The Regent's Tender Darling

Thinking of this, Lin Jiaojiao came back to her senses and asked Qin Zhi: "Qin Zhi, what are you doing in Lotus Alley?"

The moment she asked, Qin Zhi was stunned for a moment, then he knelt down to her and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me."

What is this doing? This sudden kneeling startled her.

Just listen to Qin Zhi say: "I want to go home to visit my sick mother while I can leave the house that day. Please forgive me."

It turns out that Qin Zhi's home is in Lianhua Alley, which makes sense.

"It's human nature for children to be filial, get up." She raised her hand to signal Qin Zhi to get up, and then continued: "The appearance of bandits in the capital is not a trivial matter, Qin Zhi, where are those bandits outside the city?"

When asked this question, Qin Zhi looked a little dull. He squinted his eyes to the right for a moment and said: "Slave... I don't know. I ran away while it was dark. It was too dark, so I was scared and panicked, so I couldn't remember." What place is it?”

"Oh? Which village is the villager who rescued you from?" she continued to ask, then picked up the tea cup and took a sip.

Qin Zhi pinched his fingers uncomfortably, and then said: "I don't know what village it is, and I didn't ask at the time."

"Then when did you start walking to the capital at night?" she continued to ask.

Qin Zhi said hesitantly: "The slave escaped not long after it got dark."

Will it get dark soon? In this winter, the nights are long and the days are short, and it becomes dark at dawn. After walking all night, it seems that we are still fifty or sixty miles away from the capital.

"Which gate did you come back from?"

"Dingyuan Gate."

It seems that the general direction of the bandit's location is to the west.

Putting everything Qin Zhi said together, there are still many things that are unclear.

The emergence of bandits from the capital is puzzling. What kind of place is the capital? The Imperial Guard patrols everywhere, and people from outside will be questioned carefully when they enter the city. Unless they are people like Li Maonian, they don't care about this. After all, the Imperial Guard has nothing to do with such people.

But how many Li Maonian are there in this world? What's more, it's a bandit. It's more convincing to say he's an assassin.

"Since the villager who took you down the mountain is digging for medicinal materials, he must be an elderly doctor." She asked casually.

After hearing this, Qin Zhi nodded quickly and followed her words: "I am old and my hair has turned gray. When I took the slave down the mountain, I almost got lost because my eyesight was not good."

Not having a good look? Wouldn't that mean old eyesight is dim? In such a cold weather, or at night, an old man went up the mountain to dig for medicinal materials?

She looked at Qin Zhi carefully, and Qing Tao on her side also noticed something was wrong.

"Everyone, go down and have a rest. Xuemei, go to the kitchen and come back with snacks. Qingtao will stay and wait for you."

"yes."

After the other maids had retreated, Lin Jiaojiao said to Qing Tao: "You have been paying attention to Qin Zhi recently. Ask Thirteen to send someone to check the Lotus Alley and take a look outside the city."

She spoke casually, Qingtao was trustworthy to her, and she didn't like to talk too much. This was also the reason why she liked Qingtao.

She is more lovable than the shadow guard who reports to Yan Sihan every day.

"Yes, Princess." Qingtao bowed to her and then withdrew.

She looked at the empty hall and sighed for a moment. It was really a wave of unrest. She didn't know if Zhang Dahu's body could still be found. I think Eleven would also explain the matter clearly to Thirteen.

She can just wait until tomorrow to go to Zhen'an Division to check Zhang Dahu's body, but what she is afraid of now is that Zhang Dahu's body has also disappeared.