After Li Qingyi said that, she left the woodshed directly, and the few people who had followed her also filed out, leaving Nan Zhu in darkness.
Nan Zhu didn't know that the old lady was standing outside the door and listening.
As soon as she said "The princess is not a girl from the Lin family", the little hope in the old lady's heart was completely extinguished.
Li Qingyi helped the sluggish old lady back to Jingyuntang and advised: "Old madam, don't feel regretful. The princess has made complete preparations for you early in the morning to deceive you. Naturally, everything is perfect. Let Humans cannot detect it.”
The old lady didn't answer but asked: "She was the one who chased Brother Zhen back then?"
"My uncle and I are indeed guessing like this. After all, if the uncle stays in the mansion safely, she will have no reason to enter the mansion."
The old lady's lips trembled with excitement, "I was the one who led the wolf into the house..."
Seeing her like this, everyone gathered around nervously. Li Qingyi advised: "Old madam, the matter has come to an end. You should take care of yourself and don't let yourself get sick."
After a long time, the old lady gradually calmed down and asked: "Nan Zhu's parents are in Lin's hands, how come Nan Zhu is willing to speak?"
Feng He replied: "It was the eldest grandma who ordered the slaves and Mother Cheng to take turns to perform a show in front of Nan Zhu, making Nan Zhu subconsciously think that Zi Jiang had a special status and betrayed the princess in order to escape. If Zi Jiang had confessed, the princess's secret The leak is a foregone conclusion, and there is no point in hiding it any more, as it will risk her own life."
In fact, those secret things were discovered by Li Qingyi himself, not from Zi Jiang's mouth.
Afterwards, she pretended to "dispose" of Nan Zhu and invited the old lady over. Sure enough, she heard some useful information from Nan Zhu's mouth.
The old lady nodded. It was no longer the point to confirm what Lin had done. The point was her identity and purpose, and the people behind her.
"You and Brother Zhen must have guessed that Lin has a different identity. Are you afraid that going to Kudu Temple will not only confirm her false identity?"
"The old lady guessed it right. This time, we want to find the two men the princess contacted when she was at Kudu Temple."
The old lady pursed her lips tightly when she heard this, obviously very shameless of Lin's actions.
Li Qingyi excused himself and said, "It's getting late. Madam, please go to bed early. We can only wait for tomorrow."
The old lady nodded, and Li Qingyi retreated from Jingyuntang.
*****
Early the next morning, Li Qingyi got up and had breakfast, and Chang Lan came in to report, "Grandma, there is news from the uncle, saying that they were intercepted by someone on the way. They are all very good players. Fortunately, we made preparations in advance. , everything went well, I have been escorted back now, and I will be able to arrive at the house after noon."
Li Qingyi smiled and said, "That's good."
However, she was still too happy. As soon as she finished speaking, Mother Cheng came over and said, "Grandma, the old lady wants you to go to Jingyuntang as soon as possible."
"what happened?"
"It seems like something happened at Jusi Pavilion. I don't know yet, so I was sent to report it to Grandma."
Li Qingyi stopped delaying and quickly walked to Jingyuntang Hall.
Jusi Pavilion was strictly guarded. Lin shouldn't cause any trouble. She hurried to Jingyuntang and saw Yuan and Hong's girls waiting outside.
It seems that the whole family has been alarmed, and the matter must be serious.
She directly lifted the curtain and went in, and heard the third wife, Yuan Shi, ask in shock, "The doors and windows are locked, how can someone disappear out of thin air?"
"Disappeared out of thin air? What is the third aunt talking about?"
"Brother Zhen's daughter-in-law, you are here!" Mrs. Yuan was so anxious that she said in panic and horror: "Princess... Mrs. Lin! She is missing!"
"how come?"
Li Qingyi looked at the old lady's face and saw that she also had a solemn face. He knew that the matter was true and was even more surprised. "There are people holding hands all around. How could they be missing? Did you hear any noise?"
Feng He shook his head, "No, there is nothing unusual. In the morning, Mother Zhao went to Jusi Pavilion to deliver food, and the person was still there! But when the servant went in to pick up the food box, the person was gone!"
The old lady looked ugly, "This Lin lady is really full of tricks. She saw that we were all focusing on Brother Zhen this morning, so she took the opportunity to escape!"
"But she was able to escape without attracting anyone's attention under heavy guard. There must be someone else inside the mansion helping her! There must also be someone outside the mansion to help her...Grandma, have you ever gone to Jusi Pavilion to see it? Did you find any clues?"
The old lady said: "You come with me to see it again!"
After hearing this, everyone got up and followed her out of Jingyuntang Hall to Jusi Pavilion.
Although the masters in the mansion knew the truth, most of the servants did not. When they sent Lin to Jusi Pavilion earlier, it was in the name of recovering from illness. Now the servants in the mansion saw that everyone was rushing to Jusi Pavilion. When Si Ge went there, they all thought that the princess's condition was serious, and they all started talking secretly.
