Genshin Impact: I, the Winter Prince, reign supreme.

After the discussion, Su Yu went directly to the Wanwenji She Auction Hall to attend the meeting.

He didn't show himself, so the kidnappers didn't dare to make a move.

Shen He wandered aimlessly through the sparsely populated streets and alleys, keeping an eye on suspicious passersby along the way.

Su Yu's plan was not complicated: use her as bait to lure the kidnappers out.

Although she didn't know if it was the complete plan, that was all Su Yu had told her.

Once the kidnappers made their move, she summoned the cranes to circle and cry out in the sky, sending an alarm to Su Yu.

In addition, Su Yu left one of the two notes left by the kidnappers when they abducted Yan Fei.

Su Yu told her that the note contained the kidnapper's unique elemental aura, which only the kidnapper could detect.

Given the kidnappers' arrogant and conceited nature, if they were to pass by Shen He and sense the presence of the note, they would definitely attack her.

Therefore, Shinhak's task was to travel around the entire city.

She went to places with fewer people to increase the chances of encountering kidnappers.

Shen He now thinks this mission is pretty good.

If she were to attend a concubine-taking ceremony, facing so many people, she would inexplicably feel irritable and nervous, and the fierce aura within her could easily harm others.

As she was pondering this, she heard hurried footsteps behind her.

Someone was clearly moving quickly toward her.

Having anticipated this, she suddenly turned around, the power of ice element swirling around her fingertips, ready to attack the newcomer.

But when she turned around, she discovered, by the bright moonlight, that the person was none other than Yan Fei!

……

And at the scene of Wanwenji's concubine taking.

With Su Yu's appearance, the enthusiastic atmosphere reached its climax.

Dozens of wealthy merchants from Liyue, along with their families, numbering four or five hundred in total, stood up and applauded enthusiastically to welcome Su Yu.

Beside each wealthy businessman stood a beautifully dressed young woman; some were gentle and delicate, some were poised and elegant, and others exuded an air of nobility.

The children of wealthy merchants in Liyue receive training in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting from a young age, which makes them all exceptionally elegant.

When the applause subsided, everyone's eyes were focused on Su Yu.

But Su Yu remained calm, looking at the crowd below the stage with a somewhat serious expression.

Su Yu gave a wink to the lady with the hidden mirror beside him.

The lady with the hidden mirror immediately announced, "Everyone, let's play a game next."

"Listen carefully to the rules of the game."

"The family that brings the most people today will have their daughter have the opportunity to speak with His Highness the Prince alone."

The wealthy businessmen in the auction hall generally felt that the rules of the game were illogical, but they all began to count the number of people their families had brought.

Chapter 138 Apprehending the Murderer

Some wealthy businessmen were disheartened because they brought fewer people, while others cheered with joy, as if victory was assured.

Soon, the count of all the dozens of wealthy businessmen present was completed.

Finally, there was a wealthy businessman surnamed Yang, who brought the most people today—

In reality, it was his bodyguard who got a huge advantage, winning by a narrow margin.

His daughter got the chance to meet Su Yu alone, and now she stood shyly in the crowd, at a loss for what to do.

Her maidservant stood by and quietly offered her congratulations.

The young lady of the Yang family was beautiful; even in the Kingdom of Zhidong, she would be considered a beauty.

But Su Yu's mind was not on that.

His gaze skipped over the Yang family's daughter and swept across the crowd below the stage, as if searching for something.

The lady in the mirror then announced, "Today's event has come to an end. Miss Yang has been granted the opportunity to meet His Highness the Prince alone. Everyone else, please leave."

A sound of regret came from the crowd.

But since Prince Zhidong had given the order, they dared not complain.

The wealthy merchant families left one by one in an orderly fashion, while Lady Zangjing stood at the door, personally counting the number of people from each family.

When it was the Jin family's turn to leave, the Hidden Mirror Lady suddenly said, "Wait! In the game just now, your Yang family counted twenty people, so why are there twenty-one now?"

The head of the Yang family stopped and inspected the place himself.

At the back of the crowd, he pointed at someone and said, "Hey, Detective General? What are you doing here?"

The detective general took off his hat, cupped his hands, and said, "His Highness the Prince is holding an event here, and I have come here specifically to maintain order."

But as soon as he finished speaking, a group of military officers from the Winter Mission, armed with weapons, jumped out from nearby and surrounded him.

The scene immediately descended into chaos, with the female members of the Yang family hiding to the side in fear and unease.

"All unauthorized personnel, please leave!"

The woman in the mirror spoke to the crowd as if it were her own life.

The wealthy merchants then realized that Prince Zhidong had come to apprehend the criminals at today's meeting, so they hurriedly led their families away from the place.

In the end, only the detective general remained as an outsider; the rest were members of the Winter Solstice Mission who had been lying in wait.

"Your Highness, you must have misunderstood. I changed into plain clothes and mingled in the crowd because I was worried that there might be bad people among them who might try to assassinate you. I am here to protect Your Highness."

