Chapter 89: Private Portrait
"Who sent you here?" Ye Linghan shouted in a gloomy tone.
The people on the ground trembled at the same time, and even their wailing stopped.
The next moment, they looked at each other with a strange look in their eyes.
Su Xing shouted: "Oh no! They are going to commit suicide!"
As he spoke, he rushed towards the one nearest to him, almost throwing himself at him, while reaching his hands towards the man's mouth.
Ye Linghan reacted quickly and even faster, he stepped on the face of the nearest person.
But they were still a step too late. The five people on the ground, including the two men, all vomited blood, then their eyes rolled back and they became motionless.
Su Xing couldn't believe it, and checked them one by one. In the end, he could only shake his head at Ye Linghan: "They are all dead..."
He couldn't understand why these people were so fearless of death?
Since you are not afraid of death, why are you afraid of telling the truth?
Could it be that the consequence is more horrible than death?
Ye Linghan was also silent for a while, but he looked very calm, not as shocked and confused as Su Xing.
"Search them." Ye Linghan said coldly, and walked in another direction of the room, looking like he was searching for something.
Su Xing had been planning to do so, so he replied, "Yes," and started to get busy.
After an incense stick of time, Su Xing searched all the people and performed a simple autopsy on the bodies.
Unfortunately, apart from the fact that the cause of death of a few people was the same, they all bit their tongues to commit suicide, there was no other gain.
So he turned around to look for Ye Linghan, and found that Ye Linghan was standing in the corner of the wooden house, holding an unfolded scroll in his hand, staring at it with sharp eyes.
Su Xing quickly stood up and walked over. Out of curiosity, he put his head close to it.
Ye Linghan paused, then glanced at Su Xing unhappily.
Su Xing didn't notice it at all, because his attention was completely drawn to the portrait on the scroll...
"This is..." Su Xing murmured in disbelief: "Empress Dowager?"
As he spoke, he turned to look at Ye Linghan, a look of confirmation in his eyes.
Ye Linghan was very annoyed by Su Xing's bright eyes. He frowned and looked away inadvertently: "Not bad."
"Why..." Su Xing didn't understand why there was a portrait of Xia Yunxi here?
Moreover, Xia Yunxi in the portrait is wearing palace clothing, which is what Xia Yunxi looked like after entering the palace.
It is true that this bamboo forest belongs to the Xia family, but it is Xia Yunjie's private territory. He can't just put his sister's portrait there because he misses her, right?
Su Xing's gaze, seeking clarification, was so intense that Ye Linghan was stunned for a moment.
After realizing that he had lost control, he was very dissatisfied, so he glared at Su Xing fiercely and scolded him angrily: "Where is your brain? Does the person living here have to be Xia Yunjie?"
Su Xing didn't have time to care about Ye Linghan's disdain. He instantly thought of the deceased who looked very similar to Xia Yunjie.
Yes, it is no coincidence that the deceased appeared here. Maybe the portrait is of him.
But why did he hide Xia Yunxi's portrait?
You must know that Xia Yunxi is the Queen Mother of Ye Kingdom and the woman of the late emperor.
No one could privately keep her portrait, otherwise it would be a capital crime.
Su Xing, who was really confused, asked fearlessly: "Why did he hide the Queen Mother's portrait?"
Ye Linghan didn't curse when he heard this, but looked at Su Xing meaningfully: "Why do you think a man would keep a portrait of a woman?"
The first thing that came to Su Xing’s mind was that in his previous world, female stars often had male fans, and it was normal for them to collect their portraits.
But then he realized that this was the feudal era, and the only way to secretly keep a portrait of the opposite sex and risk one's life was...
He did not dare to say the last word after "He admires Tai...", because this sentence was so outrageous that he was afraid of getting into trouble.
Ye Linghan should have been disgusted by Su Xing's useless look, but he found it very interesting.
He stopped mocking and instead frowned and looked back at the portrait in his hand.
Su Xing realized that Ye Linghan was thinking about the case, so he stopped talking and focused his attention on the case.
According to the current clues, Xia Yunxi, who had just gotten rid of suspicion, was implicated again.
In fact, in Su Xing's heart, Xia Yunxi has never been completely free of suspicion.
If we want to figure out what is going on, the most urgent thing is to find out who the fake "Xia Yunjie" is?
Why did he appear in the bamboo forest of Xia Mansion? Where is the real Xia Yunjie?
Did Wu Xin know that the person he killed was fake?
After organizing his thoughts, Su Xing subconsciously looked at Ye Linghan, only to see that Ye Linghan had just retracted his thoughts.
He casually put away the scroll in his hand, then handed it to Su Xing without saying a word.
Su Xing carefully took the scroll and was about to tell Ye Linghan about his ideas when Ye Linghan turned and left.
Su Xing was stunned, and quickly rolled up the scroll and followed.
On the way, he couldn't help but ask, "Prince Regent, do you want to send someone to check the identity of the deceased?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Linghan in front stopped, then slowly turned his head and stared at Su Xing's sincere face with great displeasure.
"Su Xing, do you think you are the only smart one and everyone else is stupid?"
Su Xing didn't understand what Ye Linghan meant, and he just let out an "ah" in a daze.
Seeing this, Ye Linghan curled his lips in a mocking manner: "Since it was your suggestion, then this task is handed over to you. If I can't find it, I'll only blame you!"
After saying that, he turned around gracefully and strode forward.
Su Xing stood there in confusion, how could this happen?
Why is it him again?
He didn't even know the name of the deceased, how could he find him?
"Prince Regent!" Su Xing chased after him pitifully, begging: "Can you send someone to me? Otherwise, I am alone..."
But the only response he got was Ye Linghan's increasingly quick footsteps, and he didn't even glance at him.
Back in the carriage, Ye Linghan put on an attitude of keeping strangers away, picked up the memorial in the carriage and started reading it.
Su Xing still wanted to fight for it, but after moving his mouth for a long time, he didn't have the courage to speak.
Finally, he had to find another way and ask other people for help.
After returning to the palace, Ye Linghan went to the study. He had been busy with cases for the past two days and had left many memorials to be approved.
Before leaving, he did not forget to warn Su Xing: "Don't forget the task I gave you!"
Su Xing didn't dare to refuse, and gritting his teeth, he humbly replied: "Yes."
After Ye Linghan left, he turned around and planned to look for Ye Lingchen, who was the only help he could find at the moment.
When he thought of Ye Lingchen, he suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.
I really don’t understand. They are both born as princes, so why are the two brothers so different?
Su Xing shook his head in confusion and walked towards Ye Lingchen's residence.
Just then, a guard suddenly ran over from a distance.
"Mr. Su, someone from the Shangshu Mansion has sent you a letter." The guard said as he handed the letter over.
Su Xing took it and opened it impatiently when he saw the signature on the envelope.
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