The only thing that made Ye Wanqing uneasy was that there had been no news about Chen Xu himself in the past few days.
If it was Shen Xu who occupied her body, where would she go?
Could it be that he couldn't accept the fact that he had become someone else and committed suicide by jumping into the lake?
A Rao went to inquire for several days and learned that Miss Ye had disappeared since the day Murong Yan went to the general's mansion to question her.
At first, Commander Ye didn't take it seriously. He thought that the eldest lady was just in a bad mood and must have run away to live with a close friend.
But there was no news back home for several days, so the General's Mansion reported the case. The government office has just received the news and is questioning each family one by one.
"Really? I thought the prince was a good man, but I didn't expect him to be such a scoundrel. He actually went to the General's Mansion to cause trouble without telling me, and even forced my father to use the family law, Xiao Qingzhu!"
"Bah, birds of a feather!"
Upon hearing the news, Ye Wanqing cursed quietly and didn't look at Murong Yan in a good mood for several days.
Thinking of the scene where Shen Xu was beaten black and blue by his father and slapped in the face, he felt inexplicably happy.
The Marquis' Mansion and the Eastern Palace are a nest of eagles, they deserve it!
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On the other side, Chen Xu and Song Lin stayed in the smelly charity cemetery all night. It was not until the next morning that several constables brought villagers from the missing people's homes in the nearby villages to identify the bodies and found the two people lying beside the altar.
Song Lin had already developed a fever and was unconscious.
"Great, someone is here. He is injured and poisoned. Let's go find a doctor quickly." Seeing someone coming, Shen Xu quickly got up and called them to come and treat the wounded.
"It's Constable Song! Come on, two people, carry him to the clinic!" The leading young constable came over and saw the unconscious Song Lin. He quickly called his companions to carry him.
"Girl, you... Damn, you're faking it, you're pretending to be dead!" The constable finally saw Shen Xu's face clearly, and screamed in fear, then ran away.
The other two people who came to carry Song Lin were also scared and shouted that there was a ghost. They left Song Lin and ran away crawling.
"Hey, don't run." Shen Xu hurriedly went to support Song Lin who fell to the ground, but his footing was unstable and he fell on him.
"Something happened, what happened?" The villagers who came to identify the body did not know what was going on. Instead, they gathered at the door of the charity cemetery and looked inside.
"Oh my, whose girl is this? She is doing this kind of thing alone with Constable Song in the charity cemetery. She has no shame at all." A woman in coarse clothes covered her mouth with her hands, and her loud voice attracted everyone's attention.
The villagers all gathered around, as if their gossip spirits were ignited.
"What woman, and with whom? Constable Song, which Constable Song?" Those who didn't know were still asking around.
Those who know are already sighing: "Constable Song is so handsome, but it's a pity that he has such a tough life."
"Yes, what a good guy. It's a pity that he killed two wives, making girls in the surrounding area afraid to marry him. No wonder he came to this charity cemetery to look for a lover who doesn't belong to him."
"Coming to Yizhuang to have an affair, how bold! That woman looks unfamiliar, which village is she from?"
Everyone was talking at once, pointing at Chen Xu and Song Lin. Most of the villagers came to identify the bodies and watch the fun. Some of the family members who found the bodies had already started wailing, and the originally quiet charity cemetery became noisy.
Song Lin frowned, slightly moved his uninjured arm, and said in a very weak voice: "Water..."
Ignoring everyone's pointing and criticizing, Shen Xu raised his hand and touched Song Lin's burning body. He supported him and said anxiously, "Stop chatting, someone come and help carry him to the clinic!"
Her voice was not loud and was quickly drowned out by the noise.
Seeing that everyone was just watching and not helping, Shen Xu yelled, "Are you all blind? Who the hell is so crazy to come to the charity cemetery to have an affair? You only think about that kind of thing. Can't you see that we are both covered in blood? Call a doctor to save us!"
The voices finally stopped, and two older constables walked in quickly. Seeing Song Lin lying on the ground, they hurriedly called out "A-Lin" and hurriedly carried him on their backs, pushing through the crowd and running out of the charity cemetery.
At this time, a couple in their forties came over, and the man held Shen Xu's arm and shouted, "Xiu? Are you Xiu'er?"
Shen Xu: “?”
Seeing Shen Xu's bewildered look, the woman excitedly grabbed her wrist and said, "Old Shen, look, our Xiu'er is not dead!"
The man also became excited, "It's our Xiu'er, it's our Xiu'er!"
"Xiu, do you still remember that I am your mother?"
"Mom?" Shen Xu looked confused. She had lost her memory and could not remember anything.
"Yes, I am your father." The man nodded vigorously, with a tearful and laughing expression on his face. "My dear, we have found Xiu'er, we finally found her, she is not dead!"
The woman nodded and took her hand warmly, pulling her as she walked, "Xiu'er, go home with your parents. You must be scared. Tell me what you have been through these days. Don't you remember your parents?"
Shen Xu let the couple hold her hand and help her sit on the ox cart. The village women behind her were still pointing and talking, but she could no longer hear what they were saying.
When they arrived at the couple's house, the woman washed her and changed her into rags. Shen Xu was so hungry that she ate three bowls of mixed grain rice.
The couple watched with displeasure as she filled bowl after bowl. The man muttered quietly, "She's like a starving ghost reincarnated!"
"This girl is so pretty, Boss! You don't know how white and tender her legs were when I gave her a bath! They're so smooth, just like a city girl. Oh, you can't tell, maybe she's really been kidnapped."
"Impossible! How could a city girl eat like that? She has a very pretty face. She might be a prostitute from some red-light district, free from manual labor. We'd better make her sound good when we ask the matchmaker to propose marriage. I wonder how much dowry we can get."
Shen Xu noticed their little movements and looked at the couple in confusion.
The woman smiled awkwardly and said, "Child, eat slowly. Do you really not remember anything?"
"Well, I just remember that I haven't eaten for many days." Shen Xu nodded and buried his head in eating.
The two exchanged a glance, and the woman began, "He's your father, Shen Shiyuan, and I'm your mother, Yu. Your nickname was Shen Xiu. A few years ago, your father took you out on the street, but he wasn't paying attention and you were taken away by a beggar. We've been looking for you for a long time, and finally, your parents found you."
"My name... is Shen Xiu?" Shen Xu scratched his head in confusion. "You are my parents?"
"Yes, yes," Yu saw that her bowl was empty. Fearing that she would get up to add more rice, she quickly stepped forward and took her hand, saying affectionately, "Xiu'er, you are back now. Your parents will definitely keep a close eye on you and will never let you be abducted again. Your parents will take care of you and lead a good life."
"Good days?" Shen Xu raised his eyes and looked around. The couple lived in a dark and low thatched house with leaky walls and a roof that was dotted with starlight.
The house was bare and the roof was leaking. She really couldn't imagine how she could live a good life in such an environment.
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