Zhou Lin's words coincided with Xing Enming's thoughts.
He also felt that since the footprints of a third party appeared in the room, this person must have something to do with Min Lin's disappearance.
Or to put it simply, maybe this person kidnapped Min Lin and caused his disappearance.
"Where was this footprint found?"
Xing Enming nodded and asked, pointing to the footprints that looked like mortals.
"Right here at the door."
Zhou Lin pointed to the side of the door, where there were still some mud marks remaining.
"This person should have come after the heavy rain during the day and before it rained at night. After coming in, he should have been standing here. He might be talking to the missing person or arguing."
Xing Enming nodded.
At this time, a man ran over in a hurry.
"Sir, there is something new. Someone saw a sneaky figure appearing on the roof of the hotel last night."
Xing Enming and Zhou Lin looked at each other and then asked, "What kind of person are they?"
"He said he didn't see clearly."
"Bring him here and I will ask him personally." Xing Enming immediately found a chair and sat down. After a while, the policeman came in with a boy from Guanyi.
The boy timidly bowed to Xing Enming, "I've met you, sir."
Xing Enming waved his hand and then asked: "What is your name?"
"To my lord, my name is He Wu."
"Okay, He Wu, I want to ask you, what did you see last night, please tell me in detail." Xing Enming looked at He Wu and asked.
He Wu nodded.
"Yes, sir. It was probably around Hai hour last night..."
Xing Enming listened and nodded. He Wu's description was not subtle. To put it simply, he got up to take a pee at midnight last night and vaguely saw a shadow flashing across the roof.
At that time, he thought he was dazzled and didn't pay much attention.
Who would have imagined that as soon as I woke up in the morning, I heard about Min Lin's disappearance. Thinking back to the shadow I saw last night, I felt more and more that I might have seen it wrong.
So I told the police.
However, it was dark at the time, and the shadow only passed by briefly, so He Wu could not see the other party's face clearly.
After hearing this, Xing Enming nodded and let He Wu go back.
"It seems that our thinking was correct. Min Lin disappeared and was probably kidnapped." Xing Enming sighed, feeling a little worried.
A court official who had returned to Beijing after completing his term was kidnapped. This is no small matter no matter how you think about it.
Especially, he was kidnapped in Guanyi.
Zhou Lin also nodded. The investigation results of Guanyi are basically over. The next step is to find out who the person who met Min Lin at Xingye is.
"Speaking of which, is this Min Lin alone? He doesn't have an entourage accompanying him?"
Xing Enming asked.
When local officials report on their duties, they usually bring a few bookboys, bodyguards, etc. as their entourage. Firstly, they have someone to take care of them. Secondly, they can take care of their food, clothing, housing and transportation along the way. Thirdly, they can show their status and style.
This is an almost universal practice among local officials.
However, from the incident to the present, Min Lin's entourage seems to have never appeared!
"Sir, it's strange to say that Lord Min did come here alone in a carriage. The driver who brought him here left after dropping him off yesterday, so there is no entourage here." Yi Cheng replied.
Xing Enming frowned.
No entourage to accompany you?
Is it because this person is too honest to be an official and cannot afford to hire followers?
Or is there another reason?
Xing Enming didn't know, and he didn't even know that the disappearance case in front of him was just the beginning of a major case.
The water in the pool is about to ripple...
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In the carriage, Langfeng held the bowl in his hand and put rice into his mouth regardless of his image as the third princess of the Barbarian Kingdom. Opposite him, Gongsun looked at her actions and was speechless.
It seems that she is really hungry!
For a long time, after eating two full bowls of rice, Langfeng put down his bowls and chopsticks with satisfaction.
"I'm stuffed."
Gongsun glanced at the bowl, and Langfeng seemed to realize something... It seemed that just a moment ago, his image of a princess who knew the book and was polite had been... shattered to pieces.
Suddenly, her pretty face turned red.
"Mr. Gongsun seems to have not eaten yet?" After thinking for a moment, Langfeng decided to take a preemptive strike.
"I have already eaten. And if there is nothing else, the third princess can go back to the barbarian country now." Gongsun answered casually while holding a book.
Naturally, Langfeng was unwilling to return to Man Kingdom, and she hid in a bookcase for half a day. The convoy of Jiulong Mansion was already far away from Man City.
"I don't want to go back so soon. At least let me go to the Central Plains to experience it."
Hearing this, Gongsun nodded slightly. He had expected that she would say this.
After all, he knew Lang Feng fairly well.
