At this moment, Long Moxun held the pill in his hand. God knows how much hatred he had to endure. He did not crush the pill directly, but just threw it on the ground.
"Pick it up and take it for inspection."
Long Moxun took out a hand towel and wiped his hands carefully, then raised his eyes and glanced at Fang Jinyu who was standing silently beside him.
His current mood was even more depressed than Jin Yu's when he encountered the corpse.
Looking up at Luo Xuening's hunched appearance, Long Moxun gritted his teeth and threw away the handkerchief in his hand.
"Luoxue Ning, you are great."
Luo Xuening remained silent, and her sincere actions showed that she really didn't mean it.
She also didn't know that His Royal Highness Prince Jing was so innocent. Even Fang Jinyu understood her analysis just now. Innocent Prince Jing, why are you not smart when you should be smart?
"Your Highness, someone from the Duke of Anguo's Mansion is here."
Long Moxun's eyes were too resentful, and Luo Xuening could hardly ignore them even if she wanted to. There was no way, as she accidentally offended this petty-minded prince again.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, people from the Anguo Mansion came to identify the body. Luo Xuening felt that these people were simply her saviors.
Luo Xuening raised her head and looked warmly at Lord Jing Wang, who was sulking, with a look of resentment and innocence.
Humph, still pretending to be innocent, Long Moxun snorted coldly and turned around arrogantly. Luo Xuening's passionate love was met with a cold butt. She stuck out her tongue, indicating that if this matter could be put behind her, she would not mind doing it again.
However, it is impossible for Lord Jing to be so lenient. At most, he will save the matter for later.
The visitor was Duke Anguo, and he brought with him a group of servants, but there were no women among them. This was a bit surprising. Luoxue looked at him, wondering if Duke Anguo was too anxious and forgot about the separation between men and women.
He walked quickly with an anxious look on his face, and after walking over here, he immediately saluted Long Moxun. However, his eyes were looking towards the corpse in the woods, and his eyes were full of grief.
Long Moxun waved his hand, knowing that Duke Anguo loved his daughter dearly: "Go and check the condition of the body."
Duke Anguo bowed and hurried into the woods. Luo Xue Ning looked at his frivolous steps and couldn't help but sigh in her heart. If Duke Anguo saw his daughter become like that, how heartbroken he would be.
It didn't take too long to identify the body, but it took Duke Anguo and his entourage a full quarter of an hour to come out after entering the woods.
After coming out, Duke Anguo's eyes were still red. He glanced at Long Moxun, and suddenly, with a "thump", he knelt in front of Long Moxun, tears streaming down his face, and his old face was filled with sorrow.
"My Lord, my daughter was killed by a criminal. Please avenge her."
Duke Anguo wiped away his tears and cried uncontrollably. He lowered his head and was reluctant to get up. Long Moxun didn't care. He just took two steps back and kept a distance from Duke Anguo.
"Please accept my condolences, Lord Anguo. This case is in the hands of Lord Fang. I believe Lord Fang will give you an explanation."
Fang Jinyu, who was brought out by Long Moxun, calmly accepted the gaze of Duke Anguo. He did not comfort Duke Anguo. After all, seeing that Duke Anguo still had time to examine himself, he probably did not need comfort.
"My Lord, is the deceased the fifth daughter of the Duke of Anguo?"
"Yes……"
This matter concerns the Duke of Anguo, so Fang Jinyu couldn't help but be a little cautious.
"When did the Fifth Miss disappear?"
"Two months ago."
The one who answered was the servant brought by An Guo. The dead person was their young lady after all. However, the servant's face did not show sadness, nor even a little sympathy. Instead, he breathed a sigh of relief. Did he look relieved?
What are they celebrating? Are they celebrating that their young lady is dead, or something else?
Luo Xuening felt that there were many problems with this person, including the Duke of Anguo, who also looked suspicious, but she said nothing.
"Did anything happen to Miss Fifth before she disappeared?"
"Miss Fifth is fine."
Fang Jinyu stared at the servant who answered with his dark eyes, and continued to ask without saying a word.
"Is there really nothing unusual?"
