Chapter 333: Is There Trouble?

After Zhao Su left the palace, she couldn’t wait to return to her residence.

The reason for the murder of the eldest princess was sufficient in her opinion, because her existence directly affected the interests of a certain part of the population, of course Empress Dowager Lu’s influence was even greater, but she was the empress dowager, there was no way that no one would dare to put their hands on her, or perhaps it could be said that she had the aura of a female dominant in the original story. So the fact that the dynasty has changed after the end of the text also seems to support this, as the aura of a great heroine has failed!

But thus she had a bold hypothesis, if the presumption of the cause of death of the Eldest Princess’s murder was valid, then were the series of things that happened after the Emperor ascended to the throne related to this murder? After the murder of the Eldest Princess, was the dust really settled thereafter? Were the subordinates who followed the Princess willingly? And did the murderer’s side stop taking precautions?

Zhao Su felt that even if the man in the theater has no direct relationship with the Princess, there is more or less some empathy with the past, this point of clues can not be let go.

She told Yun Xiangyi about this idea, then asked Hua Huanyong to find Luo Yi, and turned to Yun Xiangyi and said, “Don’t you know how to draw? Draw that lookalike, Luo Yi has someone, let him take it and look for it in the streets.”

Luo Yi was already obedient to Zhao Su and rushed to the Marquis Mansion after receiving the message from Hua Huanyong.

On the other hand, the people following Luo Yi watched him enter the Marquis Qingyun’s mansion, and then turned their heads to enter the streets and return to the Marquis Weiyuan’s mansion.

Huo Zhengshi was receiving Marquis Jingnan in the garden.

After a round of intensive socializing, the Huo siblings have also been idle during this time, and the case hanging in their hands has begun to work on it with Marquis Jingnan.

“What you and I said before, you can first start from the relevant personnel in the dynasty to start investigating, I do not know how you consider it?”

Marquis Jingnan stopped in front of the parrot rack under the porch, stretching his fingers to tease the birds on the rack, asking on the other side.

Huo Xiu stops beside him, “If you want to investigate, from whom should you start?”

“Naturally, it starts with those who have a grudge.” Marquis Jingnan looks at him, “After Your Highness’ sacrifice, who did she ever get involved with, I’m sure the old marquis told you about it when he was alive.”

Huo Xiu braces his hands on the handrail, “When my mother was alive, she never had any grudges against anyone, and as far as I know, she had no enemies. As far as I know, she didn’t have any enemies. My father didn’t tell me about it either. Besides, if we make such a big fuss about it, won’t it offend people too? I Huo Xiu rely on the shade of ancestors, to be ranked as a minister of the first grade, according to the seniority is the younger generation, how can I speculate on the merits of the ministers out of thin air?”

Marquis Jingnan took his hand back: “Then how do you start?”

“I intend to issue a reward notice.”

“Reward?”

Huo Xiu nodded and picked up the food bowl on the side, “I intend to offer a reward of two thousand taels of silver, begging for the armor to return to me. As long as the item returns, it won’t be too late for the case to be investigated again. Moreover, as long as something can be returned, there will always be traces left behind. This is much better than our needle-in-a-haystack search.”

He plucked up a few grains and threw them into the food bowl on the bird rack, causing the colorful birds on the rack to flutter their wings and come over.

Marquis Jingnan looked at the birds pecking, negative hands: “But after this person stole the armor, so far there is no movement, if he is looking for money, shouldn’t he have come to the door earlier?”

“If not, then at least we can be sure that he has another reason. After eliminating this possibility, the scope is narrowed down.”

Huo Xiu says as he throws a few more grains of rice onto the parrot’s plate and turns around with the food bowl, “In truth, I don’t think it’s our Huo family’s enemy.”

“Why?”

Huo Xiu puts the food bowl down and slowly says, “In this world, enemies are not the only ones with motives to commit crimes.”

Marquis Jingnan pauses at his words, and the porch seems to quiet down.

“Marquis.”

The guards who walk outside the stone path break the silence.

Huo Xiu Dao: “Come in.”

The guard walks up to him and says a few words to him with his ear.

Marquis Jingnan sees Huo Xiu’s face grow heavy, and can’t help but speak out, “Could it be that you have some news?”

Huo Xiu paused for a moment, then said, “Does Uncle Yu know Luo Zeng?”

Marquis Jingnan’s gaze was obscure, “Zhaoyi General Luo Zeng. How?”

“His son Luo Yi, on the night of the incident at the pier, his whereabouts were unknown. Later, according to the people at the pier, the person who was tracked that night was extremely similar to Luo Yi.”

“Are you saying that Luo Yi is suspected of committing the crime?”

“Didn’t Uncle Yu say he wanted to investigate?”

Marquis Jingnan’s eyes flickered, “The Luo family and your father do have a history of trouble.”

“Just now the guards found out that Luo Yi is holding a portrait of a person he is secretly visiting.”

“What portrait?”

Huo Xiu looks at the guard. The guard replies, “I haven’t seen the face on the portrait yet, but I can still tell it’s a portrait from a distance.”

Marquis Jingnan nods, “Then it seems there is something fishy going on.”

“If I go directly to the door, I’ll be offended if I have no proof. If I send someone to the door, it will be easy for people to find out. Can you help me, Uncle Yu?”

“I’ve been ordered to do this, so I should do so.”

Huo Xiu extends his hand to thank him and leads him inside: “Have some tea in the house and talk about it.”

Marquis Jingnan looks at his back as he crosses the door, his gaze vaguely deep.

……

Mrs. Jingnan Marquis in the room to see her daughter do needlework.

The pillowcase embroidered with peonies on the screen is fine, the color scheme is pleasing to the eye, and the flowers are gorgeous and vivid. Mrs. Marquis Jingnan held it and looked at it again and again, nodded and said, “Recently, you have made great progress, and Sister Tong may not be stronger than you.” After saying this, she lifted her head: “These days, the county princess has less entertainment, you didn’t go to ask her out?”

Mentioning this, Yu Qingyi hid the smile on her face, “I also gave the county princess a post, and also sent food to the county princess, but the county princess did not respond to my invitation, and only said that she has not yet been able to find the time. For the things I sent, I also returned the gift. In short, it makes it impossible for people to pick out that her manners are wrong, but there is also no chance of friendship.”

“This county princess is only in her teens, how is she so city-like?”

Lady Marquis Jingnan also frowned upon hearing this.

Yu Qingyi said dismally, “The county princess was raised in front of the empress dowager, how could she not even have this much city spirit.”

Lady Marquis Jingnan froze, then sighed, “That’s true.” After thinking about it, she said, “Your father has had a lot of contact with the Marquis of Weiyuan in the past few days, so I’ll ask around to see if he’s changed his mind.”

Yu Qing Yi nodded.

When Marquis Jingnan came back at night, Mrs. Jingnan waited for him to change his clothes and saw that his face was as normal, so she did mention Marquis Wei Yuan. “Qinglian and her siblings have only just returned to the capital, your lordship should invite them into the residence more often. It’s not a waste of friendship.”

Marquis Jingnan murmured, not really listening.

Mrs. Jingnan Marquis then asked again, “It would be good to invite the county princess to come and sit in the mansion.”

“Isn’t that the business of your ladies?”

Mrs. Marquis Jingnan choked. After glancing at her husband again, she realizes that his brows have knitted up at some point, and knowing that he always has this attitude when he has something on his mind, she becomes concerned: “How is the Huo family case going? Is there any trouble?”