Chapter 117
Mua Kong walked away feeling daze with a glint of helplessness reflected through his eyes, wondering where Hli Ja is . He eliminated the first suspect . Next would be the Prime Minister of Law, Da Neng, the one Chue Yi mentioned in one of the reports .
Mua Kong thought that being discreet about her would keep her away from danger . He was going to wait until he accomplished the goals set by the King, then he will show her to the world . But right now, he feels at a lost and angry at himself . He failed to protect his wife . He thought that if he keeps her inside his home, keep his work problems away from her, would keep her safe . He thought it was a method of protecting her from the eyes of others, but now he is not sure if what he did was the right thing . Maybe keeping her in the dark probably caused her more harms .
Back at Mua Kong's palace, he instructed one of his guards to infiltrate Da Neng's house . Since he does not have solid proof but just speculations, the only thing he could do right now is send someone to spy for suspicious activity .
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At the crime site, the investigators were able to identify some corpses based on evidence the corpses had on their body that was not burned in the fire . Yee Len had fetched a coroner to screen the corpses for other causes . What Mua Kong suspect was all of the people in the inn must of ingested sleeping drug to not have woken up to the fire . He needed the coroner to rule out the cause .
Night time approached, at Prince Mua Kong's palace, he sat in his study chamber dazed and helpless . Time is essence in this case and he has yet to pinpoint a clue to help him track down the enemy . He has not been able to sleep nor eat to keep his body healthy . Sitting in the study room, with all curtains down, dark shadows loomed over Mua Kong's figure . The room was dark and gloomy leaving no space for light to peek through as if the room itself could feel it's master's depressed state .
A week has gone by and the spy was not able to catch anything suspicious of Minister Da Neng's house . Mua Kong agreed to give his spy another week to thoroughly search every family member without being obvious .
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Some of the corpses who have family members that cared enough to track them down, came and took the corpses away for proper burials . Those that remains, Yee Len and the guards buried them, gave them a proper burial .
After Yee Len had expanded the search area and dispatched more guards, they were not able to find Hli Ja's whereabouts . They have no lead as to who had took her, whether they may be from the palace or neighboring country . With no lead, all Mua Kong could do was dispatched a few guards to infiltrate the Northern and Southern country .
The time in Mua Kong's heart had stood frozen at when he held her hairpin to his chest at the crime site . There was no evidence of her body found so he refused to believe that she was truly gone . He had a hunch that she was probably taken somewhere by someone and he hoped that he would find her someday .
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Weeks turned to month, months turned to year and before long, over two years had gone by . Mua Kong still did not get any lead . He would go to the border by the southern country for months to fend territory and then take time to travel the country looking for Hli Ja every chance he gets .
Since then, Mua Kong doesn't look the same anymore . He seems to lost the will to live on, but he has to force himself to live in case Hli Ja might be alive somewhere in the world . He became thinner, his eyes always looked so empty . The man who used to look so heavenly handsome, strong, stern, and always radiate a radiance aura wherever he goes no longer existed . He now always wears black cloak, unshaved and looked shabby like a living corpse .
Half a year later, marked the third year since the fire incident . The King decided to approach Mua Kong while he shuts himself inside his study room with all the curtains down . He sat in the dark room filled with emptiness, his eyes lifeless . The King had enough of seeing his son this way and muttered the courage to visit . When he arrived into the study room, he saw his son sitting on the chair in the dark staring at blank spaces .
Mua Kong didn't move or shift his gaze to look at the person who came in . He remained still like a statue . The King exhaled a deep breath before pulling a chair to sit across from his son . He looked at his statue son and in a low tone he spoke, "My mother was the fifth wife of the previous King . I was the youngest and my health was weak . I grew up witnessing all my father's wives plotted schemes against each other . My father's third wife and her family tried to poison him and overtake the throne . . . . " The King paused and took a deep breathe before continuing in a hoarse voice . .
"At the time her son was the crowned prince . My mother didn't come from a powerful family, our support was weak so we were always bullied . To escape from the palace life, I ran away to attend a well known school that teaches martial arts and intelligence . Your mother was the descendant of that school . She was beautiful, smart, kind, and top of the class . That was how I met your mother . From there on, your mother helped me improved my martial art skill, she helped me think deeper, what lies beyond the surface . " The King paused slightly to look at his son to see if he would get a reaction .
Still, Mua Kong didn't move .