When Su Mufeng, Ye Huan and others arrived at the Chungui Inn, the fire had been extinguished, half of the Chungui Inn was burnt black, and buckets and basins were scattered on the ground.
And just in front of Chungui Inn, there were a lot of people standing densely, and among this group of people, there were two groups of people facing each other.
One of the teams was the city guards led by Song Yue, and the other was a group of people dressed as businessmen.
Obviously, it was Jin Luanwei.
"What's going on?" Su Mufeng and Ye Huan walked into the crowd at the same time. They were in such a hurry that they didn't have time to listen to Ding Xiu's report.
"Brother Ye!" When they saw Ye Huan, the people dressed as businessmen shouted hurriedly, and then a burly man came out: "You are finally back. The inn was flooded just now. We were putting out the fire, but they came Here, stop us, miss her, miss her..."
"What's going on?" After hearing what this person said, Su Mufeng looked at Song Yue who was walking over and said in a deep voice.
"That's nonsense!" Song Yue said sternly: "Master, just now I was arranging work according to your instructions, and I saw a fire breaking out here. When I came with my people, they not only did not rush to put out the fire, but blocked it. People around to put out the fire!”
"Haha, that's ridiculous. We are clearly trying to stop people who are trying to break in and plunder property." The burly man shouted, while pointing to the buckets on the ground around him: "If we say we are not in a hurry to put out the fire, what are we doing? what are you doing!"
"Plundering property? Have you ever seen someone bring buckets and basins to plunder property?" Song Yue said solemnly: "If it weren't for your obstruction, how could the fire have burned to such an extent!"
"Haha, that's ridiculous! We have already controlled the fire, but how could we be like this if it weren't for you!!" The burly man pointed at Song Yue and roared: "If we hadn't put out the fire with all our strength, when your city guards arrived, here would be Already completely..."
"Shut up!" Ye Huan directly interrupted Song Yue, and at the same time turned to look at Su Mufeng: "Little prince, I'm afraid..."
"Why did the leak occur? Has the investigation been completed?" Su Mufeng ignored Ye Huan and turned to look at Song Yue.
"I sent someone to investigate just now." Song Yue tried his best to calm down his breathing and said in a deep voice to Su Mufeng: "The first place where the water leaked was the room on the east, and they were the people who lived on the east."
While speaking, Song Yue waved his hand, and a soldier came over with an old man.
"This is the owner of Chungui Inn, shopkeeper Tong." Song Yue said, "He can testify!"
"Old, old, I've seen the young master." Shopkeeper Tong saluted hurriedly, his body trembled slightly, and his legs were slightly bent as he was about to kneel down.
"There's no need for Shopkeeper Tong to do this. Are there any casualties?" Su Mufeng hurriedly supported Shopkeeper Tong and asked another question instead of asking what Song Yue said.
"Thanks to the young master, as far as I know, there is no such thing." Shopkeeper Tong shook his head repeatedly, but then looked at Ye Huan and the others: "It's just their young lady..."
"It's a great thing that there are no casualties." Su Mufeng nodded: "Let's wait for tomorrow. Please ask shopkeeper Tong to calculate the losses today, and go to the palace to find Manager Li tomorrow. The cost of repairing the Chungui Inn will be paid by our palace."
"This, this old man, this old man..." Upon hearing this, shopkeeper Tong trembled all over, and his eyes suddenly filled with tears: "How dare you, old man!"
"It doesn't matter, shopkeeper Tong will go there tomorrow." After saying this, Su Mufeng looked at Ye Huan: "Brother Ye, I'm sorry that something like this happened. Please take your brothers to the guest room of the palace to grieve for a few days. "
"I don't know what you mean, sir?" Ye Huan narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at Su Mufeng and said in a deep voice.
"I'm just showing my friendship as a landlord, why are you so nervous?" Su Mufeng said calmly: "Whether it's the matter of Chunmanlou or the matter of Chungui Inn, I will eventually give you an explanation, but this is Handu City after all, and the investigation All you need to do is cooperate, don’t worry.”
"..." Looking at Su Mufeng's expression, and then looking at Song Yue beside him, Ye Huan sneered: "In that case, it's up to the young prince Lao!"
Then Ye Huan waved his hand and led everyone away from here, heading towards the palace under Song Yue's arrangement.
"Master!" After Ye Huan and others left, Song Yue hurriedly stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "This fire comes from a strange place!"
"Not only is it strange, but it comes at just the right time." Su Mufeng narrowed his eyes slightly, and his voice was cold and full of murderous intent: "This Commander Ye is indeed not simple, he is really unscrupulous!"
He originally thought that Ye Huan went to Beizhu Kingdom to ask for help, but now it seems that it was a game played by Ye Huan to protect himself.
The emperor's favorite Princess Liuli died under their protection, and her innocence was even insulted. No matter how much they tried to explain, it was of no avail.