The servant hesitated for a moment, then remembered: "Oh, I remember now. Before the Fifth Miss disappeared, she said she was going to the temple to pray for Madam. Later, she did not return when it was dark. The people in the mansion went to look for her, but could not find her. They thought they were tired from the journey and rested outside. But when they waited until the next day, they still did not return. This attracted the attention of the master, and later many people were sent to look for her, but the Fifth Miss and her entourage were nowhere to be found."
The servant also imitated the Duke of Anguo, sighed, narrowed his eyes, and said, "Before the young lady disappeared, everything was normal and she had never had any grudges with anyone. We were all shocked when she was taken away. We searched for a long time, but only today did we know that our young lady was taken away by a trafficker. It's really pitiful for our young lady."
On the one hand, this person drew Fang Jinyu's attention to the human trafficker, and on the other hand, he emphasized that the disappearance of Miss An Wu had nothing to do with the Anguo Mansion.
Although he spoke very cautiously, Fang Jinyu's eyes flashed with mockery after hearing it. Were these people too eager to distance themselves from the matter?
"According to what you said, the Fifth Miss and the entourage she brought out that day disappeared together?"
Fang Jinyu changed the subject, and the servant who answered almost stuttered: "Yes, that night, they didn't come back."
"What temple did the missing people worship on that road? Did they leave any clues?"
"It was the Red Mountain Temple. We found the Fifth Lady's carriage on a small road on the back hill of the Red Mountain Temple. The horse pulling the carriage was already dead. I think they were ambushed on the road. When we arrived, the Fifth Lady and her followers were nowhere to be seen."
"What are they doing in the back hills?"
"There is a small path behind the mountain. It was already late at night. I think Miss Fifth wanted to take the small path to get home earlier."
"It takes about half a day to get from the capital to Hongshan Temple. For a woman like Fifth Miss, it's too tight and unsafe to rush back at night."
Fang Jinyu only said it softly, but Luo Xuening found that the servant who replied and the secretly heartbroken Duke Anguo had slightly changed their expressions.
"Did Miss Fifth report before leaving the house?"
"some."
"So, your family will not allow Miss Five to stay in the temple?"
"this……"
The person who answered was stunned. How should he respond? If he said that the mansion did not allow the fifth young lady to stay in the ancestral temple, then the fifth young lady's accident would be related to them. If he said no, then how should he explain the fifth young lady returning home in the middle of the night?
This... no matter how I answer this, it's simply not right. The servant only realized now that although Fang Jinyu only asked some ordinary questions, every question he asked was a routine. If he lied to one of them, the others would all be wrong.
The servant could only look to Duke Anguo for help, only to see that Duke Anguo, who had a face full of sadness just now, coughed lightly and said.
"It's like this. My little girl has always been introverted and doesn't like living outside. I think she missed home, so she rushed back home at night."
After Fang Jinyu finished asking questions, the clerk beside him also took notes. He glanced at Duke Anguo and saw that the grief in his eyes had not diminished.
"Duke Anguo, please accept my condolences. If it is confirmed that the deceased is the fifth daughter of your family, please follow me to the government office. After signing your name and seal, you can take the body back."
Duke Anguo followed Fang Jinyu away, but when leaving, Fang Jinyu actually forgot to take the body with him.
It was not known whether Fang Jinyu did it intentionally or not, but the Duke of Anguo, who had always claimed to avenge his daughter, did not even look at his daughter's body.
"Duke Anguo, you can take the Fifth Lady's body back with you."
Fang Jinyu gave a timely reminder, and then Duke Anguo turned around with a bad face, looked at the corpse expressionlessly, and then ordered someone to take the corpse away.
Before leaving, the look in Duke An's eyes was particularly interesting. He raised his eyelids slightly and looked sad, but his eyes were deliberately widened. Although Duke An's acting was quite realistic, how could Luo Xue Ning not see that he was pretending.
Although the Duke of Anguo has many descendants, it is hard to imagine that he was pretending when he posted a notice looking for the fifth lady and saw the grief he showed when he saw the corpse just now.
This Duke Anguo is really interesting.