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When Yang Ning entered the yard, he had an ominous premonition. When he kicked open the door, he just hoped that he would guess wrong. When he entered the house, he glanced over and found that Gu Qinghan was not in the room.

The room is not big, it is obvious at a glance. On the fragrance collapsed, the brocade quilt was lifted aside, and you can see at a glance that there are no one on the bed.

Although Gu Qinghan was not there, her dress was placed beside her. Yang Ning looked grim and quickly walked over. He reached out and touched the brocade quilt. It was cold inside and there was no warmth. In other words, Gu Qinghan was no longer in this room.

When they turned around, they saw the two maids standing at the door. Seeing that there was no trace of Gu Qinghan in the room, both of them were also frightened.

"I'll ask you, are these clothes that the third lady changed last night?" Yang Ning pointed to the dresses.

A maid hurriedly said, "Last night, we served the third lady in the shower and changing clothes. These are the clothes that the third lady changed last night."

Yang Ning's heart sank even more.

Although he made the worst plan, he still hoped that everything would not be what he thought. He hoped that Gu Qinghan would just go out by himself, but the possibility of these few changed clothes here is almost nowhere.

It was impossible for Gu Qinghan to walk out of the room without even wearing a dress.

"You were guarding the yard last night and didn't hear any movement in the room?" Yang Ning stared at the two maids and said in a deep voice: "Who else has been here except you last night?"

Both maids had already kneeled down and said in horror: "Go back to the prince, the third lady rested very early last night. The lights in the room were blown out by the third lady himself. We took turns to stay outside, and no one else came." He also said: "The room has always been quiet. When we invited the third lady to have a meal in the morning, the third lady did not agree."

Yang Ning knew that it was the season of autumn and winter, and it was quite cold at night. It was impossible for Gu Qinghan to sleep without covering her quilt. If she didn't leave for a long time, there must be still temperature in the quilt, but now the quilt is cold, which only means that Gu Qinghan had left last night.

I just kicked open the door myself and clearly felt that the door was tied from the inside, so Gu Qinghan naturally could not leave the door.

He looked around and the front window was closed tightly, and it was also fastened from the inside. Naturally, it was impossible to leave the front window. He walked to the rear window. This was a high-pressure window. Usually, it was necessary to use a wooden stick to open it. The wooden stick was thrown to the ground at this time, but the window bolt was not fastened. Yang Ning pushed the window slightly and looked at the window ridge carefully. He found that there was some fine powder in the window sill, which was slightly yellow in color. He dipped his fingers a little, put it on the tip of his nose and smelled it. There was a faint fragrance. The smell was already very light, but when he entered his nose, Yang Ning felt a little dizzy in his head.

The chill flashed in his eyes.

In an instant, he realized that this powder was likely to be a scent that made people unconscious. The scent powder was left on the windowsill, and the scent of last night was naturally used to deal with Gu Qinghan.

Gu Qinghan was invaded by the fragrance of the body, lost consciousness, and was secretly taken away from the back window.

He climbed out of the window and squatted down to check the ground. There were indeed footprints in the soil behind him. Although it was very shallow, he could still see it after careful observation.

Yang Ning followed the footprints and looked forward for a while. The footprints became less and less light. In the end, they were no longer visible and the clues were cut off.

Yang Ning was silent for a moment, got up and returned to the house. Seeing the two maids still there, he ordered: "You will go and call everyone in the old house to the lobby now."

The maid hurriedly stepped down and went to gather everyone in the old house.

Yang Ning searched the house and found no other clues. He knew that he should remain absolutely calm at this time.

Gu Qinghan was kidnapped, and there were all kinds of things, but he was sure of one thing. This kind of strangeness must be related to the old house.

Although he had a general understanding of the Qi family, as a huge family, he did not know much about the Qi family's former grudges and hatreds.

The Qi family has a wide connection in the military, which is naturally the advantage of the Qi family. However, the two generations of Jinyi Hou were veterans on the battlefield, and they were indefinitely killed and had countless enemies. Even in Jiangling, although it was called the foundation of the Qi family, it may not have no enemies.

He only hopes to rob Gu Qinghan's opponent just for money or even other benefits, rather than to covet Gu Qinghan's beauty. With Gu Qinghan's nature, if he is humiliated and others do not kill her, she will definitely not survive.

Since the opposition is just abolishing Gu Qinghan, it means that Gu Qinghan should not be in danger of his life for a while. Otherwise, if the other party wants to kill someone, there is no need to take Gu Qinghan away. Since he can enter the house to rob Gu Qinghan, it is easy to kill her here.

When Yang Ning arrived at the lobby, more than a dozen people were waiting in the old house. However, the three guards who followed Yang Ning to Jiangling were all standing outside the door with their swords.

Seeing Yang Ning come in, everyone kneeled down. Yang Ning glanced at everyone. They were all maids and servants. Zhao Yuan, who was only a occupant, seemed a little special and said straight to the point: "The third lady is gone. Have anyone seen her today?"

