1972 Damn, lost the opportunity

Although he successfully solved the hidden danger of the emperor, Wang Jinling was not happy. Although he had a smile on his face, the smile did not reach his eyes.

Wang Jinling knew very well that the emperor's attack was just the work of someone behind the scenes, who was trying to trip him up and prevent him from escaping. The person behind the scenes must have something big going on.

What does it matter if he knows it in his heart? The emperor emeritus is making trouble. He has to fight with him even though he knows it is a trap. He can't let the emperor emeritus restore his position.

Wang Jinling controlled his temper and respectfully escorted the retired emperor back to the palace. Only when the retired emperor was safely in the palace under the "protection" of the black-armored guards did Wang Jinling put away the smile on his face, turned around and strode out.

"What's wrong with Lord Wang?" Some officials who didn't understand what was going on looked puzzled when they saw Wang Jinling's hurried steps.

The emperor has returned to the palace, so the crisis is resolved, right?

"Too excited?" Being able to resolve the issue of the emperor's reinstatement so peacefully was indeed worth being excited about, but... this didn't seem to be in line with Wang Jinling's temperament.

As soon as Wang Jinling left, Fu Lin and Yuwen Yuanhua followed. To be exact, it was Fu Lin who pulled Yuwen Yuanhua and said, "Hurry, something big has happened."

Not to mention that Wang Jinling had revealed something to Fu Lin in advance, even if Wang Jinling hadn't said anything, Fu Lin would have been able to guess something with his intelligence.

Yuwen Yuanhua didn't understand, but he didn't ask any questions. He and Fu Lin followed Wang Jinling's footsteps and walked out of the palace.

Sure enough, before he even left the Wumen Gate, he was stopped by an anxious messenger: "Sir, it's bad. The Empress Dowager was kidnapped by a group of unidentified people."

"Really?" Wang Jinling's breath gradually stabilized. He didn't panic after hearing this. He turned his eyes to another person. The person clasped his hands and said, "Sir, there are unidentified chariots at the city gate. Countless people were killed and injured. The imperial army went there, but they couldn't subdue the city in a short time. Please send troops to support us."

"Got it." Wang Jinling nodded and said to Yuwen Yuanhua beside him: "Master Yuwen, the matter at the city gate is now in your hands. I don't want such a small matter to cause panic among the people."

"I understand." Yuwen Yuanhua nodded heavily.

Wang Jinling said to Fu Lin again: "Master Fu, take people to the temple immediately and make sure to rescue the Empress Dowager." Wang Jinling emphasized the word "rescue".

According to his arrangement, unless the Empress Dowager took the initiative to leave with someone, or there was a traitor within the family, even the Emperor could not take the Empress Dowager away.

There must be something fishy about this matter.

"Got it." Fu Lin's face was solemn. Thinking of what Wang Jinling had said before about the Hundred Ghosts Palace, he vaguely understood that this was most likely the work of the Hundred Ghosts Palace, but...

Wang Jinling had clearly made arrangements in advance, so how could the people from the Hundred Ghosts Palace still succeed? This is unbelievable.

The three hurried out of the palace. Before they reached the gate, they were stopped by a spy on horseback. The spy slid off his horse and said anxiously, "Sir... It's bad. The Su family was brutally wiped out. When my subordinates arrived, the eldest and second sons of the Su family were nowhere to be seen. According to investigation, the eldest son of the Su family, Su Wenqing, was kidnapped by thieves."

The man finished speaking in one breath, then knelt heavily on the ground, waiting for instructions.

"Damn it!" Wang Jinling couldn't help but curse.

He knew that today was not a good day, but he didn't expect that everything would happen today.

Su Wenqing. He was just a businessman, and he was also the protector of the Ninth Prince. Who had the guts to break into the Su residence in broad daylight and massacre the entire Su family?

"Come on, prepare the horses." At this time, Wang Jinling didn't care about his manners and ran out with big strides.

Fu Lin and Yuwen Yuanhua knew the situation was urgent, so they also ran...

When Wang Jinling ran to the palace gate, the horse was ready. Wang Jinling jumped on the horse and said to Fu Lin and Yuwen Yuanhua while sitting on the horse: "You should take people to the two places immediately, quell the riots as soon as possible, and then... seal the city."

The three of them each led their men to the temple, the city gate, and the Su residence, but no matter how fast they were, they had lost the initiative. When Fu Lin led his men to the temple, they saw corpses everywhere and blood all over the ground.

Fu Lin went forward to take a look. Based on the appearance of the corpses, Fu Lin could conclude that the culprit was undoubtedly the Hundred Ghosts Palace. Of course, it was not ruled out that someone committed the crime in the name of the Hundred Ghosts Palace and framed the Hundred Ghosts Palace.

"Search." Fu Lin stood among the corpses, and his eyes casually swept across the small wooden house where Madam Min was temporarily staying.

Fu Lin dismissed his subordinates and went to the cabin alone. The furnishings in the cabin were very simple. Apart from a wooden bed and a wooden table, there was only a futon and a wooden fish. There was nothing else.

There were some unfinished scriptures on the wooden table. Fu Lin flipped through two pages and found nothing unusual, so he knocked around in the cabin. Unfortunately, the secret passage was not yet completed, and Fu Lin could not find anything in the cabin.

"Sir, we have found the place where Madam Min disappeared." Just then, his subordinates came to report that they had found the bodies of the two secret guards who had taken Madam Min away.

"Keep an eye on the scene, don't let anyone move. I'll be there soon." Fu Lin took another look at the cabin, and when he didn't find anything suspicious, he walked out: "Lock this place."

It would be better to wait for the Ninth Prince to come back and take another look at the places where the Empress Dowager had stayed, since that person was the Ninth Prince's mother.

"Yes." The guard found two big locks from somewhere and not only locked the door, but also left two people here to guard it.

Fu Lin, along with his two personal guards, rushed to the place where Madam Min disappeared. Someone from the Ministry of Justice was already checking the place. When they saw Fu Lin coming, they immediately stepped forward and said, "Sir."

"No need to be so polite. What did you find?" Fu Lin did not step forward, but just took a look from a distance.

The two men fell to the ground in an awkward posture, their eyes were still wide open...

"Sir, I have discovered that these two officers were attacked from behind. Judging from their expressions before death, they seemed very shocked. This shows that the attacker must be someone they knew and someone they did not expect. Judging from the location and force of the wounds, the attacker was a woman and the murder weapon was a hard object such as a hairpin. The two officers died of poison. In addition, there are only three footprints here. The attacker's legs never touched the ground and left no trace." The officer from the Ministry of Justice said the last sentence in a low voice, but also very clearly.

He had doubts in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it.

There were only three footprints at the scene, and the attacker attacked from behind, so it was obvious who the murderer was.

Seeing Fu Lin's unhappy expression, the man added, "The footprints of the three people are only in this area. The Empress Dowager seems to have disappeared out of thin air, and there are no traces of her disappearance around her."

This is a big doubt, and it is also evidence in favor of the Grand Empress Dowager. The footprints of the Grand Empress Dowager and the two secret guards ended here at the same time. The two secret guards died, but the whereabouts of the Grand Empress Dowager were unknown...