Chapter 1119 - Nothing to Do with Him (1/2)

The investigation was still ongoing so there wasn't really much more that they could find out. Thus, the four of them soon left and instead started to stroll through the city.

Hua Lin Yu was having a great time but he also couldn't help and think about that fire and the circ.u.mstances surrounding it every now and then. It really was such a strange thing to happen. But anyway, he didn't even know the people involved so he pushed the thought away, feeling that it had nothing to do with him.

A few days went by, in which they strolled through the streets of the Long kingdom's capital, visiting some of the shops that Hua Lin Yu didn't know yet and talking with the servants or even the owners to get a better picture of it.

Huo Cheng and Huo Hai were happy that they hadn't left for the Hua family's estate yet which might make Hua Lin Yu's wedding into a reality but they also felt strange that their junior wasn't willing to leave yet and they were especially unhappy that Xin Lan was hanging around him all the time.

One of these days, just when they left yet another store, they saw a painting being posted to a wall on the other side. Hua Lin Yu looked up at Xin Lan, quietly asking him to go and take a look.

Xin Lan rubbed his back and brushed through Hua Lin Yu's hair to show his affection before taking him over there.

When they stood in front of it, they saw that it was actually a painting of a person. Hua Lin Yu's eyes widened slightly when he saw it and he couldn't help but turn to the yamen runner that had just posted it. ”Excuse me but … what is this about?”

The yamen runner didn't really have much time but when he turned around and saw Hua Lin Yu, he also didn't feel right to just not answer. The person opposite him was obviously very young. Thus, he at least gave a bare-bones explanation. ”There was a murder in the city recently and this person is the most likely suspect. I'm afraid I can't answer more questions since I still need to go and hang up the other paintings bu there's some more information in the accompanying text.”

Hua Lin Yu nodded and thanked him and turned to the information when the yamen runner had left. The text did indeed give a few more details: Apparently, the person in the picture was called Ma Tao and was a servant of the Zhong family. He was suspected to have killed the son-in-law of the family and then broken into the yamen and set fire to a building to escape responsibility. Afterward, he had either fled or was hiding somewhere in the capital city. The yamen was asking people to report if they saw him somewhere.

Xin Lan was reading the text as well and slightly raised his brows. ”It seems this has to do with that case we heard about a few days ago.”

Hua Lin Yu nodded. ”So it was their servant?” He slightly furrowed his brows, wondering how all of this had to do with each other. He remembered that face. But the person he had seen hadn't actually been that Ma Tao. Instead, that face had only been a projection made with spiritual energy. The real person below that had been a handsome young man and the clothes he had worn had suggested that he actually wasn't a servant either.

But why would he take on that appearance? And that had even been the day before the fire. Hua Lin Yu didn't think that it was a coincidence but he just didn't understand what it meant. He pondered for a while longer and then turned to Xin Lan. ”Didn't you say you were acquainted with that family?”

Xin Lan nodded faintly. ”A little. Why?”