In the middle of the night, Hua Xi Wan suddenly woke up from her dream. She sat on the bed and looked at the shadows of the trees on the window. After a moment of daze, she turned to look at the person lying beside her. She wiped the sweat on her forehead and let out a long sigh.
He touched her forehead with his warm palm and found that there was sweat on it. He wiped the sweat off her with his sleeve and held her waist. "Did you have a nightmare?"
"I'm fine." Hua Xi Wan looked at Yan Jinqiu who had sat up and smiled. "I just dreamed that I suddenly fell from a cliff and was shocked."
"Ha." Yan Jinqiu chuckled and reached out to touch her soft hair. He pulled her down and covered her with the quilt. "I heard from the old people that you're growing taller."
Hua Xi Wan felt a little hot and pulled her arm out of the quilt. "Have you ever seen a seventeen-year-old girl grow taller?"
"Other people don't grow taller, but it doesn't mean that our family doesn't grow taller." Yan Jinqiu touched her arm and felt that it was a little hot. He didn't put her arm back under the quilt. "Sleep. I'm here."
In the darkness, Hua Xi Wan couldn't see Yan Jinqiu's expression clearly. But she was sure that Yan Jinqiu's eyes were not as affectionate as his words. She closed her eyes and listened to the sound of the night wind blowing the treetops outside the window. She smiled. But it didn't matter if he was sincere or not. As long as she could live a comfortable life, it was fine.
Green Bead, who was keeping watch outside, heard the noise in the room. She was going to go in and light the lamp, but after hearing the whispers, she stopped. When the inner chamber became quiet again, she lay down on her side.
At this moment, a strong light flashed outside the window, followed by a clap of thunder. She was so scared that she hurriedly got up and put on her shoes. She walked to the door of the room and heard the noise from inside. She said, "Jun Wang Ye, Jun Wang Fei, do you need me to light the lamp?"
"No need. It's fine. You may leave."
After hearing Jun Wang Ye's words, Green Bead hesitated for a moment. After making sure that Jun Wang Fei had no objections, she returned to the couch outside. At this time, a strong wind was blowing outside, and the doors and windows were rattling. She looked up at the roof and seemed to hear the sound of raindrops hitting the tiles.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the rain to start pitter-patter. The sound of the rain was so loud that it seemed like it was going to break through the roof. With the help of the lightning, she looked in the direction of the inner room and pulled the quilt tightly around her body.
Tomorrow, she was going to Princess Duan He's manor to play. She didn't know if the rain would stop by tomorrow.
The rain stopped at four o 'clock in the morning. When Hua Xi Wan got up, the yard had already been cleaned. There was not even a trace of the rainstorm. She looked at the red sun in the sky and rubbed her forehead. She turned around and said to Bai Xia, who was behind her, "The thunder didn't stop last night. It was so noisy that I couldn't sleep well."
Yan Jinqiu, who was standing by the window, heard her and said, "You can sleep in the carriage for a while later."
Hua Xi Wan covered the corner of her mouth and yawned. She didn't reject Yan Jinqiu's wonderful suggestion.
Because of the heavy rain last night, the whole street was filled with a fresh rain smell under the sun. Hua Xi Wan lifted the curtain and looked at the clean street and the pedestrians outside. She patted the soft pillow under her waist, chose a comfortable position, and began to catch up on sleep.
When Yan Jinqiu saw that she was really leaning against the soft pillow and fell asleep, he simply put her leg on his knee to let her sleep more comfortably. After doing this, he glanced outside the carriage. The carriage was approaching the city gate.
When the carriage approached, the guards at the gate recognized the emblem of Prince Xian's residence on the carriage. After a polite routine inspection, they let the carriage pass.
After the carriage left the city, it went forward along the main road. Unexpectedly, after a while, it suddenly stopped.
Seeing that Hua Xi Wan, who was leaning against the soft pillow, showed signs of waking up, Yan Jinqiu frowned slightly. He lifted the curtain of the carriage and asked, "What's going on?"
"Jun Wang Ye, the road ahead is blocked. The carriages of Prince Sheng's and Ning Wang's residences are all stopped in front." Mutong answered from outside the carriage. "I heard from the guards that there was a murder in front. It seems to be the son of the Zhang family."
When Hua Xi Wan heard the words "son of the Zhang family" in a daze, she remembered the matter that her second aunt had mentioned when she returned home. She suddenly woke up and rubbed her forehead with a frown. "Which son of the Zhang family is it?"
Yan Jinqiu looked at her without saying anything. Mutong, who was outside the carriage, also hesitated for a moment before saying, "I heard that it's the son of the head wife of the famous Jang family in the capital."
Hua Xi Wan was silent. The head wife of the famous Jang family had several daughters, but only one son, who was her second aunt's younger brother …
"Don't worry. I'll let Mutong ask around."
