Chapter 81
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Ning Shu looked up at her in surprise and found that Xiao Changyue's eyes were somewhat illusory. She muttered to herself, "Don't force anything … But what if I insist?"
"Your Highness?"
She realized that she had lost her composure and immediately changed the topic, "Are you going to the west of the city?"
"Yes. Does Your Highness have any orders? "
Xiao Changyue casually waved her hand, "No, you can go do your own thing. I hope to hear the good news of you solving the case as soon as possible."
This princess came inexplicably, said a lot of inexplicable words, and then left inexplicably. Ning Shu suspiciously looked at the extravagant carriage.
If she didn't hear it wrong, the Fifth Princess clearly knew who Yun Ruohui's sweetheart was. And her unwillingness and insistence, could it be —
"Let's go to the Moon Embracing Lake first." Ning Shu put aside her doubts and immediately boarded the carriage. Her eyelids twitched. She always felt that there was no time for such a short delay.
Hui Mo immediately waved his whip.
When they arrived at the Moon Embracing Lake, before the carriage had even stopped, Ning Shu's eyes were already stung by the pungent smoke. She couldn't care less and immediately lifted the curtain and jumped down. In the next moment, a huge rock pressed down on her chest.
Hundreds of people stood on the shore, lamenting around a burning pleasure boat.
In the middle of the crowd, the procuress collapsed on the ground and cried loudly. Chun Niang and the others were also disheveled and dirty. Their faces were covered with black ash and their bodies were wet. It was obvious that they had just escaped from the pleasure boat. Some of the girls were even burned. All of them gathered together like frightened sparrows, crying and weeping.
Pushing through the crowd, Ning Shu hurriedly asked, "What's going on?"
Chun Niang raised her head and recognized her. She tried her best to stop her tears and said, "We were all tidying up our rooms to prepare for the reception of the guests at night. Somehow, the boat suddenly caught fire, and it wasn't just one place. The fire was so strong that we couldn't put it out even if we poured water on it. We had no choice but to jump into the lake to escape, but everything on the boat was gone …"
Ning Shu's heart was heavy. She bent down and asked, "Do you still have the bracelet that Niinu pawned to Mama?"
The procuress cried, "What damned bracelet, it's gone! There was nothing! Everything I had was burned down! My life's work … "
The girls next to her covered their wounds and cried, "It's not enough that Empress Zhou punished Niinu. How can she vent her anger on us …"
On the surface of the lake, the pleasure boat let out a teeth-numbing sound. Like a giant beast that had died of old age, it slowly sank into the lake with flames that engulfed the sky. Other than the pungent smoke, there was nothing left.
Looking at what happened in front of her, Ning Shu pressed her lips tightly.
The clues left behind by Slave Nian were scarce, and now the last direct evidence had sunk to the bottom of the lake.
They were still one step too late!
"How could it be so coincidental?" Hui Mo's face was tightly wrinkled, "If Fifth Princess hadn't stopped the carriage, we might have made it in time!"
Ning Shu walked to the lakeside and fished out a floating piece of the deck from the water. She touched it and felt a piece of slippery oil between her fingers. She closed her eyes and went through the series of things that happened just now in her mind again. Then she said softly, "Yes, how could it be so coincidental?"
After leaving all the money to Chun Niang and others temporarily, she returned to the Residence of Yun. Ning Shu immediately found Zi Gui, "Zi Gui, Forsythia is temporarily guarding the Residence of Yun. I have another more important thing to ask you. Immediately go to Qingzhou and help me find the traces of a singer named Niinu in the brothel. I want all the information related to her. It's a thousand miles away from Qingzhou, but I only have eight days to give you. I'm afraid that you will have to travel day and night. Please take care of yourself. "
"It's my duty. I'll go now."
Zi Gui shouted. A red horse quickly rushed out of the city gate, stepped on the grass pond that had accumulated rain yesterday, and rushed to the north of Qingzhou.
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