Everyone was stunned. Yang Ning raised his hand and signaled everyone to get up. After everyone got up, they lowered their heads and dared not speak. Yang Ning frowned and said coldly: "I ask you, will anyone see the third lady today?"

Seeing that the prince was angry, everyone shook their heads quickly, Wei Tong said, "Criminal, I have never seen the third lady come out to eat since the morning. I have been waiting in the kitchen. Some people are watching the front and back doors, but I have not seen the third lady go out."

Yang Ning pondered slightly, his eyes fell on Zhao Yuan, the accountant. Seeing that Zhao Yuan was still calm and calm at this moment, he asked coldly: "Mr. Zhao, how long have you been to the old house?"

"Returning to the prince, Zhao has been managing accounts in the old house for three years." Zhao Yuan bowed and said, "It was the busy autumn season. His former accountant was old. General Manager Qi asked Zhao to help. He was just helping around him, but the old accountant was old and had limited energy. General Manager Qi gave him a sum of money and asked Zhao to take over the accounting affairs."

Yang Ning frowned and said, "Oh" and said, "Are you hired by Qi Cheng?"

"That's right!" Zhao Yuan said respectfully.

Yang Ning walked slowly to Zhao Yuan and looked up and down. Suddenly, everyone saw a flash of sword light, and a sharp blade with a cold light was pressed against Zhao Yuan's throat. Zhao Yuan was shocked and said in a lost voice: "Criminal, you...!" Others never expected that the prince would take action suddenly, and they were shocked.

"I have never liked nonsense." Yang Ning said lightly: "Mr. Zhao, please tell me where the third wife is now?"

"Three Lady?" Zhao Yuan looked frightened and said with a wry smile: "Criminal, Zhao is just an accountant, and she eats and lives in the accountant. Sometimes she doesn't go out for a single step for three or five days. From last night to just now, Zhao didn't leave the house. If it weren't for the prince's summons, Zhao might not have come out today. Zhao doesn't know how to tell the truth, so how can he know where the third Lady is?"

Wei Tong said on the side: "Criminal, Mr. Zhao does not leave his home on weekdays."

"Mr. Zhao's psychological quality is indeed good." Yang Ning ignored it and said lightly: "Ordinary people suddenly resisted by a knife, and their reactions will never be as calm as you."

Zhao Yuan sighed, "The prince praised me. If Zhao did something wrong, the prince will punish me, but this is like this...!" He glanced down and smiled bitterly, "I really don't know what the prince means. Does the prince think that the third wife's disappearance has something to do with my mere account?"

"I suddenly thought of a very strange problem." Yang Ning stared at Zhao Yuan's eyes. "The third lady was in the account room for almost a whole day yesterday. When checking the accounts for the past few years, according to the third lady, there was no error in these accounts."

Zhao Yuan said: "Is it still wrong for Zhao to be loyal to his duties?"

"Do you know that no one is perfect, no one is perfect." Yang Ning said slowly: "The accounts you made are too clean. Even a smart person like the third wife can't find any mistakes. This prince is very suspicious. The Qi family has three thousand households and hundreds of hectares of land. The annual expenditure is so complicated. Although there are two people in the account, you are the only one who handles the accounts. It is hard for me to believe that you will handle the accounts so cleanly?"

In fact, yesterday, Yang Ning heard Gu Qinghan mention that there was no mistake in the account. He didn't care much at first, but later he thought about it and found it incredible.

This is not a store account, but a large account that concerns the input of many money and grain expenses. In the past, he used to do business, even if it was a professional accountant of that era, there would be some errors in the accounts. For example, if there were some mistakes in the middle of Qi's big account, it would be normal, but it would be flawless and strange.

He thought that the old house was very strange, and Qi Cheng did not return last night, which made Yang Ning even more suspicious. Today, Gu Qinghan disappeared strangely, and he vaguely felt that it was related to the old house and the people.

But Mr. Zhao is one of his doubts.

When Mr. Zhao claimed that he had been in this old house for only three years and was hired by Qi Cheng, Yang Ning felt that Mr. Zhao's origin was unknown and there must be a secret behind it.

Although he was just suspicious and could not be sure that Gu Qinghan's bizarre disappearance had something to do with Mr. Zhao, he suddenly attacked, hoping to scare Mr. Zhao and get some clues from him. After all, the other party was just a literati with no power to tie a chicken, and he was forced by a knife. If this person really had a secret, he might not have been forced to ask him.

"The prince is wrong!" A heavy voice suddenly came from outside the door, and the guard shouted, "Who is there? Stop!"

Yang Ning frowned and saw a burly middle-aged man standing outside the door, tall and cloth shirt, stopped by the guards guarding outside the door.

"Yes, it's Master Cheng!" Wei Tong glanced at it and shouted, "Criminal, Cheng...General Manager Qi is back!"

Yang Ning didn't expect Qi Cheng to come back suddenly at this time, with a cold expression and said in a deep voice: "Qi Cheng, come in!"
Chapter completed!