Revenge of the First Daughter - Chapter 454

Chapter 454 Who Is The Murderer

The Third Prince’s Mansion was brightly lit tonight.

Zhou Jingyan sat behind the desk, writing with a wolf pen in his hand. However, the writing became uglier and uglier, and in the end, it became messy.

After putting away the pen, Zhou Jingyan looked at the big words he had just written. With an embarrassed expression, he huddled the paper together and threw it out.

Not long after, Housekeeper Li knocked on the door and walked in. He respectfully said, “Report to Your Highness the third prince, Miss Xiao is here.”

Zhou Jingyan frowned and said, “Let her in!”

Zhou Jingyan tidied up his clothes and walked to the small teahouse outside. He sat down at the table and poured two cups of tea first. Just as the tea was poured, the door was opened with a creak.

The woman in a long aqua-blue dress sat in a wheelchair. She wore a simple moonlight bun, and two jade hairpins were placed diagonally on her hair. The plum blossom pattern on the hairpin was carved from high-quality ruby. Under the illumination of the light, it flickered with a faint light. The woman’s eyebrows were delicate, and her facial features were exquisite. She was also a rare beauty.

However, when Zhou Jingyan saw this person, a wisp of vigilance and disgust flashed across his face. Then, he said, “Miss Xiao is so capable. She was actually able to capture Rong Jin. Where is he?”

Thinking of this, Zhou Jingyan’s eyes were filled with hostility.

He was originally unwilling to make a move, but after thinking for a while last night, he felt that he absolutely couldn’t let Yun Xiao and Rong Jin get married like this. If he couldn’t obtain her, he could also destroy her. Moreover, the Palace Master of the Ten Directions Palace would be buried with Yun Xiao. At that time, he only needed to expend some effort to bring the people of the Ten Directions Palace under his control.

He’s got a good idea, Therefore, seeing that Xiao Yuqi could not be drugged, he had the hidden guards ambush people outside and set fire to them. This could be considered to have completely destroyed the marriage and forced Yun Xiao out. However, Yun Xiao’s whereabouts could not be found. He was busy dealing with the people from the Ten Directions Palace, but in the end, he didn’t pay any attention and actually wanted someone to capture Rong Jin.

He didn’t believe that someone like Rong Jin would be captured. But now, everyone in the capital was talking about the wedding between Yun Clan and the Rong family. It was a gift from a white-haired man to a black-haired man. Yun Clan had already given Yun Clan and the Rong family a burial ground. In addition, he had also gone to the scene to investigate. Seeing that there was still poison there, he understood that Rong Jin might not be dead, but it was very likely that he had been captured.

And now, in the entire capital, only Xiao Yuqi had the motive to attack Rong Jin and Yun Xiao. Moreover, if he and Xiao Yuqi worked together and were able to snatch people away under his nose, they would definitely be familiar with him. Thinking about it, this person would only be Xiao Yuqi.

In Zhou Jingyan’s eyes, Xiao Yuqi’s current behavior was betrayed. Being betrayed was definitely not a good feeling. That was why Zhou Jingyan was so angry today. If Xiao Yuqi dared to play tricks on him today, she would definitely dare to stab him in the back one day.

Zhou Jingyan was unwilling to carry such dangers.

Today, if he could get Rong Jin back from Xiao Yuqi, this would be a good thing. No matter what, Rong Jin was the Palace Master of the Ten Directions Palace. With him in hand, he believed that with the cooperation of the Ten Directions Palace, his chances of winning the throne would increase.

Zhou Jingyan had a good idea. His expression was gloomy. Seeing that Xiao Yuqi didn’t say anything, he continued, “You only need to hand Rong Jin over to me today. I can let bygones be bygones when you kidnapped him from my hands today.”

Xiao Yuqi stared at Zhou Jingyan’s eyes. She did not miss the flash of greed in the depths of Zhou Jingyan’s eyes. She felt even more disgusted in her heart. However, she said softly, “Is Third Prince joking? Now, everyone in the capital knows that Rong Jin and his wife died in the fire together. How can I give a dead man to Third Prince?”

“So you don’t want to hand Rong Jin over?” Zhou Jingyan’s gaze was gloomy as he stared at Xiao Yuqi with an icy cold gaze that did not contain the slightest bit of warmth.

Being stared at by such a gaze, Xiao Yuqi always felt as if she was being stared at by a hungry wolf, as if she would be torn into pieces by this hungry wolf in the next moment.

Even so, Xiao Yuqi’s expression did not change at all. Instead, the ridicule in her heart became more and more intense. She snorted coldly and said, “Your Highness the Third Prince really knows how to joke. He is not in my hands. Indeed, he is not in my hands. We are allies. No matter what, I will not betray him. I am still waiting for His Highness the Third Prince to become the Emperor and make me queen.”

Zhou Jingyan’s expression became colder and colder as he stared at Xiao Yuqi. Seeing that her expression did not change at all, his expression became somewhat embarrassed. “Are you sure you didn’t do it?”