With his hands behind his back, Su Yu looked down at the Detective General and said in an unquestionable tone, "Kidnapping Attorney Yanfei and innocent women of Liyue—as the official in charge of Liyue, you knowingly broke the law, and your crime is compounded. You may escape punishment, but you will not escape death!"

The detective general is the culprit behind the unsolved cases of missing girls in Liyue!

Upon hearing this, the detective general panicked, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes.

A powerful aura of bloodlust suddenly erupted from him, forcing the military officers of the Winter Solstice delegation to retreat repeatedly.

"You dare to resist!"

Su Yu gave a cold shout, as if his words were law, dispersing the bloodthirsty aura emanating from him.

The detective general knelt on the ground, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. A ferocious look appeared in his eyes: "Prince Zhidong, I am defeated by you, and I admit it wholeheartedly. But you will regret it, hahaha."

The Detective General was incredibly arrogant; he was still laughing even as he faced death.

Su Yu walked up to him and said, "You think your sister can make me regret this? If nothing unexpected happens, your sister should have been captured by Shen He by now."

……

The alleyways of East Street in Liyue.

Shen He turned around and found that the person rushing towards her was Yan Fei. Just as she was wondering what was going on, she saw the other person's blood-red eyes.

At that moment, she instantly realized that this person was definitely not Yan Fei, but was just impersonating Yan Fei.

Fake Yan Fei lunged forward, brandishing a weapon.

But she clearly underestimated Shen He, and was instead frozen in place by him, standing there like an ice sculpture.

Shen He flicked her sleeve lightly, and the invisible elemental force removed her human skin mask, revealing an old and ugly face.

The old woman's voice was filled with resentment: "My spells are ineffective against you. You are no ordinary person, so who are you?"

My name is Shen He.

"A familiar name... I remember now, you're the girl who was sacrificed to our king by your own father. Why did you help Prince Zhidong? Why did you help humanity? The bloodlust within you is as intense as our king's. Join us. This world has betrayed you; it doesn't deserve your sacrifice. We are your family!"

Faced with the woman's seductive words, Shen He said coldly, "Such rhetoric is useless against me. Alright, come with me to see Prince Zhidong."

Shen He led her to the auction hall of Wanwenjishe.

When the detective general saw the old woman, he deflated like a punctured balloon.

"Prince Zhidong, how do you know I'm the murderer?"

In the end, he chose to surrender.

But I want to know how Su Yu solved the case.

Su Yu replied, "There is no such thing as a perfect crime in this world."

“Every year, a woman disappears in Liyue, but no evidence is ever found. I suspected that there was a mole within the Thousand Rock Army, otherwise the case would have made no progress in the past hundred years. A few days ago, you had someone anonymously deliver that book, ‘Liyue Unsolved Case Files,’ which made me even more suspicious of your identity.”

"You thought you had covered your tracks perfectly, but you didn't expect that I would guess right away that the case file was sent by you. And your purpose in doing this was to pique my interest in this case. In other words, you deliberately used this case to lure me in and see if I had the ability to solve it."

The detective general turned pale and then asked, "Then how do you know that my sister and I were involved in the kidnapping?"

Su Yu replied, "Yesterday I sent someone to check your file. Your file records that you have a younger sister."

"Although Attorney Yanfei is not good at fighting, she does possess the God's Eye of Fire and has a demigod-like body, making her very capable of protecting herself. The fact that she was kidnapped in the city and there were no obvious signs of a struggle at the scene makes it easy to conclude that she was ambushed."

"Attorney Yanfei doesn't understand human relationships and always keeps a safe distance from men. The only people who have the opportunity to get close to her are women. Therefore, I'm certain that there were two kidnappers when she was kidnapped, and the other one was most likely your sister."

These small details, which Su Yu observed while spending time with Yan Fei, became the key to solving the case.

The detective general revealed a look of despair.

He heard that Su Yu was going to hold a meeting here to announce his concubine-taking ceremony, so he secretly sneaked in to monitor Su Yu's every move.

His sister, meanwhile, was out looking for targets to take her own life.

Once Prince Zhidong makes a move, he will promptly use magic to notify his sister to cancel the operation.

However, just as Su Yu said, he thought his whole plan was flawless, but in fact it had already been seen through by Prince Zhidong.

"Where is Attorney Yanfei? Tell me her location, and I'll make sure you die a quick death."

Finally, Su Yu asked in a chilling tone.

Chapter 139 Lord Poseidon

The detective general's eyes flashed with a ferocious glint: "Prince Zhidong, you are indeed very capable. In the Liyue disappearance case, even the Rock King never suspected me. But I will not tell you the whereabouts of Attorney Yanfei. I will make her pay with her life."

The woman in the Hidden Mirror immediately attacked, countless ice crystals like tiny blades piercing into the body of the Detective General. He roared in excruciating pain, "If you're so capable, go find it yourselves!"