Xue Rui had seen Yu Shu, and he was even more certain that there was something fishy about Xia Jiangying's death. He left Autumn Osmanthus Lane and went to the Imperial Historian Library by himself. Through the Grand Lord that taught in the library, he found a few students that were in the same class of astrology as Xia Jiangying and Ji Xingxuan, and he questioned them one by one.
From his point of view, Xia Jiangying's murder case in Taishi Library had two main points of suspicion. One was Xia Jiangmin, and the other was Ji Xingxuan.
"Sister Ying has always been a good person. There was no news of her being on bad terms with anyone. Lord Xue, the person who murdered her is definitely not someone from our library. I heard that there was a murderer in the south of the city recently. Could it be that he came to the north of the city to commit murder? "
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"Miss Ji? Oh, Miss Ji and Miss Xia Jiang are the closest in the study. Both of them are taking the Dayan exam this year, so they go in and out of the study all day long. Out of ten days, they are together. Lord Xingxuan, are you suspecting that the murderer is Miss Ji? "
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"Xingxuan? Let me think, there doesn't seem to be anything special happening recently. Oh, yes, there is something strange. "
Xue Rui perked up and asked a few people. After listening to nonsense for a long time, there was finally a serious sentence.
"It was about xxx days ago when Sister Ying had not been murdered. One afternoon, Xingxuan came back from outside and suddenly asked us to go to a shop near Qianyuan Street to find a book for her. I went with Sister Ying."
Xue Rui frowned in disappointment. This matter seemed to have nothing to do with the case. "What's so strange about this?"
"Of course it's strange. Xingxuan didn't have any lessons that day but asked Sister Ying and me to run errands for her. She rarely troubled others like this. Alas, Sister Ying and I went there for nothing. In the end, we didn't even find the book."
Xue Rui's eyes narrowed slightly, and he pursued closely. "Which trading shop? What books?"
"It's the Xianghe Yi Store. The name of the book is … is … uh, it's been so many days, and the name of the book is so long, I can't remember it. Why don't you ask Xingxuan?"
Xue Rui gently clenched his fist and restrained his expression. He shook his head and said, "There's no need. This matter has nothing to do with the case. Thank you for telling me this."
"Lord Xue, you're too polite. As long as you can catch Sister Ying's murderer as soon as possible, feel free to ask me any questions."
After the female student left, Xue Rui sat by himself in the Sun Pavilion of the Imperial Historian's Library for a while and sorted out the case. He noticed helplessly that the more he investigated this case, the more puzzling it became. It was as if there was a ball of fog that enveloped Xia Jiangying's death. Even if he grasped a clue, he was still unable to see exactly what was ahead of him.
This was the first case he had handled since he started working in the Supreme Court. Although it was difficult to solve, there had to be a result no matter what. Otherwise, the fleas in his house would jump around again.
"Xia Jiangying … Ji Xingxuan." Xue Rui rubbed the space between his brows and decided to first send someone to the Auspicious Exchange Hall to investigate. He stood up from the stone bench and had only taken a few steps down the pergola when he saw a lowly official hastily running towards him along the small path in the garden.
"Lord, bad news. A group of people from the south heard about the murder of Miss Xia Jiangying and claimed that it was done by the northerners. They gathered dozens of people at the Human Training Hall."
Xue Rui's face darkened. What he was afraid of had come true.
"Let's go and have a look."
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On the 14th day of the tenth month of the An calendar, there was a big mess at the Human Training Hall where the people from all over the city gathered. The matter was instigated by the people from the south and they had a dispute with the people from the north. More than a hundred people fought in broad daylight. In the end, the local government sent out patrols to arrest a few of the people who led the fight. Only then did the storm temporarily calm down.
It was the third day that Yu Shu heard about the matter at Autumn Osmanthus Square. The cause of the incident also came out. She was not surprised that it was caused by Xia Jiangying's murder in Taishi Library.
Yu Shu was still thinking about whether to tell Xia Mingming or not. Then she heard from Yu Xiaoxiu that the guards of Xia Jiangying's family had already come to deliver the news in the morning. Xia Mingming had gone out with the guards who came to report, but they had not returned yet.
"Did she say where she was going?" Yu Shu asked worriedly.
"Yes, I asked. She said that she was going to the Supreme Court." Yu Xiaoxiu said.
Yu Shu nodded and went to the courtyard to wash her face. Then she went into the kitchen to prepare dinner. She boiled water and stood by the fire waiting for it to boil. Only then did she realize that something was wrong. In the past, when she came home, no matter what Jing Chen was doing, he would come out with Yu Xiaoxiu to welcome her. Today, she did not see him.
"Is Brother Jing in the room?" Yu Shu turned her head and asked Yu Xiaoxiu, who was sitting at the kitchen door helping her to cut vegetables.
"Yes, Brother Jing seems to be not feeling well today. He has been lying in the room for the whole afternoon."
"Not feeling well?" Yu Shu asked worriedly. "Did he take the medicine today?"
"The dinner hasn't been cooked yet."
Yu Shu put down the lid of the pot in her hand. "Put the vegetables away and go boil the medicine. I will go check on him."
At this time, the sun had set. Jing Chen's door was ajar. Through the crack of the door, she could not see what was going on inside. Yu Shu knocked on the door. "Jing Chen, are you sleeping?"
After knocking a few times, there was no response from inside. Yu Shu pushed the door open and went in.
There was no cover in the room, only a screen for changing clothes. Yu Shu saw Jing Chen lying on the bed. Taking two steps forward, she could clearly see that his hair was disheveled and his head was covered in sweat. His face was flushed and his eyes were tightly closed. His curly eyelashes were stained with tiny beads of sweat. His body seemed to be struggling in a nightmare. His lips opened and closed as if he was talking in his sleep. But because he could not make a sound, he could only pant pitifully.
