Chapter 416: The Case of the Missing Child in Beijing
Su Tan devoted himself to cultivation for a few more days.
These days, the capital seems to be quiet. Su Tan has not gone out, but the little nightmare ghost feels that the atmosphere in the capital seems a bit depressing during this period.
Su Tan put down what he was holding, and the maidservant beside Gu Mingzhu came over, looking a little melancholy.
"Miss, Madam asks you to come over. His Royal Highness Prince Chen is here."
Su Tan paused, "What happened?"
Normally, when Lu Zhiheng and his companions came, the maids who came to report were all happy, and never looked so melancholy as they did today.
This happened suddenly, I wonder if something serious happened.
The maid didn't know what to say, so she just let out a breath and said, "You'll know when you get there. I don't know how to tell you now."
Su Tan didn't hesitate and went over quickly.
Sure enough, I saw Lu Zhiheng bringing Sui Sui with him, and his face seemed a little anxious.
As soon as he saw Su Tan, Lu Zhiheng stood up quickly, but his expression was still a little pale.
"What happened?"
Su Tan asked this.
Sui Sui stood up first and threw herself into Su Tan's arms, her eyes reddened, "Fairy Sister, something happened."
Sui Sui's voice was choked.
"I don't know what's going on lately, but a number of very pitiful people have suddenly arrived in the capital. They say their children are missing, but they've reported it to the local officials, but nothing has been found. On the contrary, the number of missing people is increasing."
"They had no choice but to travel through mountains and rivers to reach the capital."
Sui Sui wiped away a tear and said, "I saw them kneeling at the palace gate, each talking about their own children. It was very painful for me to listen to them."
She is not a mother and cannot understand how it feels to lose a child.
But when she saw those people with gray hair and pale faces, she felt sad from the bottom of her heart and wanted to help them.
"I went to the palace to see the Emperor and asked him to help them, but..."
Sui Sui looked depressed and sighed deeply.
"Although the Emperor agreed, he also asked the Dali Temple to investigate."
But Suisui could still see that Emperor Qinglong was absent-minded at that time.
He didn't really want to seek justice for the people who lost their children.
He didn't even think to check.
If I hadn't brought this matter to his attention, he would probably have kept turning a deaf ear and pretending that these things didn't exist.
However, even if he was told, he would still pretend to know nothing.
Otherwise, so many days would not have passed and there would still be no progress.
"Even the Emperor didn't ask anyone to inquire about the victims who lost their children."
Sui Sui's innocent and young face was full of confusion.
"Sister Fairy, I don't understand. Aren't those people all his children? He clearly said so himself, but how could a father remain indifferent when his own child is missing?"
Even though Suisui learns skills from Su Tan and Cui Wan, she is still a three-year-old child.
She doesn't understand the complexity of the adult world yet.
I don’t understand why Emperor Qinglong says one thing and does another.
He said he loved the people like his own children, but he didn't care about their lives at all.
Suisui remembered that her father actually didn't like her to enter the palace, and even didn't allow her to get close to her royal grandfather.
Many times, Sui Sui doesn’t understand.
She also asked Lu Zhiheng why he didn't like her playing with the Royal Grandfather. After all, wasn't the Royal Grandfather the father of her father?
Why would my father be unhappy that I was playing with my royal grandfather?
At that time, Lu Zhiheng would tell her gently, "It's not that your father doesn't like you to play with your royal grandfather, but your royal grandfather is very busy. He has endless memorials to review every day. If you play with him, he will not be able to eat or sleep, and he will be even more tired."
Sui Sui was naive and always believed it, thinking that this was the truth why Lu Zhiheng did not allow her to get close to Emperor Qinglong.
But now, she seemed to gradually see the truth.
Lu Zhiheng didn't allow Sui Sui to get close to Emperor Qinglong simply because he saw through Emperor Qinglong's ruthlessness earlier than she did.
Lu Zhiheng was worried that one day she would find out the truth and feel endless pain.
Sui Sui was really an obedient child. When Lu Zhiheng said that Emperor Qinglong was busy and asked her not to enter the palace and disturb him, she really listened.
She could have fun even when she was alone in the palace.
Now that I have seen the truth, I don’t feel any pain, just sad and confused.
There was even a bit of anger.
She felt sad and angry for the people who had lost their children.
I am confused by Emperor Qinglong's indifference to the lives of the people and his inconsistent actions.
Logically speaking, as an emperor, Emperor Qinglong should not do this.
But that's what he did.
Although Sui Sui was sad, angry, confused and puzzled, she also knew that she could not continue to sit there and wait for death.
If we keep waiting like this, there will be no results.
So Sui Sui found Su Tan without hesitation.
Although Sui Sui himself doesn't know why.
But Sui Sui subconsciously felt that perhaps it would be more reliable to ask Su Tan for help than Emperor Qinglong.