"No need." Hua Xi Wan put down the hand that was pinching her forehead. "This kind of thing will naturally be handled by the Dali Monastery. If we ask too much, I'm afraid we'll get into trouble." Usually, those who cared too much about the process of the crime at the scene of the crime were suspects. It was best not to get involved in this kind of trouble.
"It's fine. The Zhang family and the Hua family are in-laws. It is normal for us to go to Prince Xian's fu and ask a few questions." Yan Jinqiu knew what she was worried about. After a few words of consolation, he let Mutong go ask around.
Ning Wang's shizi fei, Ceng shi, tugged on her handkerchief in annoyance and said, "So unlucky to encounter something like this in the morning." She turned and saw her husband playing with the new toys that he had just bought from outside. Her anger grew. She could only suppress her anger and turn her head to the side.
"What's the rush? We'll just be sitting there in a daze. It's more comfortable to sit in our own carriage." Yan Qianxun put the toys in his hands into the box like they were treasures and then put the box into a drawer of the carriage. "Also, this kind of thing has angered Princess Duan He. What does it have to do with you?"
"Shizi, what are you saying?" Ceng shi finally could not resist. She was worried that the contents would be heard by the people outside the carriage so she lowered her voice and said, "You are usually with the Crown Prince. Princess Duan He is His Highness the Crown Prince's di older sister. If she is not well, what good is it to us?"
"You can say that, but this person's actions are not like it." Yan Qianxun twisted his mouth and said, "Two months ago, in order to buy this estate, she beat someone to death. I think that even wastrels would not do such a thing. This person's heart is too poisonous. "
"Speak less." Ceng shi hurriedly covered Yan Qianxun's mouth in fright. "If other people hear, it will be troublesome."
"Ha." Yan Qianxun snorted but because he was wary of Princess Duan He's identity, he did not speak again.
Seeing this, Ceng shi sighed in relief but felt a knot in her heart. Two months ago, Princess Duan He had servants beat someone to death in order to buy an estate. This was a secret that almost all of the prestigious families knew. But because the Emperor favored her, other people could not speak of it.
In any case, it was still a living life. How could they beat someone to death so easily? Even if it was their own servants who didn't know the rules, they couldn't just casually beat them to death.
Feeling stifled, she raised the curtain to look and saw a blue-robed taijian talking to the leader of the guards. She raised an eyebrow. "Isn't that the taijian that serves Xian Junw.a.n.g?"
Yan Qianxun moved his head over to look. He nodded and said, "It seems that Prince Xian's family is also stuck at the back. I heard that the person in trouble this time was the di younger brother of Princess Xian's paternal second aunt?"
Ceng shi nodded and then sighed. She said, "Last month, we started to search for him in Jing. I didn't think …"
The two fell silent. After all, this matter had nothing to do with them.
After waiting for about fifteen minutes, Mutong finally came back with information. He stammered, "Jun Wang Ye, Jun Wang Fei, this small one heard some news. But it is shocking. This small one doesn't know if he should say it or not."
"What is there that shouldn't be said?"
Hua Xi Wan spoke even faster than Yan Jinqiu, "Tell me what happened."
After hearing Mutong's words, Hua Xi Wan felt it was very strange. Last night, there was such a big storm. Who would throw a corpse at that time?
The deceased was covered in wounds. His tongue was gone, and even one of his eyes was missing. The flesh on his body was badly festered, but his bones were almost unharmed. He was even wearing the clothes that he had mysteriously disappeared in a month ago. The clothes were very clean and there was no damage. This meant that the deceased did not put up a strong resistance when he was captured. Or the other party was too strong. He did not have any chance to fight back and was taken away.
Now, the other party suddenly threw the corpse out, and on the main road into Jing. This behavior was very suspicious.
Also, it was not easy to transport a corpse from the city gates. At the same time, they had to avoid the night curfew and the guards guarding the city gates. To be able to do this, the young master of the Zhang Family must have been locked up and tortured in the suburbs from the beginning. Or someone had left the city in the day yesterday and successfully transported the corpse out of the city gates.
It wouldn't have been easy to do all this without anyone's help. Most importantly, why would they throw the corpse in such a place where people often passed by? Wasn't this waiting for people to find the corpse?
"Did the guards inform the Zhang Family?" Hua Xi Wan had just finished speaking when she suddenly heard a woman's loud cry from outside. She was startled and lifted the curtain to look outside. She saw a few servants with hurried expressions supporting a man and a woman as they staggered towards her. The woman who was supported was barely able to support herself as she was dragged along by the servants. The grief on her face could not be concealed.
Hearing Madam Zhang's heartbroken cry, Hua Xi Wan put down the curtain and sighed, "It's the cruelest thing for a white-haired person to send off a black-haired person."
The poor two elders of the Zhang Family. At this age, they still encountered such a terrible thing. She really did not know how they would accept this.
Yan Jinqiu said faintly, "Jing City has never lacked human lives."
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