Imperial Treasure

Chapter 652 - 422: The Special One_2

An hour later, the two of them returned—and had found out about the situation of those three victims.

"There’s no useful information... It’s pretty much like how Li Yu died, senseless and baffling, skinned and hung on the wall!" Flower Demon appeared somewhat discouraged and annoyed. Capital City was not their territory, and this made inquiring about things quite inconvenient.

"Was there any writing on the wall?"

"It looked like there was." Gong Jiu’s eyes lit up. "I bought information from a servant in Liu Qian’s household, who said there was a line of blood writing, but hardly anyone could understand it."

Could it be the same meaning as before? Sui Yi pondered thoughtfully.

Since there wasn’t much useful information to be obtained from those three people from last night, it was worth mentioning their identities.

"One is an official from the customs, holding a not insignificant rank, the top dog."

"The other two are wealthy businessmen, one of them being Liu Qian, and the other one named Zhang Kuo, both slippery veterans in the business world for many years... Hey, do you think this murderer has a vendetta against the rich?" Gong Jiu analyzed nonchalantly.

"Nonsense, since when is a customs official considered rich..."

Before she could finish, she started to critique herself, "Ah, they actually could be very rich..." If they were corrupt officials, then they would indeed be extremely wealthy.

"No, this customs official isn’t that wealthy; his family is quite ordinary..."

The two of them casually discussed a few things about those three people and eventually steered the conversation towards Pu Qinghan.

"I have a feeling that Yue Beiqing’s motives for taking Qinghan away aren’t pure. Look, if they can finish off one, then three more, there will undoubtedly be a fifth and sixth! But the murder just took place, and instead of thinking about protecting those most important, like the two heirs from the Cao Family or the tycoons like Fu Ling, he went straight for Qinghan... Just to treat her like a clue?"

Gong Jiu knew all too well that, in the grand scheme of things, solving a case would never be as important as protecting key figures.

After all, the dead are already gone.

Yet Yue Beiqing did the opposite...

"Could it be that Qinghan has some other significance on her..." Flower Demon looked towards Li Bo...

At last, Li Bo found an opportunity to speak up, "That’s impossible. In recent years, Qinghan has always been cautious, not willing to associate with these circles. Several sons of rich businessmen pursued her, and she rejected them all."

After hesitating for a moment, she made up her mind and said, "There were also a few times when those men resorted to underhanded tactics... Qinghan is clever, she dodged all those attempts... Li Yu’s move this time was the fiercest and darkest, and she got into trouble only because his company also played a part in it. It seems unreasonable for the murderer with such grand schemes to target her..."

"It’s not that they’re targeting her but that they specifically spared her." Gong Jiu stroked her chin, "This is the most dangerous and mysterious part."

Li Bo had no response, she hadn’t known about this from the previous news, and now that she knew, she couldn’t make sense of it.

"Miss Li, please make a list of the people Qinghan has been in contact with over the years... those whose memories are particularly vivid or who are relatively special, perhaps it will be useful," Sui Yi’s words caused Li Bo to be taken aback, but she quickly agreed.

"However, although those people are considered rich businessmen, they don’t have much to do with Capital City... they are not at that level..." Li Bo was somewhat puzzled, she didn’t feel they were related to the case.

Sui Yi shook his head, "Qinghan is very special because the murderer treats her specially—this specialness is not inherent, but given to her by others. It could be a whim of the murderer, wanting her to attract attention and create suspense, or perhaps they had... other plans!"

"Then we need to think back further. If there is another plan, it still has to do with something the murderer wants to know or obtain from her... check her past experiences and origins, as well as the people she has been in contact with..." Flower Demon followed Sui Yi’s hidden meaning and opened her mind... Suddenly, she snapped her fingers!

"Yue Beiqing has a massive search team at his disposal, capable of finding out a lot about her in a short time. Maybe he already knows what the murderer’s goal is, so he’s in such a hurry to take her away! And this goal is very likely also Yue Beiqing’s... Damn it, it’s like we went out without reading the almanac, we’ve gotten ourselves into trouble!"

Yue Beiqing and his party represent the officials and can mobilize official powers of this magnitude... What level would that be?

A matter of national importance?

Getting mixed up in this kind of business is just asking for trouble!

Flower Demon slapped his palm down loudly.

Li Bo was startled, suddenly feeling her own intelligence was struggling to keep up with the rapid analysis of these three.

"If the goal lies with Yue Beiqing, and the murderer didn’t come for her first, maybe it’s because they were wary of you being here, Sui Yi. After all, you’ve shown some of your skills at Duke Zheng’s Mansion, or it could be that they had something else to do first," Gong Jiu squinted her eyes...

After she finished, the room fell silent.

Then they saw Sui Yi stand up and say something softly.

"Such as, before looking for things, silencing someone first."

Thump, Li Bo’s phone fell to the ground. Goddess, don’t scare me.

Sui Yi stood up and took off his coat.

"Where are you going?"

"Going to the Su Family..."

Sui Yi went to the Su Family alone, while Gong Jiu and Flower Demon stayed behind to supervise Li Bo in writing down those memories. After all, regarding Pu Qinghan’s matter, she was the second most informed person... In fact, all three of them didn’t dare to tell the lady that she was also in considerable danger, in order not to frighten her to death...

As Sui Yi was driving, he remembered the look Yue Beiqing gave when he saw Pu Qinghan and Li Bo...

It seemed that he wasn’t surprised to find Li Bo there, or perhaps it was meaningful.

He couldn’t possibly be unaware that Li Bo was involved, but he didn’t take her with him. Did he intentionally leave Li Bo for them?

Was it a warning?

Sui Yi picked up his phone and contacted Su Ziyi. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at Qidian (qidian.com) with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)