Yan Chi rode forward and asked, "Where is the man?"
The soldiers of the patrol battalion did not dare to be slight, and hurriedly said, "It's in Jinxiufang, a very hidden house in the south of the city."
As soon as these words came out, Yan Chi's eyes narrowed slightly, and he turned to look at Zhao Yu who was beside him, "Go and see?"
If it was an ordinary time, Zhao Yu would have gone to see who the burnt person was right away, but at this moment, he began to hesitate. He was going to take Yan Chi to see the people from the Zhao family in Yunzhou...
Zhao Yu pursed his lips tightly, "What do you think, Your Highness?"
Yan Chi was very calm, "This happened suddenly, didn't you say that your side is still interrogating? Why don't we go to the place where the fire is watched first, and then go to see the two people after we finish watching, and the interrogation will definitely come out by then .”
Zhao Yu hesitated for a moment, then nodded heavily.
Yan Chi raised his lips, looked at the soldiers of the patrol battalion, "Lead the way..."
With an order, those people quickly turned their horses, and Yan Chi and Zhao Yu followed them to the south of the city.
Even though it is in Jinxiufang, the one leading the way is very remote. When we got to the entrance of the alley, we found that this place is indeed very hidden. Although there are houses all around, it is very close to the poor shantytowns. It must be a place full of fish and dragons during the day.
Several people got off their horses and walked into the alley.
Yan Chi left and asked, "When did the fire start?"
"It caught fire not long after nightfall. Fortunately, it snowed a few days ago, and no other houses were involved, but the yard was burned badly. The surrounding people and our patrolling brothers put out the fire together. It took a long time, and the fire was completely destroyed. We went in and searched after it was extinguished, and found that two people were burned to death. We thought it was an accidental tragedy, but we didn’t expect to find something in the palace, and after a second look, it has something to do with the East Palace.”
Zhao Yu followed behind, and asked again, "Why did the fire catch on, everyone around asked?"
The soldier of the patrol battalion said again, "Ask, the people around said that this yard was empty before, and it was only two months ago that people started to live in it, but these days the yard is closed, and it is not clear who lives there , Today, the fire is still on fire, and the surrounding people did not hear the cry for help."
Didn't hear the cries for help? Yan Chi frowned, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
After walking along a narrow and long alley for a while, I arrived at the place where the incident happened. It was already late at night, and the surrounding houses were all in darkness. Only the place where the fire was on fire was still bright. A few torches, two charred corpses lay on the ground in the yard, but the whole house was burnt to death. Among the charred and ruined walls, the two burned corpses were hard to distinguish. Especially eerie.
Although the corpses were burnt beyond recognition, with Yan Chi's eyesight and Tong Qin Wan's handling of so many cases, he could still tell at a glance that the two corpses should be women, not men. Such a yard suddenly caught fire and died. With so many clues linking the two women, the things from the East Palace, Yan Chi suddenly felt a little unbelievable.
"Where are the things in the East Palace? How do you judge?"
When Yan Chi asked, the man immediately brought over the things found in the fire scene earlier.
On a scorched black felt blanket, there were several pieces of jet-black jewelry and jade wares. One of the jade wares had an obvious inscription on the bottom of the jade wares. Not only that, but the pattern on it was a five-clawed dragon, which came from the Eastern Palace. Seeing this, Yan Chi and Zhao Yu's eyes darkened.
In particular, Zhao Yu's expression became extremely complicated, "Why did the things from the Eastern Palace appear here? Besides, these pieces of jewelry are extraordinary, so it's impossible for them to be stolen by the palace maids who escaped from the palace?"
Not to mention that the maids dare not sneak out, even if they dare to, it is impossible to come out with so many things.
With that said, there is only one possibility left!
These two people most likely came out with the queen and the prince...
Zhao Yu's eyes widened. The ones who can't possibly die are the Queen and the Crown Princess!
Yan Chi said with deep eyes, "It seems that we have to let the magistrate's clerk come over."
Zhao Yu nodded, glanced at the person behind him, his expression changed slightly, he turned around and walked towards the entrance of the alley.
Yan Chi watched the man leave and said, "Order someone to take these two pieces of jewelry to Zhongyong Hou's mansion and ask if anyone recognizes them."
Zhao Yu raised his eyebrows, Yan Chi continued to say calmly, "The Crown Princess has also left the palace."
Zhao Yu understood Yan Chi's meaning, and then sent away a guard beside him. The people from the patrol battalion looked at each other, not knowing what to do, but Yan Chi stood still and pondered, Zhong Yao had already left for half an hour...
Zhao Yu stood beside Yan Chi, his complexion was worse than Yan Chi's, and even a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead.
He seemed to be counting the time, and kept looking up at the night sky, but there was no moon or stars tonight, and the snow was getting heavier and heavier.
"Are you in a hurry?" Yan Chi asked suddenly.
Zhao Yu was taken aback suddenly, shook his head and nodded, "I'm afraid there won't be anything in the interrogation over there."
Yan Chi said calmly, "Don't worry, the truth will always come out before dawn."