On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

Chapter 1615 Looking for Old Friends

Li Zaibiao greeted the greeting and answered truthfully.

"Your Highness, I was just talking to Yinding about how I went to see an old friend, but I didn't see him. I don't know what happened."

Yan Ruyu asked: "Who is this old friend? Is he nearby?"

"Princess, he is an old friend of mine. When I joined the army, he became a bodyguard. Later, the escort agency closed down, so he went out on his own. After I left the army, I came to look for him. He had built a wooden house over there and enclosed a yard."

"I thought he was closer to here, so I wanted to ask him if he had discovered or heard anything, but to my surprise, he was not there."

Huo Changhe said: "Didn't you just say that he was a lone trader? Did he go out?"

Li Zaibiao hesitated, as if he wanted to say something, but didn't open his mouth.

Yan Ruyu asked, "Anything else? Just say it, don't hesitate."

Li Zaibiao touched his nose and said, "There is no dust in his house, and there is leftover rice in the pot. In addition, when he wrote to me last time, he also mentioned that his arm was broken and he was afraid that it would not heal for a while. When I wrote back to him, I also put a few pieces of silver."

Yinding took over the conversation: "I was wondering if he was going out for a while, hunting."

Yan Ruyu asked: "Broken arm? Which arm? Do you know?"

Li Zaibiao thought for a moment and said, "Left hand. He mentioned it in the letter. He said that fortunately it's not right hand. Although he can't use a bow and arrow, it doesn't affect holding a knife."

"Do you know if he has any other physical features besides his broken arm?"

Li Zaibiao thought about it seriously: "Do scars count?"

"Calculate."

Li Zaibiao pointed to his right shoulder and then raised his right leg: "There are scars here and here. The shoulder is a knife wound, and the leg is an arrow wound. There are scars on both places. The knife wound is older."

Yan Ruyu frowned: "Anything else?"

Li Zaibiao thought for a while and shook his head: "This is all I know, nothing else."

"Okay, then..." Yan Ruyu hadn't finished her words when she saw Shopkeeper Li and two of his assistants walking towards them.

She swallowed the rest of her words. Shopkeeper Li led his people past, saying as he walked, "We need to ensure the food is good. We don't want the customers to think that the food will be worse if the price is cut in half. We need to buy food in advance to ensure it is fresh."

"At times like this, we can't afford to make any mistakes."

"Yes, rest assured, boss, we will not slack off."

"Also, check on the corpse from time to time. It's already tragic enough. Don't let the beasts in the mountains destroy the corpse. The government will also check it out when they come."

"Yes."

As they talked, they walked away.

Huo Changhe and Yan Ruyu looked at each other. They were afraid that it would be too late to go and see the corpse now.

We have to wait until night anyway.

Huo Changhe asked Li Zaibiao: "Are you afraid of ghosts?"

Li Zaibiao was still thinking about his friend's characteristics. He was stunned when he heard this.

"Ah? A ghost?"

"Correct."

Li Zaibiao glanced at the silver ingot with a confused expression.

Yinding glared at him: "Why are you looking at me? The prince is asking you."

Li Zaibiao blushed and said, "No, I'm not afraid."

"Well, go back and rest now, and follow me out of the inn later."

"Yes!"

As for what he was going to do, Li Zaibiao didn't care. He was happy to be able to work with the prince.

After returning to the house, Yan Ruyu wrote down her findings on paper.

Especially the six corpses, which were highlighted with question marks.

As it was getting close to evening, the lights in the inn were turned on early, and the front hall was bustling with old guests who had not left and new guests who had arrived today all gathered there.

Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe were no exception and went to the front hall to eat.

Yinding, Dadangjia and Jiang Paopao also sat at the same table and reported today's gains.

Jiang Paopao had just returned. He walked around a few miles to check the surrounding situation.

"That's a ravine over there, and that's a small wood. There's a path in the woods, but it doesn't look like there are people there. There's also a small cabin, but no one's in it."

Yan Ruyu knew that the ravine he was talking about, and the path in the grove should be the one that the abbot mentioned during the call. Because the road was difficult to walk on and there was no sign that anyone had walked on it, Jiang Paopao did not walk too far along the road.

Then there is the wooden house, which should belong to Li Zaibiao’s friend.

"There's nothing else wrong. I can't see anything unusual."

The eldest boss took over and said, "Manager Li has only one son, that young man. He uses a long sword, a very special weapon. I think he should be a good fighter."

"I asked around. His wife is a taboo. None of his guys dare to mention her. Most of his guys are his friends in the underworld. They all have some skills."

"In addition," Yinding continued, "besides where we live, there is a yard on the far west side that is locked and guarded. I don't know what is hidden there."

He glanced around and lowered his voice even lower: "There are many secrets here."

"But," the boss said, "no one says anything bad about the shopkeeper. There are many regular customers, such as small business owners, who often pass by here. Over time, they have become familiar with the shopkeeper and all say that the shopkeeper is a good person."

Yin Ding stroked his chin and said, "Everyone saying that a person is good is the same as everyone saying that a person is bad. Neither of them can be trusted."

Yan Ruyu raised her eyebrows slightly: "Yinding has grown up, this is a philosophical statement."

Yinding smiled so much that his eyes narrowed: "Thank you for the compliment, Princess."

"But what is philosophy?"

"It is the truth, and it is even more profound than the truth."

Huo Changhe glanced at the door and said, "After dinner, go back to the yard to rest. Leave one person to guard the yard at night, and the others follow me out."

Yinding and the other two immediately looked at each other, all wishing to follow, no one wanted to stay.

Yan Ruyu suggested: "Draw lots."

All three agreed that it was meaningless.

When the waiter brought the food, Yan Ruyu felt the plates first and found nothing poisonous, then she let everyone start eating.

She thought to herself that what Yinding said made sense. No matter how good a person was, there were times when he disliked her. Moreover, it was a fact that Sima uncle and nephew were poisoned, and the person who poisoned them must be the clerk in his shop.

If he is really a good person, why would he do such a thing as poisoning?

They returned to the yard to draw lots, and the boss got the note that was left behind. He had no choice but to stay and guard the yard.

Yinding and Jiang Paopao accompanied them.

Night comes earlier in the mountains, and because of the murders, most people eat quickly and go back to their homes to rest.

The lights in the inn went out one after another.

As it was almost midnight, the most common sound in the inn was the sound of the wind.

Yan Ruyu released the starling and let it fly around nearby, but found nothing unusual.

After changing their clothes and putting on masks, the four of them quietly left the courtyard and came to the gate of Li Biao's courtyard. They called him and gave him a mask, and the five of them left the inn through the side door together.

I came here once last time, so this time I am familiar with the place.

When we arrived at the place where the bodies were placed, the temperature was lower than other places, and when the night wind blew, it was like winter.

Yan Ruyu took out a small flashlight, dimmed the light, and pointed it at one of the corpses.