Zu An rushed to the outskirts of the city with a group of embroidered messengers, and searched for Xinrui's mother and brother according to the address recorded by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
These embroidered messengers didn't look like he had just arrived in the capital. They were very familiar with the streets and alleys of the capital.
It didn't take long to find a yard.
The embroidered messengers were professionally divided into several teams. One team went around to guard the back door of the courtyard, one team occupied the surrounding commanding heights to monitor the surroundings, and one team guarded each alley entrance.
The remaining people just knocked on the front door, knocked several times but got no response, then kicked the door open, and a group of people rushed in fiercely.
Zu An slowly walked in. Now that he didn't have to do the search himself, he had more time to look around carefully.
Seeing the scene in the yard, he secretly sighed, it was probably too late.
As expected, someone soon came to report: "Eleven men, we haven't found the target. Judging from the scene inside, no one has lived there for several days."
Zu An nodded: "dig up the yard to see if there are any bodies or anything like that, and also go to the neighbors' houses to see if there are any clues."
A group of people quickly divided up the work and the yard was plowed three feet in the blink of an eye. The practitioners plowed the land much faster than ordinary people.
Unfortunately nothing was found.
Just then, someone brought an old woman back: "Master Eleven, she was sneaking around and looking this way just now."
The old woman waved her hands hurriedly: "It's unfair. I'm just curious about what happened to the Hua family. She's definitely not a bad person. The damn Hua family woman is really a harmful person."
"Hua family?" Zu An remembered Xinrui's real name was Hua before he entered the palace. When he heard the old woman in front of him yelling, he asked, "Do you have any grudge against this family?"
The old woman's face changed: "There is no grudge, no grudge. How could I have grudge against them?"
How dare she get involved in this situation now? What if this family was killed, what if she said she had a grudge and was used as a scapegoat by these officials.
Zu An said coldly: "If it's not true, I'll take him back and torture him severely."
The old woman was so frightened that her whole body went weak, and she hurriedly said: "I said, I said, I really don't have any grudge against their family, but I just can't bear to see them idle around and living a better life than us."
"Idle?" Zu An frowned.
"Yes," the old woman said hurriedly for fear that he would not believe it, "their family moved here three years ago. At the beginning, there were only the eldest sister of the Hua family and her son. That son of hers, oh, what a mess.
She spends her days idle, and when she doesn't do anything serious, she will ask her mother for money to go out and gamble. I saw that Sister Hua was a little pitiful, so I helped her get a job sewing and mending clothes for wealthy families, but they could barely make ends meet."
"But later I found out that her daughter was an errand in the palace, and her daughter even saved up money to buy this house for them. Oh, it would be great if I had such a promising daughter."
"However, the eldest sister of the Hua family has been doing her job and continuing to mend clothes to support the family."
…
Hearing that she kept talking about nothing, Zu An interrupted displeasedly: "From what you said, you should have a good relationship. Why were you so resentful just now?"
"Huh, people change," the old woman said bitterly. "One day she suddenly stopped doing that job. I was originally curious about how they lived. Her daughter worked as an errand in the palace, but they, outsiders, bought this house.
I have almost spent all my savings, so I probably don’t have any spare money.”
"But not only did their lives not become more difficult, the eldest sister of the Hua family started wearing gold and silver. Tsk tsk tsk, my boss and I have worked hard all our lives to buy those jewelry." The old woman's tone was full of jealousy, "She
It is said that the daughter was appreciated by the nobles in the palace, but I think she probably stole things from the palace secretly. Isn't this a crime now?"
Zu An frowned: "Just like this, you are just gloating about others' misfortunes?"
"I won't be so angry just because of this." The old woman's eyes were full of resentment. "Isn't my son reaching the age of getting married? I have found a daughter-in-law for him, but it's a pity that I don't have the gift money. I thought about finding one first.
I borrowed some money from the Hua family, but who would have thought that the woman actually rejected me without hesitation and said that her daughter would not be easy either. Damn, if I hadn't found out later that she was also looking for a wife for that idle son, I would have really believed it.
Already."
Zu An was speechless for a while: "It's understandable if you want to leave your own money to your son."
The old woman was anxious: "But they were so poor when they first came to the capital. If I hadn't helped them, they would have starved to death. But now that I need help, she turned her back and refused to recognize anyone. You know what she wears on weekdays.
Just pawn any piece of gold and silver jewelry you want and you can lend it to me."
Hearing her various complaints, a typical native of the capital became unbalanced when seeing a family of outsiders who were originally inferior to her suddenly become prosperous.
Zu An didn't have time to worry about the family feud between them: "When was the last time you saw them?"
The old woman replied: "About half a month ago."
"Did they leave on their own or were they taken away?" Zu An asked.
"I don't know about this," the old woman shook her head.
"Did anything unusual happen here during that time?" Zu An asked. You must know that this era is not as mobile as in later generations. Almost all of the neighbors here are the same. If a stranger comes,
If so, it will definitely leave traces.
"It seems that a carriage came over in the past few days. Haha, we have never seen such a magnificent carriage in this place." The old woman said with an envious look.
Zu An frowned: "What kind of carriage? How impressive is it? Are there any characteristics on it?"
The old lady said blankly: "The style is the style, how do I know how to describe it?"
Zu An told his men next to him to go back and find someone who was good at drawing to communicate with the old woman and draw the carriage as much as possible to see if they could find any clues.
Then he asked for some daily information about the Hua family's mother and son, and then asked her to leave first.
