The Rebirth of the Prince: Starting from Not Being a Doglicker

"It can't be Su An." Zhou Qingyu shook his head, denying Tang Yan's statement.

"With his identity and status, why would he get involved with this group of evil cultivators?"

"You have just come into contact with evil cultivators and don't know much about them." Tang Yan looked at Zhou Qingyu and said earnestly.

"You think that evil cultivators are the mortal enemies of all cultivators, that they are rats in the gutter and only dare to hide in the dark."

"In fact, they are very powerful, with footprints all over the continent, and have interests with many dignitaries, noble families, and even famous monks."

"Not to mention the son of the Marquis of Shenwei, even the general of Zhaowu Palace, the titled general of Wuwei Camp, and even some high-ranking members of the royal family may have connections with evil cultivators."

"Some time ago, the Book found out that a general's wife in Zhaowu Palace bought an elixir made from a baby's placenta from an evil cultivator to replenish the innate power of her unborn child."

"Do you know how to obtain the placenta needed for that kind of elixir? The belly of a pregnant woman who is about to give birth needs to be cut open, the baby is used to refine the ghost baby, and the placenta is used to refine the medicine."

Zhou Qingyu was silent for a moment. She really didn't understand this aspect.

A few days ago, Tang Yan approached her and told her that she was chosen by the "Qin" in Haoran's weapon and invited her to join Haoran to deal with evil objects and evil cultivators together. As expected, she refused.

Zhou Qingyu is just a young lady from a wealthy family who is well protected by her father and grandfather.

Before that night, she had never seen any evil creatures or evil cultivators, and only had some vague impressions of these things. She had no interest in eliminating evil creatures and evil cultivators or saving the people.

But she didn't expect that those evil cultivators were so well-informed. As soon as Tang Yan had contact with her, the evil cultivators also learned the news and arranged an ambush.

She bought the Xuanyinqin not long ago at the largest musical instrument shop in the capital. She fell in love with this seven-stringed qin at first sight because of its beautiful and elegant appearance and fine craftsmanship.

But she didn't know that this zither was the Xuanyin zither among Haoran's instruments.

She had only played the Xuanyinqin in a few places including the Zhou Mansion, and not many people had seen it.

"Ms. Zhou, when a case reaches a stalemate, we often identify the suspect based on the ultimate beneficiary of the case."

"And the beneficiary of this ambush is Su An."

"As far as I know, Su An originally had no friendship with you, and he even had a conflict with you over something.

"Su An has been in frequent contact with you during this period, contrary to his usual behavior."

"Based on Su An's behavior, we can be sure of one thing, that is, he intends to make friends with you and the Zhou family behind you."

"After this ambush, he has undoubtedly achieved his goal and has earned the gratitude of the Zhou family and you. The Zhou family and you owe him a big favor."

"So we have reason to suspect that this ambush was related to Su An."

"It's unlikely that he is an evil cultivator, because he has no intention of killing you. Perhaps he just knows an evil cultivator and has a relationship of interest with him."

"He passed the news that you had the Xuanyinqin to Dark Shadow, using the evil cultivator to create an ambush and a chance to rescue you."

"In the capital, no matter how strong the Shadow's power is, it is not as strong as the Divine Might Marquisate. He is confident enough to control the situation."

"This also explains why Su An saved you at the most critical moment."

Zhou Qingyu frowned, "During this period, I have not shown the Xuanyinqin to him, so he won't know about this."

"Moreover, Su An only apologized to me for his rude behavior at that time, and he had no intention of interacting with me again afterwards. I went to the Shenwei Marquis Mansion only at the invitation of a good friend of mine."

"Then have you ever thought that Miss Wang might have been instructed by Su An to act as a middleman and create an opportunity for you to come into contact with him?"

Zhou Qingyu curled his lips and said nothing.

"Su An is just our key suspect." Tang Yan said.

"We have no evidence to prove that Su An was definitely involved in this ambush."

"What I said above is not to convict the son of the Marquis of Shenwei, but a logical speculation based on the information we know so far."

"Another key suspect is your senior brother Guo Pu."

Zhou Qingyu frowned. She felt nauseous when she heard this person's name.

Because Guo Pu left Zhou Qingyu and three others behind as a cover and escaped alone.

He has now become an object of contempt in the Zhou Mansion, and no one regards him as a disciple of Grand Secretary Zhou anymore.

During this period, Guo Pu was placed under house arrest in Zhou's mansion by Zhou Wenruo. Every day, the evil-suppressing envoy would take him to the evil-suppressing office and lock him in a small dark room for interrogation.

In fact, on the first day, Tang Yan had a colleague who went to the Marquis' Mansion and wanted to take Su An back to the yamen to cooperate with the investigation.

Those who didn't go through were beaten up by Su Wan and her men and sent back to the garrison.

Later, they proposed to ask Su An some questions in the Marquis' Mansion, but Su Wan refused.

The reason Su Wan gave was that the admissions examination for the Palace of Literature would be held in a few days, and Su An needed to concentrate on his studies and could not be disturbed.

Tang Yan said, "Our suspicion of Guo Pu is based on the fact that he was the initiator of this trip and one of the few survivors of the ambush."

"According to our interrogation of Guo Pu over the past few days, he admitted that he had always admired you, and because of what Su An did to you, he was hostile to Su An."

"During this period, you and Miss Wang have been frequently in and out of the Shenwei Marquis's Mansion, which has caused him to feel uneasy and jealous. He wants to improve his relationship with you, so he invited you to go to Xiangji Temple together."

"At present, it is quite possible that Guo Pu is related to this group of evil cultivators, but he should not be the one who planned this ambush."

"He didn't choose to attack and kill you at the time, but fled in panic. This shows that he thought this group of evil cultivators posed a threat to his life at the time."

"Our conclusion tends to be that Guo Pu has a certain possibility of knowing this group of evil cultivators, but he didn't know they were evil cultivators."

"He may have accidentally revealed your whereabouts to others, or you may have information about the Xuanyinqin."

"We are investigating Guo Pu's interpersonal relationships and have discovered that he has a close relationship with the Second Prince and has close contacts with many people in the Second Prince's camp."

"He intends to stand on the side of the Second Prince and help him win the throne."

"He even wanted to bring the Zhou family to join the Second Prince's camp, but he is only a disciple of Grand Secretary Zhou. He is not important enough to represent the Zhou family."

"If the news of your going to Xiangji Temple was leaked by Guo Pu, then those who were on good terms with him were most likely evil cultivators or had close ties with evil cultivators."

“This is the result of our investigation in the past few days.”