The next day, Papa Tang left the capital.
Tang Si sobbed uncontrollably.
Papa Tang glanced at her.
As the saying goes, a married daughter is like spilled water.
He instructed, "Take good care of your husband and children from now on. Come back after you give birth."
"Father …"
Her eyes were brimming with tears.
Papa Tang told Mo Ruo, "Listen up, I'm handing my daughter over to you. You have to take care of her for the rest of her life. If she suffers, I'll break your legs."
Ah!
Mo Ruo felt a chill down his spine.
"Father, don't worry. I'll take good care of Ah Si. I won't let her suffer."
"Finally, remember what you said."
"Yes!"
He was very respectful to his father-in-law.
Papa Tang wasn't a sentimental person. He patted his daughter's head and gave her a few reminders before getting into the carriage.
He shouted, "Let's go!"
The carriage headed towards the city gates.
Tang Si chased after him for a few steps. She couldn't bear to leave, so she grabbed Mo Ruo's sleeve and cried …
She looked like she was about to get a fit.
Mo Ruo said, "Alright, don't cry. If you miss your father, we'll go visit him in Houliao."
"Really?"
"Of course."
His words were worth their weight in gold.
Hence, Tang Si acted like nothing had happened in the blink of an eye.
She was beaming with joy!
Just then, a passerby saw the newlyweds and called out, "Doctor Mo, Madam Mo."
They greeted them as neighbors.
Madam Mo!
Tang Si grinned, basking in her new title of Madam Mo.
She pulled Mo Ruo over and whispered sweetly into his ear, "How … did it go last night?"
"What do you mean last night?" He looked confused.
"Last night!"
"Last night?" Mo Ruo frowned. "What happened last night?"
Tang Si's hair stood on end at this question.
She stomped her foot hard and stomped on the tip of Mo Ruo's foot.
She used a lot of force!
She vented all her anger on him.
"Ah!"
Mo Ruo cried out in pain.
"You deserve it!"
Tang Si glared at him and turned to enter Yuhua Pavilion.
Behind her, Mo Ruo still couldn't figure out the situation.
He chased after her and asked, "What happened to me last night?"
"…"
This was eating clean and refusing to acknowledge the debt.
Being subjected to domestic violence was not worthy of sympathy.
Serves you right!
Meanwhile, in the carriage leaving the capital.
Father Tang's expression was grave and his brows were tightly knitted together as he boarded the carriage.
She placed her hands on her thighs and gripped her clothes tightly. Her heart was filled with complicated feelings.
Seeing him like this, the warrior beside him said, "Third Master, don't worry about Ah Si. She won't be bullied."
Another warrior said, "Yes, who in this world can bully our Ah Si? Don't worry, Third Master. Moreover, if she suffers any grievances in the Great Lin, she'll definitely run back to Houliao. When that happens, we'll bring our men and get rid of that brat. "
"That's right. Dismember him and throw him into the mountains to feed the wolves."
"We can't let him die so easily. We have to skin him alive."
"That's right!"
"…"
The two of them spoke one after another.
Father Tang's mind was elsewhere, so he ignored them.
After a while, he lifted the curtain and looked outside. They were already out of the city.
Once they left, would they ever come back again?
The conversation he had with Ji Yunshu last night still lingered in his mind. He knew that Ji Yunshu was living a good life. She was the only female official in the Great Lin and was highly regarded by the Emperor. Not only that, but she also had a prince by her side who treated her like a treasure. Her future would definitely be unimpeded.
Thus, he made a decision!
It was to hide the secret in his heart forever.
To let everything pass and never mention it again.
He heaved a sigh of relief.
Xi 'er, if it were you, you'd make the same decision as me, right?!
"I hope this is the right decision!"
His soft voice reverberated through the mountains as he continued forward …
Time passed quickly. The quiet capital gradually entered a cold and frosty day.
The Lin Capital Case that attracted everyone's attention.
It was also about to be uncovered!
Half a month later.
In January, the first snow fell in the Great Lin.
The pure white snow fell like cotton in the wind, layer by layer covering the entire capital. The black roof tiles gradually disappeared, revealing a white light. It was like a beautiful picture of prosperity.
The bone-chilling cold wind blew through the streets, but it couldn't blow away the bustling streets of the capital!
People still came and went on the streets.
Those who wanted to do business did business!
Those who wanted to yell shouted!
Those who wanted to go shopping went shopping!
…
On this day, all the portraits of the Lin Capital Case were completed.
Ji Yunshu finished the last stroke in the study.
The person in the portrait was vivid and lifelike. This was the last portrait. As long as she could obtain this person's identity and remove him from the list of people at the Imperial Duke's residence, she would be able to find out who the missing person was. She would also be able to find out … what happened at the Imperial Duke's residence that night?
Why were dozens of people buried in the sea of fire?
Now, she was both happy and a little apprehensive!
Happy that the portrait was completed.
Apprehensive about what would happen next?
She waited quietly for a long time.
The ink on the portrait finally dried. She rolled it up and ordered someone to send it to the Ministry of Revenue for investigation.
She stepped out of the study. It was snowing heavily outside, and the cold wind blew like a knife. It seemed to cut through her clothes and bore into her body, causing her heart to tremble from the cold.
Shi Zijin took out a cloak from somewhere.
She put it on her!
"Thank you!"
Shi Zijin didn't say anything and stood by her side.
The two stood outside for a while, then went to the central room.
In the central room, there was the last coffin. As long as the Ministry of Revenue confirmed the person's name, they could bury this coffin.
At first, there were dozens of coffins here. It was like a dream. As the portraits were completed one by one, the number of coffins also decreased.
Ji Yunshu's heart always felt empty.
"Uncle Liang." She called out to the door.
Uncle Liang entered the room. "What orders does Lord Ji have?"
"After the Ministry of Revenue announces the names, send people to take this last coffin and bury it."
"Yes, Lord Ji. Don't worry."
"Thank you."
Uncle Liang left the room.
Ji Yunshu stood in the room for a while before leaving. When she walked to the corridor, she asked Shi Zijin, "What has Wei Yi been doing these days?"
"The teacher has been teaching him knowledge, and he has been learning."
"What else?"
"When it snowed, he built a snowman in the courtyard. It looked weird, with no nose and no eyes."
"Anything else?"
"Nothing."
Ji Yunshu didn't ask anymore and went to the study in the backyard. She didn't go near it, but stood far away.
Through the open window, she could see Wei Yi sitting inside, reading a book.
Extremely serious!
She smiled bitterly, her gaze on Wei Yi. "Sometimes, I really want to go back to the past, when I had no scruples and Wei Yi had no worries. But in the end, there are no 'ifs'!"
Shi Zijin asked, "Miss, why do you ask?"
Ji Yunshu shook her head.
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