Qin Wan wore a mask, held an orchid lantern in one hand, and slightly raised her skirt with the other, and walked into the dark alley very quickly.
There were four or five people in the alley coming towards the stage of the Shuangqing troupe here. Qin Wan squinted her eyes and saw that the figure that looked like Yue Qing was walking in the front without stopping. Qin Wan didn't know that he was going to where to go.
Qin Wan stopped in her tracks. She could see clearly that the alley was very long, and it was getting darker as she went further in. She was alone, and she really didn't dare to continue to follow. She hesitated, but "Yue Qing" in front of her stopped. At the footsteps, Qin Wan raised her eyebrows and continued to walk three steps forward. As soon as she moved, "Yue Qing" continued to walk forward.
Qin Wan was secretly amazed in her heart, and stopped immediately after she realized it. Sure enough, as soon as she stopped, the other party also stopped. Qin Wan narrowed her eyes. This man knew that she was following him, and it seemed that he wanted to lure her into the alley.
There was a distance of seven or eight feet between the two of them. Qin Wan looked at his back and frowned more and more. She deeply remembered that Yue Qing was also wearing the same robe today, but if it was Yue Qing, why didn't he come to him directly? She, but she wants to use this weird way to lead her forward? But if he wasn't Yue Qing, then who should he be
Thinking of this, Qin Wan's footsteps started to move. As soon as she took a step, the man also started to move. Qin Wan immediately raised his eyebrows, wondering why he kept a distance from her if the man had malicious intentions towards her
Thinking about it this way, Qin Wan was not as scared as she was just now. She carried the lamp and touched Hanyue in her sleeve pocket with the other, and then held Hanyue in her hand calmly. She walked in small steps, The person in front was striding forward, Qin Wan observed for a long time, and only then quickly followed after seeing the distance between the two getting farther and farther.
The previous experience gave Qin Wan more inquiring mind than ordinary people. Those strange cases handled by his father were finally revealed to the world because of his father's meticulous investigation of the truth. Qin Wan has seen many people The deepest suffering in the world, and the cruelest human nature she has ever seen, she knew that the person in front of her was weird, but at this moment, she seemed unable to make another choice.
She walked slowly, that man walked fast, she walked fast, that man walked faster, and finally, Qin Wan had started to trot, but it was inconvenient for her to wear a long skirt, she held the lamp in one hand, Holding Hanyue, Hanyue absolutely cannot be thrown away, seeing that person was about to run out of the alley, Qin Wan threw the lamp and chased after him with her skirt in hand!
It was as if the dawn could be seen after passing through the deepest darkness, and after running a distance of three to five feet, Qin Wan saw that there was a bright light outside the alley, and when he got the figure and ran to the alley, he paused, as if he was waiting for Qin Wan Seeing that Qin Wan was approaching, he flashed his figure and headed towards the right side of the alley. Qin Wan lost his target and did not dare to delay, so he immediately chased after him!
When Qin Wan ran out of the alley with sweat on his forehead, he saw that the street was actually a whole street of lighthouses, and because of the stage of the Shuangqing troupe, the people who were originally on the street had already gone to Shuangqing. Going to that street, it seemed that the street was empty and lonely, and people in twos and threes were still rushing there. Qin Wan raised her eyes and looked to the right, only to see two young girls walking towards her. Lady, that man who looks so much like Yue Qing has long since disappeared!
Qin Wan became confused for a moment, did the man lure her here just to let her see the lamphouse on the street
Qin Wan took two steps forward. The lighthouse was indeed beautiful, but she had seen more splendid and magnificent magic lighthouses before. Looking at it now, although it is pleasing to the eye, it is not enough to walk such a long and dark alley. If you know that person, you will talk to her face to face. If you don't know him, what is the reason to bring her here
Qin Wan was a little confused, looking at the restaurants and teahouses along the street on the right, she frowned slightly, should she go in and look for them
Today is the Autumn Eve festival, the shops on both sides of the market are full of customers, and Qin Wan can hear the sound of boxing games from far away. These places are crowded with people, and the person deliberately hides his identity. Most likely they couldn't find it.
But why did he bring her here
After walking a few steps forward silently, Qin Wan paused.
There must be a reason, even, deliberately kept a very long distance, that person may have been seen or known by her, who is it...
