nyslfriends Chapter 210: The Bizarre Disappearance Case
Chapter 210: The Bizarre Disappearance Case
Two farewell letters were left by Shuzi and Song Xi, and their contents were generally the same. Both expressed guilt for leaving and the desire not to become caged birds in the Chu Mansion.
However, Chu Shen could tell that the contents of these two letters were insincere.
During last night's madness, the two women were clearly looking forward to entering the Qunyu Palace and even fantasized about interacting with other concubines of the Chu family. So why did they suddenly leave without saying anything today, and even leave behind a letter claiming not to want to become caged birds?
Caged birds, caged birds...
Chu Shen furrowed his brow. Does this mean the two women have become prisoners?
He couldn't help but think of the Xiao family's attack on the Chu family estate, attempting to revive the old story of the Chu family concubine, Nuan.
After collecting the letters, he immediately went to the residence of the law enforcement disciples to report the case of human trafficking.
To be honest, the law enforcement disciples wouldn't bother with such a report made on a whim. Just saying it's a case of human trafficking, is it really a case of human trafficking?
But he had just obtained the forty-ninth position in the Tianjiao ranking, becoming one of the newly emerged prominent figures of the Langxuan Heavenly Palace. Moreover, he had lost two female relatives and was once a victim of the Xiao family's case.
If they really didn't care, the law enforcement disciples would be criticized by everyone.
So this time, the high-ranking officials with law enforcement authority acted quickly.
According to the initial plan, the handling of this matter would be easy. The incident occurred within the Langxuan Heavenly Palace, and the perpetrators would definitely not be able to take the abducted people away for the time being. The location of the incident was also in the bustling market area, so there must be people who had seen the two controlled women, making the search easier.
However, the reality was completely different from what they expected.
Indeed, some people in the market had seen the two women, but when they saw them, the women were in a free state and didn't appear to be held captive. When the law enforcement disciples finally found the last place where the two women were seen, no one had seen them since.
Perhaps the two women returned to the Red Sleeve Inn?
The law enforcement disciples searched in possible locations again, but still found nothing.
Frustrated by consecutive failures, the leader in charge of this search operation became very angry and started using law enforcement artifacts to search for clues.
These law enforcement artifacts are unique and are a set possessed only by law enforcement disciples. They have various functions such as attack, defense, communication, and also some special artifacts designed for the current situation.
"This is our team's distinguished spirit beast, which already has a strong ability to find people. With the enhancement of our law enforcement team's artifacts, its sense of smell, vision, and other abilities are strengthened. But with a clue, it will never miss or make mistakes!"
Beside Chu Shen, the leader of the law enforcement disciples in this case was full of confidence, pointing to a spirit beast that looked somewhat like an anteater and boasting.
This spirit beast itself has a unique appearance, and it is also covered in armor. Even its eyes are covered with something like sunglasses, armed to the teeth.
At this moment, it was in the place where Shu Zi and Song Xi disappeared last, trying to discern the residual scent and other information of the two women.
Everyone's expectations were high, but the result left them all at a loss. After collecting information for half a day, the spirit beast didn't find any trace of the two women at all!
"The criminals who abducted people likely used means to erase the clues!" Experienced law enforcement disciples stomped their feet repeatedly. The cunning of the suspects was far beyond ordinary people!
The leader's face became increasingly ugly. His confident declaration had become a weapon that slapped him in the face. No one could be happy about it. "Don't worry, we still have the Mirror of Return!"
Cultivators themselves are a source of spiritual power, containing a large amount of spiritual energy. This spiritual energy cannot be completely converged within the body, even for high-level cultivators like those with a Gold Core or those who have reached the Hope stage.
Therefore, someone skilled in crafting invented a special spiritual energy technique specifically for capturing the leaked spiritual energy of specific individuals. Based on its dispersion and changes in the outside world, it can deduce the images of past events that occurred in a certain place.
