Shen Zhiyan asked seriously: "How many times have you been to Deyue Tower in the past half month?"
Mr. Li replied unhurriedly: "How could I remember? Think about it, I think I have been there two or three times."
"Have you seen the Lan sisters in Deyue Tower?"
"never seen it."
"Really never seen"
"I still want to listen to the song, but the guys from Deyuelou said they didn't come to sing."
"Have you met them anywhere else?"
"No."
Mr. Li realized that the other party seemed to be interrogating, so he couldn't help but get angry, "Hey, are you interrogating me as a prisoner? He already taught me a lesson that day, so you still have to pay for it?"
Murong Ci said coldly: "Young Master Li, don't you know that the Lan sisters are missing?"
He was quite startled, "If they disappeared, then what does their disappearance have to do with me? You won't suspect that I hid them in my mansion, right?"
She sneered sarcastically, "It's not impossible. The Lan sisters have been missing for half a month, and they may have been killed unfortunately. And half a month before the incident, only you, Mr. Li, had a feud with them, and you are suspected of murder."
Mr. Li jumped up in shock, "I will tell you if I kill someone, if I want to kill someone, I will kill you and the young man who is with you first."
"It's not easy to kill me. You don't have that ability yet. The Lan sisters are different. You can put them under house arrest first, torture and humiliate them slowly, and then kill them when you have tortured enough."
"Don't blame me, I didn't kill anyone," he argued excitedly.
"Are you innocent or not? You'll only find out after checking. Sit down and answer carefully." Shen Zhiyan said coldly.
"You say I killed people, do you have evidence? Show me the evidence, and I'll be convinced." Mr. Li raised his eyebrows, full of viciousness.
"In the past half month, you really haven't seen the Lan sisters." Shen Zhiyan asked solemnly again.
"Don't try to get away with perjury. Skynet is full of details. Even if you lie, we can still find witnesses." Murong Ci threatened coldly.
"You go ahead and look for witnesses. I'm not afraid that I haven't seen those two sluts, let alone imprisoned them. Go and investigate." Mr. Li waved his hand, so angry that he was about to burst.
She glanced at Shen Zhiyan, then said goodbye and left.
After leaving the Li family, the two boarded the carriage, he pondered for a moment, and asked, "Your Highness, what do you think?"
Murong Ci pondered: "Judging from Mr. Li's reaction, he should not have lied."
Shen Zhiyan nodded, thinking so too.
After a while, she told the driver outside: "Go to the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion."
He understood her intention and did not object.
Lord Lu and Master Jiang of Jingzhao Mansion received them. After some inquiries, they learned that the Yamen servants of Jingzhao Mansion had been searching for many days but there was no trace of the Lan sisters. Master Jiang said that his wife was very worried about the whereabouts of the two younger sisters, and was so anxious that she couldn't sleep or eat.
The yamen servant went to the Longsheng Inn where the Lan sisters lived, but found no useful clues.
Murong Ci said goodbye immediately, and told the driver to go to Longsheng Inn.
Shen Zhiyan asked: "Why is Your Highness in such a hurry? Since the yamen servant has asked, there shouldn't be any clues."
"You have to ask yourself before you can rest assured. Just now, Master Jiang said that the Lan sisters checked out at the Longsheng Inn. In other words, they didn't go missing at the Longsheng Inn."
"The Longsheng Inn doesn't necessarily know where they moved to."
"Longsheng Inn is the last hope, let's do our best." She sighed.
Longsheng Inn is a small inn with poor environment and messy residents. Only the low-level people who are short on money will live here.
The shopkeeper saw two well-dressed young masters approaching, as if he saw gleaming gold, and his eyes sparkled, "The two young masters want to stay in our store. Room No. How about a young man sharing a room with each other?"
Shen Zhiyan showed the token of the Dali Temple, and the shopkeeper trembled when he saw the golden official token, and hurried out, bowing his waist and saluting: "The villain pays homage to the two adults, I don't know what the two adults want Advice"
Shen Zhiyan asked coldly: "More than half a month ago, did two girls surnamed Lan live here?"
The shopkeeper apologized and said with a smile: "There are indeed two girls surnamed Lan who have lived in the shop. Coincidentally, not long ago, a servant from the government came to ask, my lord, what happened to those two girls, they committed a crime."
"Don't ask if you shouldn't." Murong Ci put two portraits in front of him, "Are these two girls?"
"That's right, it's them."
"How long have they lived here"
"Live here for about a month."
"When did they check out"
"About half a month ago."
"Why check out"
"They didn't say anything, but the villain guessed that he was going to leave Beijing, or find a house and move to a rented house."
"Did they mention finding a suitable house?"
"That's not mentioned."
"You can tell me carefully what happened when they checked out." Murong Ci said sarcastically.
The shopkeeper thought about it seriously, "That day, just after dinner time, they came back, and they seemed to be in a good mood. They came to the cabinet and said that they would check out early in the morning. I asked why, but they didn't say, but they were very happy. Happy and smiling all the time."