“Of course, if it was really me who did it, I can’t deny it.” Even if it was really her, she would not admit it. Of course, after hearing Zhou Jingyan’s words, Xiao Yuqi’s heart couldn’t help but beat. She also felt that today’s matter was strange, but she really didn’t know who did it. She originally thought that Rong Jin and Yun Xiao were really dead, but judging from Zhou Jingyan’s words, Rong Jin didn’t seem to be dead at all. Since he wasn’t dead, that meant that Yun Xiao wasn’t dead either.

Ever since he went to the Yun Clan on New Year’s Eve, more than half of his people had been killed or injured. Therefore, he had changed Yun Xiao’s medicine last night and had already crippled some of his men. Although he was unwilling to accept it, he did not make a move again.

At this moment, a colorful cloud of smoke suddenly appeared outside the south of the city. Butler Li saw it and immediately knocked on the door to report it to Zhou Jingyan.

Hearing this, Zhou Jingyan immediately walked towards the door. Opening the door, he saw that there was still some colorful smoke in the air that hadn’t dissipated. His brows furrowed tightly, carrying a dense sense of certainty and doubt.

Xiao Yuqi had already walked to Zhou Jingyan’s side. Looking at the colorful smoke outside the south of the city, a strange expression flashed in her eyes. Then, she said, “What happened outside the south of the city?”

“I don’t know.” Zhou Jingyan narrowed his eyes slightly, a trace of ruthlessness flashing through his eyes. “Since the matter between Rong Jin and Yun Xiao today has nothing to do with you, you can go back first. I will continue to investigate this matter. If you really hide them, don’t blame me for being heartless.”

Hearing Zhou Jingyan’s harsh and warning words, Xiao Yuqi’s mockery in her eyes became even more obvious. The corner of her mouth curled into a faint smile. She glanced at the sky again and said loudly, “Alright, since His Highness the Third Prince is fine, I’ll go back first.”

After she finished speaking, she no longer disdained to stay here and pushed her wheelchair out.

After Xiao Yuqi’s figure disappeared, Zhou Jingyan immediately summoned the butler and said, “Go prepare the horse.”

Housekeeper Li naturally didn’t dare to ask any further. After getting the horse ready, Zhou Jingyan immediately led the hidden guards out of the mansion and headed towards the south of the city.

Seeing that Zhou Jingyan’s men had disappeared, a carriage was revealed at the corner of a nearby road. The curtain of the carriage was raised, revealing a cold and ruthless expression.

Xiao Yuqi stared at Zhou Jingyan’s back. The corner of her mouth hooked into a strange smile once again. She looked at her purse at her waist as if it wasn’t there. Then, she said, “Let’s catch up. Be careful not to let Zhou Jingyan discover it.”

Since someone had sent a signal from outside the south of the city, something big must have happened. Now, what could be called a big deal in the capital was the news that Rong Jin and Yun Xiao had both died on the wedding day.

Therefore, if she guessed correctly about the matter outside the south of the city, it would definitely be related to Yun Xiao. Since that was the case, how could she sit still?

This time, she also came to be a yellow bird.

The carriage soon disappeared from the corner of the street.

Half an hour later, Zhou Jingyan had already rushed to the city gate in the south with his men. However, it was already late and the city gate had already been closed.

Zhou Jingyan showed his token and was released.

Not long after leaving the city gate, Zhou Jingyan arrived at the place where the fight was taking place. At this moment, there was a lot of blood on the ground, and in one of the places, there were many horses and black-clothed people piling up.

Zhou Jingyan frowned and asked one of the hidden guards he had brought to take a look. However, after the guard entered, it was as if he had lost his way and was shaking randomly inside.

Zhou Jingyan looked at it strangely. His eyebrows furrowed together, and his expression was a little embarrassed. He quickly dismounted from his horse and walked to the edge of those strange things. After looking around the corpses, he discovered that someone had set up a formation here.

Who had such a powerful formation? To actually trap all these people here?

Zhou Jingyan had the Dark Guards disrupt this formation. All they needed to do was disrupt some of the positions of the formation. After the formation was broken, a pile of corpses appeared in front of them. After examining the corpses, they were all killed. It seemed that someone was intentionally using this formation to kill people.

Zhou Jingyan felt a chill run down his spine when he remembered that there was such a skilled person in the capital.

However, after this investigation, he finally found a mark on one of these people. This mark looked very similar to the royal hidden guard?

What was going on? It was actually related to the hidden guards of the royal family?

After Zhou Jingyan had the corpse cleaned up, he took out the traces on the hidden guard. After investigating again, he did not find any clues. Only then did he have to give up. However, he couldn’t help but wonder in his heart, who in the royal family was involved in this matter?

He didn’t expect that it wasn’t just him and Xiao Yuqi who wanted Yun Xiao dead, there was actually someone who wanted Yun Xiao and the others dead. He felt irritated in his heart. It seemed that he needed to go back and properly sort out his thoughts.

After Zhou Jingyan left with the hidden guard, a carriage slowly drove out. The carriage stopped. The woman in a water-blue dress was carried off the wheelchair. Xiao Yuqi had someone push her around. Finally, she looked at the stones that Zhou Jingyan had removed.

His eyes narrowed slightly. Just like that night on New Year’s Eve, he had actually used a formation.

This was enough to show that Yun Xiao really wasn’t dead.