After Rebirth, She Becomes the Revenge Queen-Chapter 507 - 342: Could He Have Not Escaped? (Seeking Monthly Votes)_2

Chapter 507: Chapter 342: Could He Have Not Escaped? (Seeking Monthly Votes)_2
"At the same time, I noticed they weren’t riding horses, and they were dressed in wide robes and cloth shoes like merchants, not appearing as if they were traveling far, indicating they must be residing nearby.
"Just outside the city gates is the outskirts of the capital, so the place they’re staying can only be in this area.
"Therefore, I immediately went back and invited Brother Zhe, planning to track them right away."
Since they were tracking into the city, for convenience, the other party naturally wouldn’t be too far from the capital city.
Could it be that after Lian Rong painstakingly escaped, he didn’t leave and is still lingering near the capital?
Fu Zhen looked at the two of them. "Do you have a specific destination in mind?"
"I know the outskirts around the capital well," Zhe Yu said. "From the city gates, within fifty miles, there are only three towns. Where they reside cannot possibly exceed fifty miles."
Fu Zhen nodded, instructing Guo Song, "The more people the better. Send a few people to accompany the two of them."
Guo Song immediately selected a few guards familiar with the terrain of the outskirts.
Fu Zhen assigned the people to Tie Ying and the other: "Search carefully, but don’t startle them. This one with the surname Lian is as cunning as Xu Yin. If he truly is still nearby, don’t act rashly before absolutely certain of capturing him."
"Understood!"
With reinforcements, their spirits lifted. They saluted, mounted their horses, and led the men out of the city.
After watching them leave, Fu Zhen lowered his head in contemplation for a moment, then called to Guo Song, "Let’s go! Pick up the pace."
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"Have you ed to the Ministry of Justice? Did you bring the coroner to see?"
In the Capital Camp, Pei Zhan quickly walked out from the training field, heading towards the barracks alongside Cheng Chili.
"They’ve been notified, and the body has been sent over. The results from the coroner are not yet known, but it can be confirmed that the body is indeed Consort Li!"
Cheng Chili followed him into the room, continuing, "The body was found twenty miles outside the South City Gate at Camp Town, beneath the cliffs on the east side of the town.
"Originally there was a deep pool below the cliff. They probably intended to sink the body there, but it’s the dry season now, and unexpectedly missed, landing the body on the rocks.
"People from the Ministry of Justice have already seen it. The person died approximately two days ago, with a wound on the back of the neck and a broken cervical vertebra, likely killed with a single blow."
Pei Zhan removed his helmet and placed it on the desk, pondering, "Over a month has passed since the incident. How could Consort Li still be in the outskirts? Has anyone searched around Camp Town?"
"My brother took people over immediately after hearing the news. Hopefully, there will be results before nightfall."
Pei Zhan paced a few circles in the room. "There hasn’t been any news from the northwest about Lian Rong during this past month, has there?"
"No news," Cheng Chili shook his head. "Not only from the northwest, but all surrounding city gates and checkpoints within hundreds of miles where we sent fast riders that day have found nothing."
"No detection at any city gate or checkpoint means has he stayed in the Capital?"
"I believe your intuition might be correct. For whatever reason, Lian Rong might indeed still be within the Capital’s range."
Just as Pei Zhan voiced his suspicion, Fu Zhen’s familiar clear voice came from outside the door.
He abruptly turned around, his eyes locking onto Fu Zhen appearing at the doorway:
"How did you get here? How did you get inside?"
Fu Zhen, with a trace of triumph, stepped over the threshold. "I thought I couldn’t get in either, but the general guarding your camp knew me. Plus, with Guo Song accompanying me, the general let me in after hearing my intentions."
Listening to this, Pei Zhan suppressed a smile, maintaining composure. "Do you have any evidence for what you just said?"
"Of course," Fu Zhen then explained the encounter with Tie Ying on the way there. "I have already had Guo Song send people along with them. Tie Ying has been tracking King Yi’s people for so long; he might indeed discover something."
Saying this, she looked in turn at Pei Zhan and Cheng Chili: "Why were you also talking about Lian Rong just now?"
Cheng Chili, unable to hold back any longer, said, "We found Consort Li’s body beneath the cliffs twenty miles outside the South City Gate!
"She died within the last couple of days!"
Fu Zheng was momentarily stunned upon hearing Consort Li, thinking back to that day when Lian Rong took her hostage to escape the city gates. Everyone had assumed she was dead. Unexpectedly, news of her death came only today!
Recalling what Tie Ying had mentioned earlier, she immediately stepped forward, "What Tie Ying said is very likely correct! Those tracking him must be those Xu family guards Lian Rong took away. Since they are here, Lian Rong must be too!"