Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 244
Xiao Yichen looked at the burnt pitch black house in front of him, it was difficult to see its original appearance.

Gu Lingqing followed behind Xiao Yichen, and walked into this house that was supposed to be filled with good memories of herself and Zhao Min.

"His Royal Highness Ling, can you tell Xiao in detail what happened that night?"

"it is good."

Although all the scenes of that night were painful memories for Gu Lingqing, in order to find useful clues faster and bring Zhao Min back to her side, all the things she knew that night He told Xiao Yichen in detail, for fear that missing any details would hinder his speed of solving the case.

Xiao Yichen searched everywhere, not missing any corners of the room. In the process of looking for things, listening to what Gu Lingqing narrated, he responded with an "um" or a nod from time to time.

"That's it. After the fire was brought under control, the princess disappeared."

"You said that person entered the new house with the same face as yours?" After Gu Lingqing finished the whole story, Xiao Yichen raised his doubts.

Gu Lingqing was stunned for a moment, then nodded solemnly: "Yes, that's right, according to Mammy, it is indeed almost the same as my appearance."

Xiao Yichen thought carefully in his heart, but found a ball of jelly in the corner, he lowered down, put the ball of jelly on the ground in his hand, pulled it apart and saw The inside is still a little whitish, and the outside has been burnt black.

"What is this?" Gu Lingqing squatted next to Xiao Yichen and asked, she had carefully explored this room before, but she didn't find this thing.

Xiao Yichen rubbed the lump in his hands a few times, put it under his nose and smelled it, and gave his own conclusion: "It's glue."

Xiao Yichen took out a handkerchief from his bosom, wrapped the glue and put it into his bosom: "His Royal Highness, Xiao will resign first, and will report when there is progress." After finishing speaking, Xiao Yichen said Hastily left Yutingxuan.

After Xiao Yichen left, Gu Lingqing stood in the yard, looking at the burned-out room in front of him: "Qingfeng, is there any progress?"

Qingfeng came to Gu Lingqing from the dark and knelt down on one knee: "Reporting to Master, there is no news yet, but there is no trace outside the city. The princess must still be in the city."

Gu Lingqing's eyes narrowed slightly, her expression was gloomy, the emperor had handed over the whole matter to the Xiao family, and she had no power on the bright side, so naturally she couldn't take any action, so she could only secretly send someone to investigate.

Xiao Yichen took the burned glue in his hand and went directly to the largest grocery store in the imperial city.

After the boss took the glue from Xiao Yichen's hand, he identified it for a long time before reaching a conclusion: "I'm sorry, my lord, it took me a while to distinguish it because it was severely burned."

Xiao Yichen, who had been sitting in the store waiting patiently, got up quickly when he saw the boss approaching: "Is there a conclusion?"

"It was shipped from the Western Regions, and there is only one store in the imperial city that sells it."

After hearing what the shopkeeper said, Xiao Yichen, who had been expressionless all this time, felt a little relieved: "Shopkeeper, do you have a record of buying and selling this glue?"

After hearing Xiao Yichen's question, the shopkeeper lowered his eyelids and his eyes darkened. This is a confidential matter in the store, how could he just show it to him casually?

Just when the shopkeeper was about to say something to prevaricate, he saw Xiao Yichen took out a token from his pocket: "I am investigating an important case by order of the emperor, please cooperate with the shopkeeper."

Looking at the token, the shopkeeper is also very knowledgeable: "Please also ask the young master to follow me to the back hall."

After Xiao Yichen followed him to the back hall, the shopkeeper ordered someone to serve him the best tea, and left.

This time, Xiao Yichen didn't wait for a long time, but after a while, the shopkeeper came back with a thick ledger.

"Young master." The shopkeeper spread out the ledger and turned to the last few pages, "This is the entry and exit of this glue in the past six months. This glue is scarce and the price is high. After half a year, few people bought it."

"What is this glue usually used for?"

"This glue has strong plasticity and high air permeability. Some people who travel all over the world and have a lot of family property use this expensive glue to make human skin masks."

Xiao Yichen secretly remembered what the shopkeeper said in his heart, and looked at the contents of the last few pages of the account book. It was indeed as the shopkeeper said, this glue is expensive, so the purchase is rare, and the number of times it is sold is even more rare. .

Looking at the latest sales record, Xiao Yichen pointed to this place and asked the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, do you have any impression of who bought this batch?"

The shopkeeper looked at the place Xiao Yichen was pointing at, frowned, and after pondering in his mind for a while, he said slowly: "It seems that His Highness King Qi bought it."

Xiao Yichen froze: "Are you sure?"

Seeing Xiao Yichen's solemn expression, the shopkeeper also knew that this matter must not be simple and there must be no mistakes.

"My lord, I'm sure that His Royal Highness King Qi personally came to buy it that day, so I have the impression that it was just ten days ago."

After Xiao Yichen carefully looked at the glue in his hand for a while, he carefully wrapped it up and put it in his arms.

"Thank you, shopkeeper."

After Xiao Yichen left, he did not go directly to Prince Ling's Mansion to tell Gu Lingqing about this matter, but went to Prince Qi's Mansion first.

Gu Qi, who was playing games with himself in the study, heard the butler say that Xiao Yichen had come to the mansion, so he just said lightly: "Understood." Then he ignored it.

Gu Qi was completely immersed in his own thinking, and after he settled down, he got up and walked to the lobby.

"Young Master Xiao, I wonder what gust of wind brought you to this king's residence?"

Standing in the lobby, Xiao Yichen, who was standing with his back to the door and hands behind his back, turned his head to suppress his thoughts after hearing Gu Qi's voice, and smiled: "His Royal Highness knows that the emperor's general, Princess Ling, is missing. Leave everything to my father?"

Hearing the disappearance of Princess Ling, Gu Qi's expression was stunned for a moment, and it was fleeting: "Young Master Xiao really knows how to joke, I was also in the palace that day, how could I not know?"

"Today I found an important clue, and I came here specifically to ask His Highness King Qi's opinion." Xiao Yichen calmly sat down on the chair beside him.

"Oh?" Gu Qi's body movements were a little stiff, and he walked to the chair next to him and sat down, "What valuable advice can I give Mr. Xiao?"

(End of this chapter)