Under the lighting of the torches, Xi Lingyue and Li Chengxuan saw the scene clearly—it was a simple tea stall with a pergola and a few tables and chairs. Sixteen cups were poured horizontally on the four tables, and Li Wangzhen happened to take sixteen guards out today.

And on the table in the middle of the tea stall were two cups, on which there was a touch of lipstick, which should have been used by Li Wangzhen and her maidservant.

Right next to the tea stall, a splendid carriage was parked intact, and the horses were tethered to a tree beside them, and it didn't even know what was happening, and was still leisurely raising its hooves.

Xiling Yue boarded the carriage and looked around, and found that this was the one that Tian Wangyan and Li Wuzhen were riding a few days ago, the car was spacious, neatly furnished, and there was no clutter.

She gradually figured it out in her heart, stepped out of the carriage, and whispered her guess to Li Chengxuan.

The latter groaned slightly, walked to the tea stall and asked, "How is the on-site investigation?" ”

"Sixteen of these cups were found to contain the highly toxic 'paraquat', and the sixteen guards were all poisoned and died." Jiang Shi replied.

"What about these two grease-stained cups?" Xiling Yue picked up one of them.

"Non-toxic."

"The handmaid is also missing?" Li Chengxuan asked again.

"Yes, I don't know what to do."

"Where's the owner of the tea stall?"

"He was found dead at home, and after an autopsy, he was killed yesterday." Jiang Shi was clearly organized and came one by one.

Xilingyue and Li Chengxuan already knew this place, and when they came to set up a stall today, the owner of the tea stall was already dead, and someone pretended to be him waiting for the rabbit here.

Li Chengxuan didn't ask anymore, but said, "Go back, I want to see Mrs. Tian." ”

On the evening of the same day, he and Xilingyue did not see Tian Wuyan, because it was too late, the two were placed in the Jiedu Embassy, and Tian Ji'an did not appear again.

Early the next morning, just after the two had breakfast, the Tian brothers and sisters came to find them.

As the only sibling and sister of Wei Bojiedu, Tian Wangyan can be regarded as infinitely beautiful in this mansion, and even Tian Ji'an's wife, the daughter of Sima of Zhaoyi Town's marching army, is polite in front of her, and she never dares to speak loudly. Tian Ji'an is obviously also very interested in this sister, and personally accompanied her to accept the questioning of Xilingyue and Li Chengxuan.

Since Li Wangzhen's disappearance yesterday, Tian Wangyan has not slept well all night, and his expression is a little haggard. However, when she saw Li Chengxuan, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes, and then her cheeks were flushed, and her haggard color was swept away. Her appearance naturally fell into the eyes of the rest of the people, but Xilingyue didn't have time to think about it, and asked her straight to the point: "Tian Niangzi, since we met in the market, is there anything abnormal about Li Niangzi?" ”

Tian Wuyan thought for a moment and shook his head: "No, she has always been like that. ”

"Which one?"

"That's it...... Depression. Tian Wang's words carried a hint of indignation, "The Xiao family has been postponing the marriage, and she feels very uncomfortable. Last year, Layue Ziqing sent a New Year's gift and brought me a letter from her, she said that she had become a laughing stock in Ziqing, and everyone knew that she had posted a doctor with no reputation, and the man was not enthusiastic. ”

Xilingyue naturally heard that Tian Wangyan was angry with herself, so she just didn't know, and asked, "You invited her to live here?" ”

"Yes, I invited her to relax, but she didn't agree at the time, saying that she would wait for the news of the Xiao family. It wasn't until the end of February this year that she sent a letter saying she was coming. ”

"Is the letter still kept?" Li Chengxuan asked.

Tian Wuyan hesitated for a moment and sent someone to fetch the letter.

Li Chengxuan and Xilingyue opened it and saw that it was written "Permission from my father...... It will be Wei Bo in a few days", and the payment was made on February 28.

"How many days does it take to travel from Qingzhou to Weizhou?" Xiling Yue calculated in her heart.

Tian Ji'an took the initiative to reply: "The two towns are adjacent, and it only takes four to five days by land. ”

"That is to say, Mrs. Li came in early March and lived here for a month?" Xiling Yue was even more surprised.

"Yes," Tian Wangyan was a little confused, "Is this related to the disappearance of Forgetfulness?" ”

Of course it's related! Chang'an City was turbulent, a prince and a county lord fled, the Guo family was implicated, and the identity of His Royal Highness Kang Xing also surfaced. At the end of February, Li Shidao should have heard the news, but he sent his daughter who was going to marry His Royal Highness Kang Xing to Wei Bo, and he stayed for a month, which was unusual no matter how you looked at it.

After all, looking at the Tang Dynasty, now only the three towns of Heshuo and the imperial court are in their own hands, which can isolate the disturbances of Chang'an. Except for Tian Wuyan, the four people present had already guessed Li Shidao's intentions.

Tian Ji'an saw that the other two wanted to stop talking, and he was also extremely frank: "There are no outsiders in this house, but the prince and the county lord say it's okay." ”

Li Chengxuan was not easy to talk about this matter, so Xilingyue said bluntly: "Mrs. Li suddenly disappeared, and she was still with the maidservant, it seems that the other party didn't want to kill her, and the maidservant should be taken away to take care of her." ”

Tian Ji'an nodded slightly: "Indeed." ”

"The other party pinched and hijacked her on the day of her appointment, more like to prevent this meeting and prevent her from exchanging messages with us."

Tian Ji'an groaned slightly: "Reasonable." ”

"It should be the thief." Xiling Yue speculated further.

"Thief?" Tian Ji'an frowned, probably wanting to open his mouth to deny it, but he didn't know what he thought of, so he suddenly stopped.

Xiling Yue simply said: "Tian Servant Shooting, what happened in the market that day was only known to the entourage of the two ladies. After Tian Niangzi returned home, she mentioned it to you again, and the people around you can probably hear a thing or two. In other words, only the people in your mansion, your cronies and retinue that day, knew about my appointment with Mrs. Li. It was one of them who leaked the news, which led to the abduction of Mrs. Li. ”

Tian Ji'an's eyes gradually sank when he heard this: "This scope is too broad, and it is not easy for this official to investigate." ”

"Then I'll give you one more thing." Xilingyue was full of confidence, and then analyzed, "The carriage that Mrs. Li is riding in is the most commonly used system for everyone's ladies, there is everything in the car, and there is also a stove for making tea, she doesn't need to get off the car to drink tea." Unless someone around her feels thirsty and asks to go to a tea stall to drink tea, she will agree. Otherwise, even if the bandits set up a tea stall on the side of the road, no one can guarantee that she will get off there, or she will have to intercept her. ”

"But there was no sign of a fight at the scene." Li Chengxuan added the most critical sentence.

After hearing this, the Tian brothers and sisters were thoughtful, especially Tian Wangyan, and couldn't help but say to themselves: "Who could it be that betrayed the truth?" ”

Xi Lingyue recalled the scene of the incident and relieved her doubts: "Yesterday, all the guards who escorted Li Niangzi died, and only the maid was kidnapped with her. She paused for a moment and then asked, "When we met by chance that day, I remember that there were servant maids accompanying you and Mrs. Li, I wonder if the missing maid is among them?" ”

"Among them, it is the personal maid brought by Forgetzhen from Ziqing!" Tian Wangyan confirmed.

(End of chapter)