noffsinger Chapter 745: Zhong Yiyu is missing
Chapter 745: Zhong Yiyu is missing
After hearing Wei Yao mention Pei Zhaozhi, Zhong Yixue asked, "I heard that Lord Pei worked at the Dali Temple before he took office as the Minister of Justice. Did he solve many cases?"
"That's right. Lord Pei solved many cases when he was in the Dali Temple. I think this case of the missing woman should be no problem at all." Wei Yao replied.
Lu Yan also nodded in agreement.
Jiang Suining didn't say anything, but he felt vaguely uneasy in his heart.
This time, the missing woman's case does not seem to be an ordinary missing person case. It always feels a bit strange.
Although the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice have begun to take charge of the case, the Women's Academy has still strengthened its protection as Jiang Suining said.
In the next few days, the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple devoted all their efforts to the case of the missing woman.
The atmosphere in the imperial city was solemn. The unfamiliar faces in the inns were checked one by one, and even the inspections of those entering and leaving the imperial city were intensified.
In the palace, when Jiang Suining was off duty, he happened to meet Shen Yanxi and Pei Zhaozhi who were leaving the imperial study.
"Has there been any progress in the case of the missing woman?" Jiang Suining asked.
Pei Zhaozhi frowned, "Not yet. It's strange that so many people disappeared without leaving any useful clues. The person who committed the crime was so cautious. If they are not habitual criminals, then it must be a gang crime, and there are quite a few people involved in the aftermath."
There are only ten days left before the half-month deadline given by the emperor.
But now the missing woman has not been found, and there is no clue about the murderer. If things continue like this, it will probably not be easy to solve the case within the deadline.
"Could the murderer have already left the imperial city?" Jiang Suining thought for a moment before speaking.
Now that patrols in the imperial city have been stepped up and the disappearance of the woman has caused a lot of controversy, the murderer might have been afraid and left quietly.
"We have also considered this, so in addition to the Imperial City, we will also intensify the search efforts in the villages and towns where women have disappeared before, but..."
Pei Zhaozhi paused and did not continue speaking.
Shen Yanxi took over Pei Zhaozhi's words and spoke in a serious tone, "But if the murderer has already left, or if he no longer commits crimes for the sake of the court, then it will be even more difficult to catch him."
"That's right." Pei Zhaozhi sighed, but soon his expression became firm again, "But so many missing women have not been found yet, and it's still uncertain whether they are alive or dead. We must find them no matter what."
As they were talking, the three of them walked out of the palace together.
As soon as I stepped out of the palace gate, I saw the runners from the Dali Temple waiting outside the palace with anxious looks on their faces.
Pei Zhaozhi's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately stepped forward and asked, "Is there another woman missing?"
"Your Excellency, that's right!" The bailiff nodded hastily, "And the one who went missing this time is the second daughter of Shangshu Zhong's family!"
Jiang Suining was stunned.
Zhong Yiyu?
Zhong Yiyu is missing?
When Pei Zhaozhi, Jiang Suining and others arrived at the Zhong family, the family was already in chaos. In the lobby, Zhong's mother was crying so hard that she almost fainted.
"Master, you must find Yu'er back. If anything happens to her, what will we do?"
Zhong Xingyun's expression was also full of worry and panic, but he no longer had time to take care of his wife.
When he saw Pei Zhaozhi coming in, he immediately stepped forward.
When Zhong Xingyun noticed that Jiang Suining and Shen Yanxi had also followed him, his face looked a little unhappy, but he still quickly said to Pei Zhaozhi: "Master Pei, my daughter is missing!"
"Master Zhong, how did Miss Zhong disappear? I hope you can explain the whole story clearly."
Zhong Xingyun was just about to speak when Zhong Yixiu, who had also received the news, hurried in from outside the door.
"Father, my second sister..."
"You still have the nerve to come back!"
Before Zhong Yixiu could finish her words, Zhong Xingyun interrupted her immediately, then quickly walked up to Zhong Yixiu and slapped her in the face.
"It's all your fault. If your sister didn't want to look for you, she wouldn't have left home quietly, let alone disappeared!"
Zhong Yixiu's head tilted by the slap, and then she was stunned in place because of Zhong Xingyun's words.
"Looking for me?" Zhong Yixue's heart sank. "Did Yiyu disappear in order to look for me?"
"How could it be otherwise! You evil creature, you acted recklessly and insisted on staying in the Girls' Academy. Your sister was worried about you, so she quietly left home and wanted to go to the Girls' Academy to see you, but she ended up disappearing. It's all your fault!"
Zhong Xingyun pointed at Zhong Yixiu, and he was almost shaking with anger.
"If anything happens to your sister, you won't have an easy life!"
He had suffered all kinds of ridicule and gossip because of his eldest daughter. Now he was counting on Yi Yu to find a good husband and have a good marriage, but he didn't expect that she would be missing.
What sin have I committed?
"Master, this matter is not Yixue's fault. Yiyu left home quietly and Yixue didn't know about it. The most urgent thing now is to find Yiyu as soon as possible. If something happens to her, I won't be able to live anymore!"
Mother Zhong didn't care about anything else. While she was talking, she suddenly knelt down in front of Pei Zhaozhi.
"Master Pei, please save my daughter!"
"Madam Zhong, there is no need to do this. As the Minister of Justice and the person in charge of solving this case, I will do my best to find Miss Zhong's whereabouts." Pei Zhaozhi hurriedly helped the person up.
Zhong Xingyun looked at his wife kneeling before Pei Zhaoxi, feeling mixed emotions, and scolded with a cold face.
"What a mess! Someone, send my wife downstairs to rest first."
"No, I won't go down. I'm going to wait here for news from Yi Yu." Zhong's mother said quickly.
Zhong Yixue came back to her senses with difficulty, looked at her mother, and tried to comfort her: "Mother, Yiyu will definitely be found, definitely! You have to take care of yourself."
As she said this, she stepped forward to support Zhong's mother, but was grabbed by Zhong Xingyun and then thrown away.
"You don't need to act so pretentiously here. If it weren't for you, how could this happen?"
Zhong Yixiu was thrown so hard that she staggered several steps and almost fell down. Fortunately, Pei Zhaozhi grabbed her.
"Master Zhong, Miss Zhong is not to blame for this. So many women have gone missing recently. The one who should be blamed is the murderer behind the scenes, not the innocent..."
"Sir Pei, although the emperor has ordered me to take charge of this case, this is my family affair, and it is not your turn to make decisions here."
Zhong Xingyun interrupted Pei Zhaozhi's words in a bad tone, and then looked at Zhong Yixiu with resentment and blame, and said loudly.
"Someone, lock this rebellious girl up!"