Daxuanti criminal officer

Chapter 344 The Taste of Conspiracy

"I want to ask you a simple question," Xu Zun lowered his voice and asked the two maids, "Did you see with your own eyes that the sea monster ate people?"

"No...no!" The two shook their heads in unison, and one of them said, "I didn't even see what the sea monster looked like, how... how could I see it eating people?"

"Yeah, we just saw it undulate like a forged silk on the sea..." another added, "it doesn't look like it at all."

"Oh?" Xu Zun frowned, but felt that the descriptions of the two were more pertinent and vivid.

From this point of view, the sea monster may not be described by one head or one, and may be some unknown group of aquatic animals.

But... Even so, it still exceeds my own cognition.

"You..." Xu Zun calmed down and said, "Tell me about the situation at that time carefully, and don't miss a single detail. If you can find the prince, you two should be credited with your first contribution!"

"Yes yes yes..." The two hurriedly nodded their promises, "Slaves dare to talk nonsense, the situation that day is..."

The two looked at each other, and one of them told the story of the incident.

What the two said was highly consistent with Shen Xingran. The prince left the Tianfu giant ship that day because he enjoyed the fun of fishing, and watched fishing on one of the frigates equipped with fishing nets.

Since it would take more than half a day to come and go, the two maids followed the prince on board and waited around.

Unexpectedly, the weather suddenly changed suddenly, with violent storms and sea monsters appearing on the sea.

The prince was terrified, and the crew protected him and entered the cabin to avoid danger.

But before they entered the cabin, the hull exploded violently.

After the explosion, the frigate began to capsize, and the prince fell into the water with many crew members before he even had time to board the escape boat.

The same is true of the two maids, but they were lucky enough to grab a plank and they were saved from drowning.

However, because the ship's plank was swept away by the current, they only saw the prince being rescued by another frigate that rushed over, but no matter how they called for help, they still failed to attract the attention of the crew.

Therefore, they don't know what happened afterwards, but the only thing they can be sure of is that the prince was indeed rescued by the frigate.

Ok……

Xu Zun thought for a long time, and then told Huo Anu: "Take the portrait of the prince and ask those pirates.

"Confirm with them, when they attacked the Daxuan battleship, did they see that the prince was also on that ship!"

"Yes!" Huo Anu's body trembled slightly when he took the order, obviously aware of the importance of the matter.

If the prince had been killed by these pirates, the consequences would be very serious...

After Huo Anu left, Xu Zun called the guards and asked them to take one of the maids to the cabin and set up a room.

The other maid was left in the house.

"My lord, you..." The maid who was left behind suddenly felt inexplicably nervous, wondering why Xu Zun separated them?

"When the accident happened," Xu Zun asked, "Did anyone else fall into the water?"

"Yes, yes," the maid replied hastily, "Many soldiers have fallen into the water."

"Then..." Xu Zun asked, "What happened to them in the end? Were they rescued like the prince?"

"This...is not very clear," the maid tried to recall, "At that time...it seemed that only the frigate rescued the prince, but not the other soldiers who fell into the water. I don't know...whether they were drowned, or...or Was swept away by the sea monster?"

"At that time," Xu Zun asked again, "Did you see other ships? Where is the Tianfu giant ship?"

"The other ships... seem to have been hit and sunk by the sea monster!" The maid recalled with all her heart, "Afterwards, the Tianfu giant ship... I don't seem to have seen it, the crown prince...the crown prince is still on the Tianfu giant ship! "

Xu Zun has been observing the maid's reaction to confirm whether what she said is true.

After some contemplation, Xu Zun changed another topic and asked, "Tell me honestly, what is the relationship between the crown prince and the crown princess?"

"Ah?" The maid was taken aback, she quickly knelt down to Xu Zun, and begged, "My lord, as a maidservant, don't speak ill of the master, otherwise... otherwise..."

"It's just the two of us now," Xu Zun said, "Just tell the truth, I won't spread your words.

"However," he turned to threaten, "If you conceal something and thus delay the rescue of the prince, you should know the consequences, right?"

"My lord, I don't dare to lie," the maid knelt at Xu Zun's feet and said, "The crown prince is indeed a bit indifferent to the crown princess."

"Oh..." The answer was not unexpected, it was within Xu Zun's expectation.

After the princess was rescued, it can be seen from the performance of the princess.

"Since the mission to the East China Sea," said the maid, "the crown prince seldom goes to the crown prince's room, and even often does not sleep on the Tianfu giant ship.

"Those of us who are servants can see it."

"Really?" Xu Zun asked, "What about before going to sea? How is their relationship?"

"Same," the maid replied, "The prince and the princess seem to be a harmonious husband and wife, and they are very affectionate, but in fact, the prince and the princess sleep in separate rooms."

"The reason?" Xu Zun asked.

"I really don't know about this," the maid replied, "The Crown Princess is magnificent and beautiful, and we don't understand why the Crown Prince doesn't like her...

"My... my lord..." the maid said worriedly, "You must never... never..."

"I see," Xu Zun waved his hand, "Don't worry, maybe this news has nothing to do with the search for the prince.

"By the way," he recalled something, and asked, "After being captured by pirates on board, did anything unusual happen?"

"My lord," upon hearing this, the maid trembled and said sadly, "We were taken captive by pirates to the ship, and they used them as a tool to vent their anger. If there is any disobedience, we will serve you with whips. It's really painful!

"Is this... is this abnormal?"

"I mean," Xu Zun said with a tense expression, "during the time you were imprisoned, did the pirate ship ever fight? Did you see or hear anything?"

"No?" The maid recalled, "After we were taken captive, we didn't experience any battles, but we stopped the ship sometimes.

"We were trapped in the cabin in the dark, so naturally we couldn't see anything," said the maid, "and they all spoke the Eastern Sea dialect, which we couldn't understand at all!"

"Those women who are with you," Xu Zun asked, "who are they?"

"I know, I know," the maid hurriedly replied, "They are all fishermen from the nearby islands, and they were all plundered by pirates just like us.

"They said that there are warships patrolling near the Banshee Kingdom, and there are very few pirates to cause trouble," the maid said. "They also said that they can't understand the pirate's language, which means that the pirates are not here..."

Listening to the maid's statement, it seems to be completely consistent with Shen Xingran's previous narration and the experience of other people, and there is no doubt about it.

But for some reason, Xu Zun felt that there was something wrong with it. Behind the entire attack on the prince, there seemed to be an invisible big hand controlling everything!
So... what is the truth?

(End of this chapter)