The officers from Fuya arrived in the time it took to have a cup of tea. They separated the crowd at the door and squeezed into Tingyu Room
"There are so many people here. How can investigate the case? All of you, except the shopkeeper and the waiter, go downstairs." The leader officer frowned, and the one behind him quickly pulled out the knife from his waist. "Go downstairs, go downstairs."
People always feared officials. Everyone went downstairs in a hurry at the officers' order. It was rare to see such a strange case, so they were unwilling to leave the restaurant. They crowded at the stairway and watched.
The shopkeeper whispered in the leader's ear. The leader trembled and asked in disbelief, "What did you say? The missing guests are..."
The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly, "Sir, this matter is very serious. We'd better report it to the county magistrate."
The leader nodded and ordered someone to do so.
He looked at the room for a while and frowned. "There is no trace of fighting and struggle in the room."
The shopkeeper's heart trembled slightly. "What should we do?"
The leader didn't respond. He walked around the room, looked at the table behind the bead curtain, lifted up the tablecloth on the table, and went under the table to have a look. After a while, he kicked out a brazier from under the table.
"It's spring now. Why do you still put the brazier in the private room?" The leader raised his head and looked at the waiter with a pale face.
The waiter quickly replied, "You know there was always a cold spell in late spring. Some guests said it was a little cold in the private room, so I brought the brazier into the room in case of need. I put the brazier under the table just because I was afraid that the guests would find it indecent."
The leader nodded and put his hand on the edge of the brazier with a frown. He looked at the brazier and said, "There are black burnt ashes in it, and I could sti
wonder she didn't see Qian Zhuo in Cangnan City these days. But since she had placed Qian Zhuo beside Luo Qingyan, Qian Zhuo should take orders from him. So she hadn't asked Luo Qingyan about Qian Zhuo. She didn't expected that she could see Qian Zhuo here.
Taking a look at Luo Qingyan, who was standing next to Yun Shang in silence, Qian Zhuo smiled and said, "His Highness asked me to do to some work in the village. Now all the people in the village has been bribed by me." I should have gone to Huaiyin City with Qian Qian, but His Highness said that Your Highness would come in two days and asked me to stay to serve you."
Yun Shang was very happy to see Qian Zhuo here. She nodded and asked, "How have you been these days?"
Qian Yin nodded and said with a smile, "Everything is fine. His Highness said there's no need for girls to fight in the battle, so he just arranged some simple tasks for me."
Yun Shang turned to look at Luo Qingyan with a smile, full of gratitude. She knew it was because of her that he took care of Qian Zhuo.
Seeing her looking at himself, Luo Qingyan smiled and said, "Why don't you go to the room to chat with each other? It will be tired standing here. Qian Zhuo, lead Her Highness into the room. I'll deal with something in the study and come back later."