After Ye Zeyu and Su Muxi left Tang Yan's courtyard, as they passed through the garden, Ye Zeyu grabbed Su Muxi's wrist and led her behind a rockery.

Su Muxi smelled the unique, refreshing scent emanating from Ye Zeyu and felt the warm breath above her head. Her heart pounded, and her face instantly flushed.

"what are you up to?"

Her voice was soft and sweet, tinged with shyness.

"Xi'er, I won't drink soup made by other women."

Su Muxi felt even more shy upon hearing this, but also even sweeter.

So that's what I wanted to explain to her.

"...Yes, I know."

Ye Ziyu did not let go of Su Muxi, but instead reached out and hugged her in his arms, savoring her scent and warmth, which made him feel much less afraid.

Su Muxi felt exceptionally safe and secure in Ye Zeyu's arms.

Perhaps it's because we understand each other.

She always felt that Ye Zeyu's sudden clinginess stemmed from his unease about what had happened before.

So she said softly, "I will be more vigilant and protect myself from now on. So don't worry."

Ye Ziyu moved his head away from Su Muxi's shoulder, looked into her eyes in the moonlight, and couldn't help but murmur, "Xi'er..."

Just as Ye Zeyu was getting closer to Su Muxi and about to kiss her red lips that he longed for, Xiao Ce's voice suddenly rang out, as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head.

"Your Highness! Your Highness!"

Su Muxi reached out and pushed against Ye Zeyu's chest, but his chest was hard and she couldn't push him away even a little.

"Let me go! It won't be good if Xiao Ce sees us."

Hearing Su Muxi's shy and anxious voice, Ye Zeyu released her, but his large hand then grasped her small hand.

"What is it?"

Upon hearing Ye Zeyu's voice, Xiao Ce hurriedly ran over. Seeing Su Muxi, he didn't think much of it, but looked at Ye Zeyu and hesitated before saying, "Your Highness..."

"explain!"

Xiao Ce knew that his master had completely accepted Su Muxi as one of his own, so he no longer hesitated and handed the newly received letter to Ye Zeyu.

"This is the message sent back by the people who were sent to investigate Fan Jun."

Ye Zeyu unfolded the letter, and Xiao Ce quickly held up the lantern he was carrying in front of Ye Zeyu.

By the light of the lamp, Ye Zeyu could see the words on the letter.

Three years ago, Fan Jun returned to his hometown with great fanfare, holding a three-day banquet and buying a large house.

However, less than five days after moving into their new house, the entire Fan family, including their newly purchased servants, a total of twenty-three people, perished in the fire.

The local authorities simply said it was an accidental fire and hastily closed the case.

But with so many people, it's a bit hard to believe that not a single one survived!

Therefore, Fan Jun must have possessed something that led to his being silenced.

Ye Zeyu handed the letter to Su Muxi, who sighed inwardly after reading it carefully.

It seems the trail has gone cold again.

But then she thought of something else: "Fan Jun is just a small warehouse manager with a meager salary, yet he throws lavish banquets and buys large houses. Someone must have given him money."

Silver is inconvenient to carry, so he must have been carrying banknotes. Perhaps we could start by checking the local money exchange to see where the banknotes Fan Jun had originated; maybe we'd find something new.

After Su Muxi finished speaking, seeing that Ye Zeyu and Xiao Ce did not react, she asked curiously, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with what I said?"

Unexpectedly, Ye Ziyu kissed Xiao Ce's forehead right in front of her.

"No, that's very well said, my Xi'er is so smart!"

“…”

Su Muxi lowered her head in embarrassment.

Xiao Ce coughed lightly, looking embarrassed.

"cough!"

The master really doesn't treat him like an outsider!

However, the princess is truly intelligent.

However, every gain has its loss; although the princess was intelligent, she was ultimately not very beautiful…

With a slight shift in his thoughts, Xiao Ce looked at Su Muxi and said, "Your Highness, why don't you come with me to take a look at the bodies of those two masked men? If you go, you're sure to find some clues!"

Ye Zeyu didn't want Su Muxi to see the two corpses, fearing that Su Muxi would recall something bad.

Although Xi'er told him it was nothing, if it really was nothing, why would Xi'er kill someone on her own initiative?

So Xi'er is probably just pretending nothing's wrong...

So he glared coldly at Xiao Ce and spat out a single word, "Get lost!"

Xiao Ce realized that Ye Zeyu was angry, so he quickly turned around and left.

Unexpectedly, after taking only two steps, I heard Su Muxi's voice behind me.

"etc!"

"The person who died from poisoning was nicknamed Ant. It's a very peculiar nickname. If you look it up, you might find something."

Xiao Ce silently repeated the word "ant" twice in his mind.

His eyes then lit up.

It's tall and big, but it's nicknamed "Ant".

Moreover, people in the underworld usually use nicknames like tiger, leopard, or dragon to sound impressive.

He had never heard of the nickname "ant" before.

Perhaps by using this nickname to inquire, we might actually find out some useful clues.

"As expected of the princess! She found clues before even seeing the body!"

Xiao Ce was genuinely flattering Ye Ziyu, and wanted to say something more, but after seeing Ye Ziyu's unfriendly gaze, he obediently shut his mouth and quickly left.

After everyone left, Ye Zeyu hugged Su Muxi again.

"Xi'er, I'm so sorry you had to suffer."

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