Prince Liang had never intended to investigate at all. The clues were too scarce; there was nothing to investigate. The Emperor had tasked him with the investigation simply to send him away from the capital—it was a pretense to visit the ancestral home of Minister Zhou.
Prince Liang gestured for the Guard to bring out the map, where the location of the coffin was marked. His eyes suddenly paused, "It's actually near Pingzhou."
The Guard replied, "Yes, at the border between two provinces."
Prince Liang tapped on the map; Zhou Shuren's hometown was in Pingzhou. He squinted his eyes—it truly was a coincidence.
In a capital tea house, Zhou Shuren and the Emperor had entered. They had just returned from outside the city because the first batch of purchased grain had arrived back at the capital, and the remaining grain would follow in batches. Thus, the Emperor had taken Zhou Shuren out to visit the nearby villages incognito.
