In the next two days, the imperial capital was in a commotion due to Qin Xiangfu's investigation of the assassin.
Because of the instruction of the regent and the tacit approval of the royal family, the government office showed unprecedented energy and actively cooperated with the Qin government in searching for the assassin's accomplices.
Although the assassin was crushed to death by the Prince Regent in the street, an accomplice who had concealed a weapon was caught. After Han Zhan spared no effort to detoxify him, the man admitted to being the killer of Beiying Pavilion.
So in order to track down clues, several nearby streets were searched.
Soon public dissatisfaction boiled over.
"What is this fuss about? Aren't the people who committed crimes on the street already killed? Why are we still investigating?"
"This happened three days ago, and we are searching people now. If I were an accomplice, why wouldn't I have run away earlier and waited for the New Year?"
"Oh, haven't you heard? This matter is really big. The regent has been secretly investigating it for three days!"
"Tsk, what does this matter have to do with the regent? Wasn't the one who was assassinated the legitimate daughter of Prime Minister Qin?"
"Ah this..."
Then the scope of the search expanded and spread to the four streets surrounding Qin Xiang's Mansion.
A large, empty-looking house at the end of one of the streets caught everyone's attention.
"Boss, do you think the house over there seems to have been unoccupied for a long time?"
"Yes, since the murderer has set his sights on Prime Minister Qin's Mansion, he is very likely to have settled nearby. Go and search!"
The head catcher took the lead and led his men to rush over and bang on the door, followed quickly by the guards of the Qin Mansion.
Unexpectedly, the door opened slowly.
A boy who looked like a young boy rubbed his hands: "What do you want, gentlemen?"
The leader took out his token: "Routine search!"
The boy's face changed: "Ah? What? What kind of search?"
Seeing this, the guards could not delay and rushed into the courtyard separately without saying a word.
The young boy followed behind and yelled: "Hey, the official has something to say, our master is a serious businessman..."
The house is a courtyard with three entrances, clean and tidy but empty and uninhabited.
The catcher squinted his eyes: "This house is very suspicious, it doesn't look like an ordinary house."
The young man rushed over panting: "Masters, please listen to what I have to say!"
He trembled and took out a stack of documents from his arms: "My lord, please take a look. Our master just bought this house in the past ten days and plans to make a small living in Zhaodu City."
He said and wiped his sweat: "You see, this is the seal stamped by the government when the deed was signed a few days ago. The reason why I moved in ten days in advance was to facilitate the cleaning of this old house. Our master and his family have not moved in yet...
"
However, the head catcher immediately focused on the locked door of the main house: "Continue the search!"
The more unoccupied a house is, the more likely it is that something will go wrong.
"Open the door! The person inside opens the door!"
"If you don't open it, I will break down the door!"
The boy turned around anxiously: "No, sir, there is no one in this room. Our master is worried that the yard cleaner will damage the things in his room -"
"Clang!"
Before he finished speaking, the door of the main house was kicked open.
The boy was so frightened that he took in a breath and held his breath.
The policeman personally led his men into the house and searched carefully, including the roof beams, under the bed and cabinets.
"There is indeed no one, let's go!"
The head catcher waved his hand and left with a group of people cheering.
After watching everyone walk out of the courtyard of the main house, the young man slowly turned his head and looked inside the house.
"master?"
The house was empty, not to mention anyone, not even a fly.
The boy scratched his head: "Huh? Didn't you come back at dawn? Did you go out again?"
After thinking about it, I closed the door and closed it again.
However, the moment the door closed, a figure slowly appeared in the originally empty room.