Qin Wan raised her eyes and looked at the market in front of her. The two young ladies passed by her, and when they saw the Xiezhi mask on her face, they all stepped aside in disgust, except for the two young ladies. Outside, the market on the right is already empty.
Qin Wan stood for a while, then turned to look at the market on the left, Sanwu was walking forward, and must also be going to the Shuangqing Theater, Qin Wan felt a little nervous in his heart, that person disappeared, that is to say, his The purpose is basically achieved, what is it for? There are only lamphouses on this street...
With a chill in his heart, Qin Wan's back suddenly stiffened, Denglou...
Just as she was thinking, Qin Wan heard a very subtle "click", as if the rope was broken, or the bamboo or wood was broken. Then, a huge gust of wind rushed down towards her like a Mount Tai. Wan's scalp tingled for a while, and she turned around suddenly, only to see behind her a three-story lamp building collapsed like a mountain...
Qin Wan held Hanyue's hand tightly, and subconsciously closed his eyes. The shelves of this lamp building are all made of rolling wood, and bamboo and wood are used to form rows of small grids, and only then can the lanterns be neatly densely packed. Now, what collapsed towards her were those rolling wooden shelves as thick as sea bowls. The shelves were already heavy, and with the hundreds of lanterns hanging from the top, Qin Wan could almost imagine what would happen if it fell on him. How much it hurts, no, maybe she won't feel it because her head will be smashed!
Qin Wan knew that she couldn't escape, and the rigidity and nervousness in the face of danger did not allow her to escape. She closed her eyes tightly, and just when she thought that the shelf was about to hit her, suddenly, a strong wind Scraping from the side, Qin Wan didn't realize it, a big hand had already wrapped her waist, and then, a strong embrace came over!
The person who came was as fast as lightning, and hugged him from a tricky angle. In a whirl, Qin Wan had been hugged by him and rolled on the ground twice. The person on her body snorted, she subconsciously opened her eyes, and what caught her eyes was Yan Chi's slightly pale face!
Turning my eyes again, I saw this huge two-story-high lampstand fell to the ground and became fragmented. The lanterns were smashed and broken, and the ones were on fire. Yan Chi, holding her, left the bottom one. The rolling wooden frame that hit Yan Chi's back was the bamboo lattice with the lantern hanging on the top. Even if it fell from such a high place, Qin Wan could also imagine the pain of these bamboo and wood falling on people. The corners of her lips were tightly pursed, she never expected Yan Chi to appear...
"Your Highness, why..." As soon as the words were cut off, Qin Wan suddenly felt that her hand was warm. She raised her right hand to look, only to see the bright red in her palm, and Qin Wan immediately crawled out of the shelf. Chi Ke pressed her down, and Qin Wan saw him frown, and then he lifted up his body that was pressing heavily on her, together with that huge bamboo frame, Qin Wan quickly crawled out!
As soon as Qin Wan came out, Yan Chi felt much more relaxed. He exerted strength with his arm, and Qin Wan saw the veins on the back of his hand bulging. Soon, he lifted the wooden frame, stood up on one knee, and then stepped from the frame Get out.
He looked calm and relaxed, but Qin Wan remembered the bright red of his palm.
She didn't care to ask how Yan Chi appeared, and hurriedly turned to look behind Yan Chi, but just after taking a step, Yan Chi grabbed her, and he pulled her back two steps, raised her eyes to see the fixed Looking at the beam of this restaurant in Denglou, I saw that a hemp rope thick as a bowl had broken somehow, and now there is only half of it hanging on the beam...
At this moment, all the staff and guests in the surrounding restaurants and teahouses came out. No one thought that the beautiful lamp building would fall down. Everyone looked at Yan Chi and Qin Wan, and a few who had witnessed the scene were vividly expressing their emotions. describe the scene at that time.
"It's this handsome young man, otherwise, this little lady might lose her life."
"With such a big lamp building, even a cow would be crushed to death. Just now I saw that young master, but why did I look at him as if nothing happened..."
"Looks like a high-ranking person, I'm afraid there is some magical power to protect the body..."
The common people were talking about it, but Qin Wan was in a cold sweat. She knew the purpose of that person, and the purpose of that person was this lamp building. She almost wanted to go to this restaurant to inquire immediately, but thinking of Yan Chi's injury, she dared not To the effect, "Your Highness is bleeding, most likely because the wound is open. Your Highness, we must go back to the carriage and treat your wound."
