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The man who went missing in Gusu was named Liu Shan. His father was a wealthy landlord in the city of Gusu. When he found out that his son was also missing, he was so anxious that his hair turned white all night and he couldn't sleep or eat. For a long time, I have not fully accepted this reality.

When the third-rate prince was interrogating, he met Liu Shan's elder brother, Liu Qing.This man is also a handsome man, and he can be regarded as a well-known poet in the local area. This literati just has a romantic taste. When he saw the prince, he just curled up his mouth with a calm face, and followed Tian Shuda who was kneeling beside him. no the same.

"You really don't know what happened after that?"

Tian Shuying: "Your Majesty, I really don't know, I'm in a coma, and when I wake up, I'm alone."

The prince looked at Liu Qing and said, "Does your brother have any enemies?"

Liu Qing said with a smile: "That's too much, Shan'er was born handsome, so he is hated by those mediocre people, I don't know."

After finishing speaking, his eyes drifted to Tian Shu next to him.

Tian Shu lowered his head and didn't see it, but Wang Ye and Lin Xie saw it clearly.

The prince knocked on the table, raised his head slightly, and said, "What do you mean?"

Liu Qing said leisurely: "This Tian Shu has been jealous of Shan'er's beauty since he was a child, who knows if what he said is true."

Lin Xie leaned slightly towards Tian Shu and asked, "Is this the case?"

Tian Shu was sweating profusely at this moment, and kowtowed: "Prince, although I'm jealous, I never framed him! His family is so rich in Gusu!"

The prince stroked his beard and said slowly: "Besides, there are no other clues?"

"My lord..."

"Ok?"

The prince raised his eyes and saw Tian Shu taking out something from his bosom, which looked like a jade pendant.

"When Liu Shan was taken away, this thing fell by the side. I thought that this thing could only be handed over to the prince, so I never took it out..."

"Bastard!" The prince yelled angrily, "You will be convicted for hiding things!"

"Your Highness, spare your life!"

Tian Shu was so frightened that he kowtowed again and again, louder and louder.

Liu Qing, who was next to him, saw this thing, snatched it immediately, put it in his hand, looked at it, and said excitedly: "My lord! This is Shan'er's jade pendant!"

The prince glanced at Lin Xie, Lin Xie understood, and went down to fetch this jade pendant.

The jade pendant is semi-circular, with the word mountain engraved on it, and the knotted rope hanging on it is broken, it seems that it was torn off.The prince glanced at Liu Qing, and it seemed that he was the same as the half of him.

This jade, at first glance, is not something idle people play with, the prince smacked his lips, he is indeed a wealthy landlord in Gusu City.

"Since such a precious jade pendant has not been taken away, it means that it is not for money."

With Lin Xie's analysis, the prince nodded in agreement.

"Give this back to you."

Liu Qing took the jade pendant with a complicated face, and asked, "My lord, since it's not for money, who would take Shan'er away?"

"This king doesn't know about it," the prince said leisurely, stroking his beard, "I'm afraid I'll take it and kill him."

As soon as the prince's words came out, Liu Qing's expression changed.

"Tian Shu, I want to ask you if there was anything unusual when you were on the road, such as someone following you."

These ten people didn't disappear at the same time, which means that they calculated the distance accurately and wanted to send them to the capital at the same time.

"My lord, we were all focused on the scenery on the road at that time, and didn't pay attention to this."

Tian Shu had just finished speaking, as if he suddenly remembered something, paused, his face changed drastically, and said, "My lord! I remembered!"

The three of them immediately looked at him intently.

"The night before Shan'er disappeared, when we were staying in the inn, Shan'er once said to me that someone seemed to be staring at him, but I didn't pay attention at the time."

"Which inn?"

It is rare for the prince and Lin Xie to speak in unison.

"At that time, not long after we set off, we were at the Autumn Leaf Inn not far from here."

The prince immediately got up and said, "Lead the way!"

The prince and his party took Yuan Qi and started to go to the Autumn Leaf Inn.It has to be said that young people are full of energy, and this "shortly after departure" is really far away. The prince can't stand it even sitting in the carriage.

The proprietress of the Autumn Leaf Inn has a good memory, and when she asked, she still remembered Tian Shu.

"You came with a pretty boy, because I thought the contrast was quite obvious at the time, so I remember."

The proprietress grinned, secretly stabbing Tian Shu's heart.

The prince said: "Where do you live that night?"

"I'll take you there."

Tian Shu said and brought the three of them into the house he lived in before. At this time, no one lived there. The prince and Lin Xie looked around for a week, and there was nothing strange about the house.

The prince turned around and said, "Did Liu Shan tell you where he felt being stared at?"

"No."

Lin Xie stepped forward and asked the proprietress who followed her, "Did anyone come to stay that night?"

The proprietress thought for a while, then shook her head: "It seems not."

