Chapter 1136 The Truth Emerges

The passers-by who came and went looked at the bounty and were also confused.

He Lingchuan heard several people exclaim in surprise:

"Wow, she looks like Concubine Mei."

"Could it be Concubine Mei? I saw her leaving the palace to give alms a few days ago, right at the shack in the west of the city."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! Concubine Mei is beautiful and kind, how could she hurt others?"

Someone sneered: "Our royal relatives, our royal family, umm..."

Before he finished speaking, his mouth was blocked by someone: "Are you crazy? Don't want to die?"

He Lingchuan and Dong Rui looked at each other, left the crowd, and continued to enter the city.

He Lingchuan and Dong Rui passed through the customs as merchants and were not harassed.

As soon as they entered the city, they met the army escorting supplies. There were dozens of carts, and the things on them were piled up like a small mountain.

Looking at the direction, it was sent to the palace city.

The civilians nearby murmured: "They have almost plundered all the food in the city, what are we going to do?"

"People in the palace are afraid of death."

"They are afraid, so why are we not afraid?"

He Lingchuan understood.

The death of Nangong Yan finally frightened the King of Wei. He summoned troops and plundered supplies from all over the country to send to the palace city, just to sharpen his weapons before the battle.

Oh, if he had known this would happen, why did he do it in the first place?

"What's going on?" Dong Rui muttered as he entered the city. "I thought we would be the ones posted on the wall."

"Even if we were posted, you wouldn't be able to tell." He Lingchuan whispered. "The painter has never seen us. Based on the description of the King of Biao, the one he painted is at most one or two points similar to us."

Dong Rui scratched his head: "Why do I feel that the changes in Concubine Mei may be related to us?"

He Lingchuan said shamelessly: "Strictly speaking, the changes in the entire Biao country are related to us."

The soul-catching mirror suddenly reminded He Lingchuan: "Ahao! The gangster Ahao you subdued said that the palace guards sent by the deputy chief of the imperial guards to their gang to collect money are well-informed and even know what Concubine Mei ate for breakfast!"

He Lingchuan patted his chest and got it.

They actually passed by Nangong Yan's residence first.

This man was extremely powerful in Biao country when he was alive. Just a few days after his death, the door of the huge house was sealed.

The people inside had long since dispersed.

Dong Rui, the nosy guy, went around to the alley and jumped over the wall to get in.

The house was turned upside down, with overturned furniture everywhere and empty boxes and cabinets.

He came out and sighed: What if I have power over a country? After I die, won’t my house be robbed by thieves?

After leaving Nangong’s house, He Lingchuan’s next step was to book a quiet room in the teahouse, and then summon Ah Hao to ask him what happened in the palace.

This little gangster had a swollen nose and face, and two teeth were missing.

When Dong Rui saw him, he was surprised: "What happened?"

Hey, the frequency of his asking this question seems to have increased recently.

Ah Hao's cheeks were swollen, and he was so painful that tears were about to fall when he pressed lightly.

Lingguang kindly gave him a small bottle of wound medicine, and Ah Hao applied it, feeling cool and comfortable, and the pain was much relieved.

"I was robbed." He carried the silver rewarded by He Lingchuan and wandered around the capital for a few days, eating and playing, and wanted to find a way to make a living. But he was spotted and dragged to a dark alley and beaten, and all the silver and money were robbed.

Dong Rui laughed: "You have come to this day?"

The gangsters in Julu Port were robbed by the local gangsters in Xuncheng.

Ah Hao gritted his teeth: "What revenge, ten years is not too late. One day, Master Hao will teach them to be human again!"

"One day, it may come soon." He Lingchuan glanced at him, "Xuncheng is not peaceful, you'd better not stay here."

"I was thinking of going back to Julu Port tomorrow." Ah Hao looked at him eagerly, "Master He, please give me some advice."

He didn't have much contact with He Lingchuan, but he felt that this man was mysterious and powerful.

Nowadays, the world is in a mess, and individuals are as insignificant as dust. He really hopes to get advice from the strong.

He Lingchuan smiled: "Tell me about Concubine Mei first."

"Ah, yes." Ah Hao said immediately, "The palace guards don't know what happened. They only know that the king suddenly wanted to take Concubine Mei a few days ago, but there was no one in the harem. The palace people said that she went out to give alms, but the palace guards went to the disaster relief shed to look for her, but there was still no one."

"Then the whole city was under martial law and wanted posters were posted everywhere."

It seems that Concubine Mei has done something serious.

He Lingchuan nodded and said to Dong Rui: "It seems that King Bi has also reacted."

"What do you mean?" Why didn't he understand?

"King Bi has favored Concubine Mei for the past two years, and suddenly turned against her a few days ago." He Lingchuan reminded, "What major events have happened here in the past twenty days, have you forgotten?"

"Oh?" Dong Rui recalled, "Oh! We went to the palace on behalf of the State of Mou to ask for the Mingdeng lamp, the Yingya Guards were killed, and Nangong Yan also died!"

These are all major events that happened on the same day!

"That's right. We went to his house, and of course the King of Biao denied that he had sent people to steal the lantern. But he was not stupid, and he probably guessed that someone had framed him afterwards."

"Mei Fei?" Dong Rui screamed, "No way, such a delicate and weak little beauty! You said she was the one behind the scenes, this, this, how is this possible!"

He wanted to say, I feel pity for her.

Ahao was also confused.

"You can know a person's face but not his heart." He Lingchuan counted on his fingers and analyzed, "She went to such great lengths, she must have a deep hatred for him, and she was not strong enough to seek revenge on the King of Biao, so she had to rely on the power of the Mou Kingdom."

"This person also knows that the second prince's illness can only be cured with the Mingdengzhan, and also knows that the Mingdengzhan will mature soon, so she does not live in the palace but in the home of an important official."

"These are all clues that can be easily deduced. Oh, what did the King of Biao do in the past, don't you know it yourself? As a party involved, he carefully recalled and reviewed the inside story, and he dug out far more than us. It may not be difficult to guess who is behind the cold arrow."

"At least the King of Biao thinks so." He Lingchuan explained, "He is the king of a country after all. As long as he starts to suspect Mei Fei, some things are not difficult to verify."

Dong Rui said, "But the wanted crime is murdering a royal relative. This royal relative...?"

"The royal family has not been peaceful in recent years." He Lingchuan said, "The source of this Mingdengzhan incident is that the second prince of Biao country has gone astray and needs this treasure to help him recover. So in the eyes of the Shadow Fang Guard, the King of Biao has the motive and ability."

The judicial arrest of thieves requires the completeness of human and material evidence, but for the Mou country, solid material evidence is enough. As long as we can find the whereabouts of the lantern, that's enough.

Dong Rui's eyes turned, and he suddenly said: "Could the second prince's insanity be caused by someone behind the scenes?"

"Who knows?"

"That's not right." Dong Rui thought of a paradox, "This person can steal the lantern from the Shadow Fang Guard without anyone noticing, so her cultivation must be extraordinary. Why do you say that she's 'not strong enough'?"