This clever device is called the Mirror of Return, somewhat similar to the ability to reverse time, and it is a tool that the law enforcement disciples of Langxuan Heavenly Palace use to solve many cases.
Everyone thought the situation was under control, but once again, their faces were slapped loudly.
The mirror of returning shadows is useless, obviously. The kidnappers who dealt with the aftermath are even more cunning and knowledgeable about the characteristics of law enforcement disciples than they imagined.
The team leader was furious, this is simply a provocation to the law enforcement disciples!
But this belongs to impotent rage. The criminals have found a way to evade the search of the law enforcement disciples, and they have truly escaped justice, which is quite frustrating.
The team leader had no choice but to report the situation, hoping for a detective who could crack this case, and hoping to catch the damn criminal who challenged the authority of the law enforcement disciples.
However, Chu Shen no longer held any hope for their actions.
The person who did this is obviously very familiar with the procedures and methods of the law enforcement disciples. Every point is handled perfectly, even how to deal with the law enforcement tools is clear. The law enforcement disciples are completely being led by the nose.
This kind of approach doesn't seem like the work of someone outside of the Langhuan Heavenly Palace, but rather like an inside job, there may even be a mole within the law enforcement disciples.
In this situation, how can we still expect the law enforcement disciples to solve this case?
Within the Langhuan Heavenly Palace, there are those capable of doing such things, and with the incident involving the Xiao family as a warning, the answer is already apparent, at least that group is the most suspicious.
...Requesting flowers...
Chu Shen clenched his fist slowly.
The problem is, who was behind this? What will happen after capturing Shuzi and Song Xi? They should contact me, right?
Many questions lingered in his mind, making it difficult for him to sort things out.
To be able to do something like this so seamlessly, it's truly impeccable.
For a period of time afterwards, there was still no news of Shuzi and Song Xi. It could be said that they were neither seen nor heard from. Unfortunately, after the conclusion of the major competition of the sect, the outsiders had already begun to gradually leave. With the large influx of people, many passages that were originally closed within the inner courtyard appeared.
If the person who kidnapped the two girls took the opportunity to leave, this would be the most convenient time. Chu Shen could only continue to pressure the law enforcement disciples and even brought the senior brothers and sisters from Langhuan Peak to request strict inspections of those leaving the inner courtyard and vehicles such as flying boats.
This undoubtedly involved a "diplomatic" issue. Searching a large number of outsiders as kidnapping suspects would bring immense pressure. The law enforcement disciples quickly passed the buck to Yan Shu, who was in charge of the affairs of the Heavenly Palace.
Yan Shu was particularly troubled by this.
From a public perspective, the disciples and family members of the Heavenly Palace have repeatedly been seen as kidnapping targets. This time, it had happened again. Not only was their reputation tarnished, but it was also like being kicked in the face and leaving a stinky footprint.
From a personal perspective, she had already compromised during the Xiao family incident. In doing so, she even suppressed Chu Shen's opinion, which could be considered owing him a favor. But unexpectedly, this time, someone had actually kidnapped people from his family, and her face was burning with pain.
But if they were to thoroughly investigate the people and vehicles leaving the inner courtyard, it would escalate the situation.
She was torn.
After thinking it over, she ultimately chose to prioritize the overall situation and rejected Chu Shen's request for a strict investigation.
This made Chu Shen extremely angry, and he became even more estranged from Yan Shu, feeling that this senior sister was completely useless and only knew how to sacrifice their own side.
By the time all the outsiders who participated in the major competition had left and the missing two girls were still not found, and no one contacted Chu Shen to discuss the issue of "ransom," this matter basically became a cold case, with no chance of remedy.
If it weren't for Cheng Suwei's divination before leaving, judging that the two girls were safe and that this matter was auspicious rather than ominous, Chu Shen would have trusted her accuracy in divination and feared that by now, they would have already posted big-character posters publicly criticizing him.
But because of this matter, he also had to show his stance.
The Qunyu Palace was completely closed.