"Jing Chen!" Yu Shu was scared and rushed to the bed. She held his shoulder and shook it, trying to wake him up. However, Jing Chen was deep in his dream and could not hear her. No matter how she shook him, he did not wake up.
"Jing Chen, wake up, Jing Chen!"
Jing Chen's body couldn't stop trembling. Yu Shu shifted her gaze and saw that his left fist was clenched tightly by his side. His knuckles were pale, and the veins on the back of his hand were green and red, as if they would explode at any moment.
Yu Shu's heart tightened. She continued to call out to him while grabbing his tightly clenched fist. She tried to pry it open, but his fist was hard. No matter how hard she tried, it would not budge. Seeing his face gradually turning blue, Yu Shu panicked. Without thinking, she grabbed his fist and opened her mouth to bite it.
Yu Shu had tiger teeth in her mouth. She couldn't control her strength and bit hard. Jing Chen's throat let out a muffled groan. His body shook and his closed eyes suddenly opened.
Yu Shu tasted the sweetness of rust in her mouth and hurriedly let go. As soon as she raised her head, she met Jing Chen's sharp and threatening gaze. His gaze was so strange and full of aggression that Yu Shu felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand up. Subconsciously, she wanted to dodge, but as soon as she moved, a force came from her wrist, and Jing Chen grabbed her wrist.
Yu Shu didn't know whether to advance or retreat. She had no choice but to bite the bullet and shout, "Jing Chen?"
She originally wanted to wake him up from his dream. She didn't expect him to respond. Unexpectedly, he was in a trance for a moment. He probably recognized Yu Shu in front of him. The sharpness in his eyes quickly faded and he gently moved his lips twice.
“...”
The tip of her ears twitched. Yu Shu's eyes widened. She leaned forward and stared at Jing Chen's mouth to confirm that it was not an illusion.
"Jing, Jing, Jing Chen?"
Jing Chen blinked and supported his body to sit up from the bed. He slowly raised his other hand and touched his throat. Under Yu Shu's anxious gaze, he moved his lips uncertainly.
This voice was almost inaudible, but Yu Shu and Jing Chen didn't miss it. Jing Chen was stunned, and Yu Shu almost jumped up in surprise. She grabbed Jing Chen's hand and shook it. She was so excited that her cheeks were red.
"You can speak. Haha. You can speak. That's great! That's great!"
Yu Shu's ecstasy was expressed through a series of "That's great" s. On the other hand, Jing Chen, the person involved, saw her face that was so excited that it was glowing. Only then did he realize that he was happy and smile with her.
Being able to speak like a normal person was probably the best thing that had happened to him since he lost his memory.
Being able to speak again, did this mean that in the near future, he would be able to remember everything that he had forgotten? Those important things that he wanted to remember but could not.
Jing Chen couldn't help but hope that Yu Shu was even happier than him. His heart was filled with joy, as if he had found an outlet. Without thinking too much, he followed his heart and leaned forward, bringing her into his arms with one hand and hugging her slender back with the other. He buried his sweaty forehead on her shoulder. Even though his throat was burning with pain, he couldn't help but want to say, "You're my wife, Yu Shu, Yu Shu, Yu Shu.
"… Little Yu."
He always remembered that night when he woke up on the drifting ship. His mind was empty. He couldn't remember his life, and he didn't know his life. In that bleak emptiness, there was someone who could tell him who he was.
How grateful he was to have such a person by his side when he was helpless and hopeless.
Yu Shu was suddenly hugged by Jing Chen and couldn't react for a moment. She lay on his chest, listening to his warm heartbeat and the indescribable soft call on his shoulder, calling her name. Somewhere in her heart trembled. When she came back to her senses, she had already hugged him back. Her hands tightened around his slender waist, and her nose was slightly sore.
'That's great. He can recover. It's really … Great.'
The two of them hugged each other quietly, forgetting about the nightmare just now and sharing the same joy at this moment. Until Yu Xiaoxiu's shout sounded at the door.
"What are you two doing?"
Yu Xiaoxiu heard the noise in Jing Chen's room from the kitchen and came to take a look out of curiosity. As soon as he came over, he saw this scene. Jing Chen was sitting on the bed with his sister in his arms. They were usually close, and he turned a blind eye to Jing Chen's special situation. But now, the two of them were actually hugging each other. How could this be!
Yu Shu and Jing Chen heard the noise and turned their heads. They looked at Yu Xiaoxiu, who was at the door with a face of "catching them in the act". They paused for a moment. Yu Shu was the first to come back to her senses. Her face turned hot, and she removed her hand from Jing Chen's waist. She pushed his chest and broke free from his shoulder. She quickly jumped up from the bed and took two steps back to show her innocence.
However, Yu Xiaoxiu still saw what he wanted to see. He angrily went forward to separate the two of them, glared at Jing Chen, and dragged Yu Shu, whose face was red and suspicious, out of the room. With a bang, he slammed the door shut.
Jing Chen looked at the door that was slammed shut in confusion. He lifted the quilt and wanted to get out of bed, but his left hand was stinging. He looked down and saw a row of teeth marks on the back of the web between his thumb and index finger. There was also a small red wound.
He raised his hand to lick the blood off, but just as he put it to his mouth, he stopped and took his hand away. He stared at the row of small teeth marks, and the sharp canine teeth at the corner of Yu Shu's mouth when she smiled flashed in his mind. He smiled and gently pressed his thumb against the web between his thumb and index finger. Then, he put down his hand and got out of bed.
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