Chapter 250 Clues
"No need," Shen Anan shook her head and refused, "I just suddenly smelled it and found it a little novel, so I asked, Mo Ran, send the two guests away."
Miss Xu bowed, supported Madam Chen and walked away slowly. Shen Anan stared at the backs of several people, her eyes slowly narrowed.
"Princess, you like the sachet, why don't I buy some for you?"
"No, I'm just wondering why a lady from an official family would wear the same sachet as a maid. It doesn't conform to the hierarchy that those noble ladies talk about."
"Has the Fourth Prince returned?"
"Not yet."
Shen Anan nodded and leaned back in her chair again. The sun bathed her in warmth, and she once again carefully thought about the case in her mind.
That day in Zuichunlou, when Qingyue mentioned that she wanted to accept the peach powder, she remembered that the woman spoke highly of Master Chen, saying that he was talented, gentle and kind, but that did not fit the image of an unfaithful murderer in her mind.
And she actually used it to praise the culprit who killed her own sister, which was totally illogical.
The situation was urgent at the time, and she did not seem to be lying. There was only one possibility, that is, Tao Fen gave false testimony for the sake of the ten thousand taels of silver.
The person who got the two hundred taels of silver was most likely the same person who gave her the ten thousand taels of silver.
But apart from Qingfeng, she had no one who could check the origin of the silver note.
While he was deep in thought, Qingfeng walked through the courtyard gate and corridor and came to the courtyard, "Princess, there is news about the matter you asked me to investigate."
"That Sanlang was a child from a poor family in East Street. He was not well-received because he was born with a disease, but he was tough and upright. When he was eight years old, he was spotted by a private school teacher and accepted as a disciple. He was hardworking and quite talented. He passed the provincial examination last year and was planning to take the exam again this year, but the private school teacher died of illness."
"He suffered a great blow. In addition, his relatives had been asking him for money every other day. He had no money to buy medicine, and his illness became more serious. He met the peach pink girl by chance. The two of them appreciated each other and fell in love."
Shen Anan frowned when she heard this, "So the money for his medicine this year is all paid by Tao Fans?"
"yes."
"But people who are already ill should be treated slowly with precious tonic herbs. How can Taofen, a Qingguan, afford so much money to treat him?"
"I heard that Miss Yin Hong, who had a relationship with Master Chen and died, helped in the past."
Her eyes were sharp, "If it's for the one you love, then it's not surprising to do anything. Not to mention false evidence, even killing someone for money is not something you can't do."
"The lady did not marry a husband, but was sitting in the courtyard, thinking about solving cases."
A deep and mournful male voice suddenly came from the corridor.
Shen Anan glanced at him, resentment rising up. Her waist was still sore, but she didn't have the energy to greet him.
The other people in the courtyard retreated tactfully. Xiao Yuan circled the entire chair in front of him and leaned over to stare at her.
"What do you want to do now?"
"Madam's plan worked. At the morning court today, the censors passionately attacked Shen Yunbai regarding the Chen family's case. Madam, would you like to hear the result?"
Shen Anan pursed her red lips. Of course she wanted to listen, but how could this person tell her so easily?
Then she blinked her almond-shaped eyes and looked into his.
Xiao Yuan couldn't stand her alluring gaze and gave in. "Kiss me and I'll tell you."
“…”
Shen Anan followed his meaning and kissed him on the cheek, "Can you tell me now?"
"Those old guys couldn't scold Shen Yunbai, so they dragged me into the water. I will sit in on the trial tomorrow and try the case together to seek fairness and justice."
After hearing this, Shen Anan's eyes lit up slightly, but the next moment Xiao Yuan covered them with his palm, "If you want to go with me, there is another price."
"I have something I want to ask you for help." Shen Anan said.
Xiao Yuan withdrew his hand and sat down on a small stool near her. "All the resources in the Fourth Prince's Mansion belong to Madam. Madam, you can use them however you want."
"I want Qing'an to check the origin of the numbers on the two banknotes."
"This is easy." He called Qing'an in loudly, and Shen An'an handed the two banknotes to Qing'an, "How long will it take to find out at the earliest?"
"There are more than a dozen money houses in Beijing. If we go to each one, it will probably take most of the day. But if we are lucky, we may just find the one."
"ASAP."
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Qing'an checked seven or eight money houses in succession but found no clues.
"Boss, there are only four left. If there is still no result, I'm afraid we won't be able to find it before today."
Qing An held the two banknotes in his hands, his brows knitted tightly together, "No, unless the banknotes are fake, it will be impossible to find them."
A few people walked into the eighth bank. The shopkeeper saw them and immediately greeted them, "What do you want to do, gentlemen?"
One of them showed his badge directly, and the shopkeeper's face suddenly changed. He turned around and wanted to run away, but Qing'an was quick and grabbed the man back.
"Why are you running? Did you do something wrong?"
"No, no, sir, please understand. I have a stomachache and want to go to the toilet."
"Go to the toilet?" Qing'an threw the man to the ground, "Just pull it here."