Yan Chi frowned, as if he didn't hear Qin Wan's words, "Why did you come here?"
Qin Wan also twisted his eyebrows up, "Your Highness, we must treat the injury first!"
Yan Chi turned his eyes to look at Qin Wan. There seemed to be a vortex hidden in his deep eyes, and he seemed to be sucking Qin Wan in. Suddenly, he let go of Qin Wan's hand, turned around, and walked to the side of the lamp stand. He thought he was going to do something, but when he got up, he suddenly saw Yan Chi holding an orchid lantern, Qin Wan was speechless, "Your Highness—"
"Who are you chasing after? You even threw the lamp away in such a hurry?"
Qin Wan met Shang Yanchi's deep eyes, and his heart moved slightly, "Yes, just now I got separated from the little princess, and halfway saw a figure who looked like the second son of the Hou's mansion, that person seemed to lure me here , he only left when I left, and he stopped when I didn’t. I didn’t know who he was, so I followed him all the way, this lamp…”
"We found the princess, she said you were lost, I came to look for you, this lamp was found in an alley." Yan Chi handed her the orchid lamp.
Qin Wan looked at the orchid lamp which was almost intact. She threw it away once, but he picked it up. Just now, when he saved her, he dropped it again, but it never broke.
Qin Wan took the light and was about to speak, but there were a few anxious shouts from the market on the left side of the alley. Qin Wan turned around and saw that it was Yue Jia and Yue Ning who came with them. Looking at Qin Wan and Yan Chi, and then at the collapsed lamp building on the ground, Yue Ning was the first to ask, "How are you, are you not injured?"
Qin Wan quickly shook his head, "I'm fine, but His Highness Chi has something to do, please arrange a place for the princess, I want to treat His Highness Chi's injuries."
Yue Ning and the others were very human, and the obvious smell of blood in the air caused deep worry in their eyes.
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After Yue Qing helped the Taichang Princess to get on the boat, he wanted to sneak down to find Qin Wan, but he didn't expect that the Taichang Princess would pull him to talk. The Taichang Princess recovered by two points, and he couldn't bear to refuse, so naturally he could only accompany him. .
Although he knew that he had to be a filial piety, but thinking of Qin Wan and others playing in the lantern market, Yue Qing was quite restless, just when Yue Qing felt that he was about to be unbearable and wanted to slip away, he came down Report, Qin Wan is back!
"Hey, why did they come back so soon!"
Yue Qing was overjoyed, Princess Taichang took a look at him and joked, "If they don't come back, you won't be able to sit still, you think they came back too early?"
Yue Qing smiled embarrassedly, "Looking at what grandma said, my grandson will naturally be more willing to accompany you."
Having said that, the man had already stood up and looked towards the door of the cabin. He saw Yue Ning lift the curtain and entered. Seeing Yue Ning's calm face, Yue Qing let out a "thud" in his heart, what happened
"Grandmother, His Highness Chi is injured, find a clean room to treat him!"
"Xiaoqi is injured?" Princess Taichang stood up all of a sudden, Yue Qing hurriedly supported her when she saw it, and Princess Taichang walked out tremblingly, "How could you be injured? Go to the next compartment, where is the Packed up, the best way to heal the wound!"
Princess Taichang walked out quickly, and when she went out, she immediately saw Qin Wan with slightly disheveled temple hair. She was holding a lamp and a mask in her hands, and Yan Chi, who was pale-faced, stood beside her. She sniffed lightly. , a strong smell of blood is quite pungent.
Qin Wan blessed Princess Taichang, and didn't have time to exchange greetings and explained, pointing to the cubicle beside her, "His Royal Highness, quickly—"
On the shore of Lishui Lake, the best place to heal injuries is naturally on the light boat of Anyang Houfu.
Yue Jia asked what was going on, and stayed with Wei Yanzhi at the place where the lighthouse collapsed to investigate clearly, while Yue Ning and Qin Wan came with Yan Chi to the lightboat of the Hou Mansion. As soon as they entered the compartment, Qin Wan said, "Please take off your highness." Get off your clothes."
The compartment is not too big, and after saying this, Princess Taichang and the others all backed out. As soon as she went out, Princess Taichang pulled Yue Ning to ask questions, and Yue Ning explained the reasons in a deep voice. The eldest princess's eyes showed two points of killing spirit.
