Chapter 359: Murder

Zhao Li ran out of the Liao Wangfu and ran directly to the restaurant where he met with "Lan Dafu" that day.

But when he ran into the door of the restaurant, he suddenly remembered that although he met "Lan Dafu" here, "Lan Dafu" was not a person in the restaurant, but a guest like him. At that time, "Lan Dafu" mentioned that if he wanted to find the former, he would come to the restaurant, and their brothers would do business nearby, and they would soon find out his whereabouts and come to greet him.

From beginning to end, he was never given a definite address or contact information, and even his name was unknown, and his clothes were of unknown origin. Why did he believe in "Lan Dafu"?!

Zhao Li only felt that his eyes were black for a while, and he hated and regretted in his heart. He was really too anxious! Just because he was going to return to Liaodong in a few days, but the position of the prince was not settled for a long time, and the younger brother passed him and won the knighthood first, but he didn't even find any help in Beijing, and even the family affairs he originally liked, he also found that it was not as ideal as he imagined, so he was anxious. As soon as he heard others say that Zhao Shuo had the handle to pull Zhao Shuo down from the position of the prince, no matter how wrong and leaky the other party's statement was, and how ridiculous and untrustworthy the evidence was, he believed it to be true, and he didn't even have the patience to verify it in detail, so he only asked a mother-in-law a few specious so-called testimonies, and hurriedly wanted to sue!

If his father hadn't stopped him in time, wouldn't he have made the joke known to the whole of Beijing?

The most hateful thing is that those liars are still Beirong spies! The Liao Wangfu guards Liaodong and has fought with the Beirong people for I don't know how many years; although there have been no major wars in the past 30 years or so, small-scale conflicts have occurred from time to time every year, and the two sides can be said to have a feud. And as the son of the King of Liao, the future son, he was easily tricked by the Beirong spies, did they all laugh at him secretly? !

The more Zhao Li thought about it, the more angry he became, the more excited he became, his whole face turned red, and his whole body seemed to explode, which made the shopkeeper and his guys in the restaurant tremble. The restaurant is very close to the Liao Wang's Mansion, and they naturally know what the identity of this noble prince is, and they also know that if something happens to him in the restaurant, they will really die and have no place to be buried! Although they don't know why this noble lord came to their restaurant to go crazy, it is too eye-catching for the other party to stand still here so conspicuously where people come and go! They still have to find a way to invite him elsewhere.

Thinking so, the shopkeeper cautiously stepped forward and greeted: "Little prince, what's wrong with you? But you're not feeling well? Do you want to ...... Looking for a break?"

Zhao Li's expression was distorted and he glared at him, looking like he wanted to bite, and the shopkeeper was suddenly startled, and shrank back: "The little one is offended, but the little prince has made an appointment?" Or do you want to go upstairs for a drink?"

Zhao Li snorted coldly: "Lead the way! I want to go upstairs to a private room where you can see all the nearby streets!"

Where is there such a private room!

The shopkeeper was just about to prevaricate, but a few more people came running outside the door, but it was Zhao Li's entourage, and asked him carefully: "Second son, the princess and princess are worried about you, why don't you go back quickly?"

"I'm not going back!" Zhao Li said viciously, "It's the first time I've been played so badly, if I can't find out the culprit, how can I be willing?!" He instructed his subordinates, "Lan Dafu came to me that day, you have all seen it, go to the neighborhood to inquire and see where he is hiding! Once you find someone, you will immediately bring him to see me!" After saying that, he raised his feet and went upstairs, found the private room where he had sat that day, and regardless of the people in it, he wanted to occupy it regardless of the people inside.

In desperation, the shopkeeper had no choice but to say thousands of good words, and hinted that the nobleman in the palace was a nobleman, so he arranged the disgruntled guests to other private rooms, and then ordered the most clever guy in the restaurant to greet Zhao Li.

As for Zhao Li's entourage, they naturally received orders to find people. Two of them wanted to stay by Zhao Li's side, but he was not happy, for fear that if there were fewer people, the "Lan Dafu" would slip through the net, so he just blew people away, sitting alone in the private room, staring out the window hatefully, not speaking, and not ordering wine and food. The shopkeeper and the man whispered to him, but he ignored it. The shopkeeper couldn't, so he had to tell the man to wait carefully, and then he had to leave.

Zhao Li suddenly stopped him: "When I came back last time, I saw a ginseng farmer, who claimed to be surnamed Lan, and was doing business nearby, do you remember such a person? Where did he settle down nearby?!"

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and thought for a while: "The person mentioned by the little prince, the little one has indeed seen a few times, but he has always walked around outside the restaurant, and he has not entered the door. The little ones remember...... He lives nearby, and says he is a ginseng farmer, but I haven't heard of him selling any ginseng, and he only knows how to wander around all day......"

Zhao Li's eyes lit up: "Do you know him?, then where does he live?!"

The shopkeeper secretly complained in his heart, how did he know so many things? The guy next to him had greeted that person that day, but that person had clearly offended the prince of the palace, and if he got into trouble, wouldn't it bring trouble to the restaurant? At this time, it was too late to change people, he gave the guy next to him a look, hinting that the other party should not say much, and he replied to Zhao Li: " I really don't know the little one, but there is a regular customer downstairs, who is a catcher of Shuntianfu, who lives nearby, and is very familiar with the personnel of several surrounding streets, so he must be able to answer the little prince's question. ”

Zhao Li waved his hand: "Hurry up and call someone over!"