Emperor Qinglong may not care about the lives of the people, or even the dire circumstances in which his people live.
But Su Tan will care.
Su Tan's face suddenly turned ugly.
Her eyes fell on Lu Zhiheng.
"Your Highness, have you asked at the Dali Temple?"
Lu Zhiheng nodded, then shook his head.
"I've asked, but there's still no progress."
He lowered his voice so that only he and Su Tan could hear him and said, "The Dali Temple's Pang Da told me privately that the Dali Temple won't find any results."
If no results are found, it means that the matter will be left unresolved.
But human lives are at stake, especially with so many lives involved, the people from the Dali Temple dare not be so perfunctory.
Because once accountability is brought up from above, the entire Dali Temple will be implicated.
The reason why the other party dared to do this was that someone didn't want him to find out the truth.
Who on earth has such great power to influence the way the Dali Temple handles cases?
The answer is self-evident.
It is because the answer is self-evident that Suisui feels angry and confused.
A three-year-old child really doesn’t understand why the person sitting at the top of the crowd doesn’t care about the lives of the people below.
Why is human life so light in the eyes of Emperor Qinglong?
In fact, it’s not just Sui Sui who doesn’t understand.
It’s not certain that Lu Zhiheng can understand much more than Suisui.
Su Tan held a sword in his hand.
Lu Zhiheng added, "Perhaps it's also because all of the missing children were baby girls. He felt that their life or death was unimportant, so he didn't care at all whether they were missing or dead."
No one and nothing could stop Emperor Qinglong's determination to seek the immortal way.
What's more, these missing children are all baby girls without exception.
Emperor Qinglong was even less willing to care.
He himself doesn't care, and he doesn't even ask others to care.
He even pretended to be unwilling. After saying a few perfunctory words to Sui Sui, he privately warned the people in the Dali Temple not to take this matter to heart.
A king should not treat his people like this.
But who can blame him for being Emperor Qinglong?
Emperor Qinglong not only doesn't care about his own people, he doesn't even care about his own children.
Su Tan's hand holding the sword tightened slightly, and red bloodshot appeared in his eyes.
She pressed the sword in her hand hard and said to Lu Zhiheng, "Take me to see the people who lost their children."
Since this is a missing persons case, we still have to find out whether these children are dead or alive.
Lu Zhiheng nodded vigorously and felt relieved in his heart.
Emperor Qinglong's obsession with seeking immortality and enlightenment was even more terrifying than he had imagined.
But Su Tan also seems to be obsessed with this matter.
Influenced by Emperor Qinglong, Lu Zhiheng knew that Su Tan was not that kind of person, but he still worried uncontrollably. What if Su Tan was also obsessed like Emperor Qinglong, only thinking about her own cultivation and not wanting these trivial matters to disturb her? What should he do then?
It was not until now that he saw Su Tan holding the sword without hesitation and eagerly asking him to take her to see those victims, that the stone in Lu Zhiheng's heart suddenly fell to the ground.
Lu Zhiheng sighed deeply, and a hint of guilt appeared on his handsome face.
"Su Tan, I'm sorry."
"I judge others by my own standards."
Hearing his apology, Su Tan looked at him with a puzzled look on his face, not knowing what Lu Zhiheng was apologizing for.
Until Lu Zhiheng explained the reason himself.
She was not angry at all, she just looked at him and sighed.
"I know Your Highness misunderstood me. It wasn't Your Highness's intention. But during the snowstorm, Your Highness and I supported each other through it."
"Your Highness should know who I am."
However, with such an extreme person like Emperor Qinglong around, it is understandable that Lu Zhiheng suddenly lost confidence in everything.
Lu Zhiheng looked more and more ashamed.
"I know, so I apologize for my petty behavior."
Su Tan said nothing more, but took a few steps forward with his sword, then turned back to Lu Zhiheng and said, "There's no time to lose. Let's not worry about this for now. Let's go."
Lu Zhiheng nodded sharply.
He picked up Suisui, who was following Su Tan on her short legs, and said, "Let's go!"
He walked so fast that it seemed as if a ghost was chasing him from behind.
Seeing Lu Zhiheng so anxious, perhaps as a father, he couldn't bear to see anyone lose their child.
Su Tan's expression paused slightly, and he just asked Lu Zhiheng, "Your Highness, what do you think about what I said last time?"
Lu Zhiheng's expression paused slightly, but his face didn't change.
He said, "I've thought it through very clearly."
"You're quite right."
Some people really can't continue to sit in that position.
If Emperor Qinglong continues to sit in that position, who knows how many people will die.
Sui Sui had no idea what riddles they were talking about.
But her eyes suddenly fell on Su Tan's waist.
When she saw what was hanging around the other person's waist, her eyes widened slightly.
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