qian Kingdom's Prince Ying Wuji, he looks quite handsome."

"What prince? He used to be the only son of King Qian. If he can safely return to his country, calling him a prince would not be excessive. But now King Qian has another son, and he has awakened the ancient bloodline. How could the position of prince fall on this mediocre hostage?"

"No wonder... Ying Wuji used to behave properly, but after suffering such a big blow, it's no wonder he gave up on himself."

"Staying in the high-class brothel for three days and three nights, even an iron man can't stand it!"

"But I heard that he had already reached the Gathering Spirit Realm's tenth level, with a strong martial artist physique. It's rare for someone to die from the fainting disease."

"It's not surprising. I heard that there were seven famous courtesans in his room that night."

"Damn it! A playboy..."

The female officials discussed it lively.

But after hearing a sound of footsteps, they suddenly stopped.

Wu Shuangxu was slightly angry and sternly scolded them, "What's in front of you is not a man, but evidence! If you can't do this, pack your bags and go back to the mountain early!"

"Sister, we were wrong!"

"We'll do it right away!"

"Yes, let's do it now."

Several female officials quickly admitted their mistakes and hurriedly followed the instructions.

And then...

"Hiss..."

"Hiss..."

"The Ying surname is really worthy of the bloodline of Zhuan Xu, and the physique is indeed strong."

Wu Shuangxu frowned, "It's just evidence, why are you making such a fuss? Shut up!"

As she spoke, she took out a shiny blade and carefully wiped it with a potion.

One of the female officials asked, "Pre... Officer, what are you going to do?"

Wu Shuangxu said indifferently, "I suspect that one of the seven high-class brothel women last night used poison, but we won't know for sure until we cut it open."

"Cut... cut?"

"Cut? Won't he become a eunuch if you cut him?"

"But he is the prince of Kingdom Qian, will it damage the face of Kingdom Qian?"

Wu Shuangxu's face was calm, "Is the whole corpse important or the truth important? Besides, I will sew it up for him later, and outsiders won't be able to tell."

As she spoke, the blade was already filled with potion.

Wu Shuangxu lightly cut Ying Wuji's backhand, and a fresh wound was cut, but no blood flowed out, thanks to the effect of the potion.

"The blade is ready."

"Hiss..."

The cold and piercing sensation made Ying Wuji's soul tremble. If the knife were to cut him, what would happen? Even if it was sewn up, it wouldn't work!

He panicked and desperately tried to control his body.

Wu Shuangxu's expression was serious, and the knife with a chill slowly approached.

Just as she was about to strike...

"Wait!"

A strong right hand grabbed her wrist.

Ying Wuji sat up, and finally gained control of his body in a critical moment.

Wu Shuangxu: "..."

She was stunned for a moment, looked at Ying Wuji for a while, and then looked down. She realized what had happened.

She screamed and quickly let go of the evidence, her face turned pale and she took several steps back.

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