The princess ran away again

After leaving the restaurant for a long distance, Chu Zhaocai paused, turned to look at Ning Yuyao who was in deep thought, and asked in a low voice, "How credible do you think the scholar's words are?"

"I've seen Qian Bao's domineering and domineering appearance in Fengyue Tower, maybe six to seven points." Ning Yuyao paused and continued, "It's just that Guan Pan'er can't figure out what's going on in Fengyue Tower. After one incident, no one from the Qian Mansion came out afterwards, maybe she was involved in it. I believe that marrying into the Sheriff's Mansion is true, but is she really greedy for glory and wealth? Not necessarily."

"En." Chu Zhao nodded, agreeing with Ning Yuyao.Thoughts moved, but the footsteps did not move a bit, but blinked and looked at Ning Yuyao, with a bit of hesitation on his face.

"Just say what you have in mind, this hesitant look makes me angry!" Ning Yuyao gave Chu Zhao a gouged look, although she said that the past is gone, but there are still some things left in her mind of the image.Isn't she, Chu Zhao, a willful and unrestrained master?Why are you timid now, do you have such arbitrariness?

Chu Zhao responded, "I want to go to Fengyue Tower again and ask Miss Pan'er for details."

Ning Yuyao nodded and said, "That's exactly what I mean." The scholar in the restaurant said most of the incidents, but when he mentioned Guan Pan'er, he always had a bit of contempt.

It's just a coincidence that when Chu and Zhao arrived at Fengyue Tower, they heard the news that Guan Pan'er and the county magistrate were going to visit the lake.The old bustard also recognized them, wishing she could pay them money to invite them out, for fear of causing trouble in this building. "If Miss Pan'er is back, please report to an inn here." Chu Zhao ordered, and the bustard naturally nodded in haste to see off the guest.

Ning Yuyao frowned: "No one is here."

"En." Chu Zhao thought for a moment, and then said, "Go to Zhao Xingzhou's house and ask."

Today's Zhao Xingzhou is the topic of conversation in Youyang, and after a little inquiring, he knows where he lives.In the west of Youyang City, there is an alley called a back alley. The narrow road is full of discarded melons and fruits, exuding a rotten smell.From time to time, there are mice running around on the street, and the cat that pops up suddenly with a pair of green eyes is even more breathtaking.

Zhao Xingzhou's house is at the end of the alley, and the old door is affixed with mahogany charms, which are half open and half closed.Chu Zhao knocked on the door for a while, but there was no movement inside.Instead, an eight or nine-year-old boy emerged from the other end, holding a windmill in his hand, looking at Chu Zhao and the others curiously. "Grandma Zhao is dead, brother Zhao was taken away by the officials, and there is no one here." The child was very clever, and immediately saw Chu Zhao's intentions.

Chu Zhao knelt down and asked with a smile, "Brother Zhao? Are you familiar with him?"

"Of course, he taught me to read and write, and I—" Hearing footsteps, the little boy's face immediately showed a trace of panic, he waved his hands quickly, and said repeatedly, "I don't know who Zhao is. Where's the big brother!" He turned his head and ran into the yard as he spoke.After a long while, a head poked out from the door next door. He glanced at Chu Zhao and the others in panic, and immediately shrank back.

Ning Yuyao frowned, and said displeasedly: "Is Zhao Xingzhou so scary?"

Chu Zhao sighed, and said leisurely, "It's not Zhao Xingzhou that's scary, but the people behind it. Let's go to another house and ask. You can always know something in the same alley." However, the people in this alley Hearing the name of "Zhao Xingzhou", it was like a tiger wolf coming to the door, with a look of fear on his face.Could it be that anyone who was willing to talk about Zhao Xingzhou was vague and shook his head and sighed.

Ning Yuyao whispered: "If it is really a villain, Zhao Xingzhou's neighbors should be filled with righteous indignation instead of being so panicked. Zhao Xingzhou really has grievances. What should we do next? Wait for Guan Pan'er to come to the inn to find us?"

Chu Zhao frowned and said, "Just now an old man mentioned that after Zhao Xingzhou's accident, his neighbor's family also moved away inexplicably, saying that he didn't want to live in the same street with the mother-killing villain."

Ning Yuyao didn't think of this, she raised her eyebrows and said, "You mean this neighbor is weird?"

Chu Zhao nodded and said, "Yes."

Ning Yuyao sighed and said, "But we don't know the neighbor's name and where he moved to. How should we investigate?"

"Remember it first." Chu Zhao rubbed his forehead and said again, "I want to visit Mrs. Zhao's tomb."

According to the words of Zhao Xingzhou's neighbors, Mrs. Zhao was poisoned to death, and then someone from the government came to the door and took Zhao Xingzhou away, saying that he killed his mother ruthlessly, an unforgivable crime.The old lady's body was buried with the help of the neighbor who moved away.Judging from the old man's conversation, the old lady had a good relationship with the neighbor, and there were quite a few walks between them.

Zhao Xingzhou's family was poor, so he couldn't pick a place with good geomantic omen.The old lady was hastily buried on a hill outside the city.It's just that she is much luckier than the lonely ghosts in the chaotic graves.In just a few days, the head-on wind brought the coolness of autumn, half of the weeds on the mountain withered, and it looked desolate.Chu Zhao didn't expect to meet a familiar person here, and after a moment of daze, he felt a kind of joy that "it didn't take much effort to get here".