The prince added: "Is there any guest who said that he must live in a room?"

The landlady's eyes lit up, she nodded and said, "Yes, yes! There are two men who seem to be quite kind, and they said that they must live next door to the two young masters."

"What does it look like?"

"It's very common, I don't remember much, after all, I only remember those who are good-looking."

The prince asked, "Do you live on the left or the right?"

"right."

The four of them went to the room on the right to see, but they didn't expect that the room was already occupied, but when the people inside saw that it was the prince, they immediately came out and respectfully invited the prince to enter.

"What's the matter? Why did the prince come here?"

"Didn't you say that the prince is here to investigate the case! I'm afraid there is something in this room!"

The two began whispering.

There is nothing strange about this room, the furnishings are the same as every other room.And, even if there is something, after a few months, there is no guarantee that no one will come back to take it away.

The proprietress looked at the room in front of her and suddenly called out.

"I remember, it seems that after the two guests left, Xiaodong found something when cleaning the house. I still exist there!"

After the proprietress took out the thing, the prince only took a look, and immediately stood there, his face ashen, and his whole body seemed to be stiff.When Yuan Qi saw this, his face turned pale with fright, and he backed away again and again.

Lin Xie didn't notice the change between the two of them. Looking at the thing, she said to herself, "Isn't this the long knot of the jade pendant?"

Lin Xie handed it to the lord, only then saw that the lord's expression was not right, and hurriedly asked: "My lord, what's wrong with you?"

The prince hadn't slowed down yet, he staggered back a few steps and murmured: "Impossible, impossible..."

Yuan Qi came back to his senses, went to support the prince, and said to Lin Xie: "The prince is not feeling well, you take your things and go back first!"

"Eh!"

Lin Xie responded, packed her things, and followed her out.

What does this thing imply?How did you scare the prince like this?

Lin Xie couldn't figure it out, but it probably implied her identity.

After returning to the mansion, the prince finally regained some vitality, slumped on the sandalwood chair, pulled his vitality and said, "Go and cook a bowl of red bean barley porridge for this prince."

"Eh."

Yuan Qi responded, and looked at him several times before walking away uneasy.

After hearing Yuan Qi's words, Lin Xie didn't dare to provoke the prince with anything, but said: "My lord, Tian Shu is still waiting outside."

"Let him go."

"okay."

Lin Xie ordered to go out.

The prince was facing the huge room alone, but he couldn't calm down in his mind. The long knot had been hovering in his mind and couldn't get rid of it.

Do you really want to...

The prince closed his tired eyes, only heard a few crisp birdsong, and opened his eyes again after a while.

The magistrate stood in front of him holding a beautiful bird, and said with a smile: "My lord, I know you love birds, so I sent them to you!"

The prince settled his mind, nodded, and praised: "I have a heart."

The magistrate saw that the prince was still in good spirits when he went out in the morning, but he was unconscious when he came back, but he was scared to death. If something happened to the prince in his house, he would not be able to protect the prince.

Lin Xie sent someone away, and when she came back, when she saw the prince, she said, "My lord, the people from Dali Temple sent you the letter directly."

Seeing the letter he presented, the prince reluctantly accepted it, and opened it:

My lord, the emperor was tired recently, and he sent a message asking us to send the letter to you. As soon as the stone-throwing case was heard, someone suddenly came, saying that it was the sister of the corpse, crying and saying that he had been wronged for three years. To seek justice for her brother, she stated that her brother was doing business in the capital alone. He had not heard from him three years ago and never came back. At that time, the case did not get out, and she was elsewhere, so she didn't know it.

The prince handed the letter to Lin Xie, at this time Yuan Qi brought over the porridge, and fed him a spoonful of porridge.

Lin Xie frowned after reading it, and said, "It seems that it's really not an unknown corpse, it's just that there are no relatives or friends in Chang'an."

The prince ate his porridge and ignored him.

Lin Xie smacked her lips and said, "My lord, what does the emperor mean to hand over the stone-throwing case to you?"

"Aren't all the people in Dali Temple all useless, and they don't know how to solve the case?" The prince wiped his mouth and said, "Giving this case to me is naturally related to the disappearance case."

Suspicion clouded up in Lin Xie's mind again, but he didn't dare to ask.

The prince glanced at him, took the bird from the magistrate, and called Shang Yuanqi to tease the bird.

Lin Xie wiped off his sweat. This prince is really weird. Just after drinking that bowl of red bean barley porridge, most of his energy has recovered, and he is in the mood to tease the birds. It seems that this case has a clue.

He looked at the long knot again, whose property was it?Why is the prince so frightened?Is it possible...

Lin Xie frowned and held it up.

The workmanship of this plate of long knots does not seem to be very delicate, but it always feels strange when you look at it.

Where is it?

Lin Xie looked at it carefully, turned it over several times, and finally exclaimed——

"Ah! That's how it is!"