Chapter 529: The Thorn Hidden in My Heart

"He, he..." Doctor Qian's face turned pale, his throat tightened, and fear flashed in his eyes.

Xie Yingmian said: "Don't be anxious, speak slowly."

"Where have you seen him?"

"Did you know him before?"

Doctor Qian: "I can't say I know him, I just remember that face."

"then……"

"Back then I... I..."

As he said this, a huge fear surged up again, and his whole body was shaking, so much so that he could hardly speak.

Xie Yingmian gave Doctor Qian a tranquilizer pill.

After Dr. Qian took the pills, his mood gradually calmed down.

His eyes were bloodshot: "I remember him, I remember that face."

"It must be him, it's him."

"I remember it, I remember this face, there's no mistaking it, no mistaking it."

Doctor Qian rambled on incoherently for a while before getting to the point: "I wonder if you, Dean, have ever heard of the case of the family extermination of the Minister of War Feng Yankai?"

Xie Yingmian shook his head.

The original owner did not remember this incident.

Doctor Qian said, "You are young, so it's normal that you haven't heard of this."

"That was twenty years ago."

"That incident caused a huge sensation back then. The entire family of the Minister of War, comprising two to three hundred people, was wiped out overnight."

"That night it rained heavily, with lightning and thunder."

"The rain and blood mixed together, and the Shangshu Mansion became a river of blood, like hell on earth."

"Perhaps it was because of the thunder and lightning that night, and the heavy rain, that no one living nearby heard the shouting, and the Minister of War and his family were wiped out so quietly."

"I was still very young then, married just a year ago, and I opened a small clinic, barely making ends meet." Doctor Qian spoke in a distant voice. "It was also a coincidence that I received an emergency case that night, and the patient was in critical condition."

"Human lives are at stake. I dare not delay and am heading out in the rain carrying my suitcase."

"It was already late at night when I rescued the man."

"The host saw that it was raining heavily and thundering and wanted me to stay overnight, but I was worried about my wife who was about to give birth, so I refused."

"On my way home, I passed by the home of the Minister of War and smelled a strong odor of blood."

"I've been practicing medicine for many years. I knew it was human blood the moment I smelled it. With such a strong smell, there must have been at least a hundred people. I realized something was wrong and immediately hid in a haystack by the roadside."

"Less than a quarter of an hour later, I heard the sound of horse hooves."

"A group of men in black came riding towards us. When I looked over, there was a flash of lightning. I saw the man in black at the head of the group clearly. I saw his face clearly."

"He was dressed in black, and when the rain fell on him, everything turned red."

"He was covered in blood, all covered in blood."

"He rode on his horse, carrying a terrifying murderous aura and a bloody smell, and led that group of desperadoes and disappeared around the corner."

Doctor Qian couldn't suppress the fear in his eyes.

After a long pause, he continued, "I was so frightened I hid in the haystack and didn't dare move. I waited until daybreak, when people appeared on the street, and then I staggered back home."

"I was caught in the rain all night and had a high fever for several days. After the fever subsided, I heard that the Minister of War and his family had been exterminated."

"The day the family was exterminated was the day of thunder and lightning and heavy rain."

"That group of men in black are undoubtedly the murderers who wiped out the entire family of the Minister of War."

Doctor Qian was mortified. "I don't know if it was because I was too scared or because of the high fever, but when I woke up I couldn't remember the murderer's face, no matter how hard I tried."

"I have no power, my wife is about to give birth, and I can't remember what the man in black looks like. I don't dare put my whole family in danger, so I decided to bury this matter deep in my heart."

"I have buried this matter deep in my heart. I have never told anyone about it, not even my wife."

"I never expected that I would see him again."

"When I saw that face, I immediately remembered it. It was that face I saw back then. There was no doubt about it, it was him."

"It was him who led the people to kill two or three hundred people in the Minister of War's residence. He was the murderer back then."

"Dean, please tell His Royal Highness Prince Ling and Lord Shen of the Sixth Criminal Division this news. I can testify in court."

Xie Yingmian said, "I understand."

"I will tell Prince Ling and Shen Tingsi about this clue. You can have a good rest."

"Thank you." After removing the thorn that had been buried in his heart for many years, Doctor Qian felt much more relaxed. The tranquilizer took effect and he fell asleep quickly.

Xie Yingmian handed the patient with poisonous fog over to Qing Huang.

She returned to Prince Ling's Mansion and went straight to the study.

"Aye, do you know about the case of the Minister of War who murdered his entire family?" Xie Yingmian said as he pushed the door open.

When I opened the door, I found Shen Tingsi was there too.

In Shen Tingsi's hand, he was holding a map of the distribution of Shangjing's waters.

Hearing Xie Yingmian's words, Shen Tingsi suddenly raised his head and said, "The family annihilation case you are talking about is the one that happened twenty years ago when the Minister of War Feng Yankai and his family were annihilated?"

Xie Yingmian said, "Yes."

Shen Tingsi, who was always calm and composed, said anxiously, "You suddenly mentioned a case from many years ago. Could it be that you found a new clue?"