When he arrived at the door of Jusi Pavilion, Li Qingyi immediately went to check and saw that the doors and windows were tightly closed and there were no signs of damage. Chang Lan flew on to the roof and found that the moss on the roof tiles was intact and had not been moved or stepped on. Mark of.
As for the servants guarding the gate, one was Mother Zhao who had been guarding outside Huiyue Residence with Mother Cheng, and the other was Lian Shuang who was beside Li Qingyi.
Lian Shuang stepped forward and opened the intact door lock, and said: "The slave went in to get the food box and found that the princess disappeared without a trace, so she immediately relocked the door and asked someone to report it to the old lady and grandma."
Li Qingyi nodded when he heard this. Lian Shuang was always cautious in doing things. After discovering something was wrong, he was probably afraid that someone would take advantage of the situation and destroy some important clues, so he immediately locked the door again.
The old lady lived close to Jusi Pavilion and had already visited once, but found no clues, so she had the door locked again and waited for Li Qingyi to come.
Li Qingyi felt a burst of annoyance in his heart. Even though everyone's attention was on Qin Zeng, she had also arranged a lot of people inside and outside the house to watch Lin. How could she let a living person disappear out of thin air? ?
As she stepped into the threshold of Jusi Pavilion, she smelled a strong smell of fish filling the room. She couldn't help but cover her nose, "Is there fish in the food?"
Lian Shuang quickly stepped forward and explained: "Last night, a lot of fresh yellow croaker was delivered to Zhuangzi. The kitchen knew that the old lady liked to eat fish, so she made a fish soup. Grandma didn't like it, so she didn't send it for dinner, so she didn't know. , Jusi Pavilion gave some as gifts."
Li Qingyi walked around the screen and saw the food box overturned on the bed, and the food and soup were soaked into the bedding.
No wonder it smells so fishy.
It's autumn now, and the fish soup is cold and blowing by the cold wind, so the fishy smell will inevitably become stronger.
"The food box fell over and was scattered everywhere. Who brought the food in this morning? Didn't they notice it?"
Lian Shuang said: "It was Mother Zhao who brought the food in. The servant was always guarding the door and didn't hear any voices inside. Mother Zhao probably put down the food box and left. After that, Mother Zhao said that she was also a little hungry, and there was something wrong with her body. I was a little cold due to the dew, so I went back to change my clothes, and then got some food for the slave, and then went to the big kitchen. I probably don’t know what’s going on here at this moment.”
Hearing this, Li Qingyi looked at the bed again, and saw that the bedding was piled up in a mess, and a dark blue coat worn by Lin was thrown aside casually. Like the bedding, it was stained with food.
"You and Mother Zhao were guarding the door and didn't hear anything strange?"
Lian Shuang shook his head, "After the food box was delivered, the servants heard the faint sound of dishes clattering inside, but there was no other sound."
The old lady kept a sullen face, hating Mrs. Lin for playing tricks under her nose, "It's really weird, she can still go to heaven and earth!"
Li Qingyi was also puzzled, "There are still many guards around, how did she leave even if she managed to hide it from Mother Zhao and Lianshuang?"
Everyone was talking about it, but they had no clue, so they had to relock the door first, leaving the frost-collecting handle as well as the long railing.
Li Qingyi returned to Fuling Residence, washed up briefly, changed his clothes, and then asked, "How are Nan Zhu and Zi Jiang doing? Is there anything abnormal?"
Chang Ning returned and said, "Nothing happened at all. Zijiang still looked careless. Nanzhu seemed to be very anxious, probably thinking about how to deal with grandma, walking around in the woodshed."
"Where's Gongsun Yi?"
"Still in Hanshan Pavilion."
Li Qingyi held his forehead in distress, "Now that Lin's man has been found, she has disappeared."
The loss of a female family member in the house is not a trivial matter. It is either announced that she died of a sudden illness, or that she was sent back to her hometown to recuperate. Lin's departure was tantamount to giving up her identity as the Princess of Zhenbei Palace without any hesitation, and she even left her own son behind.
Of course, the reason why the government did not deal with Lin immediately was because they wanted to get information about the mysterious manipulator behind her. They would still have to deal with her later. Therefore, Lin's end was already visible. It was just a matter of time. . When she heard that Qin Zeng personally went to welcome the people from Kudu Temple back, she no longer took any chances and directly chose to escape.
Heng Wu was shocked by Lin's actions and said: "I'm afraid the second master still doesn't know that the princess has disappeared and escaped. If he knows, I don't know how he will react. I don't think he knows everything." .”
"Although Gongsun Yi is in cahoots with the Lin family, he probably has always regarded himself as a child of the Gongsun family. When Lin was exposed earlier, he must not be able to fully accept his life experience. Now if he knew that his mother would abandon him like this If he escaped, he would probably be even more shocked than us."
Chang Ning said: "Mr. Lin will not abandon her son just like that. She will definitely find a way to save him, right? We have to be on guard at all times. Mrs. Lin is so cunning that she may come out from nowhere to give us a fatal blow." hit."
Li Qingyi pondered for a moment, then stood up and walked out, "Let's go to Hanshan Pavilion to have a look."
