Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 788

The officers from Fuya arrived in the time it took to have a cup of tea. They separated the crowd at the door and squeezed into Tingyu Room

"There are so many people here. How can investigate the case? All of you, except the shopkeeper and the waiter, go downstairs." The leader officer frowned, and the one behind him quickly pulled out the knife from his waist. "Go downstairs, go downstairs."

People always feared officials. Everyone went downstairs in a hurry at the officers' order. It was rare to see such a strange case, so they were unwilling to leave the restaurant. They crowded at the stairway and watched.

The shopkeeper whispered in the leader's ear. The leader trembled and asked in disbelief, "What did you say? The missing guests are..."

The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly, "Sir, this matter is very serious. We'd better report it to the county magistrate."

The leader nodded and ordered someone to do so.

He looked at the room for a while and frowned. "There is no trace of fighting and struggle in the room."

The shopkeeper's heart trembled slightly. "What should we do?"

The leader didn't respond. He walked around the room, looked at the table behind the bead curtain, lifted up the tablecloth on the table, and went under the table to have a look. After a while, he kicked out a brazier from under the table.

"It's spring now. Why do you still put the brazier in the private room?" The leader raised his head and looked at the waiter with a pale face.

The waiter quickly replied, "You know there was always a cold spell in late spring. Some guests said it was a little cold in the private room, so I brought the brazier into the room in case of need. I put the brazier under the table just because I was afraid that the guests would find it indecent."

The leader nodded and put his hand on the edge of the brazier with a frown. He looked at the brazier and said, "There are black burnt ashes in it, and I could still feel the heat. Have the guests in this room used it just now?"

The waiter was stunned for a while, and then quickly said, "I don't know. The guests asked me to make a pot of tea and a bowl of pear soup, so I didn't follow them up." Maybe the guests felt a little cold in the room, so they used the brazier."

"Cold?" The leader frowned. It was a sunny day today. Although it was not hot in the room, there was no need to use the brazier.

After a long silence, the leader asked someone to put the brazier aside. Then he walked around the room, but didn't find anything unusual. He said to the shopkeeper, "Keep this private room as it is and don't let anyone in. I'll go to Fuya and report to the county magistrate first."

The shopkeeper answered in a hurry and said, "Sir, thank you for your hard work. The two guests are too distinguished. If anything happens to them, we can't afford it."

The leader was also a little upset. He just nodded casually, left a few officer here to guard, and left in a hurry.

At the gate of the city, a cyan carriage left the city and drove out.

In the carriage sat Luo Qingyan and Yun Shang, who had made the city in a mess.