The shopkeeper reluctantly retreated and went downstairs to invite someone. The guy hurriedly poured tea for Zhao Li with a smile, but because he didn't get clear instructions, he didn't know Zhao Li's preferences, and he didn't dare to serve wine.

At this time, there was a sudden commotion from the street downstairs, mixed with a few words "Stop!", "Stop!", "Bold thief!", I don't know if it was a thief or what, Zhao Li's eyes lit up, suspecting that his subordinates had caught someone, and he hurriedly stretched out his head out of the window to look, only to see the crowd gathering not far away, chaotic, and I don't know what happened, but one of his subordinates seemed to be in the crowd.

He craned his neck to look out, but he couldn't see clearly. The crowd slowly dispersed, and a few men held a ragged teenager and walked over scolding, only to realize that it was just a few small vendors who caught a thief, and his subordinates must have only gone to see what was going on, and once they found that it had nothing to do with their own house, they walked away. Zhao Li was suddenly distracted, retracted his head boringly, and turned back to the table.

Then he saw the man who had been standing at the table waiting for him, lying on the ground with his eyes wide open, a deep red mark crossing his throat, blood spilled on the ground, and he was already dying.

Zhao Li was stunned. He wondered if he was dazzled, why did such a good man die all of a sudden? And he died only a few steps away from him, and he didn't hear any movement?!

He hurriedly took two steps forward, wanting to take a look, but found a familiar thing on the table, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be a dagger that he was wearing! He subconsciously looked down at his waist, and in a trance remembered that he seemed to be carrying a dagger out of the house, but at some point, it had been untied from his waist. Was it when he broke into this private room in a rage, or was he led by the murderer when he didn't notice?

Zhao Li's mind was in a mess, and he couldn't figure out what was going on, but at this time, the shopkeeper walked in with a man dressed in a fast catcher uniform, and before the smile on his face was raised, he found the body of the guy first, and was immediately shocked: "Dead!" And the catcher changed his expression to a fierce expression, and quickly looked at Zhao Li: "Little prince, why do you want to kill someone?!"

Murder? Are you talking about him?

Zhao Li came back to his senses and denied it: "I didn't kill the person, you don't have to talk nonsense!" He explained that he was attracted by the noise downstairs, and he didn't hear what was happening behind him, and when he turned around, he found the fact that the guy was killed, but the shopkeeper still looked at him with fear, only to feel that his legs were weak, and the catcher even claimed with a straight face that he wanted to let people go to the yamen to report the news immediately, and asked Zhao Li not to leave here for the time being.

Zhao Li was about to be irritable. Although he left quickly, the guys in the restaurant stopped him openly and secretly and did not allow him to go out of the private room. Although he is the son of the palace, the people who work in the restaurant in the capital are well-informed, and they know that the Liao Wangfu is not very powerful, and the expensive is expensive, but they are not really offended. The dead guy was their companion, but now that he is dead and the truth is unknown, how can they let the suspect go?

Zhao Li repeatedly explained that he did not kill anyone, but unfortunately no one believed him. When someone from Shuncheonfu came and interrogated the other guests in the restaurant, his suspicion seemed to be even heavier. The guest in the private room diagonally opposite him was the same person who had been drinking and entertaining in the private room where he was, claiming that he came to the restaurant viciously, and drove everyone else away, and his attitude towards the shopkeeper and his companions was also very bad, and they did not see anyone else coming to his private room, and it seemed that no one else had come here to kill someone and escape.

What's worse is that even the guys and guests downstairs said that after Zhao Li went upstairs, except for the shopkeeper and the guys, no one else had ever come upstairs. Doesn't that prove that Zhao Li is more likely to be the murderer? Not to mention that it was Zhao Li's dagger that killed the gangster. Everyone privately speculated that it might be that the little prince was in an unhappy mood, and the guy accidentally offended him by saying the wrong thing, so he pulled out a dagger and cut the other party's neck in a fit of anger.

Zhao Li sent all his entourage to find people, but none of them stayed around, not even a witness to defend him. Facing the increasingly suspicious gazes of the people in Shuntianfu, he trembled with anger: "I didn't kill anyone, I just didn't kill anyone! Which green onion is this guy? I am guilty of dirtying my hands for him?!"

However, this statement has no other effect than to attract more people's disgust.

King Liao, Zhao Shuo, and Zhao Mo quickly rushed to hear the news. King Liao had a gloomy face, and sprayed directly at his son: "Stupid! I have been calculated again and again, when will you learn to be obedient?!"

Zhao Li was stunned, and immediately reacted: "Is that Lan Dafu doing it? Is he calculating me?!"

Zhao Mo turned his head and asked a few Zhao Li's entourage waiting outside the private room: "Can you find someone?"

The attendants looked at each other and did not speak.

It was the catcher of the Shuntian Mansion who answered Zhao Mo on their behalf: "These people must also be from the Liao Wangfu, right? They trespassed on the house, but the owner of the house was found dead in the house, and now it is not possible to conclude that they are not murderers, and they will be brought back to the Yamen for interrogation in a while." ”

Zhao Mo looked down at the weapons that had been seized from the waists of several attendants, and then looked up at their faces, raising an eyebrow on one side.