Chapter 219 Looking for Someone
It is not a solution to keep finding her. Mr. Shen reminded, "It has been less than an hour since Second Lady Su disappeared. The two gates closest to West Market are Northwest Water Gate and Guzi Gate. It takes three quarters of an hour to an hour to get to these two gates from West Market. However, the people from the Five Cities Military Department have already conducted a strict investigation and interrogation less than half an hour ago. In other words, there is only a 20% chance that Second Lady Su was transported out of the capital."
"We can't do that even if there is a slight possibility." Zhao Lan suddenly interrupted Mr. Shen.
Mr. Shen: ...My dear, please let me finish what I want to say.
Zhao Lan glanced over, and Mr. Shen nervously cut to the chase, saying that if one wanted to get someone away quietly from a downtown area, it must have been carefully planned, so the people in the Investigation Department unanimously believed that it was done by the Liaoxia people.
As for whether Yang Jingzi is the leader of the Ula Grass, time will tell. Now we must find him before dark. Otherwise, the longer the time, the greater the possibility that Su Er Niang will be in danger.
Under the pressure from Zhao Lan, Mr. Shen quietly used the secret line of Prince Jin's Mansion to find someone. This person was outside the Investigation Department and belonged to Prince Jin personally. Apart from Prince Jin and Zhao Lan, only Mr. Shen knew about it.
Prince Wei was responsible for finding Su Ruojin's route today. Every street she walked on and every person she came into contact with would be brought before him for personal interrogation, looking for clues. As he searched, he actually found Lu Lingxuan, the legitimate granddaughter of the Laiguo Mansion of the Lu family of Fanyang.
During lunch, Zhao Lan asked Lu Youbai to go home and persuade Duke Lai not to arrange a marriage, but he didn't expect that the young lady had already gone to protest impatiently.
Prince Wei laughed secretly and found Lu Youbai, "Go home and ask, and come back and give me a reply. If you don't go back and ask, I think Zhao Zijin will kill you directly at the Duke of Lai's mansion."
Lu Youbai also had a headache. He was responsible for sorting out all the interpersonal relationships in the Su family. He didn't expect that Lord Su's interpersonal relationships were not as wide as those of the eldest daughter, Second Lady Su. Second Lady Su was really good at both being a lady in the living room and a good girl in the kitchen. She was smart and capable when taking care of household chores and business outside. She was very good at dealing with people, from Prince Zhao, Minister Fan's family, Lord Xue, etc. to all kinds of shop owners and clerks.
He had just checked the relationship between the neighbors when the Su family rented a house. The right-hand man, Lord Yang, was a great man. When the previous emperor passed away, the court was in chaos. Lord Yang could not bear it and broke into the prince's mansion alone, rebuking the prince for being incapable of presiding over the overall situation. His anger angered the prince, and the two fought. Lord Yang accidentally killed the prince. He ran to the new emperor, who was then the King of Xiang, and cried bitterly, asking the King of Xiang to kill him and die to apologize.
During the time of the previous emperor, Lord Yang offended many people because of his loyalty and courage, and he had never been promoted from the seventh-rank Censor. The new emperor appreciated and cherished talents, and promoted him to the third-rank Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Justice. He went directly from a minor official in the capital to a high-ranking official in the court, and became a favorite of the new emperor. A few days ago, the new emperor just awarded Lord Yang a large courtyard with three entrances and three exits. He is busy moving now, so he has no time to tie up a young lady. Besides, why would he tie up a young lady?
Lu Youbai automatically skipped over Lord Yang and suspected Lord Xue on his left. An official actually made money from the kang and food recipes of the young lady of the Su family. If he coveted the young lady's new food recipes and the young lady refused, would he secretly kidnap the young lady?
After returning home and asking his niece, Lu Youbai met with Prince Wei and Zhao Lan again and told each other about the progress of their investigations.
Prince Wei said, "Almost all the soldiers from the Five Cities Military Department have been dispatched. The city gates are guarded so tightly that not even a fly can fly out. I have personally interrogated all the people who had contact with Madam Su Er today, except for Madam Lu. Apart from the two jugglers who are a little suspicious, no clues have been found for the time being."
Zhao Lan had already found out that Miss Lu from the Duke of Lai's Mansion had blocked Su Ruojin. If he knew that the kidnapping had anything to do with her, he would not let the Duke of Lai's Mansion go.
"How's it going, brother Ziyun?"
Lu Youbai, the Minister of Lu Temple, was also known by his courtesy name Ziyun.
He replied, "I went home and asked my niece. There was chaos on the street just now. She happened to be eating Yang Fang Cang Yu on the second floor of Xiji. She also stood at the window to watch the excitement. She saw Su Er Niangzi and the maid go to rescue the little boy. In the blink of an eye, Su Er Niangzi disappeared in the crowd. She and the maid stood at the window and watched for a long time, but never saw Su Er Niang appear in the crowd again."
As Lu Youbai spoke, he paid attention to Zhao Zijin's expression. He saw that he had a gloomy face and was in a bad mood, as if he was about to explode at any time. He secretly sighed for his niece. If a man is not pleased with a woman, no matter how good the woman is, she will not be in his eyes.
He continued, "Zi Jin, I think the neighbor on the left of the place the Su family originally rented, Lord Xue, is very suspicious. I found out that he asked Miss Su for the plan of the kang and recipes. Will he ask Miss Su again..."
"Impossible." Lu Youbai was interrupted by Zhao Lan before he could finish his words.
The Investigation Division is under the Imperial City Division. Prince Wei is the commander and Zhao Lan is the deputy commander. The two work together, so Prince Wei knows that the Investigation Division is investigating Lord Yang, the Right Wing, which is exactly the opposite of what Dali Temple Minister Lu Youbai is investigating.
Although the three are good friends, one is the son of a princess and the other is the son of a prince, which are different from Lu Youbai's in-laws. As long as the former two do not take sides and are not confused, their status in the court will not easily fluctuate. However, the latter, although he is one of the Five Surnames and Seven Families, not only does he need outstanding generals and ministers to emerge in the clan, he also needs to consolidate his status through marriage in order to make the family's status prosperous.
So although they seemed to be a small group of three, in fact, after the new emperor ascended the throne, they had unknowingly split into two groups, but since there was no conflict of interest, no one revealed it.
Prince Wei and Zhao Lan looked at each other and did not refute Lu Youbai's guess.
Zhao Lan asked him, "Brother Jinghuai said that Ah Jin was definitely not taken out of the city. So whether it was Lord Xue or someone else, where would these people hide Ah Jin?"
After all, Lu Youbai is the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple. Putting aside the uncle-nephew filter, he is quite good at analyzing criminal hiding.
"First, if Madam Su was kidnapped by the maid surnamed Li who left the Su family, and the maid surnamed Li was just a poor commoner, even if she hired someone, it would be unlikely that she could hire someone who could take her away from the downtown area without making a sound. Even if she happened to meet such a capable person, she would have been taken out of the city by the maid surnamed Li at this moment."
Zhao Lan pursed his lips and retorted, "Not Li's girl."
"Then my second suspect is the former military officer - Bi Changgui. He has been attached to Lord Fang, the party leader of the King of Wei, for the past two years. He has also disappeared since the King of Wei fled south. According to investigation, someone has seen him recently. He seems to be still in the capital, and I don't know where he is hiding."
Zhao Lan frowned upon hearing this. This little man who had once instigated the Shi brothers to seize Su's breakfast shop actually appeared again.
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