902 bastards, there are only a few people coming and going

The Su family is not so generous, so Zhai Dongming's inference is unreasonable.

Wang Jinling was fine and withdrew his gaze with a smile, but Feng Qingchen was not polite and directly overturned Zhai Dongming's words.

"My Lord, your inference is not unreasonable. The Su family has the motive to kill, but without the conditions, the Su family simply does not have the ability to instantly kill City Lord Ye and the cavalry around him in Dongling's territory and quickly escape.

You know, City Lord Ye is no pushover, and neither are the soldiers of Dongling. Even if the Su family is sure of killing City Lord Ye, they are not sure of escaping from the pursuit of Dongling soldiers in the first place. It is very risky for the Su family to assassinate City Lord Ye. Unless it is absolutely necessary, the Su family will never carry out an assassination.

If the truth were to be revealed, the Su family would have to face the wrath of the Night City Iron Cavalry. It would not be difficult for the Night City Iron Cavalry to crush a small Su family to the ground, and the Su family would not take such a big risk.

Also, it is true that the daughter of the Su family is the wife of the mayor of Yecheng, but Yecheng is not something that the Su family can take over. To the Su family, the Nanling royal family and the Ye family are both their support. How could the Su family cut off their support from Yecheng?

It would be fine if Ye Ye married Su Wan, or if Su Wan hadn't been disfigured, but in the current situation, it is impossible for Ye Ye and Su Wan to be together. Once the Lord of Ye City dies, Ye Ye will have to marry another woman from a big family to quell the civil unrest in Ye City for the sake of stability. By then, the Su family will be left with nothing."

Marriage is the best way to unite the two clans. Yecheng and the Su family already have in-laws, and the Su family will help Ye Ye for their own interests. Ye Ye does not need to rely on marrying Su Wan in exchange for the support of the Su family.

In order to save Yecheng, Ye Ye had to marry a woman from a prominent family. The murderer who killed the Lord of Yecheng could not be from the Nanling Su family.

Wang Jinling also agreed with this point. For the Su family, killing City Lord Ye would be too costly and the benefits gained would be too low. No one would be willing to do such a thankless task.

"If it's not the Su family, then who could it be? What's the purpose of killing City Lord Ye at this time?" Zhai Dongming looked at Wang Jinling and Feng Qingchen, hoping that they could clarify his doubts.

"How should I know?" Feng Qingchen didn't want to answer, but Zhai Dongming's eyes were so hot that she had no choice but to speak.

She really didn't know who the murderer was, but the purpose was obvious. Just as Wang Jinling said, he wanted to frame her and the Ninth Prince and let them face the wrath of Yecheng.

"You don't know, so why do you deny the possibility that the Su family is the murderer? Now anyone could be the murderer." Zhai Dongming said arrogantly. He still believed that the murderer might be the Su family.

"The Su family doesn't have that ability." Someone who can kill people outside the Dongling Imperial City and escape the pursuit of officers and soldiers is not a simple person.

"Then who do you say the murderer is? Could it really be you?" Zhai Dongming was annoyed. After asking for a long time, he didn't get any useful information. After going around in circles, he came back to Feng Qingchen.

"If I had that ability, I would go and kill Ye Ye directly." Feng Qingchen said unhappily.

"That's true. Who would want to attack City Lord Ye and choose to do it on Dongling's territory? This is simply a slap in Dongling's face." Zhai Dongming muttered to himself. Wang Jinling and Feng Qingchen did not speak.

When they saw Zuo An, they both looked a little strange, but they didn't bring it up. Some suspicions could only be kept in their hearts and could not be spoken out...

The three of them fell silent. After a long while, Wang Jinling finally came back to his senses from his deep thoughts: "Qingchen, this is just the beginning. You should be careful. I will go back to the Wang family first and ask someone to check if there are any powerful people who have appeared recently."

Being able to quickly kill the Lord of Ye City and thousands of Ye City guards, it is impossible for them to be a small force. Feng Qingchen was right. The Nanling Su family did not have this ability, and there were not many people who had this ability...

"Okay. We'll contact each other if there's any news." These were the words Feng Qingchen was waiting for.

There is no point in sitting here and thinking about it. The right thing to do is to send someone to find out the news. Although the scene has been destroyed, it is still possible to find some useful information. The other party started the action ten miles outside the imperial city, so people must still be around the imperial city.

Wang Jinling nodded and took Zhai Dongming away as well, so that the child wouldn't stay here and cause trouble for Feng Qingchen.

As soon as Wang Jinling left, Feng Qingchen called Tong Jue and Tong Yao and told them to send spies to find out who Ye Ye had been in contact with recently and what City Lord Ye had done recently.

The purpose of the mastermind behind this is to put the blame on her and the Ninth Prince, but after all the calculations, there are only a few people like that.

Tong Jue and Tong Yao knew the seriousness of the matter. They retreated with serious expressions and began to collect information during this period.

After Feng Qingchen gave the order, he went to find Zuo An. Since he had suspicions, he would go and dispel the suspicions. If that could not be dispelled, he would isolate the person.

Taking advantage of the incident of Dong Ling Zi Luo destroying the Feng Mansion, Feng Qingchen asked someone to build a studio for Zuo An in the Feng Mansion. Feng Qingchen then took Zuo An to visit his work.

Some drawing paper and measuring tools were prepared in the studio. They were basic things, but they greatly facilitated Zuo An.

"Zuo An, if there's anything you're not satisfied with or if anything is missing, just tell me and I'll have someone redo it." Feng Qingchen introduced the studio's arrangements to Zuo An in a good mood. Zuo An followed behind her, just watching and not saying anything.