"Didn't she go swimming in the lake? Why do you care?" Ning Yuyao was puzzled, she leaned into Chu Zhao's ear and lowered her voice.

Chu Zhao responded, "Maybe the madam is deceiving us, or maybe she's looking for a chance to come out."

Guan Pan'er also saw two figures appearing on the cold and silent hill, she frowned, and subconsciously wanted to avoid them, but unexpectedly, the two came face to face, making it impossible for her to avoid them.He could only restrain the emotions in his heart, and looked at Chu Zhao and the two coldly.

"Old Mrs. Zhao is buried on this mountain." Chu Zhao had an indifferent smile on her lips, and seeing that Guan Pan'er had no desire to talk to her, she said again, "I heard that the old lady disliked Zhao Xingzhou being with you the most during her lifetime. .”

Being poked into something sad, Guan Pan'er's eye sockets turned red immediately, and her pale cheeks lost blood.Zhao Xingzhou's misfortune had nothing to do with her, which made her even more indignant and miserable. "You—" trembling lips, tears streaming down first.

Ning Yuyao asked: "Don't you want to reverse the case for Zhao Xingzhou?"

Guan Pan'er bit her lower lip and did not answer, she had already made a decision in her heart, if she could save Zhao Xingzhou with her humble life, then it would be worthwhile for them to meet again.

"You want to compromise? Let Qian Bao release the prisoner?" Chu Zhao saw through her thoughts at a glance, and said softly, "Miss Pan'er, you are so naive, you thought Qian Bao would really let Zhao Xingzhou go When the time comes, he will get you and order Zhao Xingzhou to be poisoned, what can you do? Assassinate Qian Bao to avenge Zhao Xingzhou? This behavior is just a sacrifice in vain."

Guan Pan'er had heard a lot of similar advice, she raised her eyes suddenly, and said in despair: "What can I do? It is the greatest misfortune to fall into the prostitution, but God wants to treat me like this. I am a meager person. With the power, how can I fight against the people of the Qian family? What else can I contribute besides myself?"

Chu Zhao said calmly, "I can help you."

"Ha!" Guan Pan'er smiled sadly, obviously not believing this kind of rhetoric.She asked, "What about the conditions?"

"No need." Chu Zhao glanced at Guan Pan'er, saw her disbelief, and said, "I don't like your beauty, is there anything in you that I can try for?"

Guan Pan'er has never been so disgusted by others, who in Youyang City does not praise her for her beauty?Dazed for a while, his eyes lingered on Chu Zhao and Ning Yuyao. The two "gentlemen" were like pearls, like the sun and the moon, with outstanding demeanor, and they really didn't look up to the prostitutes in the small town on her side.Guan Pan'er calmed down, and said coldly: "Who knows if you will assassinate Mr. Zhao."

Ning Yuyao felt a little impatient for being so ignorant.It's just that seeing Guan Pan'er's sad expression gave birth to a touch of pity.She said: "We are envoys from Beijing Central. Rather than helping Zhao Xingzhou, we are here to investigate unjust cases in various places, and to seek justice." Then she took out a token and showed it in front of Guan Pan'er.

How does Guan Pan'er know what this token means?Seeing Ning Yuyao like this, I already believed it more than half.Tears welled up in her eyes again, she choked up and said, "If the two of you can rescue Mr. Zhao, the little girl is willing to be an ox and a horse!"

Ning Yuyao waved her hand and said, "No need. You just need to tell the truth and give us some clues."

Guan Pan'er snorted softly, and then told Chu Zhao what he knew.Like the scholar in the restaurant, she firmly believed that Zhao Xingzhou would not do such a thing, and she was only tortured into tricks in prison. "Some things were revealed by Mr. Qian after drinking, but I don't have any evidence."

"Yeah." Chu Zhao nodded and asked, "What friends does Zhao Xingzhou have?"

"There are not many people who interact with him. The people who often go to Fengyue Tower together are him, Wang Niansun and Zhong Jie. Wang Niansun is the most impatient to see me, and Zhong Jie, he, he—" Guan Paner paused, consciously Unspeakable.

Chu Zhao's eyes froze, and he asked, "How is he?"

Guan Pan'er said: "He seems to be a gentleman, but secretly he has a lot of hands and feet. Once he took advantage of drinking to lighten me and said some vulgar and unsavory words. I saw that Mr. Zhao has a very close friendship with him, so I went to see him. I didn't mention this matter, for fear of ruining their relationship." After a pause, Guan Pan'er added, "Zhong Jie and Mr. Zhao are classmates, and there are many contacts between the two families, but a few days ago, Zhong Jie Moved away, he thinks Mr. Zhao is guilty."

"Oh?" Zhong Jie is Zhao Xingzhou's neighbor, it seems that Guan Pan'er knows a lot.Chu Zhao asked, "Where does he live now? Have you seen him?"

"I don't know where he lives." Guan Pan'er shook his head, "But he sometimes goes to Fengyue Tower for drinks, and I see him questioning Mr. Zhao, so I seldom interact with him."