"Qing'er has always been by my side, so of course she wouldn't go there, but Guan'er won't misread it casually, so this person did it on purpose, trying to lure Guan'er over there so that she could be harmed... Where is the lamp building? Home? Which store was it built outside?”
Yue Ning hurriedly said, "The lamp tower belongs to Sun's family in the east of the city. It was built outside a wine shop. Eldest brother and Mr. Wei stayed there to investigate. His Highness Chi was injured, so we came back first."
After a slight pause, Yue Ning said, "Grandmother ruled out the possibility of accidents?"
Princess Taichang nodded, and slapped her hand vigorously on the side of the boat, "It's really unreasonable, there are people who want to kill Guan'er, these people are really..."
Princess Taichang's voice was unstable, and Yue Ning hurriedly stroked her back.
Yue Qing looked at the half-closed compartment door and frowned. Qin Wan was almost killed, but he didn't know anything on the light ship. He really didn't fulfill his duty to protect her. Wan's person is him!
"Fortunately, there is Xiaoqi, otherwise I would really..."
Just as they were talking, Jiang and Yue Qiong, who had already gone to distribute relief, returned to the boat. Jiang hurried over, "Mother, what's going on? Is Guan'er injured or His Highness Chi injured?"
Yue Ning hurriedly said, "His Highness Chi was injured in order to save Qin Wan."
After saying that, Jiang went to the door of the cubicle to take a look, but he didn't know what he saw, so he walked over with a distressed expression.
Yue Qiong had already started talking to Princess Taichang, "Mother, do you want to report to the police?"
Princess Taichang then asked, "Where is Prefect Huo?"
Yue Qiong shook her head, "Prefect Huo is not coming today, I see that there are only a few servants on his lightship."
Princess Taichang shook her head, "Forget it for now, wait for Guan'er to heal Xiaoqi's injury later, and listen to her attention."
Yue Qiong nodded, turned to look at the compartment, "I hope the injury is not serious."
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In the cubicle, Yan Chi took off his bloody coat, and when he took off his middle coat, Qin Wan was stunned. The lights in the cabin were shining brightly, illuminating the texture of Yan Chi's back clearly. Naturally, the wound It is also very clear.
Yan Chi's old injury has not healed, and now there is a new injury on his shoulder.
The bamboo grid was smashed down from above, leaving a square bruise on Yan Chi's shoulders, and his blood was a nail on the bamboo grid, pierced into his old man. In the flesh on the side of the wound, when he pushed up the frame, the nail pierced his wound bigger and bigger, and Qin Wan felt extremely painful just looking at it.
"What's wrong? It's just a small injury, I don't know how to start?"
Yan Chi's tone was relaxed and indifferent, but Qin Wan felt her throat tightening, she stepped forward, took out her silk handkerchief, and carefully cleaned Yan Chi's wound pierced by nails, and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for saving your life. "
The corners of Yan Chi's lips curved slightly, "How can I thank you?"
Qin Wan stared and thought for a moment, "If there is a need in the future, Qin Wan will never ask His Highness for a penny of consultation fees."
Yan Chi smiled lightly, his shoulders trembled slightly, and more blood flowed out from the wound, "In this way, I've made money, after all, your nine-girl consultation fee is not cheap."
Qin Wan didn't speak any more. He had to clean up the new wound first, and had to replace the medical towel on the old wound. Yan Chi was lucky enough to save her again, but the wound was already open. Qin Wan was careful not to separate it. God, I only noticed that Qin Wan let out a breath, and it seemed that Yan Chi had cleaned up the most difficult place before Yan Chi said, "Who can you think of that person today?"
"Naturally, someone who doesn't want me to intervene in Ms. Song's case."
After a pause, Qin Wan said in a low voice, "Not the murderer, but at least an accomplice."
"The last time I pretended to be a headless female corpse to scare you, and then there were rumors and rumors criticizing you, and now I want to kill you. It seems that the person knows your autopsy several times, and even knows that you went to Yizhuang for an autopsy. He is afraid that you will investigate I want to give you the most crucial clues, so I want you to die." Yan Chi's voice became cold, exactly the same as Qin Wan's coldness during the autopsy.
