OBS Chapter 725 1 o'clock
Chapter 725 1 o'clock
Jingkong lowered his head and expressed his guess.
"The murderer who replaced Fa Neng most likely intended to rescue that person."
After pacing in Ganlu Palace for a long time, Wu Zetian's brows, which had been twisted into the shape of the Chinese character "川", finally relaxed.
"That's probably the case. Although Yuan Tiangang has been imprisoned, his people have never given up on rescuing him or rebelling."
"However, I'm afraid he will be disappointed this time."
"What I said was a correct guess. Li Cunxi will definitely guess from your abnormal behavior that you are in Hanguang Temple for something."
"Given Li Cunxi's character, he will definitely investigate thoroughly. Even if he doesn't ask me, he will definitely be able to find some clues from others."
"For example, the three inner guards, and the abbot."
Wu Zetian stopped and her face was as calm as a lake.
"Even if he doesn't ask, or even if he can't get any information, he will definitely go to the deceased's residence to check. Then Yuan Tiangang's affairs will no longer be concealed."
Jingkong suggested, "Your Majesty, why don't you just stop His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin from investigating?"
"Don't let him investigate?" Wu Zetian laughed. "If he doesn't find all the thieves, how can I burn incense at Hanguang Temple after daybreak?"
"It was my negligence, Your Majesty." Jingkong said with his head down.
"That's not a problem. I believe Li Cunxi will make all the arrangements."
Wu Zetian waved her hand with an impatient look on her face.
"Okay, you should go back and keep a close eye on Yuan Tiangang. I will know the details of the fire in the backyard tomorrow."
"I will retire at the end."
……
Hanguang Temple, Huaiyi's small courtyard.
The small courtyard that had been burned by the fire was in ruins. Steam rose from the ground, burning my feet.
Li Cunxi and his group walked in the small courtyard, looking at the extent of damage to the surrounding buildings from time to time.
Wu Yanhao suddenly stopped and looked at the small house next to him.
There were dozens of male prostitutes and young girls imprisoned there. When the fire broke out, all of them were burned to death.
He frowned and suddenly said:
"It's strange. The windows were all open. These people could have escaped the house through the windows, but they chose to burn to death."
After he said this, Lu Dayou quickly ran to another small room and looked inside.
Then he said in surprise:
"Cunxi, the windows over here are also open. These people have also chosen to be burned to death."
"That doesn't make sense. How could someone choose death over life?"
Lu Dayou was confused and scratched his head frantically.
Li Cunxi walked around to all the doors and looked, and finally confirmed that all the windows were open. He was quite shocked.
"It's really strange that the window was open, but no one escaped through it."
"General Lu, have you ever brought people here to open the windows before?"
Lu Tong shook his head like a rattle and said:
"Your Highness, the Prince of Qin has never opened the windows here. If we had opened the windows, we would have had the charred corpse removed before opening them."
Wu Yanhao walked into a room, stuck his head out and looked around for a while, pointed behind the window, and spoke to Lu Tong.
"General Lu, what's behind this window?"
"Behind it is a low wall extending from the edge of the back garden, which was also burned."
"Low wall?"
"Exactly."
"What about the other rooms?"
"It's always like this." Lu Tong said.
"I think we should go to the back and take a closer look. There's a good chance there's a clue behind the window."
After Wu Yanhao finished speaking, he walked out of the courtyard and went around to the back of several houses to check.
"It seems the clue is behind."
Li Cunxi let out a breath, walked out of the courtyard and followed Wu Yanhao.
The wall extending from the back garden is only about one meter high, and it has turned black under the scorching fire.
Wu Yanhao ran behind an open window, squatted down, and carefully looked at the ground.
When Li Cunxi caught up, Wu Yanhao had already noticed something and stood up and said:
"Cunxi, look, someone has been here before."
"And there's more than one person."
He pointed to the dark ground where there were inconspicuous footprints.
"You and I think the same thing, except that the people standing here didn't block their way. Instead, they found a way to intimidate the people in the house, so that they were burned to death but dared not escape."
Li Cunxi looked down for a while and made a judgment.
Wu Yanhao nodded suddenly: "I think so too, but I don't understand how to threaten those people so that they dare not run away, or even shout for help."
"I don't know either. Let's wait and see. Maybe there are some clues."
The two continued walking along the wall and soon found footprints on the low wall and outside the window.
From the total number of footprints, it can be roughly determined that there are about ten people guarding outside the window.
They guarded every window and succeeded in preventing Huaiyi's male molesters, prostitutes, slaves, maids, and even bodyguards from uttering a cry for help.
The two of them went around in a circle and met Lu Dayou who was investigating from the other side.
"Have you found any clues?"
After Li Cunxi and Wu Yanhao finished talking about their discoveries, they couldn't wait to look at Lu Dayou.
Lu Dayou nodded and turned to point to the extension of the low wall in the back garden.
"In that corner, I saw footprints on both walls. Someone took advantage of the chaos after the fire started and jumped out from there."
"You have to know that after the fire started, the soldiers of Qianniu Guard and Zuo Jinwu Guard were all fighting the fire spontaneously. At that time, the situation was already chaotic. If they were careless, the criminals would have taken the opportunity to escape."
Wu Yanhao stroked his chin and asked doubtfully:
“Who on earth would do this?”
"And the one that was burned was the lair of that lecherous monk Huaiyi. Could it be that it was Huaiyi's enemy?"
At this moment, Li Cunxi suddenly said:
"Wait, Huaiyi's disappearance, is it possible that it has something to do with the fire here?"
"Otherwise, how do you explain that the people who took care of Huaiyi died, and Huaiyi disappeared?"
"Holy crap!" Wu Yanhao's eyes widened. "Cunxi, you're a fucking genius! You're right!"
"Yes, Huaiyi disappeared, and the people who took care of him are all dead. This fire was most likely set by bad guys... Their purpose is to kidnap Huaiyi!"
The three of them reached a consensus at the same time, all believing that Huaiyi had been kidnapped, and that the fire was set by the person who kidnapped Huaiyi.
Everything had a reasonable explanation, and Li Cunxi could rest assured and rearrange the security work of Hanguang Temple.
General Qiu Shenji of the Left Golden Guard brought a total of one thousand Left Golden Guards. A large number of soldiers gathered in the Hanguang Temple, with almost a guard post every three steps and a sentry every five steps.
At the same time, the victim Huaiyi had his head wrapped in black cloth and could not see the scene outside at all.
Bai Chen, the head of the eight guards of King Wei, took a bite of the roasted rabbit leg, and his mouth was full of oil.
"When will we kill this bald donkey?" The drunkard took two sips of wine and looked down at Bai Chen.