He hurriedly arranged for someone to go out to find the candidate for the puppet, the Princess of Zhiji from Japan, Li Chongrun didn't even have time to wash his face, so he simply put on a robe and rushed to the guest room where the Princess had temporarily stayed.
The guest room was empty, and the bed was arranged neatly, as if no one was sleeping there yesterday.
A dress that the princess was making himself was still standing on the shelf, as if a person was standing there with his arms stretched out.
I carefully flipped through all the things in the room. In addition to the half pot of herbal tea left yesterday, there was also an oil lamp that had been used up and had not had time to add oil. It could also vaguely reveal some traces of people, the room was clean,
There is no trace of fighting or even someone's life.
After turning back and forth twice, Li Chongrun found no clues, but it seemed that at least he had not been kidnapped. Li Chongrun felt a little relieved.
The two maids who were taking care of the princess were found at this time and were kneeling at the door of the room and trembling.
By the way, the princess was not imprisoned here by herself, and the two girls were not prisoners, so naturally there was no reason to be punished.
He helped the two girls up and comforted him with kind words. Only then did the girls calm down a little and then he was in the mood to answer Li Chongrun's question.
Both girls were invited locally. Although they were called slut girls, there were many female relatives in the royal family. Many female workers and fine work such as serving the princes did not need them to do, and they just cleaned them on weekdays.
It’s a mixed work like hygiene, so it’s just a rough call to girls.
The two girls were going to night school at night, so last night just served the princess and went into the inner courtyard after dinner.
To put it simply, going to night school is the rule of the royal family.
Aunt Shangguan once said that the prince is the top figure among literati, even if he is a rough girl and the guards in the front yard, he must be able to read and write.
Because it was said by the aunt, as we all know, the aunt in the palace speaks better than the prince, so this has become the rule in the palace, and it has been like this since he was in Shendu.
Because there are free night schools to learn literacy, and the prince's imperial guards are very relaxed, the few external recruitment in the royal palace is very popular.
Many serious daughters from small families want to use relationships and make it easier to send the girl to the royal palace to receive treatment from some literacy classes. They would rather have a lower salary.
Li Chongrun has not lived in the garden much before. Recently, his injuries have almost been cured. Li Chongrun moved out of the workshop and often went back to the garden to live. The reason is that the biggest threat outside has already gone.
Secondly, the Dongchang was smoky and fired every day before, and it was really not very pleasant.
These two girls were newly recruited at that time, so they had to go to several old palace ladies for education every night.
The two girls were speaking in a difficult manner, and they used a strong Wu Nong soft voice. Although it sounded very nice, it was really difficult to understand.
After talking for a long time, Li Chongrun probably understood that before the two of them returned to the servient room to rest yesterday, they came to the guest room to check if the princess had any needs.
According to their recollections, the princess was still working in front of the dress last night, and the oil lamp cast the shadow of her dress on the window, which was clearly visible.
With the oil lamp, clothes hanger, Li Chongrun just vaguely guessed, it was not difficult to judge the method of the princess disappearing.
The position of the oil lamp, the clothes hanger placed in the middle of the room, and the unfinished dress on it, just can cast a human-shaped shadow on the window.
The princess left on her own, and Li Chongrun at least doesn't have to worry that it was the elusive ninja in Japan who kidnapped her away.
"What's wrong with the supper last year? Did someone leave the garden?"
The person on duty last night was not the usual factory guards, but the guards who had been in charge of the security of the garden. Several people recalled for a long time but did not remember anything unusual.
"Only the Xiao family came to the carriage that sent sample books for dinner and sent two boxes of newly printed books, but they put them down in the backyard and left. The books were moved in for a few of us."
A guard in charge of the back door reported carefully to Li Chongrun that the Xiao family often sent books. Although Li Chongrun rarely reads them, the library in the garden became thicker and thicker.
"The Xiao family's carriage? Take me to see it."
In the backyard, there are nothing except stables and kennels, and there are also several wood-rooms and grain warehouses. There are no people coming, so there are no stone slabs or floor tiles on the ground, and there are still mud land.
Although the plum rain season has entered recently, today is evil. It has not rained during the plum rain season, but it is a bit hot. The land on the ground is cracked by the sun that is a bit burning. It is hard to leave a mark when stepped on.
There are several pomegranate trees near the back door. The soil under the tree is still a little wet. Who should have just watered it?
Because I had just watered, there were two ruts vaguely left under the pomegranate tree. The surface was already dry, so it shouldn't be the new one.
"This is the mark left by the carriage yesterday." Li Chongrun and several guards repeatedly confirmed that the carriage that delivered vegetables to the mansion today has not arrived yet, and there is only this trace in the garden, so it was naturally left last night. "Let's go and
The traces of the walk are almost the same. Since two boxes of books have been removed, it should be that they are not as heavy as they go out."
"When the carriage went out yesterday at night, there were no one in the carriage except the groom."
The guard who looked at the back door replied to Li Chongrun with certainty: "The groom unloaded an extra box when he moved the box, but later we helped him carry it up. When he put the box, he took a look. The carriage was empty.
, nothing.”
"When do the Xiao family's carriage usually come to deliver books?"
Li Chongrun didn't care about these things, but the Xiao family was indeed keen on delivering books to themselves. Many books that had passed or not were all delivered to the study in their garden.
"If you say it to the prince, you will have everything. But there are not many things like yesterday. The groom also said that he had to bring a box of books to the dock yesterday, which was a bit delayed."
A box of books was moved down and then moved up, and the problem should be here.
"Boldly guess what news our princess should have obtained and took the initiative to sneak out of the royal palace."
"The Xiao family's carriage came to deliver books, probably because they wanted to pick up the princess to sneak out of the palace, so they came so late."
"The princess should have taken the night school after dinner while all the servants in the mansion went to the night school. She walked from the guest room in the front yard through the back garden to the woodshed."
"When the guards were moving the books in, they hid in the first unloaded box. The groom used the excuse to unload the wrong box, and then asked the guards to help move the box hidden by the princess in."
Sitting behind the wide desk in the study, Li Chongrun was drawing several clues behind the desk, and pretending to be Sherlock Holmes in front of Wu Qi and his group of Watsons.
"If you can let the Queen Wang cooperate actively, it must be someone who is familiar to the Queen Wang. However, his father has been killed by Rosa on the Kings Mountain. It should not be a dream that the evil ghosts have to hold. Since it is not his father, then it is naturally my father. Only then can I use this Japanese princess.”
After all, it was my own debt of love. Although I had never met him, Li Chongrun admired his biological father, who was known for his cowardice in history, and the future Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Li Xian.
"But why is the Xiao family involved in this matter?"
The Xiao family in Lanling is famous for their writing, but since they became prime minister during the reign of Emperor Taizong, there has been no one in the court that can be shown in many years.
"It's normal for the Xiao family to listen to your father. Who told you to have a mother named Xiao?"
Wang Rong came in from outside now and was woken up by the sound of Li Chongrun and a group of people investigating the case early in the morning. Wang Rong got up and was a little angry, and her tone was quite bad.
"My mother's surname is Wei, and she is still a relative of the governor Wei Gong. When did she get involved with the nerd Xiao Song again?" Although Li Chongrun was locked in the Five Kings' Hall since childhood, she has not yet fallen to the point of his parents' name. Not sure of the degree.