Qin Wan also thought of this, "The first autopsy was crowded with people in the Hou Mansion, but the second autopsy was only known to very few people in Yizhuang. Lord Hou and his wife, Princess Taichang, the three brothers and sisters of the Yue family, Huo The prefect and Huoning, they have no reason to speak out."
Yan Chi frowned when she heard her counting over and over again, "Could it be that you think it's me... hiss..."
Qin Wan was taking off the cotton cloth on Yan Chi's back. The medicine on the cotton cloth was connected with the flesh of his wound. It was unavoidable to tear the pain when taking it out, but Qin Wan's hands were not messed up, "Of course not, Your Highness will not want to hurt I saved me again."
Yan Chi raised his eyebrows, and the anger in his heart finally eased. Qin Wan reapplied the medicine on the cotton cloth and bandaged him up again. Yan Chi's temples were sweating thinly, but his face didn't show at all. "Did you slip your mouth somewhere?"
Qin Wan paused, "Of course I didn't..."
Without saying "yes", Qin Wan suddenly stopped, and a scene flashed in her mind.
That day in the Anyang Marquis Mansion, she and Yue Ning met Wei Yanzhi, but that time, she clearly felt that she concealed it well, could it be him...
Qin Wansi couldn't help but feel chills running down his spine. So, Wei Yanzhi was also present at the first autopsy. He knew she would do the autopsy, so that's why he pretended to be a headless female corpse to scare her
Qin Wan frowned, but what motive did he have
"What did you think of?"
Yan Chi turned around and saw Qin Wan's thoughtful face.
Qin Wan regained consciousness and shook her head, "It's nothing..."
Yan Chi narrowed his eyes, his eyes were dark and menacing, with a hint of danger, "You are lying to me."
He was very sure of what he said, Qin Wan pursed his lips and said, "I just remembered that that day, the little princess and I met Mr. Wei, and Mr. Wei said he didn't know how Miss Song was doing in Yizhuang. I answered right away. After saying that Ms. Song is fine, his first reaction was to ask me if I went to Yizhuang, but I covered it up, and he didn't ask any more."
Yan Chi frowned, "Prefect Huo has checked, and he is not left-handed."
Qin Wan smiled wryly, "So no one doubted him, maybe I was thinking too much."
Yan Chi shook his head, but did not speak. Qin Wan finished applying the medicine for him, and threw the bloody robe aside, "I can't wear this one. Your Highness, please put on the middle coat first."
Yan Chi carefully pulled up his jacket and fastened the buttons. Qin Wan sighed, "The wound on your Highness's back is open again. I'm afraid the seven-day agreement will not be fulfilled. When is your Highness going to leave?"
Yan Chi glanced at Qin Wan, "You don't have to worry about it, I will stay for a day, and you can treat me for a day."
Qin Wan nodded, thinking that everyone was waiting outside, so she couldn't help but walked to the door, opened the door, Princess Taichang and others really looked over worriedly, "Guan'er, how is Xiaoqi?"
Qin Wan apologized, "The wound is open, it's not good."
Yue Qiong's eyes darkened upon hearing this, and Qin Wan was about to apologize, but a voice sounded behind him, "It's nothing serious, the injuries I suffered on the battlefield in the past were much more severe than now, so it's okay."
When Qin Wan turned her head, she saw Yan Chi was already standing behind her. She looked up, Yan Chi's face was hidden in the shadow by the backlight, and it was difficult to distinguish his emotions. This was the first time Qin Wan felt that he was so tall. tough.
Seeing Qin Wan turn her head to look at herself, Yan Chi looked down at her too. From this angle, one could just see her slender neck twisted into a beautiful arc like a swan, and her eyes were facing the light, which was unprecedentedly clear and clear. , Yan Chi could see his own shadow in her eyes, and his indifferent brows and eyes in her eyes were actually tinged with warmth from the lights.
"Thanks to Xiaoqi this time, Jia'er and Wei's nephew have not returned yet, and I don't know if they have found out anything. I really didn't expect that there would be some villains who would dare to do something like this during the Autumn Eve festival!"
Saying so, Princess Taichang told Yue Qiong, "Find a robe for Xiaoqi."
Yue Qiong went away in response, and brought back a long jade white robe, "This is Jia'er's clothes, Your Highness will take care of it first."
