When Liu Tan returned to the guesthouse, he went straight to the west wing.
Helan Chou had been waiting in the hall for a long time. Seeing him return, he put down the chess bowl and stood.
"Wang Ye has returned. How did the investigation go?"
Liu Tan replied: "We have confirmed it. Biao Xiong found two pieces of evidence on the body of the assassin. One was a secret letter with Liu Yi's personal seal, and the other was the death warrior waist token of Ning Wang Fu. Fuhuang was really angry and ordered the Judicial Office of Justice, Guo Huai 'an, to investigate the case."
He then told him what Xue Rui had said, including how Yu Shu had gone to Pei County to help.
Helan Chou considered and said, "Of these two, one must be the main culprit and the other has been framed. On the surface, it is more likely that the Eleventh Prince has acted, but this kind of method seems to be the work of Ning Wang."
Liu Tan furrowed his brows, "I have a doubt — if Ning Wang acts, then it would be Liu Yi, whom he has schemed against. But Liu Yi has always followed his lead and has never fought with him. Even if Ning Wang is wary of the power of the Lu Family, I'm afraid that Liu Yi will grow ambitious in the future. Wouldn't it be too early to act now?"
Helan Chou's eyes flashed in deep thought. He said in a light voice: "What if Xiang Zhuang wielded his sword and had other plans?"
"En? What does Mister Helan mean? "
"Wang Ye should think about it. If Eldest Xue Gongzi only captured the murderer and found the secret letter on his body, but did not find the death warrior token, what would the result be?"
Liu Tan was taken aback for a moment, but he quickly understood, and his complexion changed.
"If that happened, it would be the Xue family and the Lu family fighting," he said in a low voice, "and someone would be able to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight."
Helan Chou sighed lightly. "Ning Wang is a good schemer, but it was a pity that it failed at the last moment. A variable like the female fortune teller appeared. Eldest Xue Gongzi had the help of a benefactor and unintentionally broke the trap. If he hadn't killed the culprit, it would be a different situation."
Liu Tan nodded with some relief. Even though he felt something was wrong, he couldn't put it into words and threw it to the back of his mind. In short, he was happy to see the present situation.
"According to Mister, since Ning Wang and Liu Yi have been implicated and the case has been handed to Guo Daren, and Waizu did not warn me, there is no need for me to act. Let me just watch."
Helan Chou smiled and turned to ask: "Wang Ye met the female fortune teller, did he mention the future wang fei to her?"
"Yes." Liu Tan's expression turned indifferent. Apparently, he wasn't in the mood to talk about this matter.
Helan Chou tactfully stopped asking.
"At the end of the month, the construction of the Wang Residence will be completed. The Secretariat has chosen a good date for the moving on the fifteenth of next month. The guest list is being drafted and will be sent to you tomorrow. If there is anything inappropriate, we will change it."
"At the end of the month, the wang fu will be completed. The Secretariat will choose a good date. The moving will be on the fifteenth of next month. The guest list is being drafted and will be sent tomorrow for Mister to look over. If there is anything inappropriate, we will change it."
Helan Chou acknowledged. After the Double Sun Gathering in the third month, he officially became a guest of Liu Tan and moved into the guesthouse. With his knowledge and eloquence, he gradually gained Liu Tan's trust and attention.
"Prince Jing's actions are quite interesting. Before the wedding, he wanted to see the female and asked us to accompany him. This isn't considered a private meeting, right?"
Xue Rui smiled. He was clearly aware of Liu Tan's thoughts, and he didn't speak it out because he didn't want to add to Yu Shu's worries.
Xue Rui followed Yu Shu to the south of the city. He didn't go home directly but went to He Fangzhi's medical center first.
Xue Rui's knife wound wasn't shallow. Even though it had been stitched up in Pei County and applied with the best wound dressing, Yu Shu was still worried. She felt that it would be best if He Fangzhi took a look at it herself.
She didn't think too much about it. With the power of the Xue family, it would only take a word for them to invite an imperial physician to make a house call.
There was a sign outside the medical center that was bestowed by the Emperor. People came and went during the day. There were three extra workers in the front hall to fill up the medicine. There was also a smaller one who stood on his tiptoes behind the counter and used a copper scale to measure the medicine.
When Xue Rui saw the child, he turned to ask Yu Shu: "Why is Xiaoxiu here?"
Yu Shu also found it strange. Today wasn't Mu Xiu's day. Why wasn't Yu Xiaoxiu at school in the morning? Why was he here?
"Xiaoxiu."
Yu Xiaoxiu was counting the medicinal herbs when he suddenly heard Yu Shu's voice. He looked up and saw Xue Rui walking with him. He grinned and said,
"Sister, Brother Xue, why are you here?"
Yu Shu reached out and knocked on his head. She said with a stern face, "I want to ask you. Why are you here instead of going to school? Are you playing truant?"
She allowed him to follow He Fangzhi to study medicine, but she didn't allow him to delay his studies.
"Of course not. Teacher Chen, who is teaching today, is sick. The academician saw that the weather is hot, so he allowed us to go home." Yu Xiaoxiu quickly denied it. He was afraid that Yu Shu wouldn't believe him, so he pointed to the little fatty who was squatting at the foot of the wall and playing cricket.
"Look, Hu Tian 'er followed me here. You can ask him."
Yu Shu hadn't seen the young master of the Hu family for a while. When she saw him today, she almost couldn't recognize him.
"Hu Tian 'er?"
Hearing Yu Shu's voice, Hu Tian 'er turned his face. When he saw them, he scratched his head and turned to greet them.
"Sister Yu, Brother Xue."
Xue Rui touched his head. Hu Tian 'er was Guo Huaian's grandson, so they were naturally familiar with each other.
