Upon hearing this, Jian Yanzhi's face showed neither sadness nor joy. He simply bowed respectfully and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

After the court session, Shen Yuhan was ready to leave with a cold face, but Jian Yanzhi hurriedly took two steps, followed him, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it happens that I also want to go back to the Inspectorate, so please wait a moment."

Because of Fang Qingyue, Shen Yuhan disliked him somewhat.

But he also knew that Jian Yanzhi did not borrow manpower from the Inspectorate, but relied solely on himself and his available subordinates to investigate so many things that he had never investigated before, proving that Jian Yanzhi had some ability.

He also admires people who are truly capable.

The carriage raced all the way to the Inspectorate. The two men sat opposite each other. Jian Yanzhi said, "Your Highness, don't be discouraged by this. This missing person case is truly bizarre, and the missing people are truly ordinary people. It's natural that Your Highness wouldn't have considered some of the details."

Shen Yuhan was indeed awarded the title of King of Jian'an by virtue of his own abilities.

But he was originally the young master of a marquis's mansion, and naturally had few opportunities to interact with the common people. Naturally, the possibility of him being able to personally understand the feelings of the common people was also extremely small.

Even if someone is sent to investigate, it will be difficult for him to notice the details.

Jian Yanzhi knew that Fang Qingyue and Shen Yuhan had a special relationship, but he did not have any opinions about Shen Yuhan because of this. Now that he was the deputy envoy of the Inspectorate, it was natural for him to cooperate with Shen Yuhan.

After hearing Jian Yanzhi's words, Shen Yuhan's expression became better. "How long will it take for the people you sent to pick up that person to return to the capital?"

"I received a letter yesterday by carrier pigeon. It will probably take another ten days."

If it were just his subordinates, it wouldn't take so much time.

But the person who was discovered seemed to have been imprisoned for a long time and was now too weak. If he forced himself back, he might not be able to hold on, so he could only travel slowly.

"We need to be extra careful." Shen Yuhan specifically instructed, "Since those people were able to take her to a place like Xiangcheng quietly, they must have a way to kill her quietly. If something happens to her, I'm afraid some clues will be difficult to find."

Jian Yanzhi nodded and said, "When I get back later, I'll write a letter and ask them to send more people to protect them."

However, they did not expect that as soon as they arrived outside the Inspectorate, they saw a man waiting there, sweating profusely.

"Qiuyan, what happened?" The man was one of the men sent by Jian Yanzhi to protect the other party.

"My lord, the person we brought back died suddenly early this morning, and all the clues have been cut off." His forehead was covered in cold sweat, and he knelt on the ground, almost not knowing what to do.

Shen Yuhan and Jian Yanzhi looked at each other.

"Let's go in and talk." Shen Yuhan said lightly.

Several people entered the Inspectorate together. Shen Yuhan asked someone to guard outside the door before asking Qiuyan to continue.

Qiuyan lowered her head, her face showing a bit of guilt.

"After we found the missing person, we immediately took her to the capital. But she was too weak, so we were delayed on the way. We stayed in Jingyang Town last night and planned to return to the capital early this morning." The cold sweat on his forehead continued to roll down.

"She was silenced." Shen Yuhan's eyes were filled with gloom.

Since this matter should have been under Jian Yanzhi's jurisdiction, he was not in a position to intervene and naturally did not observe Jian Yanzhi's movements. If he had known earlier that they had found the person, he should have given them a reminder or two.

"If it's the prince, how should we arrange this matter next?" Jian Yanzhi was stunned.

He didn't actually take this matter too seriously.

Now that I think about it, because of his carelessness, that man must have died in vain.

After thinking about it carefully, Jian Yanzhi couldn't help but sigh.

"Let's hold our ground for now." Shen Yuhan tapped the table lightly. "The other party is probably spying on our movements. Even if we can find another witness, they will probably be killed to silence him. We need to be careful and make people let down their guard."

After hearing what he said, Jian Yanzhi nodded in agreement. After a while, he said, "This humble official has just arrived at the Inspectorate, and I'm afraid there are still many things I don't understand. I need Your Highness to take the trouble to teach me."

"No problem." Shen Yuhan said calmly, "You and I are both in the Inspectorate, so we can just take care of each other."

After finishing the work in the Inspectorate, Shen Yuhan returned home early.

He didn't get enough rest yesterday and was really tired now. After finishing his work quickly, he prepared to rest early.

As soon as he entered the side yard, he found Fang Qingyue lying beside the flowers and vomiting.

Her little face was pale with nausea, and her fingertips were tightly grasping a flower branch.

His knuckles turned white from exerting so much force, but he still couldn't spit out anything.

Fang Chiyue stood behind her, patting her back gently, not realizing that Shen Yuhan had returned.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Fang Qingyue looking so uncomfortable, Shen Yuhan seemed to feel the same way.

Fang Qingyue was stunned for a moment.

She hadn't vomited in the past few days, but today, for some reason, she suddenly started vomiting again. The room was too stuffy, so she had to go to the yard to vomit. She didn't expect to meet Shen Yuhan coming back.

Fang Qingyue lowered her head and quickly wiped the stains from the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief. Then she said lightly, "It's nothing. Maybe I accidentally ate something bad today."

"What's wrong with the cook? Can't she even take care of one person?" Shen Yuhan couldn't help but get angry. "Chifeng, go call her over and let me ask her what's going on."

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