It was already midnight, and there were still four hours before dawn.
About half an hour later, a carriage and a few fast horses stopped at the door of the alley, and soon, a heavy and noisy footsteps came all the way from the outside to the door of the house. Zhao Yu and Yan Chi waited in the snowstorm. Hearing this movement, he hurriedly turned his head to look, but after seeing this, his expressions all changed.
It was Qin Shu and Hu's couple who came to the gate of the courtyard. Hu was obviously frightened and supported by Qin Shu, while Qin Yan and Qin Ye followed behind them, followed by several guards from the Marquis Mansion, The guards sent by Zhao Yu followed at the end, Yan Chi frowned slightly when he saw the whole family of the Hou Mansion appearing together.
Zhao Yudang asked in surprise, "Why did Lord Hou and his wife come?"
Hu's eyes were red, and what he was holding in his hand was the jewelry that the guard had sent to the Hou's mansion just now.
Hearing this, Hu's lips trembled and he couldn't speak, his eyes mistakenly saw the charred corpse covered with a felt blanket on the ground, he screamed and fell back, Qin Yan and Qin Ye rushed to help, Hu Shi leaned on Qin Yan and began to cry.
"My Yu'er... why are you so overwhelmed..."
Hu's appearance obviously regarded the corpse on the ground as Qin Chaoyu, Yan Chi stepped forward, "Why are you here?"
Today is the night of Yan Chi and Qin Wan's wedding, Yan Chi picked Qin Wan up during the day, but unexpectedly they met again at night, and it was still in such a situation.
Qin Shu's eyes were extremely gloomy, "We had all rested until we heard that the Imperial Forest Army had come to visit us. When we saw the jewelry we brought over, we immediately recognized it as Yu'er's. Before Yu'er got married, We specially made a batch of jewelry for her, all made by the best craftsmen in Jinxiufang, matching the word 'feather' in her name, each gold hairpin has a pattern of feathers at the end, her mother recognized it at a glance, The Imperial Forest Army who heard it said that they found two corpses, so we rushed over..."
Zhao Yu was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help turning his head to look at the corpse on the ground. Although the corpse was burnt badly, it could be seen that it was tall or short. Looking at it this way, even Zhao Yu felt that the person on the ground was really Qin Chaoyu, " But... this is impossible, why..."
The wind and snow were extremely severe, and everyone in the Qin family came here without an umbrella, and the Hu family only had an extra cloak on it. At this moment, the Hu family was crying in a daze, "I said a long time ago, Yu'er can't escape privately." Gong, she... She must have been forced... She was murdered!"
Hu was crying and wanted to jump on the corpse, Qin Yan quickly grabbed Hu, "Mother, you are completely different, not necessarily my sister!"
Hu continued to cry, "These things are your sister's favorite. If it wasn't for her, how could they be here?"
Yan Chi narrowed his eyes for an instant, he was the only one who was sure that the crown prince and queen had left the capital, if Qin Chaoyu wanted to follow, he wouldn't be unable to take a few pieces of jewelry with him, but now, not to mention the two female corpses, all the jewelry and jade were lost Here, it's just too weird.
The already miserable scene suddenly became extraordinarily sad because of Hu's weeping. Although the people from the Hou's mansion came quickly, but the magistrate's clerk did not know when they would come. Hu couldn't help but know this Looking at Yan Chi imploringly, "Prince Rui, where is Guan'er, let Guan'er come, let Guan'er come and see if this is her sister."
Although Hu was so frightened that he lost his composure, he still remembered that Qin Wan was the best work of Da Zhou, but where could Qin Wan come here
"The imperial grandmother is critically ill. Just now, the emperor sent someone to take her into the palace to treat the imperial grandmother."
As soon as these words came out, Hu was surprised and despaired, Qin Shu was also taken aback, the empress dowager is critically ill? !
Qin Yan and the others were speechless for a while, it was obvious that the night was not peaceful, and something happened in the palace, so they could only wait.
The wind and snow were too heavy, the carriage couldn't get into the alley, and a few big men were okay, but the Hu family couldn't bear it.
Not long after, Hu's family was tottering in the cold wind, Qin Shu had no choice but to send Hu's family to the carriage with his son.
As soon as the people from the Qin family left, Zhao Yu couldn't wait any longer, "His Royal Highness, this side is still uncertain for the time being, why don't I leave two people to watch, and let's go to see how the interrogation is going over there. Regardless of whether the corpse is the princess or not, the most important thing right now is to see where the queen and prince are."
Yan Chi didn't reject the words, "Okay, let's go and have a look first."
After the words were settled, Zhao Yu really left behind the only two imperial guards around him, and then walked out together with Yan Chi. When they reached the alley, Mrs. Hu was still crying on the carriage. When it came, he couldn't help crying even harder, Zhao Yu said that the two of them still had important matters to attend to, and Qin Shu and his wife had no choice but to let Yan Chi leave.
After getting on the horse, the wind and snow on the shoulders of several people were covered with a layer, and Zhao Yu whipped lightly, looking a little anxious.
Yanchi Yuma followed behind him, his eyes fell not far away, "You seem to be very worried."
Zhao Yu pursed his lips and said, "I have been searching for many days, but there is still no whereabouts of the queen and the crown prince. The general is naturally anxious. I found two more corpses just now. The general is only worried that the queen and the crown prince have left the city. Lord marquis Madam's words made the General think, if the Crown Princess, Empress Empress and His Highness the Crown Prince leave the palace, but regret it after learning that they are plotting rebellion, will the Queen and the Crown Prince kill her in a fit of anger... "
This conjecture is very reasonable, and Hu also meant the same thing just now.
Yan Chi didn't answer for a moment, but when he looked up, the temporary command post of the patrol battalion in the south of the city had arrived.
This is a yamen guardhouse two streets away from the gate of the city. It is usually used by the Nine City Patrol Battalion. He Yanchi will sit here, and news from the entire capital will be sent here.
In the wind and snow, the gate of the yamen was slightly closed, and it was pitch black with no lights inside.
Yan Chi Yuma came to the door, frowning, "Where's the person?"
Zhao Yu hurriedly said, "Everyone has been sent out tonight, and those who have just been arrested are being interrogated in the backyard."
Yan Chi did not doubt that he was there, got off his horse and strode forward, pushed open the gate of the yamen, Yan Chi walked in without hesitation, the yard in front of the main hall was also pitch black, Yan Chi did not enter the main hall, only walked along the corridor outside the main hall Go through the side door to the backyard.
After entering the backyard, I could only see a dim yellow light in the main room of the three-sided wing.
Yan Chi stepped forward without even thinking about it, but Zhao Yu stopped slowly. Yan Chi walked to the door, paused, and looked back, "What's the matter?"
Zhao Yu stood more than ten steps away from Yan Chi, looked at Yan Chi for a while, and suddenly said, "Your Highness, I'm sorry."