Chapter 362: The Imperial Master is going to claim his daughter
Feng hurriedly found Xu Qingyan and told her about Li Wencai's experience.
Unexpectedly, this was the big case that Magistrate Xu had been investigating for two months!
Magistrate Xu seemed to have seen a savior. He immediately left the birthday party and took Feng and others to Qingxi Village overnight to meet Li Wencai.
He learned that the person who had harmed his life had been arrested.
Wencai was stunned at first, and then tears burst out, and he was willing to go and identify the main culprit.
In this way, there was a witness. Not long after, the trafficker who harmed many children also confessed his crime and was beheaded in the street at three o'clock in the afternoon of the half-month.
And Magistrate Xu also learned that the Jiang family indirectly protected their daughter's reputation in Zuixinglou that day, and he valued the Jiang family very much.
With this trip to the prefectural capital, Xiao Nuobao also made Xu Qingyan his friend.
After that, Xu Qingyan would bring some snacks and side dishes she had prepared from time to time, and come to Xianquan to live for two days and accompany Xiao Nuobao.
Although she was the daughter of the prefect, Xu Qingyan was not arrogant.
Whenever she came, she was always quiet and gentle, and even the servants around her were honest.
She liked to cook, and from time to time she would go into the kitchen to practice cooking skills with Li Qiqiao. She would only talk endlessly when talking about kitchen matters.
This was a good thing for Xiao Nuobao.
Now there was someone to feed her greedy little mouth. Every time Xu Qingyan came, she would be fed until her belly was full.
Sometimes, Mrs. Feng couldn't help joking, "That's great. After a long winter, the little fat kid will probably get fat as a ball."
Little Nuobao just covered her ears and pretended not to hear.
In the blink of an eye, almost a month had passed.
A heavy snow fell, and the whole Dalius Village was wrapped in silver. Even the branches and eaves were covered with "white plums". It was the coldest day of the winter.
In the morning, Little Nuobao lay on the kang, playing with the bunny doll's eyes, feeling inexplicably melancholy in her heart.
She missed Uncle Mu.
She didn't know when Uncle Mu would come back after he left.
The adults were busy sweeping the snow outside, and Feng Miao also pulled Wangfu to the village entrance to make a snowman.
Little Nuobao looked at her two nephews beside the kang, and boredly crawled back into the quilt and fell asleep again.
But somehow, as soon as her eyelids closed, she had a strange dream.
In the dream, her mother's voice rang again.
Xiao Nuobao shuddered, and clasped her hands and feet tightly.
"Mom~~"
But this time, in addition to the voice, there was also a square handkerchief embroidered with roses.
A pair of gentle hands gently placed the handkerchief next to Xiao Nuobao.
"Good child, do you still remember it?"
"Your father is coming to recognize you, take the handkerchief and show it to him."
When Xiao Nuobao woke up and wiped his wet face, he remembered the rose-colored handkerchief that was stuffed into the swaddling clothes when he was abandoned that day.
"Daddy, handkerchief?" Xiao Nuobao murmured in a baby voice.
What does mother mean.
She has never seen her father before, so who should she give the handkerchief to?
The young man was very confused, but he had a vague idea in his heart that this frequent dream was definitely a sign.
...
At this time, in the capital.
In the inner palace of the imperial palace, the desk was full of documents and memorials.
Since returning to the capital, Mu Yihan has started to investigate the affairs of Weiyuan Marquis, and now, he has finally made some progress.
"Oh, what a trick to change the day." Mu Yihan narrowed his eyes and tightly grasped the memorial.
"It turns out that he was not dead that year. When he was tortured, he was replaced by someone else's body. What a good trick!"
Ali was also very surprised. "The secret agents below reported that they had captured two former generals of Weiyuan Marquis's Mansion. They also forced them to confess that after Weiyuan Marquis Xiao Jinshan faked his death and escaped, he fled to the direction of Wala."
"Wala..." Mu Yihan murmured in a deep voice, "So, the lame man mentioned by Liu Niang is probably related to him."
"It's possible that it's the same person!" Ali made a terrible guess.
A murderous aura burst out from Mu Yihan's eyes.
No wonder he was able to play with the court of Nanji for many years, and he was still thinking who had such a good trick.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be an "old friend"!
Mu Yihan raised his head and said coldly, "You dare to play tricks under my nose, interesting. Doesn't Xiao Jinshan have a son? What's his name? Go and capture him for me and keep him as a hostage in the palace!"
When mentioning the son of Marquis Weiyuan, Ali immediately looked embarrassed.
"I'm afraid it's not possible at the moment."
"Why?"
"Xiao Jinshan's son, named Xiao Yi, has been raised in the Han Mansion. I don't know if it heard that you were investigating the affairs of Marquis Weiyuan, and the Han Mansion was afraid that the child would be implicated, so they sent him out of the capital early." Ali replied worriedly.
Mu Yihan frowned, "Do you know where he was sent?"
Ali looked confused, "What a coincidence, it seems he was sent to Daliushan..."
The Han family was worried that Xiao Yi would be implicated, and they could only feel at ease if he was sent away from the capital.
So Han Shang thought of Daliushan and sent him there three days ago.
When Mu Yihan heard that it was Daliushan, he felt tangled.
Although he wanted to chase after him, he was afraid that the Jiang family and Nuobao would be frightened, so he gave up for the time being.
Ali was helpless.
Previously, he had searched around the homes of the nobles in Beijing, but couldn't find a girl of the right age to send to little Nuobao as a playmate.
Unexpectedly, a boy went there instead, so it didn't matter.
Putting aside the matter of Marquis Weiyuan, Mu Yihan asked Ah Li about the couple of the Shen family in the water dungeon.
Since the Shen Mansion was destroyed, the men of the Shen family were beheaded, the women were sentenced to be slaves, and Mr. Shen and Mrs. Shen were imprisoned in the water dungeon, waiting for them to reveal the whereabouts of Shen Wan's daughter.
Ali got goosebumps, "They are both soaked to a pulp and are seriously ill and in a coma. I have sent doctors to treat them and try to prevent them from dying."
Mu Yihan nodded. He missed Xiao Nuobao again and rubbed his brows, "Go, get my comic book."
Ali was about to get it from the shelf. He
looked up and saw a precious brocade box on it. Inside was a picture book that was neither too thick nor too thin.
The lower right corner of the picture book was worn out from being flipped over. Mu Yihan was about to start over from the first chapter.
At this moment, a soldier in black armor suddenly came to report outside the door.
"Master Imperial Master, the Shen family in the water dungeon can no longer hold on. Mr. Shen is rotting all over. He was bitten to death by maggots this morning. The second wife of the Shen family was scared crazy. After she came to her senses, she finally told you the whereabouts of your own flesh and blood."
Mu Yihan paused and asked hurriedly, "What, she is willing to tell you? What did she say!"
"The second wife of Shen said that when they were rushing from Yuncheng to the capital, they... drowned the child in the river."
Mu Yihan felt a pain in his heart. For a moment, it was as if he was pierced by thousands of arrows.
"However, the vicious woman of the Shen family said." The black armored soldier changed the subject, "She said that they asked the master to calculate, and the child must still be alive."
Mu Yihan's pale face was rosy at this time.
At this moment, his eyes fell on the picture book, looking at the little Nuobao who was abandoned in the river and crying loudly, his expression suddenly changed.
"Wait, what did you say?"
"They threw my daughter... into the river!!"
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