Yan Chi took it, and put it on in a few strokes. His stature was the same as Yue Jia's, and his robe and upper body matched him very well. Besides, he usually wore black, but now he changed to white. When he became handsome and elegant, the aggressive aura on his body faded by two points, and he also took on the nobleness of the banished immortal. Yue Ning, who was on the side, opened his eyes in surprise.
Princess Taichang nodded, "Young man, it's better to wear more bright colors."
As he said that, he went to the cabin where he and Yue Qing were talking just now. Although Yan Chi was injured, he was still able to walk, so he followed him. Before the group entered the cabin door, Yue Jia and Wei Yanzhi returned. The two of Jia saluted the Taichang Princess, and the Taichang Princess hurriedly asked, "How is it? What did you come up with?"
Yue Jia shook his head, "The Denglou belongs to the Sun family in the east of the city, and it was built two days ago. The wine shop has also been open here for more than ten years. It is the property of the young owner of Ruifenglou that you know. The Denglou There is no problem with the wine shop, but the problem is that after the lamp building is built, there is no one to take care of it. Just now we went up to look, and the most important part of the binding rope was cut by someone. It looked like he was cut with a sharp weapon, we checked the wine shop again, there are quite a lot of young men who went there today, and there are not a few of them who look like the second younger brother according to Miss Rujiu, but everyone has witnesses from each other to prove that Shicai has been drinking all the time."
After a pause, Yue Jia said helplessly, "My grandson thinks, that person must have taken advantage of the crowd and ran away."
Princess Taichang looked at Yue Qiong, and Yue Qiong squinted her eyes, "The man who was able to lure Jiu Miss away when she was alone must have known Jiu Miss's whereabouts, and maybe it might not be certain if she followed Jiu Miss all the way." Looking at Yue Ning, "Did you find any suspicious people when you were shopping in front?"
Yue Ning shook her head, "There were too many people. They crowded around at that time, but no one was particularly suspicious."
Yue Qiong sighed, with a look of embarrassment on his brows. Since this is the case, it is difficult to draw a conclusion on this matter. Then Qin Wan and Yan Chi will suffer this time in vain. "Mother, why don't you call the magistrate?"
Princess Taichang sighed, "It can only be like—"
Before the word "here" came out, Yang Xi, who was guarding under the boat, suddenly came up, "Master Hou, the magistrate is here!"
Yue Qiong's eyes lit up, "We were looking for him, but he came by himself! Please—"
After giving an order, Princess Taichang led everyone to the main cabin, and Qin Wan followed them, and found that the hanging on the boat was the one with Buddhist scriptures that she had seen in Princess Taichang's courtyard that day. Lanterns, right now the light boat is brightly lit, like a Yuyu Qionglou floating on the sea, and the color of the lights on Lishui Lake is becoming more and more charming. The night scene is so beautiful, but when Qin Wan heard that Huo Huaixin came, his heart was filled with A sense of foreboding.
"Greetings to Her Royal Highness Taichang Princess, and Lord Hou—"
Huo Huaixin only brought Qi Butou with him, and he strode forward with thin sweat on his forehead. Princess Taichang waved her hand, "Get up, didn't you say you won't come here today? Why are you here again?"
Huo Huaixin looked a little nervous. Hearing this, he swept around the people in the room. Qin Wan noticed that he stopped for a while when he saw Yan Chi. It is not free to come, but an hour ago, the people sent by Xiaguan to Shili Temple came back, and they brought back news, so I had to let Xiaguan go this time."
Upon hearing this, Princess Taichang's expression brightened, "What do the people you sent say?"
Huo Huaixin looked hesitant to speak, as if he had something extremely unpleasant to say, Princess Taichang frowned, "You are all here, and there are no outsiders here. What news do you have? That's right."
Huo Huaixin straightened his back in a hurry, and said, "The people sent out have found out the station where the wedding procession rested at Shili Temple that day. As Miss Jiu expected, there is indeed a birch forest around the station. Our guards went to the birch forest. Sure enough, Some bloodstains were found in a corner, but Miss Song's head was not found, but... "
Huo Huaixin glanced at Yan Chi again, and said as if he had made up his mind, "However, our people also found out that on the night when the wedding procession rested, the troops brought by His Highness Chi also camped in Shili Temple, and they The camp is on the other side of the birch forest, so His Highness Chi is also suspected in this case..."