Yu Qizhe raised his head and looked at Liu Ziqi, a glimmer of understanding flashed across his eyes. He stood up and said, "I will go back to the Dali Temple to deal with this matter."
Liu Ziqi nodded: "Okay."
Seeing that he was determined to do so, Liu Yu had nothing to say.
"Please ask Lord Liu to go to the palace now and pretend to see if the second prince has returned to the palace. It would be best if Empress Feng also knows that the second prince is missing." Yu Qizhe said.
Liu Ziqi also agreed and admired Yu Qizhe for even thinking of this.
Seeing that both of them were looking at him, Liu Yu said helplessly, "I will go into the palace right now."
Yu Qizhe also wanted to deal with Zhu Yu's body, so he didn't stay long and got up to say goodbye.
Liu Ziqi sent him out of the house. Before they parted, he suddenly said to Yu Qizhe, "I was biased in the past. I didn't think highly of you. I was always worried that you wouldn't be able to protect Yu Jiao and that you did many things wrong. The fact that you have stayed in Kyoto for two days and nights is enough to prove that I was narrow-minded. I can rest assured to entrust my third sister to you in the future."
Yu Qizhe said: "Brother, you have been searching for Yu Jiao for many years before you found her. You treat her very well and have made many plans for her. I understand your concerns. I am already very satisfied to marry Jiao Jiao as my wife."
Seeing that Yu Qizhe didn't take the past unhappiness to heart, Liu Ziqi smiled and said, "That's good. We are all Third Sister's closest relatives in this world. We are family and we don't talk about different things. It's good that you don't take it to heart. I won't mention these things again in the future."
"If big brother's people find Jiaojiao, please let me know as soon as possible." Yu Qizhe paused, enduring the torment in his heart, and said to Liu Ziqi.
"Of course. As soon as I get any news about my third sister, I will send someone to tell you." Liu Ziqi was also very worried about Yu Jiao's safety, and he sent almost all of his secret guards out to search for Yu Jiao's whereabouts.
After saying goodbye to Liu Ziqi, Yu Qizhe returned to the Dali Temple and asked someone to find Lu Jin. He then put Zhu Yu's body into a sack, moved it out of Zhaoyu, and transported it by horse-drawn carriage to the brothel with a secret passage on Zhixiang Street.
Yu Qizhe asked Han Chong to stay in the yard. He and Lu Jin took Zhu Chui's body down to the cellar. They walked along the secret passage to the collapsed Lu Wang Mausoleum, where they moved some stones, took out Zhu Chui's body, and made some disguises to create the appearance of being crushed to death.
Just wait for a few days, when the body has decayed and it will be hard to tell that he was stabbed to death, and then pretend that the body was discovered by accident, and Zhu Yu's death can be covered up quietly.
Lu Jin said, "What exactly is going on right now? The Second Prince died just like that, and there is no news about His Majesty in Xianyang. The court is leaderless, not to mention the people, even the people in the Guards are in a panic right now."
Yu Qizhe glanced at him, and Lu Jin immediately understood that he thought he was asking too many questions.
"My good junior brother, you have to be honest with me. The emperor has not shown up yet. Could it be that he has other plans?"
Yu Qizhe brushed the dust off his sleeves, and the two of them walked back along the secret passage. He said, "Ask less, talk less. The situation will become clear in a few days. Take good care of your Guard Division."
"Okay." Lu Jin responded, "I'll do whatever you ask me to do. Anyway, you won't hurt me."
Yu Qizhe's expression became better: "No news yet on those pigeons?"
Lu Jin was a little discouraged when he mentioned this: "In the past, those pigeons flew along the trained routes. They are not Saker Falcons and are not that smart. Maybe they got lost."
Yu Qizhe felt a little disappointed, but he didn't have high expectations.
Lu Jin comforted her, "Don't worry, my sister-in-law is blessed by heaven. Ji Wudao has already escaped with his tail between his legs. Nothing will happen to him."
Yu Qizhe responded indifferently, but he still felt uneasy because no one was around.
After leaving the cellar, Lu Jin returned to the Gongwei Division, while Yu Qizhe and Han Chong returned to the Dali Temple. They washed away the bloodstains on the floor of the cell where Zhu Yu died, in case Empress Feng came to Zhaoyu to check for any traces of Zhu Yu.
After ordering the guards to keep a close watch on Zhaoyu in the future and instructing them on some matters, Yu Qizhe went to visit the soldiers from the three camps who were injured while defending the city. After the battle to defend the city, the soldiers from the three camps were all very convinced of Yu Qizhe, and they seemed to be heading towards Yu Qizhe.
After comforting them, Yu Qizhe was about to go home when he saw Song Nian coming over, followed by Jianjia and Yunxiao.
After Yu Qizhe saw clearly, his expression, which had originally relaxed a little, became extremely ugly.
His gaze was so cold and oppressive that Jianjia felt cold sweat coming out on her back. She was already filled with guilt for losing the young lady.
Yu Qizhe restrained his emotions, the veins on his forehead bulged slightly, and asked, "Where's the Madam?"
Jianjia's eyes turned red, and she said, "I don't know who kidnapped my wife."
As soon as these words came out, Yu Qizhe's heart sank to the bottom. All the uneasiness that he had tried hard to control for many days became true at this moment. He slowly clenched his hands hanging in his sleeves to prevent himself from losing his composure.
Jianjia recounted in detail what had happened at the tea stall that day.
She and Yunxiao and a few others chased the thieves' carriage in the direction it left for half a day but found nothing. When they heard that the rebellion in Kyoto had been quelled, they changed their route and returned to the capital, intending to send the news back quickly and put all their efforts into the Dali Temple and the Liu Mansion to find the young lady.
Seeing Yu Qizhe's face full of frost and his eyes were so cold and fierce that they seemed to be dangerous, Jianjia added uncertainly, "I later remembered that the driver seemed to be with Cheng Zhangyin. The governor was also in Changkui before and went to Yu's house. He brought a guard with him at that time."
Jianjia didn't pay attention to the guard at that time. It would be more appropriate to call him a secret guard. This kind of person is very good at hiding himself and weakening his presence. Therefore, Jianjia was not very familiar with his face. But there was only one clue, the coachman. Later, when she talked about the coachman's appearance with Yunxiao, it was Yunxiao who guessed that he might be the guard that Cheng Dugong brought with him when he went to Changkui that day. They, the secret guards, were more sensitive to the secret guards and would pay more attention to them.
"Tell me everything Madam did and who she met after she went to Changkui." Yu Qizhe sat on the armchair in the Dali Temple, suppressing his anxiety and patiently asking Jianjia and others.
Jianjia then recounted all the events and details that happened after Yu Jiao and the others arrived in Changkui without missing a single thing.
Upon hearing that Ji Wudao's men had attacked Yu Jiao on the official road in Xixun County, Yu Qizhe's fingers gripping the handrail tightened a little.
However, Cheng Ying's actions after meeting Yu Jiao made Yu Qizhe feel very strange, especially when Jianjia talked about their time in Northern Zhili, Cheng Ying wanted to take Yu Jiao to Xianyang, but Yu Jiao refused and insisted on going back to Shengjing. After the argument, they parted on bad terms. From all these details, Cheng Ying gave him a feeling of plundering.
Yu Qizhe tapped the armrest with his fingers and was silent for a long time. He couldn't understand why Cheng Ying insisted on taking Yu Jiao away.
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