According to Yu Xiaoxiu, He Fangzhi was helping someone set a bone in the back hall, so he couldn't leave for a while. Xue Rui and Yu Shu were waiting outside.
Yu Xiaoxiu stopped working. He moved chairs for them and sat at the corner of the counter to talk.
"Brother Xue, what's wrong with your hand?" Yu Xiaoxiu quickly found that Xue Rui's left hand was inconvenient.
"Your Brother Xue was fighting with a murderer and was slashed by the murderer. His arm was almost cut off." Yu Shu said alarmingly.
Facing the frightened eyes of the two teenagers, Xue Rui looked at Yu Shu helplessly and said to Yu Xiaoxiu,
"It's just a cut. Your sister is just trying to scare you."
"I'm telling the truth. How can it be a scare?" Yu Shu pulled Yu Xiaoxiu over and said, "You've been learning from godfather these days. Have you learned how to see, listen, ask, and feel the pulse? Go and feel the pulse for your Brother Xue."
Yu Xiaoxiu stood still and said dryly, "Sister, I just learned how to distinguish medicine. I haven't recognized all the acupoints yet. I don't know how to read the pulse."
Yu Shu pinched his face and scolded with a smile, "You're so useless."
Yu Xiaoxiu chuckled, but he wasn't angry.
Xue Rui looked at the siblings with doubts in his heart.
He Fangzhi was free and went outside to greet them. After hearing from Yu Shu about Xue Rui's injury, he invited him to a quiet place in the back hall and examined him.
"Fortunately, the wound has been cleaned and there is no inflammation. The wound has been sutured in time. There is no injury to the muscles and bones. It's not a big problem. Take care and rest for two months. The skin and flesh will grow back."
He Fangzhi said what Yu Shu could understand. He also asked Xue Rui what kind of medicine he had taken in the past two days. Yu Shu told him the prescription and he corrected a few medicinal materials. Yu Xiaoxiu took a pen and paper and wrote it down.
Finally, he told Xue Rui to eat a few daily taboos and tonics.
.....
When Xue Rui and Yu Shu came out of the clinic, Xue Rui asked her,
"When did Xiaoxiu learn medicine?"
Yu Shu said, "He likes it, so I let him learn it."
"He is still young. He has to study and learn medicine. Will it be too tiring for him to learn Yi from you?" Xue Rui knew that Yu Shu sent Yu Xiaoxiu to Baichuan Academy to learn some basic principles. She must want him to inherit it in the future.
Yu Shu spread out her hands, "So if he wants to learn medicine, I don't need to teach him Yi. He chose it himself."
Hearing this, Xue Rui was surprised. Hearing Yu Shu say it so easily, it seemed that it was just a trivial thing. But in fact, how could the inheritance of Yi be a trivial thing?
Moreover, Yu Shu was a young, unmarried woman who possessed the art of disguise. She didn't have any descendants, and she had a younger brother who was related to her by blood. Instead of personally teaching him, she allowed him to study medicine. In the eyes of outsiders, this was simply inconceivable.
More importantly, he had a sister like Yu Shu. Compared with learning medicine, Yu Xiaoxiu had a better future in Yi.
Xue Rui hesitated, "Xiaoxiu is still young. Maybe he is stubborn. Didn't you persuade him?"
Yu Shu walked beside him with her hands behind her back. She turned her head and looked at him.
"Is twelve years old still young? Let me see. When the second son of the Zhu family ran away from home, he was only fourteen or fifteen. His father was the current Dadiang. As the only son, Zhu Qingjue still learned medicine, didn't he?"
Speaking of which, the reason why she agreed to help Zhu Qingjue that day when he came to her for help was that she saw similarities between Zhu Qingjue and Yu Xiaoxiu. That was why she was softhearted.
"I know what you're thinking, Big Bro. I'm someone who can do what others can't. My skills were originally supposed to be passed on to Little Xiu, but he has other ambitions, so I don't want to force him and make him unhappy. He's my little brother, and I'm happy to see him succeed, but even if he doesn't accomplish anything in his life, he'll still be my little brother."
On this point, she had to admit that she appreciated Da Tidian's character. From the fact that Zhu Qingjue was able to smoothly become his Second Young Master Zhu instead of being like Xin Laowu, who was expelled from the family by his old man and had to sullenly hole up in a fan shop, she could see this.
After listening to her words, Xue Rui couldn't help but stop and look at her deeply: "Shu, you always think more clearly than others."
At this moment, he was very envious of Yu Xiaoxiu.
Blood kinship should be like this.
"Are you praising me?" Yu Shu raised her eyebrows at him.
"I am telling the truth."
"Haha, I like to hear the truth."
Xue Rui tilted his head and smiled at her: "Is it because you like to lie?"
Yu Shu was speechless.
They walked on the street, keeping a distance of two feet from each other. It was not too close or too far, just enough to hear each other clearly.
From this angle, the informant who followed them during the day couldn't see any intimacy between them at all.
When he reported it to his superior, he would only say that the female mathematician and Eldest Young Master Xue went to the clinic together today.
Celestial Commissioner
Outside Taixi Tower, it was as quiet as ever.
Jing Chen was summoned. After listening to the words of his superior, his calm face showed a frown.
Zhu Muzhao looked at him and said with a kind expression,
"Don't worry too much. I originally wanted a young Master Yi with no family background to take this position. Coincidentally, there is a suitable candidate like Yu Suanzi. Moreover, you are the substitute Right Commander. In the future, you will be the boss and the subordinate in the same bureau. You will see each other frequently. It is better than not having a chance to get close to her."
Jing Chen was silent for a while and nodded slowly. However, there was no joy on his face.
Zhu Muzhao knew that he was not a happy person, so he didn't care. He smiled and said,
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