The next day, Hao Lianche and Nangong Jinse led a large group of people toward the empty city. After two days of travel, they finally arrived in the city. After receiving the imperial edict, the empty city governor Ling Yun prepared the inn for the two early.

"I, the governor of Kongcheng Lingyun, meets King Che, the marquis!"

"Get up."

"Thank you, Prince."

Ling Yun stood up and stopped his eyes on Nangong Jinse. Nangong Jinse felt the gaze and looked at Ling Yun. Ling Yun immediately turned his eyes away, feeling a little embarrassed. After all, Ling Yun was only in his early twenties, so he was naturally a little shy when he looked at such a beautiful girl.

Hao Lianche: "I ordered someone to take my luggage to the inn, and then we went directly to the governor's office to find out the case."

"Yes! The prince and the marquis please follow the officials."

Nangong Jinse said lightly: "My name is Nangong Jinse. You don't need to call me Marquis, just call him Jinse!"

Hearing this, Ling Yun looked at Nangong Jinse in surprise.

"How dare the officials?"

"It's fine."

"Yes, then the officials are more respectful than obedient."

Nangong Jinse nodded.

Hao Lianche: "Jinse, go to the carriage, let's go to the government office."

Nangong Jinse: "No need, since I have arrived in the city, I'd better ride a horse."

Ling Yun: "Then the official will prepare horses for the girl."

"Thank you!"

Ling Yun took Hao Lianche and the others to the government office. There may be no one along the way because of heavy snow, and the streets seemed particularly deserted.

Nangong Jinse: "The snow on this place is a beautiful scene."

Hao Lianche: "This street is indeed a bit deserted!"

Ling Yun: "It is because of that incident that these ordinary people rarely go out during the day."

Nangong Jinse: "Then tell us about that!"

Ling Yun: "The government office will arrive soon, let's go in and explain in detail."

Nangong Jinse and Hao Lianche nodded, and the few people accelerated.

When he arrived at the government office, Ling Yun took out all the files, and Hao Lianche and Nangong Jinse looked carefully.

Ling Yun: "It was a month ago when this incident happened. We really had no choice but to report it to the court."

Nangong Jinse: "When we look, you can tell us something."

Ling Yun: "A month ago, a couple came to report the case and said that their daughter had disappeared for no reason. They woke up at night and didn't see anyone. We went to check the room but found nothing. The couple said that they didn't hear any sound when they went to bed at night, and their daughter disappeared the next day. Later, we couldn't find any clues and guessed that the woman might have run away from home and the matter was left unresolved. I had forgotten this incident as time passed, and similar things happened half a month ago, and recently it has happened more and more frequently, and four or five girls were lost. Only then did we know that someone did it on purpose, but they couldn't find anything."

Hao Lianche: "It seems that this is really strange."

Ling Yun: "Yes! Those women disappeared out of thin air. Some ordinary people were afraid that their daughters would disappear and they would sleep with them at night. What did you think this was? I don't know who was despicable and kidnapped those girls, and why they were tied up."

Nangong Jinse stared at the file and said, "The girls are mostly fourteen or fifteen years old. Are those girls only of this age?"

Hao Lianche: "This is a direction of tracing. Lingyun, you immediately investigate the girls aged 14 and 15 in the empty city, and then send someone to stare at them."

"Yes.com."

"Subordinate is here."

"Take people to every household and ask about the age of the woman, record the residents of fourteen or five years old and send someone to stare at her."

"yes."

Nangong Jinse: "Fortunately, the empty city is a small city. If it were a big city, it would not be enough to stare at people like this."

Ling Yun: "That's true. But I didn't expect that the emperor sent the prince and the marquis to come for this matter. The official is really grateful."

Nangong Jinse: "If the people have something to do, the emperor will naturally care about it."

Ling Yun: "What the girl is saying is. Two years ago, I heard that the emperor had a female marquis. Xiaguan thought he was a strong woman with a back and a waist. Unexpectedly, when he saw the marquis, he was so young and beautiful today, it was really eye-opening."

Nangong Jinse: "I'm just a false name."

Hao Lianche: "You don't know that Jinse is the daughter of a general. She was originally a first-class general who protected the country, but later became a marquis."

Hearing this, Ling Yun said with admiration: "The girl is so amazing, breaking the officials' view of women."

Nangong Jinse: "This is normal. Most people think women should stay in the boudoir to embroider and draw, but I may be born different from others."

Ling Yun: "Does the girl really like a free and carefree life outside?"

Nangong Jinse: "Yes! Isn't it good to be free?"

Ling Yun: "The girl is so restrained now that she is in a high position!"

Hearing this, Nangong Jinse smiled faintly and said nothing, but thought in her heart that others are powerless to restrain her, and the one who really restrains her was herself.

Seeing that Nangong Jinse was not speaking, Ling Yun thought that when he talked about Nangong Jinse's pain, he immediately continued:

"It's getting late today. I have ordered people to prepare dinner. The prince and the girl will go back to the inn to rest after they finish the meal!"

Hao Lianche: "Okay."

Nangong Jinse also nodded.

After dinner, Nangong Jinse and Hao Lianche slowly walked towards the inn.

Hao Lianche felt it was too quiet, so he found something to say:

"Do you think this case is easy to handle?"

Nangong Jinse: "Isn't it your business to handle the case? I'm just following you to play."

Hao Lianche smiled gently: "You are so smart if you don't help me, I don't know when I can solve the case."

Nangong Jinse: "The difficulty of this case is that those people have not left any traces, and we have no way to find their traces."

Hao Lianche: "Yes!"

Nangong Jinse: "I think I have to start with the missing women."

Hao Lianche: "How do you say this?"

Nangong Jinse: "They must have a purpose in catching those women, but there is no way to know what they are for. So as long as we find the characteristics of those women, we can follow this and check it down."

Hao Lianche: "It's strange that the empty city is just an inconspicuous small city, and it is also remote and cold and barren. Why do those people choose to take action here?"

Nangong Jinse: "Maybe it is these factors that make them feel easy to commit crimes!"

Hao Lianche: "But, since they are so old, they must be people in this city, right?"

Nangong Jinse: "This is possible."

Hao Lianche: "But after all, there are no substantial clues."

Nangong Jinse nodded in agreement.

The two continued walking, and Hao Lianche felt that it was a beauty to get along with Nangong Jinse like this! However, this beauty cannot belong to him forever.
Chapter completed!