Detective Ghost Empress-Chapter 493: What a grand treatment?

When Liu Hui Ying arrived at the port, she did not sense the presence of any array which meant that this spot had nothing to do with the theft that took place. If that was the case then, her eyes narrowed as she turned to look at the sea whose waves were crashing against the port.

She raised her foot and then headed towards the sea before lowering her head and looking at the wall against which the waves were crashing and sure enough she saw a cross drawn on the stone wall and her lips curled up in a sneer.

" I underestimate that man," she muttered.

Jia Li followed after Liu Hui Ying and when she saw that the latter was looking at the cross drawn on the wall, she asked, " What is it? Is this an evidence?"

" Of course not," Liu Hui Ying replied in a cold voice. " This is bait, in case this place is investigated then the ones who will be questioned will be the members of the Liu family." Drawing a cross where the money was lost was equivalent to confessing to a secret deal with the pirates.

With the cross facing the seaside, even if the Liu family had ten mouths each they would not be able to explain it and it would be taken as evidence of the Liu family colluding with the pirates which would further lead to execution instead of exile.

Liu Hui Ying took out an exploding talisman and threw it at the cross. The yellow talisman flew over to the cross and then with a boom exploded, the cross was charred with blackened stones as a few pieces of stones crumbled and fell into the raging surface of the sea.

Liu Hui Ying watched the stone crumble with a cold expression before she turned to look at her five ghosts and then said, " Well coming to this place was not a waste of time at least."

" But we did not find any evidence to prove that the Liu family was not involved in this case," remarked Li Gang as he came to a stop next to Liu Hui Ying.

He was not worried about the Liu family, they could rot in hell for all that matters but the reason he was worried about Liu Hui Ying's family was because he knew that he would suffer if Liu Hui Ying went to the cold palace then he would surely have hard days in the future as he would no longer be able to eat refine meals and all of the comforts that he was enjoying would be taken away as well if Liu Hui Ying stayed in the cold palace.

What was more once she was stripped of her position as the Empress she would be like a fish on the cutting board waiting to be killed.

"It's fine, we can deal with this case slowly," Liu Hui Ying also knew that they could not rush when looking for first clues. Since they were dealing with someone who was not only scheming against them but also targeting their family such that they would be caught up in even more trouble. " Let's go and take a look at the Liu house."

If possible she would have gone to the Yamen to talk with Liu Yu Nan, the one who was caught but with her identity, she might not be able to enter the Yamen as for Zhai Tianyu, that man would prove useless at the moment as he could not support the Liu family or else he would be gaining unnecessary attention of the Ji family.

She could only head over to the Liu family to question those who were following Liu Yu Nan that night.

" It's not going to be easy," Li Gang muttered. " With such a thing happening, I bet that man named Dong Ming will be full of suspicion towards us."

He still hadn't forgotten how that man confronted them at the hunting grounds, he was not a good man!

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" I say, isn't this too much of a gap!" Li Gang exclaimed as he looked at Liu Hui Ying who was sitting on a silk pillow with a bunch of desserts in front of her. " Why was it that we were treated like vermin on the ground but she is treated like a princess!"

When Liu Hui Ying arrived at the Liu house, she told the guards outside that she was here on behalf of the Empress. They all thought that Liu Dong Ming would refuse to let her in, but lo and behold that man actually invited them and he even handed such a good hospitality to them that even Liu Hui Ying was stunned.

" Maybe…that guy is quite desperate?" Jia Li remarked but before she could finish speaking, Li Gang who was crouching on the floor with his head buried in the mat raised his head and pointed at Liu Hui Ying who sat on the silk pillow with two servants fanning her while others asked if she was feeling too hot with the three sets of braziers that were set in front of her.

" This is desperate? More like he treats that demon woman like she is his ancestor——gah!" Li Gang yelped when he felt something hit him, he raised his head and looked at Liu Hui Ying who was glaring down at him.

" You seem to have a lot to say about me," sneered Liu Hui Ying as she coldly glared at Li Gang. " At least wait for me to be gone before you start with your complaints."

Li Gang rubbed his forehead and then stated, " I am just saying that it's weird why is he treating you this good? It's like you are his daughter or something!" He paused with a gasp before saying, " Don't tell me, this is indeed like a noon drama—-mhmm!" He whined when Liu Hui Ying silenced him with a silencing charm. He was just speaking out of curiosity why did she have to silence him like this?

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