Chapter 105 Whenever possible, I will go and confirm it myself
Chapter 105 Whenever possible, I will go and confirm it myself
When Jing Muyang arrived in Nan'an, Qingmu had already conducted several rounds of searches in the city. The killers seemed to have received the news and disappeared. Qingmu was sending people outside the city to track them down, and he would send people to check any place they were suspected to have been to.
"Aoki, any clues?"
"Your Highness, apart from this scroll, there are still no clues at the moment." Qingmu handed over the scroll.
Jing Muyang's hands shook when he took it and opened it. Although the woman in the painting was only 70% similar, he could be sure it was the one he had just met.
The Fourth Prince was also shocked when he saw this. With such a big movement, it seemed that the floating corpse might not be seen for the first time.
"Each of you take your men out to look for the princess immediately. You must find her!"
"Your Highness, news says that the killers once found Qingshui Town, and the plague in Qingshui Town was suddenly brought under control some time ago." Qingmu reminded.
"Send the letter immediately. I want to go to Qingshui Town!"
"Xiaojiu, you can't do that. Qingshui Ferry has been controlled by Nanbang now. You know how much the people of Nanbang want to kill you. If you go over there, won't you be walking into a trap?"
"Then I must go even more! Aoki, fix the book immediately and set off immediately!"
Jing Muyang, who had just got off the boat to meet Qingmu, turned around and went straight to the dock. He didn't want to wait for a moment, so the Fourth Prince had to follow him.
The group soon arrived at Qingshui Ferry, where the garrison was on high alert and refused to let them pass. Prince Nanbang's confidants arrived by barge.
"Your Highness, the War King, our Crown Prince said that the War King can enter Qingshui Town, but he can only bring one person with him, stay for a maximum of one day, and must not cause any trouble in Qingshui Town. If Your Highness can do this, our Crown Prince can also guarantee Your Highness's safety in Qingshui Town. It's up to Your Highness to agree or not."
"So your prince is in Qingshui Town?"
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince heard about the matter between Princess Zhan and Nan'an a few days ago. He estimated that Prince Zhan would come, and he had already made arrangements. Your Highness, Prince Zhan, you make the decision."
"Yes, the king agrees."
"Little Nine!"
"Fourth brother, I will take Qingmu over there, you command here, and I will leave Qingshan to you. If anything happens, you will be in charge of it later." Jing Muyang took out the war token from his body and handed it to him, "I have already told the army that this token can mobilize the entire Nan'an army."
"Xiaojiu, this is a trap. The first encounter may not be over there."
"If possible, I will go and confirm it myself!"
Jing Muyang turned around and took Qingmu without hesitation and boarded the boat from Nanbang and went to Qingshui Town.
The prefect of Qingshui Town received him, and Jing Muyang could go wherever he wanted as long as he didn't cause trouble.
The first place Jing Muyang went to was the clinic of the herbal medicine merchant. The shopkeeper said that it was the prescription that the boss brought back from Lingying Country. Jing Muyang checked the prescription and found that it was indeed the same prescription that Chu Jian had written.
There are still traces of disinfection in the city, all of which were brought back by the herbal medicine merchant from Lingyin National Academy.
There is nothing suspicious about this. After all, the prescription and the methods of prevention and disinfection are open to the public in Lingyin Country, so it is normal for him to learn them.
The second place he went to was the post station, to inquire about the letters that had been sent and received over the past month, to see if any of them had gone to the capital of Lingyin State, and where they were roughly going.
The record in the letter history of the post station was opened. Letters to foreign countries must be recorded in the book. There were many letters shown on it, but none of them was the address that Chu Jian might have written. Jing Muyang asked Qingmu to copy it down and go back to check the whereabouts of those letters.
The next step was to search all over the streets. He and Chu Jian had their own secret codes. If she had really been here, there might be some clues left.
"Your Majesty, this is not a good idea. We don't have that much time. Think about it, if the princess stays here, where is she most likely to go?"
"If she's injured, she'll go to the inn. If she needs a place to stay, she'll go to the inn. Let's look for her separately. You go to the inn, and I'll go to the inn."
The two separated, but they checked all the clinics and inns in Qingshui Town, but found no one who looked like Chu Jian, and no trace of her was found anywhere.
The day was about to end, and there was no clue. The two sat in the teahouse drinking tea, while people at the next table were talking about it.
"Have you heard that the War King of Lingyin Country has come to Qingshui Town?"
"I heard that he was wandering around looking for someone."
"Isn't he looking for a woman? Some time ago, a group of people were looking for her, but I don't know who they were looking for. It seems they didn't find her."
"You don't know this, right? It's to find Princess Zhan!"
"Didn't they say that Princess Zhan's clothes were torn and buried after she fell into the water? How did she find Qingshui Town?"
"I don't know. Maybe he suspected that it wasn't Princess Zhan."
"How is it possible? The War King didn't even recognize his wife's underwear? Or... there wasn't even any underwear left of the corpse? Hahaha, what a joke. After all, she was a princess, but she died in such an undignified way."
"You'd better shut up. Maybe the War King is nearby. He is a ghost-faced king of hell. Haven't you heard that he has caused chaos in the entire Lingyin Kingdom and almost pulled down the crown prince? I guess he is also a sinister person."
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"My Lord, it's almost time, let's go."
Aoki reminded him that the people next to him had been saying this all the time, and if he didn't want to cause trouble and spark conflicts between the two countries, he would definitely tear their mouths off.
Jing Muyang seemed not to hear anything as he rubbed the corners of the table with his fingertips. There was a very small square pattern engraved on each of the four corners of the table. In one of the squares, there seemed to be two dot-shaped marks deliberately made between the upper right corner and the middle of the left side by something. There was also a small horizontal line drawn on the outside of the left side of the square, and a long vertical line next to it.
"Aoki, does this look familiar to you?"
Qing Mu noticed it at this time, and immediately turned around and stood up, "Shopkeeper, has a girl from another place sat at this table in the past month? She is about this tall, with big eyes, and very beautiful..."
Aoki described it while gesturing.
"No, I don't remember. There are so many customers every day, who can remember one or two customers? Young man, I'm old, you're making it difficult for me!"
"The old man is useless. How could there be none? There are two. One is just as you described, very beautiful. The other looks like her maid. She drank tea here every day for more than a month."
"Have you really seen it?" Jing Muyang walked closer and grabbed him by the collar.
"I've seen... I've seen it, sir, please spare my life, spare my life!" The man who was so nonchalant just now was almost frightened to death by Jing Muyang's momentum.
"Tell me, how long did she stay here? Where did she go afterwards?"
"She stayed for about ten days, living in the clinic over there. She later left and no one knows where she went."
Jing Muyang threw him aside and ran straight to the clinic. The man was referring to the clinic of the herbal medicine merchant, which was the first place they went to.
As soon as Jing Muyang entered the clinic, he fiercely grabbed the owner's collar.
"I'll ask you again, more than a month ago, was there a girl from another place who saw a doctor in your clinic and is still staying here?!"
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