C101

When they were almost back at the Prince Qi Manor, Chu Yixuan suddenly stopped the carriage: "Turn around and leave the city."

Lu Ming was startled, "Where is the Prince going?"

"The forest where the abandoned crown prince was stabbed."

"Your Highness wants to go to the forest?"

Lu Ming was completely confused. The abandoned crown prince had just been assassinated, so everyone must be casting suspicious gazes at the Duke. Why is the Duke not hiding from the rumors and still going to the Yang Forest? Why would the prince go to the poplar forest?

Although he had his suspicions, Lu Ming would not disobey Chu Yixuan's orders, so he ordered the carriage driver to turn around. Along the way, Chu Yixuan was still silent. Lu Ming looked at Chu Yixuan, and could not help but ask curiously: "Does Your Highness want to check if there are any clues left behind by the murderer in the forest?"

Chu Yixuan shook his head: "Even if the culprits leave behind any traces, how can we prove their identity?"

That's true!

Lu Ming could not ask anymore, so he cleared his throat and lowered his head.

The horse carriage rushed out of the Ji City, with many horses galloping past. Lu Ming lifted the curtain to take a look, "It's from the Justice Division."

Chu Yixuan nodded his head: "With such a big thing happening, Royal Father will definitely send people to check on it."

Lu Ming was relieved of a heavy burden: "Alright, since someone from Seven Treasures Division is here, they won't be able to hold us back."

He was worried that others would think that they had come to the scene to destroy the evidence!

In the Yang Forest where Chu Yizhao met with mishap, there were Justice Division constables everywhere. Seeing Chu Yixuan, the constable Song Hu came over to salute him: "Constable Song Hu greets His Highness Prince Qi!"

Chu Yixuan nodded: "How is it? Have you found any clues? "

Song Hu spoke without leaving a trace, "It has been too cold recently. There are few signs of human life in this forest. The only obvious thing is the traces of a fight in the forest. It shouldn't be difficult to find some clues."

"Of course not!" Lu Ming said, "If there is someone who is purposely looking around and framing us, they will definitely leave you with clear evidence!"

"Sigh!" Chu Yixuan stopped Lu Ming's words and reprimanded him, "Even if we find any evidence, Constable Song and all the lords in Justice Division will be able to see through it and punish him fairly, there is no need to worry so much."

Lu Ming lowered his head, and replied in a low voice, "Yes."

Song Hu looked at Lu Ming, then looked at Chu Yixuan and cupped his hands and said: "This case involves the previous crown prince, and also concerns the innocence of the imperial family. The Justice Division will definitely investigate the truth, and his majesty will definitely make a fair decision.

Chu Yixuan nodded, "This king does not need to worry at all."

Song Hu turned around and looked at his subordinates who were focused on searching for evidence, and smiled at Chu Yixuan: "Prince, if you want to see anything, feel free to do so."

Chu Yixuan said: "This king will just follow Constable Song and see."

Just as Song Hu was about to speak, a subordinate ran over with an orange cloth in his hand. "Constable Song, a piece of cloth was found at the scene of the battle!"

Song Hu immediately took it and frowned, "This looks like it was torn from a woman's dress, put it away and use it as an appraisal." Other than that, what other discoveries have you made? "

The subordinate said, "There is some snow sand on this piece of cloth. Inside the snow sand, there is some red powder. In the area with the most concentrated traces of fighting, there is also this red powder that is similar to cinnabar on the ground. "

"Cinnabar?" Song Hu frowned, "Collect the red powder and bring it back to be appraised."

"Yes."

The constables fled away again, crouching to the ground to collect the powder in the snow and sand.

Lu Ming looked at the piece of cloth in Song Hu's hand, and the more he looked, the more familiar it seemed. Then, he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, was that a piece of cloth with sleeves or the edge of a skirt? The cloud dragon pattern embroidered with golden threads... It was very much like the clothes the princess was wearing when she left the palace!

Lu Ming remembered clearly that the prince had improved the treatment of his wife only when she was revived. After that, the prince's attitude towards her had really changed, not only did he give her the appropriate amount of clothes she should have received in the past two years, he even arranged several sets of beautiful clothes for her. Those clothes were of excellent quality and new styles, and the edges of the clothes were all embroidered with golden threads that had the pattern of clouds and dragons, which were unique within the Duke Palaces, so it was not just Lu Ming who remembered them, everyone in the Duke Palaces should have a deep impression of her!

Lu Ming turned to look at Chu Yixuan, but Chu Yixuan remained calm and did not have any expression.

Lu Ming quickly said: "Looking at the quality of this cloth, could it be that it was left behind by the princess consort and the others?"

Song Hu replied, "That's a possibility."

Lu Ming was shocked, "I wonder if the princess consort and the others are doing well?"

Song Hu said: "We will follow His Majesty's orders. A part of the Justice Division has already caught up with the crown prince.

Chu Yixuan nodded: "That's good."

Song Hu turned his head to look at his subordinates, cupped his fists and said: "I shall not accompany you for a moment, if Your Highness needs anything, please instruct me."