After Feng Qingchen finished his introduction, Zuo An said, "Very good."

"As long as you are satisfied, I am worried that you may not like it. After all, I have never visited your studio before, so I can only decorate it according to my own habits." Feng Qingchen walked to the door, locked the studio in front of Zuo An, and handed the key to Zuo An: "Here are the keys, two in total, all given to you. Normally, no one from the Feng Mansion will go in without your order."

Zuo An took the key silently and looked at Feng Qingchen. He was waiting for Feng Qingchen to ask, but Feng Qingchen had no intention of speaking. When Feng Qingchen opened his mouth to leave, Zuo An finally asked, "Aren't you going to ask?"

"Ask? What?" Feng Qingchen paused, his voice cold.

"I showed up at the right time." Zuo An was very surprised. How could Feng Qingchen be so calm? She must have guessed something, otherwise she wouldn't have brought him here on purpose.

"It's a coincidence, but what does it matter? Not many people know where you went. They all thought you were protecting me in secret." Feng Qingchen still didn't turn around. She expressed her suspicion so obviously, it would be strange if Zuo An didn't know.

"But you know, aren't you curious about who killed City Lord Ye?" Zuo An raised his eyebrows. Thinking of the bet between him and that man, he didn't believe that Feng Qingchen wouldn't think too much about it.

"Curious, but I know you didn't kill that person." Feng Qingchen turned around and looked at Zuo'an calmly.

If it was Zuo An who killed him, there would be no need to get a bullet. Zuo An only needed to use his swordsmanship to make the people of Yecheng suspect that she was the murderer. After all, the high-level people knew that she was protected by Zuo An. The death of Lord Yecheng at the hands of Zuo An meant that he died at her hands.

"Why?" Zuo An was curious. It looked like he was bound to lose this bet.

"If you don't do business at a loss, no one will pay you to kill City Lord Ye." Killing people is not a difficult task for Zuo An, but killing City Lord Ye is a trouble.

Behind the Lord of Night is the entire Night City. Creating such a troublesome enemy for himself is not in line with Zuo An's lazy nature.

"Are you so sure that he won't pay the money?" This "he" could be no one else except the Ninth Prince.

"The method of framing is too crude, it's not his style. And if he is going to do it, he won't choose to do it outside the Dongling Imperial City." Feng Qingchen had thought about the possibility that the mastermind behind the scenes was the Ninth Prince, but then he felt that it was impossible.

If the Ninth Prince wanted to kill City Lord Ye, he would not choose this time, and certainly not outside the Dongling Imperial City. Doing this outside the Dongling Imperial City would undoubtedly be a slap in the face of the Emperor. The Ninth Prince is currently planning on taking the imperial examination, and he would not attack City Lord Ye at this time.

"Clumsy? If that person knew what you said, he would probably be furious. Don't you really want to know who made the move? I just happened to see it." Zuo An thought of the scene outside the imperial city today, and a fiery light flashed in his eyes.

He was ruthless and thoughtful. This was their second meeting, but he felt like he had met a worthy opponent. If it weren't for the wrong occasion, he really wanted to fight with him.

"It's too expensive. I'm afraid I can't afford it." Okay, she admitted that she wanted to know. If she didn't want to know, she wouldn't have come to test the Left Bank.

Zuo An didn't kill the man, but Zuo An must know something. It was just too difficult to get the information from Zuo An, so she used the studio to impress Zuo An first, but the effect was obviously not very good.

"I also hope that this information can be sold for some money, but unfortunately I promised the other party. If you suspect the Ninth Prince, I will tell you who did it; if you don't suspect the Ninth Prince, I can't say anything." Zuo An felt quite sorry and admired the man in his heart.

He was clearly certain that Feng Qingchen would not suspect the Ninth Prince, which was why he made such a bet to silence him, the only person who knew the truth.

Feng Qingchen gritted his teeth: "Since you can't say it, then what are you talking about, bastard."

The glimmer of possibility that I finally found was cut off just like that. What a shame! She won't really go to jail, will she? Murder means paying with one's life.

"Even if I don't tell you, you can guess that there are only a few people coming and going. Didn't you say that not many people dare to take action outside the Dongling Imperial City?" Zuo An saw Feng Qingchen gritting his teeth and left with satisfaction.

Finally, he got rid of the humiliation he suffered in Xuanyi Valley. As for the death of City Lord Ye, Zuo An was not worried. How could the Ninth Prince allow those people to plot against Feng Qingchen without taking any action?

Just as Zuo An had expected, upon receiving the news that City Lord Ye had died outside the city, the Ninth Prince remained expressionless. He had people search inside and outside the Imperial City for people who had been active in the Imperial City recently, and he was also eliminating possible perpetrators one by one.

It's impossible in Nanling, as Nanling has a good relationship with City Lord Ye; it's also impossible in Xiling, as the group in Xiling is in the middle of internal strife, and Beiling is too far away, so their power has not yet penetrated into Dongling.

Chucheng, Yuncheng, Liancheng and the other eight cities had no motive to take action. Now that City Lord Ye was dead, they would not benefit from it. So the only possibility was Dong Ling. But judging from the sword wound, it should have been a professional killer. If Zuo An had not stayed with Bu Jingyun all the time, the Ninth Prince would have suspected that Zuo An had killed the person.

The Ninth Prince closed his eyes slightly, tapping the table with his fingers. It took him a long time to open his eyes, with a sneer on his lips, and he strode out...