In the bedroom.
The brother and sister waited side by side by the bed and looked carefully at the person on the bed.
Su Ning'an reached out and felt his breath.
Xiao Xier whispered, "Big brother, is he still breathing?"
Su Ningan nodded, "Still alive."
Xiao Xier tilted her head and looked at the person on the bed.
This brother has a pretty good appearance, fair skin, and thick, long, and curly eyelashes.
Judging from his appearance, he could be her brother.
I just don’t know if he will be obedient and listen to his mother?
If he was more obedient and listened to his mother, he would be spoiled like his three brothers.
She reluctantly acknowledged him as her brother.
"Brother, sister, I'm going to the study to read."
Su Ningwen quickly lost interest in the child on the bed. Reading was more important.
Su Ning'an glanced at the sky and felt a little hungry, so he went to the kitchen to cook some food.
When Xiao Xier saw that her two brothers had left, she released a faint healing fragrance, wrapping the child in the bed with the fragrance.
After a few breaths, Xiao Xier suddenly felt weak, so she withdrew the release of the healing fragrance and fell asleep on the edge of the bed.
After a moment, a pair of warm big hands gently picked up Xiao Xier and held her in their arms.
"Xingyi, let Xingying watch here, and you go and take a rest."
"good."
Su Xingyi covered him with a thin blanket and rested on the big bed beside him.
On the other side, the coroner from the yamen checked the injuries of the fifteen deceased people one by one.
Miao Xiantong, wearing a scarf and protective clothing, carefully examined the fifteen dead bodies, trying to find familiar faces.
But, he didn't know any of them.
He had no impression of the eunuch who was about forty years old.
Eunuchs of this age are usually the chief eunuchs.
He had met the eunuchs in charge of the imperial palace in the capital several times, but he had never seen the eunuch in front of him and looked very unfamiliar.
"grown ups."
Miao Xiantong: "How long have they been dead?"
The coroner truthfully stated, "Around midnight last night, they suffered multiple sword wounds, the fatal one being in the chest."
Miao Xiantong was silent for a moment before saying, "First, use some means to preserve the bodies for seven days and carefully process their faces. The painter will come to paint them later."
Lin Kun asked, "Sir, what are you doing?"
Miao Xiantong said, "These people might be from the palace, or the prince's men. If we draw them, we can have an explanation if the higher-ups investigate."
"Immediately take your men to the north dock of the county and conduct another thorough search. Arrange for people to check all the inns in the county for any non-local residents who have stayed there in the past two days."
"yes."
Miao Xiantong pressed his brows and returned to the study. Did something unexpected happen in the capital?
If something unexpected happened in the capital, there was no way he wouldn't have gotten wind of it.
Miao Xiantong did not dare to take it lightly and started to write a letter to Qi Lianli.
In the back alley of the yamen, Xingyun took off his official uniform and returned to Luoxia Cottage.
Xu Mo looked at Xingyun's receding back and secretly praised him, saying that he was quite capable.
The princess still has good vision in selecting people as before.
"lady."
Upon hearing the voice, Xiao Lingyu quickly called the person into the main hall.
"How is it? Have you found anything?"
Xingyun said, "Those fifteen people died at midnight last night, with multiple sword wounds on their bodies. One of the elderly people was..."
Xingyun found it difficult to speak.
Xiao Lingyu frowned, "Or what? Feel free to tell me."
"He's a eunuch."
Xiao Lingyu was surprised and asked, "What? Is this true?"
"It's absolutely true. I went to the morgue myself wearing my yamen runner's uniform and saw it. Lord Miao even had someone draw the deceased's appearance."
Xiao Lingyu felt that the situation was a bit serious. "Okay, I understand. You can go down and rest."
After Xingyun left, Xiao Lingyu tidied his clothes and went to the west wing.
Xu Mozheng reported all the information he had found out to Feng Jinyu.
Feng Jinyu's handsome face darkened upon hearing this. "Did you recognize who that eunuch was?"
It was common for Xu Mo to follow Feng Jinyu in and out of the palace.
He knew all the eunuchs in charge of the palaces, and even the three princes and the trusted eunuchs around the princes.
"I have never seen that eunuch before. He is a complete stranger to me and I don't know him at all."
Feng Jinyu frowned and thought for a moment, "Come with me to the government office tonight to check it out."
Li Yuanliang hurriedly said, "No, there's a lot of Yin energy there, and you've just recovered, so it's easy for it to relapse."
Feng Jinyu said, "I need to see those dead people myself before I can rest assured. Perhaps the person who persecuted them is the same person who framed me."
Xu Mo hurriedly said, "Master, Master Miao is currently arranging for someone to draw a portrait of the deceased. I will steal it later and show it to you."
Feng Jinyu nodded, "Okay, I'll do as you say."
As soon as he finished speaking.
Xiao Lingyu's voice came in, "Jinyu, are you awake?"
A few minutes later, Feng Jinyu and Xiao Lingyu sat down in the main hall of the west wing.
"Jinyu, a major case occurred at the North County Pier today..."
"Xiao Yu, I already know..."
Feng Jinyu really can't sit still and is a person who is always worried.
Xiao Lingyu asked, "One of the dead is a eunuch. Could he have come from the capital?"
Feng Jinyu said, "Xu Mo went to investigate. He hasn't seen that eunuch before. Perhaps he's been raised by another prince or a highness in the mansion and we haven't seen him. You don't need to worry about this. I'll have Xu Mo follow up and tell you as soon as there's new information. If the child wakes up, it's best not to keep him around. I'm worried that he might be a bait sent to frame us..."
Xiao Lingyu also had this concern, "I will be careful, you don't need to worry."
Feng Jinyu was silent for a moment. "I will leave for Cangnan County after I have traced the dozen or so dead people and confirmed that they pose no threat to you."
Xiao Lingyu asked doubtfully, "Are you saying that the enemy of these people is the same person who framed us?"
"I hope I'm wrong. After all, this eunuch is very suspicious."
Xiao Lingyu thought for a moment and said, "I don't think so. If it really was the person behind this, Luoxia Cottage would have been unsafe long ago, and you wouldn't be able to recover here peacefully. You can't stay here for too long. If the person behind this sees that you haven't left for Cangnan County yet, they might take further action. You'd better leave as soon as possible."
Feng Jinyu thought about it and decided that he really couldn't delay any longer.
"Xiao Yu, don't worry. We'll have some clues about the dozen or so dead in a few days. It won't take long. The most important thing now is this child. When he wakes up, we'll question him thoroughly. If he's really been abducted by the beggars, we'll send him to the authorities and ask them to help him find his biological parents."
Xiao Lingyu nodded: "The child should be waking up soon, let's go and take a look."
"good."
Su Xingyi realized that the child was about to wake up, so he quickly got up from the bed, sat on the stool beside the bed, and put his thumb back into the child's little hand.
After a moment, Su Xingyi felt his thumb being squeezed hard.
He quickly raised his eyes to look at the child's closed eyes.
His eyeballs slid under his eyelids a few times, and then he slowly opened his eyes.
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