Shen Zhiyan said: "Is there anyone in the guest room they live in? I'm going to check it out."
The shopkeeper said: "No one has lived in these two days, the villain will find a buddy to take you upstairs to have a look."
Arriving at a guest room on the second floor, Murong Ci asked the waiter to wait outside, and walked in with Shen Zhiyan.
The guest room is fairly clean and tidy. The bed, tables, chairs, wardrobe, etc. are well organized and can be seen at a glance, but there seems to be a faint musty smell in the air.
Shen Zhiyan looked around the guest room, didn't even miss any corners, and finally shook his head at her, expressing that he didn't have any clues.
Come here for nothing.
Murong Ci went out in frustration, and saw an old lady wiping the mottled railing outside with a wooden bucket, so he asked, "Auntie, do you wipe and clean here every day?"
"Yes, I come to clean every day, and I clean every guest room." The aunt replied while wiping.
"There is a pair of sisters living in this room, do you have any impression?"
"You're talking about the two sisters surnamed Lan. Of course I remember them. They are beautiful and can sing. They are very nice people."
"When did they leave, do you know?"
"I know. I was mopping the floor that day, and Miss Ruoxuan called me in specially, and gave me some broken silver as a thank you for helping them wash their clothes these days."
"Did they tell you why they moved away from Longsheng Inn?" Murong Ci happily asked.
"I asked casually, and they said that they were going to a place where they could get ahead, and they would work hard to become the top people." The aunt laughed.
"Did they not say where exactly?" Shen Zhiyan asked.
"No, they are quite mysterious, but I can see that they are full of yearning for the place they are about to go to, and they are very happy." The aunt said.
"Is that all they told you? Nothing else?" Murong Ci asked again.
The aunt shook her head and said there was nothing else.
After leaving the Longsheng Inn, Murong Ci and Shen Zhiyan went back to Dali Temple. She squinted her eyes and thought: "What is a place where one can stand out and become a leader?"
Shen Zhiyan said: "The Rilan sisters should have gone there after checking out of the Longsheng Inn, but I don't know if they are still alive."
She suddenly thought of something, and said pleasantly, "Could they have gone to the mansion of a certain prince or general? If they enter the mansion of a noble family or a prince, they will be able to live comfortably. If they behave well, they can become concubines." , making steady progress."
He nodded, "It's possible. But there are so many mansions of aristocratic families and princes and dignitaries in the capital, where can I find them?"
Murong Ci already had an idea, and asked Rong Zhan to dispatch people to visit the various mansions to see if any new kabuki who were good at singing had entered the mansion.
"Your Highness, I have a guess."
"Let's see what the speculation is."
"Zijinfang has educated the Lan sisters for so many years. They run away as soon as they say, and the boss of Zhuijinfang will definitely not let it go. Moreover, this has set a precedent. Other girls in the workshop will follow suit, and the consequences will be disastrous. Therefore, I think Will the boss of Zhuijinfang send people into Beijing quietly to kill the Lan sisters, or secretly bring them back to Yangzhou and imprison them." Shen Zhiyan's speculation is reasonable.
"That's right, why didn't I expect that?" Murong Ci clapped his hands excitedly, "How could the boss of Zhuijinfang let people go, how could he lose the thousands of silvers that are at their fingertips? Secretly ordered people to go to Beijing to arrest people."
"If this is the case, we are unlikely to go to Yangzhou to investigate and find people." He said sadly.
"I have a solution, but it will take some time." Murong Ci said mysteriously, and Rong Zhan could only send someone to Yangzhou to investigate secretly.
After a day.
Murong Ci was hesitant to leave the palace, but someone from the palace came to report that two dead bodies were found in the palace.
She hurried out and asked in surprise, "Where did you find it?"
Qin Ruo followed behind and replied, "It seems to be near Jiaofangsi."
"Send someone to Dali Temple to invite Shen Zhiyan into the palace."
"Yes, the slave knows how to do it."
Murong Ci rushed to the scene of the crime, and many palace people gathered around to watch. Liu An ordered the guards not to let the palace people approach, so as not to damage the scene.
Although Liu An, the chief servant, is domineering, opportunistic, and power-hungry, he is very good at superficial things, and he will do things like this very well.
Seeing that the crown prince was coming, he went to pay respects to Ann and report the situation of the murder case.
Murong Cisen asked coldly, "Where was the body found first?"
This is a grove in the northwest of Jiaofangsi, inaccessible and desolate, about three miles away from Jiaofangsi.
Liu An replied: "It was discovered by the maid of the Jiaofang Division."
His subordinates brought a trembling maid with a pale face, and asked, "How did you find the body, and report it to His Royal Highness the Prince."
The palace lady was ugly, her arms and legs trembled violently, her eyes were scattered, she was out of her mind, she was obviously frightened too much.