Chapter 71: Exposure and Confession
"Your Highness, we have found a lot of locked children in the vicinity, and the minister suspects that it may be related to the frequent disappearances of children recently." He said breathlessly, his chest heaving violently.
He knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had been very concerned about this matter recently, so he rushed over non-stop when he got the news, for fear that someone would rob him of his credit.
Xie Qinglin really did as he thought, his eyes lit up, and he asked a little anxiously, "Then there is a girl who is four or five years old." ”
He remembered why the name of "East Fourteen Fang" was so familiar, Yanbei had reported to him that there were suspicious people here, and he only mentioned it casually at the time, and he forgot about it......
Zhao Yan thought about it carefully, and made sure that he didn't know that there was such a person, so he shook his head and said, "No." ”
Xie Qinglin's tone became sharp: "No? Are you sure you've taken a closer look? How could it not be? ”
"Your Highness, it's true, my subordinates really haven't seen ......"
Zhao Yancheng was terrified, and he was about to kneel down and confess his guilt.
Xie Qinglin waved his hand irritably, motioning for him to go down.
Why isn't Lan Qian there? Based on all kinds of clues, it can be inferred that she should be there, but why can't she be found? Did their search go wrong from the start, going in the wrong direction, or did something happen in between? Lan Qian was supposed to be there, but suddenly went somewhere else......
What's going on?
He really couldn't go back and face Jiang Yunyu's disappointed face.
At noon that day, the Imperial Forest Army and the Criminal Department were busy looking for the murderer, and Xie Qinglin was also anxious because he couldn't see Lan Qian.
Lan Qian opened his eyes in a daze, blinking a few times to get used to the white light.
Where is this?
She panicked and thought that the environment in front of her was completely different from before, the room was simple and pitiful, with only a few pieces of furniture, and a few layers of white paper pasted on the windows.
Memories faded back, and she slowly remembered what had happened before she lost her memory.
She knew she didn't have time anymore and couldn't wait any longer, so she took the risk of escaping from that place...... Right! She was chased up, and it was that person who came down from the sky to save her life!
The swordsman who had a relationship with each other in the Shuojun Inn!
Thinking of this, she felt a disgusting smell of blood surging in the air again: the tragic images of several people who died in a hurry always lingered in her mind......
It may have been inadvertently made a movement so that people outside could hear it.
The wooden door was pushed open with a "bang", and the swordsman strode in, with a chill on his body.
There was a blue and black beneath his eyes, and it turned out that he had been keeping watch outside all night.
He was really poor and couldn't find a second place to sleep.
Lan Qianjian saw someone walking in, and was thinking about how to face it, when he suddenly saw his stomach rumbling a few times.
She grinned awkwardly and asked in a dumb voice, "Where is this?" ”
"Without the girl's consent, I brought you here, and I ask the girl's forgiveness, this is the place where I temporarily settled in Luo." Huo Guyan arched his hand towards her.
Lan Qian dared to blame him, this person saved his life, and besides, in the situation yesterday, no matter how you look at it, it was his fault first.
If you have to mess around and make trouble unreasonably to find out his faults, it is probably why you have to obey your words and leave no room for people to regret it.
"Lan Qian, thank you for saving your life." Lan Qianying bowed down, and her tone was sincere.
In any case, she should be grateful to this mysterious swordsman named Huo Guyan. If he hadn't appeared in time, I'm afraid she wouldn't know what was going to happen to her.
When had Huo Guyan seen this kind of scene, although he was still expressionless, he actually didn't know where to put his nervous hands and feet.
He hurriedly said: "Girl, please get up ......" He wanted to reach out to help, but he hesitated and didn't move.
Lan Qian didn't have to stick to these imaginary things with him, and stood up generously.
When he stood up, he realized that this person was so tall, and she was only up to his chest.
Huo Guyan's eyes were confused, and he didn't know where to look: "Speaking of which...... I would like to thank the girl for her kindness. After that, he laughed crampedly, and was a little embarrassed.
It turns out that he recognized it too!
Lan Qian suddenly raised his head to look at him, just in front of his dark eyes, which seemed to hide a thousand words.
Blue Light's heart was beating wildly.
Shouldn't this taciturn, seemingly indifferent swordsman remember such a "little thing" clearly? Lan Qian didn't have any other thoughts at that time, but he couldn't bear to see him embarrassed, so he did whatever he thought in his heart.
It turns out that the world is really a link and a link, and cause and effect are in it.
But he compared Han Xin's "grace of a meal" to him, and he always felt that something was wrong......
Lan Qian's stomach grunted out of place, and Huo Guyan's face stiffened, "......Is the girl hungry?" ”
Huo Guyan, an unemployed vagrant with superb swordsmanship, has four walls and is penniless.
To sum it up: poor.
Lan Qian was also embarrassed, but she couldn't do anything about it, and this was not something she could control. She also saw Huo Guyan's embarrassment, and subconsciously wanted to take out the silver from her arms, but she was stunned as soon as her hand was raised: her whole body had already been searched clean. Lan Qian felt desperate, what should she do now?