Chu Yixuan waved his hands: "Okay, go ahead!"

Song Hu was not by his side, Chu Yixuan looked at the forest and headed back.

Lu Ming quickly followed behind: "What did Your Highness discover?"

Chu Yixuan had indeed discovered something.

He discovered that in this large forest of trees, other than the battleground, every tree was covered in snow. However, the snow on the tree had almost all disappeared, except for a single tree not too far away. It was obvious that someone had stopped there.

Following Chu Yixuan's gaze, Lu Ming also noticed that the tree was abnormal. He immediately rose into the air and flew towards the tree.

There were no footprints under the tree, but there were neat scratches on the surface of the snow. It was obvious that someone had deliberately swept away the snow and erased the footprints.

Lu Ming jumped onto the tree again and carefully checked the branches. He lightly pinched something, and his expression was startled.

Beneath the tree, Chu Yixuan had stopped in his tracks. What did you find? "

"Yes!"

Lu Ming jumped down the tree, pointed at the tree branch on his finger, and said softly: "Someone had stayed on this tree before, and had even used the branch as a bow, pulling it with great force once."

Chu Yixuan frowned slightly, "How can you tell?"

Lu Ming pointed to the roots of the branch. "From here, you can see traces of the branches moving, and after the branches move, the snow on the branches fall. The last bit of snow and sand that falls after the branches bounce back is concentrated in this groove. "There is a thread of orange silk on the branch. Someone must have wrapped it with that piece of sand and shot it out. As a result, a piece of silk was cut open and left on the branch."

With that, Lu Ming placed the orange-yellow silk threads into Chu Yixuan's hands.

Lu Ming had already explained everything clearly, Chu Yixuan thought about the situation, his face becoming gloomy.

Lu Ming looked at Chu Yixuan, and asked softly: "That piece of sleeve just now, does Your Highness feel that it's familiar?"

Of course, Chu Yixuan understood what Lu Ming was saying, but he still remained silent, silently staring at the silk in his hands, and slowly held it in his hands.

Of course, he had a reason for suddenly changing his mind about coming to this forest.

Because, when he was almost back to the Duke Palaces, he suddenly thought of how he was saved by three mysterious people when abandoned crown prince was stabbed. That news said, saving one of the abandoned crown prince's women had defeated all the assassins with poison.

Use poison! — He thought of Qi Yu.

~ Could it be that Qi Yu is not dead? The information he got was not true?

Lu Ming also immediately thought of this, and said in shock, "Could it be …"

Chu Yixuan held onto the silk tightly, although it was as if he was holding onto air. That broken piece was something that even Lu Ming found familiar, so how could he not feel astonished about it?

He personally picked out those few sets of clothes for Qi Yu, because he felt that Xu Rouzhi could be considered to have changed into a carp turning into a dragon by then. — — She had indeed changed a lot, but it was just that he did not think at that time that the person who had died and reincarnated was no longer Xu Rouzhi, but a brand-new woman.

"Did Xu’s Medical Center find her body or not?" Chu Yixuan asked.

Regarding Xu Rouzhi's death, even Mou Qing was not too sure, and Lu Ming was even more vague. No one knew how Xu Rouzhi died, or where she died. However, everyone was certain that she was dead. He could not help but suspect that she was.

In the end, he still had doubts about whether he lived or died.

He didn't believe she was dead.

Su Leyao was no match for her, she could definitely think of a way to escape from Su Leyao's grasp, how could she possibly die just like that?

Being once again asked this question, Lu Ming lowered his head. "Back then, Your Highness was heavily injured and he was still unconscious. His Highness was afraid that Your Highness would be provoked, so he did not reveal anything to this subordinate. In the end, this subordinate was still suspicious and asked Mou Qing. Mou Qing said, he saw the Masked Man chopping down the wangfei, then Mou Qing and his subordinates were buried under the ground of the infirmary, unconscious. "Later on, someone found countless corpses in the ruins of the infirmary …"

It was just that!

So what if they found countless corpses, no one would be able to recognize which one was Qi Yu's corpse.

At this moment, Chu Yixuan was even more certain that Qi Yu was definitely not dead. Not only was she not dead, she was also within the Ji City, and she was also very active!

She was actually involved in the matters of the abandoned crown prince … She actually came to save Chu Yizhao?

She was still alive, but she hadn't come back to find him!

Could it be that she really was going to break off with him, and that she was going to part ways with him?

Had she never believed in him at all, had she really decided to stand by his side? Then, at that time, when she agreed to share life and death with him, was it only to deal with him?

Did she really think that she was a member of the Eastern Palace Clan, so when she saw Chu Yizhao being crippled, she thought that he was not a good person and thought that Chu Yizhao had been harmed by him?

"Go back." Chu Yixuan said as he turned and walked back to his carriage.

He just wanted to find her and find out where she was!

And, who were the other two people who came with her to save Chu Yizhao?

One of them might be Bi Su, but what about the other one? Who else could help her chase away the assassin and save Chu Yizhao?