Although this woman seems to be frail, she is actually soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and her nature is by no means as knowledgeable and courteous as she showed in the Barbarian King's Palace, but rather quirky and unpredictable.
However, the environment of the palace had suppressed this nature of hers before. Now that she was freed from the cage, her nature began to be released.
"The third princess had a good idea, but her approach was wrong." Gongsun shook his head slightly.
Langfeng looked at him.
Just listen to him say: "It is not wrong to want to broaden your knowledge, but third princess, you should report this to His Majesty the Khan and obtain his consent before setting off with us. Instead of leaving without saying goodbye and hiding secretly. In our luggage."
Hearing this, Langfeng raised his head, thought about Jieli Khan, and shook his head.
With Father Khan's character, it was absolutely impossible for him to let him go to the Central Plains.
Even if you follow Jiulong Mansion, you won't be able to do it.
Gongsun naturally knew this.
However, what he said just now was meant for Lang Feng to hear.
"What Mr. Gongsun said is absolutely true. The little girl has learned a lesson. She will definitely act according to what Mr. Gongsun said next time."
Langfeng looked at Gongsun, then suddenly imitated the etiquette of Central Plains women and cupped his hands, smiling.
Gongsun said again: "Third princess, there is a saying in the Central Plains that it is not too late to mend the situation after it has been lost. Since the third princess has already made a mistake, please return to the barbarian country first, and then come to the Central Plains after obtaining the consent of His Majesty Jieli Khan. I will definitely welcome you personally."
Hearing this, when Langfeng was about to say something, Xuan Xi's voice came from outside the carriage.
"Mr. Gongsun, Brother Chen invited you over. He said he had something to discuss."
As soon as the words fell, the two people in the carriage realized that the carriage, which was still moving forward, had stopped at some point.
Then, Langfeng's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly prepared to find a place to hide.
But, it's too late.
Suddenly, Xuan Xi lifted the curtain of the carriage, and then saw Lang Feng sitting opposite Gongsun.
In an instant, their eyes met!
Three pairs of eyes burst out with surprise at the same time!
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"It's gone, it's gone!"
oh
On the outskirts of Xuandu City, sounds of panic came from a distance.
Completely destroy the tranquility of the suburban night!
I saw smoke mixed with fire rising not far away.
An abandoned house is burning.
Because it was located on the outskirts of the city and sparsely populated, no one noticed when the abandoned house burned.
It wasn't until the fire burst into the sky that the watchman in the city realized something was wrong and started shouting that the fire was coming.
Xing Enming, who was awakened from his dream, immediately ordered his troops and rushed outside the city to put out the fire.
In a moment, the fire burned through the hut, and was completely extinguished with the concerted efforts of everyone to save it, as there was nothing else to burn.
"Sir, this fire is burning strangely."
Zhou Lin and Xing Enming looked at the burned out fire scene and frowned.
Xing Enming nodded, "Yes, this is an abandoned place. There are no people there on weekdays, so an accidental fire is almost impossible."
Zhou Lin also nodded, his brows furrowed even more.
Since the fire was not accidental, it could only be arson.
But as Xing Enming said just now, this is a much abandoned house, with nothing but the basic skeleton of the house, and absolutely no value worthy of being set on fire.
If the abandoned house itself is not worth burning, then the only possibility is... there is something in the abandoned house that the murderer must burn.
Thinking of this, Zhou Lin began to carefully search every corner of the fire scene.
And at the next moment, his eyes suddenly opened wide, and a shining light passed by!
"This is……"
His eyes became brighter and brighter, and a hint of enlightenment slowly emerged.
On the side, Xing Enming also had such a look.
They saw a charred body lying in front of them. Judging from the burnt shape, it should be a person.
Or rather, a corpse.
A charred corpse!
"Sir." Zhou Lin looked back at Xing Enming.
Xing Enming also nodded, "It seems that the motive for arson has been found. Go and call a few people to take the body back to the Yamen Office for examination."
"Yes!" Zhou Lin responded and called several policemen to come over and carry the charred corpse away.
And just when several government officials lifted the charred corpse, a white object suddenly floated down from the charred corpse, instantly attracting the attention of Xing Enming and Zhou Lin.
Zhou Lin knelt down and picked up the white thing, and found that it was a piece of burnt white paper, square in shape, with burnt black edges around it.
"This is……"
Zhou Lin was surprised. Generally speaking, when white paper is burned, what is left should be irregular in shape. Why is this piece of paper so square?
When he was confused, he turned over the piece of paper in his hand and looked at it. However, the moment the piece of paper was turned over, his body was shaken almost instantly!
