"How strange," Su Xinger said, "why does Prince Rong still keep these things? If he really wants to keep them, fine, but why hide them in the Prince’s Mansion? Wouldn’t it be safer to put them elsewhere?"
"That’s why these things must be very important to him," Fu Zhen picked up the fan and the handkerchief. "Both items have the word ’Yi’ on them, which could very well be the name of the deceased."
"Who on earth is this person?" Liang Zhi frowned at the words on the silk handkerchief, deep in thought, "If it’s so important, they should be famous. But why have I never heard of this person?"
Putting down the handkerchief, he asked the people present: "Have any of you heard of it? Does anyone come to mind?"
Everyone exchanged glances and shook their heads.
If they had any clues in their minds, there was no need to wait for him to guess.
"No matter who he is, Prince Rong definitely doesn’t want it exposed. Xu Yin took this fan, intending to deal with Prince Rong’s Mansion. I’m curious, what exactly can he use this fan for?"
"The case in Baiyu Lane involves the death of Liang Ning. Once investigated, he definitely can’t escape. So, he surely wouldn’t use it to report to the authorities. If not to report, how else can he suppress Prince Rong?"
Fu Zhen’s question left everyone pondering.
After a moment, no one came up with a clear line of thought, but Liang Zhi pounded the table: "Who cares what he’s planning? Now that we have the items, we have the evidence!’
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"So how do you plan to explain the origin of these items to the government?" Pei Zhan looked at him, "In other words, how do you prove these items were taken from Prince Rong?"
Liang Zhi was stunned.
"Exactly," Liang Chen nodded, "Now the remains of the deceased are nowhere to be found, nor do we know who his family is. If it weren’t for Aunt and Mrs. Ning witnessing it firsthand, no one would even know these two people existed."
"With these few items, even if the Dali Temple files a case out of courtesy, seeing no one dead or alive, how would they continue to investigate? They can’t just listen to us accuse Prince Rong and really treat him as a suspect."
Liang Zhi said, "But isn’t Prince Rong very afraid of these things being exposed? If we hand them over to the authorities, Prince Rong will definitely be caught out!"
"But then, won’t we possibly never know who the person behind them is?"
"...The person behind them?"
Hearing this, Su Xinger gaped in surprise, "You mean there’s someone else behind them?"
Fu Zhen said slowly, "I’m just guessing, I have no evidence."
"Then how do you guess?"
Fu Zhen took a breath and said, "I remember when we confronted Zhang Damazi at Baihe Temple to ask the truth, Zhang Damazi said Yang Zhan killed the person, and it was an accidental murder."
"If killing wasn’t the original intention, what were they planning that night? Why stop that father and son?"
"Yang Zhan is no fool either; he was born on a war campaign, and seeing dead bodies on his way north was not new to him. It’s unlikely he’d be so scared and return to have Prince Rong cover for him.
"After committing such acts, regardless of the deceased’s importance, they had no reason to keep the evidence themselves. They’ve destroyed the body, knowing that retaining these evidences would only spell disaster."
"The most crucial is this letter—" she lifted the sheets of paper, "With the letter in Prince Rong’s hands, naturally addressed to that father and son, but who was it from?
"The tone of the letter clearly suggests directing someone to take action, mentioning only that this ’Yi’ person is a hindrance, without any other obvious clues.
"But Princess Rong understood immediately what Prince Rong and they had done upon seeing these. She angrily rebuked Xu Ying for using these to harm Prince Rong’s Mansion, saying it would bring them catastrophic trouble, clearly showing she knew the seriousness.
"So Yang Zhan targeted that father and son not for personal grievance, but on behalf of someone else. Prince Rong and his son merely acted as the executioners.
"Prince Rong risked keeping these things as a precaution against potential exposure of his crimes in the future, to handle a crisis.
"If these things are handed over to the authorities, Prince Rong will indeed be in a panic. But not only will we be exposed, but this person behind the scenes will probably never emerge again either.
"Ultimately, isn’t the main culprit behind this matter the one we should really be confronting?"
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