Within a few days since the last skinning incident, this explosive news spread throughout the palace in an instant, and the speed was as fast as the current Internet. Everyone in the palace defended themselves and never dared to go out alone again.

Even when I go out, I walk together, and late at night, women disappear.

Even so, skinning incidents still occur one after another. The murderer seemed to be deliberately showing off. The corpses before appeared in places where people were rarely visited, but now all appeared in places where people came and went, either in the imperial garden or in a palace. The deceased were all skinned, because they were peeled and their identities could not be confirmed. Most of the bodies became names and unclaimed.

Gradually, Ning Ling discovered a rule that the murderer committed two crimes every month, namely the first and fifteenth day of each month. When each corpse appears, a palace maid will disappear.

This murderer is not only a serial killer, but also a perverted serial killer. Ning Ling analyzed the criminal psychology she learned. The murderer can kidnap women without any scruples. These women were nothing different before they disappeared. This means that the murderer was hiding around, calmly observing the palace maid's every move, kidnap him when he was alone, and then kill him. Although the palace was big, the murderer could kidnap and abandon the corpse without anyone being aware of it. There was still half a month between the kidnapping and abandoning the corpse, and could easily bypass the palace guards and abandon the corpse in a conspicuous place. This is not something ordinary people can do. Moreover, because of the murders one after another, the palace strengthened the guards and arranged patrols where the murderer might abandon the corpse. However, the murderer could still avoid the guard and discard the corpse. The murderer was not only very familiar with the environment in the palace, but also had a hiding place.

Over the past few days, she and Luo Yue have secretly searched all the secret passages of the palace, but found no clues, and no one was found.

"Ning Ling, what do you think?" That night, while there was no one in the room, Luo Yue quietly asked Ning Ling that during this period of time, she admired Ning Ling so much that she was willing to help her find the murderer. Of course, in addition to that admiration, there was also part of the reason for herself. No one knew who the murderer's next target would be. If the murderer could not be arrested in one day, then anyone might become the next deceased.

"I have an idea," Ning Ling pondered for a moment, "the murderer is probably a person with high power, so the hidden places cannot be easily searched by others. Furthermore, the murderer can avoid the guards and discard the body, which is obviously a person who understands the patrol rules of the guards, so he can be easily avoided. In addition, there is more than one murderer."

"You mean there are several murderers?" Luo Yue looked solemn.

"I mean, there is only one mastermind, but there are many accomplices. These people perform their own duties, are ordinary people, and may be the most familiar people around us."

"How do you say it?" Luo Yue didn't quite understand what she meant.

"Look..." Ning Ling pointed to the palace map spread on the table. "The last victim was missing here," she clicked a punctuation point on the map, "The corpse appeared here, and there were several palaces between them. Moving the corpse alone was a great job, not to mention that it had to bypass such a long road without being discovered. This is not something that a person can do. If it were a woman, it would not be too strong to move the corpse so far and for so long.

Furthermore, after a series of things, the palace strengthened its defense. For safety reasons, the palace maids traveled together, but some people were still missing. It was obvious that the two of them went out together, but when they came back, there was only one. The man insisted that they broke up because they were called to help on the way."

"Did she lie?"
Chapter completed!