(Previous life)
Three days had passed since the disturbance at the Song family wedding banquet. Xiao Yan sat in Heli Hall with a rosewood carved memorial tablet beside him.
His eyes were covered with a white veil, and he could not see strong light or objects for a long time. Even Madam Qin could not figure out what was wrong with him after she examined him.
"The Governor has no external injuries to his eyes, and no other symptoms can be found."
Canglang said anxiously, "How is that possible? That day, the Governor suddenly shed tears of blood and couldn't see anything since then. After returning, he slept for the whole day. It was only this morning that he could see again. But he still has to cover his eyes or he will cry."
Madam Qin frowned tightly, "But the Governor's eyes are indeed fine. I have never seen such a situation before."
Xiao Yan saw Madam Qin lower her head to examine his eyes again, so he waved her away: "No need to look."
"But Lord Governor..."
"Nothing, if I can't recover in a few days, I'll tell you."
After Xiao Yan stopped Madam Qin, he did not explain any further, because even he himself could not explain clearly what happened to him.
When he went to the Song family that day, he felt a little nervous, thinking that something had gone wrong with his plan. However, when he was at the Song family, he suddenly heard the sound of chanting. When he realized something was wrong, his vision went dark. After that, he seemed to have gone to an unfamiliar place and saw an extremely old monk chanting.
When the two looked at each other, the monk was full of surprise, as if he didn't expect to see him. Then he said "You should go back", and he came to his senses.
Xiao Yan didn't know what had happened, nor did he know what was going on. He only knew that when he woke up, he had appeared in the Song family's firewood room. In his arms was the dead daughter of the second branch of the Song family, and beside her were two dead servants of the Song family covered in blood.
He felt a sharp pain in his eyes and his body was in so much pain that he could not stand steadily. After that, during the whole day of sleep, his mind had an additional memory that did not belong to him, and there was also the blood-stained Buddhist beads on his wrist.
Xiao Yan lowered his head and touched the string of beads. He had clearly never seen this before going to the Song family, but when Canglang brought him back, the beads were already in his hands. Even when he was asleep, he held them tightly and refused to let go. And there was Song Tangning, the little girl who lingered with him and called him "brother", and who threw herself into his arms and said happily, "I love you"...
Fragmented and unclear, but all of them were throbbings that did not belong to him.
After Madam Qin left with the medicine box, Xiao Yan, clutching the half dragon-patterned pendant in his hand, asked, "How's the investigation into the Song family going?"
Jinyun whispered, "Young Lady Song didn't die after falling off the cliff. Instead, she has been imprisoned in the Song family's backyard. The dragon-patterned jade pendant didn't belong to Song Shulan. When Young Lady Song was brought back from Mount Qi, the hunter said the jade pendant fell beside her. He returned it to the Duke of Song's mansion, but somehow it ended up in Song Shulan's hands."
Xiao Yan tightly grasped the dragon-patterned pendant: "Where are the Song family members?"
Jinyun said, "That day, they brought Song Hong and Song Jinxiu to the Criminal Court on the pretext that the Song family was plotting to murder Miss Song and Princess Cheng. Song Jinxiu confessed, saying that this item was a relic left to Miss Song by her mother, and that she had worn it since she was a child. Miss Song's mother was the eldest daughter of Grand Tutor Rong."
"I've been searching around with some old friends in the capital, and I've learned that Madam Rong and Concubine Xue were close friends when they were still young. Later, when the Xue family was in trouble and Concubine Xue entered the Eastern Palace, the two of them gradually drifted apart. However, in addition to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Second Master Song also contributed to the Xue family's exoneration."
The Duke of Song's Mansion and the Xue family have no relationship, let alone any dealings. The only reason the Second Master of the Song family could offer help is because of Madam Rong.
Xiao Yan put down the dragon-patterned pendant and reached out to cover the tablet on the table: "So Madam Song II is the one who saved me back then?"
Jinyun nodded silently.
Xiao Yan's palms tightened. No wonder when he lost his mind that day, the "person" who occupied his body called Song Jiatangning Xiao Haitang.
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