Even if the emperor would not publicly execute them for the sake of Princess Liuli's reputation, he was afraid that they would disappear without a trace.
The suggestion put forward by Su Mufeng was indeed a good suggestion. Solve the case before the matter escalates, find out the murderer, and minimize the matter.
In this way, the culpability of both Beizhu Kingdom and Jinluanwei will be minimized, and Ye Huan and others will have a glimmer of hope.
But are Ye Huan and others really willing to accept such a result?
You must know that a glimmer of hope is only a "glitch", and it all depends on whether His Majesty is "sage" and "merciful" today.
And even if His Majesty does not kill them now, they will no longer be able to serve as Jinluan Guards in the future, and it can be said that their lives will be ruined.
Therefore, it is obvious that Ye Huan and others have chosen another path, a path that is just like what Su Mufeng said: "Kill Ye Huan and others and deny the arrival of Jinluan Guard and Princess Liuli" - that is, push all the blame to Beizhu Kingdom On your body!
Ye Huan and others want to cover up the fact that Princess Liuli died in Chunmanlou and was defiled.
Therefore, the first thing Ye Huan and others did was to kill Li Erniu, the watchman who discovered Princess Liuli, and destroy the witnesses.
Then Ye Huan and others set fire to Chungui Inn and destroyed Princess Liuli's body. In this way, no one would know how Princess Liuli died, let alone whether Princess Liuli was killed. People have defiled.
Of course, this is just the initial layout of Ye Huan and others, the first move to try to turn things around.
The second move in the layout, and the most critical move, was the conflict between the city guards led by Song Yue and the Jinluan Guards.
After all, even if Princess Liuli was really burned to death, the Jinluan Guards would not be able to escape the blame and would definitely be punished. However, it would be different if the army of Beizhu Kingdom intervened.
With the confrontation between the city guards led by Song Yue and the Jinluan Guards, the Jinluan Guards could put the shit basin on the heads of the city guards.
Even Su Mufeng can now imagine that Ye Huan would say: "It was precisely because of the obstruction of the city guards that Princess Liuli was not rescued in time!"
In this way, the emperor would even suspect that the fire was set by someone from the Beizhu Kingdom in order to give him a "warning".
At that time, Jinluan Wei's guilt will be the least, and the conflict between Beizhu Kingdom and the emperor will be infinitely magnified.
And at that time, Beizhu Kingdom would have a hard time defending it. Could he still write to the court and say that Princess Liuli visited Chunlou and was defiled and killed?
So what if Beizhu Kingdom said it? Who can testify?
Watchman Li Erniu is dead. The only people who know about this are Su Mufeng, the son of Beizhu Kingdom, and the city guards under Beizhu Kingdom. Will the emperor believe what these people say?
Of course, in addition to these two moves, there was a third move, which was the move that directly eliminated Su Mufeng's "silence" move!
With the fire and the confrontation, I am afraid that in an hour, everyone in Handu City will know about it.
So even if Su Mufeng wanted to deny that the Jinluan Guards had come to Handu City, he couldn't do it. Even if he took action against the Jinluan Guards at this time, it would be more solidified for Beizhu State to intentionally kill Princess Liuli and the Jinluan Guards!
Su Mufeng exhaled a long breath. He did not expect that a fire would reverse the situation in an instant.
But in this case, two things are more important:
First, it proves that the fire has nothing to do with Beizhu Kingdom or the city guards.
Second, find the real culprit who killed Princess Liuli as soon as possible!
Thinking of this, Su Mufeng turned to look at Shopkeeper Tong and Song Yue: "Shopkeeper Tong, Song Yue, come in with me and take a look."
"Old, old man, lead the way!" Shopkeeper Tong didn't know what was going on, but he hurriedly stepped forward and led the two of them inside.
Since the room was burned by fire, shopkeeper Tong was extremely careful every step he took. Fortunately, although Jin Luanwei tried his best to stop it, the fire did not last long. The inn still retains its original appearance, and the stairs can even be climbed up and down. .
Slowly going up the charred stairs, the three of them soon arrived at the east side of the third floor, where Ye Huan and the others lived before.
"It seems that the burning here is much worse than other places." Song Yue looked at the surrounding environment and said in a deep voice. The corridor was so burned that it was hard to see what it was like before.
"Yes." Su Mufeng nodded and walked into the most severely burned room, which was the room where Princess Liuli's body was previously stored.
At this moment, the room had been completely burned, and the body of Princess Liuli placed on the bed had turned into a pile of black charcoal, and even the human form could not be seen at all.
"Damn it!" Song Yue gritted his teeth and said.
"Song Yue, please keep an eye on this place and don't allow anyone to enter." Su Mufeng looked around the room carefully and said as he walked out: "Now I'm going to Chunman Building, and I have to go quickly to avoid being there. It’s also gone!”
