The Regent's Sweetheart

Chapter 175 Strange

Thinking of this, Lin Jiaojiao came to her senses, and asked Qin Zhi, "Qin Zhi, what are you doing in Lianhua Alley?"

The moment she asked, Qin Zhi was stunned for a moment, then knelt down to her, and said, "My lord, forgive me."

What is this for?This sudden kneeling startled her.

I only heard Qin Zhi say: "The maidservant wanted to go home to visit her sick mother while she was able to leave the house that day. Your empress forgive me."

It turns out that Qin Zhi's home is in Lianhua Alley, which makes sense.

"Your sons and daughters are filial, it's human nature, get up." She raised her hand to signal Qin Zhi to stand up, and then continued: "It is not a trivial matter that there are bandits in the capital, Qin Zhi, where are those bandits outside the city?"

Being asked this question, Qin Zhi looked a little dull, squinting his eyes to the right for a moment and then said: "Your servant... I don't know, my servant ran away while it was dark, it was too dark, and my servant was also afraid, and I was flustered, so I couldn't remember. Where is it?"

"Oh? Then which village is the villager who rescued you?" She continued to ask, and took a sip of tea after speaking.

Qin Zhi squeezed his fingers uncomfortably, and then said: "I don't know what the village is, and I didn't ask at the time."

"Then when did you start walking to the capital at night?" She continued to ask.

Qin Zhi said falteringly: "The slaves escaped soon after dark."

It will be dark soon?In winter, the nights are long and the days are short, and the sky is completely dark at Xushi. After walking all night, it seems that it is fifty or sixty miles away from the capital.

"Did you come back from that city gate?"

"Dingyuan Gate."

It seems that the general orientation of the place where the bandit is located is to the west.

Putting together what Qin Zhi said, there are still many things that are unclear.

Bandits appeared from the capital, which made people feel puzzling. What kind of place is the capital?The imperial guards patrolling everywhere, people from outside will interrogate them carefully when they enter the city, unless they are people like Li Maonian, they don't care about these, after all, the imperial guards have nothing to do with such people.

But how many Li Maonian are there in this world?What's more, it is a bandit, and it is more convincing to say that it is an assassin.

"Since the villager who brought you down the mountain is digging medicinal herbs, he must be an elderly doctor." She asked casually.

Qin Zhi nodded quickly after hearing this, and continued following her words: "He is getting old, his hair is all gray, and he almost lost his way when he brought the servants down the mountain because of his poor eyesight."

Not looking good?Isn't that old eyesight?In such cold weather, or at night, an old man went up the mountain to dig medicinal herbs?

She took a careful look at Qin Zhi, and Qing Tao on one side also noticed something was wrong.

"Go down and rest, Xuemei, go to the kitchen and come back with some snacks, and Qingtao will stay and serve you."

"Yes."

After the other maids retreated, Lin Jiaojiao turned to Qingtao and said, "Look at Qin Zhi recently, ask Shisan to send someone to investigate Lianhua Alley, and take a look outside the city along the way."

She speaks casually, Qingtao is trustworthy, and she doesn't like to talk too much, that's what she likes Qingtao.

She is more likable than the shadow guard who reports to Yan Sihan every day.

"Yes, Princess." Qingtao bowed to her, then backed out.

Looking at the empty hall, she felt emotional for a moment, it was really a wave of ups and downs, she wondered if Zhang Dahu's body could still be found, presumably Eleven would explain the matter clearly to Thirteen.

Just wait until tomorrow to go to the Zhenan Department to check on Zhang Dahu's body, but what she is afraid of now is that Zhang Dahu's body has also disappeared.

(End of this chapter)