There were a total of eleven people in the gang who illegally abducted and sold young children, and six of them were killed by Huo Guyan's sword after Lan Qian, and the rest drank and slept until dawn.
They were completely unaware that their companions had never returned since they had gone out.
In the wee hours of the morning, after the Guards found the bodies in the streets, it didn't take long for them to find the place, and they were all taken to prison.
As for the seventeen children except Lan Qian, they were taken back by the people of the Criminal Department.
Xie Qinglin asked Xian Ge to inform Jiang Yunyu of the truth as soon as he knew about it, and Jiang Yunyu's reaction was the same as him, and the first sentence was to ask if he had seen Lan Qian.
"There really isn't a ......," Xian Ge made her look a little weak, "The adult said, don't worry about the girl first, he will definitely be able to help you get people back." ”
Jiang Yunyu said in her heart: How can I not worry about this?
She said eagerly, "Where is he?" I'm going to see him. ”
She would only believe it if she saw it with her own eyes.
"This ......" Xian Ge was embarrassed, but His Highness didn't say what to do in this situation.
Xian Ge naturally didn't dare to assert herself, but she didn't dare to disobey Jiang Yunyu's order, mainly because she was still unsure what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thought.
Maybe Her Highness doesn't want to reveal her identity now, what if she brings someone over and messes up? She is definitely the one who suffers.
"Didn't you say they all listened to me? Doesn't it work if I speak? Jiang Yunyu narrowed her eyes and pretended to threaten her.
Xian Ge turned her heart sideways, thinking that it was not good for her to do it anyway, so she simply obeyed her orders honestly, anyway, Her Royal Highness's cherished attitude towards Miss Jiang was something she had never seen before, maybe one day she would become the mistress of the East Palace.
"You don't have to worry about anything else, if something happens, I'll take care of it." Jiang Yunyu winked at her mysteriously.
When he went out, Xian Ge realized that His Royal Highness should still be in the East Palace at the moment, but if he wanted to go to the Criminal Department or something else on a whim, wouldn't it be bad. Alas, she was still impulsive.
Xian Ge and Jiang Yunyu walked side by side, followed by Lan Ting with a blank face.
Jiang Yunyu knew that Xie Qinglin might not be able to continue pretending at this moment, and the scene must be very interesting at that time, she didn't let Dai Nong follow mainly because she was afraid that she would be too stimulated, and the reason for choosing Lan Ting was that she wanted him to see the world, and second, she had already revealed Xie Qinglin's identity, Lan Ting should not be too surprised...... It should be, besides, even if he is the emperor, Lan Ting may just glance at it indifferently.
Third...... She had already seen Lan Ting's martial arts, and he was always more capable of self-protection than Dai Nong.
The street is still very lively, Jiang Yunyu can't help but sigh, Luo Jing is Luo Jing after all, whether it is in the past life or in this life, it is the same prosperity, red walls and green tiles, drunk and gold, making people drown in it willingly.
Gu Garden is actually located in the center of the whole city, but the location is slightly hidden, and it is not far from here to the palace, and after a while, you can see the unique crimson high wall of the palace, the wall is covered with glazed tiles, sparkling and reflecting the sunlight.
Jiang Yunyu and his party were in a very coincidental hurry, Xie Qinglin was coming out of the palace gate, and he was about to go to the Criminal Department to personally interrogate those prisoners, and by the way, to see those children with his own eyes.
He almost suspected that he was hallucinating: how could Jiang Yunyu be here?
Looking at the string song behind him, who didn't dare to probe, he guessed what was going on in an instant.
"Your Highness, they don't know anything, a man named Fifth Master will ask them for someone from time to time, he will pick some from the crowd and take them away, as for the ......rest," he seemed to be a little unbearable, "wounded and maimed, and made them beg in the streets, and the girls were sold to brothels." ”
Zhao Yan is not confused when he is too old, and he is also a person with children and daughters.
It turned out that Lan Ting on his side trembled slightly, "Lan Ting...... What happened to you! ”
Jiang Yunyu broke his clenched hand and found that the palm of his hand had been pinched by himself, and he didn't know it at all.
She felt a dull pain in her palms and a pain in her heart.
Despite the efforts of all parties to stop it, the construction of Bangyue Tower still started as scheduled.
The Taoist elders deduced the good days and auspicious days calculated by the five elements of the eight trigrams, and sacrificed to the land god and the Luban immortal master.
The emperor even came to the scene to supervise the craftsmen
The sleeves leaned on him weakly and bonelessly, smiling charmingly.
In his previous life, since Xie Qinglin went on a killing spree in Lizhou, the emperor had already complained about him.
The Chen family's plan succeeded, and the effect was unexpectedly good, so they didn't move other crooked thoughts, such as this kind of asking people to enter the palace to try to frame Xie Qinglin.