"This, this, this," the shopkeeper said with a sad face, and knelt down with a thud, "Sir, please spare me, sir, please spare me, I don't know anything."
"You don't know anything, but you only know how to run?" Qing'an took out an abacus from the table and walked towards the shopkeeper.
"Go, get me last month's account book."
"Ledger, ledger..."
The shopkeeper was talking incoherently. Seeing that Qing'an's abacus was about to fall on his head, he said hurriedly, "The account book has been taken away. It's not with me."
The abacus stopped just inches away from the shopkeeper's forehead. Qing'an's voice seemed to contain ice chips, "Who took it away?"
"I don't know it. They tricked me into handing it over and then snatched it away. I struggled with them and was pushed to the ground. But I took advantage of the chaos to snatch this from them."
He carefully handed over a wooden sign.
Qing'an took it and examined it again and again, but couldn't figure out what it was, so he stuffed it into his arms.
The sharp-eyed secret guard at the side saw the clue and said, "Boss, show me the sign."
Qingan threw it to him, and seeing that his expression was different, he immediately asked, "Have you seen it?"
"I have some impression of it. I seem to have seen it before when I went to Jiangnan with the princess. You can ask Lord Qingfeng. He should know."
Qing'an nodded, turned around and stared at the shopkeeper with murderous eyes, "You should know what to say and what not to say, right?"
"I know, I will close the door and not open it for a few days."
Only then did Qing'an stand up and leave Qianhao through the back door with his men.
Qingfeng was applying medicine in the room when the door was pushed open with a bang and Qingan rushed in.
"What are you doing? There's no rush to reincarnate."
"It's more urgent than reincarnation. Look at this wooden sign. Have you seen it before?"
Qingfeng reached out to take it. When he saw the word "Tian" engraved on the back of the wooden sign, his expression changed slightly. "Where are you from?"
"I'm under the order of the princess to check the two banknotes. If you know any clues, please tell me now. The princess said that we have to find out before tonight."
Qingfeng handed the wooden sign to Qingan, "Just keep an eye on the Minister of War, Shenfu is right."
"Shen Yunbai?" Qing'an was surprised.
Qingfeng did not answer directly, but explained, "This wooden sign belonged to the gang of bandits led by Shen Yunbai when they were in Jiangnan. It is definitely related to Shen Yunbai."
Qing'an left in a hurry without saying anything else.
The sun slowly sank into the horizon, and the afterglow of the setting sun turned the entire earth red. The vermilion lacquered gate of the Shen Mansion glowed with golden red light under the refraction of the afterglow, and the gatekeeper sat on the steps bored.
"Is there any movement?" Qing'an landed on a roof and overlooked the entire Shen Mansion.
The secret guard who was guarding here shook his head and said, "The door has never been opened."
At this moment, the sound of a bird singing rang out in the quiet alley. Qing'an's expression started to frighten and he leaped towards the place where the sound came from.
"head."
The secret guard pointed downwards.
He was a middle-aged man with a bent back and a bag on his back. He sneaked out from the corner door, looked out to see that there was no one in the alley, and ran away.
"Keep guarding." Qing'an instructed, and followed the middle-aged man.
The man left the street and walked into a dilapidated house. When he came out, he led a horse and galloped out of the city. It was obvious that he was well prepared.
Qing'an followed him all the way to the outskirts of the city. The man stopped to feed the horse. When he was about to go forward, he caught a glimpse of a sharp cold light and countless arrows were coming from behind him.
He turned around and immediately hid his figure.
Dozens of arrows pierced the horses drinking water by the river into a sieve. The middle-aged man's face changed drastically and he ran forward desperately.
But his struggles were in vain. In an instant, several horses caught up with the man and surrounded him.
"You can't run away." The leader narrowed his eyes, drew his bow and aimed the arrow at the middle-aged man's heart, his eyes were cold as if he was looking at a dead person.
call out--
A sound of breaking through the air was faster than the previous one, and it suddenly shot towards the man's wrist with a sharp cold wind. The neighing of horses was particularly harsh in the silent night, making people's eardrums buzz.
The horse turned several times on the spot, barely avoiding the arrow feathers that flew out of nowhere. The man looked around with sharp eyes, "Who is meddling in other people's business? Come out if you have the guts."
The only response he got was the sound of the whimpering wind.
Several people looked at each other, with alertness in their eyes. Suddenly, they felt a chill on their backs, as if a sharp cold light was coming straight at them, followed by the sound of their companions falling to the ground in pain.
"Who, who on earth is it, get out here."
Still no one responded. The shadow attacked from all directions and front and back at irregular intervals. After a while, two more were killed. The man finally became afraid and said, "It's not worth risking my life for silver. Let's go."
The two men no longer cared about the fleeing middle-aged man, and turned their horses around and galloped away. Qing'an narrowed his eyes and glanced at the man who had already run hundreds of meters, and with a few leaps he landed in front of the middle-aged man.
"You run pretty fast!"
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