"Wait a minute," Zu An's heart suddenly moved, "When did their family's life start to get better? You said she started wearing gold and silver?"
The old woman stopped, thought for a while and replied: "About a year ago. I can't remember the exact date. Anyway, it can't be more than a year and a half at most."
Zu An fell into deep thought. It seems that Xin Rui was bribed by a mysterious person a year ago. This plan is really far-reaching.
"Where is Xinrui's hometown?" Zu An asked.
"It seems to be Cao County." The old woman replied.
Zu An nodded, and it was indeed consistent with the records recorded by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so he immediately ordered his subordinates to send people to Cao County to investigate to see if they had returned recently.
You must know that everyone in this world has a strong sense of country. If you take the initiative to leave, you will subconsciously choose your hometown.
Of course, there is a high probability that their freedom of life has been restricted, and they may not even be alive anymore.
The purpose of checking in this way is not to let go of any possibility.
Returning to the embroidery building in the palace from Xinrui's house, Shi Jun had already been taken there to wait.
As soon as he entered the cell, he heard his angry roar coming from inside:
"Asshole, do you know who I am?"
"Do you know who my father is? My father is the Grand Sima of the dynasty..."
…
"Stop crying like a wolf, it doesn't matter if your father is Li Gang," Zu An interrupted directly. Previously, this guy was the most active in leading people to catch rapists. Apart from Xin Rui, he was the most suspicious.
Seeing Zu An's clothes, Shi Jun's pupils shrank. He had been in the palace all year round, so he naturally knew what the gold medal embroidered messenger meant.
However, thinking of his father, several brothers, and the power of the Shi family in the court, he calmed down a little: "Dare I ask what crime I committed? What evidence do you have to arrest me here for interrogation? I want to
Meet my dad."
Zu An snorted: "Everyone who comes here says he is not guilty, but unfortunately it often backfires. Why do you want to accuse the Crown Princess unjustly?"
He didn't even mention his own name. After all, in the eyes of all parties, Zu An was actually insignificant. This time, he was mainly targeting the Crown Princess.
Shi Jun shouted: "Everything I said before is true. I have never wronged the Crown Princess!"
"Bastard, Lord Jijiu has personally proved the innocence of the Crown Princess, are you questioning him?" Zu An was shocked.
Shi Jun's expression was a little confused: "I don't know why Lord Jijiu said that, but I really saw her and Zu An together that day."
Thinking of being chased by this guy that day, Zu An felt unhappy: "This guy is dishonest, I'll torture him!"
"Yes!" The embroidered messengers beside them didn't have any scruples. They had always been fearless. The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty would shed a layer of skin no matter who came here. A mere Huangmen servant was nothing.
Shi Jun panicked: "I'm not guilty, why did you beat me? You are trying to beat me to death!"
Zu An looked at his ears and looked impatient. Soon the sound of whistling whips and Shi Jun's screams sounded, and his expression became more cheerful.
"You're just subduing yourself, I'm going to sue you!"
"I want to file a complaint against you for abusing your power!"
"My father will not let you go!"
The anger value from Shi Jun is +888+888+888...
Zu An said coldly: "It seems that we haven't beaten enough."
This bitch deliberately made things difficult for him at the palace gate. If he hadn't had many cards, he would have been tricked to death by this guy.
Later, he and the Crown Princess were framed. Once successful, he would have committed the crime of killing the nine tribes. How could he be polite to this guy now?
At first, Shi Jun cursed angrily, but after a while, he ran out of energy and began to plead:
"Please stop fighting..."
"I said I said it's not okay?"
…
Zu An said disdainfully: "I thought you were so strong-willed, but it turns out you are just a coward."
A trace of resentment flashed in Shi Jun's eyes, thinking, so what if you're a gold medal messenger? When I get out, I have to let my father kill you!
The anger value from Shi Jun is +999+999+999...
Seeing the anger level in the background, Zu An secretly sneered, but without revealing it, he motioned for others to go out first, and then asked: "How did you and Xin Rui know each other?"
"Xin Rui?" Shi Jun's pupils shrank, but he quickly regained his composure, "The grand maid of Baihua Palace? I have been in and out of the palace all year round, and I have some impressions of her, but we have no interaction with her, and we can't say we know her."
Zu An said, "Then let's continue fighting."
While calling his subordinates to come in, he said: "Master Shi, there are many punishments for the embroidered messenger. Anyway, we have enough time to test them one by one on you."
Originally, he wanted to scare the other party with the punishments he had seen in TV novels before, but after knowing the punishments of the Embroidered Clothes Messenger, he decided not to show his shame. This is what he is professional and can teach you how to feel.
What is true life worse than death?
"No!" Shi Jun's eyes were full of horror. He has been in the palace all year round, how could he not know the methods of the Embroidered Clothes Envoy? Not to mention trying one of them, even if he tried one, he would be completely broken.
.
"I said..." Just as he started to speak, there was a sudden bang and the door was knocked open.
Then a terrifying coercion spread: "Who dares to hurt my son!"
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The line to get the COVID-19 vaccine today was packed with people. I had to wait for several hours. Fortunately, there were several beautiful ladies in the line, so it wasn’t boring...
Nowadays, the epidemic situation abroad is getting more and more serious, and outbreaks are also occurring in various places. The country will definitely open up in the future. Everyone should try to get vaccinated as much as possible.
That’s it for today. I’ll make up for it tomorrow.
This chapter has been completed!