Chapter 168 Faking Death and Escape
As Su Chenyu and Bai Yanqing expected, in the cell where Meng Sangnian was originally imprisoned, there was a corpse that had been burned beyond recognition.
"Is it her?" Su Chenyu asked.
Bai Yanqing squatted down, identified it for a while, and shook his head: "It's almost burned into a piece of charcoal, it's definitely not recognizable."
As he spoke, Bai Yanqing stood up and said, "But as we walked along, the bodies of those prisoners were close to the cell door. They must have wanted to escape. But this body is close to the cell door, which means that this person may not have thought about escaping before he died."
"Meng Sangnian wanted to survive more than anyone else. It was impossible for her to remain indifferent in the face of the fire." This time, Su Chenyu was sure that the corpse was not Meng Sangnian's. She had taken advantage of the fire to escape.
"But at a time like this, who would secretly set fire to the Dali Temple Prison to save her?"
The prison must be a key place guarded by the yamen runners. Especially since this is in the Dali Temple, the person who could come in and set the fire is definitely not an ordinary person.
Meng Sangnian had been imprisoned in Baili Mansion for so many years. If he really knew this kind of person, why didn't he leave earlier?
"There shouldn't be any clues here, let's go." Su Chenyu and Bai Yanqing walked out. As they walked out, they could see the bailiffs constantly carrying out the charred corpses.
Looking at the corpses being carried out one by one, Xiru felt anxious and didn't know how to explain to Emperor Jing of Wei.
Seeing Su Chenyu and Bai Yanqing coming out, he first bowed and then asked, "Princess, Prince Consort, how is Meng?"
"There was only one body in the cell."
The clerk sighed and said, "I really don't know why this prison caught fire."
"Then my lord, please continue your investigation. Princess and her husband will leave first."
Seeing Su Chenyu and Bai Yanqing leave resolutely, Xiru felt unhappy. Could it be that these two people came here just to confirm Meng Sangnian's death?
Street stalls were set up, and Su Chenyu was hungry, so she had a bowl of clear soup noodles with Bai Yanqing.
Bai Yanqing put down his chopsticks after taking a bite. Su Chenyu asked, "What's wrong?"
"I'm still worried about what she'll do after she escapes."
Bai Yanqing was not afraid that Meng Sangnian would come to find her, but she was worried that Meng Sangnian would take action against Su Chenyu.
"When an enemy comes, we will fight him with our generals; when a flood comes, we will block it with earth." Su Chenyu was not worried about these things. "Besides, she probably doesn't dare to stay in the capital now, so she must have left the city. In fact, there are traces of her. That person has not taken any action for so many years, but only came to rescue her after she was imprisoned. This proves that this person has not found any news about her in these years, and must have discovered her whereabouts recently."
"So this person must not be in the capital usually, and he must have been in and out of the city in the past few days. Since he is not an ordinary person, his travels will naturally attract attention. As long as we track him down in various fortresses, we may find clues."
Having a way to go is always better than looking for a needle in a haystack.
"Now, can you eat your noodles in peace? They're almost cold."
Sometimes, even Bai Yanqing himself didn't realize that whenever he encountered something concerning Meng Sangnian, he would always become extra nervous.
This person has become Bai Yanqing's psychological shadow and an indelible scar in his heart.
Thinking of this, Su Chenyu felt that the bowl of noodles was no longer delicious.
In fact, her life in the palace was not satisfactory either, but she seldom lamented about her own life. However, she just couldn't stand the fact that Bai Yanqing had lived that kind of life.
After they finished their clear soup noodles, they continued walking back. When they arrived in front of Baiqi Mansion, they happened to see Yao getting on the carriage and leaving. Where was she going?
When the two returned to Beiyuan, Nanny Xu immediately came to greet them: "Princess, Prince Consort, is everything going well at the Dali Temple?"
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