Chapter 929: Suicide out of fear of crime
The imperial concubine has been missing for a day and a night. If the kidnappers had not stopped along the way, they should have taken the imperial concubine out of Shengjing's jurisdiction by now.
When it comes to the territories of other counties, it is not so easy for Jingzhao Prefecture to intervene.
But the emperor didn't care about all that, he just wanted results.
Not only the Jingzhao Prefecture, but also people from the City Defense Battalion and the Patrol Department were sent out to search for the whereabouts of the imperial concubine.
No one dared to slack off until the emperor gave his consent.
Mei Guangtao had spent the whole night in the Jingzhao government office and looked very unhappy.
Just when he was about to take a nap, Doctor Tang came to him.
Mei Guangtao forced himself to stay alert, not wanting to exchange pleasantries with the other party, and asked directly.
"What's up?"
Doctor Tang: "The young lady we rescued yesterday has woken up. She said she wants to see you."
Mei Guangtao thought that the young lady wanted to thank him in person. He had encountered this kind of thing many times before, so he immediately refused.
"No need, let her have a good rest. I'm very busy these days. We can talk about it later if there's anything else."
Doctor Tang was not surprised by this result. He saw that Mei Guangtao looked very bad and knew that the adult had stayed up late again, so he made a suggestion.
"Since you have nothing to do now, please take a rest. I'll take my leave."
Mei Guangtao waved his hand: "Go and do your thing."
Doctor Tang bowed to him and turned to walk out.
Mei Guangtao yawned, looking very sleepy.
Just then, a yamen runner ran in hurriedly and said in a panic.
"Your Excellency, Doctor Tang, the two people we brought back yesterday committed suicide!"
Doctor Tang stopped and turned around to look at the bailiff.
Mei Guangtao's movements also froze.
He asked in astonishment, "Who did you say committed suicide?"
The bailiff spoke quickly.
"Didn't we bring back six people from the official road southwest of the city yesterday?
Two of them were seriously injured and were held in jail for treatment.
Everything was fine.
Who would have thought that last night, the two men secretly smashed the bowl for drinking medicine and then cut their throats with porcelain pieces.
When we found them this morning, they were already dead!"
Mei Guangtao has been busy looking for the imperial concubine these two days. He handed over the urgent cases to his subordinates, and put the less urgent cases aside for the time being and deal with them when he has time later.
Cases like the six people brought back yesterday are not urgent to deal with.
Mei Guangtao had them imprisoned and awaiting their fate.
In order to avoid further conflict between the two sides, the three people who fought were locked up together, and the two injured people were locked up together. As for the unconscious young lady, she was temporarily placed in the guest room in the backyard of Jingzhao Mansion as a victim.
But what was unexpected was that the two injured people actually committed suicide!
Mei Guangtao touched his forehead and realized that his plan to take a break was completely ruined.
He asked someone to bring him an official hat to cover his precarious hairline, and then spoke to Doctor Tang.
"Come on, let's go to the prison with me."
Doctor Tang bowed and said, "Yes."
In the dim cell, two people were lying on the ground, their necks were cut roughly, blood stained their lapels red, and gathered into a pool of sticky scarlet blood under them.
There were broken pieces of porcelain next to their hands.
There were blood stains on the sharp porcelain pieces.
Doctor Tang walked over and checked, and confirmed that both of them had died.
As for the cause of death, it was due to excessive blood loss after his throat was cut.
Judging from the situation at the scene, it was indeed suicide.
Mei Guangtao's face, which was not very good to begin with, had become extremely ugly at this moment.
The imperial concubine hasn't been found yet, and now such a mess has happened in the prison.
One wave after another comes.
God is deliberately making things difficult for his hairline!
Mei Guangtao looked at the jailers standing nearby anxiously and said unhappily.
"A person committed suicide right under your noses. How did you handle this? All of you will be fined three months' salary. If you do it again, you will have to go back home and farm!"
The jailers knelt down hurriedly: "We know we were wrong, we will definitely change!"
Mei Guangtao didn't look at them again.
He asked Doctor Tang to take the body to the coroner's room for a careful examination to see if he could find any other clues.
Doctor Tang asked, "Could it be that he committed suicide out of fear of punishment?"
Mei Guangtao: "It was just a fight, is it necessary to commit suicide out of fear of punishment?"
Doctor Tang: "I heard from the young lady that these two people wanted to kidnap her, and the other three were her brothers. In order to stand up for her, they beat these two people severely. These two people may be afraid that their crimes will be exposed, so they committed suicide out of fear of punishment."
Mei Guangtao still shook his head: "It shouldn't happen. Even if he raped a woman, he would only tattoo her face and send her to exile. He wouldn't commit suicide because of it."
He sighed: "It seems I have to go meet that young lady."
After leaving the cell, Mei Guangtao went straight to the guest room where Xiao Xixi was.
Xiao Xixi was lying on the bed with her eyes closed and resting.
Hearing a knock on the door, she sat up and said, "Come in."
Mei Guangtao pushed the door and walked in.
The moment he saw Xiao Xixi, he was completely stunned.
He had been to the palace and met the imperial concubine, so he naturally knew what she looked like.
Even though the young lady in front of him had taken off her makeup, was wearing a rough cloth dress, and had no ornaments, and looked very different from the beloved imperial concubine, her face had not changed much.
Mei Guangtao recognized her immediately; this person was none other than the missing imperial concubine!
The imperial concubine that the whole world is looking for is actually in the backyard of Jingzhao Prefecture!
Could this be the legendary "after searching for a long time, one finally finds the iron shoe without any effort"? !
Xiao Xixi asked in confusion when she saw him standing there motionless.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Mei Guangtao came to his senses and quickly bowed to her.
He said with excitement: "Your humble servant pays respect to the Imperial Concubine. I did not know that the Imperial Concubine was coming and was unable to greet her from afar. I hope that the Imperial Concubine will forgive me."
Xiao Xixi: "It's okay, ignorance is not a crime."
Mei Guangtao stood up and looked at the imperial concubine with shining eyes, as if he was looking at a rare treasure.
At this moment, countless comments appeared in his mind.
I found the Imperial Concubine!
I can leave work early!
I don't have to stay up late anymore!
My hairline can be saved!
Seeing that he was stunned again, Xiao Xixi had no choice but to speak again.
"During the time I was missing, what happened outside? How is the emperor?"
As soon as the matter of business came up, Mei Guangtao instantly regained his composure and spoke quickly.
"His Majesty was furious about your disappearance and ordered the Jingzhao Prefecture, the Patrol Defense Division, and the City Defense Battalion to search everywhere for you. From the moment they learned that you were missing until now, for a whole day and night, no one slept a wink, all searching for you."
(End of this chapter)
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